It's not completely a generational problem.
When I first watched Blade Runner at the Bridge Theater in San Francisco I was blown away but most people I knew (and a lot of critics) thought the film was boring even back then. I thought everybody around me was completely nuts that they couldn't also see that Blade Runner was destined to be a classic.
I dunno. I used to philosophise a lot over Leia in the slave costume.Blade Runner makes you think hard about serious philosophical questions...StarWars...not that much:rolleyes
My daughter used to have a real problem with on screen violence or tension. I've tended to keep some movies from her because those things really upset her. Fortunately at 8, she seems to be growing out of this phase. I think reading more advanced stories has helped, like Harry Potter and the Warriors. (While I haven't read the Warriors books, she makes it sound like GoT with feral cats) I'm looking forward to expanding her film repertoire with more PG/PG-13 stuff now. We just need to work around my 4 year old's schedule to make that happen.
Although, I'm still waiting for her to just be quiet and pay attention to the movie; instead of continually asking me what's happening on a 30 second lag time...
See -- I still prefer the original implication that Gaff had left it as a message to Deckard about "chasing unicorns" by falling for Rachael. *shrug* I still feel making -- or even just implying -- Deckard's a Replicant undercuts the character and cheapens the story.
--Jonah
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In BR2049 the only three things that made me think he was supposed to be a Replicant Are
1 it seems blade runners are replicants ?
2 he just sat there cuffed in the car as it went down in the water . it was just weird, probably just me .
3 no one says Rachel had a half breed or hybrid human baby ,ever . implying by not implying it is 100% Replicant .
But hey who knows . the mystery is the best part
If Deckard was awas a replicant
replicant in the first film,....why does he get the **** beat out of him all through the movie....there is a deliberate "More human than human" perception of the Replicants....they can punch their heads through walls,....do gymnastics like professional sportspeople....stick their hands in freezing liquids.....Decard jumps from one building to another & fails,...almost plummeting to his doom,...while a dying replicant makes the same jump effortlessly...even Rachel.....who seems like a lovely girl,....shoots Leon perfectly right in the forehead with the first shot of Deckards pistol.....all enhanced synthetic humans
If you were to create a Blade Runner to hunt down any rogue replicants,...would you engineer a being with such a severe handicap of being weaker,....have less stamina,....a worse shot with a pistol,....& programme it with memories of unicorns......
He is human in the first film,....the contrast of him, hunting the superior enhanced replicants is what make the saving of his life by Batty relevant,....he was beaten at the end of the film
In 2049,....K is a replicant,....he is enhanced,...just like the replicants he is out there to retire....he can bring down Dave Batista.......
Deckard is cuffed in the car,...he struggles with the restraints but cant break free, he isn't strong enough.....he is destined to drown,....K comes to his aid & effortlessly breaks the metal cuffs with his hands
Deckard is a human in the second film
The reproduction of a human/replicant hybrid is more of a breakthrough than a replicant & replicant child......but a replicant & human child is still not 100% normal
J
I’d run with March - gotta hit Cable/Satellite first.I can't wait for the Bluray release of this movie. This may be the first film I could see myself watch regularly.
Most places say "around January", but Walmart.com has a listed date of March 30th.