http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/blade-runner-review/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/blade-runner-review/#comment-516470 David L. Snyder Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15611#comment-516470 "Even Blade Runner's most ardent supporters admit how much it stylistically leeches off of Metropolis, especially in regard to its vision of a future Los Angeles. Alien, for its part, certainly laid the visual template of a dark mechanistic future that Blade Runner exploits and that has led to what is known as cyber-punk. In short, Blade Runner is not visionary in any sense of the word; instead, it's a highly derivative effort — the very antithesis of visionary"? You sir, are in possession of what we in the Art Department refer to as a 'deaf eye'. As stunning as "Metropolis" is, it was a quaint antique in our view. You are incorrect on so many levels outside the realm of design that I am exhausted merely reading your diatribe. If this your honest, fair evaluation of a motion picture, I recommend that you seek out an alternative endeavor. Don't give up your day job Danny Boy. David L. Snyder, Art Director, "Blade Runner" "Even Blade Runner's most ardent supporters admit how much it stylistically leeches off of Metropolis, especially in regard to its vision of a future Los Angeles. Alien, for its part, certainly laid the visual template of a dark mechanistic future that Blade Runner exploits and that has led to what is known as cyber-punk. In short, Blade Runner is not visionary in any sense of the word; instead, it's a highly derivative effort — the very antithesis of visionary"? You sir, are in possession of what we in the Art Department refer to as a 'deaf eye'. As stunning as "Metropolis" is, it was a quaint antique in our view. You are incorrect on so many levels outside the realm of design that I am exhausted merely reading your diatribe. If this your honest, fair evaluation of a motion picture, I recommend that you seek out an alternative endeavor. Don't give up your day job Danny Boy. David L. Snyder, Art Director, "Blade Runner"

]]> http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/blade-runner-review/#comment-490935 Autumn Washington Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:17:47 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15611#comment-490935 How tall is Daryl Hannah anyway?"-; How tall is Daryl Hannah anyway?"-;

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