[ale] OT - Blade Runner Showing in Atlanta

[timothy at meanor.net]

I'm a big fan of the movie.  It just looks great, and the soundtrack by Vangelis really adds to the overall atmosphere of the movie.  Whenever I watch it, I'm just impressed with how good the effects were, especially for late 70's technology (sure, you can see the cables attached to the spinner in the one scene, but overall it looks good).  I'm looking forward to getting the Final Cut on DVD.  Hopefully it's a better transfer than The Director's Cut.  

"Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep" is a pretty good read, and even though Bladerunner is only very loosely based on it, it does provide interesting background information on things that are only hinted at in the movie (e.g. the airship advertising the "off-world colonies", Deckard asking if the owl was real, Sebastian having an entire apartment building to himself, etc, etc).  Bah, now I'm babbling.

>>It is indeed a great movie with one of my favorite actors, Harrison
>>Ford, as well as a sexy Sean Young (and a bizarre looking Darryl
>>Hannah).
>>
>>Minor rant:
>>My only gripe was calling it "Bladerunner" which has absolutely nothing
>>to do with the original novel on which it was based and has an
>>absolutely unconvincing justification spoken in the movie.  This was
>>doubly annoying as there is a rather good book by Alan E. Nourse titled
>>"Bladerunner" who did have a good reason for titling his book that way. 
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>>dmcnash at charter.net
>>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:17 AM
>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>Subject: Re: [ale] OT - Blade Runner Showing in Atlanta
>>
>>
>>Do it. It really is a movie that is best viewed on the big screen.
>>Plus, if it's at the Plaza you can take your date to eat at the Majestic
>>Diner afterwards.
>>
>>--
>>doug mcnash
>>
>>---- "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote: 
>>> Cool! I've not seen it on the big screen before. Not even the original
>>> from '82. 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 23:11 -0500, Brian Pitts wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> > 
>>> > I thought some list members would like to know that the new cut of
>>the 
>>> > film Blade Runner is showing in Atlanta for one day at one theater.
>>I 
>>> > haven't seen actual show times yet.
>>> > 
>>> > BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
>>> > DECEMBER 22nd
>>> > 
>>> > Plaza Theatre . 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. Atlanta GA. 30306.
>>404.873.1939
>>> > 
>>> > http://bladerunnerthemovie.warnerbros.com/
>>> > http://www.plazaatlanta.com/comingsoon.html
>>> > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/384708/
>>> > http://facebook.com/event.php?eid=6672565689
>>> > 
>>> > -Brian
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