Author Topic: Blade Runner 2049 (discussion)  (Read 1772 times)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haXvp8M9Cog

hype!!!!!! hopefully we'll get the same eery atmosphere we had in the first movie. looks pretty sick to me.
« Last Edit: December 22, 2016, 01:15:20 PM by Drew Skube »

literally just finished showing Blade Runner to two of my friends like 20 min ago, absolutely one of the greatest films of all time.

that said, I'm incredibly excited for this film and where they take things.

anyone wondering why there is just a desert?

Started watching the first one yesterday, loving it so far.

anyone wondering why there is just a desert?

No idea, we'll just have to wait and see why in the movie or listen to people's speculations, idk.

anyone wondering why there is just a desert?
"You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and you see a tortoise Leon, it's crawling towards you, you reach down, you flip the tortoise over on it's back Leon, the tortoise lays down on it's back it's belly baking in the hot sun beating it's legs trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help, but you're not helping it, I mean you're not helping, why is that Leon?"

It's a nod to the Voight-Kampff test to detect replicant's, so maybe the trailer is trying to communicate that Gosling's character could be one himself?

does anyone also notice how in the end when it reveals it officially it has the same music as the end?

what is the first one about

what is the first one about
aggressive androids who want to live longer so they kill the creator of the replicants and then they die. its really creepy actually worth a watch

aggressive androids who want to live longer so they kill the creator of the replicants and then they die. its really creepy actually worth a watch
sound good, plus Harrison ford so 2 wins

Just finished watching the first one, I loved it and now I can't wait for the new one, Ryan Gosling makes it even better for me since he's one of my favorite actors.

aggressive androids who want to live longer so they kill the creator of the replicants and then they die. its really creepy actually worth a watch
not really the point... like at all... but okay

what is the first one about
not really the point... like at all... but okay
ok

In Los Angeles in November 2019, ex-police officer Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is detained by officer Gaff (Edward James Olmos) and brought to his former supervisor, Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh). Deckard, whose job as a "Blade Runner" was to track down bioengineered beings known as replicants and "retire" (a euphemism for killing) them, is informed that four have come to Earth illegally. As Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 models, they have only a four-year lifespan and may have come to Earth to try to extend their lives.

Deckard watches a video of a Blade Runner named Holden administering the "Voight-Kampff" test designed to distinguish replicants from humans based on their emotional response to questions. The test subject, Leon (Brion James), shoots Holden after Holden asks about Leon's mother. Bryant wants Deckard to retire Leon and the other three replicants: Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), and Pris (Daryl Hannah). Deckard initially refuses, but after Bryant ambiguously threatens him, he reluctantly agrees.

Deckard begins his investigation at the Tyrell Corporation to ensure that the test works on Nexus-6 models. While there, he discovers that Dr. Eldon Tyrell's (Joe Turkel) assistant Rachael (Sean Young) is an experimental replicant who believes herself to be human. Rachael has been given false memories to provide an "emotional cushion". As a result, a more extensive test is required to determine whether she is a replicant.

Events are then set into motion that pit Deckard's search for the replicants against their search for Tyrell to force him to extend their lives. Roy and Leon investigate a replicant eye-manufacturing laboratory and learn of J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson), a gifted genetic designer who works closely with Tyrell. Rachael visits Deckard at his apartment to prove her humanity by showing him a family photo, but after Deckard reveals that her memories are implants from Tyrell's niece, she leaves his apartment in tears. Meanwhile, Pris locates Sebastian and manipulates him to gain his trust.

While searching Leon's hotel room, Deckard finds a photo of Zhora and a synthetic snake scale that leads him to a strip club where Zhora works. Deckard kills Zhora and shortly after is told by Bryant to also retire Rachael, who has disappeared from the Tyrell Corporation. After Deckard spots Rachael in a crowd, he is attacked by Leon, but Rachael kills Leon using Deckard's dropped pistol. The two return to Deckard's apartment, and during an intimate discussion, he promises not to hunt her; as she abruptly tries to leave, Deckard physically restrains her, forcing her to kiss him.

Arriving at Sebastian's apartment, Roy tells Pris the others are dead. Sympathetic to their plight, Sebastian reveals that because of "Methuselah Syndrome", a genetic premature aging disorder, his life will also be cut short. Sebastian and Roy gain entrance into Tyrell's secure penthouse, where Roy demands more life from his maker. Tyrell tells him that it is impossible. Roy confesses that he has done "questionable things" which Tyrell dismisses, praising Roy's advanced design and accomplishments in his short life. Roy kisses Tyrell, then kills him. Sebastian runs for the elevator followed by Roy, who then rides the elevator down alone. Though not shown, it is implied by Bryant via police radio that Roy also kills Sebastian.

Upon entering Sebastian's apartment, Deckard is ambushed by Pris, but he manages to kill her just as Roy returns. As Roy starts to die, he chases Deckard through the building, ending up on the roof. Deckard tries to jump to an adjacent roof, but misses and is left hanging precariously between buildings. Roy makes the jump with ease, and as Deckard's grip loosens, Roy hoists him onto the roof, saving him. As Roy's life runs out, he delivers a monologue about how his memories "will be lost like tears in rain"; Roy dies in front of Deckard, who watches silently. Gaff arrives and shouts across to Deckard, "It's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does?" Deckard returns to his apartment and finds the door ajar, but Rachael is safe, asleep in his bed. As they leave, Deckard notices a small tin-foil origami unicorn on the floor, a familiar calling card that brings back to him Gaff's final words. Deckard and Rachael quickly leave the apartment block.

it's not that your plot summary was lacking, it's that you completely misunderstood the movie if what you got out of it was that a couple of androids killed a guy because they wanted to live longer

it's not that your plot summary was lacking, it's that you completely misunderstood the movie if what you got out of it was that a couple of androids killed a guy because they wanted to live longer
kek he asked what it was about not the meaning behind it

kek he asked what it was about not the meaning behind it
that's not what the movie's about either. it's just a subplot. it doesn't even involve the main character until like the very end