Blade Runner 2049

[red321]

When I first heard the announcement they were doing a sequel to Blade Runner, wasn't so sure about it...but I must say this does have me intrigued.

 

 

 

[Thomas]

That trailer is way too complicated to be anything but a bomb. Is it even remotely marketable globally?

[red321]

first movie wasn't either...one of the reasons I was shocked they were doing a sequel. At least from the trailer, certainly appears they are targeting it towards the cult fans of the original movie

[Adam]

I think the 1st one is one of the most overrated films of all time. 

[red321]

14 minutes ago, Adam said:

I think the 1st one is one of the most overrated films of all time. 

hey...something else you and my wife agree on!

[Amazing Larry]

Hopefully we'll get to see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion in the new film.

[Amazing Larry]

Oh and they better film inside of the Bradbury Building again. That place is an architectural masterpiece.

[red321]

Love the Bradbury Building...whenever we are in that area I stop by and wander through the lobby.

[red321]

We've hiked past the Ennis House on the hills just below Griffith Observatory as well...pretty amazing Frank Lloyd Wright designed structure.

[Thomas]

42 minutes ago, red321 said:

first movie wasn't either...

It's almost unfair though to judge the first movie by its initial box office. That may be the best movie month ever. Certainly Sci-fi it's hard to think of a better month. 

June 1982
Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Annie, Blade Runner, The Thing

Rocky III and Conan the Barbarian were both still in theaters being released in May.

[Angel Oracle]

Every time I see a ref to Blade Runner, I only think back to how the Ultimate Warrior and Sting got started in pro wrasslin, as the Bladerunners in the mid 1980s.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Adam said:

I think the 1st one is one of the most overrated films of all time. 

same here. never understood the attention it received.

i feel the same way about the star wars movies, though i found them to be more interesting movies.

[red321]

well, not everyone watches musicals tank

[IEAngelsfan]

Looks interesting to me.

When I initially watched the original, I didn't particularly like it much either, but when I watch it now, I've grown to appreciate more.

And Thomas, June '82 did have some very good movies. The Thing is one of my all time favorites.

[gotbeer]

Big fan of the original.  And the sequel looks good. 

Oh, and someone needs to make the torn pages out of the book an Angels meme.

[Jason]

Blade Runner was a true Sci Fi movie. Audiences these days are more to Transformers and other such nonsense. The film looks to have promise but I worry about it being a dud too.

[JAHV76]

I liked the first movie. I would watch this movie but not in the theaters. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

So I guess Harrison Ford wasn't a robot...

[Tank]

7 hours ago, red321 said:

well, not everyone watches musicals like we do, tank

i agree completely. our culture has declined.

thanks again for Moulin Rouge last saturday night. 

[red321]

6 minutes ago, Tank said:

i agree completely. our culture has declined.

thanks again for Moulin Rouge last saturday night. 

you're welcome...not many people still watch movies on their VCR so I'm glad I could find a home for our old VHS tapes

[Tank]

that's why you're the best, buddy.

 

south pacific next saturday night?

[Tank]

3 hours ago, JAHV76 said:

I liked the first movie. I would watch this movie but not in the theaters. 

just watched the trailer. i'd probably watch this when it's show on cable.

i really should watch the original again. i saw it once in 1983 at a very late night showing, and was fighting drowsiness. that may have affected how much i liked it.

[Amazing Larry]

13 hours ago, Jason said:

Blade Runner was a true Sci Fi movie. Audiences these days are more to Transformers and other such nonsense. The film looks to have promise but I worry about it being a dud too.

To me it was a L.A. Noir movie that just happened to be in the future. I hope they keep the same vibe in the sequel. 

[IEAngelsfan]

6 hours ago, Lawrence said:

To me it was a L.A. Noir movie that just happened to be in the future. I hope they keep the same vibe in the sequel. 

Ha, that's a good description. For someone like me who really loves Noir movies, it never clicked for me.  I must be getting old.

[red321]

On 5/9/2017 at 5:44 AM, Lawrence said:

To me it was a L.A. Noir movie that just happened to be in the future. I hope they keep the same vibe in the sequel. 

That's a pretty good description. Most of the best science fiction shows/movies tend to fall in a similar category. Good stories that are set in the future. Similar to Battlestar Galactica, yes, it was science fiction, but in reality it was a political drama. The original Star Wars...very similar in nature to a fairy tale that happened to be set in a galaxy far far away.