There is a new pilot about to be shot for AMC, which incidentally may cause me to shoot some white stuff. Ew! Gross! Sorry, sorry. Anyways, the new television show is described as a cross between Battlestar and Blade Runner. Glorious! Give me this!
New AMC show is ‘BLADE RUNNER’ meets ‘BATTLESTAR.’ Don’t tease me.
April 18th, 2013 by Caffeine PoweredThe Dude’s High 5s: Top 5 Dystopian Societies [MOVIES]
July 4th, 2012 by The Dude
Happy 4th of July everyone. Today we Americans get to celebrate the birth of our country by eating too much, drinking copious amounts of booze, and then when we’re just about to pass out, play with explosives. Take that Belarus! In your face Mongolia! Catch you on the flip side Latveria! Since we all love freedom so much, let’s take this opportunity to actually recognize what we have. This week’s High 5 will take a look at what the world would look like with either too much control, or not enough control. There are some movies that tackle the subject quite well. So let’s hear it for the dystopias!
Video: ‘BLADE RUNNER’ Animated In Watercolor. Dedication ++
June 20th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Anders Ramsell wants to do all of Blade Runner in animated watercolor. To that I say: godspeed, my friend. If the first test footage is any indication, this white whale will be most gorgeous upon completion.
Hit the jump to check out the first footage.
Watch: ‘BLADE RUNNER’ 1982 Behind The Scenes Feature With Ridley Scott and Syd Mead
May 30th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Oh, Blade Runner. Even as the years pass you still remain as brilliant and beautiful as the first time I consumed you. Here’s a convention reel that Ridley Scott and Syd Mead conjured up to promote the flick way back in 1982.
Ridley Scott DOES Want Harrison Ford For ‘BLADE RUNNER’ SEQUEL. Wut?
May 28th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
I was pretty cool with a Blade Runner sequel happening, so long as it was telling a new tale in the glorious cyberpunkverse I had come to splooge on. I didn’t want no haggard ass Harry Ford and his dangling earring running through it. As my Dad used to say, “How does it feel to want?” Pretty shitty, pah. Maybe it won’t be as bad as it seems.
New ‘BLADE RUNNER’ Officially A Sequel, Original Screenwriter Hampton Fancher On Board.
May 17th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Here’s some more news on the Blade Runner front, and it is turning up aces. At least for me. The flick is certainly going to be a sequel, and the original screenwriter is back on board. It’s a Blade Runner-heavy news cycle, but in my world only the curmudgeonly bitch about such a wonder.
‘BLADE RUNNER’ SEQUEL To Feature Female Protagonist. Plus!, ‘PROMETHEUS’ Poster.
May 17th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
Prometheus international poster. Blade Runner sequel news. Just hit the jump.
The Dude’s High 5s: Top 5 Movie Character’s Death Scenes
April 4th, 2012 by The Dude
Last week I took a pounding for hating on some classic movies. Except the Hangover … seems most of the super intelligent OL crowd didn’t fall for that movie. This week I want to move on to happier topics, like death. What makes a good death scene? Dying for ones beliefs and convictions? Sure, that’ll do. Giving some epic prose before sloughing off this mortal coil? Sure, that’s a good one too. I think that a great death scene has meaning. This means that we have to care about the characters, no easy feat. So here they are, my top 5 Death Scenes.
Just be warned, there are spoilers ahead for the following movies: Star Wars, LA Confidential, Saving Private Ryan, Blade Runner, and Highlander: End Game.
There’s (Pulp)Hope for Media Theory!
March 24th, 2012 by Rendar Frankenstein
In my younger and more volatile years, I tried really hard to be smart. I read intelligent stuff, used big words, and analyzed movies more than I watched them. Hey, we all make mistakes. Anyways, per the requirements of a media theory class, I once found myself reading Scott Bukatman’s Terminal Penetration. At the time, I was simply enthralled by Bukatman’s examination of the postmodern relationship between technology, consciousness, narrative, and virtual reality.
This theorist’s words spoke to me, encouraging me to scrutinize reality and the ways I experience it. However, the class ended, so I went back to drinking beers and playing MarioKart: Double Dash!! instead of worrying about the inevitable collapsing of reality as its paper-thin foundation crumbles.
Whatevs.
However, I have now learned that Paul Pope has contributed art for the 2nd edition of Scott Bukatman’s Blade Runner reader. As a diehard acolyte of the PULPHOPE, a fan of Harrison Ford’s most under-appreciated work, and a one-time student of media theory, I may just have to snag this book.
Punch it to hyperspace to see art, clips of the movie, and a video of Bukatman analyzing superheroes.
‘Blade Runner’ Goes LEGO. The Whole (Cyberpunk) World Wins
February 20th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered
The LEGO wizard known fittingly as Legohaulic has gone ahead and created a most righteous of mash-ups. The Blade Runner LEGO collection. It takes my childhood love and mixes its shiny soul with the dark, dank adult love for cyberpunk hopelessness. Outstanding.
Hit the jump to check it out.
