Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

[punisher]

Originally Posted by Thieves Dont

We get it, you didn’t like it. What’s the point of sticking around? You’re not gonna change the mind of those enjoy it. In YOUR opinion it offers nothing, but the majority of FANS, critics, and movie goers disagree.

your opinion offers less.....listen to what others here have to say..some like it ..a lot don't..you do..good for you. Have some Kool Aid...

[The Great Owl]

I love how Blade Runner 2049 captures a similar aesthetic to Ridley Scott's Alien and Blade Runner, in that it shows us a futuristic world that is so vast that we only see one little slice of it, and there is no attempt to explain the rest.

If you create a richly detailed world, then there's no need to explain every little thing to people. The “tiny slice of a world” standpoint of a fictional story worked so well in Mad Max: Fury Road, and it works just as well in this film.

For example, it's cool that there were references to a “blackout”, but there was no attempt to explain what that was all about.
(I'm aware that there is an animated prequel short that delves into this, but I'd rather take this feature film on its own terms.)

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by NegaScott128

Surprised to see no one's bringing up

[Show spoiler]the replicant resistance army "subplot." What was the deal with that? They just throw out this huge thing and then drop it immediately. I feel like some scenes got cut that would have built up to this revelation a bit more, because it kind of comes out of nowhere. I know there was at least one scene cut (Deckard and K on the sea wall in daytime, which was shown a few times in promotional material), so I'll be curious if any of this material comes to the Blu-Ray.

I really hope they're not trying to set up another sequel. Not only do I think trying to stretch out this franchise is unnecessary to begin with, I also feel that "replicant war" is a terrible idea for a Blade Runner sequel.

That may have been where the movie lost me. I liked it overall, but introducing a new subplot like that right near the end that seemed to be teasing another sequel was unforgivable. I want closure, not a cliffhanger.

It's ironic how this flick took so long building up to its final act only to fall apart once it finally got there.

[testmon112]

The closest film I think about which had a similar budget and dealt within the same genre is probably Minority Report which made around $358 million total. Just waiting on the weened figures of 2049 to see how it does opening overseas.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by NegaScott128

Surprised to see no one's bringing up

[Show spoiler]the replicant resistance army "subplot." What was the deal with that? They just throw out this huge thing and then drop it immediately. I feel like some scenes got cut that would have built up to this revelation a bit more, because it kind of comes out of nowhere. I know there was at least one scene cut (Deckard and K on the sea wall in daytime, which was shown a few times in promotional material), so I'll be curious if any of this material comes to the Blu-Ray.

I really hope they're not trying to set up another sequel. Not only do I think trying to stretch out this franchise is unnecessary to begin with, I also feel that "replicant war" is a terrible idea for a Blade Runner sequel.

Yeah, I felt exactly the same way when I came out of the theater. It looks like they left some seeds planted in case they do a sequel. Not sure how I feel about that, though? I don't want to see a sequel. But at the same time, I am interested to see what happens to those certain groups of characters.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

That may have been where the movie lost me. I liked it overall, but introducing a new subplot like that right near the end that seemed to be teasing another sequel was unforgivable. I want closure, not a cliffhanger.

It's ironic how this flick took so long building up to its final act only to fall apart once it finally got there.

I'm confused as to how that's a cliffhanger.

[The Great Owl]

I did not get the impression that Blade Runner 2049 ended on with a “cliffhanger.”

I think that it ends with a perfect sense of closure by revealing just enough to plow forward with a self-enclosed tale. (See my above post.)

The

[Show spoiler]resistance subplot

could lead to a sequel, sure, but it does not have to. After all, we are aware the entire time that there's

[Show spoiler]a resistance going on,

so it's not exactly a big reveal.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I did not get the impression that Blade Runner 2049 ended on with a “cliffhanger.”

I think that it ends with a perfect sense of closure by revealing just enough to plow forward with a self-enclosed tale. (See my above post.)

The

[Show spoiler]resistance subplot

could lead to a sequel, sure, but it does not have to. After all, we are aware the entire time that there's

[Show spoiler]a resistance going on,

so it's not exactly a big reveal.

Exactly.

Also, it seems like the word "cliffhanger" is thrown around a lot of the time ignoring what a "cliffhanger" actually is.

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by NegaScott128

Surprised to see no one's bringing up

[Show spoiler]the replicant resistance army "subplot." What was the deal with that? They just throw out this huge thing and then drop it immediately. I feel like some scenes got cut that would have built up to this revelation a bit more, because it kind of comes out of nowhere. I know there was at least one scene cut (Deckard and K on the sea wall in daytime, which was shown a few times in promotional material), so I'll be curious if any of this material comes to the Blu-Ray.

I really hope they're not trying to set up another sequel. Not only do I think trying to stretch out this franchise is unnecessary to begin with, I also feel that "replicant war" is a terrible idea for a Blade Runner sequel.

[Show spoiler]I mentioned it yesterday. From a certain perspective, "Rise of the Replicants" is the kind of direction one would expect a mid-to-lower tier, shlocky sci-fi film to tease the audience for future instalments. It was jarring when the robed woman who spoke to K mentioned the possibility of an army. I didn't feel it belonged at all. But then in recent times all bets are off as to what the film industry will attempt to offer up as a possibility for maximising revenue streams. Terminator and Alien has succumbed to such indulgences. Rise of the Replicants might be a reality in the next few years dependent on how well this latest film does.

[cgpublic]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I did not get the impression that Blade Runner 2049 ended on with a “cliffhanger.”

I think that it ends with a perfect sense of closure by revealing just enough to plow forward with a self-enclosed tale. (See my above post.)

The

[Show spoiler]resistance subplot

could lead to a sequel, sure, but it does not have to. After all, we are aware the entire time that there's

[Show spoiler]a resistance going on,

so it's not exactly a big reveal.

This guy watched the film.

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Exactly.

Also, it seems like the word "cliffhanger" is thrown around a lot of the time ignoring what a "cliffhanger" actually is.

This guy too.

Personally, I can't imagine a better executed final scene than what Denis delivered, just the right balance of acknowledging the past, delivering closure to the present and leaving a glimmer of hope for the future.

[BigPudge]

I kind of figured this movie may not do the huge business some had expected... it is a 3 hour endeavor that isn't straight action, it is based on a movoe most ppl today have not seen.

I am, like all of us here, a huge movie nerd (trapped in a Jocks body) so i was anticipating this movie, but when i watched it, i always try and think about my close friends who are not AS into movies as I am, and i try and see a movoe from their eyes, because to me they represent joblo movie goer, and they would think this movie is boring, and by that metric, it doesnt play to the masses.

I enjoyed it, but i need to see it again, because this movoe had so much to unpack that 1 viewing is not enough!

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by dgoswald

[Show spoiler]I mentioned it yesterday. From a certain perspective, "Rise of the Replicants" is the kind of direction one would expect a mid-to-lower tier, shlocky sci-fi film to tease the audience for future instalments. It was jarring when the robed woman who spoke to K mentioned the possibility of an army. I didn't feel it belonged at all. But then in recent times all bets are off as to what the film industry will attempt to offer up as a possibility for maximising revenue streams. Terminator and Alien has succumbed to such indulgences. Rise of the Replicants might be a reality in the next few years dependent on how well this latest film does.

Execution is everything, and in this film I couldn't help but to wonder if there's some intentional parallels between scenes like the

[Show spoiler]Replicant resistance reveal and Biblical stories like the book of Exodus. After all, the Replicants are repressed slaves looking for freedom. And it fits with the aesthetic set up around Wallace's buildings and structures--it just screams ancient Egypt or Aztec, and Wallace literally plays God and "makes angels." A resistance movement seemed a logical reaction to these things

It's tastefully done and there is depth, so I don't consider it schlocky at all. A typical cyberpunk trope perhaps, but the best stories do different things with common tropes, and I think this movie did succeed in something different.

It might be a cash-grab, but if they keep smart talent on-board, the payoff could be phenomenal.

[SarahS]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Actually. The tos that was agreed to when you created your account says the opposite.

it does? It says if you don't like something you can't stick around and join in on discussions? It says that?

[CyberpunkCentral]

Denis Villeneuve admits that there will be a Blade Runner 3 if 2049 is successful

[Show spoiler]https://www.metro.us/entertainment/m...-runner-sequel

[imsounoriginal]

That’s when he added, “Of course if the movie is well received, then I would easily bet that they would do another one. For this time it is a one off movie.”

Sounds more hypothetical than confirmed. If they DO go ahead with another one, hopefully they wait a while.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

Denis Villeneuve admits that there will be a Blade Runner 3 if 2049 is successful

[Show spoiler]https://www.metro.us/entertainment/m...-runner-sequel

Well, it isn't so there won't be.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

It's wwwaaayyyy to early to be making such statements like he made. The opening weekend isn't even done.

It's called extrapolation of numbers. This is a thing some people do as a career.

[NegaScott128]

Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

Denis Villeneuve admits that there will be a Blade Runner 3 if 2049 is successful

[Show spoiler]https://www.metro.us/entertainment/m...-runner-sequel

[Show spoiler]Called it. God, if they really go with the replicant uprising thing I'm gonna be so pissed.

[cgpublic]

When a film of substance rolls into town, rest assured the clown car isn't far behind. No worries, Justice League is just around the corner.

With a number of sizable communities still hard hit by hurricanes, combined with the recent event in Las Vegas, anyone expecting boffo box office should find a seat on the aforementioned clown car.

In 2017, walkouts mean nothing, as there is no shortage of people paying for one film and moseying around the multiplex until they get their money's worth. For a 3-hour film, people will walk-in and walk-out, to use the restroom, reply to a text, on and on and on. There's no end to it in a connected society.

In fact, when a pack of moseys found themselves walking in during one of the innumerable trailers pre-BR 2049, they were shouted out by a rather large fellow with the classic, "These seats are reserved!"

Ha ha ha.

Shame Shame Shame.

Speaking of trailers, we received trailers for:

• The Commuter
• Pacific Rim: Uprising
• Annihilation
• Red Sparrow
• Only The Brave
• Geostorm

[imsounoriginal]

Trailers I got were Maze Trials, Saw, Justice League and Star Wars. The IMAX version also has a cool Blade Runner countdown before the movie starts.