Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER Sequel Moves Forward In Spite Of Distant Scoffing

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Director suddenly can’t keep his mouth shut about new project.

I’m already on record taking a shit on this whole notion of a new Blade Runner film, Ridley Scott or no Ridley Scott.  I don’t want a Blade Runner 2 any more than I want a A Clockwork Orange 2 or a Shawshank Redemption 2.  I’ve given my reasons, and I’m going to stick to them.

Still, it seems that Mr. Scott is positively hell-bent upon making the picture, so you can bet that your buddies here at the Complex will be blanketing it like a blue tarp on an Indiana rooftop.  Why?  Because in addition to being the greatest true Science Fiction film ever made, Blade Runner is also the noirest thing this side of Bogart’s stubble.

So, with all the hype for Scott’s upcoming Prometheus showing up everywhere but on the inside of your eyelids, combined with the speculation surrounding Scott’s The Counselor (based on Cormac McCarthy’s first original screenplay), hard data on the Blade Runner project has been coming along in mere drips and drabs.

A little more than a week ago, Scott mentioned that it would be “amusing” if Harrison Ford were to make at least a guest appearance in the new film.  I find this overture to be something less than overwhelming in terms of its sincerity, but given their differences in regards to the original film, Ford’s involvement in any larger capacity might be too much to hope for, anyways.

Of late, Scott has taken to tickling our asses with a feather a bit, even going so far as to offer Collider a detailed description of what certainly sounds to me like the potential opening scene of the new film.  The vision Scott describes is divergent from the grim and shadowy aesthetic of the original picture, to say the least.

We expect a broader stream of info to come rolling in as things begin to take shape, and you can expect us to pass that info directly to you.  Whether we like it or not.

2 Comments

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   Fuck Hollywood

   June 6, 2012 at 3:22 am

   This entire fucking film industry has no respect to its audience.

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   Joshee1003

   June 9, 2012 at 1:21 am

   That opening scene was actually a rejected scene from the original Blade Runner. Pretty cool scene actually, it would have been nice if they could have fit it in. If you watch the 3 part documentary about it, Hampton Fancher talks about it, and they show storyboards of what that scene would have looked like.

   Essentially, what happens is the Blade Runner goes to a farm house, no one is there. He sits down in a chair, and waits. We don’t know for what. The sun moves. Finally, the door opens, and a farmer walks in. “What can I help you with?” He walks into the kitchen and puts on some tea. The Blade Runner follows past him, and shoots him, not saying a word. He reaches into the guy’s mouth, and pulls out his jaw. It’s a piece of machinery. He looks at the serial number on it, then puts it in his pocket and walks out, while the tea kettle boils. He walks back to his spinner, with the dog outside yipping at his heels, as the spinner takes off into the background.

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