Blade Runner 2049 (2017) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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[@TheBonsaiZone]

When I watched this movie in theaters I kept thinking, I didn't want it to end, I was immersed in the world and the movie. It raises many questions that make you think about life and the meaning of life. It also sets the stage for a fantastic 3rd movie, one that we may never see come, but can only imagine.

[@marlowedunnflom8561]

SAME HERE! The only movie where I got excited about the idea of it lasting long!!!

[@Emburbujada]

It didn't feel as long as it is

[@Renfield97]

I remember seeing the movie in theaters. It was just me and the film in front of me, it was quite the experience with the story, sound, and visuals. You know, it's a good film that even as you walk out of the theater, it still takes time to come back to reality because you have become so immersed in it. That you feel like stepping back into the world when you leave those doors.

[@segatasanchiro6334]

You're very lucky. The first time I saw it, in the theater, the asshole in front of me kept rocking his chair, sighing, checking his phone, and crumpling his popcorn bag. It was at that moment that I decided the movie-theater going experience was dead for me. I enjoyed this movie only the second time I watched it. At home, in the peace and quiet of my own home.

[@Renfield97]

@@segatasanchiro6334 I hate that your movie-going experience has been ruined by assholes. I mean, I have had my share of bad experiences like when I went to see Godzilla (2014) the theater was filled with toddlers and a crying baby four seats away from me. Now I wait till the movie is obviously on its way out before I go see it. It's usually less of a crowd that day. But for Blade Runner 2049, I didn't have to. Because back then we had two theaters, the big one that everyone went to and the smaller one right next to it only a few people went to. So I went for the smaller one, and I'm glad I did. Because it was a wonderful time by myself.

[@vectorshaman338]

Always thought Wallace's office was such a dope scene. Since all the trees on earth are gone, having you're entire office done in wood is like the most extreme symbol of wealth.

[@jagmaharesi2486]

You mean Wallace's office

[@vectorshaman338]

@@jagmaharesi2486 yup, thx.

[@mattduck69er]

Damb hadnt thought about that.

[@dacsus]

You know what is funny? I used this idea in one short story written in 1992, never published in paper form, only on internet (long time after it was written, and it is in my native language), back in 2011.

[@johncase2408]

Great observation

[@jaysuscrass9119]

notice the parallels to Goslin's death scene to Rutger's; both in some sort of precipitation , rain then snow to represent their perspective on their place in this world and individuality. it shows while Rutger was scared of being a "tear lost in the rain" an individual lost among so many replicants, meaningless unless remembered in death. Goslin's character embraced his state of being in the end, sure he was one of millions of pieces of snow, but "each snowfakes are unique" and have value in that; and worth dying for. its a good visual through line of each character's perspective on the same subject. this film is definitely a worthy successor, yes. a perfect modernized homage

[@kinagrill]

alos a show of change in the life cycle and the whole spring-summer-autumn-winter thing. snow indicating end of life.

[@jamesoblivion]

When the first scene started to play out in the IMAX theater, my jaw dropped as I realized it was the famous "scripted but unshot" opening from the original Blade Runner. I'd read it over and over, and finally, it was actually on the screen. Full body chills.

[@UntitledShowwithBobandPat]

I believe Sylvia Hoeks's character Luv was like, "I know that I am a robot slave, but God damn it, I'm the best robot slave there is." I think it was an ego thing for her, almost like, "I'm not human, I'm better than human."

[@Theomite]

I also thought she hated being a servant and saw The Child as a way for her people to liberate themselves from servitude, but she needed Wallace's resources to get what she needed. So I always saw her as a traitor waiting to make her move.

[@PeloquinDavid]

@@Theomite I had the same thought - especially from her answer when Deckard asked where she was taking him: she answered "Home" without any obvious sense of irony or sarcasm I could detect. Such a non-obvious answer struck me as cryptic in the extreme.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

I thought that she would end up turning against Wallace by the end

[@jromins9155]

This director is brilliant. He really hasn't done a bad movie.

[@wahn10]

This movie is a double miracle: 1) The fact that it even got made, and 2) it's a masterpiece like the original. Both films are in my top 5 of all time. I will never get tired of rewatching them.

[@NiteMaster117]

I know it's just a common misconception but it does grate on me. Replicants *aren't* robots.

[@-austintacious-2400]

You could kind of say organic robots because every part of there body is manufactured and put together like a robot but it’s made out of organic material! I totally agree with you though and get annoyed when people call them robots!

[@alexkaen1701]

Robot means slave, and refers to something which has been made to serve the purpose. They may not be the classic idea of a metal simulacrum of a human, but instead refer to the original definition.

[@teanosuger]

But aren’t we all manufactured?

[@clit_niblr0375]

Wouldn't they (Replicants) be closer to organic androids (for lack of a better word)?

[@RandomPickles]

@@alexkaen1701 I bet you use terms that you are sure means one thing but started meaning another. Android is really the correct term during our current time in history. According to the dictionary definition last time I checked.

[@mclovin457]

This movie is incredible. The cinematography has been talked about enough but its so amazing. Gosling is great, EVERYTHING IS GREAT!!!!

[@tsogobauggi8721]

This film is the cyberpunk 2077 of movies.

[@vavedern8860]

Now people are going to complain that it isn't a 4K Blu Ray lmao

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Or that it's not in 3D. ;)

[@luisgalarza4397]

What??? Yes there is !!! What are you talking about?

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

In a month people will demand the full VR experience.

[@mnomadvfx]

True that tt wasn't shot in 4K exactly, though it was still shot in 3.4K which is a big step up from the 2K/1080p res of regular Blurays. Sadly most 4K Blurays of modern films are still pointless anyways, as most current modern films had their VFX shots produced, edited and composited at only 2K due to excessive time demands on rendering CG VFX at higher resolutions. Hopefully advances to rendering software and computer hardware will mean all CG VFX will be produced in at least 4K in the future.

[@Cookieboy70]

There's not a 4K Blu Ray!! WTF, that is so stupid.

[@reignmans]

One of the aspect of this movie that I loved the most was how K/Joe went from normal to special and back again. The scene where the child is revealed to be a girl and K is absolutely crestfallen followed by K realizing that Joi was just a run of the mill AI programmed to say what you want to hear and the ad version of her even called him “Joe” also, which I believe shows that even that was just a part of her programming, really brought home the feeling that K was just a normal replicant with nothing special other than a shared memory or two instead of being born special or “the chosen one”. And only after that did he choose to save Deckard himself, revealing that he was special after all, but not because he was born that way, because he became special on his own. Also the scene of K watching snowflakes hit his hand and kind of realizing what it’s like to be human and then cut to the daughter with fake snow at the end, who as a real being can’t feel those same things. Tripping me out on what it means to be alive.

[@oneopinion6806]

I agree on some of what you're saying about K, but I disagree on Joi (though I do think the large advert was there to grind that doubt into him). If Joi was simply functioning within the realms of her programming it would seem odd for her to attempt to subvert her programmers' will by having herself removed from the mainframe to only exist on the remote device. But then again this disagreement I think is the true idea/challenge of the film--what if "life" or "humanity" was defined by the very act of stepping beyond base programming. Disregarding spirituality, even standard human babies are born initially just with DNA programming. They then build up experiences that can go beyond that initial programming. We look at K, who was simply doing his job--his programming--until he was exposed to something more and stepped beyond his programming. Luv was a replicant that initially was simply complying with her programming. But as the story progressed there were clear actions and statements that seemed to go beyond just doing what Wallace programmed. This was most clear when she kisses K and viciously says "I'm the best one." She's being driven by something there. Coming full circle my opinion on Joi is she also moves beyond simple programming, or put another way has accumulated enough direct experience as an instance of the programming as to call into question whether her existence also might not qualify as a form of life. The movie is wonderful artistically, but also for these philosophical possibilities.

[@HomeworkRadio]

Every shot could be a painting within itself. Stunning! I saw it in the cinema, a bunch of lads walked out half way through and I was like "be gone!" 😂 Eldon Tyrell said Racheal was special, now maybe he meant extended life span or that she has to ability to procreate over other models. Also I like how K has to fight with Luv but losses his Joi. 😭 Clever stuff. Also side note: Could Wallace be some kind of clone from Tyrell? Being blind does marry up to Tyrell loosing his eye's moments before death...Shower thoughts.

[@CinobiteReacts]

It's classic Roger Deakins

[@TimonPOL91]

I have seen it in the cinema as well and it was just beautiful.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

people maybe thinking because it's a sci-fi movie there would be a space battle with X-fighters from that franchise that's barely sci-fi

[@HomeworkRadio]

@@JulioLeonFandinho 100%

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

I was lucky and watched in in an old Art Deco theater with good sound and a small audience. It was a perfect viewing.

[@finite187]

You urgently need to see Sicario, brilliant film

[@dabe1971]

Yep. Get that on the list lads.

[@Butters117]

And wind river

[@TheRaidernation33]

Prisoners hell do all of Deni Vellenuve’s films

[@kilgoretrout5009]

Agree 100%!

[@maxducoudray]

Sicario is great. It shares a sense of unsettling lack of resolution with this movie.

[@jamesoblivion]

The questions of what it means to be human are very much extended in 2049, both through the replicant resistance and through K's relationship with Joi.

[@clumsyturtle8544]

Ooooo you haven't seen Arrival yet, thats gonna be a good watch.

[@hairywelder5188]

Arrival is a good cure for insomnia

[@007wars6]

Oh man I love that movie. I’m a big Denis Villeneuve fan. Prisoners and Sicario are 2 other all time fav films of mine

[@LarstigGeval]

Arrival is one of my favourite movies of the decade. Denis Villeneuve is one of the best directors working today.

[@philipocallaghan]

@@hairywelder5188 Only if trying to solve an intelligent and complex puzzle makes you sleepy!

[@hairywelder5188]

@@philipocallaghan what was complex about it ?

[@shainewhite2781]

2:43, fun fact: this was originally the opening scene for Blade Runner as written by Hampton Fancher, where Deckard introduces himself and shoots the guy, removed his jaw to show his serial number, calls in a SWAT team to retrieve the body, and smokes a cigarette. The guys dog begins to bark at him, until he says, "Shut up", and the dog backs away.

[@smichelle65]

This is one of the most visually stunning films I've ever seen. Also, I liked (1) it didn't try too hard to replicate the original, looks-wise -- it was very much its own film, and (2) it averted the too-easy "K is Deckard's son" thing. And it pretty much answers the question as to whether or not Deckard is a replicant: Rachel was "special" because *she* could procreate, not Deckard.

[@Theomite]

I thought the film more or less evaded the answer of Deckard's humanity. Replicants could be manufactured without an expiration date (Bryant is the one who tells Deckard they even have one at all), and who says they can't age? I think they refused to answer definitively so they could get Harrison Ford to agree to be in the movie. He's always been on the "Deckard is Human" train and saying otherwise would probably piss him off.

[@AltFromTheLimbo]

@@Theomite Honestly, I don't get why replicants should not age. Clones do age, so even a super-clone could not escape the laws of nature.

[@cutthr0atjake]

Dont forget the original Bladerunner was a flop in the cinema.

[@juhanainen]

So was the second one :D

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Which was really to no ones surprise. Mass audiences are simply too stupid to appreciate the mastery behind movies like this. And I'm not saying this to sound edgy or sophisticated. It is just true.

[@maxducoudray]

@@Quotenwagnerianer I’d say it’s less about not understanding mastery and more about impatience. Very few people like slow films. And the Venn diagram of those who do and sci-fi fans is even smaller.

[@floydster23]

So was Shawshank. Children of Men did pretty average at the box office too. Most people will only watch something after they hear about it after some time, instead of looking at the screenwriter & director and paying money to see it at the cinema. The VAST majority of people will never go deeper than "who the star is" and will go see a film only based on that, even if everything tells you that the film is going to be crap.

[@ninawildr4207]

@@Quotenwagnerianer adhd

[@BH-2023]

Not gonna lie, the pseudo-threeway scene is one of the most visually stunning things I've ever seen

[@Theomite]

I wanna know how many VFX artists just "noped" out of the conference room when the director pitched them the storyboards. "Oh fuck this guy, there's no way I'm key-framing *that* fuckin' thing."

[@emriesq3096]

Bladerunner means they run the blade, they do the killing. Like it's them who runs the blade through their heart. Running a blade as in stabbing / cutting. They're the executioners, the bladerunners, they do the dirty work.

[@michaellaporte4951]

I imagined it was because they walked a knife's edge, a thin line between life and death, truth and obfuscation, control and freedom.

[@jamesoblivion]

The name comes from a book, where it's the name given to people who sell scalpels and other surgical instruments on the black market. There's no real in-world explanation for the title, it just sounds cool.

[@tubesocksofchaos1]

One of the big Theorys is that Dekard was indeed a replicant who was under the watch of Gaff (edward James Olmos), who was the real detective using Dekard like an attack dog which is why he showed up so quickly in the first movie after Roy was dealt with.

[@robg4729]

No Jeffrey, that's complete and utter nonsense. The term comes from the book " The Blade Runner " by Alan Nourse, and means..... " With medical supply sales strictly controlled, every practitioner needs a good bladerunner: a scrappy youth who fences pills, syringes, and scalpels. "

[@monkeypandatank]

I know it’s a clunky title but the book’s title, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep I like a bit more.

[@donalddunlop401]

"A real boy needs a real name" -- How isn't everyone in tears at that line?

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

**SICARIO** - MUST BE VIEWED/REVIEWED, LADS!

[@juliettemcgee9055]

Your channel is the bright spot to my semi-lockdown life with insightful discussions and playful banter. Keep those videos coming, boys. You aren't far from 40k :)

[@DiscoverMontréal]

One of the greatest sequels ever made and one of the few films to make its predecessor better.

[@Jaxbauer23]

In my view this is probably Harrison Ford's best performance. The emotion on his face at the end, and then it just ends! Had me in tears.

[@blkdefinition104]

Someone, may have covered this already. ridley scott, wanted Ford to be a replicate. In the first film, when it was remade. He added the unicorn day dream. To fit his narrative instead of leaving it open. But, it doesn't make any sense that he is. He age's and clearly doesn't have their abilities. In my opinion he isn't a replicate.

[@sean-pl3us]

I think he is a replicant because I'm pretty sure (although I don't know where I saw it) but I think Ford was a model that can age, just like sapor (the big guy that died at the biggining) Sapor is also a replicant but in the movie we can clearly see that he has aged.

[@ThreadBomb]

All replicants can age, they just don't get the chance to.

[@betsyduane3461]

"more human than human" was the tag line of the Tyrell Corporation's advertisements in the 1st movie.

[@alexanderpavlovic8370]

The question is, how aware was joy as an AI? Was it just a part of her programming, or was she really in love with John? Was her A.I, capable of self-awareness? Capable of love?

[@jacquesclayton3881]

Was definitely part of the programming for love. She used the same lines when she lost her programming and K saw her on the billboard. Plus her calling him "Joe" goes to show he's an average lover just like everyone else she's supposed to love.

[@PeloquinDavid]

The story of JOI is where BR 2049 is implicitly at its most subversive (much as Ex Machina is quite explicitly so) in presenting a non-biological/purely digital character as acting "like a real girl" - indeed as the most "human" character in the film while quite brutally suggesting (in the "good Joe" scene) that it was all just programming. At least some viewers were left with a small nagging voice in the back of their heads asking: "wait a minute, aren't ALL humans programmed by a combination of their innate hardware architecture and environment/experience-derived software?" (The latter is a paraphrase of the line spoken by Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina when he responds to objections from his young employee who insisted HE wasn't programmed!)

[@ThreadBomb]

It's deliberately left ambivalent in the film, but really there's no reason to think she was acting outside of her programming.

[@Burto11]

Prisoners is one of my favourite films. You should definitely watch Arrival as well, but it's a bit of a head fuck.

[@kevincola3184]

I love Prisoners, awesome film with great performances from Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Amazing film to react to.

[@JJRKarlsson]

Yes, they absolutely must watch Arrival, such a fantastic film.

[@maxducoudray]

Arrival is the weakest Villeneuve movie I’ve seen. His direction is great, but the script is actually kind of dumb the more you think about it. Still fun to watch once I guess.

[@xx-ug9hn]

Prisoners was fine, but I don’t think it really benefited from having Villeneuve as the director. These dense philosophical films like Sicario, Bladerunner 2049, Arrival, Enemy and Dune (hopefully) are where he’s in a class of his own right now

[@Burto11]

@@xx-ug9hn let's hope so

[@jamesoblivion]

Tritium *is* a material, not a place. It's a radioactive isotope. That's why he says there's only one place where the radiation was that strong. The place is Las Vegas.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Deuterium is 'heavy water'. Tritium is also water. The stuff of life?

[@xColinMalarkeyx]

Blade runner has been my favorite film since I was a kid. I was super nervous for this sequel wishing it wouldn’t suck. I never saw it in theaters but when I watched it when it came out on blu ray. I was emotional. This became my favorite movie of all time 🍿 it’s pretty much perfect

[@-austintacious-2400]

Ryan G in the film “Drive” is amazing! Highly recommend it!

[@jamesoblivion]

I wish more people would watch The Believer. First time I ever saw Gosling in anything and I knew he was gonna be a star. Such a heavy movie and performance.

[@mikeisdead7137]

I agree!

[@yourframedrop]

Yes, maybe my favorite movie of all time.

[@m.e.3862]

Yes also more by Nicholas windng refn.

[@michaelandrews117]

Gosling doesn't really give bad performances to be honest, and I'll essentially watch anything with him in. 2049, The Nice Guys, Drive, First Man, Crazy Stupid Love, Stay, Idea of March, Blue Valentine... He is just fantastic.

[@chefskiss6179]

I was absolutely shocked (and giddy) when you started talking about the shot-to-the-head and repercussions and what does it say about our attachments(!) because I remember thinking how cool it was when they had the mini thesis of 'what IS love?'. When Deckard says "she had green eyes" and she's shot, it would have been fascinating if Leto's character gave a nod, and out comes another model of Rachel, but this time with green eyes, and Leto says "How about now?". As if to question one's feelings of love. Ugh, I'm not articulate enough to say what I mean, but, you know...

[@jamesoblivion]

Thing is, her eyes WEREN'T green. And Deckard knows that. As he says, he knows what's real. But Wallace doesn't know better.

[@justincallang6367]

Check out the 3 short films that are set in the Bladerunner universe

[@dominichumlie]

Is Slice of Life included in that? Because that is a worthy spin-off.

[@Cookieboy70]

Holy crap, that are those films? I must know!

[@Tomhyde098]

I wasn’t hating on DVD’s, I was just wondering why not blu rays. But hey, a good movie is a good movie, no matter how you watch it!

[@robg4729]

Tom, no one gives a fuck.

[@jimtatro6550]

I was shocked at how much I loved this movie considering the huge footsteps it needed to fill

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Joe has his preconceptions taken from him twice in the film but eventually has to do the most human thing possible- finding a purpose for yourself, regardless of consequences.

[@alchemypotato]

As I've mentioned before, I love Blade Runner 2049 much more than the first film. There's a ton of reasons for that. Part of that is just the narrative is much better. Not just in terms of what the story is, but how it's presented. I feel like there's a lot more emotion behind 2049 without losing any of the atmosphere. And it just looks so damn nice. Probably something like a 9.5 for me.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Blade Runner is a film of it's time, elaborate dialogue, some not-too-expensive action, lots of 'real' (they actually happened in front of a camera) special effects. Blade Runner 2049 is a film of it's time; dialogue scraped down to the bare bone so it doesn't matter if the watchers don't hear it, lots of digital environments to keep costs down, silence standing in for emotion as in when Dekard confronts the company man.

[@nomindseye]

@@stevetheduck1425 Dude. 2049 has tons of real effects. That's partially why it was so expensive. The city is a miniature, as is the junkyard, etc. The real stuff is just enhanced with digital effects, that's a whole thing with Denis.

[@jasonsypsa7074]

@@stevetheduck1425 yes almost every shot is practical effects, not CGI

[@cowpercoles1194]

The name Blade Runner was lifted from another Sci-Fi novel, which included characters living in a dystopian undercity. They run around with blades on their shoes. The screenwriter to Blade Runner 1 thought the name sounded cool, so he put it in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

[@TheMysteriousOswald]

For me, Blade Runner is a masterpiece. Nothing comes close to presenting a vision of where we could be headed as a species.

[@a-top7090]

Interesting how in the first blade runner, the opening text has replicants in red font and blade runner in white font. But, in this one they put blade runner in red font. Probably cause that replicants are blade runners now, they are more dangerous and lethal. I think.

[@tubesocksofchaos1]

I mentioned this in another comment, but, they check if your a replicant in this film by making them look up and to the left. The first thing to happen in the film is the word REPLICANT in red on the screen, making the audience look up and to the left.

[@a-top7090]

@@tubesocksofchaos1 huh. I never realized that. Holy shit that actually very clever lol.

[@maxducoudray]

When you rewatch this movie, I think you see Luv (the “evil replicant”) more clearly. Her mania is subtle early but it’s there and it’s hard to catch it on your first viewing.

[@ninawildr4207]

Totally agree!

[@PeloquinDavid]

Re Luv: One of the odd lines Luv delivers is when she is explicitly supposed to be taking Deckard "off-world" and Deckard asks her where they are going. She answers "Home" without any obvious sense of irony or sarcasm in her delivery. That had me wondering - especially after she clearly stated she would lie to Wallace about the circumstances in which she killed Joshi - if this was intended to suggest she had some other, hidden agenda with regard to the "great change" she referred to when killing Joshi. Her overall performance gave me the impression of her being a very complex, subtle personality - notwithstanding her often child-like emotional outbursts.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Far and away the best character. Then again, I'm a sucker for ideologically-driven self-aware villains like her (like The Operative from Serenity).

[@mssabrina1980]

Thanks for switching the circles. It used to bother me so much. Love you guy!

[@TacShooter]

How the hell is your 1080p upload of a Blu-Ray capture more clear than any other viewing I have had of this movie? I feel like I am seeing details for the first time.

[@Pssybart]

Dave Batista is a replicant and he's been living on his own for over 30 years, which is why he looks so old. Nexus 8 have an open livespan, unlike their predecessors. The intro titles mention that. For that reason Deckard could still be a replicant. He'd have to be a Nexus 8 or a more recent model.

[@Henrik_Holst]

The Nexus 8 came out one year after the end of the first film but of course he could have been an early experimental model. However what I find problematic with the whole "is Deckard a replicant" is that there exists zero reasons for Tyrell and the Police to go through all that hoops, conspiracy and secrecy to just make Deckard a replicant since there is no upside to either of them for doing so.

[@Pssybart]

@@Henrik_Holst Rachael was a Nexus 7. It is unclear whether she had an open livespan since she died so early. Ridley Scott's reasoning behind Deckard being a replicant is that it was done as an experiment. Tyrell would've wanted to test whether they could engineer two replicants who would fall for each other purely due to mathematical probability. The fact that Tyrell went as far as to create a replicant who could bear children and keep that a secret makes it more probable that he would stage such a thing. I'm a bit on the fence over whether Deckard is or isn't a replicant. But I do like that this theory gets adressed. It just opens so many questions about humanity, and whether human feelings can be replicated artificially.

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@Pssybart So instead of doing this experiment in a controlled manner he instead goes out of his way in an elaborate conspiracy in cahoots with the LAPD in the middle of a Nexus 6 uprising event and he also reveals to Decker that Rachel is a replicant to spoil his own experiment? Nah I just think that Riddley is talking to the height of his incompetency (he is an awesome director and visual director but should let screenwrites do the story).

[@robg4729]

Except Deckard wasn't a replicant.

[@MattJMcDade]

Great reaction guys. I'm always amused and heartened (during lockdown) by your videos. Keep watching great movies and the reactions coming! I'm stuck at home in Solihull and, whilst I do work, I have a sneaky peak at your posts to keep me sane during endless Zoom meetings! ;-)

[@Fardawg]

I love that you bought the surface "twist" that he was the child. I saw it coming from the start that he just had the memories of the child so I didn't have the same reaction to the real twist, though I still love the movie.

[@Indexxxator]

Fun fact: The universe of Blade Runner is the universe of the Aliens franchise. You can see a reference to it in the end of the Alien: Resurrection movie. 😉

[@JLTS76]

at 09:00 the actress is Finnish and she actually was speaking Finnish in that scene, not some made up language. Tripped me out the first time i saw it cause i understood every word 😂

[@justforfun187]

I really want to watch your reaction... but I still need to rewatch it again myself (saw it a few times already). I use your (and others) movie reaction to rewatch older movies I've seen many times and don't want to watch the full length of again.

[@CinemaRules]

Our full length reaction to this movie is on our Patreon is you wanted to rewatch it again along with us, you will need your own copy of the movie however

[@letsgoforaspin]

Lol, saw this pop up on the front screen and rubbed my hands in anticipation. Loving these lads, keep up the good vids

[@steved1135]

Loved this reaction. You guys always have great insights, questions and critiques.

[@StoryOfUsFinalDraft]

Aesthetics all around beautiful cinematic makes it 10/10 for moi

[@Babygorl1209]

This movie is a masterpiece. I have seen it about 5 times now.

[@MikeSmith-qg3bf]

Yes!!! What an awesome video review 👏 👌 Thanks again Cinema Rules!

[@jamesoblivion]

Replicants genuinely ARE more human than the demoralized humans of this world. That holds true for both films. They're the only ones who have pure, clear, personal motives for their actions. All they want is to live.

[@simonoleary9264]

The 1998 movie "Soldier" (starring Kurt Russell) is set in the same universe as Bladerunner. Unfortunately, it was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, so is not in the same league as Bladerunner, but might be interesting for you.

[@stevetheduck1425]

'Soldier' was an adaptation of a comics story 'Rogue Trooper' published in a comic that has been mined for several films. 'Judge Dredd', 'Dredd', one about killer robots (Shokk?), 'Runaway' about a robot hunter...

[@stevetheduck1425]

A film like 'Screamers' which is based upon a Philip K Dick short story 'Second Variety' is closer to being set in the same universe.

[@simonoleary9264]

@@stevetheduck1425 I wasn't aware of Runaway being inspired by RoboHunter, but if so it is only a passing resemblance. As for Soldier being inspired by Rogue Trooper, again I can see the resemblance, although no specific evidence to support this. It IS accepted that Soldier is in the Bladerunner universe, you can even see one of the flying cars in the scrapyard. The implication was that the soldiers were being replaced by replicants. Probably the best known movie I can think of that was inspired by a 2000AD character, is Robocop. Even some of Robocop's phrases are straight out of Judge Dredd.

[@nevrogers8198]

Philip K Dick extended the universe he created for Man In The High Castle. That assumed the Japanese/Germans had won WW2 and took place in occupied USA 15 years later. He then imagined what the USA might look like many years in the future if that had happened (whether or not the Japanese stayed in control or just left their influence behind). I kinda like the rain in the Bladerunner world, as it also always rains in Japanese movies 😉

[@ThreadBomb]

@@stevetheduck1425 You think Dredd was adapted from Rogue Trooper? Both properties came from the same publisher, and were quite distinct.

[@Charzy1230]

I would love to see you guys react to The Road (2009) It is one of the most underrated/best movies of ALL time, and probably the best post-apocalyptic movie!

[@bhurzumii4315]

This x1,000

[@DogmeatDied989]

Bring a towel, cuz that’s a rough ride.

[@CinemaRules]

One of Tom’s favourite movies of all time

[@pooty195]

Great for when I want to bathe in misery

[@Theomite]

I thought it wasn't bleak enough. When I read the book, I had visions of a total wasteland out of prairie & desert, but when I saw the movie, I thought "there's too many surviving structures. It just looks depopulated or de-militarized."

[@belesir8847]

The visuals/atmosphere of this movie is just mesmerizing. Immediately thought it was the best movie of the year back when I watched it.

[@wickamo]

Harrison Ford was not a replicant. He had to be human for her to be pregnant. Remember, Tyrell had only just made Rachel, a new special version of replicant before he was killed. She was a prototype. Plus there's the fact that they don't age.

[@craigproctor9560]

Blade runner the final cut was released in 2007

[@patriciogarces4980]

its imperative you watch the animated blackout in the blu ray. its fcking amazing

[@jamesoblivion]

All the shorts are great.

[@garyhull5490]

Great reaction guys love it. looking forward to your next video

[@Cifer77]

Loved the reaction! 16:15 It's confirmation it's a real memory, not necessarily that it's his. Either way, it's confirmed his life just got a lot more complicated, so he's angry. Next thing you know his baseline is off and he's the one being hunted. * When he finds out it's really not his from Freysa, he then basically goes on a mission to find himself. To do what HE thinks is worth dying for, saving Deckard and revealing to him who his daughter is. Her being a designer of replicant memories, indicates why he had the memory in the first place. It was a remnant of her very own, "a piece of the artist". * On the philosophy, thinking about the fact you recognized there are SO MANY REPLICANTS in this movie, they seem to be everywhere, even more part of "every day society" than before. Plus they've been improved to have "open ended lifespans". Literally the only thing left humans could do over them was breed, now that's gone, big implications. What Deckard and Anna decide to do with that information, would have to be the basis of any future movies. Edit: Deckard's humanity is still very much vague, as he does very much in fact look OLDER than he did in the first movie lol

[@sashaburrow6186]

The whole opening scene in this (With Dave Bautista) is the ORIGINAL opening scene written for the 80's film... Also Deckard is still NOT a replicant. (See the video of Frank Darabont - writer and director of the Mist - discussing why).

[@Cosmic_Cretin]

"it definitely could have been cut down 20 min" *WRONG SIR, YOU'RE WRONG*

[@Cosmic_Cretin]

@Threehundredpages Pages where? if scenes were cut or shortened if would have lost the feel, Denis paced it exactly right for a Blade Runner film (it is a neo-noir after all)

[@Cosmic_Cretin]

@Threehundredpages Pages "blade junkie" what does that even mean?

[@Cosmic_Cretin]

@Threehundredpages Pages thats a lot of assumptions, I don't obsess over the films, they arent even in my top 10, BR2049 is a 9 out 10 for me (it has a few flaws but pacing isn't one of them).

[@SNK038]

For a Ridley Scott film with same atmosphere and style as Blade Runner - check out Black Rain (1989). That tight lighting and atmosphere is what I missed from Blade Runner 2049. Villeneuve's cinematography is a very different style as you said.

[@TacShooter]

"Ana de Armas is in it" "orrr okayyy" WHAT? XD THIS was the movie that made me notice her!

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

That and those diamond commercials

[@TacShooter]

@@DeltaAssaultGaming I don't think I saw those.

[@213byron]

You guys definitely should react to “Sicario”

[@nickblood7080]

It’s the perfect sequel. Period

[@sean-pl3us]

is it beyond a perfect sequel

[@jcane2420]

yes bois! What an absolute gem first getting to watch you two react to the original Blade Runner, and now this one!

[@JulieRichardson]

You were asking about why they're called blade runners. This is a quote from the final page of the comic strip adaption of the movie. Kind of makes sense. Blade Runner - You're always moving on the edge. I guess it's inevitable, one day you'll fall on one side, or the other.

[@DoctorHerbstein]

I watched this movie as one of the first things I did with my current girlfriend. She's NOT interested in long movies. Hell, I really have to "force" her to watch anything longer than 1.5 hours. She's also not interested in Sci-Fi in any way -- it bores her. I bought tickets for this, and said "you're going". She reluctantly went. In the weeks afterwards she brought first her brother to see it, and later two of her friends. The shots, the music, the acting, everything about this movie is engrossing. You don't even have to have seen the original to understand what's going on. It's haunting, and is probably my favorite movie of 2017. You guys need to watch Arrival too. It's also amazing. Not quite as good as this one, but it still has a lot of the aspects that makes BR2049 so incredible.

[@DogmeatDied989]

Now we’re talking!

[@jaydude]

Loved the sci-fi reactions lads, hope you can do more of them after you're done with horror.

[@teenageHorrorMan8]

Fair play lads love the channel! Keep it up! BR is possibly in my top 5 fave films of all time and honestly this came in my top 10 of the last 10 years easy!

[@tonybluedanger9640]

Don't think I've seen this one. But I can't wait to see your reactions are. You guys are funny as hell. Checkout lady in a cage with Olivia de Havilland and James Caan .

[@seagull8415]

Incendie is Villeneuve’s best film in my opinion.

[@alexkaen1701]

This movie doesn't get rid of the theory that Deckard was a Replicant, it suggests that he and Rachel were Tyrell's prototypes for Replicants capable of reproducing. He did arrange their first meeting, after all, and was always capable of making Replicants which could live longer, if originally built that way. The bigger question, and why this is equal or not better to the original, is Joy. Did she love, or was she just a simulation? It's almost a better mystery, because no one even asks if she could be?

[@scurvydog1918]

Just to add fuel to the fire, in the first movie Daekard is told early on that "The designers reckoned after a few years, they might develop their own emotional responses. You know, hate, love, fear, anger, envy. So they built in a failsafe device." This was for the mass produced, general release Replicant. Tyrell/ Wallace could, in theory not include this failsafe in any of his own non mass produced ‘unique’ models, such as Rachel etc. They could add other non-standard features as well.

[@angkitrajkumar5969]

Now watch Ghost in a Shell

[@luisarturoorduna2098]

The 1995 anime, not the 2017 movie

[@angkitrajkumar5969]

@@luisarturoorduna2098 what he said

[@TacShooter]

One of the most prominent debates of this movie is whether JOI's love was real. To the naysayers I ask, "Was JOI's jealousy real?"

[@mikeisdead7137]

Of course because that's what K wanted to hear.

[@TacShooter]

@@mikeisdead7137 JOI's jealousy wasn't expressed to K. It was expressed to the hooker. Rationalize that.

[@stevetheduck1425]

@@TacShooter Humans make replicants, then create holograms, the holograms replicate human behaviour almost as well as humans do. What next? The synthesis ending?

[@ThreadBomb]

Replicants are humans, albeit artificially made, so can feel emotions. There's nothing to suggest Joi had the capacity to break her programming.

[@TacShooter]

@@ThreadBomb If lateral choice was programmed into her, then breaking her programming wasn't breaking her programming.

[@donna25871]

Roger Deakins finally won his first Academy Award for cinematography for this film - and then won again for 1917.

[@kevinthomas7226]

I love the music at the end of your guys videos. It reminds of like late 70's prog pop or elevator jazzpop lol. Something like Alan Parsons project or like Gerry Rafferty. Kind of music that would be great for cruising in your car in the evening lol

[@waithereivegonetogethelp3240]

Check out 'Shutter Island'... first time around, it's awesome, second time is even more awesome because of knowledge gained from the first viewing. It remains the only film ever that I watched then immediately watched again, literally back to back viewing of the same film. Then I did the same thing a week later with someone else. Amazing film. Maybe it could be your first back to back of a single film..

[@tiffanygreen9806]

I'm watching blade runner 2049 with you guys here in the reaction right now 🥰 My 3rd time watching this masterpiece 🥰 I love this film very much 😍 I wouldn't mind a sequel to this film actually And for me, it's just as good and on par with the first one

[@robforrest2069]

20:34 during this scene Harrison Ford punched Ryan Gosling in the face, unintentionally, of course, and the actor was pretty upfront about it. “Ryan Gosling's face was where it should not have been.” Ford poured him a glass of scotch to make amends, but took the rest of the bottle with him. LOL!

[@algi1]

So, the thing about Luv's arc: because replicants don't have a long lifespan and have no real emotions, they try really hard to have strong emotions. That's why Leon wanted his photos in the first movie. So, Luv tries to be loyal on her own accord to her boss, even though she has literal programming that forces her to do what she does AND she might have actual feelings developed that are contrary to her commands. Remember that single tear she sheds? But then she doubles down on her mission with her emotions.

[@JamesDeavoll]

I like how the original avoided cliche villains. Tyrell was an educated visionary with questionable ethics and the replicants were emotionally immature, overgrown children looking for answers. In the sequel, Wallace is just another sociopathic Bond Villain and Luv looks like she stepped right out of Terminator. Though I like this movie more and more with each viewing, those two characters still prevent it from becoming a masterpiece for me.

[@CinemaRules]

Fair valid points James, we can see why you wouldn’t like that aspect of the movie compared to the original

[@PixelatedCow]

I agree about Wallace. I do wish his character had been a little more fleshed out and his god complex wasn't laid on so thick. However, I think there is more to Luv than just being Wallace's Terminator enforcer. I think she's engaged in a one-sided sibling rivalry with K. She views Wallace as a father whereas he probably sees her as only slightly better than the average replicant. You can kinda see the animosity on her face when K is surprised that Wallace named her. Outwardly, I think she tries to project the image that she's better and more special than other replicants, while privately she's probably extremely insecure about her relationship with Wallace. I think the idea that K could be a replicant's child or even that he'd be involved in the discovery of one is extremely threatening to her perhaps because it would devalue her in Wallace's eyes. The essence of Luv's character I think culminates in the ending fight scene between her and K when she says: "I'm the best one." It's a bit heavy handed but that line gives me the impression that she's been having this very sad and internal one-sided battle to prove herself.

[@JamesDeavoll]

I’ll have to take the sibling rivalry idea into my next viewing, Thanks, TB.

[@richlisola1]

They’re genetically engineered not robots

[@philosopher0076]

Not so....they WERE in the first film, robots with some biology thrown in...the eyes for one. Deckard in fact states, " ...they are...just like any other MACHINE " Yet the writer's contradicted and morphed the facts of the original story for BR 2049 to that replicants are all biology. Not true! Not cannon!

[@philosopher0076]

Nope. They were written originally, in the first film as robots with genetic engineering thrown in a little. Think terminators.

[@Fardawg]

@@philosopher0076 I don't know where you are getting this, but they were never mechanical robots in the first film. They are organic "machines," not machines with metal or plastic parts. If they were robotic in that way then the VK test would be unnecessary and they could just scan for inorganic material. The whole point was that they were essentially biologically indistinguishable from humans.

[@Positive-ju1ie]

It's in her name. Luv is psychotic, and you slowly realize that she is obsessively devoted and in love to Leto's character, and wishes he would acknowledge her. Hence the tear when he callously "disposes" of the female replicant.

[@andrewwood8181]

I think this may honestly be my favorite movie of all time. The ruminations on what it is to be human, the controls we place on others and the that others place on us to deprive humanity for the purpose of profit and how to break that cycle of abuse by replacing it with self sacrifice and hope combine with awe striking visualizations of a dying earth create a piece of cinema that will last at least as long as it's previous entry. It takes the concept of the first movie; the villains as victims as saviors, and echoes and expands it to every character in this story except for Deckard's child, isolated from humanity but also more in touch with it than those who must live amongst it. I think Denis Villenueve is redefining science fiction from the flashy spectacle it has become in the last several decades and reasserting the philosophical thought that drove it when technology failed to fill the gaps. By the way, if you guys could give A Scanner Darkly a shot, that would be cool.

[@cutthr0atjake]

This was a great sequel, but the themes it has have a greater link to the original book rather than the first film.

[@waithereivegonetogethelp3240]

Not robots, genetically engineered life forms. Deckard and Rachel were the first of a new breed, a grand experiment by Tyrell; false implanted memories, no built in life span and the ability to self replicate. Interesting to think that the first time Deckard gets picked up by Gaff and taken to the station, he may be 'fresh off the production line'. That would explain Gaff's obvious suspicion of him... Maybe many of Deckards memories were actually Gaffs... At the end of the day, the films creator has gone on record to say that Deckard is a replicant. The writers opinions don't count for much as they were both controlled by Ridley Scott and if he wasn't happy with anything they wrote they had to rewrite to what he wanted, their ignorance of Ridley's intentions shouldn't be misread. I would say the reason the Wallace corporation wanted Deckard so much in this film (blade runner 2049) was precisely because he was the 'Adam' to Rachel's 'Eve' of the Nexus series and had the ability to self replicate, which was what Wallace wanted so much but was unable to make reality despite his best efforts. Oh, and 'Arrival' is a good call, but it's a film that should be watched twice. The second time around you'll understand much more and enjoy much more. Not back to back though, let it stew a while.

[@jagmaharesi2486]

Didn't Denis himself made it ambiguous in this film about what Deckard really is.

[@perihelion7445]

Nice reaction guys, first really saw and appreciated Blade Runner in around 1989 when I was 15, Blade Runner 2049 was everything I hoped it would be 👍👍

[@patgillen8542]

I never would have thought to equate the replicant pregnancy with an immaculate conception. Bravo!

[@swampmermaid3081]

I'd recommend "Enter the Void" by Gasper Noe. It's disturbing, depressing, but no other movie has instilled in me the feeling of existential crisis as that movie did. I'd go as far as to say it's one of the best, and most polarizing, films ever made. I'd watch the uncut, uncensored version (2 hours and 41 minutes version). Also, the film is seizure-inducing, so it might not be best for anyone who's epileptic.

[@shainewhite2781]

The film won 2 Oscars including Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography. One scene of the movie Harrison Ford Actually knocked out Ryan Gosling! Harrison said in an interview he punched him so hard in the face, he was out cold for like an hour. Lol!

[@vovindequasahi]

Hey bros! Love that you have finally learned to look in the right direction watching each other, replicas!

[@blackgold63]

Great reaction guys, this is a grown up sci fi where you really need your thinking cap on, it is a worthy sequel to the first one. It is one of those movie that might require multiple viewing to really understand it fully but not right away maybe in the near future.👊♥️