Video Pick: Blade Runner - The Director’s Cut
July 20th, 2006 by Stephanie Dychiu
Posted in Media (Books, CDs, DVDs, Movies) | | 1 Comment »
Were you a wee bit disappointed with Superman Returns? I was. It’s sad how today’s big-budget action flicks rely too much on special effects to mask the absence of a good story. I wanted to like Superman Returns, I really did! But there was simply too much fromage in that movie. That stand-up “I’ve forgotten how warm you are” flying scene over Metropolis with Lois Lane absolutely killed me.
How does a girl resuscitate her neurons after watching a wussy action flick? Blade Runner – The Director’s Cut usually does the trick for me. Studios can learn a lot about balancing high-powered action with intelligent storytelling from this classic. Blade Runner is more than two decades old, but its insights on genetic engineering, globalization, climate change, and the fate of humanity are as timely as ever.
Were you a wee bit disappointed with Superman Returns? I was. It’s sad how today’s big-budget action flicks rely too much on special effects to mask the absence of a good story. I wanted to like Superman Returns, I really did! But there was simply too much fromage in that movie. That stand-up “I’ve forgotten how warm you are” flying scene over Metropolis with Lois Lane absolutely killed me.
How does a girl resuscitate her neurons after watching a wussy action flick? Blade Runner – The Director’s Cut usually does the trick for me. Studios can learn a lot about balancing high-powered action with intelligent storytelling from this classic. Blade Runner is more than two decades old, but its insights on genetic engineering, globalization, climate change, and the fate of humanity are as timely as ever.
