Is the origami unicorn in Blade Runner a prop?

“Frustrated” is a great word to use when it comes to The Master, it had great potential, great moments, and underlying hints of a plot that I really wanted to see, namely the rise and fall and apparent rise again of the Cause. The movie I guess I thought I was going to see, and wanted to see, would have been more about Hoffman than Phoenix, and while watching the movie, I realized another movie I want to see is a movie about Dodd’s son, and how he doesn’t believe his dad but seems to be along for the ride regardless.

I had a lot of hope when Dodd was presenting ‘Book 2′ to the Cause, because not only was there the contradiction that the Cause member points out to him afterwards, but there was a contradiction that I thought Phoenix was picking up on with the way the camera kept focusing on him and his narrowing eyes. (The contradiction being Dodd, during Phoenix’s character’s Processing, tells him that laughter is an animal reaction, but then during the presentation of book 2, says he discovered a secret to life, laughter) But if he did recognize the contradiction, it doesn’t come to anything, unless maybe that’s part of the reason he fled on the motorcycle later.

According to Wikipedia (take with a grain of salt) the movie was originally more about Dodd and less about Freddie, but Hoffman during the writing of it suggested that Paul Thomas Anderson flip it to be more about Freddie. I’m really curious if I would have liked it more if Hoffman hadn’t had suggested that. It’s not that I didn’t like Freddie, I did, but it seemed like his story could have been told without being the focus of the movie, giving more screen time to Dodd and the Cause.

Sorry about that; Tom nixed my re-record bid afterwards. I’ll post it in written form later today on the forums, just pretend I’m reading it in your head. Competently. Actually, just reading it’s probably faster. Those lying assholes at the desk store told me this thing had “awesome” acoustics.

The disappointment was palpable in the discussion, but it sounds like the actor performances are worth the price of admission. I wonder if anyone has a chance of getting an award nod, what with DDL as Lincoln on the horizon.

In the Qt3 podcast tradition of poking fun at how people pronounce words: Kelly Wand, did you say “li-berry?”

Hey I heard that sigh, Kelly Wand. It’s not my fault my parents named me this.

I can’t not, sorry. Or “supposably,” “psghetti,” or “cimmanin.” Malaprops kids utter that are more work than the proper pronunciation would have been.

Hey, I say “cimanin,” too! At least we can take comfort that we don’t say “nukeyaler”.

The raptor claw in Jurassic Park totally did have a callback, guys! When Sam Neill beds down in the huge tree with the kids after they escape the T-Rex, he sits on the claw in his pocket, pulls it out, and throws it away with a grimace.

I guess it’s supposed to be meaningful of him casting away his passion, I don’t know.