en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/332921 Comments by James_Ballard http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15866868 ...oh really !!...Really...??...Well now, let's see how that worked...Ole motor mouth Roy Batty (see above) pokes out Tyrell's eyes to the back of his brain, crushes his skull between his more-than-human replicant hands...and still...Tyrell is alive...OK...all this means is we sure as hell don't want those clowns writing BR 2; doesn't translate that Wright would be as stupid !! Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:56:25 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15866868 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15792902 ...Furthermore...I worked California psych. several years; don't see anything "delusional" from Wright, from what I've read. He's drop-dead spot on with his questions on BR, nothing "delusional" there...and thank you for immitating me, as it was I who said his heart was in the right place. ...And heavens no...don't let me get away with "mocking your creativity"...Say, how 'bout YOU do the BR 2 project and prove to all these "masturbators" the fools they are !! ...Finally...who died recently and made YOU the "true" fan...Daahh...does this mean ain't nobody's a "true" fan unless they raise the bar to YOUR enlightened standards...and by the by...I'll masturbate to anything I want, thank you...Gee...ain't this fun...!!@##??!! Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:08:22 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15792902 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15792843 (2/25/09)...that's right, "(you) never claimed BR was cult for nearly two decades..."...I DID !!...and I never said you "mentioned critics'" either; THAT was part of MY point...Look's like you're the one who needs to "re read"...Besides...so what !!...as BR WAS "cult" for so long, you shouldn't be suprised (or "insulted") if someone down the line dares to say your "admiration" is "cult-like"...Sooo what !!...You're splitting hairs over nothing !! More importantly, (which I forgot to mention earlier!), Wright doesn't have to "PROVE" anything to you, or anyone, save himself...and furthermore, I've never seen his movies so I'm not "masturbating to them"; not particularly anxious to run down to BlockBuster to rent any of his films either...again, so what ?? Kubrick wasn't so hot with his first, leaving out several other greats... Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:05:27 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15792843 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/09/29/exclusive-eagle-eye-co-writers-working-on-blade-runner-2/#IDComment15758433 (2/24/09)...exactly...I'm afraid we're dealing with mostly 14 year olds with stun guns up their A-holes. I suspect some haven't even seen BR all the way through, or watched it with their eyes closed or brain (?) filled with helium...take your pick... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:57:10 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/09/29/exclusive-eagle-eye-co-writers-working-on-blade-runner-2/#IDComment15758433 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15746363 ..."animated shorts' ??!!...are you on drugs ??!!...No !...Let's do "Animated shorts" on Shakespeare !!...What a moron !! Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:31:49 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15746363 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15711260 ...don't know which planet you're from either, but BR was "cult" for nearly two decades...mainstream critics DID NOT regard it as a great, or even important film. Your "DVD...Internetz...fan fiction" is not at all "creative" and shows only the limits of your imagination... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:04:25 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15711260 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15710601 old man...you ain't old enough !! SciFi was NEVER considered an "upper realm of literature" in Vernes or Well's days. SciFi wasn't considered to be legitimate "literature" in academia...give me a break...popular & cultish, yes, But it was not considered "literature". This attitude among academic elitist continued well into the 70s, which planet are you from ?? A sequel is not supposed to be a re-hash; it only becomes a "retread" if the treatment is bad. The reason there are "unanswered questions" in BR is that WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is going TO DO TO US as a species...That's the whole point !! Kurzweil touches on it, but we damn well better have a handle on "consciousness" before the "Singularity" makes up our minds for us...dare to think not?... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:47:46 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15710601 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15709566 (2/23/09)...Thank you Cynthia...tell him to concentrate on the "consciousness" subtext I mentioned earlier and I do believe he'll be on the right path. To this day, 2009, NOBODY really knows what consciousness is, or at least what it constitutes within the film's human/replicant paradigm. This is my take on the core issue of Blade Runner. Spielberg has redeemed himself with A.I., which I believe resurrected BR's core issue, though not with as much power and perfection as BR. Tell him to look at A.I. again and ask, what is the core question both films are attempting to grasp ??!! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:24:35 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15709566 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15708707 Look how many morons, this includes Spielberg, tried to revisit Twilight Zone...Some of the "best" (NOT !!) in the business were arrogant enough to try & dup Serling..dah...how many times...too boring to keep count... If the "best" (NOT !!) in the business can do hatchet jobs on the best material, and still be called the "best (NOT !!)...why not give Wright, the underdog, a chance? His heart is sure in the right place...ain't that what it means to be Human...daahh!! Serling showed us, among many other great things, how ambiguity can be enhanced, many times over, IF treated right. That takes a damn good team folks, not just one writer!! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:05:01 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15708707 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15706899 ...spot on your 1st point...but kitsch ? Kitsch ?!!...Thomas-Asshole-Kinkade is kitsch...BR could never be made kitsch, no matter how many bad sequels followed it... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:47:10 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15706899 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703639 ...(2/23/09)...just DO IT, Travis. Ignore these clowns...!!! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:08:27 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703639 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703533 ...opps..not again...thet word "original" keeps own konfuz'in me...remind me NOT to take the same drug.... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:05:45 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703533 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703434 Roy Batty...you need a good slapp'in around...and I'll help Travis do it...too bad yer jest jeolous 'cause ya cain't be rezzurected 'an have a viabul seqwell...and you ain't never gonna top Blade Runner so's you jest keep own keep'in own bask'in in yer glory...an be satisfyed it was a good bank roll !! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:02:49 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703434 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703025 ..."Indianna Jones"... sucked when it was made. "Indianna Jones" and all it's derivatives still suck...shouldn't even mention BR and IJ in the same breath, unless all you neurotransmitters are glued together, which is probably the case in a majority of these here blogs ! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:53:02 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15703025 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15702631 ...I swear I don't think half you folks ever SAW Blade Runner...some of you are sure seeing a different film than I've seen... tell me what part of the film did YOU "see" where (Deckard & Rachel) "left their lives" behind. All we know by either ending is Deckard opted out of his vocation and took up with Rachel, who is still a replicant. Both are now "on the lam", which is not equivalent to "leaving their lives behind them"... o contrarey...their past "lives" are now chasing them...another good argument for a well deserved sequel...!! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:43:15 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15702631 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15701996 ...not if it's followed by an equally masterful treatment...that's the challenge, and the point !!... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:27:25 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15701996 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15701801 "...Androids..." ain't about what Travis is talking about, he's talking about "Blade Runner" ...and "Blade Runner" moves way way BEYOND "...Androids..." and is NOT about people, IT is about what it means to be human WITH THE OBVIOUS SUBTEXT of the problem of human consciousness AND do we equate "replicant" consciousness with human...that's why in the ending Deckard voice over was so important, because it bought home the central core of the whole damn film folks...get with the program !! ..."Who am I...Where am I going...How long have I got ?...Ridley made a grievous mistake dropping his voice over, (again, not the first time an artist screws up his own work !!)... but of course he didn't have the benefit of our counsel...Wright's questions clearly demonstrate HE DOES GET IT, and you don't...!!! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:22:36 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15701801 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15701708 ..opps..thar..they done did it agin...sho 'nuf...they done used thet word "original" agin ta konfuze me...I'll say it one mo time folks : "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" do not, I say do not = "Blade Runner". 1st Hominid that descovered fyre did not, repeet. did not envent the gas stove...As for "hack" writers...Travis is in good company. Shakespeare was the greatest hack writer of all time; Beethoven's first symphony was pure immitation Haydn and Rachmaninof's 1st was the worst symphony 'ere writ !! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:20:17 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15701708 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15698348 ...there somebody goes again with that word "original"...but at least you're owning up to it and unnerstand where to what for who I am & how it all comes together from ...right...and I'm do'in a sequel to all of Shakespeare's plays & I been wait'in by my phone-machine for Speeelburgger or Diddlelly-Ridley-Bop himself to give me a call and dang if I ain't heard a word from nigh a one of 'em...'magine that !! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:05:05 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15698348 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15697812 ...That's right...you really can't say it better than "Allynd D" just did, "cause he's wrong in the 1st begin'in and you make even less sense 'cause you're just passing out 2 bit advise (Travis now owes you a quarter) and not addressing ANY of the legitimate questions Travis suggested... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:50:44 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/exclusive-screenwriter-travis-wright-responds-to-blade-runner-2-story/#IDComment15697812