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This movie is going to be a cult hit


This movie did awful at the box office and the reviews; I have a feeling in about ten years this film will become a cult hit.

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I couldn't agree more

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me too vin even said on his facebook that so many people are just starting to find out about babylon ad now and its already garnering a huge fanbase

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Agreed. I thought this was a very passable film. I keep hearing the studio butchered the editing process, so who knows how great it could have been.

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Should I just wait 25 years until the final cut comes out to the DVD of the future or is this film really worth watching?

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It's fine to watch, but you should't expect a Blade Runner

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Wow, such an irritating film, not because it's bad per say, but because underneath there is an absolutely awesome sci-fi, but it's so poorly edited and generally put together it falls completely flat of it's obvious potential, which for me personally just makes it unwatchable.

There must be a good half an hour missing due to poor editing at least.

I wasn't expecting a Blade Runner, and generally I didn't get one.
However I think I've found a film that'l have a very similar life to Blade Runner.

I'l be back in 25 years when the Directors Final Cut gets released. I'l see if the thread is still here to make comparisons :P

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Few tiems have i antcipated watching a movie and have been so dissapointed after seeing it. The movie itself wasn't bad for the most part, but it looked like they rushed the ending. Perhaps, like others have pointed out, editing caused some confusion. But to me, it looked like girls in the hosp, girl gives birth, girl dies... thank you for coming.

"...insert corny quote here"

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This is the best scenario this movie could expect. To become a cult classic.

I am for a Director's Cut, in order to release a movie closer to Mathieu Kassovitz's vision. Not the idiotical vision of Fox executives.

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been over a year. still waiting on the cult hit status.....

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You might be waiting for a while...

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2012, still not a cult hit, still just a *beep* movie.

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I enjoyed this film. Yes, it's very silly. But it entertained me. :)

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It's too average to be a cult hit

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2016 now!
I'd say its got there, especiallywith the extended version , that changes the story completely

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2022. Not a cult classic yet.

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2023 and it's still not a cult classic.

Maybe it needs more time to marinate.

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Or to putrefy. The “cult” ship has sailed.

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There's always a chance. Just think of a world where films are banned and maybe all you're left with are movies like this. Could happen.

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Love Vin. Love the girl. This simply isn't a very good movie. It's got some real damn good scenes in it. But it needed the charisma of somebody like Kurt Russel to carry it. It's too serious in the wrong kind of ways.

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I'm still rooting for it : P

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Still convinced a re-edit would save this movie. I've seen both versions and it seems like there was more material shot that never got used.

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