Movies BLADE RUNNER 2049 Thread v.2

[xenomorph4prez]

Yeah, it was right where James Woods had flung it.


That's a phenomenal sequence. Whenever I hear people say that scene doesn't really go anywhere, I'm like, "Are you kidding me? DID YOU SEE ALL THEM HANDS?????"

When I saw that scene my first thought was we finally have the technology to make a proper Fist of the North Star live action movie.

 

[senri]

This is an inviting look when Sapiens feel an awakening...

 

[frenz]

Sooo... they dug up Sean Young's skull?

she's not dead? lol

 

[frenz]

I'm a little slow but can someone explain to me the significance of Wallace wanting to get his hands on the replicant child?

i'm really not sure how you didn't understand that, since it's pretty much the entire plot...

 

[PEB]

Re-Creating Rachael

10 to 15 years actors are going to be avatars and that they will base it on a version of themselves then editors fix an tweak the shape of the body for a given scene or movie. It's going to happen people your seeing the first stages.

 

[Buddy Revell]

10 to 15 years actors are going to be avatars and that they will base it on a version of themselves then editors fix an tweak the shape of the body for a given scene or movie. It's going to happen people your seeing the first stages.

May not even be that long given the rate at which the technology is progressing. I thought that Rachel looked breathtakingly real. IMO, a far better facsimile of a young Sean Young that Leia was of a young Carrie Fisher in last years Rogue One. And all this with James Cameron, and his Avatar sequels, waiting on deck.

With all that being said, id probably guesstimate that what you speculated might happen within the next ten years.

 

[sickc0d3r]

10 to 15 years actors are going to be avatars and that they will base it on a version of themselves then editors fix an tweak the shape of the body for a given scene or movie. It's going to happen people your seeing the first stages.

Aka, the Apocolypse.

I am prepared, though. My doomsday bunker contains nothing but 80's VHS tapes, atari 2600. and 3 year supply of popcorn and goobers.

 

[Adamant]

It's a beautiful movie aesthetically but story is so fucking boring that I considered walking out several times. I ultimately decided not to because, well, if I could endure it just this once I'd never have to see it again, which I did.

I liked the score.

Re-Creating Rachael

Some pretty awful CGI. When you see it in the movie, it's glaringly obvious. Looks like shit.

 

[BisexualMMA]

Sooo... they dug up Sean Young's skull?

Poor lady can't catch a break. First Wall Street 2 and now this.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Just saw this over weekend. I liked it. Story is not spectacular, but only so much you can do. But I think there will be sequels with better story because now the replicants will revolt. Harrison Ford is still around with daughter, and Niander Wallace is still kicking. And he can clone another of that female henchman.

But I have some questions. I thought Ryan Gosling was actually a real human duped into thinking he a replicant. And that hit me in the feels. I felt that shit mang.

Spoiler

what is up with SD? Is it just a junkyard now? Also what is up with all the kids working the assembly plant? Are they replicants or humans?

Also how on earth can the dream programmer chick actually Harrison Ford's Daughter? And why on earth is she trapped in the glass cage? Also are there twins or just one offspring?

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Ouch!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...s-could-hit-80-million-producer-alcon-1055855

https://movieweb.com/blade-runner-2049-box-office-bomb-losing-80-million-dollars/

Bye bye sequel.

 

[Ablis89]

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Ouch!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...s-could-hit-80-million-producer-alcon-1055855

https://movieweb.com/blade-runner-2049-box-office-bomb-losing-80-million-dollars/

Bye bye sequel.

I dont understand why this doing so badly. Its a good movie. Its not the greatest thing out there, but hell, it good enough to spend some money on. I think they already taken down at most theatres. They should leave it out longer.

I hope this does not go the way of Dredd. That movie great too, but did not make enough money for sequel. One of the biggest missed opportunities in movie history.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I dont understand why this doing so badly. Its a good movie. Its not the greatest thing out there, but hell, it good enough to spend some money on. I think they already taken down at most theatres. They should leave it out longer.

I hope this does not go the way of Dredd. That movie great too, but did not make enough money for sequel. One of the biggest missed opportunities in movie history.

In terms of both takings and the film itself I think a big issue is that they tried to turn this into a major blockbuster. The original film arguably THE cult film is still ultimately that, its not Star Wars/Trek that will draw in mainstream audiences yet they put a mainstream blockbuster budget into this.

I mentioned it in the Tarkovsky vs Kubrick thread that I think Ridley Scott ontop of his well known influence by the latter actually drew considerable influence from the former as well. The sequel to me really misses this, most obviously in the visuals in the original dispite being dystopian take a very romatic view of its setting, the industrial decay and layers of history are shown in a beautiful almost organic fashion just as they are in Stalker. In 2049 I think the setting becomes more Kubrick like, harsh unromantic minimalism a lot of the time.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Outside of the score which Vangelis score was never gonna be outdone its the rare film score thats as good if not a better listen outside of the context of the movie while like 95% film scores just sound bad or corny on their own. Zimmers score was good for what it was supposed to be, very synth heavy tho it matched with the tone for the most part. Nothing special best track was 2049 version of Tears in Rain which was only standout but still far inferior to the original

this film fleshed on and developed everything about the 1st movie.

It completely redefined the visual language of modern sci-fi design like the original inspired so many different artists in different mediums. IMO this film is going to do thesame. While you can tell that 2049 takes place in a familiar world the art department and Deakins' cinematography establish its own aesthetic AND allow it to feel so singularly different from every other modern futuristic sci-fi film we've seen over the last ten to fifteen years.

Narratively Villeneuve managed to respect and exceed the original. From the tone/atmosphere to the themes. The line between humans and replicants is blurred further, the message about environmental and nuclear pollution is loud and clear, is "slavery" of androids an acceptable form of slavery, what constitutes free will and consciousness, the concept of love in different ways/outlets.

K ultimately being just another replicant despite all the emotions he felt u could feel how. What makes his role so pivota, is how he's tied to Deckard.

He believes for a portion of the film, that he's the child of Deckard and Rachel; which serves as a can opener for his brain, to begin processing the thoughts of individuality, to have a soul, to be truly alive, etc. since the original material of Blade Runner, the primary story points about wht does it mean to be alive. Do you have to be human? Do you have to possess a soul? Do you have to be conceived through traditional methods?

All the more reason why this film not only expands on these questions compared to Scott's films but exceeds them in a lot of ways. The people saying the story in this one isnt like the original im not sure what movie you guys are watching or what words youre throwing out with "story" if you know what youre trying to talking about.

but thats the question that defines K's existence implanted with the memories of Deckard's child. In that scene he so badly wants to tell Deckard hes his father because of what possesses and what he's done to help reunite Deckard with his daughter.

And that's what makes it' all the more interesting. The most significant dynamic between two characters on screen occurs with K and Joi. One being a replicant, the other being an augmented AI. Yet, both of them exhibit emotions and feelings that don't just replicate human behavior, but behavior of their own. Joi is yet another example of something that begs question to what it means to be alive. She tells K that she loves him before she's put out of commission. She uses a physical body in Mackenzie Davis' character so she can be intimate with K. There's real meaning to her 'emotions' for lack of a better word toward K. But before his final mention u see him teased with another Joi hologram and his expression there was heartbreaking. The whole romance felt far more authentic than other AI related romances like Her to me

The entire film is wrapped up in an enigma of questions that don't feel pretentious or condescending. Because they're right there in front of you out in the open. They're told through a visual medium; with emphasis on color, compositions and expressions. It's subtle yet direct simple and poignant

Also loved his death scene in the snow with the homage to Roy in the rain. Theres actually alot of easter eggs i found after watching the movie and looking online love the detail

Its a shame ambitious movies like this almost never do well in box office. Easily one of the best movies of the millenium

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Outside of the score which Vangelis score was never gonna be outdone its the rare film score thats as good if not a better listen outside of the context of the movie while most film scores just sound strange on their own

this film fleshed on and developed everything about the 1st movie.

It completely redefined the visual language of modern sci-fi design like the original inspired so many different artists in different mediums. IMO this film is going to do thesame. While you can tell that 2049 takes place in a familiar world the art department and Deakins' cinematography establish its own aesthetic AND allow it to feel so singularly different from every other modern futuristic sci-fi film we've seen over the last ten to fifteen years.

Narratively Villeneuve managed to respect and exceed the original. From the tone/atmosphere to the themes. The line between humans and replicants is blurred further, the message about environmental and nuclear pollution is loud and clear, is "slavery" of androids an acceptable form of slavery, what constitutes free will and consciousness, the concept of love in different ways/outlets.

K ultimately being just another replicant despite all the emotions he felt u could feel how. What makes his role so pivota, is how he's tied to Deckard.

He believes for a portion of the film, that he's the child of Deckard and Rachel; which serves as a can opener for his brain, to begin processing the thoughts of individuality, to have a soul, to be truly alive, etc. since the original material of Blade Runner, the primary story points about wht does it mean to be alive. Do you have to be human? Do you have to possess a soul? Do you have to be conceived through traditional methods?

All the more reason why this film not only expands on these questions compared to Scott's films but exceeds them in a lot of ways. The people saying the story in this one isnt like the original im not sure what movie you guys are watching or what words youre throwing out with "story" if you know what youre trying to talking about.

but thats the question that defines K's existence implanted with the memories of Deckard's child. In that scene he so badly wants to tell Deckard hes his father because of what possesses and what he's done to help reunite Deckard with his daughter.

And that's what makes it' all the more interesting. The most significant dynamic between two characters on screen occurs with K and Joi. One being a replicant, the other being an augmented AI. Yet, both of them exhibit emotions and feelings that don't just replicate human behavior, but behavior of their own. Joi is yet another example of something that begs question to what it means to be alive. She tells K that she loves him before she's put out of commission. She uses a physical body in Mackenzie Davis' character so she can be intimate with K. There's real meaning to her 'emotions' for lack of a better word toward K. But before his final mention u see him teased with another Joi hologram and his expression there was heartbreaking

The entire film is wrapped up in an enigma of questions that don't feel pretentious or condescending. Because they're right there in front of you out in the open. They're told through a visual medium; with emphasis on color, compositions and expressions. It's subtle yet direct simple and poignant

Also loved his death scene in the snow with the homage to Roy in the rain. Theres actually alot of easter eggs i found after watching the movie and looking online love the detail

Its a shame ambitious movies like this almost never do well in box office. Easily one of the best movies of the millenium

Yeh, they really expanded on this Universe. They either have to make a sequel, or do a netflix series, or I swear I will kill someone in Hollywood.

They already introduced the insurgency.

I still dont get what is going on with San Diego. Are all those children replicants, or actual kids?

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

The guys who made the miniatures for this movie did a reddit AMA that I thought was interesting

They also did work on movies such as Thor 3 and Ghost in the shell

They haven't answered anything(Not until later today). So you have time to ask a question if you want

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7g1uzt/hi_we_are_weta_workshop_we_made_some_rather_large/

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Just caught a matinee of this today. Loved it. When I first heard about this I thought it was going to be trash.

1. Didn’t care for Prometheus or Alien Covenant, and while I know Ridley Scott wasn’t the director, I thought he’d stink it up somehow anyway.

2. I hadn’t seen Gosling in a movie since the Notebook which I haven’t seen since 2004 or 2005. Didn’t realize he was such a good actor, I thought he was great.

3. I thought Ford kind of phoned it in for The Force Awakens so I was worried he do the same here potentially.

Was extremely, pleasantly surprised with this movie.

And when K picked up that dude in the junkyard and broke his back over his knee I went full



9.5/10 for me

 

[heavyarms21]

Just caught a matinee of this today. Loved it. When I first heard about this I thought it was going to be trash.

1. Didn’t care for Prometheus or Alien Covenant, and while I know Ridley Scott wasn’t the director, I thought he’d stink it up somehow anyway.

2. I hadn’t seen Gosling in a movie since the Notebook which I haven’t seen since 2004 or 2005. Didn’t realize he was such a good actor, I thought he was great.

3. I thought Ford kind of phoned it in for The Force Awakens so I was worried he do the same here potentially.

Was extremely, pleasantly surprised with this movie.

And when K picked up that dude in the junkyard and broke his back over his knee I went full



9.5/10 for me

Yeah Gosling is on the Short list of great Leading Actors who haven't won an Oscar Yet.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Just caught a matinee of this today. Loved it. When I first heard about this I thought it was going to be trash.

1. Didn’t care for Prometheus or Alien Covenant, and while I know Ridley Scott wasn’t the director, I thought he’d stink it up somehow anyway.

2. I hadn’t seen Gosling in a movie since the Notebook which I haven’t seen since 2004 or 2005. Didn’t realize he was such a good actor, I thought he was great.

3. I thought Ford kind of phoned it in for The Force Awakens so I was worried he do the same here potentially.

Was extremely, pleasantly surprised with this movie.

And when K picked up that dude in the junkyard and broke his back over his knee I went full



9.5/10 for me

You havent seen Drive??? You need to get on that

That and Blue Valentine are prolly the best performances ive seen him in outside this one

in 2049 that moment of agony when he screams thinking that his memories are real was crushing