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Wow. I know that Hollywood folk have this stereotype of overrating their own importance in the world, but wow. This is really over the top. I have no idea wh

Wow. I know that Hollywood folk have this stereotype of overrating their own importance in the world, but wow. This is really over the top. I have no idea who this person is, but I assume he had something to do with the film. If that's the case, I just can't imagine how he could say those things with a straight face. Does he really take himself that seriously? It was a movie.

cdavid 17y ago
Maybe I am missing the irony, in which case I will look like a fool, but P.K. Dick is one of the most significant SF writer, and one of his book is the inspiration for Blade Runner. Several of his books are master pieces, and quite a few have been adapted into movies (blade runner, total recall, scanner darkly, minority report). He died more or less at the same time Blade Runner was made.
pmichaud 17y ago
Er... Dick was one of hte most influential scifi authors of our time. He wrote Bladerunner. Maybe he was over the top, but if anyone could say something like that with a straight face, maybe it's Dick.
ThomPete 17y ago
Either you are too young to know about him or you are not into sci-fi. Both are not your fault. But perhaps you should do some research about who he was before you choose to have an opinion about him.
- jasonkester 17y ago
  I'm 38 and am indeed quite into sci-fi. I saw Blade Runner in the theater in 1982. None of that has any bearing on whether that guy is up himself. I prefer to read things I see here without any context or preconceptions. I'll often get to the bottom of an article or all the way back to the comments here before I discover it was written by somebody I'm familiar with. I thinks that's helpful because it keeps your mind free of bias while you're soaking up what's written on the page. I'd suggest reading the letter again without any preconceptions and see if it seems a bit self-important.
  - sp332 17y ago
    As pohl said in this thread, he's praising the movie adaptation, not his own work. Tokyo and Times Square already look like certain parts of the movie. Syd Mead really is a visionary.
  - elblanco 17y ago
    > I'm 38 and am indeed quite into sci-fi. Apparently not as much as you think if you don't know who PKD is.
    - jasonkester 17y ago
      Ah, but Powells' sci-fi section is 4 ailes, 30 feet long by ten feet high, both sides. One author can only take up so much space. Speaking of which, Powells itself is a full city block, 3 stories high, with a Technical Books annex filling another half block. I'm reading as fast as I can, but you'll have to cut me a bit of slack for not getting around to this particular author yet. Any suggestions for a title I should start with?
      - trevelyan 17y ago
        The Man in the High Castle is.the best thing of his I've read. A Scanner Darkly is quite funny once you get the joke. Hope you enjoy the read. :)
        bhseo 17y ago
        'Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb' is one of my favourites. I also enjoyed A Scanner Darkly and I think I might have missed the joke. Would you mind sharing it? If you would like to take a peak inside PKD's head, check out VALIS, he really started getting weird at that point. On a related note, an interesting essay can be found below: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm >One author can only take up so much space. It would take a bit of shelf-space to cover PKD's work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Philip_K._Dick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Philip_K._Dick
pohl 17y ago
He's not Hollywood folk. PKD wrote a book back in 1968 called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". Ridley Scott made the movie based on a screenplay (written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples) that was loosely based on the book. This is a glimpse of how the original author felt about the result. He is not praising his own work. He is praising theirs.
WorkerBee 17y ago
I have no idea who this person is, but I assume he had something to do with the film. If you don't know what you're talking about, why speak?
lfgmikujhygfv 17y ago
It was intended as a compliment. PkD was rather a counter culture figure and was 'less than impressed' with Hollywood's attempts at his (or any other) book. When he saw Ridley Scotts's work on the visuals of Blade runner he was amazed. Remember before this, and Scott's Alien most SF films consisted of putting the star in spandex and drapping the set with some tin foil. This is especially gracious since Blade Runner takes one tiny part of a complex themed book and turns it into little more than a cop chase. He might have been less impressed with some of the later recreations of his books.

cdavid 17y ago

Maybe I am missing the irony, in which case I will look like a fool, but P.K. Dick is one of the most significant SF writer, and one of his book is the inspiration for Blade Runner. Several of his books are master pieces, and quite a few have been adapted into movies (blade runner, total recall, scanner darkly, minority report). He died more or less at the same time Blade Runner was made.

pmichaud 17y ago

Er... Dick was one of hte most influential scifi authors of our time. He wrote Bladerunner. Maybe he was over the top, but if anyone could say something like that with a straight face, maybe it's Dick.

ThomPete 17y ago

Either you are too young to know about him or you are not into sci-fi. Both are not your fault. But perhaps you should do some research about who he was before you choose to have an opinion about him.

jasonkester 17y ago
I'm 38 and am indeed quite into sci-fi. I saw Blade Runner in the theater in 1982. None of that has any bearing on whether that guy is up himself. I prefer to read things I see here without any context or preconceptions. I'll often get to the bottom of an article or all the way back to the comments here before I discover it was written by somebody I'm familiar with. I thinks that's helpful because it keeps your mind free of bias while you're soaking up what's written on the page. I'd suggest reading the letter again without any preconceptions and see if it seems a bit self-important.
- sp332 17y ago
  As pohl said in this thread, he's praising the movie adaptation, not his own work. Tokyo and Times Square already look like certain parts of the movie. Syd Mead really is a visionary.
- elblanco 17y ago
  > I'm 38 and am indeed quite into sci-fi. Apparently not as much as you think if you don't know who PKD is.
  - jasonkester 17y ago
    Ah, but Powells' sci-fi section is 4 ailes, 30 feet long by ten feet high, both sides. One author can only take up so much space. Speaking of which, Powells itself is a full city block, 3 stories high, with a Technical Books annex filling another half block. I'm reading as fast as I can, but you'll have to cut me a bit of slack for not getting around to this particular author yet. Any suggestions for a title I should start with?
    - trevelyan 17y ago
      The Man in the High Castle is.the best thing of his I've read. A Scanner Darkly is quite funny once you get the joke. Hope you enjoy the read. :)
      - bhseo 17y ago
        'Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb' is one of my favourites. I also enjoyed A Scanner Darkly and I think I might have missed the joke. Would you mind sharing it? If you would like to take a peak inside PKD's head, check out VALIS, he really started getting weird at that point. On a related note, an interesting essay can be found below: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm >One author can only take up so much space. It would take a bit of shelf-space to cover PKD's work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Philip_K._Dick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Philip_K._Dick

pohl 17y ago

He's not Hollywood folk. PKD wrote a book back in 1968 called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". Ridley Scott made the movie based on a screenplay (written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples) that was loosely based on the book. This is a glimpse of how the original author felt about the result. He is not praising his own work. He is praising theirs.

WorkerBee 17y ago

I have no idea who this person is, but I assume he had something to do with the film. If you don't know what you're talking about, why speak?

lfgmikujhygfv 17y ago

It was intended as a compliment. PkD was rather a counter culture figure and was 'less than impressed' with Hollywood's attempts at his (or any other) book. When he saw Ridley Scotts's work on the visuals of Blade runner he was amazed. Remember before this, and Scott's Alien most SF films consisted of putting the star in spandex and drapping the set with some tin foil. This is especially gracious since Blade Runner takes one tiny part of a complex themed book and turns it into little more than a cop chase. He might have been less impressed with some of the later recreations of his books.