Blade Runner 2049 (October 6, 2017)

[Weltall]

This movie was fantastic.

[dasva]

she did two movies with Keanu Reeves, I'll be damned if I can remember the names, but she was one of two slightly nutty girls in one of them at least.

Think he was referring to Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) who as far as I can look up has only done European films so far. Not Joi (Ana de Armas) who was in Knock and Exposed with Keanu

[Hellfury]

Think he was referring to Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) who as far as I can look up has only done European films so far. Not Joi (Ana de Armas) who was in Knock and Exposed with Keanu

oh ok, guess I got a little one tracked (she is pretty cute..)

[Kalmado]

Gonna have the wife watch the first and try to go during a matinee to avoid people. Haven't been to the theatre in five years and am looking forward to this one.

[Greedouw]

Was hooked from the moment it began to the second it ended.

Wow

[Deftscythe]

Man, with all the hype in this thread and the fact that this is another in the trend of rehashing old ideas, I was so ready to be disappointed by this movie.

I was so wrong. This was such a treat. This director understands cyberpunk on a level I've never seen on the screen before.

[Greedouw]

The soundtrack still sounds like a Johan Johansson creation, aka, I love it

Also:

Cells interlinked within cells interlinked
Within one stem. And dreadfully distinct
Against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

[Clash Perez]

Just got out. I have to say that my worst fears weren't realized, and I enjoyed watching it quite a lot. Very pleasantly surprised.

Spoiler: show

That said, I still had a few hang-ups. I never really cared for the Deckard-is-a-Replicant" idea, and I'm disappointed that they doubled down on it here. I felt like it was unnecessary to the central idea of the original, and it could've changed the plot here for the better, in my probably terrible opinion. It could've been much more interesting if they'd kept the Deckard-and-Rachel tryst, baby and all, but with it having been something new. How much of it is human, and how much replicant? Missed opportunity IMPTO.

Also, the hallmark of Replicants in the original movie and the source story was their psychopathy, and that was totally absent in the Replicants this time around, even the older Series 8 ones. Rachel was an exception, maybe, and yeah this is a whole new version, but the only hint of it was in Love, who was presumably part of the new series. We were obviously meant to identify with K, and it seems like much of that is probably in service to that goal, but it was a noticeable absence.

All in all, wonderfully surprised by it and I'll probably try to see it again before it's out of theaters.

[Andalusian girls]

Also:

Cells interlinked within cells interlinked
Within one stem. And dreadfully distinct
Against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

these are lines from Nabokov's (author of Lolita) Pale Fire btdubs as i know everyone was anxiously wondering. a novel containing a thousand line poem written by a fictional poet with extensive commentary on the fictional poem by a fictional editor. it's all very meta. guess one of the screenwriters is a fan.

Spoiler: show

That said, I still had a few hang-ups. I never really cared for the Deckard-is-a-Replicant" idea, and I'm disappointed that they doubled down on it here. I felt like it was unnecessary to the central idea of the original, and it could've changed the plot here for the better, in my probably terrible opinion. It could've been much more interesting if they'd kept the Deckard-and-Rachel tryst, baby and all, but with it having been something new. How much of it is human, and how much replicant? Missed opportunity IMPTO.

Spoiler: show

unicorn fam. it's obviously ambiguous throughout (Scott's said the ending was rewritten multiple times with Deckard going both ways) but i think it p solid proof Gaff knew, and that was his way of suggesting the truth to Deckard.

[Clash Perez]

Spoiler: show

unicorn fam. it's obviously ambiguous throughout (Scott's said the ending was rewritten multiple times with Deckard going both ways) but i think it p solid proof Gaff knew, and that was his way of suggesting the truth to Deckard.

Yeah, in Final Cut it wasn't even all that ambiguous. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, it was perhaps hinted at but ultimately seemed to be dismissed. I'm lamenting the deviation, as I think the message becomes more dilute if Decard is himself a Replicant.

I'm sure his surname was no accident. Biblical Cain killed his brother for his own profit, which seems to initially promote the idea of Deckard being a Replicant, but it could also be interpreted to show the link between Humans and Replicants, the latter being so genetically similar to the former as to require a psychological interview to differentiate rather than a blood/DNA test. Sure, DNA tests weren't a thing when Dick wrote the original story, but nonetheless it would indicate a close genetic relationship between the two. Homo sapiens sapiens and Homo sapiens replicatus? The exploitation of humanity's 'brother' for it's own gain, up to and including murder.

Anyway, yeah, Final Cut makes it pretty apparent what the Director's opinion was, and that is the basis of this movie. I just think it could've been better.

Still totally worth watching, would watch again, etc.

[Zetanio]

Dude Deckard Cain is from Diablo.

Richard Deckard is from Blade Runner.

[Clash Perez]

Dude Deckard Cain is from Diablo.

Richard Deckard is from Blade Runner.

Oh my fucking god, hahahaha.

WELL THEN NEVERMIND

[Zetanio]

rofl

[chazzyphizzle]

now i hear deckard cain's voice coming out of harrison ford's mouth and i am pleased

[Deftscythe]

Imagining Deckard Cain administering a Voight-Kampff test is hilarious.

[Weltall]

Dude Deckard Cain is from Diablo.

Richard Deckard is from Blade Runner.

This may be the best BG post of 2017.

[Zetanio]

I was very excited as I typed it.

[Deftscythe]

I was so excited to talk about this movie with my friends that I convinced them to watch it last night despite my having just seen it Tuesday. I wouldn't really say there was anything I picked up on in the second watch that I didn't the first time, but it didn't matter because it was still just as good the second time around.

[6souls]

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[Hirronimus]

It was really enjoyable. It does leave you with a pit in your stomach, emotionally. I saw the 3D version. Visuals were great, but the sound was very overbearing.