Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

[Zot!]

Replicants vs Apes? Unplumbed possibilities for the franchises.

Putting that aside, doesnt look right at all. Why does a 1982 spinner look so much more futuristic than what appears to be a 2012 Dodge Charger driven by Ryan Gosling and his enourmous turtleneck.

[flyonthewall2983]

Trailer

[Luke M]

I let out an audible groan when I saw Leto. I hope it's good but I'm not as excited for it as I was after seeing the teaser.

[flyonthewall2983]

He didn't seem all that bad in it.

[calculus entrophy]

Not good. It has a made for TV aesthetic in its dialog and characters.

I expected to hear it start with:

"This week, on a very special Blade Runner.....will he find out if he is a replicant? Tune in and find out".

[flyonthewall2983]

New footage in this 4 minute promo piece. October can't come soon enough.

[Ribs]

Good news - we'll definitely get an answer if he's a replicant or not, just as we've always wanted.

[Big Ben]

Which I imagine will go over well given all the good will Scott has been curating recently. I'd prefer they just left it ambiguous because I feel it's safer than saying once and for all (in a film at least) that yes "This is the way it is". Then again knowing the Blade Runner community they'd still debate it even with a definitive on screen answer.

[Ribs]

I expect either way they address it there'll be a contingent insisting that he was replaced by a Replicant or the "real" Deckard between the two movies

[BigMack3000]

Have they officially said which version this is a sequel to?

[John Cope]

Have they officially said which version this is a sequel to?

I guess we'll know when we get our "answer" (an answer, btw, to a "burning question" no one really has, as with the origins of the Alien which is now no longer alien at all thanks to Ridley's reliably reductive rationalism).

[willoneill]

Have they officially said which version this is a sequel to?

I can't imagine any scenario in which this isn't a sequel to the Final Cut.

[calculus entrophy]

Have they officially said which version this is a sequel to?

I guess we'll know when we get our "answer" (an answer, btw, to a "burning question" no one really has, as with the origins of the Alien which is now no longer alien at all thanks to Ridley's reliably reductive rationalism).

Well said. There's a "gilligan"-esque betrayal in the needless rescuing of these myths from their islands.

[MoonlitKnight]

Good news - we'll definitely get an answer if he's a replicant or not, just as we've always wanted.

Granted, even Scott himself bluntly said in the 25th Anniversary Edition in regards to this, 'If you don't get it, you're a moron.' 8-[

[willoneill]

Trailer 2
So ...

Spoiler

The "We were being hunted" line by Deckard is the absolute confirmation, right?

[solaris72]

So ...

Spoiler

The "We were being hunted" line by Deckard is the absolute confirmation, right?

Spoiler

Not necessarily, they would still be hunted if just Rachael was a replicant and Deckard was a human blade runner aiding a fugitive replicant.

That said, I think it highly unlikely that the film isn't operating with Scott's interpretation presupposed.

[flyonthewall2983]

Hans Zimmer is now scoring the film. Jóhann Jóhannsson is still aboard, the main title will be his composition.

[Big Ben]

Blade Runner 2049 has also escaped being watered down content wise to fit a PG-13 rating.

The MPAA stamped Blade Runner 2049 with the “R”-rating for “violence, some sexuality, nudity, and language.”

Nice to see studios having a little more faith in more adult ventures again.

[flyonthewall2983]

The word has been quite awhile that this is going to be R. I've even heard that this is the biggest budget for an R film ever.

[flyonthewall2983]

...and to be fair, I think with a few fairly insignificant cuts the original could have gotten by with a PG-13 rating.

[swo17]

Of course, that rating didn't exist at the time.

[flyonthewall2983]

Of course. Taking it to PG, even when PG films were a bit more violent, still would have been a bridge too far.

Regardless I am glad that for this they did go for and earn the R rating, as long as it's done within the range of taste that that the first film adhered to.

[flyonthewall2983]

169 minutes

[Ribs]

The report going around is actually saying 163 minutes, but regardless it wouldn't be the first Blade Runner that needs more cuts.

[flyonthewall2983]

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