Keth Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 20 mins is the max amount of time Ive lasted before turning it off. I WANT to finish and hopefully like it, but yeah I'm glad I'm not alone there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I've never much cared for it but I've also never watched it in one sitting. I've either fallen asleep or come in late in the movie. It starts well and there's certainly a great ending but a lot of the middle seems to drag. I do not look forward to watching it 3 times for my column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Please tell me you all at least got to the Tears in Rain soliloquy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Not watching from the beginning, but I've seen the end numerous times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nemo McFly Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 didn't enjoy it much 20 mins is the max amount of time Ive lasted before turning it off. I've never much cared for it LOL - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 It took me several viewings/versions to finally enjoy it. I saw it on Sci-fi back in the day edited to shit, and said fuck it.Watched a couple more versions and liked them better. I don't think its the second coming like everyone else does, but I see why people enjoy it and enjoy debating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 OG this go-around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nemo McFly Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 God, I hope this works out. I would've voted to not bring back Ford - but, LOL - my tastes are in the minority. I really do hope it makes good story-sense. Still excited for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I have no hope for either of Ridley Scott's fan films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Early Aliens reviews are out now that he's blasted down Blompkamfs Alien sequel. It's not surprising that early reviews are giving it a "meh" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nemo McFly Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I'm getting a real Wall Street 2 vibe from this, I fear it will feel empty and aimless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nemo McFly Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireDownBelow Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Pfft. Didn't like it enough to watch it again and certainly not enough to watch a sequel or a reboot or whatever the fuck it is. Read the book and you'll still feel the same way. Phillip K. Dick can go suck one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Cap'n 2099 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I feel like this is just gonna be the Prometheus of the Blade Runner franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Well, they're definitely going for epic with a capital EP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nemo McFly Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 This is something I think is gonna be sick in 3D as far as 'being immersed' in another world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 anyone else pleasantly surprised at the early reviews for this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_U_SPACECOWBOY Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Glad to hear that it's been getting praise, but I'm not entirely surprised. I have faith in Denis Villeneuve. He was an inspired choice for this, and the material is smack dab in the middle of his wheelhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 ...fuck, this turned out good. had to stop in the last half hour for work but finishing this tonight the original is crazy influential but i can definitely see the argument about this one being better. knew i should've seen it in theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 It's hands down better than the original, it would've been even better if it had nothing to do with the original. I finally got around to watching and reviewing the various cuts and I don't feel like repeating myself so for posterity: Theatrical Cut Director's CutFinal Cut Blade Runner 2049 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 gotta read your links, but i liked seeing deckard again, and the connections between the old & new replicants felt like it gave it some weight. you didn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Quoted from the last link: How is Deckard you ask? I wouldn't know, because he's not in this movie. Harrison Ford is in this movie, that is unquestionable but more than that I cannot confirm. Ford growls his way through his performance with his characteristic grumpy lethargy. Everyone in this movie is dressed in some sort of somewhat futuristic garb but Ford is dressed in what appears to be a Hanes t-shirt and a part of sweat pants. If you told me that Ford only signed on with the condition that he just wears whatever clothes he already had on then I'd believe it. The movie asks little of Ford's performance but he somehow gives less. He seems bored or fidgety and when he does talk its with a bewildered belligerence that seems to indicate he has no interest in making this work. To his credit there are at least 3 instances of real genuine acting on Harrison Ford's part, and it really works, but there's nothing recognizable about the character of Deckard. You can still see Indiana Jones in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, you can still see Han Solo in The Force Awakens, but there's not one bit of Rick Deckard in Blade Runner 2049. It's not a huge deal since Deckard is little more than an extended cameo up until the end but seeing as he's one of the selling points of the movie it's a little disappointing. Ultimately it's Blade Runner 2049's ties to the original movie that are its biggest flaws. Even if Harrison Ford had been on his a-game, Deckard adds very little to the movie. The mother could have been any random replicant and the movie would be all the better for the lack of baggage. Having this movie become a sequel in the third act robs it of its previous importance. All the world building with Joi is ultimately wasted. Despite the fact that she's literally with K the entire time, she never meets or even speaks to Deckard or any other major character for that matter. We're left with an overindulgent sex scene where Joi is super-imposed over the body of a prostitute (Mackenzie Davis), it's visually interesting but basically the same as a scene from Her. Nobody really comments on K's A.I. wife and once she's gone it's barely brought up again. Similarly Niander Wallace and a replicant resistance are built up as major figures only to not be important in the final act where K finally faces off against Luv to save Deckard's life so that he can see his daughter. I will say that the payoff is worth it at the end but it seems like the bulk of the film's plot is taking place after the movie ends. Similarly much of the world building done in the first hour in the half is squandered as the story resolves in a very small way. I do respect the simplicity of this ending, not everything needs a big bombastic finish, but a lot of the false lead-up serves no purpose in hindsight and could easily be trimmed off. Did we really need to see what Gaff (Edward James Olmos) is up to these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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