The entire movie embodies Cassette Futurism, but IMO the self-destruct sequence is particularly great. The entire process looks so satisfying that I probably wouldn't be able to stop myself from running it if I were one of the crew.
More of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CqREun_Bg
This is one of those movies that sticks with you. The aesthetic blows me away every time, from the very beginning. The sets are incredibly cassette-ey while super sleek and modern for the time, and obviously fully practical. Quite possibly my favorite movie in terms of set design. You can tell the overall design is timeless because it changes very little across the decades that they’ve been making Alien movies.
Yeah, Blade Runner is also amazing at capturing the aesthetic. I watched the final cut version of it, which is the only one that Ridley Scott got complete creative control over. Haven't watched the other cuts but did check out the monologue voiceovers on youtube that are on some of the other cuts, and I didn't care for them. The happy ending on some of them also seemed silly. There's a whole Wikipedia article about the various versions lol.
Haven't yet watched Blade Runner 2049 yet, but I've heard it's worth watching. Not quite as good as the original, but not much worse.
Blade Runner 2049 is a fantastic movie. Maybe not as creative or groundbreaking as the original, but very very well done.
Is there any difference between different cuts in Story and Aesthetics? Or Is it same?
Other than the happy ending on some cuts providing a different tone for the ending, I don't think there's any difference in the story/aesthetics
Thats was complicated like that just because they didn't want Jones to activate it by "accident".
Reminds me of this video about real world mechanisms that are used for arming nukes:
https://youtu.be/F1LPmAF2eNA
