Re: Why the Blade Runner Voice Over Sucks
"Karl" <[email protected]>
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Yea, I agree with both sentiments. Having seen it with the voiceover, I do enjoy the visual overload of watching it without. But I also like the noir-ish feel to the original. I still maintain that doing the voiceover better would have been a better solution. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Findlay Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:21 AM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Why the Blade Runner Voice Over Sucks Having now watched the movie without the voiceover I have come to appreciate it without the voice over. It does make the film a much more visual experience, as there is nothing to take your mind off the scenery - the industrial landscape in particular. That being said I'm not throwing out the voice over version entirely. I still maintain that Harrison's voice was perfect, (whether he intended it or not), for the tone and feel of the movie. The irony of the main character sounding so disinterested and deadpan brought home the bleak existence of life in the shadow of Tyrell Corp, where all you do is go through the motions. Mike F. -----Original Message----- From: pcg Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 12:04 PM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Why the Blade Runner Voice Over Sucks > (Whether you think Ford sandbagged the voiceovers as a mechanism to > try to prompt the study in the right direction or not, he does rather > make the point self-evident - there is a place for Noir voiceover ala > Philip Marlowe but this wasn't it.) Have you checked out the extras on the deluxe edition? It's fascinating to listen to Ford's voiceover recording sessions. He's reading each line and then saying stuff like, "Are you serious? This is crazy. This is.... well, whatever..." -- -pcg [email protected] -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot