{"id":33,"date":"2008-08-30T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2008\/08\/30\/dystopia-blade-runner\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T01:56:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:56:09","slug":"dystopia-blade-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2008\/08\/30\/dystopia-blade-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dystopia: Blade Runner"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago, I received the Bluray version of the Blade Runner<\/span> Ultimate Edition (the 5-disk one with all the different versions and documentaries). I had already had the DVD version–the super-duper one that comes in a little Voight-Kampff briefcase, with a Hot-Wheels-like flying police car model and an origami unicorn–but I had never watched it. When we got our HDTV and PS3 recently, I decided I had to get it in Bluray, and I wasn’t going to watch no steenking normal-def DVD until then. (Also, the non-briefcase Bluray version was only about $25 to order.)<\/p>\n

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Yes, I’m a geek. I used to be quite the completist-collector, and though I’ve largely given that up since moving to Japan (limited storage space), there are still a few things where I’ve got to have EVERYTHING. Blade Runner<\/span>, one of my Top Three Best Movies of All Time, is one of those things.<\/p>\n

I watched the Final Cut version the day the disks arrived. Absolutely amazing. Not quite the experience of watching the Director’s Cut version in a small theater in Columbia, Missouri (where I was going to grad school at the time), but pretty damn awesome nonetheless.<\/p>\n

I’m tempted to go into the dystopian elements of Blade Runner<\/span>, but come one–if you’ve seen it, you know. Maybe later, when I’m not running on fumes.<\/p>\n

Actually, I want to compare it with another dystopia, Half-Life 2<\/span>, which I just finished a couple days ago. Why compare? Because I think HL2 is a good example of, not a dystopia, but an anti-utopia, and it’s a good chance to explore the subtle difference and get it straight in my own head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago, I received the Bluray version of the Blade Runner Ultimate Edition (the 5-disk one with all the different versions and documentaries). I had already had the DVD version–the super-duper one that comes in a little … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n