Blade Runner 2049 - It was better than the original

[The Valeyard]

Speaking of contrarian faggotry...

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

It's a great movie although way too long.

 

[Lipitor]

Nobody else was annoyed by the meandering 3 hour plot? Jesus christ. I got up until that part where he meets the morlocks and I fucking walked out, cuz I felt like that movie was wasting my time.

 

[GeorgeDaMoose]

I love the original and despite its flaws its my #1 favorite movie.
But Blade Runner 2049 is pretty much objectively better in every single way except for aesthetics and music.

 

[Lensherr]

I’m not a huge fan of the original, although I definitely have a healthy amount of respect for it, so I was looking forward to this mainly because of Denis Villeneuve. And boy did he not disappoint. For a movie 2.75 hours long it sure didn’t feel like it. This is one of those movies that I really want to see again because I couldn’t stop thinking about it after leaving the theater.

Also, did anyone get the feeling that

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K might actually be the twin that they think died?

 

[Doug_Hitzel]

I’m not a huge fan of the original, although I definitely have a healthy amount of respect for it, so I was looking forward to this mainly because of Denis Villeneuve. And boy did he not disappoint. For a movie 2.75 hours long it sure didn’t feel like it. This is one of those movies that I really want to see again because I couldn’t stop thinking about it after leaving the theater.

Also, did anyone get the feeling that

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K might actually be the twin that they think died?

K’s memories weren’t unique, just like Deckard’s memories weren’t unique.
Basically, a bunch of replicants got the same memory implanted, but K was the one who went the furthest.
Probably because he was a cop/blade runner and was able to follow the lead.

 

[FemalePresident]

I really liked it

 

[GreyGhost]

Just saw it and it was just meh, I would give it a 6/10 and i feel it is not as good as everyone says it is.

 

[Gordon Cole]

I saw it a little over a month ago, and I love it to death. I'm still thinking about the atmosphere and how many amazing scenes there were. It's definitely in my top 10 movies of the year, and Villeneuve's Dune is gonna rule.

Completely anecdotal, but my mom, aunt and sister really dug it too when they saw it. (They also love Christopher Nolan movies as much as I do. Take that, thinkpiece writers!)

 

[gh0stzero]

The movie might not be perfect but Ana de Armas sure is.

I'm resurrecting this thread instead of making a new one.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

Honestly, the original always had flaws that, for me, kept it from being a favorite of mine like it is for a lot of people. Love the world and the themes, and Rutger Hauer is amazing in it. However, I am also not a huge fan of Harrison Ford and Sean Young, and they are the main characters in the movie.

The sequel was able to mostly recapture the look of the original film, which I didn't think was possible, had a great story, dovetailed off the original pretty well (I felt way more for Decker and Rachael this time around than I did in the entirety of the first film) and its loaded with really good performances all around. Hell, Batista has one of my favorite lines I've seen in a movie in the last decade ("You've never seen a miracle"). And heck, there is even a couple/romance that I actually cared about! Whoa!

So in many ways, 2049 is the better film. I still give the original props for its originality and the look of the film, which is more impressive to achieve given the limitations of special effects back then, and the original also has the amazingness of Rutger Hauer. But adding up the pluses and minuses, I'd be more willing to watch the sequel again...even if it is long as fuck.

 

[gh0stzero]

About the special effects.

In 2049 I think some shots are over-engineered and that it must kinda suck for the 3D modelers to put in all the detail only to have it lost in the mist passes they comped in. Like why detail all that just for it to get lost in the mist?

Don't get me wrong I like the results but I cant help but feel bad for them working hard on something then losing all the details ;-;

 

[Distant Stare]

@tripmix

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[gh0stzero]

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[potato fan]

I loved the visuals/music, went to see it the second time on a big screen only for it
plot and acting were good too,
I only disliked the scenes re-using parts of original movie in retrospection, seemed like a bit of nostalgia bait

 

[Dom Cruise]

I still like the original movie better but 2049 is one of the best sequels ever made.

The movie might not be perfect but Ana de Armas sure is.

I'm resurrecting this thread instead of making a new one.

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Ana de Armas is so beautiful, I saw her in Knives Out recently where she was supposed to be playing a more normal person, but she was still beautiful.

 

[Getting tard comed]

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WTF is this from?

I saw her in Knock Knock first and she is arguably the hottest woman on film since Swordfish Halle Berry or Sharon Stone in pickamovie.

Seriously wheres this clip from?

 

[gh0stzero]

I still like the original movie better but 2049 is one of the best sequels ever made.





Ana de Armas is so beautiful, I saw her in Knives Out recently where she was supposed to be playing a more normal person, but she was still beautiful.

She looks hot in knock knock as well but it looks like a bad movie i have yet to see.

WTF is this from?

I saw her in Knock Knock first and she is arguably the hottest woman on film since Swordfish Halle Berry or Sharon Stone in pickamovie.

Seriously wheres this clip from?

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

So, I decided to necro this thread because....Amazon....decided to announce a sequel series for Blade Runner 2049 called Blade Runner 2099.

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‘Blade Runner 2099’ Live-Action Sequel Series From Ridley Scott, Silka Luisa & Alcon In Works At Amazon Studios​

By Peter White, Nellie Andreeva
February 11, 2022 9:06am

EXCLUSIVE: The replicants are heading to the small-screen as Amazon Studios has put a live-action series set in the Blade Runner universe into development.

Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1982 Blade Runner movie, is executive producing the series, Blade Runner 2099, a follow-up to the feature film sequel Blade Runner 2049, which was released in 2017 and directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Silka Luisa, showrunner of Apple TV+’s upcoming Elisabeth Moss-fronted drama series Shining Girls, is writing and exec producing Blade Runner 2099, which comes from Alcon Entertainment in association with Scott Free Productions and Amazon Studios.

The project, which would mark the first Blade Runner live-action series, is in priority development at Amazon Studios, which is fast tracking scripts and eyeing potential production dates. Staffing is currently underway for writers to join a room. Scott may direct if the series moves forward, sources said.

1982’s Blade Runner, which is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is set in a dystopian LA in 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escape back to Earth, a cop reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Edward James Olmos starred.

The 2017 sequel, which is set in 2049, starred Ryan Gosling as a replicant blade runner, who uncovers a secret that threatens to destabilize society. Ford and Olmos reprised their roles from the original and it also featured Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto.

As indicated by Blade Runner 2099‘s title, the latest installment of the neo-noir sci-fi franchise will be set 50 years after the film sequel.

Elsewhere in the franchise, Blade Runner: Black Lotus is an anime series that debuted late last year on Adult Swim and Crunchyroll. It is set in 2032 and centers around a female replicant, voiced by Jessica Henwick.

Blade Runner 2099 is the latest extension in the Blade Runner franchise since Alcon Entertainment in 2011 acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to produce prequels and sequels to the 1982 sci-fi classic.

The company, which is behind Prime Video series The Expanse, has been ramping up activities across the Blade Runner franchise in the last few years. Last year it struck a licensing deal with Striker Entertainment to create a range of Blade Runner consumer products and, in September, Alcon Entertainment co-founder and co-CEO Andrew Kosove revealed that the company has two people whose job it is to keep the franchise’s timeline and continuity intact.

Kosove and his Alcon co-founder Broderick Johnson are exec producing the series along with Michael Green, who wrote Blade Runner 2049, Ben Roberts and Cynthia Yorkin as well as Scott Free Productions’ David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger.

Blade Runner 2099 was taken to the streaming market last fall. When Scott in November teased the project, telling the BBC that a pilot and a bible had been written without sharing further details, talks with Amazon Studios had already been underway. The Blade Runner series is the second high-profile feature film directed by Scott that is being adapted for television; Noah Hawley is behind a reinvention of Alien for FX that is in prep for a 2023 production.

Scott Free Productions is currently behind HBO Max sci-fi series Raised By Wolves, which launched its second season earlier this month, heist series Jigsaw for Netflix, The Good Fight, which is heading in to its sixth season for Paramount+ and Steven Knight’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations for FX and the BBC.

 

[Hazel Motes]

I'm quite happy with Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, and the point and click Blade Runner. I don't need any more. I am happy with their stories. I'll pass. We don't need anymore of it.