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Harrison Ford To Return In Blade Runner Sequel

Posted by Soulskill on from the geriaction-heroes dept.

An anonymous reader sends news that Harrison Ford is now confirmed to be returning as Rick Deckard in the upcoming sequel to Blade Runner. Ridley Scott is now officially an executive producer for the film as well, and Denis Villeneuve will direct. It's set to begin production in the summer of 2016.

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  1. Oh God No... by Lord_Frederick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please don't give this classic movie the crystal skull treatment. It doesn't deserve that.

    1. Re:Oh God No... by Tran · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The story was complete.
      There is no sequel.

      Another story set in the same milieu? Now that could be done. But not a sequel.

    2. Re:Oh God No... by bruce_the_loon · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Prometheus rocked.

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    3. Re:Oh God No... by blind+biker · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Prometheus would have been an OK movie, if it didn't have plotholes the size of which lets a squadron of B-52s enter and leave.

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    4. Re:Oh God No... by blind+biker · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I think Deckard from Blade Runner (unlike the one from PK Dick's story) is a replicant, but I see no reason why replicants couldn't age. The technology necessary for making replicants is, essentially, biochemistry. Highly advanced biochemistry. Now if they are able to make replicants that don't age, wouldn't they use the same or ancillary biotechnologies to help "normal" humans not age? Clearly, "normal humans" do age, so the problem of aging has not been solved in the Blade Runner universe.

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    5. Re:Oh God No... by Plunky · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And, unless they somehow account for how Deckard the replicant has grown old ... I just don't see how they get there at all. He's not just a hunter of them, he is one.

      So either they start this one in which Deckard isn't a replicant, and they'll piss off the fans of the movie. Or they'll have to treat very carefully to explain it.

      Of course, there is an easy way around this.. just because it is now 30+ years after the release of Blade Runner, doesn't mean that this amount of time has passed in that world. Deckard could only be 3 years older, and be deteriorating rapidly.

    6. Re:Oh God No... by arth1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Leon puts his hand in freezing liquid without a problem.

      Pris puts her hand in boiling water without a problem.

      I always thought those were more to show that the replicants had more control over their human++ bodies, being able to bypass feeling pain, or inflict it on themselves voluntarily, like Roy Batty did with the nail.

      It would be interesting to see a Blade Runner 2 with Sean Young. What I don't want to see is yet another long overdue sequel where they have kept the male characters but replaced the female characters with younger eye candy. For some reason, women aging appears to be a taboo in Hollywood, and one I thinks needs to die.

    7. Re:Oh God No... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      OMG, you have to be kidding! I've never seen another film where characters charge so stupidly ahead into the face of the unknown.

      Part of what made Alien superior to other space monster movies was the believability of the crew. They really come across as average working stiffs who find themselves in deep doo-doo, and proceed with caution because they don't understand what they're dealing with.

      In Prometheus, every single character was a total idiot when it comes to exploring the unknown... none of them died fast enough for me!

  2. Please Don't by CMOS4081 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dear Hollywood, stop being about the money and focus on being about the art. Trying to milk more money by making reboots/prequels and sequels to old classics of passed golden days is disrespecting the people involved in the original films. No need to reboot or prequel Blade Runner/Alien/The Thing. They were perfect for their time and still carry their weight today. If you want to make a quick buck on cheesy popcorn movies throw a bone to The Wachowskis or Michael bay but leave the classics alone.