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I voted Bladerunner for the adaptation to film. Just feel it was done so well, cinematically, casting, score. Dig the noir style to it. Makes a timeless quality. The source is very different and like that it seems like more of a homage.
I would have put Alien as a close second. Aliens was excellent. With Prometheus and Covenant, I'd say it wins the best continuation and sequels.
Seperately, I'd also say Ghost in the Shell and Akira would be a possible top two, but maybe that's not the same as live action.
Ghost in the Shell has been done in live action with Scarlett Johanson. I don’t know if Akira was done in live action but the anime was good.
The whole Alien series was good but it was the first one with the alien popping out of Hurt’s chest that set the whole series going.
Philip Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a great novel and the adaption to Bladerunner was well done. You don’t often see such good adaptions.
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I liked Scarlett in Under the Skin, among others. Not sure I enjoyed the live action last time I tried, but I think I'll give it another go sometime. The soundtrack by Kenji Kawai makes the original. Mamoru Oshii also did some interesting live actions before GITS. The Red Spectacles, Stray Dog and The Wolf Brigade are all worth a watch, IMO.
I thought Bladerunner was a much better attempt to adapt Dick than Total Recall, but still, wasn't a bad film. Scanner Darkly.. Minority Report. I should give them another watch.
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Yes, I have noticed that the number of Dick’s stories that get made into films or TV series is huge.
Now, I have heard several mentions of “Under the Skin”, yet haven’t seen it. I wonder if it was made whilst I was traveling and thus missed it.
She was also good in “Lucy”.
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