As I listen to DADOFS(Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) I can not help but doze a little through the vibe of the 1082 Bladerunner. All the rain, the filth, the depression. Harrison Ford's, dump and dumb face, Vangelis's music. All things that I always disliked about the movie. I kept rewatching it to realise what I dislike about it, and thought Harrison is the part I could do without, the most. He never looked like an actual action guy to me. He seems to mellow, to confortable. I could see him as a good for nothing drunken guy but not as a guy who's doing things, as I always had the impression the film is trying to portray him as. The rest of the things I mentioned, are things I liked separately, but the combination seemed wrong.
Going back to the listening of the book, when Harrison's face comes to mind, in all that dark atmosphere, I can see why he could fit in the book's world. Worn out by years of bad relationship with his wife, poorly paid by a job that never seems to give him much credit. Forced to pretend he is doing well to keep a social status in the hopes this will make him look good in the eyes of his wife. All stupid hopes. Fighting an inexistent battle. Quijote style.
So if the thing I thought was the most flagrant miss, perhaps all the rest might not be amiss as well? This is rhetorical. I have the answer but I am trying to pace this thing. I might be wrong, but I would rather think in fact, that Ridley Scott is the one who got it, DEAD WRONG.
Back to listening. I might get some more teasers.
...to be continued...