dancingphlower
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That looked incredible. Roger Deakins is the GOAT cinematographer. And with Villeneuve in the director's seat, this has a shot at being the best film of the year.
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Blade Runner 2049 Official Trailer
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Chained Prometheus
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I could kiss you right now, man. lol
Inferno313
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What did I do to deserve a new Blade Runner from Denis Villenueve in the same year as a Star Wars film by Rian Johnson? Sometimes the world is good after all.
Yeah I wasn't judging it or even expressing my opinion about it, just saying what it looked like to me from the trailers.
TheSkullPrince
Member
The first Blade Runner was boring as fuck me to, but this looks great.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the themes and deep meaning in BR, like how it's a world that seems to be full of sick, nihilistic people who take Life for granted while the Replicants, who have a very limited amount of time to live, try to extend their lives because they seem to appreciate existence more than humans do.
But still, Blade Runner was tough to sit through.
However, Villeneuve hasn't let us down yet.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the themes and deep meaning in BR, like how it's a world that seems to be full of sick, nihilistic people who take Life for granted while the Replicants, who have a very limited amount of time to live, try to extend their lives because they seem to appreciate existence more than humans do.
But still, Blade Runner was tough to sit through.
However, Villeneuve hasn't let us down yet.
RuinerPrime
Member
I have faith that Denis Villeneuve will make this amazing.
I was thinking the same exact thing !
Pinko Marx
Banned
I wince every time I see Harrison Ford run on screen. Did the same during Star Wars: TFW. Plz don't break Harrison Ford guys. He's old and fragile. 
this is officially the worst take on BR I have ever seen.
Boogie9IGN
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Well IJ5 is coming in 2019 so your wish will probably come true
Great trailer. I love The Gos
Chained Prometheus
Member
Oh I won't be surprised at all if Deckard dies in this film. In fact, I pretty much expect it at this point.
It's Indy that I have trouble seeing Harrison going out of his way to kill off. He always seemed to be Harrison's favorite character to me.
I'm not one of those "it's too clean" guys, but I do have my issues with what the trailer showed me. One of which is that it seems like a modernization of the original as in "soft reboot" but really treading the same ground. Leto just looks like he'll be a new Tyrell, while Gosling is Deckard with a "is he human or is he replicant?" dilemma again. Just with more action, more explanations, more dialogue.
Now, the movie could very well end up pretty good regardless. And the trailer could be just the trailer and the film is more in tune with the originals atmosphere, but in a world where the trailer gives too much away(this one seems to as well) I can't help but have my gripes with it.
As for is the movie's quality? It'll probably be good. When it comes to Villeneuve I really liked Sicario and Arrival but hated Prisoners, so not in the "can do no wrong" camp nor do I think his movies are the best around. But he's certainly capable. The problem probably lies more within me than it does with the film itself. Not only does the movie have to be good, but it has to justify it's own existence. Having Harrison Ford in and of itself bothered me from the onset but I can at the very least accept it in a revival in this era of Hollywood. The film really looks like a retelling that takes in issues people had with the original, when a fan like me never had them. At least, it does to me. So it's hard not to be skeptical. If the series was ever revisited I would have wanted a completely separate story set within the world. Doesn't have to be Tyrell, Replicants or even have a Blade Runner, but that was never going to happen.
It is what it is. Not everything boils down to just nostalgia(although my points arguably does to some), more like the original movie had a tale with a beginning and ending without much more to uncover, or at least needs to be known. So that's why you'll see me and others a lot more skeptical of it.
STILLethal
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Simo
Member
Just for the trailer.
Brian_FETO
Banned
This looks fucking incredible
samoscratch
Member
In terms of looks and sound, I'm in.
In terms of the few lines from the characters and overall theme I'm getting from the trailer..eh.....not feeling it.
I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now, but I can't say I'm SUPER excited about it and I'm a huge fan of the original.
Let's see how it all turns out.
In terms of the few lines from the characters and overall theme I'm getting from the trailer..eh.....not feeling it.
I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now, but I can't say I'm SUPER excited about it and I'm a huge fan of the original.
Let's see how it all turns out.
CloudyTuba
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Is there a good reason why a new Blade Runner movie is coming out and yet the US bluray is long out of print and hard to find for a fair price? I'd think they would want to rerelease it while the hype grows.
I can find other region sets okay but the special features seem to come on DVD rather than bluray, so while the movie is region free, the special features are not.
I can find other region sets okay but the special features seem to come on DVD rather than bluray, so while the movie is region free, the special features are not.
Do you know what it's called? I assume it's been used in other trailers? maybe not
This could only work if we find out that replicants are not actually androids at all, but actual humans artificially gestated with a 4 year time bomb in their DNA, in order to create a slave class for society that can never raise up and overthrow their masters.
And that the reason they can't pass a VK test isn't that they're not human, but that they aren't given enough time to develop true empathy and/or mentally crippled on purpose (as in Brave New World's Deltas and Epsilons).
Otherwise I'd find it really hard to believe human and replicants could ever have viable offspring together.
EDIT:
Yes I know they are "engineered living organisms". But it is a far cry from something that is "biological" to something that has enough human DNA and the right organs to create viable offspring with a human, which is what is implied if K is the son of Rachel and Deckard as Inceptional posits.
At what point does a replicant go from "engineered living organism" to actual human slave? And if it turns out that replicants are really just genetically modified humans built for slavery, what does that say about the society in the movie, and the job of the blade runners?
WaterAstro
Member
Man, how many movies does Harrison Ford need to pass on?
Inceptional
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Are you talking about the first half of the trailer or second. The first is a riff on Vengelis' score on the original. The second is awesome but have no idea where it came from.
Maybe they're of the same piece but not sure.
I think this was all created just for the trailer but would love to hear it in the actual film.
What the hell. Didn't believe you until I looked it up, that's bizarre.
One of the best blu-rays I own, with all the various cuts and bonus material. Really strange it doesn't seem to be readily available.
Edit: they had just put out a new complete edition like two years ago in a digipack case so it shouldn't be out of print. Wonder if they're readying yet another edition to hit with 2049.
matrix-cat
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I could have done without that cheeseball Leto, but the rest looks gorgeous.
newtypepilot
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so Deckard is human afterall??
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Deleted member 102362
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Yeah that's really weird, it's always been a home media staple.
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Deleted member 80556
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Didn't Ridley say that Replicants are a combination of biological and robotic elements?
Will be left ambiguous, probably, according to Dennis. And contrary to Ridley's wishes probably as well.
Inceptional
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As a big filmbuff that buys lots of movies, I can tell you that the era of deluxe-super-mega editions has long passed. Studios have gotten really cheap on that front. It's a real shame but hopefully WB will splurge and put another edition out with all the material from the 5-disn collector's edition once we're closer to October.
And yea it's a really amazing set. Probably my favorite blu-ray next to The Alien Anthology set.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
And the award for best cinematography goes to...
Inceptional
Member
I find it strange that people assume they have mechanical parts like rotating gears and shit. I would imagine they're basically like Ash or Bishop, only with red blood. This ain't GitS my friends.
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There's a big difference between having biological elements and being basically 100% human, just with a death timebomb coded into the DNA.
It would make no sense that something with "biological elements" could reproduce with a real human otherwise. It would be like having a human successfully breed with a monkey. [I was commenting on Inceptional's theory that K is the son of Deckard (human) and Rachel (replicant).]
timetokill
Banned
Looks beautiful, I hope the script holds up
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
This will be my first theatre visit in years
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Deleted member 80556
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You'd be implying in the first place that Deckard is human, and well, there are differing opinions on that, to say the least. But I don't disagree.
The Driver
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Has there been anything on it's rating?
Looks pretty bloody for a PG-13 flick.
Looks pretty bloody for a PG-13 flick.
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Deleted member 80556
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I'd love it if they'd allow Dennis to go for an R-rating. It'll probably be a hard-PG-13 though.
Inceptional
Member
Why else would there be a VOIDCOMP test otherwise? There must be an easier way if they're that robotic. Also remember the phrase "more human than human?"
Also, I'm not saying all replicants can give birth. Rachel was a special case who didn't even know she was a replicant. She was also special to Tyrell. Maybe he designed her with a reproductive system?
Its Rated R
Kibbles
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R-Rated - http://www.screendaily.com/news/bla...le=LATEST-FILM-NEWS-HEADLINES&contentID=44435
”My producers are finding it fun to remind me that it will be one of the most expensive R-rated independent feature films ever made," Villeneuve disclosed.