I think it's time we revisit 'Blade Runner' (1982) and its sequel 'Blade Runner 2049' (2017)

The issue with 2049 is it barely had anything happening. The movie was a lot of traveling and talking. That was almost the whole movie. That is why the public didn’t connect with it much.

The original had a lot of everything and was great. The Directors Cut and Final Cut are major improvements

Ryan Gosling's ghetto accent--where the fuck is he from?--is kind of hard to ignore.

Ryan is born and raised in Canada. This is why Josh Brolin doesn’t like him and shaded Gosling many times while promoting Gangster Squad. He said Gosling is a poser, it’s all fake. He is from Canada but speaks with a Brooklyn accent.

Good movies. Ford was gorgeous in the first

Hannah's role would have been more iconic with Debbie Harry.

was she up for it r5?

Darryl Hannah >>>

[Quote] was she up for it [R5]?

Apparently, but her record label wouldn't give her the time off to shoot it.

The movies are a goof atmospheric hang. But narrative momentum is missing in both.

Pris was scary but mesmerizing.

Pris was scary. But badass. I did love Darryl Hannah here.

Hannah and Young were born to play androids.

Love

Joanna Cassidy was also good.

The original is good, not great. Incredible visuals and mediocre everything else.

No mention of Rutger Hauer yet? He gives by far the best performance out of anyone in either film. Incredible charisma and presence. And he looks great.

The theatrical release was SHIT

I've seen 2049 three times now. First time in the cinema in IMAX, despite some visually amazing bits like the orangey desert beehive scene, I didn't quite get it, found it a bit boring. I'd rewatched the first film beforehand and I think I was expecting it to be more like that. The second time I watched it on TV at home and appreciated the story a lot. The third time it grew on me even more and now I think it's probably the best big budget sci fi film in the last decade or so.

But Gosling just isn't in Harrison Ford's league and there's no one who can hold a candle to Rutger Hauer.

Harrison's voiceover in the theatrical version sounds unfortunately like Steve Martin in Dead Man Don't Wear Plaid.

R19 isn’t that because he didn’t even wanna do it? So he didn’t even try and just said the lines?

R12 Because they're both oddballs in real life?

Always loved BL, from the first time caught it from the middle on tv. Rutger Hauer. Can I tell you I saw him, in about 90, outside the Music Hall in Beverly Hills and he looked great. I thought Sean Young (almost called her Rachel Ward) was so gorgeous in that first scene. You could believe she'd been created by a master craftsman.

Now we get this cgi Marvel dreck.

I mean BR, as in Blade Runner. Dyslexia!

I love both films. Stunning visually. Probably the two best looking films.

Love the Vangelis score in the first film.

Ford was excellent in 2049 and deserved a Best Supporting Oscar nomination. The only thing about 2049 I didn't like was Jared Leto. Loved the character of Luv. Striking look.

I for the life of me, I can't stay awake during this movie. I was a theater manager and played it and even on my day off my friends and I went to another theater to see it and out I went. When it was re-issued in digital at NY's Ziegfeld, off we went and out I went. I have tried five times. Luckily I never paid for it.

I wish I'd liked the 2049 better. Not in the mood, maybe. I wish they'd brought back Sean Young.

Blade Runner is a masterpiece.

I just watched this again on a flight last week. I was curious about the Darryl Hannah character Pris, so I Googled it. I was surprised to learn that Pris was actually a human who, after a psychotic break, decided she was a replicant and developed their characteristics. Wouldn't the cops or the Tyrell corp or whatever have been able to tell she was human? Why would she even be in their database as a replicant if they had no record of creating her? I know I'm nit-picking, but shit like that drives me nuts.

I love the original. The sequel was okay. I might like it better if I watched again. I feel guilty not seeing it in the theater but it was almost 3 hours long, or 3.5 hours with previews. I'd they're going to have long movies like that, they need intermissions.

It took me awhile to warm up to the sequel even though it's visually stunning too.

Based on this thread, I'm going to watch 2049 again.

r28, the information you read about the Pris character was from a novel written by somebody named Jeter. It has nothing to do with the original novel or with the movie Blade Runner.

Screwing over the narration is a bad thing for an actor to do because it reflects on them. I personally like the original version as well as the director's cut.