irony that this movie is fully pushing diversity and the image of a multi racial future (which is accurately depicted as shit). The "All life is valuable" shit, that the PC crowd would fully approve of, you know except anyone they call a nazis. Pedophiles deserve death, corrupt politicians deserve death, life itself is not precious. Well programmed robots are still fking robots- they are not alive. Everyone is not equally valuable. The multiracial West looks worse than after being bombed in world war 2.
I've seen such great movies you politically correct people wouldn't believe......attacked social justice warriors on Twitter off the shores of California. I watched feminists glitter in the darkness at Islam's gate. All those moments will be lost in time like snowflakes in the rain.....
The first few times a saw this movie the scene where Roy gives his monologue was without overdub of Dukerd's voice thinking about what just happened. It was totally silent but the pitter-patter of raindrops. Subsequent releases overdubbed Drukerd's thoughts of what just happened. I'm sure some wonk thought it would be better explained so the audience would understand better but all it did was drain the scene of any vitality & authenticity... Good review!
Theory: Roy saved Deckard because he realized that this is the end, he is going to die and he can’t do anything about it. Except one thing, he wanted a longer life and he realized that the only way to archive it is to save Deckard, because then he would keep living - in Deckard’s memory. Anyway I’m drunk
"Final act of redemption by saving a man's life is also an act of rebellion against his creators. Proving that he can be more than the killer they tried to make him because he chooses to be something better." Well said Drinker, well said.
Unfortunately by trying to make Deckard a replicant Scott is making this effect much weaker. In original version of that movie there was no hints that Deckard was a replicant. Unicorn origami was symbol of Rachel being special model (and we find out that she is special in original ending which was later removed). There was also no dream with unicorn. It was added years later and is taken from a different Scott's movie called "Legend".
C'mon now, it's gotta be pretty expensive to hire an entire committee of midwits to rewrite a script 100 times until it's as lifeless and inoffensive as humanly possible
"You Nexus, I build your eyes" "If only you could see what I have seen with your eyes" Jeez, you can't not love dialogue like that. It's almost like the writers had a talent for writing or something.
@@jedielder7970 Staring at a cellphone writing 280 characters bullshit all day, whilst thinking gender is fluid and getting educated that socialism is a good thing,,, I don't think it'll get any better.
I like that Blade Runner doesn't hammer you over the head with its ideas. The action is in the foreground, leaving themes to register almost subconsciously, until they pop into your mind on nights when it takes a little longer to fall asleep.
I first watched the film version without Deckard dreaming of a unicorn. This quote by the other detective told me that Deckard is a Replicant himself. Many years later I watched the director's cut that includes the unicorn dream. After some contemplation over the film versions I think that the first hint at Deckard being a Replicant is at the begin of the film when Deckard tells his police boss, "I did not work for you when I entered this room, and now I don't even know you anymore", and his boss replies with, "You know: it's over for you when you leave this office." This implies that Deckard will get exectued ("retired") if he refuses the job offer by his boss, which implies that Deckard is only allowed to live as long as he kills Replicants for his boss, which implies that Deckard is a Replicant. I love when movies are subtly hinting and implying things.
Then Deckard proceeds to go to the apartment and kisses her with that in mind. Thens finds the unicorn, Cue Vangelis epic soundtrack... what a fucking masterpiece
@@Viewable11 I didn't see it that way. He says, "you're either cop or little people", or something like that, a threat that he'd better toe the line, or else. In the dystopian future displayed, seems reasonable, he doesn't need to be a replicant, just a human being, good at his job, and open to the reality of power.
I preferred the original version with the film noir first person narration.... really sold the film... The Director's Cut I liked solely because of the remastering of the visual and audio quality.... plus a unicorn!
Rutger hauer came up with the speech the night before they shot the scene originally it wasn't in the script. He told Ridley Scott that he had some words. But did not tell him what they were. This is what real collaboration on a set looks like Scott let him shoot it the way he wanted. And later said I wish I had of written those lines.
This is what makes the difference between casting a great actor and the right actor. Perhaps someone else could play Roy, and he’d do an equally great job, if not better (there can always be someone who’s better), but Rutger was the right pick. Not only did he act the hell out of the role, but also created one of the most iconic monologues of film history. No one else would have done it, and were all the better for it.
Taking nothing away from Hauer's contribution, but: I believe he had a source for his words. You see, Vangelis was in a late-60s Progressive Rock band called Aphrodite's Child, with lead singer Demis Roussos (whose voice is briefly heard in Blade Runner). Two of their hit ballads were "I Want to Live" and -- get this -- "Tears In Rain". As a European, Rutger Hauer was of the correct age to have heard Aphrodite's Child on the radio -- their first two albums sold 20 million copies combined, worldwide.
I always saw it as a final “fuck you” to his creator, since he was programmed to kill and destroy, and his last act is to save a life when his programming is to take it.
One of my favourite scenes is where he takes a drink and a drop of blood can be seen dissipating in the glass. Though Drinker may not like the metaphor.
as a cynical 55 year old, every time I hear Roy's soliloquy I'm brought back to my young self in the cinema and the beauty of his words makes me well up still. As kids we knew we'd seen a masterpiece. I still like the voiceover version best.
As another 55 year old, this was a movie I loved from the beginning, it always boggles my mind that it was considered a failure. Also, I didn't mind the monologue version I grew up with.
I saw it in an almost empty cinema, in my hometown of Swansea, Wales, when I was 18: I had never seen a film that looked like that before and I was already a keen movie buff. I knew that it was a classic, one of the best films I had ever seen and I had already seen a lot of classic films! I think Bladerunner is as pretty close to perfection, any movie can get.
The film is all about identity and identity politics. The difference is it is well written and compelling and everything and everyone is morally grey. The Replicants may be fighting against their slavery and being denied their humanity but they're still violent murderers and criminals. Deckard is trying to stop them but he's also like a slave bounty hunter. It's why he hates his job. And he may or may not be a Replicant himself. And many other things the movie touches upon. It's just a great film.
@@Davidsworldtravels Pssh if it was Rey, she would kill all the replicants easily, jumps across another building several times and somehow force an unearned emotional scene and cry cause she's such a complex character.
The drinker describing Rick “he lives alone, drinks too much, and doesn’t have any friends” Me immediately drawing the conclusion that the drinker likes blade because he’s the main character 😂
You forgot the modern disclaimer Disney is eventually going to slap on it: “WARNING: this film contains outdated transhuman stereotypes, and may contain scenes depicting violence, characters of unchecked white privilege as protagonists, white and asian males in STEM fields, police brutality, alt-right ideologies, cis-gendered characters, masculinity, the consumption of hard liquor, black and white photographs, outdated technology, inaccurate predictions of the old future, lack of smart phones and social media, Christian symbolism, complex sexual situations that do not outwardly express consent, heteronormative sexual situations, attractive women that aesthetically entice or glorify the male gaze, actors portraying characters over the age of 30, boomers, and unicorns without rainbow tails. Viewer discretion is advised.”
@@SDW90808 To hell with that kind of mindset. People have and will complain about movies. In the 20th century it was cool to hate on movies because they were boring. Now it's cool to hate on them because "muh diversity".
I’d laugh, but it’s actually on the near horizon...I had an argument with someone over these warnings on Aliens for sky cinema. She argued because Vasquez wasn’t played by a Latino that it was ‘black face’ to put tan on a white actor..she failed to realise that Latinos from european ancestry are a huge demographic and often prejudiced against
I love how you touched on Roy's humanity at the end. He becomes "More human than human" I always want to believe that dove that flies toward the sky (that he was holding when he jumped to the other building) was his soul ascending to the afterlife.
When I watched the original cut, it seemed to me that the unicorn origami was to show Deckard that his partner had already been there and had let them escape (let her live). Also that Rachel was a creature that didn't live but had life.. i.e. like a myth, like a unicorn.
@@JimboB-rh5td Yeah, I just haven't bought into the Deckard replicant thing. How could he not know he's a replicant if all the others do? That would mean he is a more advanced model than them, and yet was created before them? Doesn't add up.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tenhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...In rain. Time...To...Die " Poetic and beautiful. And Rutger Hauer apparently came up with it a few hour earlier, and suggested it to Ridley Scott. Who, thankfully said yes.
One of the best moments in my cinematic life. And as if it couldn't be any better, it's sprinkled with Vangelis' score. It's a perfect moment in sci-fi history.
I only found out when I heard Rutger Hauer had died. I find it amazing he basically ad-lib'd that monologue, which is some of the greatest lines in all movie history.
I heard they started slapping that dumb shit on older movies. Remember when they would just slap an 18 on the film, acknowledging that it might have grown up stuff in it and if you get offended, well then you should stick to watching postman pat or spot the dog or what're kids shows we had in the 80s.
@@dimwitsixtytwelve Yeah those labels are for children, it used to be assumed that adults can handle whatever a film threw at them... now we have adults running around acting like offended children, trying to ban things that challenge them or that they think will influence others for the worse. It's fucking sad really.
Those warnings are an ear mark of a good movie sometimes. Modern movies fail to be about making moral choices and about heroes and fail to have a narrative thread connecting the cool looking scenes.
@@Zzyzzyx And he didn't write the entire thing; there was already an entire speech at that point, Hauer just shortened and modified it to be more direct and poignant instead of preachy and grandstanding. He even got the bartender's opinion on it, as he was hanging out there the night before shooting, working on it. This isn't to take away his contribution, but it wasn't just "He's so genius he pulled this out of his ass on the spot!"
I was a young man of 20 in 1982. I was blown away then and I have watched it countless times since. Every time I see it, I am still in awe. Blade Runner just may be the best movie ever made.
@@megashark1013 actually it's not , in Canada no one has gone to prison directly but you could be fined and failure to pay the fine could result in prison, as in contempt of court.So it's disingenuous you could go to prison to pay for an unjust fine, and the principle of a bad law is to scare people, so it's having the desired effect.
@@jameslawford4057 The thing is, the instrument is not everything. See the new Blade Runner movie, they got the right synth but Zimmer wasn't able to deliver the same atmospheric feel that Vangelis created.
*there are subtle and not so subtle elements found within ANY Vangelis composition that exist nowhere else and are impossible to replicate by anyone else...have noticed this over the decades...some of my absolute favorites are from some of the more obscure releases such as Direct and The City*
The entire genre of cyberpunk synthwave, retrowave, nuwave, etc....basically owes its existence to this and also movies like a The Terminator. I highly recommend the music video "Tech Noir" by Gunship!
F-ing hell, man-I've seen this film so many times, yet, with your commentary, I'm still almost breaking down in tears when Roy sits down at the end to offer his last words. As always, well done, sir.
I never saw it that way until Drinker pointed it out. The dude is literally built to be a killing machine, so when he saves someone it really means something
"I just make the eyes" "Oh if you could see the things ive seen with your eyes" I loved that line in the movie. The delivery, the meaning, how it wouldnt make sense in any other movie but makes perfect sense in this movie. It was menacing, and a key scene in the progress of the plot. It shows how psychotic and merciless they are. No one is safe.
One of the best movies, ever. Great story, good actors and amazing music by Vangelis (still have the CD). And one final speech, the I can quote in my sleep. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
Finally a comment that credits Vangelis for the film score. I can’t believe Drinker didn’t mention him by name and give him proper credit for the music 🤓
I miss them too. Sooooo much. It's gotten to the point where we celebrate the mediocre as good and the good as exceptional merely because we're so starved for genuinely good storytelling.
He does, but I saw it at it's cinema release back in the day! I shared the theatre with just 5 other people! It was a failure back then, I thought it was epic! I've probably watched it 40 times...
If a movie feels complete as it is, then a sequel isn't required or necessary. (There's a lot that I don't know in regards to this movie. Perhaps, a sequel was planned out, but never developed for whatever the reason.)
I'm with you. I rather enjoyed the sequel, though I've admittedly not seen the original in some time. Lots of hate here for it... not sure why. Can the haters explain?
@@CPitt2000 I wouldn't say it's boring(it also depends on the version you're watching ; the one where they cut Ford's monologues and thoughts is rather pretentious and boring, I'll give you that), I'd say it's difficult to enjoy. You have to be in the mood for it, you can't watch it like Rambo or what have you.
@@CPitt2000 If you're expecting a Fast and Furious Terminator it may be boring, if you're watching willing to understand the film you may find one of the best movies ever done. Also you need a little of criterion and that's also hard to find in people nowadays...
Yes mate. An all time fav. I finished my best friends eulogy with Tyrell’s “twice as bright” quote. Rutger Looney (as we called him as kids and into adult life) was a hero to us
It had great special effects for the time. If only blade runner 2049 had left out the Harrison Ford parts it would've been a great story with great special effects as well.
Plot? Whatever this, "plot" is, please tell current Hollywood. They think "plot" is having a gay character with absolutely no other character traits beyond "gay".
Drinker, you just helped me out my dude. Not by recommending a film that should absolutely be recommended. But your editing and commentary helped me understand the film even more. Specifically, your editing/commentary at 12:15 is what got a whole new lightbulb - or neon sign - to go off in my head. Let me explain: So I just got to see Blade Runner on the big screen, because one of my local theaters is fucking awesome like that. It was incredible, as expected. Blade Runner is my favorite film of all time. I know it's not the absolute best, objectively. But since I saw it in high school I was hooked. I've seen it many, many times. I've poured over special features, I've watched the different cuts. Any content that's Blade Runner related, I usually check it out. But I've always had trouble parsing out Deckard's and Rachel's love scene. It was always the one scene in the film I couldn't quite understand. Because it's so stilted, awkward, and even a little violent. I always thought it was like...Deckard's so inexperienced he doesn't know how to show his feelings, and so defaults to anger. Or maybe it was that Sean Young was so inexperienced, particularly with love scenes? I know Ford and Young didn't quite have the chemistry that was expected behind-the-scenes. Maybe it's a more pathetic side of this run-down, world-weary hired killer? And then the side of me that understands modern SJWs is like "Christ that looks almost rapey right"? I know it's not, but I know some people will interpret the scene that way despite the fact that Rachel clearly consents and seems more than happy to be with Deckard in the end. I suppose you could argue Deckard coerces her? Again I don't agree with that interpretation, but I'm giving the devil his due. POINT IS, at 12:15, your little edit made it click for me: "The cold blooded contract killer who only shows mercy when he falls in love..." and then you show Deckard and Rachel's love scene. That's it. That's why the scene plays out the way it does. Deckard is a killer. He can dress it up like he's a cop. Like he's doing a good service. But he knows, deep down, he's just killing people. That's his life. That's why he drinks, that's why he resists in the beginning of the film. Now Rachel comes along, and he finally finds a chance to do something other than killing. He meets a replicant who's beautiful, vulnerable, and doesn't pose a threat to anyone. A replicant who's a woman in all the ways that matter. He falls in love with her, but he has no idea how to show it, and can't stand the idea of hurting her or letting her out of his sight. To add another layer, when Rachel tries to depart in that scene, he knows she's in danger with anyone but him. So it's desperation for a sense of intimacy he's never had, it's a sense of masculine protectiveness, and perhaps inexperience all combining to make an awkward love scene that flowers into something better. This is the power of real critique man. It helps show you sides of an artwork you never considered. The bad shit wilts and crumbles, and the good shit just gets even better. Thank you Drinker. Cheers. P.S. I will say that I'm not so sure Deckard's cold-blooded. I think that's the reason he puts up such a fight when Bryan "arrests" him and tries to get him back on the job. I think he's "retired" many replicants, and can't take it anymore. But he's also probably hurting financially, and being a "cop" at least offers him some status above the rabble of the wider city. "You know the score! Out there, if you're not a cop, you're little people!" I think killing Zhora is particularly impactful to him because Rachel has finally brought what he's always known deep down up to the surface: all he's doing is killing escaped slaves. Escaped people, who just want to live. I think he's just tough enough to "retire" replicants, but not tough enough to KEEP doing it. If that makes sense.
Same i've also had trouble understanding the scene in the beginning I remembered a scene where Rachel tells Deckard about one of her "fake" memories with her brother, she said that she remembers that when they were kids one time he showed her his willy and when it was her turn she ran away. I imagine this conditioned her personality and fear of intimacy...
There's nothing wrong with the thought that blade runner is the greatest of all time. Some people have said Vertigo is the greatest. Now if you study that movie, it's plot actually doesn't really make sense. But that is to miss the point. That you are "not sure" about Deckard is part of the allure of the movie. We're not sure about any of the characters, who are really bad, but not really.. who are good, but not really... the swirling ambiguity
ME HOY ME NOY E.T. was terrible. Hated it as a kid, hated it as an adult. 48 Hrs., Gandhi, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Tron, First Blood, Poltergeist, The Secret of NIMH, Airplane II, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Year of Living Dangerously, etc. were all much better films from 1982
I was a teenager through the 1980s. It was a GREAT time to be one. The music was killer. The movies were excellent - even the schlocky B-movies. And entertainment was for EVERYONE.
Yes, it did. I just watched Critical Drinker recommending Predator; that year 1987: the year of Predator, Robocop, Evil Dead 2, The Lost Boys, Full Metal Jacket, Running Man, Lethal Weapon, Princess Bride, Hellraiser… What a decade.
The overwhelming majority of us are not struggling. We understand basic biology. Hollywood, media studios, and celebrities are struggling. Because they think they understand things better.
I saw this film in the theater as a kid, we had to sneak in during a matinee and it remains as one of my favorite films of all time. The Thing (John Carpenter) came out that same weekend so we saw em both back to back, it's still the greatest 'Double Feature' I've ever seen.
Roy Batty, Replicant, dies in the far off year of 2019. Rutger Hauer, actor, died last year in 2019. I guess he had said all there is on the subject and wasn't about to upstage himself. 😔
Reality has a strange obsession with poetic irony and gear-like synchronicities. O/T Rutger Hauer and the rest or the cast are ridiculously great in this painfully poignant sci-fi classic.
Premature senility. Don't know how I didn't catch that. A man that could write the soliloquy and perform it so nobly.... Makes movies like "Nighthawks" easy to forgive (it's running on Netflix now).
A very beautiful movie indeed. It's my favorite. That ending death scene is just mind blowing! Has anyone ever noticed that Roy was a 'Christ' character at the end. The nail in his hand..the dove descending after he died? He sacrificed his life to save Deckard? Funny how no one has ever noticed that part of the movie. I've always referred to this movie as a love story...not a sci-fi movie.
One of the things I love about the drinker is that even when he's talking about a movie that he absolutely adores, he's not afraid to point out the flaws and holes in logic. It really makes his reviews seem more genuine and less biased.
@octavio medeiros She thought she wasn't even a human being. Deckard was there to tell her that - in every way that mattered - she was. It was no hardship for him, though...
Spot on, Drinker. This one is a masterpiece, Ridley Scott's absolute pinnacle. We have it in the bluray director's cut, and it's wonderful....and Rutger Hauer's own story about making it, in his book "All Those Moments" is striking, God rest him. He said it was the best job he ever had...and he was so very right. "Blade Runner" has it all...incredible production design, a superb score by Vangelis, exceptional writing and cinematography....and the story is heartbreaking and beautiful. It's time now for Scott to retire...he's really lost his edge. But you have to say that someone who could create "Blade Runner" had genius, and used it well. This film just gets better with time, for me, anyway. It never becomes "dated". A masterpiece, it is,for all time. Good for you! Going away now, our Drinker. All the best to you, dear and brilliant curmudgeon. You always get it...right.
The thing people miss about this story is that the reason replicants are so dangerous is they have free thought and emotion but only simulated empathy. This is why the VK test works because the questions are designed to make you squirm but replicants have to fake it. The fear is they will get an idea in their head and pursue it regardless of who gets hurt on the way, which is exactly what happens. The perfect example is them manipulating Sebastian into helping them only to kill him later (implied).
I love that Roy's whole famous monologue at the end was just adlib. It's crazy! He just pulls the one of the best speeches in cinema history completely out of his ass!
It wasn't completely adlib, he had a script for that scene but it was a nonsensical garbled description of something SciFi that made no sense. He cut through the bullshit, threw out 80% of it and turned it into poetry.
Notice that each time Roy tries to tell a human of his personal Hell, his life is threatened by whom he is confessing his humanity to. Finally, he pours his heart-out as he dies. Heart breaking and amazing.
There are plenty of directors still making fantastic films (e.g., Nolan, Tarantino, the Safdies, Villeneuve (director of the sequel), so on), even if they're less common than they once were.
John Desper oh I know. Hell I still for the most part think you’ll find top notch films these days. Just gotta look for the lesser advertised films. But even then it’s just not the same. No your truly standout films are a dime a dozen and most films are formulaic trash. Back in the day most films were great and only a few were outright formulaic trash. Or who knows maybe it’s only the greats of the past that are being remembered and the climate of cinema at the time is the same as it is now? But I doubt it.
When Rachel has the light hit her eyes and they seem to glow is a memory that has haunted me for decades. Whoever thought of that was brilliant And seemed to bring life to the saying The eyes are the gateway to the soul. It's like they wanted it known they had souls.
Or the 2022 remake where deckard is a gay woman, and the replicants are people of colour, just to emphasise the oppressed slave status. Tyrell will still be white of course lol.
I've always been a fan of this film. Many of my friends would argue whether Star Wars or Star Trek was the better Sci fi film and I would always bring up Blade Runner.
Love this observation. I feel the same about Paul Atreides from Dune - as a kid I thought of him as the hero only to realize now he's quite the opposite. It's amazing to remember how black and white life was back then, only to realize now it's nothing but varying shades of gray.
@@eugenetswong Oh man, there's so much nuance involved to answer that question! But the short short answer is Paul Atreides ended up leading the Fremen into a holy war that decimated not only their culture and people, but millions of others when it spread throughout the universe. Frank Herbert said his intention with the Dune series was, in part, to show how "charismatic leaders should come with a warning label." I highly recommend reading the book! Although, the consequences of Paul's actions are explored much more in the other books in the series, but you can definitely see them starting in the first.
@@BelleMort6 interesting. Is it possible that Paul was well intentioned in leading them to war. Perhaps you meant that it was power hunger or selfish ambition.
I just saw Blade Runner Final Cut last night. I've been thinking about it non-stop. It's cerebral in its execution, and sets such a high bar for sci-fi films. This video was incredible, Mr. Drinker. This is one memory I will cherish for all time. Thank you, and cheers!
I've always taken the origami unicorn at the end as Gaff's message that he was there and could have killed him but he intends to let Deckard go. As his partner, Deckard knows of his constant nervous habit of creating the folded animals. PLUS until the final cut or directors cut or whatever the live action shot of a unicorn from Deckard's piano memory was not in the film.
That moment has always amazed me, in that second he feels compassion for the life of the man that's trying to kill him. That backs up Tryrells atatememt of "more human that human" because when the 6s develop emotions they act in a far more human fashion.
I think he also understands that if he saves Deckard he may be "alive" by his actions in someones mind. (In Deckard's mind, the person he just save) The movie is a masterpiece.
@@Black_Swan_Rider showning mercy and on the verge of your own death does not make sense? going to be a bitter man till the end, what a great prospect!
@@FairyTailGrey Indeed, we all live, i as i become more spiritual, i am not totaly a saint, and i dont think i will eveer be, but we live, trougth our acctions, those we touch and the acctions we do, be in the spirits of those we touch and others, we maibe even continue after, that is the lord to decide, but life is a gift, we try to enjoy it and make it relevant as the gift that amaizing miracle it is
@@DMML850 They kinda tried... But the original Blade Runner was such a hard act to follow and after so long. So, that just makes it ( I don't think calling it bad would be right) a bit off/
When Roy catches Deckard, he says "kinship!" The dove he holds in his hand is symbolic that he has acquired a soul and becomes human. When he dies and the dove flies up to the sky, it represents his soul ascending to heaven.
There's also the Christ imagery to go along with the dove (a Christ image itself). The nail through the hand, the son of the creator, the white robes of the father (as Drinker pointed out) and the son saving humanity (Deckard), Roy's last minute sacrifice before he dies. Roy came down from the stars, back to earth, to remind us of our own humanity. And I'm not even religious! Just a top notch film.
Also worth mentioning, this film is a lot more interesting than the PKD story it was derived from. It's quite rare a film adaptation surpasses the novel.
Great review! Can't argue with any of that. I remember seeing this in 1982, and it's been with me ever since - especially Batty's final monologue. I don't think Scott has managed to pull off any other film with the same depth and moody visuals - often imitated in other films but never duplicated. Totally underrated at the time, probably misunderstood too.
Your review of Blade Runner was moving and insightful, perfect. I don't watch it often but I see something new whenever I watch it. Just after seeing this, I found a quote that to me echoed what you said about the value of good movies: And while the body is confined to one planet, along which it creeps with pain and difficulty; the thought can in an instant transport us into the most distant regions of the universe. - David Hume
ShamockParticle ah I apologize, yet full heartedly agree with your statement. Please accept my humblest apology. “The “Drinker Recomends” image on the thumbnail should be made into merchandise.”
Indeed he did. Steven Spielberg did well, too. His first movie, The Duel, was amazing, and then he made Jaws and Close Encounters a few years later. The Duel is about a man driving alone across the country for a new job. He encounters an old semi truck driving slowly up a hill, so he passes the truck. Unfortunately, the truck driver was insane and immediately started chasing the protagonist to kill him.
This film should be mentioned in the same breath as Maltese Falcon, Citizen Cane, and Asphalt Jungle. The artistry alone is worth the watch. Sean Young is brilliant and beautiful, her character development aside from the revelation of her true self is of the finest introspection and Deckard's ambiguity is compelling to say the least. If he truly were a replicant, would he not have made that final leap? Rutger Hauer deserved an Oscar for his performance as he played Roy masterfully. Drinker, this was one fantastic review of a epic film that will last through the ages.
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Can you do a video about fight club?
YOU COVERED THIS MOVIE ALREADY! Stop reposting stuff!
What do you think about 2049, drinker? Do you think it’s any good?
What's an obscure film that you would recommend?
Personnal flying aircraft in 2019? That prediction was actually true. Check out the BlackFly personal drone. www.opener.aero/
Rutger Hauer died in 2019 just like Roy.
Awesome observation. 👍
Wow, kinda mind-boggling
Coincidence?
Yeah, probably....
:-P
*i would never dream of living in a world without light*
*yes...it would be dark*
*taken from the anime Death Note*
HOLY SHIT!
"I've seen such great movies you politicaly corrected people wouldn't belive"
The Critical Drinker
irony that this movie is fully pushing diversity and the image of a multi racial future (which is accurately depicted as shit). The "All life is valuable" shit, that the PC crowd would fully approve of, you know except anyone they call a nazis. Pedophiles deserve death, corrupt politicians deserve death, life itself is not precious. Well programmed robots are still fking robots- they are not alive. Everyone is not equally valuable. The multiracial West looks worse than after being bombed in world war 2.
I've seen such great movies you politically correct people wouldn't believe......attacked social justice warriors on Twitter off the shores of California. I watched feminists glitter in the darkness at Islam's gate. All those moments will be lost in time like snowflakes in the rain.....
The first few times a saw this movie the scene where Roy gives his monologue was without overdub of Dukerd's voice thinking about what just happened. It was totally silent but the pitter-patter of raindrops. Subsequent releases overdubbed Drukerd's thoughts of what just happened. I'm sure some wonk thought it would be better explained so the audience would understand better but all it did was drain the scene of any vitality & authenticity... Good review!
@Watto Toydarian I am going to plagiarize that comment for future use.
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Fricking beautiful dude...
😭👍
Theory: Roy saved Deckard because he realized that this is the end, he is going to die and he can’t do anything about it. Except one thing, he wanted a longer life and he realized that the only way to archive it is to save Deckard, because then he would keep living - in Deckard’s memory. Anyway I’m drunk
Drunk is when I do my best writing. You did great!
Makes sense to me :)
I’m also drunk
Batty saved Deckard on the rooftop, because he realized Deckard is also a Replicant.
@@anthonyoneal8376 He wouldn't have had any way to realize it, I think; Deckard acts like just a really good human. They do exist...
@@fleshanthos I think Roy knew from seeing his fear, and looking into Deckard's eyes.
"Final act of redemption by saving a man's life is also an act of rebellion against his creators. Proving that he can be more than the killer they tried to make him because he chooses to be something better." Well said Drinker, well said.
Not only that, he forgave Deckard for murdering his lover and his friends. Roy gave Deckard redemption - that's sounds quite familiar no !!!
Nail through the palm, that saves
Nope
Unfortunately by trying to make Deckard a replicant Scott is making this effect much weaker. In original version of that movie there was no hints that Deckard was a replicant. Unicorn origami was symbol of Rachel being special model (and we find out that she is special in original ending which was later removed). There was also no dream with unicorn. It was added years later and is taken from a different Scott's movie called "Legend".
"You were made as well as we could make you." - God
"But not to last." - The Critical Drinker's liver
its just an act
*Recovering from non-viral hepatitis* Bloody well relatable.
@@quajay187 Not for all of us...
@@cameronw.5022 and you have burned so very brightly Roy.
The liver that burns twice the alcohol burns half as long.
The good old days before they spent $100,000,000 on the special effects and $10 on the script.
Rest In Peace, Rutger Hauer.
This observation would be funnier if it wasn't so close to the truth. [ insert sad face here ]
C'mon now, it's gotta be pretty expensive to hire an entire committee of midwits to rewrite a script 100 times until it's as lifeless and inoffensive as humanly possible
Most underrated comment on youtube at the moment☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
You have to pay for garbage where you're from? I can just walk out to the curb every mon, tue or fri and pick some for free.
"You Nexus, I build your eyes"
"If only you could see what I have seen with your eyes"
Jeez, you can't not love dialogue like that. It's almost like the writers had a talent for writing or something.
Yeah, something that is super rare these days.
@@jedielder7970 Staring at a cellphone writing 280 characters bullshit all day, whilst thinking gender is fluid and getting educated that socialism is a good thing,,, I don't think it'll get any better.
@@jedielder7970 THIS. IS. ART. Plain & simple. It won't die.
same guy who wrote "Unforgiven". Check out his first draft script for that, it is really close to the movie.
Fiery thae angels fell, thunder rolled about their shores, burning in the fires of orc.
I like that Blade Runner doesn't hammer you over the head with its ideas. The action is in the foreground, leaving themes to register almost subconsciously, until they pop into your mind on nights when it takes a little longer to fall asleep.
"show, don't tell" a golden rule that seems to have been forgotten in the recent past...
Well said
"It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?" What a line.....
I first watched the film version without Deckard dreaming of a unicorn. This quote by the other detective told me that Deckard is a Replicant himself. Many years later I watched the director's cut that includes the unicorn dream. After some contemplation over the film versions I think that the first hint at Deckard being a Replicant is at the begin of the film when Deckard tells his police boss, "I did not work for you when I entered this room, and now I don't even know you anymore", and his boss replies with, "You know: it's over for you when you leave this office." This implies that Deckard will get exectued ("retired") if he refuses the job offer by his boss, which implies that Deckard is only allowed to live as long as he kills Replicants for his boss, which implies that Deckard is a Replicant.
I love when movies are subtly hinting and implying things.
Then Deckard proceeds to go to the apartment and kisses her with that in mind. Thens finds the unicorn, Cue Vangelis epic soundtrack... what a fucking masterpiece
And when it echoes right at the end. Ooof what a great way to tie the thing off. Also, how fucking cool is Gaff?
@@Viewable11 I didn't see it that way. He says, "you're either cop or little people", or something like that, a threat that he'd better toe the line, or else. In the dystopian future displayed, seems reasonable, he doesn't need to be a replicant, just a human being, good at his job, and open to the reality of power.
@@Viewable11 Was the unicorn not a hint for Rachel? I alwaysfound the Deckard being a Replicant story kind of pushed.
One of the finest movies ever made. You did it justice, Drinker.
This one gets better with every rewatch.
Now do 2049...one of the best sequals ever made imo.
I preferred the original version with the film noir first person narration.... really sold the film... The Director's Cut I liked solely because of the remastering of the visual and audio quality.... plus a unicorn!
@@hulkhogansgianttaint9451 So underrated, though hopefully not unappreciated.
I hope 2049 continues to develop a cult following in the coming years.
Totally
The "tears in rain" speech. Probably one of the single best ad libbed lines ever delivered perfectly! My 2nd favorite film of all time!
What's your first? 🤔
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I think it's Fight club!!
Rutger hauer came up with the speech the night before they shot the scene originally it wasn't in the script. He told Ridley Scott that he had some words. But did not tell him what they were. This is what real collaboration on a set looks like Scott let him shoot it the way he wanted. And later said I wish I had of written those lines.
This is what makes the difference between casting a great actor and the right actor. Perhaps someone else could play Roy, and he’d do an equally great job, if not better (there can always be someone who’s better), but Rutger was the right pick. Not only did he act the hell out of the role, but also created one of the most iconic monologues of film history. No one else would have done it, and were all the better for it.
Taking nothing away from Hauer's contribution, but:
I believe he had a source for his words. You see, Vangelis was in a late-60s Progressive Rock band called Aphrodite's Child, with lead singer Demis Roussos (whose voice is briefly heard in Blade Runner). Two of their hit ballads were "I Want to Live" and -- get this -- "Tears In Rain". As a European, Rutger Hauer was of the correct age to have heard Aphrodite's Child on the radio -- their first two albums sold 20 million copies combined, worldwide.
I always thought Roy saved Deckard so he wouldn't die alone. He wanted someone to be there....
That's as valid an interpretation as ever. Being true art, it provokes you to have your own thoughts and responses.
That's a good point; dying would be a scary thing, but doing it alone would surely be heartbreaking!!!
As the War Boys said in Fury Road:
*Witness Me!!*
Perhaps in his final moments, Roy loved life so much he'd save any life, even Deckard's.
I always saw it as a final “fuck you” to his creator, since he was programmed to kill and destroy, and his last act is to save a life when his programming is to take it.
“He lives alone, drinks too much, and doesn’t have any friends.” I can identify.
philhersh i also like to drink sitting on my balcony with a joint and best thing no friends Yeah i like it this way
2 out of 3 ain't bad.
I need to drink more.
Is 21 too young to do this lifestyle?
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That’s the kinda shit I do on a Saturday, complete with looking out the balcony listening to Vangelis
He lives alone, drinks too much and doesn’t have any friends. I see why Drinker loves Blade Runner
One of my favourite scenes is where he takes a drink and a drop of blood can be seen dissipating in the glass. Though Drinker may not like the metaphor.
Hell I love Blade Runner
I can relate
Literally me
Story of my life
as a cynical 55 year old, every time I hear Roy's soliloquy I'm brought back to my young self in the cinema and the beauty of his words makes me well up still. As kids we knew we'd seen a masterpiece. I still like the voiceover version best.
As another 55 year old, this was a movie I loved from the beginning, it always boggles my mind that it was considered a failure. Also, I didn't mind the monologue version I grew up with.
Same, folks
Such a great film
I saw it in an almost empty cinema, in my hometown of Swansea, Wales, when I was 18: I had never seen a film that looked like that before and I was already a keen movie buff. I knew that it was a classic, one of the best films I had ever seen and I had already seen a lot of classic films!
I think Bladerunner is as pretty close to perfection, any movie can get.
Drinker, you've outdone yourself with this review. It's just as thoughtful and poetic as the movie. Brilliant work!
And then there's the book it was based on...
I love Drinker don't get me wrong, but he got a bit sappy at the end. 😂
@@gps9715 you shut your mouth! lol
It´s too bad he wont repeat, but then again who does?
Yes. Yes.
You mean a film that prioritised acting, music, screenplay and authenticity over identity politics is good
I can't believe it either
Ikr?
The film is all about identity and identity politics. The difference is it is well written and compelling and everything and everyone is morally grey. The Replicants may be fighting against their slavery and being denied their humanity but they're still violent murderers and criminals. Deckard is trying to stop them but he's also like a slave bounty hunter. It's why he hates his job. And he may or may not be a Replicant himself. And many other things the movie touches upon. It's just a great film.
Say it ain’t so!!
But Blade Runner was all about identity politics: #ReplicantLivesMatter
**Deckard tries and fails to leap to another building.**
lmao imagine having a protagonist with flaws 😅😂🤣
It's the testosterone that weighed him down... :-|
*screeches in Ma Rey Sue*
Rey jumps across without trying. Let me show you how to make the Millennium falcon fly better. Even though I've never been in a space ship!
Well, he's a white male, so.....
@@Davidsworldtravels Pssh if it was Rey, she would kill all the replicants easily, jumps across another building several times and somehow force an unearned emotional scene and cry cause she's such a complex character.
The drinker describing Rick “he lives alone, drinks too much, and doesn’t have any friends”
Me immediately drawing the conclusion that the drinker likes blade because he’s the main character 😂
Like always
I WAS GOING TO SAY THE DRINKER WAS DESCRIBING HIMSELF!
Fuck me now I want to watch Blade Runner again for the 20th time. A masterpiece.
Drinker: God I miss good movies.
Random viewer: Raises a glass.
I'll drink to that.
Same.. Cheers
cheers
I'll raise a glass of milk to that (I'm too young to drink)
@@averagewikipediaenthusiast3088 at least do grape juice it wine without alcohol
You forgot the modern disclaimer Disney is eventually going to slap on it:
“WARNING: this film contains outdated transhuman stereotypes, and may contain scenes depicting violence, characters of unchecked white privilege as protagonists, white and asian males in STEM fields, police brutality, alt-right ideologies, cis-gendered characters, masculinity, the consumption of hard liquor, black and white photographs, outdated technology, inaccurate predictions of the old future, lack of smart phones and social media, Christian symbolism, complex sexual situations that do not outwardly express consent, heteronormative sexual situations, attractive women that aesthetically entice or glorify the male gaze, actors portraying characters over the age of 30, boomers, and unicorns without rainbow tails. Viewer discretion is advised.”
Hobarth McShane Too late. We’re doomed.
@@SDW90808 To hell with that kind of mindset. People have and will complain about movies. In the 20th century it was cool to hate on movies because they were boring. Now it's cool to hate on them because "muh diversity".
I think Disney is pro transhumanism though. Walt Disney will come back as a cyborg one day.
Bruh are you a former SJW that identifies themselves as bad weather cause it ruins shii
I’d laugh, but it’s actually on the near horizon...I had an argument with someone over these warnings on Aliens for sky cinema. She argued because Vasquez wasn’t played by a Latino that it was ‘black face’ to put tan on a white actor..she failed to realise that Latinos from european ancestry are a huge demographic and often prejudiced against
I love how you touched on Roy's humanity at the end. He becomes "More human than human" I always want to believe that dove that flies toward the sky (that he was holding when he jumped to the other building) was his soul ascending to the afterlife.
When I watched the original cut, it seemed to me that the unicorn origami was to show Deckard that his partner had already been there and had let them escape (let her live). Also that Rachel was a creature that didn't live but had life.. i.e. like a myth, like a unicorn.
That's exactly what I gathered especially with the "it's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does?" line.
I thought that too, then the directors cut came out and made me go “oh…. didn’t see that coming” 🤣
@@JimboB-rh5td Sooo, watch the Director's Cut of this film? OK, got it, watching it tonight, with high expectations.
@@JimboB-rh5td Yeah, I just haven't bought into the Deckard replicant thing. How could he not know he's a replicant if all the others do? That would mean he is a more advanced model than them, and yet was created before them? Doesn't add up.
That's always been my take away.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tenhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...In rain. Time...To...Die "
Poetic and beautiful. And Rutger Hauer apparently came up with it a few hour earlier, and suggested it to Ridley Scott. Who, thankfully said yes.
I didn’t know that. Thank you. Rutger (RIP) was such a talent. 🍻
Sad but also kinda interesting that he died in 2019 the same year his character did.
One of the best moments in my cinematic life. And as if it couldn't be any better, it's sprinkled with Vangelis' score. It's a perfect moment in sci-fi history.
I only found out when I heard Rutger Hauer had died. I find it amazing he basically ad-lib'd that monologue, which is some of the greatest lines in all movie history.
So profound, and so true. Alex Haley wrote that when an old person dies it's like a small library burning down. Hauer captured that notion perfectly.
“This film has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depictions which may cause offence today.” And it is far better than movies made today! lml
I heard they started slapping that dumb shit on older movies. Remember when they would just slap an 18 on the film, acknowledging that it might have grown up stuff in it and if you get offended, well then you should stick to watching postman pat or spot the dog or what're kids shows we had in the 80s.
Yeah, 'may cause offense'...IF you are looking to be offended.
@@dimwitsixtytwelve Yeah those labels are for children, it used to be assumed that adults can handle whatever a film threw at them... now we have adults running around acting like offended children, trying to ban things that challenge them or that they think will influence others for the worse. It's fucking sad really.
Those warnings are an ear mark of a good movie sometimes. Modern movies fail to be about making moral choices and about heroes and fail to have a narrative thread connecting the cool looking scenes.
How long before this gets banned for some ridiculous reason? We're living "1984" and "Fahrenheit 451" imho.
He improvised the entire tears in the rain monologue. Its so genius and timeless.
It wasn't improvised. He wrote it ahead of time - didn't compose it on the spot.
We just makin up lies now
@@Zzyzzyx And he didn't write the entire thing; there was already an entire speech at that point, Hauer just shortened and modified it to be more direct and poignant instead of preachy and grandstanding. He even got the bartender's opinion on it, as he was hanging out there the night before shooting, working on it. This isn't to take away his contribution, but it wasn't just "He's so genius he pulled this out of his ass on the spot!"
I was a young man of 20 in 1982. I was blown away then and I have watched it countless times since. Every time I see it, I am still in awe. Blade Runner just may be the best movie ever made.
Agreed.
Blade Runner: "In 2019 we'll have androids and flying cars!"
2019: "Use my pronouns or go to prison."
this version of 2019 is still extremely bleak
God the future was even worse than we could have imagined
People going to prison for using the wrong pronouns is not a real thing. It’s complete bullshit.
@@megashark1013 only because Jordan Peterson pushed back against it
@@megashark1013 actually it's not , in Canada no one has gone to prison directly but you could be fined and failure to pay the fine could result in prison, as in contempt of court.So it's disingenuous you could go to prison to pay for an unjust fine, and the principle of a bad law is to scare people, so it's having the desired effect.
The reason the soundtrack sounds "timeless" and "dream-like" is because it was composed by the master of the keyboard: Vangelis.
Also because nobody seem to dare to copy it, as such it remains unique and original.
@@jameslawford4057 The thing is, the instrument is not everything. See the new Blade Runner movie, they got the right synth but Zimmer wasn't able to deliver the same atmospheric feel that Vangelis created.
*there are subtle and not so subtle elements found within ANY Vangelis composition that exist nowhere else and are impossible to replicate by anyone else...have noticed this over the decades...some of my absolute favorites are from some of the more obscure releases such as Direct and The City*
Yes the picasso of the audio world.
The entire genre of cyberpunk synthwave, retrowave, nuwave, etc....basically owes its existence to this and also movies like a The Terminator. I highly recommend the music video "Tech Noir" by Gunship!
Mr Tyrell has done well for himself since he worked at the Overlook Hotel.
F-ing hell, man-I've seen this film so many times, yet, with your commentary, I'm still almost breaking down in tears when Roy sits down at the end to offer his last words. As always, well done, sir.
It's an inceptive replicant test itself, I'd question the humanity of anyone who watched that scene with dry eyes.
Same here. It hit me hard.
"Roy's final act... is also an act of rebellion."
That's beautiful, Drinker.
I never saw it that way until Drinker pointed it out. The dude is literally built to be a killing machine, so when he saves someone it really means something
and redemption.
"I just make the eyes"
"Oh if you could see the things ive seen with your eyes"
I loved that line in the movie. The delivery, the meaning, how it wouldnt make sense in any other movie but makes perfect sense in this movie. It was menacing, and a key scene in the progress of the plot. It shows how psychotic and merciless they are. No one is safe.
Rutger Hauer ad-libbed a whole lot of those lines, apparently.
@@CTyler84 that does ad libbed mean english aint my first language
@@zabban made up on the spot - scriptless so to speak
@@zabban improvised
@@zabban What they said.
It's Latin, really. English takes a lot from there.
Ad Libitum means "without direction".
One of the best movies, ever.
Great story, good actors and amazing music by Vangelis (still have the CD).
And one final speech, the I can quote in my sleep.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
Finally a comment that credits Vangelis for the film score. I can’t believe Drinker didn’t mention him by name and give him proper credit for the music 🤓
Seriously that Vangelis soundtrack is out of this world… playing the vinyl in my room… top notch
And unfortunately he passed away..As a Greek this hit me even harder.He is a universal legend
The soundtrack is still one of my favorite CDs. The movie is such a masterpiece.
Agreed!
"God I miss good movies."
Raising a glass to that
I miss them too. Sooooo much. It's gotten to the point where we celebrate the mediocre as good and the good as exceptional merely because we're so starved for genuinely good storytelling.
I second that 🥃
What do you do to get down over, their?
@@jensjurgens98?
Jesus, Drinker, you bring movies alive man.
wanted to make the same kind of comment, thanks Carl
He does, but I saw it at it's cinema release back in the day! I shared the theatre with just 5 other people! It was a failure back then, I thought it was epic! I've probably watched it 40 times...
He's found the secret to drinking constantly while being a film genius. We are not worthy 😂
Wow, you did Blade Runner justice in 12 minutes. Superbly done!
This is my #1 Film ever. I watched when I was 11, back in 1982. I've seen more than 30 times since then.
“But Drinker, you dapper sophisticated ground-breaker” you hear me say. “What about your feelings on the sequel?”
I was wandering that myself
If a movie feels complete as it is, then a sequel isn't required or necessary.
(There's a lot that I don't know in regards to this movie. Perhaps, a sequel was planned out, but never developed for whatever the reason.)
I suppose it was inevitable that the sequel would be disappointing. Nonetheless I was disappointed with just how disappointing it was.
I personally loved the sequel.
I think even it can't be compared with the original, it totally kept the essence and soul of a Blade Runner tittle.
I'm with you. I rather enjoyed the sequel, though I've admittedly not seen the original in some time.
Lots of hate here for it... not sure why. Can the haters explain?
Not just one of the greatest sci-fi movies
One of THE greatest movies of all time
Completely agree.
Back before Hollywood went all woke.
It’s boring as fuck
@@CPitt2000 I wouldn't say it's boring(it also depends on the version you're watching ; the one where they cut Ford's monologues and thoughts is rather pretentious and boring, I'll give you that), I'd say it's difficult to enjoy. You have to be in the mood for it, you can't watch it like Rambo or what have you.
@@CPitt2000 If you're expecting a Fast and Furious Terminator it may be boring, if you're watching willing to understand the film you may find one of the best movies ever done.
Also you need a little of criterion and that's also hard to find in people nowadays...
Yes mate. An all time fav. I finished my best friends eulogy with Tyrell’s “twice as bright” quote.
Rutger Looney (as we called him as kids and into adult life) was a hero to us
Rutger Hauer is one of my favorite villain actors, whether it's Nighthawks, Blade Runner, or The Hitcher, he makes the characters come to life.
Made when movies relied on the plot and not on the special effects. Absolutely awesome.
But then this movie also has great special effects! 10/10
It had great special effects for the time. If only blade runner 2049 had left out the Harrison Ford parts it would've been a great story with great special effects as well.
Plot? Whatever this, "plot" is, please tell current Hollywood. They think "plot" is having a gay character with absolutely no other character traits beyond "gay".
Rutger Hauer, such a underrated actor during his life. That ad lib aswell....
In his prime he was fantastic. The Hitcher was epic.
Split Second, Blind Fury and of course Buffy the vampire slayer
@@spectra1977 Ahh, a man of culture, I see.
@@utrak Haha I'll take that 👍
He's the reason that I love Blood of Heroes.
I saw this movie back in the early 80's in the cinema when it was first released. I've seen it a number of times since and it's always been amazing.
Drinker, you just helped me out my dude. Not by recommending a film that should absolutely be recommended. But your editing and commentary helped me understand the film even more.
Specifically, your editing/commentary at 12:15 is what got a whole new lightbulb - or neon sign - to go off in my head. Let me explain:
So I just got to see Blade Runner on the big screen, because one of my local theaters is fucking awesome like that. It was incredible, as expected. Blade Runner is my favorite film of all time. I know it's not the absolute best, objectively. But since I saw it in high school I was hooked. I've seen it many, many times. I've poured over special features, I've watched the different cuts. Any content that's Blade Runner related, I usually check it out.
But I've always had trouble parsing out Deckard's and Rachel's love scene. It was always the one scene in the film I couldn't quite understand. Because it's so stilted, awkward, and even a little violent.
I always thought it was like...Deckard's so inexperienced he doesn't know how to show his feelings, and so defaults to anger. Or maybe it was that Sean Young was so inexperienced, particularly with love scenes? I know Ford and Young didn't quite have the chemistry that was expected behind-the-scenes. Maybe it's a more pathetic side of this run-down, world-weary hired killer?
And then the side of me that understands modern SJWs is like "Christ that looks almost rapey right"? I know it's not, but I know some people will interpret the scene that way despite the fact that Rachel clearly consents and seems more than happy to be with Deckard in the end. I suppose you could argue Deckard coerces her? Again I don't agree with that interpretation, but I'm giving the devil his due.
POINT IS, at 12:15, your little edit made it click for me: "The cold blooded contract killer who only shows mercy when he falls in love..." and then you show Deckard and Rachel's love scene.
That's it. That's why the scene plays out the way it does. Deckard is a killer. He can dress it up like he's a cop. Like he's doing a good service. But he knows, deep down, he's just killing people. That's his life. That's why he drinks, that's why he resists in the beginning of the film.
Now Rachel comes along, and he finally finds a chance to do something other than killing. He meets a replicant who's beautiful, vulnerable, and doesn't pose a threat to anyone. A replicant who's a woman in all the ways that matter. He falls in love with her, but he has no idea how to show it, and can't stand the idea of hurting her or letting her out of his sight.
To add another layer, when Rachel tries to depart in that scene, he knows she's in danger with anyone but him. So it's desperation for a sense of intimacy he's never had, it's a sense of masculine protectiveness, and perhaps inexperience all combining to make an awkward love scene that flowers into something better.
This is the power of real critique man. It helps show you sides of an artwork you never considered. The bad shit wilts and crumbles, and the good shit just gets even better. Thank you Drinker. Cheers.
P.S. I will say that I'm not so sure Deckard's cold-blooded. I think that's the reason he puts up such a fight when Bryan "arrests" him and tries to get him back on the job. I think he's "retired" many replicants, and can't take it anymore. But he's also probably hurting financially, and being a "cop" at least offers him some status above the rabble of the wider city. "You know the score! Out there, if you're not a cop, you're little people!"
I think killing Zhora is particularly impactful to him because Rachel has finally brought what he's always known deep down up to the surface: all he's doing is killing escaped slaves. Escaped people, who just want to live. I think he's just tough enough to "retire" replicants, but not tough enough to KEEP doing it. If that makes sense.
Same i've also had trouble understanding the scene in the beginning
I remembered a scene where Rachel tells Deckard about one of her "fake" memories with her brother, she said that she remembers that when they were kids one time he showed her his willy and when it was her turn she ran away.
I imagine this conditioned her personality and fear of intimacy...
There's nothing wrong with the thought that blade runner is the greatest of all time. Some people have said Vertigo is the greatest. Now if you study that movie, it's plot actually doesn't really make sense. But that is to miss the point. That you are "not sure" about Deckard is part of the allure of the movie. We're not sure about any of the characters, who are really bad, but not really.. who are good, but not really... the swirling ambiguity
God that decade produced a lot of masterpieces.
I need somebody to review the most criminally underrated movies of all time. Weird Science.
This year specifically. Blade Runner, ET, and The Thing were all in theatres at the same time.
ME HOY ME NOY E.T. was terrible. Hated it as a kid, hated it as an adult. 48 Hrs., Gandhi, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Tron, First Blood, Poltergeist, The Secret of NIMH, Airplane II, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Year of Living Dangerously, etc. were all much better films from 1982
I was a teenager through the 1980s. It was a GREAT time to be one. The music was killer. The movies were excellent - even the schlocky B-movies. And entertainment was for EVERYONE.
Yes, it did. I just watched Critical Drinker recommending Predator; that year 1987: the year of Predator, Robocop, Evil Dead 2, The Lost Boys, Full Metal Jacket, Running Man, Lethal Weapon, Princess Bride, Hellraiser…
What a decade.
They're struggling with replicants in 2019, we're struggling with who's a man or a woman or whatever.
Man, would I give anything to live in an alternate 2019 out of ANY film (preferably BTTF)
Yeah no shit lol
The overwhelming majority of us are not struggling. We understand basic biology.
Hollywood, media studios, and celebrities are struggling. Because they think they understand things better.
Its like poetry. It rhymes. Lucky they didnt go too far in any place, but Decker is a funnier character than theyve had before
@Sunamer Z Cultural Marxism is not a thing. The Frankfurt School writers complained bitterly about cultural homogenisation - and boy bands.
The music/sound is what makes it magical to me.
Roy saving Deckard's life was his final act of rebellion, he was designed by his creators to kill.
-It shows that there is a LOT more to these replicants than their designers gave them.
I saw this film in the theater as a kid, we had to sneak in during a matinee and it remains as one of my favorite films of all time.
The Thing (John Carpenter) came out that same weekend so we saw em both back to back, it's still the greatest 'Double Feature' I've ever seen.
yes the good old days. I don't think it will ever be so good again.
This quote springs to mind: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe". What a weekend that must have been.
Two of the Top Ten Greatest Science Fiction movies. What a double bill.
Holy shit, i guess the thing would freaking me out as a kid. Especially in this time without CGI
On that note, could we get a "The Drinker Recommends" for The Thing (1982, of course)?
Roy Batty, Replicant, dies in the far off year of 2019. Rutger Hauer, actor, died last year in 2019. I guess he had said all there is on the subject and wasn't about to upstage himself. 😔
Wait, he actually died in 2019? Thats a helluva coincidence right there !
@@jacobbenns6090
Prophetic even.
"Time to die." :(
Reality has a strange obsession with poetic irony and gear-like synchronicities. O/T Rutger Hauer and the rest or the cast are ridiculously great in this painfully poignant sci-fi classic.
Premature senility. Don't know how I didn't catch that.
A man that could write the soliloquy and perform it so nobly.... Makes movies like "Nighthawks" easy to forgive (it's running on Netflix now).
A very beautiful movie indeed. It's my favorite. That ending death scene is just mind blowing! Has anyone ever noticed that Roy was a 'Christ' character at the end. The nail in his hand..the dove descending after he died? He sacrificed his life to save Deckard? Funny how no one has ever noticed that part of the movie. I've always referred to this movie as a love story...not a sci-fi movie.
I think plenty have noticed that, though... I'm not sure he sacrificed his life for Deckard.
One of the things I love about the drinker is that even when he's talking about a movie that he absolutely adores, he's not afraid to point out the flaws and holes in logic. It really makes his reviews seem more genuine and less biased.
It is technically impossible not to fall in love with Rachel when she plays that piano.
It's technically impossible not to fall in love with Rachel at first sight
+1 :)
@@imnotatroll6301 Right there with you on that! Love at first sight
True she was the definition of feminity in this movie
@octavio medeiros She thought she wasn't even a human being. Deckard was there to tell her that - in every way that mattered - she was. It was no hardship for him, though...
The kindest, most heart warming "go away now" the Drinker has ever uttered.
A touching moment, worthy of this spectacular film.
all those moments will go away now
I almost feel there was a mental "because I'm going to sob softly" added when it was recorded
Proud to have given this it's 69th like.
It was a spectacular "go away now".
Spot on, Drinker. This one is a masterpiece, Ridley Scott's absolute pinnacle. We have it in the bluray director's cut, and it's wonderful....and Rutger Hauer's own story about making it, in his book "All Those Moments" is striking, God rest him. He said it was the best job he ever had...and he was so very right. "Blade Runner" has it all...incredible production design, a superb score by Vangelis, exceptional writing and cinematography....and the story is heartbreaking and beautiful. It's time now for Scott to retire...he's really lost his edge. But you have to say that someone who could create "Blade Runner" had genius, and used it well. This film just gets better with time, for me, anyway. It never becomes "dated". A masterpiece, it is,for all time. Good for you! Going away now, our Drinker. All the best to you, dear and brilliant curmudgeon. You always get it...right.
The thing people miss about this story is that the reason replicants are so dangerous is they have free thought and emotion but only simulated empathy. This is why the VK test works because the questions are designed to make you squirm but replicants have to fake it. The fear is they will get an idea in their head and pursue it regardless of who gets hurt on the way, which is exactly what happens. The perfect example is them manipulating Sebastian into helping them only to kill him later (implied).
You just made that up, and while you're entitled to your theory, it goes against the basic theme of the movie
I love that Roy's whole famous monologue at the end was just adlib. It's crazy! He just pulls the one of the best speeches in cinema history completely out of his ass!
It wasn't completely adlib, he had a script for that scene but it was a nonsensical garbled description of something SciFi that made no sense. He cut through the bullshit, threw out 80% of it and turned it into poetry.
Really? Impressive!
Drinker to people who've never seen Blade Runner: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe."
Yeah, like A GOOD MOVIE!
Seriously though, they don't make movies like this anymore...
@@lyravain6304 no, they don't. Blade Runner is a god damned cultural treasure.
I still have the VHS, great memories. One of the best movies ever.
Notice that each time Roy tries to tell a human of his personal Hell, his life is threatened by whom he is confessing his humanity to. Finally, he pours his heart-out as he dies. Heart breaking and amazing.
“God I miss good movies”
Me too Drinker. (Sigh) Me too.
There are plenty of directors still making fantastic films (e.g., Nolan, Tarantino, the Safdies, Villeneuve (director of the sequel), so on), even if they're less common than they once were.
@@johndesper9425 Not the same.
John Desper oh I know. Hell I still for the most part think you’ll find top notch films these days. Just gotta look for the lesser advertised films.
But even then it’s just not the same. No your truly standout films are a dime a dozen and most films are formulaic trash. Back in the day most films were great and only a few were outright formulaic trash.
Or who knows maybe it’s only the greats of the past that are being remembered and the climate of cinema at the time is the same as it is now?
But I doubt it.
The lost art of movie making can be seen just in the lighting alone.
So many people involved in this movie did their best ever work. Jordan Cronenweth was one of them.
Seriously for as much as I like Roger Deakins I really miss this kind of baroque expressive lighting work
If you look hard enough you will see things relating to ART!!
Movie making peaked in the late 70s and 80s. The last 30 years have produced plenty of spectacle, but almost nothing of real substance.
When Rachel has the light hit her eyes and they seem to glow is a memory that has haunted me for decades. Whoever thought of that was brilliant And seemed to bring life to the saying The eyes are the gateway to the soul. It's like they wanted it known they had souls.
"All these movies will be lost in time. Like tears ... in the rain."
The REAL question is, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
hahahahahaha
Quite so
I call out to Philip K. Dick would have been nice. They way the critical drinker was going on you'd think Ridley Scott wrote the story.
Only the ones that are made in New Zealand or Scotland. Bahdumtish
@@damageinc04 their first wet dreams
Also waiting for Blade Runner: The 2020 non-offensive Cut. Running time 7.5 minutes.
🤣
I got offended that it's thaaat long!
Or the 2022 remake where deckard is a gay woman, and the replicants are people of colour, just to emphasise the oppressed slave status. Tyrell will still be white of course lol.
Don't give them any fucking ideas anymore please, I had enough
Seven of those minutes are the credits!
A movie way a head of it’s time. Just brilliant all the way around. Absolute classic and must watch.
Utterly sublime film. Incomparable.
Blade runner is definitely one of the best films ever made
*on my list of absolute favorites this one is at the top of the list, followed by Brazil*
@@scottmantooth8785 exactly and don't talk about Fight Club (It's a rule)
Yes.
"It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?". One of my favourite movie lines ever.
I don't know if the drinker watched Battlestar Galactica reboot. But I would love his take on the show and especially Adama.
I've always been a fan of this film. Many of my friends would argue whether Star Wars or Star Trek was the better Sci fi film and I would always bring up Blade Runner.
The "Tears in rain" line was an ad lib....Surely the greatest in movie history. Respect Mr Hauer, a true artist at the top of his game.
10 year old me thought Deckard was the hero, older me realized Batty is actually the hero.
Love this observation. I feel the same about Paul Atreides from Dune - as a kid I thought of him as the hero only to realize now he's quite the opposite. It's amazing to remember how black and white life was back then, only to realize now it's nothing but varying shades of gray.
Agree!
@@BelleMort6 I haven't watched the movies in ages. What did Paul do "wrong" that made him not-a-hero?
@@eugenetswong Oh man, there's so much nuance involved to answer that question! But the short short answer is Paul Atreides ended up leading the Fremen into a holy war that decimated not only their culture and people, but millions of others when it spread throughout the universe. Frank Herbert said his intention with the Dune series was, in part, to show how "charismatic leaders should come with a warning label."
I highly recommend reading the book! Although, the consequences of Paul's actions are explored much more in the other books in the series, but you can definitely see them starting in the first.
@@BelleMort6 interesting. Is it possible that Paul was well intentioned in leading them to war. Perhaps you meant that it was power hunger or selfish ambition.
Bladerunner is one of those extremely rare things that you can't praise enough, because it always deserves a little more.
PREACH!
I just saw Blade Runner Final Cut last night. I've been thinking about it non-stop. It's cerebral in its execution, and sets such a high bar for sci-fi films. This video was incredible, Mr. Drinker. This is one memory I will cherish for all time. Thank you, and cheers!
I've always taken the origami unicorn at the end as Gaff's message that he was there and could have killed him but he intends to let Deckard go. As his partner, Deckard knows of his constant nervous habit of creating the folded animals. PLUS until the final cut or directors cut or whatever the live action shot of a unicorn from Deckard's piano memory was not in the film.
Roy's last act in his life was to break every part of his life's existence and save a life instead of destroying one.
That moment has always amazed me, in that second he feels compassion for the life of the man that's trying to kill him. That backs up Tryrells atatememt of "more human that human" because when the 6s develop emotions they act in a far more human fashion.
I think he also understands that if he saves Deckard he may be "alive" by his actions in someones mind. (In Deckard's mind, the person he just save)
The movie is a masterpiece.
Maybe he recognised Deckard as a replicant. Otherwise it doesnt make much sense.
@@Black_Swan_Rider showning mercy and on the verge of your own death does not make sense? going to be a bitter man till the end, what a great prospect!
@@FairyTailGrey Indeed, we all live, i as i become more spiritual, i am not totaly a saint, and i dont think i will eveer be, but we live, trougth our acctions, those we touch and the acctions we do, be in the spirits of those we touch and others, we maibe even continue after, that is the lord to decide, but life is a gift, we try to enjoy it and make it relevant as the gift that amaizing miracle it is
Blade Runner is one of my favorites. What a great movie.
what did you think about Blade runner 2047 ?
@@DMML850 They kinda tried... But the original Blade Runner was such a hard act to follow and after so long. So, that just makes it ( I don't think calling it bad would be right) a bit off/
Still unsurpassed to this day as a visual masterpiece. The BluRay 'collector's edition' or what have you finally gave it a sound mix that it deserved.
I saw this in the movie theater when I was in my early 20s. It blew me away. Rutger Hauer was awesome as the villainous replicant
When Roy catches Deckard, he says "kinship!"
The dove he holds in his hand is symbolic that he has acquired a soul and becomes human. When he dies and the dove flies up to the sky, it represents his soul ascending to heaven.
it can also be simply a symbol for purity and freedom. machines can never become as humans
There's also the Christ imagery to go along with the dove (a Christ image itself). The nail through the hand, the son of the creator, the white robes of the father (as Drinker pointed out) and the son saving humanity (Deckard), Roy's last minute sacrifice before he dies. Roy came down from the stars, back to earth, to remind us of our own humanity. And I'm not even religious! Just a top notch film.
@@markrichards5630 ..Never thought of all that. But, Yeah, spot on!
Correct. Birds are the symbol of the soul in many traditions
What about Deckard's unicorn?
“ Drinker recommends”are the only two words I need to watch a movie.
Yep.
the man has yet to steer me wrong. who knows what he could do if he were sober. hopefully, we'll never find out.
Thank you for the wonderful critique watching movies after I listen to you makes me realize how much more there was to see again thanks a lot
Also worth mentioning, this film is a lot more interesting than the PKD story it was derived from. It's quite rare a film adaptation surpasses the novel.
The 80’s might be the decade with the most amazing sci-fi movies of all time
Now that I think of it, you’re absolutely right. Holy smokes there’s so many classic titles from that era!
We need you to release BladeRunner: The Drinker Cut.
It's just a collection of the drinking scenes
I seem to remember there was a drinking game based on this film.
lol
Deckard dies in the end of liver cancer
Great review! Can't argue with any of that. I remember seeing this in 1982, and it's been with me ever since - especially Batty's final monologue. I don't think Scott has managed to pull off any other film with the same depth and moody visuals - often imitated in other films but never duplicated. Totally underrated at the time, probably misunderstood too.
Your review of Blade Runner was moving and insightful, perfect. I don't watch it often but I see something new whenever I watch it. Just after seeing this, I found a quote that to me echoed what you said about the value of good movies:
And while the body is confined to one planet, along which it creeps with pain and difficulty; the thought can in an instant transport us into the most distant regions of the universe.
- David Hume
The “Drinker Recommends” image on the thumbnail should be made into merch
No no no! "Merch" sounds like cheap garbage. "Merchandise" has a quality sound that suggests the item to be bought is of quality!
ShamockParticle ah I apologize, yet full heartedly agree with your statement. Please accept my humblest apology. “The “Drinker Recomends” image on the thumbnail should be made into merchandise.”
RIP to Rutger Hauer. Came into the store I worked at, bought a lawn chair. Said to me, thank you baby. 😆
OMG, I envy you.
Neat
Haha awesome!
This was Ridley Scott's SECOND movie. Name any artist that smashes it so thoroughly at that stage of their career. It's simply amazing.
Indeed he did. Steven Spielberg did well, too. His first movie, The Duel, was amazing, and then he made Jaws and Close Encounters a few years later. The Duel is about a man driving alone across the country for a new job. He encounters an old semi truck driving slowly up a hill, so he passes the truck. Unfortunately, the truck driver was insane and immediately started chasing the protagonist to kill him.
Blade Runner was Scott's third feature film, in fact. The first was "The Duelists" and the second was the masterpiece, "Alien".
@@l00d3rthe duel is a fantastic little movie, but not the grand cinematic tour de force we see here.
The soundtrack is pure gold...puts you right back into the movie when you hear it.
"Life is a precious gift, never to be wasted."
Let's try to tell that to our livers, right, Drinker? 😄
Kilgore Trout hepatocytes regenerate
“Nah.... it’ll be ok”
Nah it’ll be find
The candle that burns twice as brightly........and all that stuff. Liver's taking one for the team.
*that's way you always rely on that emergency back-up liver during moments like this*
@@raiden1766 *fine :)
One of the most visually stunning films ever made, god i miss the 80's
Terminator came out in the 80s aswell, a truly blessed time.
@@Th3Espr3ss0 , ain't that the truth, when movies did'nt give a damn about your feelings, Only entertaining you
Everything from 911 back to me I’m 39
This film should be mentioned in the same breath as Maltese Falcon, Citizen Cane, and Asphalt Jungle. The artistry alone is worth the watch. Sean Young is brilliant and beautiful, her character development aside from the revelation of her true self is of the finest introspection and Deckard's ambiguity is compelling to say the least. If he truly were a replicant, would he not have made that final leap? Rutger Hauer deserved an Oscar for his performance as he played Roy masterfully.
Drinker, this was one fantastic review of a epic film that will last through the ages.