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Blade Runner 2 Script Done, Harrison Ford Says "the Best Ever"

Posted by timothy on from the you're-in-a-desert-walking-along-in-the-sand dept.

BarbaraHudson (3785311) writes "It's been more than 30 years, but finally the script for Blade Runner 2 is done. Original interview with Ridley Scott on MTV. Links for those who don't want to watch the interview. If you're worried that the upcoming Blade Runner sequel won't measure up to the 1982 sci-fi cult classic, rest assured. Harrison Ford apparently thinks the script is "the best thing (he's) ever read." Although Scott is debating whether or not he'll direct the sequel, it looks like Ford will most certainly be reprising his role as Rick Deckard."

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  1. Re:Why does this need a sequel? by The+Rizz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Deckard was not a replicant, according to both PKD and the screenwriter.
    The origami unicorn is symbolism for Rachel (both in the dream, and in Gaff's origami message).
    Additionally, if Deckard were a replicant, it ruins several layers of meaning in the story, causes other parts of the story to become nonsense, and overall leaves other bits of symbolism falling flat as they only work well if Deckard is human.

  2. Re:Doubt it by Jack+Griffin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is the problem with the Sci-Fi genre in general. The 70's/early 80's were golden years because the audience was discovering technology for the first time, and movies simply explored those concepts and presented them to a passionate audience.
    It can never work the same because large numbers of the audience now understand very complex technical subjects. To make an equivalent SF film today that gives a technical audience the same sense of wonder would require extreme complexity that simply wouldn't sell outside the niche Slashdot-type crowd. So we're stuck with Jar Jar Binks for the foreseeable future. Get used to disappointment.