Bladerunner BBC2 NOW

[Smits]

Yeah, the directors cut with no voiceover. Plus it's on BBC2 which means no adverts, i'm gonna watch it. TUNE IN

[Neversoft]

Fantastic film, especially since it's The Final Cut. I watched it not long ago and have it on DVD so I'm going to give it a miss today, but urge anyone who hasn't seen it to do so if they ever get a chance. Definitely one of those films everyone must watch at least once in their life. Its worth it for Rutger Hauer's performance alone.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the edge of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain. Time to die."

[Misawa]

Outstanding film, especially the final cut.

[Black_Apalachi]

I only noticed it was on about an hour into it, kind of disappointed as well because it's great when films are on BBC as you say . Anyway I watched Dances With Wolves again just before it on BBC2 which is about three hours long so couldn't be bothered watching another movie .

[Misawa]

Ah, Dances with Wolves. Did you see the similarities between that and Avatar?

[Black_Apalachi]

What a question! I'm afraid to answer it though . I guess so yeah, that's pretty cool actually! I've seen it before but when I was watching it today I was thinking how modern it looks for a film that is as old as me lol.

Are you a fan of westerns generally (older, more traditional ones though)?

[Misawa]

VERY much so. You can't get much better than Leone's Dollars trilogy.

[Black_Apalachi]

OK I sound like a **** now but I don't think I've even seen A Fistful Of Dollars, nevermind the rest :eusa_wall. To be fair I haven't even seen that many Clint Eastwood westerns at all. Lots of John Wayne though, I love stuff like The Alamo and The Magnificent Seven.

[Misawa]

Go see the Dollars trilogy. The three best spaghetti westerns of all time.

[Neversoft]

A Fistful of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven are remakes of two of the best films ever made - Yojimbo and The Seven Samurai. It annoys me when people think A Fistful of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven are original films. Akira Kurosawa needs more credit. Kurosawa actually sued Leone for remaking his film without permission. He sent Leone a letter saying 'I have just had the chance to see your film. It is a very fine film, but it is my film. Since Japan is a signatory of the Berne Convention on international copyright, you must pay me.' Aparrently Leone was so pleased that Kurosawa called his work a 'fine film' that he went around showing the letter to everyone. In the end he did have to pay up the money though.