Ep 49. Flop Off: Blade Runner vs The Thing

from The Celluloid Cellar · host Cameron and Jack

This week, we review two giant cult classics of cinema that were a loved a lot less in their heyday. It's time for Flop-Off: Blade Runner vs The Thing. We give our argument for each but it's up to you to decide which film has overshadowed it's intial failure to become the superior flop.Timecodes0.06.16 - Some Context: The Collapse of New Hollywood0.13.55 - Strange Similarities between Blade Runner & The Thing0.20.18 - The Thing (1982)0.56.42 - Blade Runner (1982)1.41.16 - Snackety SnacksIntro theme by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

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