Blade Runner 2049 (2017, D: Villeneuve) S: Ford, Gosling
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017, D: Villeneuve) S: Ford, Gosling
Just saw this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48712
I claim to be the single biggest Blade Runner fan in the world and i have mixed feelings about the news. I think that world has a lot of potential for others stories, but i find it hard to imagine any new movie would do anything other than make us continue to realize how great the original film was. It would certainly need Ridley Scott back in order to get Ridleyville back looking as good as it did in the original.
On a side note, i see that 1982 is having a great year for sequels to sci-fi movies that originally bombed. We have already had Tron, we are getting a sequel to the Thing and now the possibility of more Blade Runner movies. Thank god they are not doing another E.T. One of those movies is more than enough.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48712
I claim to be the single biggest Blade Runner fan in the world and i have mixed feelings about the news. I think that world has a lot of potential for others stories, but i find it hard to imagine any new movie would do anything other than make us continue to realize how great the original film was. It would certainly need Ridley Scott back in order to get Ridleyville back looking as good as it did in the original.
On a side note, i see that 1982 is having a great year for sequels to sci-fi movies that originally bombed. We have already had Tron, we are getting a sequel to the Thing and now the possibility of more Blade Runner movies. Thank god they are not doing another E.T. One of those movies is more than enough.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
I agree with the OP: such a rich world that we barely got a glimpse of in the original movie, but what other story do you tell? If you just show another BladeRunner hunting down replicants, then it could be derivative; but if you make something too different then people will wonder why you set it in that universe in the first place.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
I thought the Final Cut did a great job of streamlining the movie and upped the pace quite substantially. But I agree, it's a world that could be explored very well, and I hope it is -- I just hope they do it right.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
I forgot that Soldier was set in the Blade Runner universe. Hmmmm...a story with potential that was badly written and certainly in the wrong hands.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
I wouldn't mind seeing another film set in the Blade Runner universe, given how rich in detail it is, but a direct prequel/sequel will not go over well.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
Of course they will suck completely, and probably be hugely successful financially.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
Yes, another film in that universe would be great but not another film solely focusing on replicant/human struggles. The off-world colonies intrigue me greatly.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
I don't think these would turn out well. But since they mentioned that they would explore other mediums, get Bioware to do a video game.
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Re: Blade Runner Prequel and Sequel in Works.
With today's special effects they can creative something massive and gorgeous. But I'm usually against sequels as many cannot hold their own against the original. Hope they get Vangelis for these new movies.