30
Jun 2003 |
Secret
Asian Man has something humorous to say about Blade Runner.
(Note: This SAM strip is now in our own BR-Fun section and
the link points there instead.)
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29
Jun 2003 |
It
has been slow news recently, but here today is one of those
articles that addresses the central issues of Blade Runner,
titled "Man And The Machine" at ctnow.com.
This is one of those articles every BR fan should read.
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16
Jun 2003 |
Sci-fi
films: Where's the magic gone? That is the question posed
by Saibal Chatterjee who laments the CGI sci-fi extravaganzas
that prevail today. They just don't make films like Blade
Runner any more.
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16
Jun 2003 |
Are
you in the UK and interested in starting or changing to a
career in Visual Effects or Animation? If so, then you really
want to know about the Ridley Scott Awards. In association
with Escape
Studios and several film and game industry sponsors, this
is an initiative "to seek out and support new and undiscovered
creative talent." All you need is a pencil...
Or, as Ridley is wont to say, "Just f##king do it!"
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16
Jun 2003 |
Watch
the long and fascinating Ridley Scott interview at Fox
Searchlab Lecture Series. "Presented in three parts,
Mr. Scott talks about his career, technique and inspirations
among many other insightful anecdotes from the past thirty
years."
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16
Jun 2003 |
Read
about the Bradbury Estate and the renovation to the Oak
Avenue Bridge that used to lead there. Lewis Leonard Bradbury
is the man who commissioned the Bradbury Building used so
extensively in film and TV and very notably in Blade Runner.
Also read
about renovation to and revival of downtown Los Angeles.
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13
Jun 2003 |
Proof
that Blade Runner has had a more lasting effect on Harrison
Ford than he would like to admit...? He says acting is about
'empathy'. "Once you understand how a character might
feel under certain circumstances, then there's the secondary
task of being able to replicate that behavior that would attend
that feeling." Hmmm.... so he's replicating human behaviour
with empathy - does that make HF a Nexus-7 perhaps?
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12
Jun 2003 |
In
related-to-BR news, it is not often the Voight-Kampff machine
gets mentioned, but the New
Zealand Herald tells us of the development of a computer-linked
machine to tell if e-learning students are paying attention!
Leader of the research team, Dr Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh says,
"The new system will be able to keep track of facial
expressions, body movements and biological cues such as heart
rate to determine whether students are learning." If
the student starts drifting, the system can then change its
approach to try to pull them back.
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11
Jun 2003 |
"I
got the St. Louis Blues" - Blade
Runner - Andrei Tarkovsky (the acclaimed Russian filmmaker
who made the original Solaris)?
What is the connection? This
news report on the upcoming retrospective on Tarkovsky's
work in St. Louis and a particular comparison that I found
most interesting: "...vaguely futuristic settings and
fantastic premises provide a seedy setting for the director's
musings on the power of love and humanity in a soulless, mechanized
world." ~ Solaris, Stalker
or Blade Runner? - well all of
them, actually.
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11
Jun 2003 |
Harrison
Ford's latest movie Hollywood Homicide
is in the spotlight this week. This AP
report/interview is well used in papers and is worth reading
as it gives a little insight into Harrison.
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11
Jun 2003 |
I
like to bring you the occasional odd news story, extracted
from the kipple that flows by every day, caught in the Blade
Runner net, (although not actually anything to do with BR
as such). And here
is one: A lesson in enthusiasm and following that desire
to make movies that many of us may have but are too 'sensible'
to pursue.
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08
Jun 2003 |
I
have just read the umpteen thousandth movie news report that
says that the Mars cityscape in Cowboy
Bebop: The Movie has a look heavily inspired by Blade
Runner. So, if you didn't know before, now you do.
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03
Jun 2003 |
Have
you seen the fascinating biography series called "Directors"?
The Ridley Scott programme (2002) was most interesting - particularly
as it was introduced by none other than Harrison Ford! And
when they got to Blade Runner, Harrison actually said some
nice things about Ridley! Some reconciliation at last! And
with Ford's acknowledgement that Blade Runner is indeed a
great film, perhaps he could be asked to do 10 minutes for
the BR:SE DVD set (should that ever get started again...)
Read my transcription
of the BR part of the programme.
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03
Jun 2003 |
Thanks
to czf sending me the magazine, I can now bring you that new
picture of Daryl Hannah recreating her Pris image I mentioned
on 23MAY was in Entertainment Weekly. Along with my 'review'
of the article.
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31
May 2003 |
So
why do Ridley and Tony Scott go to Calgary (in Canada). If
you're just dying to know, then Canoe
News will tell you.
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31
May 2003 |
Is
it raining where you are? It seems it has been a little wet
in Washington for certain, prompting Ken Ringle to write in
the Post
about the rain, poetry and film. A picture of Deckard in Blade
Runner adorns the article with a line claiming that in BR,
"the rain seems never ending." Silly note - the
photo is a publicity shot of a scene not actually in the film
and it doesn't appear to be raining at that moment...
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27
May 2003 |
Paradise
Cracked seems an interesting game. Certainly has the elements
to make it a good one for BR fans to keep an eye on.
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25
May 2003 |
There
is no need to read this
article in SF Gate unless you're particularly interested
in architecture in San Francisco. I mention it for its use
of the phrase 'Blade Runner-esque'. Now I am certainly not
going to claim I invented that phrase (though I did indeed
come up with it myself) - because I'm sure it has been independently
thought of by many, but I am certainly fond of using it. And
I want everyone else to use it too! So go out today and try
to slip it into your everyday conversation! And why not write
in and tell me of your success (or otherwise).
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25
May 2003 |
I
make no apology for including yet another ostensibly Matrix
review as this
one looks at the much wider issue of robots versus humans
across SF films. And of course this draws on the essence of
Blade Runner. Ultimately, if the robots/AI are so good and
not really different to humans except where they are better,
then perhaps we should root for the robots instead ...
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23
May 2003 |
The
current edition of US magazine Entertainment Weekly has a
big article on the top 50 cult movies, and they've illustrated
it with a couple of new pictures of Daryl Hannah, recreating
her role as Pris! On their site they say, "Harrison Ford
was never cooler than when he was hunting replicants."
I'll get the pics of Daryl up next week.
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23
May 2003 |
This
article is pretty nice to Blade Runner while calling Matrix
Reloaded gibberish and overloaded with SFX.
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18
May 2003 |
Next
time you're in Tokyo, you really must pop into this boutique.
The Busy Work Shop apparently seems to evoke a BladeRunneresque
inspiration. One of a series of boutique interiors designed
by Masamichi Katayama, where, ''You're not just buying the
product, you're also buying the time you spend.'' This is,
of course, in a fashionable part of Tokyo and aimed at the
youth for whom shopping has become a cultural experience.
How much the shop really looks like BR, I wouldn't know, but
sounds like a cool shopping experience anyway! (Not that you'll
probably actually buy a T-shirt in a perspex box...) Check
the NY
Times article to see his other shopping interiors, such
as the Clockwork Orange type environment.
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16
May 2003 |
Here
is the follow-up
report on yesterday's screening of the BR OV at UCLA,
including comments by Chris Nolan who notably says about how
well BR has aged, particularly the SFX, "I'm amazed how
much better it looks than films that are being made now even.
"We're in an age where the digital effects aren't quite
good enough yet -- but we're being told they are."
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15
May 2003 |
When
people consider films worth watching multiple times, there
are some that top the list where multiple viewing is almost
a requirement. Even many who are not fanatical about BR would
still put it in that category. And here is one
of them, putting BR as number one of those films so good
they are worth dedicating another two hours of a busy life
to see again.
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15
May 2003 |
Probably
too late to arrange to see it, even if you live in L.A., but
UCLA are screening the original version of Blade Runner tonight.
I mention this for the Zap2It
article about it and for fans of the OV to know you are
not alone...
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14
May 2003 |
Mostly
a somewhat negative review of the Enter the Matrix computer
game, this NY
Times article does highlight what is so good about the
Blade Runner Game that is so lacking in many other Film tie-in
games.
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14
May 2003 |
Oh
the irony! An article
talking about the Matrix clothes and the fashion following
(and that Neo's "leather" coat was actually wool),
etc. comments on the clothes being original and not SciFi
tin foil (although I think that is really only a comment on
the 60's and 70's and was not true by the 90's) and then this
quote, "This whole Matrix thing is almost at a cult status
and then this whole trend of future and techno-future and
Blade Runner clothes is huge in Fall 2003." Just cracks
me up really. Its so original and exciting that it can be
described in terms of a 21 year old film. But we already knew
that.
Almost as ironic as a comment by Carrie-Anne Moss that the
Wachowski Brothers got irritated at the endless copying of
the style of their film - despite them having copied from
every other good thing including Blade Runner. (Perhaps guys,
some of those people are still copying from the same place
you got your ideas and not actually from you?)
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14
May 2003 |
Have
you got a flying car yet? They've been possible and even invented
for decades now, but where are they? Well, a few minutes thought
about the reality of ordinary people (as opposed to the fictionally
competent in SF movies) actually driving standard cars on
the ground and the amount of accidents and sheer stupidity
that can be witnessed on a daily basis in overcrowded urban
areas and motorways should bring up a few quick answers. Slate
has a look at this and why flying cars are not too likely
to be seen in the skies anytime in the near future.
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13
May 2003 |
21
years ago, in the same year as Blade Runner, there was another
great film released - Tron. Not quite BR, but still remarkably
watchable now (on sparkly DVD), particularly given its extensive
computer references that still stand up well today despite
the advances in technology. One reason for the excellent virtual
vision of course is the participation of Syd Mead, Visual
Futurist on BR. This year, while we impatiently await the
continuingly delayed BR:SE DVD, we can at least look forward
to the Tron
2.0 PC game. And that man Syd Mead joins with some of
the original Tron cast to make this quite an appealing prospect.
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07
May 2003 |
DigitallyObsessed.com
has an interview with Joanna Cassidy (who played Zhora in
Blade Runner) about her career. Of course BR is mentioned,
particularly about her snake. Unfortunately she has no new
info on the BR:SE.
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04
May 2003 |
Of
course you know the two Matrix sequels are coming out this
year and many of you will be looking forward to this, whille
some diehard critics are still shaking their heads. No judgements
being made here. Just to recognise that inevitably, there
will be references made in various reports to BR, even if
it is only as SF culture and style influences or milestones
in moviedom. I won't bother listing the numerous articles
that make such references, but might pick out the odd one,
such as this NY
Newsday preview by Gene Seymour that actually expresses
some interesting thoughts. Or this NY
Daily News look at the dystopian, Dickian "What is
Real" view.
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03
May 2003 |
There
is an obvious tendency for BR fans to be general SF fans but
also a widespread interest in the sub-genre of Cyberpunk (no
matter how one chooses to define that). One can't mention
this without reference to William Gibson and we have links
on this site to previous Gibson articles. His seeing Blade
Runner in 1982 and seeing some of his as yet unpublished visions
on the screen was initially a shock to him, but anyone who
reads Gibson should soon find that the emphasis in his novels
is on the characters rather than the futuristic SF surroundings.
As we are now in the 21st Century and Cyberpunk and Cyberspace
have become reality, but evolved, Gibson is now writing in
the present. Here
is an in-depth profile of Gibson for those who are interested
in his story.
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01
May 2003 |
Another
poll, this one by the other major UK cinema chain, UCI, asked
moviegoers to vote on movies with the best style (of clothes).
In the poll
(in preparation for the release of Matrix Reloaded later this
month), The Matrix (12%) took third place after Breakfast
at Tiffany's (15%) and winner Rebel without a Cause (with
19% of votes). Blade Runner took ninth place with 5% of votes.
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01
May 2003 |
Edward
James Olmos, (who played Gaff in BR), speaks
of his role in the new Battlestar Galactica, warning people
that it is very different to the original and if people don't
like that idea, then please don't even watch the new series.
Quite a refreshing honesty really.
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26
Apr 2003 |
So,
just how "Blade Runner" is your world? I ask this
in a cynical voice after a flood of Blade Runner references
in the 'news' that are not about Blade Runner and sometimes
are not even relevant. Instead, this is "Blade Runner"
used as an adjective, often simply for reference to a futuristic
world containing certain elements. There is no need to actually
read these stories, but I include the links for completeness:
In the past 24 hours, I find news stories:
- referencing Andrew Bird's music having "an eerie, mechanized
feel, like something out of the movie Blade
Runner."
- "Futurama is a science-fiction fan's dream cartoon,
as it lampoons everything from Star Trek to Blade
Runner yet does so with obvious affection for the source
material." (Could someone tell me the BR reference in
Futurama as I seem to have missed it.)
- "Street Graphics: Tokyo (book) ... should ... have
something to say in the captions other than references to
Blade
Runner..."
- "Essentially a piece of black rubber, Slab could be
a leftover from the set of Blade
Runner"
Just another Blade Runner day. Perhaps everything is being
described as Blade Runner because we're rapidly becoming a
Blade Runner world. So for my birthday, please get me a Slab
and for Christmas could you order me one of those Nexus 6
things please...
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22
Apr 2003 |
James
Hong is a busy man. Since starring as Chew in Blade Runner,
he has been in literally dozens of films and TV shows. Of
course he reprised his role as the voice of Chew in the Blade
Runner Game and now joins a string of A-List actors that will
be heard on upcoming video game, True
Crime: Streets of L.A.
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21
Apr 2003 |
Arnie
tops the list of most remembered parting words in movie history
with "I'll be back." Not altogether surprising.
However, what is infinitely more interesting is that in this
survey
by a major cinema chain in the UK, Roy Batty's "I've
seen things..." speech made it into the Top Ten. Of course
we BR fans recognise this as a terrific moment of movie history,
but it is yet more evidence of just how much Blade Runner
is part of the public consciousness now.
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18
Apr 2003 |
So.
Here
is a nice one for all of us who have put up with the nonsense
from non-SF people. Paul Allen is one of the supernerds that
founded Microsoft. Now he has billions of dollars and can
do ... well pretty much anything he likes really. Such as
create the "Science Fiction Experience" - a $20
million museum dedicated to SF. Great stuff! Paul's favourite
SF movie is, of course, Blade Runner. What an intelligent
fellow he is!
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18
Apr 2003 |
Tokyo,
New York, Los Angeles, Toronto... Yep. Latest city to be turning
Blade Runneresque is apparently Toronto, especially Yonge
Street. Well, according to the Toronto
Star anyway. I've been to Toronto. I've been to Tokyo,
NY and LA as well. Toronto seemed quite nice.
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16
Apr 2003 |
After
the 04APR article the best I can come up with is an article
on artnet
written by Jerry Saltz, originally for that Village Voice
again... It severely rips into a couple of arty architect
types and yet while exposing their pretentiousness, is rather
pretentious in its own right! You probably won't want to read
this at all and I'm not sure I even understand the Blade Runner
reference, but hey, somebody out there might be amused...
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11
Apr 2003 |
So.
You're a big toy company. You think it would be pretty cool
to issue a licensed Spinner model, but there is a problem.
Getting anything official from the BRP is nigh on impossible.
So what do you do?
What do you do?
Answer: You create a model of the Spinner as used in Back
to the Future! Call it "Future Car" from BttF and
get Universal to license it, which they are quite happy to
do.
It is available in September at estimated price of 7800 Yen.
Oh yes, shoulda mentioned, this is a Japanese
toy company...
But
wait a minute! Those nice folks at ToySyndicate
are making it available to the Western World for $89.95. (Oh,
and for the metrically illiterate of you, 270mm = 10.6 inches.)
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04
Apr 2003 |
I'm
not sure you'll actually want to read this 'arty' discourse
on photographer Steven Klein in The
Village Voice. What it boils down to in the end is a comparison
of Madonna in artsy photo-shoot compared to Pris as dying
marionette... <ahem>
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25
Mar 2003 |
Lawrence
G. Paull, the Production Designer on Blade Runner, makes some
comments on the BR sets, etc. in a CNN
Design look at the future through the visions of Cinema.
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24
Mar 2003 |
If
you would like a book to read that invokes some of the sense
of Blade Runner, then perhaps this recommendation by Mike
Snider for USA
TODAY for 'Altered Carbon' might pique your interest.
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22
Mar 2003 |
I
would like to keep the news here away from Iraq, but when
someone makes very direct references to Blade Runner including
quotes and is talking about the vision we see in the media
and the future, not talking about the politics, I think it
worth providing the link. This is James P. Pinkerton writing
in Today
at abs-cbnNEWS.
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19
Mar 2003 |
So
what do you eat when watching Blade Runner? According to this
Italian book, Laura Delli Colli's Il Gusto In 100 Ricette
Del Cinema Internazionale, it is of course sashimi. This S.F.
Examiner article looks at "taking dinner and a movie
to the next level".
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11
Mar 2003 |
David
McNeill writes in The
Japan Times of the strange Blade Runner real estate development
in Tokyo in the midst of a recession. The spectre of a JF
living alone in a large building outside the centre of a bustling
city seems to be hovering in the background.
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07
Mar 2003 |
MSNBC/Newsweek
Futurist Michael Rogers looks at an exhibition of primarily
30s-50s illustrations of the future by A.C. Radebaugh and
mentions the optimism that existed in the decades before films
like Blade Runner brought a darker view of our future.
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06
Mar 2003 |
I
wasn't going to mention this as it was just an AFP report
printed in a number of papers about the Oscars and lists some
of the films Ford has been in, but it is the description they
use for BR that is most interesting as it is effectively presented
as the one of the biggest highlights of his career! It was
never actually a blockbuster, even though it is now one of
the world's favourite films. After mentioning Witness, SW
and IJ they say, "Also among the 30 film credits Ford
has racked up during his 37-year career are the 1982 science
fiction blockbuster Blade Runner, Presumed Innocent in 1990,
Patriot Games in 1992 and The Fugitive in 1993."
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05
Mar 2003 |
In
the tradition of this page, where I occasionally bring you
news snippets where the look of Blade Runner is referenced
in unusual places, today I take you to the fashion catwalks
of Milan. First up is Roberto Cavalli - designer of very sexy
clothes, (particularly lingerie). The International
Herald Tribune reviews the Milan collections and says
"Roberto Cavalli is a conviction designer. His look was,
as ever, sexy dominatrix, but this season she was an urban
animal, appearing in front of a giant screen where cityscapes
flickered like a remake of 'Blade Runner'." The
Boston Globe has a report on Tom Ford - designer for Gucci
and YSL. He says (in light of the current international situation),
''Instead of saying 'Everyone's depressed, let's make orange
clothes,'" he prefers to dress his customers in pieces
with a '''Blade Runner' quality'' that make them feel strong,
as though wearing a new kind of armor.
The Washington
Post makes a more obscure reference to Tom Ford, but we
still know they are referring to BR, "Coats have collars
that stand up and cup not just the nape of the neck but the
entire head ... sleeves...ready for a fistfight. The coats
make a dramatic impression on the runway -- on a busy street
corner they would make the wearer look like an extra in a
Ridley Scott film ..."
Check out the slide show at Style.com
to see the Fall 2003 Gucci collection and see for yourself
the BR influences.
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03
Mar 2003 |
The
Science
Fiction Book Club (a Doubleday store offshoot) has chosen
its Top 50 SF&F books. Of course LotR is top, as it should
be, but interestingly they've got DADoES
in 8th place. |
27
Feb 2003 |
Message
for Rutger Hauer fans from the Rutger Hauer Starfish staff:
Rutger and his Staff are happy to announce that the promised
opening of The Rutger Hauer Official Website is completed. No
ID nor Password is required any longer to access the site and
all the wonderful information contained within. Please feel
free to go to the site and have a look at the many changes that
have taken place with the re-opening as well!. Rutger
Hauer's official site |
23
Feb 2003 |
With
actual Blade Runner news so thin
on the ground I thought I'd have a look at what all the old
BR people are up to. So here is a quick roundup: Ridley Scott has finished directing
Nicolas Cage in Matchstick Men
and is now in negotiations to do Tripoli
with Russell Crowe. It will be expensive, so the studio is
looking for more funding. Harrison Ford stars with Josh
Hartnett in Hollywood Homicide
to be released in the Summer. He should start filming on A
Walk Among the Tombstones soon. And of course another
Indiana Jones movie is lined
up. Rutger Hauer dropped in on hit
TV show Alias. Is doing lots
of Dracula and meets up with
Sean Young again in In
the Shadow of the Cobra. Rutger made a strong impression
next to George Clooney, Drew Barrymore and Julia Roberts in
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
Rutger remains active with the Starfish Foundation. Edward James Olmos has been awarded
the 2003 LAEF Sol Trujillo National Lifetime Leadership Award
for his efforts on behalf of children and Hispanics worldwide.
See report.
Also found time to be producer, director and star of Jack
and Marilyn. Sean Young has fought her way
back into Hollywood's good books in recent years - she crops
up this week in TV movie 1st to Die.
She has completed filming her starring role in action thriller
In the Shadow of the Cobra and
is now filming a lead role in The Drop. James Hong is now in his mid-70s,
but still seems very busy, appearing in many top TV shows
and still doing big films - particularly getting the starring
role in L'Idole. M. Emmet Walsh did Snow
Dogs last year with Cuba Gooding Jr. Daryl Hannah appears in the Robbie
Williams music video 'Feel' - but embarrassingly she admitted
she thought she was signing up to appear in a film with Robin
Williams - oops! Perhaps of more significance is her role
in Kill Bill - the new Quentin
Tarantino film. William Sanderson is very busy
creating interesting characters in numerous movies every year,
including some science fiction curiosities. Joanna Cassidy was in John Carpenter's
Ghosts of Mars and is a regular
on TV movies and shows - particularly with recurring role
on Six Feet Under.
Philip
K Dick
may have died before Blade Runner
was released, but he is now one of the hottest properties
in Hollywood. PKD stories recently made into films were Impostor
starring Gary Sinise and Minority Report
directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise. Next
is Paycheck, set to start filming
soon, directed by John Woo and starring Ben Affleck, (though
expectation is PKD will be Hollywoodized again, just like
in the last two films). Rumours and news of A
Scanner Darkly are still murky. Looks like it won't
be done by Terry Gilliam though, which is a shame as I think
he is probably the only director around at the moment who
could do a faithful job of adapting a PKD story to film.
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18
Feb 2003 |
New
Scientist reports on a robot with facial expressions! The
robot's face smiles, sneers and frowns. It has flexible 'skin'
and camera eyes so it can respond to humans in front of it.
Obviously a long way from SF androids yet, but important for
research into adaptive intelligence systems (computer recognition
of and response to humans). |
14
Feb 2003 |
Dolly
the sheep has snuffed it. It is a dead sheep. It has ceased
to be. Yep, the cloned sheep Dolly had to be put down after
developing lung disease. The BBC
says the first Australian cloned sheep also died recently. Sheep
generally live 10-16 years, so 6 years is early to die. Dolly's
"mother" was 6, so were Dolly's cells actually thinking
they were 12? This is just the latest in a huge pile of evidence
that cloning is still very flawed and that attempting to clone
humans is complete madness. |
14
Feb 2003 |
The
past, present and future of robots in SF looks like it is well
represented in forthcoming animated movie called Robota:
Reign of Machines, with associated video game and graphic
novel. This project is the dream of Doug
Chiang (Director of Concept Design for Star
Wars 1 and 2). Orson Scott Card
wrote the final text of the book, which of course influences
the film. Check out the new trailer at Apple
and see Phobos
Web for more info and visit Doug's
site. Clone Wars this is not. |
04
Feb 2003 |
In
the Tufts
Daily, Taylor Shann talks about comic book films (prior
to the forthcoming Daredevil).
He singles out Dick Tracy when
talking of cityscapes, but comments, as we all know, that precious
few futuristic films can get away from the Metropolis
and Blade Runner visions of the
city. |
31
Jan 2003 |
In
a way, this is "future news" because from my perspective
in England this afternoon, it is already "tomorrow"
(1st February) in Australia. I mention that not just out of
interest for the international nature of the Web and BR fandom,
but also because this story in the Sydney
Morning Herald is looking at the present extrapolated into
the future - specifically at body consciousness and alteration
to perceived ideals. Brief mention of BR in example, but more
generally is talking about subject matter that is at least partially
related to some ideas in BR, so
is worth a read. |
19
Jan 2003 |
Kenn
has written in to say that there was a 25 minute BR
special after the showing of Blade Runner on TVOntario
last night. It featured clips of interviews with Joanna
Cassidy, EJ Almos, M
Emmet Walsh, Sean Young,
Syd Mead, Bud
Yorkin and several Toronto-based film critics and authors.
All the interviews were new, except for Mead, which was from
1982.
One of the more interesting revelations was from Toronto film
critic Rob Salem, who revealed
that once, when interviewing Terry Jones
of Monty Python, Jones claimed that he co-wrote some of the
voiceover dialogue for the 'original' version of BR! Salem
was amazed at this, but seemed to think Jones' claim was absolutely
genuine... [Though he is quite capable
of joking about such a thing!]
Also of interest was Sean Young
bravely (and good-humouredly) confessing that she didn't understand
the BR script when she first read it and the 'revelation'
that Scott had not read all of DADoES, [which
is quite true].
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14
Jan 2003 |
If
you are in the USA, then there is some game or other called
the "Superbowl" being planned. What is far more interesting
as reported in the New
York Post is the episode of Alias
shown after this little game, on ABC. In a little rescheduling,
apparently the episode that is now being shown introduces us
to the new director of SD-6 played by "Blade Runner baddie"
Rutger Hauer. |
13
Jan 2003 |
The
one film that Blade Runner can be said to owe a debt to is Metropolis
- a film made by Fritz Lang in 1927. A best-possible restored
version finally came out last year. Here is one
article that has a look at the Grandfather of Science Fiction
films. 17 Jan - another good article in the Toronto
Star. |
07
Jan 2003 |
In
the search for the more unusual BR references, I chanced upon
"consumer behaviorism". Yes, it is an advertising
term and one of the gurus in the field is David
Wolfe who the Kansas
City Ad Club reports has been described as "a cultural
blade runner and middle-aged bomb thrower". Wow! |
06
Jan 2003 |
Australian
film critic Rob Lowing chooses
her Top 100 films and obviously has excellent taste because
she has put Blade Runner in top position! Her eclectic list
is reported by The
Sydney Morning Herald. |