Blade Runner 2049

[GDS_Starfury]

I really need to watch the first one.

Don't bother  :-"

this is why you have the kharma that you do.

[MetalDog]

I really need to watch the first one.

Don't bother  :-"

this is why you have the kharma that you do.

My karma is earned and I accept it.

[besilarius]

A rumor that has gained a lot of traction at work is that Harrison Ford's character is actually a replicant.
Why his partner hated him in the first movie, because the partner would lose his job to a replicant.

[Staggerwing]

A rumor that has gained a lot of traction at work is that Harrison Ford's character is actually a replicant.
Why his partner hated him in the first movie, because the partner would lose his job to a replicant.

IIRC, that idea was actually one of the unresolved questions in the original Phillip K. Dick novel that Bladerunner is based on. It is also implied in later editions of the film when the deleted Unicorn Dream/Origami sequences were added back in to the film.

http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/Deckard_as_Replicant

[mirth]

I am not encouraged  :-\

[Sir Slash]

And remember the trailers are supposed to be the impressive parts.  :hide:

[mirth]

The trailer for Alien Covenant was better than that.

[Jarhead0331]

Hollywood ruins everything it touches.

This movie is going to be abysmal.

[BanzaiCat]

Hollywood ruins everything it touches.

That wasn't always the case, back when they took chances on movies. Now they use their little formulas to plug in the same stupid ideas (lame love story, pandering to Asian market, utilize nostalgia to milk it further, etc.) each time, and even if a movie sucks it still makes a billion dollars. And if they make a billion each time, they have no reason to try any other formula. Except when they redo Ghostbusters and totally screw the pooch.

[Nefaro]

Hollywood ruins everything it touches.

That wasn't always the case, back when they took chances on movies. Now they use their little formulas to plug in the same stupid ideas (lame love story, pandering to Asian market, utilize nostalgia to milk it further, etc.) each time, and even if a movie sucks it still makes a billion dollars. And if they make a billion each time, they have no reason to try any other formula. Except when they redo Ghostbusters and totally screw the pooch.

This.


They just choose from the same handful of plots, and jam the same kind of tired action scene focus into many.

Many of the big budget movies just draw from the same formulaic pool over & over.  Even when they're supposed to be a remake of an oldie that didn't fit those few formulae, they'll still jam in what they believe to be the tried & true go-to crap.

Old classics are often considered so because they weren't something you'd see all the time.  Apparently the orgs funding Hollywood movies are terrified of risking their millions in order to make a big blockbuster.  Settling for small gains via repeatedly running the same movies in different guises.  Even if those guises are the flayed skin of an older, and more unique, great movie.

It's a large part of the reason American moviegoer numbers have steadily dropped over the years, having been subjected to the repetition.  We've become jaded with that crap.  Whereas places like China aren't since they've only recently had many big movies playing in their theaters.

[bayonetbrant]

https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/blade-runner-prequel-2036/

"prequels" that are bridging the gap btw the 2 movies

[mirth]

This is the first short

[Sir Slash]

Interesting, but not overwhelming. You've got my attention because there's so little else worth watching. So, play-on.

[mirth]

The short was okay. Still not terribly excited about the movie.

[Nefaro]

This prequel short was quite enjoyable. 

I still hope the actual movie doesn't turn into another 80 minute explosionfest chase scene in a 90 minute movie, like so many others.  Fingers crossed it's more like this short.