As someone who only ‘liked’ the original (I didn’t “love” it) that’s a fair assessment.
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i saw it in the theater when it first came out. i later saw three other cuts of it and read the phillip k. dick story it was based on. my first impression of the film was headed toward “beautiful meh” but then the ending, particularly the death of roy baty brought me to tears and i had to give it more credit than i otherwise would have. it was the first sci-fi film that ever brought me to tears. i want to see the new one very much. i have, however, learned to keep my expectations low in such cases.
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The death of Roy Batty was the most emotionally evocative scene of the original movie; unfortunately, there’s nothing comparable to that moment in the new one - if anything, there’s an emotional disconnect with the all the characters that left me feeling totally underwhelmed.
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that’s a shame, really. i’m still planning on seeing at the theater but i appreciate the warning.
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The original has always been a favorite of mine. So I still like the over all feel of 2049.
But, here are my quibbles
The ending. It just, ended.
This film has done nothing to make me like Leto any more. But, don’t dislike him anymore, but the character was … {shrug}
And by not resolving anything with Wallace, having this Replicant Underground, and NOT killing off Deckard its like they want Blade Runner 2050.
No, sir, don’t want that.
And on a silly note,
Part of me really wanted Deckard to look at K and growl,
And then follow up with the same line in Indy V
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I’m glad you commented that, because that’s the feeling I get from the trailers.
I love Blade Runner – I have the Final Cut DVD set – and I love most everything I’ve ever read by Dick, but I just can’t get excited about this film. I don’t know if it’s because they’re forcing a sequel, or forcing the ending of the original film into certain conclusions, or because Jared Leto and Ryan Gosling both are in it and they both annoy me or what the hell, but it just doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.
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By all means, please decide for yourself.
Let me know what you think once you have.
@Wisconsin_Platt; agreed, on all observations about 2049.
I literally could not have cared less if every single character in the movie had died, including Deckard; and that ain’t good.
Jared Leto’s presence in this film was utterly pointless, IMO.
And I’ve honestly never gotten what the appeal of Ryan Gosling is supposed to be; he’s just bland.
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Which makes the perfect “neutered” Replicant. I guess.
Here’s my take on the actors
Ryan Gosling - No complaints. Not accolades, either though.
Dave Bautista - Good casting. Between 2049 and the 2048 short. Good call.
Robin Wright - Gotta love Princess Buttercup.
Ana de Armas - One of my favorite bits. I was sad at her inevitable demise
Sylvia Hoeks - What? Do all Blade Runner villians need a Dutch actor? Meh.
Edward James Olmos - Stand Up performance. (While sitting down)
Jared Leto - He could be edited out and not change the story substantially.
Fine. Okay. I guess I like the Blade Runner ambiance. Just give me a series with nothing but Vangelis inspired sound track over long pans over the major cyber-punked cities of the future and I’ll probably come away happy.
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These posts are all timely.
In a few days you shall have my “Blade Runner” review!
Read it in REAL 3D!
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Well played.
But even with the “Hey Girl,” memes I’ve never gotten the appeal; he’s a basic, milquetoast White dude… (which makes the text all that much funnier, because it’s an ironically perfect description of him.)
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What, you’re not secretly Ryan Gosling, are you?
*lolz
My tastes regarding what’s attractive in a man are wildly varied but when it comes to White guys, I’m way more Joe Manganiello or Collin Farrell.
The blonde, Nordic archetype just doesn’t do anything for me.
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What if I were?
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I’d feel sorta bad for hurting your feelings, unintentionally.
I’m bitchy-snarky, but not heartless.
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Okay. I uncovered what I feel was the original script for this crucial scene between Deckard & K
That’s largely how I felt about the original. The ambience was fantastic but the acting was terrible - so poor that not even Rutger Hauer could save it.
I’ll be giving the new one a skip.
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Finally seeing the new one tonight. Dutifully avoiding all reviews and spoilers.
The original blew me away as a teen the same way Star Wars blew me away at age 5, and is still one of my all-time favorite films. I don’t expect the new one to live up to that. But if I can spend a few hours exploring that universe with beautiful photography and music then I’ll consider my money well spent.
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saw Blade Runner over the weekend. love, love, LOVED IT. all of it. it’s gorgeous… i liked the story, the characters, all of it. 2hrs 44mins passed by easily for me. BUT, i’m so sick to death of hearing people (1) hating on Jared Leto just because they hate him… his character was a fine update/successor to the Tyrell character to me. he’s got the same god complex, and the same obsession; and (2) i don’t get why people hate Gosling so much. he was also really perfect to me… he’s easy on the eyes, he DEFINITELY acted the hell out of his role, and he and Ford played well off each other.
my ONLY quibble with the movie was that the umbrellas didn’t have light-up poles, haha – but maybe that was a fashion in the earlier movie that had since gone OUT of fashion by 2049.
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I noticed a couple during one scene in rainy LA, just before K goes to the bar – a few people had umbrellas, some with light-up tops, one or two with illuminated poles. I was happy to see that little nod.
That was something that struck me – how this was very much treated as its own film, with some small references to the original, but was in no way a retread based just on nostalgia. It would’ve been very easy for a lesser director to make a checklist of things to make fans smile – Vangelis music, a big geisha eating a cherry, the off-world colony blimp-thing, “he say you Brade Runner”, a few Voight-Kampf tests, some Ink Spots jazz music, and cameos from Daryl Hannah and Rutger Hauer – but Denis Villeneuve really went his own direction, and I appreciate that.
I thought Jared Leto did a fine job and had no problem with Ryan Gosling, especially when teamed up with Harrison Ford.
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