Blade Runner x 5

Keith and I took the opportunity of my infirmity and his unemployment to spend an entire day watching the special Blu-Ray edition of BLADE RUNNER. The set consists of five (5) versions of the film. After viewing all versions (those with short attention spans don't try this at home) we were able to discern several minor differences. I won't list them here, but suffice to say, the differences were enough for us to form opinions about the versions. Keith preferred the last FINAL CUT version, mainly because it corrected all the continuity problems. I prefered the INTERNATIONAL VERSION because it retained the nostalgic Deckard voice-over and kept the Shining ending, and because it looked the best on 1080p. I still think Deckard is a Replicant.

100 Best Lists

We are currently reading Walt Brown"s IN THE BEGINNING. In his end notes, he cites several books that may be of interest. One in particular, Thomas S. Kuhn's THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS, looks intriguing. Dr. Brown mentioned that Kuhn's book was listed in two lists of "The 100 Best Nonfiction Books." These lists may be good sources to mine for books that need to be on the HMTP. The Modern Library has one such list. The National Review has another.