tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post8827479317866693968..comments2023-10-23T16:45:52.760-04:00Comments on Alleged Wisdom: Film Review: Blade RunnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post-12185194250970114712010-02-16T20:23:10.037-05:002010-02-16T20:23:10.037-05:00Well, I think that Ghost in the Shell, the movie w...Well, I think that Ghost in the Shell, the movie was far better than the anime series. I remember I had a problem with cyborgs looking so very much like humans :) Like anyone needed Robocop to look fleshy :) <br />I got over it, anyway.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610066903037259973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post-40839167230004863452010-02-16T16:27:09.056-05:002010-02-16T16:27:09.056-05:00I have seen Ghost in the Shell. The original movi...I have seen Ghost in the Shell. The original movie was okay, slightly better than Blade Runner. The anime series is much better than both of them, the best anime I have ever seen. They explore a lot of different themes, the characters are well-developed, and the plots make sense. <br /><br />You are right about carbon dating. I must have been thinking of something else.<br /><br />I am fine with fantasy as long as it announces itself as fantasy. That was not meant to be a big complaint. <br /><br />What I have a problem with is people doing things that do not make any sense. The actions of the people must make have some kind of logic, given their character, knowledge, motivations, and constraints. People should definitely not do senseless things just to provide an interesting image or message.<br /><br />I have an even bigger problem with entire societies that are portrayed as doing fundamentally senseless things. There is absolutely no conceivable scientific, economic, or anthropological reason for replicants to be manufactured and handled as they are in Blade Runner.Alleged Wisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322172859028340221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post-81620945935066070622010-02-16T15:53:51.347-05:002010-02-16T15:53:51.347-05:00hold on- one thing: C-14 dating is only applicable...hold on- one thing: C-14 dating is only applicable to dead things that have stopped taking in carbon. If a live replicant and a live human both eat and live in the same places on earth (ignoring that the movie is not on earth), they are likely to have identical carbon levels even with 20 year age differences. Also, C-14 is still not that precise & I would not rely on it for dating singular years, or even within several decades.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, pretty scathing review here. :P I enjoyed Blade Runner myself, though I'm not sure I saw the Director's cut. I don't think I knew it was that famous when I first watched it... I was on a Harrison Ford movie kick at the time. The continuous rain and oddities didn't bother me- I guess I took them in stride as being part of the 'atmosphere.' Nothing so different from a dog-scientist and cat-captain sailing on mysteriously oxygenated paths in space in Treasure Island really.Esther Rimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543707702240073856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post-25468427083261300862010-02-16T15:46:09.366-05:002010-02-16T15:46:09.366-05:00Richard, you killed the movie. Usually when I watc...Richard, you killed the movie. Usually when I watch a SF I need to tell myself that it's just an artist's impression of the future. Then I can truly enjoy the movie as it was meant to be - not plausible, but cathartic.<br />Did you see Ghost in the Shell? There would be a lot to criticize about that one, too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610066903037259973noreply@blogger.com