November 2007 Archives

Review: Blade Runner - Script by Hampton Fancher & David Peoples

Considering how much of a box-office flop it was in 1982, it is incredible to see the buzz of excitement surrounding the 25th Anniversary special release of Blade Runner on DVD in a brand new 'Final Cut'.

Blade Runner is not the first flop to gain cult status on home video, yet the film is notable for many other reasons. Firstly, as an ongoing work-in-progress, the film has now reached its fifth version. George Lucas may have revisited his Star Wars films more than once, but even he would balk at the number of times an editor has started from scratch with Ridley Scott's piles of dystopian celluloid.

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Over the years, I have been involved in various writing communities and have come across 'aspiring writers' that operate under some incredible misapprehensions and downright delusions that make me want to set about them with a rusty iron bar. My...