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I must say that after watching this movie and then scanning parts over gin to be sure, it seems that certain features of bladeRunner wer ripped off for this movie or in kinder terms, very remmaniscient!

this is the list of scenes that do so:

-Brad Pitt knocking the gun out of tht othere guys hand ("tht guy's" name escapes me)

-the blue light behind Brad Pitt's head creating a silhouette

-and the figting, just some of it had BR characteristics, tht im a little shaky on

if anyone noticed this and/or (doesn't) feels the same way or knows of anything i missed which i dont doubt, lemme know, id be curious!!

I managed to catch the last half of this movie on TV last year - I couldn't have been paying much attention to it 'cos I can't even remember what happened - should I go rent and watch the whole thing? Is it any good?

read the book first i highly recomend it,

as for your refrences i dont know if ripped off is the right word i think coincidence is better even that is sketchy im very familiar with Fight Club and i never thought that anything was taken from BR

i guess i look to closely for similarities these days. is the the book a good read??

I gotta say, I don't think the film is a rip off at all. Fight club was one of the most original ideas hollywood kicked out in a while, so I wasn't suprised to find it was based on a book!!

As for the shots, I think we're just looking at NOir lighting and camera techniques. Fight Club was very much a Noir film, IMHO.

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Like 'Blade Runner', 'The Fight Club' needs to be viewed two times, at least. Like 'Blade Runner', I thought 'The Fight Club' was merely a so so movie upon first viewing. Like 'Blade Runner', I completely went "WOOOOOW" the second time I watched it!!!

i highly recomend the book its written by Chuck Palahniuk, yes thats how its spelled i have my copy infront of me now and easy read in that you can get into it and have it done in a week tops.

it just occured to me most of the best movies least ways in my opinion all came from book DADOES, Fight Club. Trainspotting, Clockwork Orange, etc. wonder if theres anything to that?

Blade Runner has been ripped off far more blatantly by other movies, I would say BR probably inspired FC in some places but that is about all.

Not to mention Fight Club was directed by David Fincher, who as I understand it was a big fan of Jordan Cronenweth, who was DP on Blade Runner (in fact, Fincher hired him to shoot Alien3, but Cronenweth had to bow out due to his Parkinson's disease).

So he used Alex Thompson of 'Legend' fame instead! Scott's editor Terry Rawlings also worked on Alien3. Last time I watched 'Alien3's opening titles I noticed that many names from 'Alien' were present for 'Alien3'. And yet, I couldn't bear to watch more than 30 minutes of it.

I think it's fair to say that in those days Fincher was a Ridley fan. Recently, with The Fight Club, Seven, Panic Room, I like Fincher's films better though.

In fact, Fincher has become a better Ridley Scott than Scott himself!

If you look hard enuff you can find similiarites with Blade Runner in loads of films. This doesn't mean they are rip offs. Hollywood films are hugly diverse, and all different, but there are formulas and conventions repeated in thousands of films. Are you sure you weren't just picking up on these?

I recall a funny interview with Sigourney Weaver, where she recalled saying to the studio something to the effect of, "'Don't release Copycat at the same time as Seven! That's Fincher's movie! You don't know what you're up against!' They just looked at me and said, 'Brad Pitt in a mustache? Ugh!'"