Mercerism

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Mercerism

Adam — 6/16/2005 10:00:09 PM (archived)

Hi Guys

I think any remake would have to explore the figure of Mercer more since he was so central to Deckard's journey. The andys in the film were also too human to be the compassionless machines of the book. But perhaps that's how Scott snuck Mercerism into the mix?

Adam

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Star Wars over, Star Trek dead - what will the next generation of science fiction look like? - E.P. Grondine - 6/14/2005 7:00:52 PM
- good next gen SF - phil - 6/16/2005 12:30:02 AM
- What's replacing Star Wars, Star Trek? Reality! (n/t) - apsmith - 6/15/2005 1:14:43 PM
  - possibly - E.P. Grondine - 6/15/2005 9:56:25 PM
- Star Wars The Next Generation (n/t) - SDF - 6/15/2005 8:02:35 AM
  - The Bad Astronomer's Review of Star Wars 3 - LJK - 6/16/2005 4:08:09 AM
- Read a book. - et - 6/15/2005 3:38:40 AM
  - And don't forget magazines - Fox - 6/15/2005 5:22:08 PM
    - a dying market? - E.P. Grondine - 6/16/2005 3:43:55 PM
    - Oh trust me, I haven't...... ;) - et - 6/15/2005 5:50:24 PM
- re: Farscape - Vince - 6/15/2005 2:19:38 AM
  - The B5 universe still has lots of stories to tell. (n/t) - Lee - 6/15/2005 5:52:59 AM
    - Yea, like why was it full of crappy actors..... (n/t) - et - 6/15/2005 6:39:50 PM
      - I thought the acting in B5 was pretty good. - Lee - 6/16/2005 6:06:10 AM
  - Farscape's done too. (n/t) - et - 6/15/2005 2:53:50 AM
- Asteroid Wars - Adam - 6/15/2005 12:21:19 AM
- Are we counting or not counting Serenity? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/14/2005 9:14:47 PM
  - As long as it's not counted as hard SF.... (n/t) - et - 6/15/2005 2:54:39 AM
    - Like SW and ST? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/15/2005 2:56:47 PM
      - re: Like SW and ST? - ljk - 6/15/2005 3:38:32 PM
- One possible answer: - Fox - 6/14/2005 7:43:29 PM
  - Thanks - E.P. Grondine - 6/15/2005 1:57:59 AM
    - That was John Wyndham - Adam - 6/15/2005 9:36:35 AM
- The Force knocked away the flying bone - ljk - 6/14/2005 7:16:07 PM
  - The time travel storylines ruined Enterprise. - Lee - 6/15/2005 5:49:42 AM
    - re: The time travel storylines ruined Enterprise. - Mark Eby - 6/16/2005 12:53:01 AM
    - Blame it all on String Theory. - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 2:16:40 PM
      - Missed what that had to do with string theory.... (n/t) - et - 6/15/2005 4:26:53 PM
        
        I guess I'm just tired of parallel Universes - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 9:55:25 PM
        
        re: I guess I'm just tired of parallel Universes - LJK - 6/16/2005 2:43:56 AM
        
        I liked Contact - phil - 6/16/2005 12:19:20 AM
        
        re: I liked Contact - LJK - 6/16/2005 2:52:20 AM
        
        ID4 - Mark Eby - 6/16/2005 12:47:07 AM
        
        Fot the truely alien, they should have a go at H.P. Lovecraft. - Lee - 6/16/2005 6:20:43 AM
        
        re: Fot the truely alien, they should have a go at H.P. Lovecraft. - ljk - 6/16/2005 12:36:50 PM
        
        Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - Adam - 6/16/2005 6:45:22 AM
        
        re: ID4 - LJK - 6/16/2005 3:06:42 AM
        
        Next they'll remake Blade Runner. - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 3:16:25 PM
        
        re: Next they'll remake Blade Runner. - ljk - 6/16/2005 3:51:06 PM
        
        Oh yes. - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 5:07:52 PM
        
        P.S. Blade Runner was in many ways the last of a Genre that started with Citizen Kane. - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 5:11:01 PM
        
        Mercerism - Adam - 6/16/2005 10:00:09 PM
        
        re: ID4 - p - 6/16/2005 1:54:48 AM
      - re: Blame it all on Spielberg-Lucas Theory. - ljk - 6/15/2005 2:39:22 PM
        
        I loved the original. - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 9:49:00 PM

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