I don’t know if it’s recency bias but I think this is my new favorite movie of all time.

@nedzed3663

11 ай бұрын

When I see the Unicorn, it reminds me of another movie Ridley Scott directed around this time called Legend, which you should check out. It's pure Legend of Zelda type dark fantasy instead of sci-fi, but the unicorns were the main fixture of that movie, so seeing it galloping through that meadow briefly reminds me of that movie. Plus, it also has that sweet eerie/wonder synth score to it, depending on which version. And Tim Curry plays not only a devil, but a Super Devil, that's right we're not dealing with an ordinary devil. I saw this when I was a kid at the same time as Legend, not knowing it was the same director, and Legand being my preferred movie because I was more into fantasy than sci-fi back then, and Blade Runner's themes went way over my r&tard kid brain. But I rewatched it as an adult in my 20's and I agree with your assessment, it's one of the all time sci-fi greats. I haven't seen the sequel yet but I hear that one is pretty solid as well.

@maximest-gelais2873

11 ай бұрын

As surprising as it may sound, the sequel is arguably even better.

@nedzed3663

11 ай бұрын

@@maximest-gelais2873 I'm in then

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@maximest-gelais2873 Nah.

@c1ph3rpunk

11 ай бұрын

@@maximest-gelais2873better, no, good, yes. The original is ground-breaking, the new one isn’t.

Roy's nail through the hand was because he felt death coming on and needed the pain to keep going.

@rdetwiler5589

11 ай бұрын

Yup

@TimothySmiths

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, most people i see that watch this dont seem to grasp that , that it was an act to get his body functioning enough to keep going.

@stewmott3763

10 ай бұрын

You see his hand seizing up the first time you meet Roy, too. He says "Not ... yet ...", which I always took to mean that he knows death may be only hours away. Then when it happens again during the chase with Deckard, it's almost here.

@paulwalsh2344

2 ай бұрын

He was cramping up ! I’d have chosen some self administered shiatsu massage… but Roy ? I guess he’d progressed beyond such remedies. But seriously… I never got any allusions to Jesus. It was always just a really dramatic remedy to his body shutting down that underscored how tough and superhuman Roy was while simultaneously showing his vulnerability in a way… vulnerability to pain stimulus, but superhuman resilience none-the-less… which just continues to ramp up the tension ! Just a remarkable film all around.

@stevev2492

29 күн бұрын

You can't have a character putting a nail through his hand without it being a reference to Jesus.

Roys last monologue is epic movie history. The actor is Rutger Hauer who sadly already passed away.

@watchmanschannelofdespair

11 ай бұрын

It sure f'ing is.

@mikebell2112

11 ай бұрын

The actor also wrote it himself because the script wasn't as good.

@Paul_1971

11 ай бұрын

He also died the year BR was set....

@nickoftime5759

11 ай бұрын

“…like tears in rain.” 😢 Gets me every time.

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@nickoftime5759 That's how all our lives will end. 100 years after we die, we will be forgotten.

Rutger Hauer actually wrote much of Roys last monologue. Rutger Hauer will be missed.

@88feji

10 ай бұрын

Not really ... he edited the monologue down as it was a little too long and he added in the "tears in rain" line .... he did a great job crystalising the previously too rambling monlogue down to its most moving parts ....

@dcanmore

10 ай бұрын

Rutger Hauer originally received the soliloquy at 72 words in length, he asked to have it reduced as it was too long and clunky and Scott agreed. Then it came back with 48 words but Hauer still wasn’t satisfied so he took out a further 17 words and added nine of his own to smooth out the delivery. Ridley Scott didn’t see the draft with Hauer’s changes and was initially surprised at first but he kept it in as he thought it was perfect.

It's refreshing to see someone younger appreciative of the older movies

You could watch this movie 1,000 times and see new details and still never get answers to your questions. It is high art.

@freethinker--

11 ай бұрын

Inspirational look and themes.

@artbagley1406

4 ай бұрын

The set designs and decorating are so thick with character and detail. The lighting is mesmerizing, too. Based on a sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick, renowned author of the 1950s through 1970s; the book was titled "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep."

It's so wonderful how you understood the subtle theme of the story as it is way over the head of most average movie watchers who are only interested in brainless action films. It was so touching to see you cry for Roy's death as you really understood his tragic character. I think most people were just utterly confused by his death scene.

@kadathsmith

6 ай бұрын

Nailed it

@hughjorg4008

6 ай бұрын

She absolutely understood the movie. I am so IMPRESSED with her. She understood that Roy didn't want to terminate a life in the last minute of his life. 👍

@paulwalsh2344

2 ай бұрын

Let’s face it though… it’s what we come to expect from Bunny…

One thing you allude to that took me a couple watches to notice was that the Replicants, for all their intelligence, basically have toddler emotions. Look at Roy’s face when he tells Pris that Leon’s dead, or Leon playing with the eyeballs, or Pris & Zhora’s death scenes. Their emotional responses are raw, sudden, and overpowering in a way that deliberately evokes young children who haven’t yet learned to control their feelings.

@jonathanhill4366

11 ай бұрын

Great comment. Exactly right.

@technofilejr3401

11 ай бұрын

Damn that is deep. I always wondered why they seemed so hyper emotional.

@blindlemonpledge2556

11 ай бұрын

Both Pris' snd Roys' reaction to JFs' toys is childlike

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for that! I knew they were emotionally underdeveloped but I didn't think about it quite in this way.

@cyberingcatgirls7069

11 ай бұрын

@@bunnytailsREACTS According to the theatrical release, which gets more hate than it deserves, IMO, Deckard theorized [in internal monologue] that in the end, Roy valued life enough to save him, exactly as you did. The voiceover also revealed that Rachael had no preprogrammed longevity like the others, and might have a normal human lifespan.

Not only one of the most visually stunning films of all time, with a great soundtrack, but also one of the few truly philosophical movies.

The moment you realize you cry for the villain's death... Such a beautiful moment in an even more beautiful movie. Its my all time favorite movie.

@keepitsecret-dl1pr

Ай бұрын

Was he really the villain though? He was just an escaped replicant desperate to live. He just wanted answers and to learn how to keep living, and when he realised he couldn't live for very much longer, he was scared, but he eventually accepted death, and changed a jaded man's life who will never forget him.

@russellward4624

19 күн бұрын

The humans are the villans. They're slaver's.

In the beginning the aspect the replicants lack is empathy toward others, especially to animals. That is why the V-K Test has those questions about calfskin wallets and butterfly killing jars. By the end, Batty shows one of the greatest acts of empathy by saving Deckard's life in spite of his own life ending.

@Soulsphere001

11 ай бұрын

The four year lifespan makes even more sense now, since they're most afraid that replicants would develop empathy. Also, V-K test probably wouldn't work after a certain amount of time, either. It's also harder to enslave people when one can identify with them.

@darealtreegardner6165

11 ай бұрын

@@Soulsphere001 Very good point here

@kirkwitham5927

11 ай бұрын

The ultimate act of empathy is altruism. To save someone else at your own detriment. In the case of Roy it wasn't at his own detriment since he was going to die soon regardless, but it is sort of equal because he understood the value of life, even if it wasn't his own life, which I still count as altruistic. That's why I think he saved Deckard.

@mirozen_

11 ай бұрын

@@kirkwitham5927 Perhaps his "giving up" his vengeance could be considered as detrimental to himself as in a way it is a "cost" to him. I'm with you that his action qualifies as altruistic!

@bobbyb2725

11 ай бұрын

Roy is special

This is one of the best soundtracks ever put together. The ambiance of this movie is unparalleled. Roy, spends his time murdering, looking for more life, and comes to value life so much that he can't bring himself to take Deckard's. It's really beautiful.

@remo27

11 ай бұрын

In a way, he defeats his 'programming'.

She absolutely understood this film. This is very rare for Blade Runner first timers on KZread. I am so IMPRESSED with her I'm subscribing to this channel right now. 👍✌

Decker lost his humanity and became like a machine in hunting down the Replicants and Roy gained his humanity and became like a human and saved Decker's life to prove he is the better 'man' and hopefully teach Decker a lesson he will never forget. One of the best scenes in cinematic history.

@system3008

11 ай бұрын

Perfectly said.

@gdahlm

11 ай бұрын

"More human than human is our motto"

@beeaye7944

11 ай бұрын

"But Deckard IS a replicant! Because while it ruins all the poignancy of Human-Replicant interelations, Ridley Scott (The director of Prometheus) said so!"

@carybrown851

11 ай бұрын

​@@beeaye7944 And Ridley Scott also tried to ruin Alien. Movies are never about one man's vision. Scott's interpretation was that... but he didn't necessarily think that at the time, nor did any of the others involved in the film. The original intent was ambiguity. Deckard COULD be... or might not be. And the important bit is... "should it even matter?" My answer is a hard "no." What I LOVE so much about the original film is how it illustrated, so well, how "othering" other human beings can be used to justify treating them horrifically. But that, almost always, "othering" is a LIE. The "replicants" in this film ARE HUMAN. Perhaps even moreso than many of the alleged "real humans." But certainly no less in any case.

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

Deckard.

Brion James (Leon) is one of those “oh it’s that guy” character actors: he had hundreds of film and TV appearances, virtually all in fairly minor roles. This is probably his biggest one.

I love your reaction. I don't think that people tend to understand Roy's speech and what it really means. This film is a sci fi setting but it has a universal message. I am really glad that you appreciate the nuance and the story telling. This is one of my top ten favorite films of all time.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@paulwalsh2344

2 ай бұрын

As a 50ish year old… Roy’s monologue becomes more and more poignant every year lol… “All those… moments… will be lost in time… like tears… in rain…” … take some time to share YOUR moments… … then when “… it’s time to die…” … some of those moments will live on… I’ve told my son of some of my moments… “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… I’ve climbed the suspension tower of a bridge on a foggy summer evening while drunk… my hands freezing and numb from the cold damp steel… and watched taxicabs drive through a tunnel of fog a hundred feet below… I’ve stood paralyzed in fear when the sub-sonic rumble of a crack split the thick ice of a Great Lake on a cold winter’s night… the ghostly fissure arcing away into the infinity of the dark expanse of ice into the miles-wide lake… All these… moments… will be lost in time… like tears… in rain… Lol

The music is by Vangelis. A superb composer from Greece who passed away a few years ago. He contributed amazing beauty to many films. Fifth Element is very influenced by this movie. The actor who played Roy Batty was Rutger Hauer, also a legendary performer who was never, ever, boring. The whole cast was wonderful. A version of Roy's motivation was made explicit in a voice-over originally, but this version of the movie lets you make your own mind up. The book is very good, but very different. It's worth a read, but it's not the film. As you say, I'm sure you'll check out the sequel (Blade Runner 2049) at some point. It's also a good film, and you'll decide how good? You can also check out Mark Kermode's excellent documentary on the making of this film. 'The Edge of Blade Runner'.

@DeanStrickson

11 ай бұрын

He had a great run in the 1980s. This, Chariots of Fire, The Bounty, The Year of Living Dangerously, etc. His Chariots of Fire theme is one of the rare strictly instrumental songs to hit number one on the pop charts.

@DeanStrickson

11 ай бұрын

Oops, Maurice Jarre composed the score to TYOLD, though Vangelis did "L'Enfant" which is the most memorable piece in that film IMO.

@TJ-hs1qm

10 ай бұрын

Yamaha CS-80 and its replica Deckard's Dream 🙂

@LogicalNiko

10 ай бұрын

There are a few documentaries where Vangelis does interviews and shows you some of his compositions on his custom synthesizers. You can just see genius in his every description of work and how he was chasing the music in his head. Watching someone like that work and explain his passion is just amazing and I'm awestruck with his works.

Amazing music, amazing visuals (no CGI), great story, great characters, great acting, great everything.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed!

@martinrayner6466

11 ай бұрын

Vangelis (and Jean-Michel Jarre) - I went out of purchased "Oxygen 1" (on cassette tape) at the time. Some great stuff - loved listening to it at the dojo, and in art class. Some really weird and wonderful stuff.

@carybrown851

11 ай бұрын

Vangelis's soundtrack to this film remains one of my favorite "thoughtful relaxing" life-soundtracks, to this very day. Everything about this movie was a masterpiece. But it's not a "fun" movie. That's where it differs so greatly from "The Fifth Element." This is a movie to make you think, not to make you smile. Both are great in their own way... but are drastically different where it matters most.

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@martinrayner6466 Oxygen is from Jarre, not Vangelis. Both are geniuses.

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@carybrown851 Fifth Element is more wacky fantasy than science fiction, Blade Runner is hard science fiction.

Roy saved Deckard at that moment because Roy felt so much love for life and empathy towards Deckard struggling for his life while hanging on the steel beam. Roy also wanted to pass his memories along to Deckard right before he died so he would not be forgotten.

35:54 I was 14 the first time I heard the tears in the rain speech. It was on HBO back in 1982 as I watched it on my grandparents tv. It blew me away to say the least. I interpreted the rain to be the relentless flow of history and the tears or rain drops were really our lives.

This reaction is special. It's rare to see engagement of this depth with a movie on KZread, even with a film that invites thought and reflection like this one does. It moved me to see you moved. I hope watching this brought something new to your thoughts and aesthetics.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! And YES, it definitely did!

The music and score are by Vangellis, who's probably best known for the soundtrack of "Chariots of Fire." Personally, I've always loved his collaborations with Jon Anderson (of the band Yes,) This movie was decades ahead of its time. Ridley Scott hit this one out of the park with this movie. The "feel" of this movie is incredible, and unlike any other movie I've seen.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

He did collab with someone from Yes!? I am not suuuper familiar with their body of work, but I recently absolutely fell in love with "Close to the Edge". I will have to check out these collabs.

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

@@bunnytailsREACTS Yes' most famous song ( one of their best ) is "Roundabout" ( on the Fragile album ).

Vangelis was something else. He would invent and play the whole thing on the spot in real time to early cuts of the movie. While he used very expensive synthesizers, he did not use computers, note sheets or extensive planning and just played what he felt was appropriate to the scene and then repeated it for the soundtrack album, which is a must-listen. He would bring in exotic singers with incredible voices. He was entirely self taught.

@robins.2749

9 ай бұрын

and basically kick-started modern electronic/ambient/edm music in one movie.

@mrtveye6682

8 ай бұрын

@@robins.2749 Not to take away anything from Vangelis, but that's a bit far fetched. This movie is from 1982, at that time, electronic music pioneers like Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Vangelis himself had been around for about a decade, and the whole synth/new-wave movement with Bands like Depeche Mode had already started.

@jamesharper3933

6 ай бұрын

​@@mrtveye6682I agree. You can add Kitaro and Klaus Schulze to that list. They as well were composing electronic ambient music during the early 70's. Both passed away last year.

@paulcarfantan6688

6 ай бұрын

@@mrtveye6682 Quite true but don`t forget Jean-Michel Jarre and Ultravox.

@mrtveye6682

6 ай бұрын

@@paulcarfantan6688 Sure, there have been more pioneers. I was just dropping a few examples that came to my mind first ;)

Rutger Hauer, the actor who played Roy passed away in 2019, the same year he died in Blade Runner.

@jaymedina3142

10 ай бұрын

Spooky, ironic, satisfying, appropriate??

The music is Vangelis' masterpiece IMO. The searing organic lead lines are done by the legendary Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer 🥰 I loved your reaction - Blade Runner inspired so many things, including tons of anime. It's one of the corner stones of cyberpunk

@acereporter73

11 ай бұрын

The list of anime that draws on this aesthetic is vast... *vast.* A dozen titles would mesh right into Blade Runner almost seamlessly.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you :D

@rpulley01

6 ай бұрын

Vangelis and this soundtrack in particular is so influential in electronic music. The CS-80 is one of the rarest and most sought after synths because of this movie. You have to listen to the soundtrack. It is unbelievable good. Totally immersive. You will be transported.

Roy's monologue has never not brought me to tears. So tragic and bittersweet. In his time of dying, and after not being able to save Pris, he saved Deckard. He wanted to preserve life, even if it was not his own. That hit me so hard as a kid watching this back in the day. Always nice to see people fall in love with this masterpiece.

Your analysis of Roy and of the ending were very enjoyable to listen to. I never really thought about it the way you did. Roy had a lot of rage, understandably, but his anger was mostly aimed at the people who created him. He had no animosity toward Deckard. I think, by the time he died, he finally became human, and wanted his last act to be something quintessentially human, an act of compassion and empathy. The line about tears in rain is one of the best movie lines ever. The soundtrack was by Vangelis, who did some of his most popular work in the 80s. He also did the soundtracks for Chariots of Fire and the TV mini series Cosmos. Definitely watch the sequel..

Roy drove the nail through his hand to act like a sort of bypass because his body was shutting down. It gave him mobility in his hand for awhile longer. This version of the movie lacks Dekards narration. On one of the final scenes he says the reason the other bladerunner let Rachel live was because he figured she'd die in a few years anyway. But what he didn't know was that she was special, a prototype that had no limits on her life span.

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

Very special ( see the sequel ).

I first saw this as a teenager in the 80's, and it literally changed my life. Brilliant mood, concept and look. Based on Philp K Dick's story, the best Sci Fi author of all time. This movie is my alltime top favourite movie. Brilliance.

That last scene with Roy dying always gets me too. Tears in rain indeed.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

It's amazing. Very beautiful.

The director, Ridley Scott, said that when he was set to direct this he had finished Alien, both set about the same time frame he wondered if this was Man in Space, what was earth like. Blade Runner set and influenced the tone for Sci-Fi and fantasy visuals for decades after its initial release. Like Star Wars and a few others of that decade, Blade Runner jump-started a new visual pallet and aided by new advanced special effects not seen before made real change. Much of what we see in this genre is due to these works

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

Detailed models work.

@rickg8015

4 ай бұрын

Ridley owes his visual aesthetic to Moebius’ work on The Incal (graphic novel) and The Long Tommorow (short story comic, written by the guy who wrote Alien).. He explicity said so in interviews about the artists and visionaries that influeced him, but mainly Moebius..

Vangelis is the GOAT when it came to synthesizer music. Simply incredible movie, and the follow up, Blade Runner 2049, is pretty damn good too.

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

And yet it's not as amazing or groundbreaking as the original.

@CDNChaoZ

11 ай бұрын

@@miller-joel They're playing in the same universe, so it's impossible for 2049 to be as groundbreaking as the original. Let's just say it was a worthy followup.

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@CDNChaoZ Alien and Aliens are in the same universe, and Aliens is hardly inferior. Same with Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back.

@c1ph3rpunk

11 ай бұрын

@@miller-joelthey’r also not 4 decades apart.

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@c1ph3rpunk 4 years or 4 decades, greatness is greatness.

Welcome to the world of Blade Runner aficionados. As one being myself I enjoyed your reaction very much. Also your very emotional reaction to Roys speech and demise. When I saw that for the first time (theatrical cut) 41 years ago I was unable to grasp that whole thing. Today after the 50th watch, I can't help to shed a tear watching Roy die. This is such a powerful moment and one of the best monologues in movie history. There areso many subject matters which are being addressed. You need to watch this masterpiece several times to comprehend all that.things like the importance of the human eye, the god like figure Tyrell is (his bedroom looks almost as a kathedral), fate, Jesus Christ, love, emotions, empathy. What it means to live and love life... By the way, the movie is rather loosly based on the novel, for in the novel the importance to own a real animal is one of the central motivations for Deckard, He is married and not a Replicant but it is worth reading it.

5:18 yes the late actor Brion James was in The Fifth Element

Your reaction is exactly why we who are a bit older feel disappointed with most movies today. They almost never make you feel like you did after watching this. You where also spot on about the reason why Roy spared Deckard in the end. Life is precious.

The book and movie are very different, but the book has a lot of themes that are left out of the movie. However, the movie alludes to the idea that most animals are dead. When Roy finds the live dove, he is so moved by the fact that a bird still exists, he gives up on killing Deckard. Read the book, but there is a part with a spider that will tear your heart out.

Vangelis created an epic soundtrack for this.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Indeed he did. I listened to it many times after watching this.

Roy said "Pris hasn't got long to live" because he could tell that JF being small and weak might have a sexual attraction to Pris and hope that he has a chance with her so he might be inspired to help them more for her.

I do think that Blade Runner (1982) is in the top 5 best movies of all time. The visuals, soundtrack, music, acting, concept, hidden meanings and thought-provoking nature are just so well done. It's one of those movies that make you think and think and think and days after watching it, you find yourself still thinking about it's meanings. Like many of the best movies, it initially wasn't received well but over time has been reflected upon and truly appreciated for just how incredible it actually is.

"I don't know who this actor is, but he's phenomenal" - said before "tears in the rain"

My own personal explanation for Roy, in his last moments, is that Deckard is very much like him - shaped by violence, and largely rejecting OF that violence. A warrior who must do as bidden. Tyrell committed unspeakable evil against Roy and all reploids. But Deckard? Deckard was the only one, in Roy's last moments, who could empathize. Who could hear his final words and feel something real about them. Deckard was worth saving. Tyrell was worth killing. Both acts were sacrifices, on Roy's part. But watching Deckard fight to survive - to run, to hide, to do ANYTHING to just go on living... that probably made sparing him a lot easier for Roy. I think, by the time they fight, Roy should have been dead for hours. I think he was just fighting off the reaper through sheer force of will. And I think Deckard was the ideal person to share in his final moments. To experience the terror Roy was facing, to hear him and be with him to the end... and to go on living and never forgetting Roy.

@eduardosiutti18

11 ай бұрын

You really need to watch the theatrical version, with the voice over. Like, really.

@stevecurran

2 ай бұрын

You nailed it, Paladin.

This one took me a few watches to fully click. When it did though, it was like I was watching a completely different film. The effects work in this film are probably the best I’ve ever seen for sci-fi. Absolutely stunning. Daryl Hannah even recognized her character’s incept date too when that date hit. That was a fun tweet.

@StreetHierarchy

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow. That's like celebrating First Contact Day lol

@Bar-Lord

11 ай бұрын

@@StreetHierarchy I saw her tweet, realized the year, then realized that I wasn’t in high school anymore and time marches on. I’ve lived to see all the “futuristic” flicks I grew up with become relics.

I think your interpretation of this absolute classic of a movie was right on the money. It hit me with almost exactly the same feelings when I first saw it, and as you pointed out, it was a huge influence on other movies of its time, and that influence continues to this day as younger audiences discover the brilliance that is Blade Runner.

*Somehow* my parents let me see this in the theater just before my twelfth birthday. I don’t know how much of it I understood, but I loved it. It’s been one of my top three movies ever since. The sequel is also amazing, though I pick this one if I can have only one. As to Replicants, they call them “the next stage in robots,” but I think it’s more accurate to think of them as genetically-engineered humans. They’re biological, not mechanical.

Now you have to watch Blade Runner 2049 while your memory of this movie is still fresh.

The music is basically classical + film noir jazz done with synthesisers by Van Gelis It's terrific - the love theme with the saxophone is my favourite. Like some humanity poking through a dystopian hell-hole.

@ingerasulffs

11 ай бұрын

Vangelis, he was Greek.

@khalidcabrero6204

13 күн бұрын

@@ingerasulffs Jazz fusion, which was quite big in the 1970s. When I first saw it, I thought the soundtrack was by Weather Report. There are many similar motifs and tones, cf. "Dream Clock",

Like Blade Runner for the broader scifi movie audience, Do Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep is often credited for birthing the cyberpunk genre in scifi literature.

You had the perfect reaction to Roy Batty's memorable last monoligue which has come to be known as the "Tears In The Rain Monologue". Your reaction is exactly what the movie intends. I!m certain your parents will live to know how much you liked this movie.

I totally agree that The Fifth Element was inspired by this film with a lot of the aesthetics. I love your call-outs to the similarities, and I was a big fan of your Indiana Jones joke about him being afraid of snakes. *Chef's kiss*. So glad you enjoyed this film as much as you did and all the wonderful parts of film-making that went into it. Truly an amazing classic. Thank you so much for sharing this reaction with us, Bunny.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@KrazyKat007

11 ай бұрын

Fifth Element took much more from “Heavy Metal” the animated science fiction film than it did Blade Runner. And Blade Runner took much inspiration from Heavy Metal magazine. The sci-fi/fantasy anthology magazine the animated movie was based on. Ridley Scott has openly said so on multiple occasions, citing Heavy Metal magazine by name.

Cool channel, great reaction!! I've seen Blade Runner hundreds of times since 1982, and the beautiful thing about this movie is that you can watch it over and over and have a different experience everytime. It's a very open-ended movie, open to alot of interpretation. In my opinion, this movie's greatest virtue is the art direction which has inspired not only other movies, but has inspired video games, music videos, special effects, and other media. Many people in those respective fields cite Blade Runner as a big influence. Very nice to see this timeless masterpiece resonate with a new generation.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

It was nice to finally have someone to cry with at the final death scene of this fantastic film. It gets me every time. At 38:36 of this video you said, “there’s a lot of things I don’t understand” but I don’t think that’s true, your heart understood this film perfectly. Thanks for that.

The actor who plays Roy Batty is Rutger Hauer. He's also in Ladyhawke and The Hitcher. Check them out!!

@tsogobauggi8721

11 ай бұрын

"-Where are you from? -Disneyland." :)

I love this video, thank you! It takes most people 2-3 watches to fully get Bladerunner, but the whole movie is a commentary on what it means to be human. You sympathize with the villain who isn't human as he grapples with budding humanity and emotions, while you sometimes hate the hero is human but has lost his humanity. Roy's death gives it back to Deckard.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

People are still arguing about it 40 years later, so 2-3 times to fully get it? Not likely.

Rutger Hauer was an incredible actor. You should see him as the hero in ‘Ladyhawke’ with Michelle Pfeiffer. Roy drove a nail into his hand to stop Rigor as his muscles were dying. Replicant soldiers Offworld were barbaric and very tribal, hence the face paint and howling. The original film has ‘voiceovers’ by Deckard, revealing his emotions and experience. He quit being a Blade Runner as he was emphatizing with those he killed. He felt sick killing Zora. ‘Skin job’ was a derogatory name for replicants. Deckard described his boss Bryant using the word like the ‘N’ word. In deleted scenes in a behind the scene book: Roy killed replicant copy of Tyrell. The real Tyrell was in a cryogenic chamber. Deleted from the original ending: Rachel was special to Tyrell. A relplicant copy of his dead niece that does not have a four year life span. Deckard’s last line regarding being with Rachel in the original ending: “I don’t know how long we’ll have together. Who does? The photos on Deckard’s piano and the origami unicorn were hints that Deckard was an early Nexus model replicant. The other ‘hint’ in the film: all replicants have their eyes with a yellow glow. Look at the eyes of Rachel, Roy, Tyrell’s owl and Deckard. I loved that you cried at Roy’s death. I’ve seen the film so many times and I still cry every time. The dove was symbolic that when Roy died his ‘soul’ flew away like the dove. (Choking the tears).

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

I've added Ladyhawke and several other of his movies that have been recommended to my list. I hope I can watch some of them. One of the things that I was so curious about was how Tyrell felt about Rachel, since she had the memories of his niece. I was a little frustrated I never learned the answer, so thanks for that bit of info on that.

The synthesizer most notable in the soundtrack is the Yamaha CS80. It skyrocketed in popularity after this movie, and today, sells for about $10K on the used market. Even with modern synthesizers, keyboardists still chase the sound made from this movie. Black Corporation even made a synthesizer a few years ago called Deckard's Dream, as sort of an homage/clone of the CS80. That's how impactful the score was, so it's no surprise that the music was grabbing you as much as it was. It did that for a ton of people.

@markfonstad2647

4 күн бұрын

Add a zero to that price, for a good one.

24:57 Love the childlike emotional reaction of Hauer here - exactly what you'd expect of a four year lifespan being to whom emotions were brand new.

Both The Fifth Element and Blade Runner were inspired by a comic strip by writer Dan O’Bannon (who co-wrote Alien) and French comic artist Moebius (also known as Jean Giraud) called The Long Tomorrow which had appeared in the French comics magazine Metal Hurlant. Moebius also worked on both The Fifth Element and Alien as a production designer. He designed the space suits worn by the Nostromo crew in Alien.

Replicants are not robots. They're bio-genetically engineered humans, but have superior physical strength, stamina, agility, and resilience compared to "normal" humans. Also, in Philip K. Dick's novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," Deckard is not a replicant. Director Ridley Scott decided to make it more ambiguous - "is he or isn't he?" - and let the audience make up their own minds.

@brooklynbnutterflyarts4646

11 ай бұрын

Where the androids in the book human like robots? Or bio engineered?

@ozmaile7938

11 ай бұрын

Thank You .. Almost every viewing of this has endless comments stating that Deckard was a replicant .. In the book he isn't / In the beginning Ridley said he wasn't / told H. Ford he wasn't. but put in a few twist to mess with peoples heads... Then when the rumor took off he decided to add to the hype .... People are such easy marks ...

@ciphernine7824

11 ай бұрын

@@brooklynbnutterflyarts4646 Philip K. Dick's novel (published in 1968) used the term "android," not replicant. The androids/ replicants were intentionally written as being indistinguishable from humans - except for a lack of empathy - but were capable of developing it. They are essentially a mirror, held up to human action, contrasted with a society that is losing its own humanity.

This movie operates on many levels: it's high art. Welcome to the fan club. The screenplay doesn't spoon feed you much, but the movie dovetails nicely with the book. The book explains the human reverence for animals, their desire for fake ones, the androids' lack of emotional control, and the fact that there's been at least one nuclear war, so everything is dark and falling apart. People are leaving the Earth in droves. Not everything is the same in both media, but many of the book's strongest traits are retained subtly in the movie, like an adaptation should be. Amazing.

@bunnytailsREACTS

2 ай бұрын

I bought the book! Hope to read it soon!

So happy you wisely went with The Final Cut. It would have really been tragic if you went with the theatrical cut that’s been disowned by the director. And yes, this film introduced and essentially invented the sub-genre of cyberpunk within science fiction. It also works as a future noir, or neo-noir. If you know what film noir is. A genre of Hollywood movies going back to the 30s and 40s about hard boiled detectives, femme fatales and the shadowy criminal underworld. Noir was known for its distinct dark visual style as well. Blade Runner took certain story tropes and stylization aesthetics of film noir and applied them to a science fiction story. So many artful trailblazing innovations in this film. And yes, this film was a major influence on many science fiction films for decades after and is still is. Yes while Fifth Element clearly took influenced from Blade Runner. But even more than Blade Runner, Fifth Element took inspiration (or some might say beyond that into plagiarism) from an animated science fiction film from 1981 “Heavy Metal” “Heavy Metal” is a totally unique film that influenced many artists and filmmakers after it. It’s based on a science fiction/fantasy/horror anthology magazine of the same name. Many of the top tier and most influential of artists and writers were published in Heavy Metal magazine. Many artists, writers, and filmmakers have drawn big inspiration from Heavy Metal, Including director Ridley Scott with this film Blade Runner. Scott openly acknowledged the influence of Heavy Metal magazine on this film. Heavy Metal magazine and the 1981 animated movie based on the magazine are among the most influential cultural force most people don’t know about. But many artists do. Heavy Metal magazine was a huge influence on this film Blade Runner. And the magazine and even more so, the animated movie were a huge influence on The Fifth Element. The 1981 animated science fiction film “Heavy Metal” is definitely worth checking out. It’s a highly influential cult classic!

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

Ford hated recording that voice-over, he knew it dumbed down the film.

Thank you for an amazing reaction! Not often do I see people connect so much to the characters and deeply understand the replicants to the point of empathizing with them. Roy really is a fascinating and a tragic character, raising up so many questions about the value of human life. Replicants, despite being artificially created, showing more humanity than actual humans. By the way, not sure if anyone mentioned it already, but the actor playing Roy, Rutger Hauer, passed away in 2019, which is the same year that the movie's events take place in. What a crazy coincidence, huh? Can't wait to see your reaction to Blade Runner 2049, as it is a worthy sequel!

This is one of the few movies I've seen where the setting feels like it was actually lived in, like you could actually smell the city & feel how grimey things are.

@bunnytailsREACTS

6 ай бұрын

Yes! It is definitely that!

This is one interpretation: Roy spared Deckard's life. He knew he was dying. He wanted someone to be there in his last moments, as a witness.

Wuff, this was really emotional. Thank you very much! ❤ I first saw the old cinema version 30 years ago, in which you can hear Deckard's thoughts as a voice: he assumes the same thing as you: Roy probably simply valued life itself in his last moments. That's why he saved Deckard. Aside from the Jesus symbolism, I assumed that the nails in his hands and the pain they cause were simply to keep him awake and aggressive because the physical deterioration had already begun in these moments. "...tears in rain", what apt and powerful words to express our fear of death. But I also like the implied questioning in this movie, of what it is to be human.

@bunnytailsREACTS

10 ай бұрын

💗

I would HIGHLY recommend looking up the three Blade Runner anime mini episodes. They're not "necessary" before watching 2049, but they add a nice chunk of back story that, I felt, really enhanced the movie. They are, Black Out 2022, 2036: Nexus Dawn, and 2048: Nowhere to Run. There's also anime called Blade Runner: Black Lotus (that I only just found out about) that takes place between Black Out and Nexus Dawn.

Replicants ARE human in every way, except in how they came to be. Replicants are made, while humans are created. That’s the only difference, and that’s the driving force behind the entire movie…what does it mean to be human? By the way, that speech that Roy gave was actually written by the actor and wasn’t at all In the script. The actor who played Gaff (Edward Olmos) actually created the street language he spoke. Everyone caught Ridley Scott’s vision and contributed, and it really, really shows.

The tears in the rain scene….your interpretation and reaction spot on to how I felt. Without this scene, the music, those lines, delivered so beautifully by Roy(Rutger)the movie would not be what it is….greatest sci-fi movie in my opinion

This is the Best Reaction-Video i ever saw.❤Thank you🤗 I watched this masterpiece when i was 19 and it blow my mind.And every time i watc iit again i cry at the TEARS IN RAIN-Scene. P.S.: THE music is from VANGELIS he was a greek composer.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, wow! ❤️

This movie is about 2/5 of the book, maybe 1/2. The book will give a better understanding of the whys in various things you've seen. It's a great story .

When you first mentioned "The Fifth Element", I was like "That's where you know Leon from". It was so satisfying when you figured it out yourself. *smiles*

You're correct about why Roy saved Deckard; this movie is a masterpiece of filmmaking.

thank you for this. its my favorite movie of all time. goat movie for sure. glad more people are making reactions to it, coz its completely overlooked

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I loved it

You sounded so much like me when I first watched this in theaters when this first came out. This movie was my introduction to the phenomenal acting of Rutger Hauer. Roy's final monologue is known as "Tears in the Rain". May he rest in peace. If you want to see more of Rutger Hauer I recommend The Hitcher (1986), Blind Fury (1989), Split Second (1992).

@JPWick

9 ай бұрын

Loved him in Ladyhawke. I think that movie could certainly use a rescore, though. If you can get past the 80's synth in a period film, it's great. Big ask of a general audience, though.

@Temeraire101

7 ай бұрын

Not seen it, but heard he is good in Ladyhawke as well.

I have a big crush on your mind. I love the way you let yourself relate and then re-relate and the re-re-relate to Roy. It is absolutely crushing to feel and the greatest thing about this movie is that it does actually take some reflection to form these secondary (but equally vivid) impressions of the characters. I too was perplexed about Roy's rage against his creator but it seems to me that he was maturing rapidly and came to several crossroads towards the end, where he both realized the impermanence and tragedy of life, but also the impermanence and beauty of life (his loss, his saving Deckerd respectively). I just found your channel and can't wait to see more.

In case no one has mentioned it, the nail thru the hand was to get a reaction from himself. Roy knew he was dying, which was why he was saying, "Not yet." He still had a few things to do before he died such as teach Deckard a bit of a lesson in humanity. And the composer of the music was the legendary Vangelis, a greek composer who, like Hauer, is no longer with us.

Very good reaction. That tears in the rain speech is amazing, it gets me every time.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 💗

You did well on this. It’s beautiful and unique. There are several interpretations of this movie. The best art/music allows a personal emotional experience for everyone.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

In the theatrical version Ford has a running narration during the movie. It helps explain lots of things. It was forced into the edit by the studio, but the version you watched is supposedly Ridley Scott's vision of it without narration.

I saw this for the first time when I was a little kid, in the mid 80’s probably. I just thought it was boring lol I wasn’t old enough to appreciate how awesome the cinematography and world building is. I’ve grown to really like it as I got older. Now I love dystopian gritty cyberpunky stuff like this.

This is a work of art. Repeated viewings reveal new insights. "No Country For Old Men" "Dr Strangelove"...there are just movies that transcend the casual watch and engage the mind. This is one of them. As mentioned below, the character of Roy was played by Dutch actor Rutger Hauer. He and Harrison Ford gave A+ performances. However the set design, the score, the lighting were perfectly blended together, as you noticed. Good reaction, well done.

This is my favorite movie and the original U.S. theatrical cut is my preferred version. I saw it in the theatres when it first came out. I was in junior high then and didn't rate it very highly. After I got to college I watched it again and started to fall in love with it.

Great reaction, and really great to see how much you connected with this movie emotionally, the way, so many of us fans do. And yes, you got it. Exactly right. Especially the part about Roy appreciating life, all life, as his was ending.

One of the best film Scores of all time. I’ve listened to it hundreds of times over 30 years

Thanks, bunnytails, for a great reaction to this wonderful movie.

Brilliant performance by the late Rutger Hauer. The book it was based on was also very bizarre, and quite a bit different from the movie. One of my favorite authors Philip K. Dick. Worth reading, but expect a really weird, off the wall vibe. I think film producers were like, "we can't call this thing Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?!!".

The most amazing thing about this movie is that the villains become the good guys. That's why it confused people. At one point, Roy says to Deckard, "Aren't you supposed to be the good man?"

Bladerunner is one of my top 5 movie favourites. Hard to say it is my top, since all 5 are so different that are favourite for different reasons. It is probably the most complete movie I’ve ever seen. The sound track is not just music, but is as much the texture as the visuals.

Yeah, the music is one of the best parts of this movie… Vangelis was something else, out of this world and yet not. As you say, it’s full of wonder and yet something else in there. I sometimes relax listening to a chill cut of the sound track, which sends me off dreaming of these alternate futures from these types of stories…

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

I think this is now my favorite movie soundtrack. It really stuck out to me. It transported me to another universe.

@joeb918

11 ай бұрын

It’s definitely one of mine as well… it’s up there with the sound track for Tron 2 the Guardians of the a Galaxy Trilogy’s music. As an aside, there’s also a great classic point and click adventure video game adaptation of the book you might want to check out with the book. They recently made a “remaster”, but I think it only makes the characters look weird. Though I guess it also makes it so it runs smoothly or better at least on modern computers. It also expands on the world and lore with things from the book not in the movie. Its also why I recommend watching the Theatrical Cut of this movie at least once, Harrison sadly doesn’t do a great job with it, but it has a neo film noir voice over that explains things about the world that aren’t explained in the movie.

If you like the whole premise of this, especially the philosophy behind the film and the questions that it makes you ponder, I suggest you watch the original Ghost in the Shell animated film.

@maxducoudray

11 ай бұрын

I didn’t really like the English film release of Ghost in the Shell. It’s cobbled together from the beginning and end of a longer Japanese series, so it doesn’t quite work as the story jump midway through is so jarring.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

I've seen it, though I should probably rewatch it. Dunno if I could do a reaction, though. I think I remember too much (but also at the same time I don't think I really understood it when it was over).

Batty: 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 Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Iconic

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@bunnytailsREACTS Improvised by Rutger Hauer.

@nocturneJOJO

11 ай бұрын

@@miller-joel well sort of... There was a longer version in the script, he shortened it and add some bit of his own, so props both to him and the screenwriter. ;)

@miller-joel

11 ай бұрын

@@nocturneJOJO Don't know if it was longer, because the 1981 draft has basically the same speech, but it's true that Hauer didn't write it from scratch. He just added the most important and memorable part. No one cares about "Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." People care about "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

You are a very intelligent individual. I have seen this film numerous times, in every iteration, as it is my absolute favorite. Of course that being said, have watched many similar reactions. I experienced great empathy here this evening, and cried at your astute and succinctly deep felt emotions, because it is profoundly deep and sad. Really appreciate the recap, this is an element missing from 90% of the competition, which is, to me, the most important. Also appreciate that you do not pull your punches in the commentary, you have a great presence and sense of humor, good job, instant subscriber.

@bunnytailsREACTS

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much ❤️

Blade Runner 2049 is a very direct sequel both in theme and tone, so definitely worth watching. There isn't much that compares to Blade Runner but here are a couple of suggestions: Children of Men (2006) - fantastic filmmaking less cyberpunk but as bleak. Dark City (1998) - Dark future scifi/fantasy. Ex Machina (2014) - A different take on what separates humans and AI robots. Gattaca (1997) - if you want a bit more hope in your bleak future.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for the recommendations!

3:54 You got it. BladerRunner influenced the design of a LOT of movies for the last 40 years. BTW if you closely watch the roof tops of the buildings Gaff and Deckard flew over you will see the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.

Rutger Hauer is also great in Ladyhawke, another 80s classic, a unique fairy tale

I love Blade Runner. an unpopular opinion, I like the theatrical version with the voice-over at most. I love to hear what a character is thinking. 30:50 RIP Rutger Hauer one of my favorite actors. 35:30 I think he has cramps in his hand or he can't feel the hand anymore because he is short before his deactivation and try to get back control. 38:40 for a rewatch I recommend the US or international theatrical version.

@bernice6867

11 ай бұрын

Me too, I like the voice-over a lot. Off course I saw it many times that way, before any of the other versions existed.

41:00 Yeah, you got it. Now, is Deckard a replicant? The right answer is, we don't know, and the movie doesn't answer that. It's left ambiguous on purpose. We are supposed to discuss and make up our own minds. No matter what anyone says, not even Ridley Scott.

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

I like that it is up for interpretation. I'd like to believe he is not.

Something else to think about is Deckard's dreams. "Those aren't your memories, they're someone else's"; "You know, that Voight-Kampff test of yours...do you ever take that test yourself?" And then in the final scene, there's an origami figurine left for him by someone who he's never told his dreams to, that depicts what he sees in his dreams. Rachel didn't know, but what about Deckard? Is he actually human? Does it really matter, in the end, if the one character who displayed the most humanity in the film wasn't really human? Then what does it actually mean to be human anyway? I would also HIGHLY recommend Arrival (2016) since you liked this so much--another heady sci-fi movie, and one that makes me sob more and more each time I watch it lol

@bunnytailsREACTS

11 ай бұрын

I watched Arrival recently (but before I started doing reactions) with one of my patrons. It was a great movie and yes, I cried :)

To see this on a big movie theater screen in 1982 was positively mind-blowing. If you live in a city that has any revival-house movie theaters, and you ever see that it's showing, do not miss it. You won't be sorry.

for me, this movie had the best photography composition, unsurpassed to this day. That along a superb story, ambiance, music and production design, my all time favorite, in their many versions.

This is in my top 5 movies of all time. Alot of people dont like it, but I suggest you watch the international version, Dekkard narrates the movie and explains so much. I have to say that this is probably the best reaction I've seen to this movie, it usually is over everyone's head. Roy was not the villain, he's actually the hero. And his death saddens me so much that I forget about the happy couple at the end. Played brilliantly by Rutger Hauer, Hollands best actor ever. And btw you recognize Leon because he's in The Fifth Element