[Closed] Blade Runner 2049

Likes.

I only watched the original one last week, quickest sequel ever.

Awesome!

Hope its good. Seems a shame to wait this long for a sequel..... and not go the whole hog- wait another 2 years and release it in the same year the first film was set.

Oh god. Not Ryan Gosling.

Not Ryan Gosling

If you don't like his acting you should try feeding him some cereal - bloody impossible.

He IS really bad at eating cereal....

Meh

Directed by the guy who did 'The Arrival', right?

Also, does that mean it's coming out on the 10th of June or the 6th of October? lol 🙂

Oh god. Not Ryan Gosling.

I don't mind The Gos. His face is like a blank slate that you can project any emotion of your choosing on to lol

Please please please please please don't be shit.

^ cautious optimism

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"so we could buy a real sheep."

Cautiously optimistic.

Hope it'll be brilliant
Prepare for it to be rubbish

If Deckard's a robot why does he look old?

I'd be more optimistic, if Ridley Scott hadn't brought us "Prometheus".

Denis Villeneuve at the helm. Ridley Scott can stay well away after Prometheus.

Never really liked Blade Runner, even as a film buff it's never done anything for me. The chopping around of versions never helps.

shermer75 - Member

If Deckard's a robot why does he look old?

To **** with nerds.

Alternatively, the various edits have created parallel universes.

drlex
I'd be more optimistic, if Ridley Scott hadn't brought us "Prometheus".

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Denis Villeneuve at the helm. Ridley Scott can stay well away after Prometheus.

Ridley was making stinkers long before Prometheus. Alien, Blade Runner and (maybe) Gladiator aside, his output has been very average.

, his output has been very average

Yeah, cos Thelma and Louise, black rain, black hawk down, legand, the duelists are all shit

Ridley was making stinkers long before Prometheus. Alien, Blade Runner and (maybe) Gladiator aside, his output has been very average.

Yes but he'd not made a sci-fi stinker.

But I'd agree his filmography is diverse but there is a lot of rubbish. A lot.

Yeah, cos Thelma and Louise, black rain, black hawk down, legand, the duelists are all shit

I didn't really think much of Thelma and Louise. Black Rain was ok, I watched it again recently and it's pretty standard cop thriller fare with nice visuals. Black Hawk Down is a steaming pile of shit, Legend is laughably bad albeit novel for seeing Tom Cruise dressed like a fairy and The Duellists is visually lovely but otherwise pretty boring.

Even if I concede that the five films you listed are brilliant, along with the three I mentioned that's eight films out of twenty three.

Officially interested

Going it'll be good, but prepared for it to be meh. I don't mind Gosling, he's pretty good in Nice Guy's.

Sequels are never as good as the original. Apart from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 😉
It'll be worth a watch regardless as the original film was great.

Interesting one... certainly a film that needs no sequel - will be interesting if it's another standalone movie or if they're trying to make a franchise & if it's similar to The Force Awakens in that it's essentially just a re-tread of the first movie... So Many Questions!!

will they answer the question if he was a replicant or not?

My gut tells me maybe.

Yeah, cos Thelma and Louise, black rain, black hawk down, legand, the duelists are all shit

Yes.

Sounds like Vangelis are in but looks like neon umbrellas are out! I so want it to be good but I fear the worst..

Please please please please please don't be shit.

times lots

Random fact, a mate of mine is a tech geek in the movie industry. Due to personal commitments he's had to turn down the offer to work on the new BR. I can't imagine how gutted he is...!

If Deckard's a robot why does he look old?

In the book most people couldn't afford pets so they bought replicant pets. real pets were a status symbol. To create the illusion of "realness", quality replicant pets were built with failsafe circuits circuits so that, if they failed, they exhibited sick animal symptoms. An extension of that would be that if a humanoid replicant was built to mimic all human characteristics, then aging would be one of them. Possibly with the ability to regenerate to a younger form on a change of owner.
Or if, like Rachel, he wasn't supposed to know then he'd have to age.

To **** with nerds.

well that seems to have worked

Stupid American date format! Thought it was out in June but no, October! Watched the Final Cut (again) straight after seeing this trailor (I have the big box set thing). Amazing how good some of the affects look today even in old films pre cgi.

If Deckard's a robot why does he look old?

SPOILER!!

😛

Gosling's wooden acting and blank expression will set him up perfectly for being a budget model replicant

Amazing how good some of the affects look today even in old films pre cgi.

[i]Or[/i] they look so good because it's pre-cgi 🙂

Jóhann Jóhannsson is doing the music, who also scored Arrival.

If Deckard's a robot why does he look old?

Replicants aren't robots though, they're some kind of hand-wavy 'synthetic humans' aren't they? The point of the <nerd>Voight-Kampff test</nerd> is to tell them apart, which would be very easy if they were robots.

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Jóhann Jóhannsson is doing the music, who also scored Arrival.

And she's playing a robot herself in Ghost in The Shell. Prodigious talent.

Holy thread resurrection, Batman! The full trailer is out. (I've not watched it yet...)

Hmmmmmm. Bit more explodey than I might have liked, but it's a trailer. The switch from vangelis mwommmmm mwommmmm noises to Standard Action Film Drums was jarring... But it [i]looks[/i] amazing.

Is that Rachel turning away at about 1:50?

Watched the new trailer a few minutes ago, and I'm [i]much[/i] more optimistic about this than Alien: Covenant after seeing the trailers for that.
Home again, home again, jiggedy jig...

Holy shitballs that looks amazing !!!

Jeez, the trailer makes it look guff. I hope it's better than that.

So explode, much amaze.

The trailer certainly lacks the tension and atmosphere of the original, and if they can't get it in the trailer hard to believe they will get it in the film.

Holy spitballs. Just watched it, it looks amazing.

Is that Rachel turning away at about 1:50?

Bit of a leap...!

SP - Member
The trailer certainly lacks the tension and atmosphere of the original, and if they can't get it in the trailer hard to believe they will get it in the film.

Has anyone here ever seen the original trailer for Bladerunner? Does it convey the tension and atmosphere of the original?
I'd suggest not, because the original film was pretty much a flop, ignored by most cinema goers, only with hindsight has it become this iconic visionary film.
From Rotten Tomatoes:
"A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, [b]Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature.[/b] Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, human-like androids with short life spans built by the Tyrell Corporation for use in dangerous off-world colonization. Deckard's former job in the police department was as a talented blade runner, a euphemism for detectives that hunt down and assassinate rogue replicants. Called before his one-time superior (M. Emmett Walsh), Deckard is forced back into active duty. A quartet of replicants led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) has escaped and headed to Earth, killing several humans in the process. After meeting with the eccentric Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), creator of the replicants, Deckard finds and eliminates Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), one of his targets. Attacked by another replicant, Leon (Brion James), Deckard is about to be killed when he's saved by Rachael (Sean Young), Tyrell's assistant and a replicant who's unaware of her true nature. In the meantime, Batty and his replicant pleasure model lover, Pris (Darryl Hannah) use a dying inventor, J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson) to get close to Tyrell and murder him. Deckard tracks the pair to Sebastian's, where a bloody and violent final confrontation between Deckard and Batty takes place on a skyscraper rooftop high above the city. In 1992, Ridley Scott released a popular director's cut that removed Deckard's narration, added a dream sequence, and excised a happy ending imposed by the results of test screenings; these legendary behind-the-scenes battles were chronicled in a 1996 tome, Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi"
Hindsight, etc...

Bladerunner was not a well received film and basically a flop. The video and later the Dvd market made the film a classic. The making of the film was beset with problems so considering its birth its amazing it is regarded the classic it is.

This looks like it could be ok as long as you don't get too shirty about it pissing on the original. It'll be nice to see Spinners in action again.

(I'm thinking that's Rachel too, otherwise why hide her face. The background to to room also looks similar to her memories from the original)

Time, to die

Sounds like Vangelis are in

Has he got a clone?

I saw the original at the cinema when it first came out, I was only 16 (!) and a huge science fiction fan (still am!) - I remember coming out of e cinema stunned by the visuals, but a bit baffled by the plot, subsequent viewings on video, before it really grew on me. Hope the sequel is at least ok.

we haven't even got to 2019 yet & the sequel comes out.

Black Hawk Down is a steaming pile of shit,

Weird, I really rate it, one of the best (modern) war movies out there.....

[i]Has anyone here ever seen the original trailer for Bladerunner?[/i]

[i]Standard Action Film Drums [/i]- they sure are bollocks. Just needed that standard vadooomp bass noise that is in every single trailer for full cliche effect.

It does look promising.

As others have said the original was huge flop that became a cult film.

Has anyone here ever seen the original trailer for Bladerunner?

I've never seen Bladerunner. should I?

Yes

Sort of related, but not really - Akira is on Syfy channel at 11 tonight.

Has anyone here ever seen the original trailer for Bladerunner?
I've never seen Bladerunner. should I?

Well, no, you don't have to, but you do seem to be rather missing the point of the question in the context of comments being made about the trailer for the new film.

I've not been to the cinema in well over ten years but this has to be a good reason to return to the pictures for some popcorn.

Yeah, I go with cautiously optimistic as well.

Sounds like Vangelis are in

Flanjellys car bin?
Mandelas tar win?
Candelas bar gin?

I give up, what's the answer

New trailer.

Before I watch that,

Is it actually a trailer, or is it the entire film on fast-forward?

Promising.

Interesting to see the Atari logo back.
That second trailer was a bit more interesting - All they really had to do to suck me in was show me they understood the sleezy, grimy feel of the original. There were a couple of bits in there that looked promising, but no direct hit.

On that original trailer, I love that TV screen covered in graffiti at 1:38.

Before I watch that,

Is it actually a trailer, or is it the entire film on fast-forward?

Also interested in knowing this! 🙂

Also interested in knowing this!

It definitely included something that I wished I'd never seen, but it doesn't feel too sequential.

I liked the Pan Am logo.

Watched it a couple of times now, and the continuity with the first film seems to be good, the 'things fall down, go BOOM' issue that some were complaining about does appear to be consistent with the storyline, in the suggestion that there's an impending conflict that could lead to an escalation to full-on war.
Looking better and better.

Going to avoid, any possible things I don't want to see I don't want to see 🙂

GregMay - Member

Going to avoid, any possible things I don't want to see I don't want to see

Yep - no point if you're already excited for it 🙂

Blimey - first reactions have made me get excited against my best intentions.
Must... not... read... too... much...

In get ready mode,I watched the original again the other night.
Some of it really doesn't age well,but hey,it was ground breaking in 1982 and still worth watching for Rutger Hauer alone.

Booked for the IMAX in October - must not read reviews or follow STW threads!

Oh god, most of the reviews seem good, that's probably the worst scenario,now I will end up watching it and be disappointed. If they had been crap, like they should be, I could have quite happily ignored it.

[i]Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it?[/i] 😉