Quote from: SM on Mar 24, 2024, 12:11:20 PMI found the setting of Electric Sheep utterly different from the film. Dry, dusty, largely abandoned rather than wet and crowded.There was also that. Electric Sheep is desolated, Blade Runner is a mosh pit.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 09:52:43 AMI felt like the movie sort of missed the point that the androids are psychopathic, and it's literally the only way to distinguish them from humans. Having them care for each other to the level they do in the movie undermines that what makes us human is our ability to be compassionate.I found the setting of Electric Sheep utterly different from the film. Dry, dusty, largely abandoned rather than wet and crowded.
The animal stuff is so crucial to the book and it feels so weird having it missing in the film. The Voigt Kampff test in the movie just feels like vague sci fi bullshit, but the novel makes it very clear what they're actually looking for and why the specific questions are asked.
Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 24, 2024, 11:14:27 AMI've read the book ages ago so cannot comment on that, however I just look at Blade Runner as a masterpiece of cinema. I don't focus too much on the difference in details between the source material and the adaptation.That's fair! I just found the novel basically addressed all of my problems with the film in terms of the story.
Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 24, 2024, 10:32:42 AMBecause Blade Runner is not an adaptation in 1:1 ratio.No adaptation is, but the argument the book makes is human empathy cannot be synthesised, only imitated. I prefer this to the film's vague wishy-washiness. The Voigt Kampff test doesn't make any real sense in the movie, it's sort of just hand waved as a test that can catch them but the clarity of the novel is gone.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 24, 2024, 01:48:44 AMYou should read Trylogia Księżycowa by Jerzy Żuławski.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 24, 2024, 09:52:43 AMI felt like the movie sort of missed the point that the androids are psychopathic, and it's literally the only way to distinguish them from humans. Having them care for each other to the level they do in the movie undermines that what makes us human is our ability to be compassionate.
The animal stuff is so crucial to the book and it feels so weird having it missing in the film. The Voigt Kampff test in the movie just feels like vague sci fi bullshit, but the novel makes it very clear what they're actually looking for and why the specific questions are asked.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 23, 2024, 11:51:13 PMThe book is much more thoughtful and explores different ideas.Quote from: Wweyland on Mar 23, 2024, 01:48:27 PMSecond time reading Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep. So many sub-plots not in the movie.Do you prefer one or the other? I found I liked the book a lot more.