Blade Runner > Star Trek. Let the battle begin.

[Symarip]

No sequels.

No conventions.

No expansive universe the rest of the world doesn't 'get'.

No Bullshit.

One bad ass movie with a great commentary on humanity.

Tons of extra footage to geek out over.

A few documentaries.




Fuck Star Trek.

[arcadian]

1. I like Star Trek but I'm gonna go with you on this one.

but I'm gonna go with you on this one.

[struggle4progress]

2. Splendid gnostic theological subtext too

[old mark]

3. For christ sake - Phil Dick!!! One of the greats. nt

[Symarip]

4. I loved the book

If memory serves, I think I read the book before I saw the movie.

[Taverner]

25. PKD was an unrecognized genius in his day

[IndianaJones]

5. Harrison Ford is weak. nt.

[redqueen]

7. Why?

Is he a whiny crybaby or something?

[tigereye]

29. huh?

[redqueen]

6. .

:thumbsup:

[Bryan]

8. I can't have both?

I like cats, I like dogs; I like coffee, I like tea; I like Hammett, I like Chandler; I like Blade Runner, I like Star Trek; I am beset by false choices, and I deny them.

[Symarip]

9. No.

There can only be one. You must denounce your pointy ears and bullshit tasers set to stun.

Rodden-who? Bah.

[Bryan]

10. Well, you're a lot of fun

Does this cloddishly reductive attempt to organize the world into stark polarities bear fruit in other areas of your life? ;-)

[Symarip]

11. Yes

Thanks for asking.

[Paladin]

12. I'm With You, Sym

Setting a '40's film noir story in the future and pulling it off so beautifully make "Blade Runner" my favorite.

"Star Wars"? Hey, the first two films were classics. The rest of the series---not so much.....

[flvegan]

13. What if Kirk was a replicant?

I mean, we already know that Spock was.

:popcorn:

[Symarip]

14. YOU!

Go stand in the corner. You're not adding anything productive to this conversation.

And, to answer your question, if Captain Kirk was a replicant, his lame ass would have been retired in the 60s. By that metric, I wish Star Trek then entire series was a replicant.

[flvegan]

15. I'm stunned.

Nice phaser setting, Skywalker.

[Orsino]

16. You've already lost the battle. Here's how.

On Star Trek, you can enter the holodeck and say, "Computer. Run Blade Runner 29 Alpha. Oh, and replace Daryl Hannah with Counselor Troi."

See, Trek already contains everything Blade Runner ever was, and then some.

QED.

[Symarip]

19. Really?

If it's so impressive, why didn't they pull up the holodeck and say, "Computer. We're going to make a movie series and at least 10 dozen television spin off's of a campy 60's sci-fi television show that was only on for a two or three seasons. Write some scripts that don't suck. Oh and have Counselor Troi's ta-ta's pop out every now and again."

If that had happened, I might give your argument some credibility.

[Orsino]

24. How do you think all those sucky movies got made?

You didn't think they'd really take the small screen's greatest icons and reduce them to ludicrous caricatures, did you?

You've just been running the wrong holodeck simulation all this time. It's time to return to duty--but to cleanse your palate, so to speak, let's fire up Yar On Yar 3: Fully Functional for a few minutes. You really need to see level 4, about five minutes in.

[Aristus]

17. No Star Trek Series, film or novel has ever had a monologue as moving as

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."

[Deja Q]

27. !

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

18. Don't phase me, bro.

[azmouse]

20. Dr Leonard McCoy.

Who else could have given us the phrases "He's dead, Jim" and "I'm a doctor not a ..." ?


'Nuff said.

[Symarip]

21. Which one would he be in this picture?

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Let's see...

There's Dark Tirade, Suenturtle, JasonC, DS1...aw, I'll stop, I don't want to embarrass any more DUers.

[elshiva]

35. Oh, they look fine. They are nerds.

:shrug: I'm a nerd, too.

[Locrian]

22. blade runner

Favorite movie of all time. And dont forget about the awesome Vangelis soundtrack.

[Tikki]

23. I've met TONS of people who have never....

seen Blade Runner (great movie by-the-way) and I have never
met anyone who has never seen at-least-one even one Star Trek, something.

Don't say because Blade Runner hasn't returned enough...
because it could be on Television every week like they
do with that stupid Terminator movie.

How much do you think Ahnold pays the stations to keep that movie showing
on a loop in the Cali market?

Tikki

[Swede]

26. I like both.

:shrug:

[tigereye]

28. I don't think it's fair to compare them - classic story to film vs tv series

totally different animals.



Blade Runner is one of my favorite films, but there were some great ST stories in a variety of shows.

[Symarip]

31. No. It's fair.

It just happens that one is a franchise chocked full of suck.

[jobycom]

32. There's debate? Star Trek is fun, but not in the same league.

[BlueJazz]

33. Star Trek is an Enjoyable Soft Drink but Blade is fine Wine.

[elshiva]

34. In the words of Fnord:

"Don't let them immanentize the eschaton."