Unofficial Tex Murphy

Just discovered this. Bladerunner is of course an influential film and my all time favourite movie. No wonder I love the Tex Murphy games. Check out this You Tube, it's wonderfully dark and evocative and will certainly remind of you of our favourite noir detective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXFqPzAFv8o

To be honest, I dislike it. It is a good idea but in filtering out the colour a substantial part of what made Ridley Scott's Los Angeles so compelling almost literally fades. However, I could definitely see them doing a Sin City type approach where maybe the protagonists are in black and white while the neon lighting and certain aspects of the environment are coloured. That would be cool.

I have to agree with Joel. I don't think this mashup adds anything to BR. 'Course, that could partly be because I don't believe noir has to be B&W.

There is another issue with too. Because BR was shot in colour, you can't simply bleed out the colour and get a truly noir look. It's because of the lighting. Lighting for colour and B&W is very, very different. This goes for both still photography and movies. Without proper lighting, BR in B&W would never look truly noir.

I have often described Blade Runner as Ridley Scott's love-letter to fogs, lights and shadows.

-Fred

Fred Buer wrote:I have often described Blade Runner as Ridley Scott's love-letter to fogs, lights and shadows.

-Fred

Perhaps, but it's still one of my favourite movies

You make it sound like fog, light and shadow done well is a bad thing

-Fred

Fred Buer wrote:You make it sound like fog, light and shadow done well is a bad thing

-Fred

It is not a bad thing right?
Bladerunner rules - but are you a fan of the original with voiceover or the director's cut without...

I like both. They each have their own special 'feel'.