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Ridley Scott really HASN'T provided much fun and humour in his films...

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In Reply to: RE: Alien Covenant on video: another downer from Ridley Scott posted by user510 on August 19, 2017 at 10:36:39

that I can remember.
Certainly any aspect of the "Alien" series of films has not provided such nor
much of a rosy portrayal of the future human condition. A few great and humourous
lines here and there, but the overall prediction remains rather bleak.
Then there's Blade Runner. I wouldn't be looking for much humour or fun in the sequel
due soon at a theater near you.
I'm looking forward to seeing Covenant and expect much from it.
No humour or fun times though.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

Edits: 08/19/17

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RE: True... - user510 13:16:25 08/20/17 (0)
re: Blade Runner. Having read both the novel by PKD and seen the movie of the novel, I think that the film adaptation was faithful enough to the book. I don't feel that Ridley Scott screwed it up. Rather, he brought the novel to the big screen with visual excitement.

I think Syd Mead, the conceptual artist behind the set design, really deserves credit for the atmospherics and mood that were part of the movie. More so than the novel which reads sort of dry and lacking in visual description.

However what Scott will do with the up-coming sequel remains to be seen. I hope he doesn't turn it into something repellant.

-Steve

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