tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post9210388995595422222..comments2024-03-28T02:54:01.244-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: Blade Runner 2049 is very goodAkrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-82515888418335680272017-10-09T22:40:37.369-04:002017-10-09T22:40:37.369-04:00Got to see this last night, and I'd give it a ...Got to see this last night, and I'd give it a 4 out of 5 as a sci-fi movie in general, a 3 out of 5 as a sequel... but it was a hard movie to follow up.<br /><br />One thing I found interesting was the juxtaposition of view. In the original, we were always caught, with Deckard, in the crush of humanity, whether in the street or even in the air... Deckerd was always hemmed in.<br /><br />In 2049, K was almost always in the open, isolated, away from everything and everybody, literally and figuratively, and often above everything, in his police pod, giving us a view of the city we'd never seen before.<br /><br />When Deckard was looking for clues, he was in a crowd, in the streets, in the shops, never alone, even in the deepest, darkest alleys. When K was looking for clues, he was in an almost sterile atmosphere, dealing with at best one person or two.<br /><br />This was, I think, the director telling us that's K was very different from Deckard, from the get-go.<br /><br />Oh, and what was with all the T&A in this one? Rather surprising.<br /><br />James Mishlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510782553325944558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-64023638934207467392017-10-09T17:24:36.957-04:002017-10-09T17:24:36.957-04:00I almost completely agree, Blain. The film is far ...I almost completely agree, Blain. The film is far more nuanced than it appears, but there's one part that threatens to invalidate the premise of the original that I wish had been left on the cutting room floor. That said, there some other interactions that have an intensity that resonate only afterwards when you think back on the structure of the film.<br /><br />I need to watch it again. Moreover, I need to watch it back to back with Blade Runner: The Director's Cut, on BluRay.Lawrence Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403896741371484098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-4874726874998471562017-10-07T00:10:43.013-04:002017-10-07T00:10:43.013-04:00But then, there are no other movies that include a...But then, there are no other movies that include a singular scene like the Death of Roy Batty.<br /><br />That's why the Death of Roy Batty will be long remembered in the post-apocalyptic world after many modern religions and philosophies will have turned to dust...James Mishlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510782553325944558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-70254168978447878662017-10-06T11:41:29.480-04:002017-10-06T11:41:29.480-04:00One reason why the original is superior is that th...One reason why the original is superior is that the sequel does not include a singular scene like the death of Roy Batty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU<br />Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.com