First Time Watching Blade Runner 2049! - Movie Reaction - bunnytails

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[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Which Blade Runner movie do you prefer and why?

[@williamterry8316]

Blade Runner. Rutger Hauer has had a respectable career but the death scene of Roy Batty is the sickest portrayal I have ever watched! The same goes for Ford, Young, and Hannah. I liked BR 2049 but I can't say it's better than the first one. Blade Runner evokes the Hollywood era of movies in a totally original way, a unique and bold stroke for a science fiction movie.

[@miller-joel]

The original is still king. It created that world. This one is a simulation, an imitation. For example, Zimmer is competent, Vangelis is a genius.

[@miller-joel]

There's nothing wrong with having high standards.

[@Geoffery_of_Monmouth]

The original, though Dennis' sequel is also very good. I'll put it this way, the original Blade Runner helped revolutionize film studies in academia in the US--it's very, very rare for a movie to be able to do that.

[@firstenforemost]

I am not the insane fanboy of the first that I see a lot of on YT, but I like it a lot. But I really didn't care for the sequel, mostly because it didn't fit thematically, and it was mis-represented in the marketing as being a Harrison Ford movie, and instead it was a Ryan Gosling movie.

[@no_no_just_no]

Wallace both figuratively and literally sees the world through the eyes of a machine.

[@davidguest7]

You've considered quite a bit in your review/analysis of both films. Very, very thoughtful. I appreciate your comprehensive examination of so many areas of the plot, characters, re-use of music, and so on. Well done.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thank you kindly!

[@brianboye8025]

K did get to see a miracle in the end. The question Deckard asks, "Why do you care?" goes unanswered so we could answer it. His death meant something.

[@411bvRGiskard]

D:“Who am I to you?” K-inside:”You’re the Father I dreamed of” K-actually:”Go meet your daughter”

[@TR13400]

Joe felt what it meant to love. Through his self sacrifice, he discovered the purpose of life. He discovered purpose itself. I believe that in his dying moments, that is when he truly felt alive, real, and ultimately... human.

[@seijidaitai]

This is the first video of yours I've seen, and it alone sold me on your channel. Your self-awareness and introspection at the end are really nice to see, and the emotion in your voice was moving.

[@Shawn_M]

I was Floored by how good this sequel was. The fact that we can even debate which one is better says a lot. I grew up with the original but I think 2049 is better. Excellent breakdown BTW. I appreciate the opinion of someone that truly loves the original

[@Vorgaloth]

I saw it in the theater. This film left me sitting in my seat for a while after it was over. The rest of the evening I just kept thinking about life - meaning, purpose, love... the difficult and complex nature of reality etc. I love this film and consider it the greatest sci-fi next to Terminator 2 and Aliens. The film score was magnificent too. I ended up writing a summation after having seen it a second time: There was no real decoy. It was purely on paper. K/Joe is utterly, completely, unequivocally unremarkable, thus his name, Joe, as in average Joe. Joi does not possess a soul. She is completely fake. She is the other side of the Replicant coin and is made solely to please and coddle her owner/lover. Her entire branding scheme is that she'll be anything you want. Joi is K's fleeting dream of being special -- to be human... or as he put it, "to have a soul" -- so she always reinforced this to him. In her final moment she made sure to tell him she loved him. Wallace posed a question about whether Deckard was moved by love or by programming. To me there's no doubt whatsoever Deckard is fully human. The original movie is about a bad man finding his humanity through the grace of a machine. Wallace's question is not a literal "Are you human or machine?" question, but pondering what the difference is. If love is just neurochemistry, and if we are products of biological programming or something higher, like a soul. The ultimate takeaway is that it really doesn't matter. What matters is what we choose to do with our lives. We find and create our own meaning and purpose. In summary, 2049 is about dreams and delusions. K wants desperately to feel special so Joi tells him this constantly and he quickly assumes all the evidence points to him because it's his dream. He becomes deluded and forces himself into the situation even as it destroys him. He thinks this is what it means to be human - to grapple with one's humanity. Then upon meeting Freysa, K comes to learn that in fact he is not special after all. Not born but manufactured. He is torn between two sides telling him what his identity is and should be; the LAPD who informs his identity as that of a slave, and the resistance which informs his identity as that of a free Replicant. When K comes across the giant advert Joi on the bridge, she says to him "You look like a good Joe". He then realizes that not even the name his own Joi gave him was special. Her feelings for him were never real... just programming. K, at this point an emotionally broken Replicant, it is in this moment that he chooses to follow his own path and not let anyone tell him who he is or what he should do. He makes the most human decision of all and takes his life into his own hands. He saves Deckard for the same reason Roy did in the first Blade Runner. He wanted someone to remember him, for his final decision that fully validates him as human to not be in vain. No one else gave him his identity, only he did, and his sacrifice ensured forever that he was by every metric a human being, even if the world would ultimately forget him.

[@JLVTar]

Strangely enough, Luv is my favorite character, because she's just so fascinating. She's clearly far more aware, more developed, than other replicants, and yet she also obeys with *nearly* unswerving obedience. The only deviations in her obedience are things that let her perform violence or cruelty. And in her final moments, when she's beneath the water, we see in her face the truth behind her mask, that she is in reality filled with hate.

[@noheadhollow]

I loved 2049 and maybe even prefer it over the first film. The most affecting part for me was K believing that he was the child only to find out that he wasn't. Imagine living your entire life thinking you were one thing. Then you find out that in reality you are something very, very special. Only to learn that, no, you're no more than what you thought you were to begin with. That loss was so overwhelming to me. Almost like a death in the family. I grieved for K in that moment.

[@AneggoctopuS]

I think in the end he's in peace since he knew he had a soul. Turns out the old hag's words held more weight than it seems - to die for something more important than yourself is the most human thing one can do.

[@Sough]

The old hag? Jesus ​@@AneggoctopuS

[@AISoundDesigns]

The Pris makeup was a nice touch. Phenomenal film.

[@zz2.]

What a review! When the reaction part was done and there was still 20 minutes left , I knew I was going to have a good time.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hughjorg4008]

The sheep at 12:35 is in homage to the 1968 novel by Philip K. Dick that inspired the first Blande Runner film: Do Androids dream of Electric SHEEP. 😃

[@no_no_just_no]

Do you actually know this? In the first film Gaff presents a chicken when deckard doesn't want to take on the job, the matchstick man could allude to Deckard falling for Rachel, and the unicorn could reveal an insight into Deckards dreams/memories or a chance to posses something unique rare and magic. Following that trend it would be more likely that Gaff is calling K a pejorative sheep, just following orders doing what he's supposed to.

[@Dmarcoot]

waiting was good advice. i had to wait 40 years. but seriously, this movie has to be watched as its own thing. this movie made me cry when i saw it. i thought it was not what i was expecting and its better than we could have expected given the current state of Hollywood sequels

[@Sough]

Really appreciate the honesty and thoughtfulness

[@hussmoosbally8929]

Thank you so much for showing such reverence and care to the 1982 masterpiece. Most people tend not to show this film more than a passing respect for the technical aspects and completely pass over the deep questions and subtext of the plot. It is understandable as the film rewards many rewatches, but the way you were moved by it warms my heart as it is the same way I felt watching this film at the cinema in 1982 when I was 15 years old. I can only ever watch it by myself and and in a darkened room. Movies are amazing and your partner is a lucky person. Keep it up luv.

[@PaperbackWizard]

I'm glad you decided to wait and watch it again before issuing your reaction to it. I've seen reactors on here who give snap judgments of movies and are (perhaps) overly harsh or have unreasonable expectations, and it's always frustrating when they dismiss a movie based on those expectations. I'm of the firm opinion that a movie should be watched at least twice before judging it, especially by critics. A lot of movies that we regard as classics now were derided or dismissed by critics when they first came out. We can say in hindsight that "of course" they were wrong because they "just didn't get it", but we do the same things ourselves. When it comes to movies, there are so many ingrained preconceptions in all of us that we can't properly appreciate a movie for what it is *or* what it's trying to be on the first viewing. Whether it's a sequel that may or may not be trying to live up to the original, or part of a recognized genre going up against every other movie in that genre, or simply another movie made by a director, a writer, a crew, and/or an acting team that we've experienced before, we're all going to have preconceived notions of what it "should be", no matter how openminded we think we are. And if it's *none* of those things, then we have expectations of a movie that's trying to be "different" and are disappointed whether it is or isn't. It's not fair to the movie or the people who made it. So, we should all watch a movie twice before judging it; once to clear our expectations out of the way, and then again to take it for what it is. I'm glad that's what you did here.

[@brotherofmelody]

I actually think the tears in rain theme was used perfectly in the sequel. In the original the replicant shows deckard his humanity by saving his Life. In the Sequel it’s kinda the same, he saves his life and reunites him with his Daughter, although he has no stakes in it. So despite him not being the child, he shows empathy and (probably) dies in the snow. I cried when the theme started, and immediately thought they couldn’t have used it better.

[@RealBLAlley]

The theme when Deckard meets Ana is earned and appropriate. In the first movie it plays each time Deckard connects emotionally to another, first Rachel and later Roy. "Joe" is also used as a generic designation for any man.

[@Biomirth]

Your reaction makes perfect sense. Things like the 'Tears in rain' moment are truly not to be touched. I think you're right that waiting a longer time makes the sequel a bit easier to handle. I love both movies and I thought your insights to your own original reaction were really.... well, insightful!

[@texas-raider]

I love how honest your are. And I feel the same way about the original... I saw it in the theater when I was 16 on first release, and it hit me like a bomb. 42 years later and Roy's death still brings tears to my old eyes, it was so profound. When I saw your reaction to the original, you brought tears to my eyes, because i knew what you were feeling, I completely understand. Also, it is impossible to even remotely imagine Blade Runner without that simply brilliant score by Vangelis; but I have to say I still think that beautiful music should have been left to that moment alone. K deserved his own moment with its own piercing theme. I get why you changed your view, though and that's totally understandable. Again, love your insights and honesty. I really enjoy your work, I look forward to seeing more. Cheers!

[@Vorgaloth]

I saw it in the theater. This film left me sitting in my seat for a while after it was over. The rest of the evening I just kept thinking about life - meaning, purpose, love... the difficult and complex nature of reality etc. I love this film and consider it the greatest sci-fi next to Terminator 2 and Aliens. The film score was magnificent too. I ended up writing a summation after having seen it a second time: There was no real decoy. It was purely on paper. K/Joe is utterly, completely, unequivocally unremarkable, thus his name, Joe, as in average Joe. Joi does not possess a soul. She is completely fake. She is the other side of the Replicant coin and is made solely to please and coddle her owner/lover. Her entire branding scheme is that she'll be anything you want. Joi is K's fleeting dream of being special -- to be human... or as he put it, "to have a soul" -- so she always reinforced this to him. In her final moment she made sure to tell him she loved him. Wallace posed a question about whether Deckard was moved by love or by programming. To me there's no doubt whatsoever Deckard is fully human. The original movie is about a bad man finding his humanity through the grace of a machine. Wallace's question is not a literal "Are you human or machine?" question, but pondering what the difference is. If love is just neurochemistry, and if we are products of biological programming or something higher, like a soul. The ultimate takeaway is that it really doesn't matter. What matters is what we choose to do with our lives. We find and create our own meaning and purpose. In summary, 2049 is about dreams and delusions. K wants desperately to feel special so Joi tells him this constantly and he quickly assumes all the evidence points to him because it's his dream. He becomes deluded and forces himself into the situation even as it destroys him. He thinks this is what it means to be human - to grapple with one's humanity. Then upon meeting Freysa, K comes to learn that in fact he is not special after all. Not born but manufactured. He is torn between two sides telling him what his identity is and should be; the LAPD who informs his identity as that of a slave, and the resistance which informs his identity as that of a free Replicant. When K comes across the giant advert Joi on the bridge, she says to him "You look like a good Joe". He then realizes that not even the name his own Joi gave him was special. Her feelings for him were never real... just programming. K, at this point an emotionally broken Replicant, it is in this moment that he chooses to follow his own path and not let anyone tell him who he is or what he should do. He makes the most human decision of all and takes his life into his own hands. He saves Deckard for the same reason Roy did in the first Blade Runner. He wanted someone to remember him, for his final decision that fully validates him as human to not be in vain. No one else gave him his identity, only he did, and his sacrifice ensured forever that he was by every metric a human being, even if the world would ultimately forget him.

[@maxducoudray]

I love this movie. Like many, I do prefer the first. But this manages to be a worthy sequel, which I thought was impossible until I saw it. This was a fantastic theater experience for me. I went alone in the middle of the day and soaked it all in.

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

same, I was with a handful of others spread around at the cinema!later this year, I want to recreate Luvs office, with the earthy brown colour on the walls!

[@ralphtijtgat3233]

I wish I could see it in a cinema. It's just so beautiful and the sound, wow...

[@johnbuchanon7717]

Fantastic review Bunny, especially on Father's Day. You found profoundness in this one I didn't and I watched the first movie's original theater release in college. You make us all proud with your emotional perceptions that aren't spelled out in the scenes. An old movie you might find interesting is George Lucas' "THX 1138" from 1971. It laid the groundwork for techniques he used in Star Wars along with a few predictions and some dark humor. You're getting better at this all the time. Happy Father's Day.

[@erikbrown5104]

Blade Runner has been my favorite movie since I saw it in high school when it was new. I never felt human as a teenager and really identified with the theme of what it means to be human. I bought it on VHS tape and watched it to death. When this sequel came out I was so nervous that it wouldn't be good, but I'd seen some of Denis Villeneuve's movies and had a lot of hope it would be good. I saw the movie in the theater alone and afterward sat outside the theater and thought about it. I had a lot of conflicting emotions about it and didn't know if I liked it or not. The similar music but not-quite-the-same kept bringing me out of the movie, but I did like the Tears in Rain theme. It felt right. This movie really grew on me, and now when I reach for a Blade Runner rewatch I'm hard pressed to make a choice between them. The themes are so good, but yet not the same, the little differences giving more breadth to the discussion of what being human really is and examining the scope of the human experience.

[@CHRISTOPHERSEAWARD]

Im impressed with your reaction BunnyT. Your insights and intelligence are beyond your years. Thanks.

[@dubbleplusgood]

Agreed. She brought up things I hadn't thought of and I've seen both movies many many times. Helluva a reactor (and person).

[@minuteforcealt]

You've given an amazing and heartfelt breakdown of this story and its characters here

[@alvhinator]

This is such a fantastic reaction, glad you took time to sit with it and let your thoughts marinate.

[@inmoviesempire]

I really liked the fact that you waited months before posting the video and had patience. it was a sign of great respect for these two films

[@williamterry8316]

Glad you gave the public this reacts. Your choices in editing after thinking and rethinking your take were thought provoking. Blade Runner 2049 is similar but it's definitely New Model Blade Runner. I like it, more than the original. There is more understanding of AI today than in the eighties. Bunny susses out the themes in a very satisfactory reacts. My favorite character was Joshi. I felt she was the source of the motivation K had that lead to him finding his family in the teeth of Wallace. Thanks bunny!

[@bahrsoap73]

Blade Runner touched me in a way that sounds similar to your experience. I saw it for the first time in 1999 when I was 17, around the same time the Matrix and the Prequels came out, but this "old" movie from the 80s rang so true with me I still return to it often. Thank you for your reviews of both movies, from a kindred spirit.

[@mcbeezee2120]

When I prepped to watch this sequel, I was ready to be completely disappointed. Was one of THE best sequels ever. Thanks for your reaction. Made it even better.

[@walfiend2]

I really apprectiated the fact that you held off on sharing this. It's also great that you were able to reflect and filter your thoughts with time. Great react! I really enjoyed this react, and your review! I would definitely recommend watching any/all of Robocop/Starship Troopers/Total Recall. I would also recommend the movie Soldier, staring Kurt Russel. It is set in the Blade Runner universe, and is a very impressive movie. Kurt Russel only has, like two or three lines of dialog through-out the entire movie, but you understand him just by his acting skill.

[@BezoRazo]

What a beautiful, thoughtful, honest response video.

[@incogneato790]

Identical twins have the same DNA, but also the same gender. Boy-Girl twins are fraternal twins and won't have identical DNA. That is how he knew one of the records was an edited copy of the other. There was only one child.

[@spartacusx9349]

I watched this movie by myself at the movie theater. Instantly connected with it. It’s in my top 10 movies of all time.

[@michaelbruno1666]

I prefer the older one but this one was like a really nice psychidelic trip you never wanted to end.

[@ApolloTheDerg]

I love the depth and introspective you have, especially revisiting this. I’m glad you waited to come back, and wow these movies bring out the emotions. It’s wild how a movie can do that, I love it. Thanks for sharing this!

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TA-cb5ev]

You have to see the two dune films! They are great but I won’t spoil them by giving you any more info!! Same director as 2049 and arrival - another excellent film!

[@thecocktailian2091]

Great films, rubbish Dune films.

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

there were about three shorts made by the director with the actors for backstory... you should definately watch them on youtube. One is very significant for the big replicant at the beginning. Its my favorite back story short about who he was... Btw, these are not cut scenes, they were released before the movie came out to give back story for the side characters.

[@jenssylvesterwesemann7980]

Dave Bautista is sooo good in "2048: Nowhere to Run".

[@rg3388]

Nice to see this posted on Father’s Day. Points for suspecting that Ana’s compromised immune system may be fictitious. I love how the film ends on Deckard’s little quarter smile reminiscent of the Mona Lisa.

[@less_likely]

I love this film, as well as the original. They explore very important questions and use the best strengths of science fiction to do it. K is an incredible character, who like us, wants to be the hero in his own story, wants to be special and matter, and as a conduit for us, we want it for him. It was a brave subversion to take that away, and I think lost some viewers because of it, but it makes him such a better character for it, because he chooses to be a hero and finds a path to it. He wasn’t given a great purpose to fulfill, but found his own purpose instead, and maybe found his own humanity and his own soul through it.

[@davidbb2081]

The beggining secene at the farm was originally written (including the boiling soup pot) by Hampton Fancher for the 1982 original movie.

[@OldTrekkie23]

The candle that burns twice as bright burns, half as long. Thank you Bunny

[@smavtmb2196]

I'm 2 weeks late commenting so no one will probably read it, but oh well Good sequel. I really enjoyed your fantastic analysis of the movie/characters. This movie makes it clear the Unicorn was always Rachael, as she could have children. Niander Wallace was obsessed with figuring out how Tyrell made Rachael that way. I want to know more about crazy replicant Luv's motivations. At the end I wish we got to listen to Deckard and Ana's conversation finally meeting, and her learning the truth about herself. I agree her illness was probably made up to trick authorities and keep her safe from discovery. Hopefully she can now have a life and get to know her father Deckard and he can tell her about her mother. You see Ana cry when she looks over the memory K/Joe brought her to analyze. She did say the memory was real but I wonder why she didn't tell him it was her memory? K's story is tragic, but understand why you felt initially upset about the same song being used at the end. I didn't notice that the first time. I know some people want to think Deckard is a replicant but the author Philip K. Dick that wrote the book Blade Runner is based on always said Deckard was written as human. That's also what makes him and Rachael having a child even more of a miracle. It proves the replicants are essentially human.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Of course I will read it. Never too late! I have purchased "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" but I have yet to read it. I am excited to do so!

[@winslowredcross2835]

I saw Blade Runner in the theater back in 1982. Roy Batty's death scene was amazing. I like the first movie better but there were things I liked about Blade Runner 2049. Great reaction and analysis Bunnytails!!

[@richlisola1]

I think I can honestly say I like both movie equally-On any given day I like one or the other more. But overall, even.

[@CollideFan1]

This movie is perfection, from the story to the soundtrack and everything else in between. Its a movie that makes you think and takes a few viewings to get it. There are three shorts that take place between the first movie and this one. It explains the events that happened before this. I believe you can find them on here. And the Joi debate. I believe she went beyond her programming and developed into her own self.

[@Theomite]

The Verhoeven Trilogy isn't a trilogy, they're just 3 dystopian sci-fi movies made by a single director that are chock-full of violence and existential themes. I would watch them in chronological order though, but just know that ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL and STARSHIP TROOPERS are not in the same universe.

[@gazvader]

I rewatched your original blade runner review, you are the first reviewer to feel, like I felt how disturbing Zhora's death is falling through the glass plates fighting the still alive. thankyou

[@otheus]

luv your reaction! it was a great decision to hold off on your initial review, and you really sit and think about it. As we all did. Some of us have the benefit of seeing the first film with voiceovers, and needing to wait more than a decade to see it again. we had the benefit of thinking over every line, noticing the mistakes, the continuity errors. We were able to meet in forums and discuss the film, and those of us who had seen it in Europe without the voiceovers, and with the unicorn scene to give us insights into what was really going on with the first film. so my first reaction to this film was very similar to yours. Disappointment in the soundtrack. Disappointment in the plot. Confusion over the themes. But that's exactly how it was with the first one. As much as I loved Vangelis's soundtrack, the melody was confusing. the slow drawn out notes, the dark undertones, I wasn't ready for that soundtrack at the age of 19. So yeah, Blade Runner 2049 was made with the same deep thoughtful care as the original, requiring a deep thoughtful review. For those who had not seen the first one, it was in many way easier to understand the profound messages of the second, because they were not busy comparing it to the first. and as with the first, the soundtrack has grown on me overtime, although I still think it's inferior to the originals.

[@faisalmemon285]

The 2002 Director’s Cut is the best version of the first Blade Runner movie. You have to see it to understand. Deckard has a narration which makes us understand the movie better and why Roy Batty saved him in the end.

[@jonasfermefors]

I found out fairly recently that Rutger Hauer came to Ridley Scott with a speech he had written himself and Ridley liked it.. so the fantastic "tears in rain" speech was written by Hauer and for me it is a defining moment for the movie. I think of Joy as a newer - digital - version of Pris and she was a "basic pleasure model". Over time she will be influenced by her interactions, but she probably comes with some basic settings and memories, so she, for example, likes the name Joe. She shows us that even a piece of software has become capable of real emotions. To me this world would disprove the existence of "souls". They are just an emergent property of the hardware - or software - as they are shown here.

[@RobFarley74]

Blade runner is probably my favourite movie ever, the sequel is also great. There are 3 shorts available on KZbin that fill out a bit of story between the two movies

[@Nebulous6]

I read the horrible book sequel first and was terrified that this film might be based on it. So even though I didn't think 2049 was perfect, I was relieved when I watched it. I guess I set my expectations pretty low going in. In short, I think this was about as good as we can expect for a Blade Runner follow-up. I agree, the original is more detailed (the sets from the original had insane levels of detail -- which is also mentioned by the cast and crew).

[@paululbredtch3319]

Thanks for the laughs. Also check out soldier with Kurt Russell. It's part of the blade runner univers

[@patmcgroin6916]

You have a beautiful soul. Love both your reactions. Decades after watching the first, I still think about this film. Have recently been watching reaction vids to the original and I think you are the best, dear. When you cried at Roy's death in the first reaction, it was so touching to me. I also tear up when Rachael tears up when she first realizes she is a replicant. Also loved your reaction to the...intense scene where Deckard corners Rachael and they confirm their feelings. A lot of reactors your age get all...squicky and pseudo preachy but you got it. Bravo! I also prefer the first, but...this was NOT a letdown, you know. Keep up the great work! Yes! Both Tyrell and Wallace are Luciferian figures. IMO the real villains...

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks! I’m really happy you’ve enjoyed them ❤️

[@44.caliberbrainsurgery63]

Waiting sure was a good idea. I didn't wait as long as some, since I watched it as a kid in the 90s, again in my teens and many more times until now. I even read many of Philip K Dicks works and got into the cyberpunk subgenre. I had a lot of time to think about the film by the time the sequel released. I gotta say, it clicked instantly for me and I'm really glad they got the perfect director for the sequel. It's not often you get such a remarkable sequel and this one was treated with the utmost respect to the originals.

[@AaronLitz]

It's always great how quickly you catch on to things. Also, suffocation is the deepest, most instinctive fear humans posses (and probably all vertebrates it's that deeply embedded in the nervous system.) It's even able to trigger a fear reaction in people who have a genetic defect that makes them immune to fear. Being starved of oxygen is a visceral, full-body, _organic_ fear that comes from much deeper than just the brain. The people with the genetic defect whom they tested it on were actually kinda thrilled to experience fear for the first time (they had them inhale carbon dioxide at levels high enough to trigger a suffocation response but still not really dangerous.)

[@no1guy825]

I LOVE Vangelis and Tears in Rain, and even though it's titled after Roy's final words, I don't see it as something exclusive to Roy or inextricably tied to his identity. Tears in rain is an idea Roy was trying to communicate through metaphor and it came to him because it was raining. What he describes is death, ALL death. Human death and Replicant death, because he is in a very unique position to contemplate life, one lived "so very brightly." The song belongs more to the concept than to Roy. Consciousness, and memory....lost in the noise of reality and time. When Joe dies, it's snowing to illustrate this concept again as an echo of Roy's scene. I'd say a Replicant carrying out one final selfless act in the name of true humanity as he contemplates his insane life and premature death....is a pretty solid connection to Roy and the song despite "having nothing to do with the character." It was a moment you had with that song and Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford in that scene on the screen, sure.....we all had it in our own time and way....but there's more to the music and what it's trying to achieve than just Roy Baty, on the rooftops with Deckard. And there's a reason they show Dr. Ana in Joe's scene as well making her own "memory" of snow.

[@ozymandias9797]

I get it. I had to wait 30 years to see the sequel. I was mesmerized and astonished by 2049 as a worthy continuation of the story of what makes anyone or anything human. The original is still my #1 movie, as it was, and is what you said. Like it was made for me. As an aside, Blade runner is in the same universe as Alien. In the hall of replicants is an Engineer model.

[@lesbart]

The Blade Runner movies touched me deeply, too. 2049 did not do well at the box office so I doubt there will be any more Blade Runners. Pity. While I was not happy with some aspects of the movie, overall it was fantastic! It's a movie you need to see more than once. A few things; did you recognize Sapper? He was Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Dave Bautista. Roy Batty's hand was wounded and wrapped in the original and K's hand was also wounded and wrapped. On subsequent viewings I feel it's less distracting if you trust Joi. If you look closely at the scene with Sapper's eye, you'll see a serial number. That's why K wanted him to look up. I'll add more in another comment.

[@JohnDWJ]

It isn’t easy to follow a masterpiece. I enjoyed this film, but the original is perfection. As such, I find this movie merely good. And I’ve tried to revisit it, but the themes are so powerfully explored in the original I just find myself watching that instead.

[@philmullineaux5405]

U have to realize, how much Joe and Roy were alike. They lost the girl they loved. Rain. Snow. Saving dekerds life. Getting Deckerd back to Rachel, or offspring. Rachel and daughter have an unknown lifespan. Both didn't know what it meant to be human. Roy would like cheat steal kill, to get what he wanted, so did Joe. They both died, being human. Which is why, the end music.

[@ErsatzMarcus]

Thanks for giving this film the treatment that it deserves. I love Blade Runner too. 🙂

[@zumzoom6368]

I like the original and the sequel pretty much equally, for somewhat different reasons. Both are awesome, I wish I could see them again in a movie theatre.

[@rpmfla]

I just read an article stating that Blade Runner 2049 was one of the biggest box office bombs in history (production/distribution costs versus box office income). The original Blade Runner also faired poorly when it first played in theaters and only later on gradually built up a substantial audience.

[@xtieburn]

Its a difficult one, In total isolation I prefer 2049 just a hair, but its not really a fair comparison because I got to Blade Runner after growing up seeing a lot of what it influenced. I mean, it did for movies what Gibson did for novels and 2000AD did for comics in defining the Cyberpunk genre; While I love Blade Runner I can only imagine how much more I would have loved it seeing it at its release when youve never seen anything like it before.

[@TStyx]

What an excellent review you picked up so many ideas that I didn't even think of when I first watched it. It only listening to the "Shoulder of Orion" podcast I realised how much I missed. It took me a few watches but I love this as much as the original now. Great vid!

[@bobhill3770]

You understand now, why some told you not to watch it too soon afterwards. I was not happy that it took so long for the sequel. After watching it a couple of times, I then understood the need for waiting for it.

[@brom00]

Bunny, I loved your reaction as well as your thoughts afterward. I understand your trepidations about 2049. For ne, even though I was weary about it, I liked it. I've had nearly 40 to ruminate about the original. I was happy to be back in that universe again. How far has you deep dive gone into Bade Runner?

[@MikeM-go7hp]

I completely get you here. Totally. Blade Runner 2049 made me feel incredibly conflicted as well. The problem is that 2049 is a really good movie. It's superbly acted, has a great plot, it takes its time to tell the story, it's beautifully shot, and violence is used sparingly but viscerally and powerfully. None of this 10 minutes striking poses with a magic sky beam crap. But it's also a Blade Runner movie, which means it has virtual perfection to live up to. Roy Batty might be the best antagonist in cinema history. He's intelligent, powerful, menacing, manipulative, and dangerous, but also reveals himself to be both wise and compassionate in his final moments. In Roy's final scene, the entire tale we just watched is turned upside down and forces us to question who the real villain of this story truly is. In his way, Roy is a hero. He is trying to help his friends survive in a system that is literally trying to kill them for having feelings, and Deckard is an executioner hired by that system to "retire" him like an out of control beast. Roy's methods are brutal, but what would we do to protect our own loved ones against such cruelty? And at the end, Roy's feelings shine through. In fact he overcomes his in-built design to be an "optimum combat model" and actually saves a life rather than takes it. In a way, Roy becomes "more human than human", to quote Tyrell. To the viewer, the realisation of the complexities of Roy's true character are revealed in a simple yet beautiful scene that has more emotional punch than any other in film, and manages to make me tear up every single time I see it. Any movie set in this world suffers terribly for not having Roy in it. As good as 2049 is (and I think it's extremely good), it just can't do 'Tears in Rain' justice.

[@scyphe]

I have mixed feelings about 2049. I absolutely love the original to death for it's style, music, cinematography, narrative story telling etc.. 2049 just doesn't come close to the original *(imho)* . It's beautifully filmed and tries to use the same style as the original (not completely thankfully) while replacing the dark cyberpunk feeling of the original with a bleak and pale setting. I guess 2049 just didn't click with me. It tried to emulate the ambiguity of the original but it didn't work that well.

[@philipjohnson3459]

I'd throw my vote for you reacting to Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers. While they aren't really what I'd call a "Trilogy" they are connected in that they're all directed by Paul Verhoeven and have strong satirical threads in each of them, well, at least I think so. But they also are really fun movies and I'd think you'd like them.

[@DouglasJohnson.]

Blade Runner is a very important film to me, too. I was hesitant about the sequel but it turned out better than I could have imagined. I think you should see the 3 shorts they released just before this came out. "Blade Runner: Blackout 2022" "Blade Runner: Nexus" and "Blade Runner: Nowhere to Hide." They are all available on KZbin. They help further expand that world. I would also like to recommend the 1997 Blade Runner game. Which, before all of this, was the closest thing to a sequel to the original, without changing Deckard's story. It was massively popular at the time, and an amazing experience that managed to capture the mood and the feel of the original. I think the remaster (with bonus content) is about 10 bucks. Well worth a playthrough.

[@Trepanist]

Loved your insights!

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

I respect the hell out of you for postponing your review. Talk about integrity! I felt exactly the same way after watching BR2049 for the first time, and I do mean exactly. And deep down in my gut I knew I wasn't being fair, so I abstained from shitting on the sequel in online forums. ^^ I took my time, watched it again and learned to appreciate what a one-in-a-million film this actually is: a worthy sequel to a timeless masterpiece that created a film genre. Especially in this day and age where everything gets remade, rebooted, reimagined or gets a shitty sequel by talentless hacks who aren't fit to shine the shoes of those greater creators whose coattails they're riding because they can't create anything of value. In this day and age, BR2049 stops being merely outstanding and actually becomes what Sapper talked about: a miracle.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I am happy to know others had a similar experience to what I did. :D

[@joerenaud8292]

Ridley Scott learned his vast filming techniques from producing over 2,000 television commercials before he ever got into movie making. That's why he has such a unique vision that others have tried to replicate, (pun intended}. The first Blade Runner will always be my favorite no matter how many they make afterwards. It's similar to the Mad Max movies. Despite Fury Road had the biggest budget and the biggest stunts the first and second movies are better IMO.

[@sebastiansznauder4640]

I believe she called him Joe from the ad because it was a personalised ad.

[@waynemathias8074]

I recommend the 3 short films that fill gaps between BR and BR 2049. In chrono order: 2022 - Black Out; 2036 - Nexus Dawn; 2048 - Nowhere To Run. All here at YT, both individually and bundled together. In my view the movies improved upon Philip K. Dick's novel in that PKD's replicants were straight-up psychopathic villains, whereas the movies made them not just relatable, but ironically more human than the people who created them as slaves. Re Joi the AI girlfriend, your earlier concern about her was very apt -- we have good reason right now to be paranoid about AI as a surveillance tool -- but the movie needed her to be trustworthy. However imho the giant Joi advert made K realize she was just a well-programmed human impersonator (still, it messes with our heads, as sci-fi does).

[@DavidLopez-qi8hb]

When K saw the JOI hologram on the billboard he realized that JOI never loved him she was just programmed to simulate affection.

[@DW-lx9wt]

I'm completely in agreement with you. 2049 is a good film but it's not on the same level as the original. Basically because it didn't need a sequel. The whole point was its ambiguity to keep you thinking about the concept of what makes a human. The end. It's such a shame 2049 was such a good film but it's whole inception was unnecessary. I think that's why I didn't enjoy it as much first watch, it felt pointless. Only after rewatching I could appreciate how good it was.

[@lucasbachmann]

8:00 it's perhaps more obvious in IMAX but when she's being rained on the holographic algorithm adds rain to her image to enhance the illusion that she is real.

[@Tommy-xq5jw]

Memories are a buffer for emotions. A four year lifespan was made to stop the emotions forming, replicants were not allowed emotions. Roy was holding a dove when he saved Decard from the first film, a sign of 'inner peace' and new beginnings. Replicants are a slave nation and must be controlled. One of my favourite pastimes is spotting the "human" females in a City of Angels... there are very few! x) K is having emotional responses! Liv is also a very emotional replicant. :)

[@christianschoass3011]

Great reaction with emotion and heart.

[@j.d.4697]

I agree, a few months is not enough to digest the first movie and watch its sequel. As someone who watched them years apart I like 2049 better and I think it's because it's not a direct sequel to Blade Runner, but rather a sequel to all the years I have experienced in the cyberpunk genre since watching the first movie. An indirect sequel to Blade Runner, but a direct sequel to the topic of AI and how we interact with it and think of it as humans.

[@andrewwiggin]

Dying for the right cause is the most human thing we can do...I think Joy did exactly that. Was her "love" part of a program? The same was asked of Deckard. His response? "I know what's real".

[@thubelihlezondi5822]

Good review and summation of how some people felt about the sequel and how it exists in relation to the first. I personally liked 2049 more, but I didn't feel the same way as you did about the original. At least you recognized that it's also a good movie thats earnestly made. I listened to a scifi author's take on JOI and it made the movie so much better, for me. He said that JOI is nothing more than just a product. She's not a true A.I. in the sense of how we think of the idea because her every action is an extension of K's wishes. He was arguing that she has no autonomy. She says exactly what he wants, what's best for him, making her nothing more than an external representation of his will. She's basically no better than an iPhone. Rewatching the movie with that in mind made me see her in a different light.

[@secondlastnameleft]

It helps having watched the original several years if not even decades before the sequel. Then the merits of the latter are more easily discerned.

[@daver18qc]

@12:41 He's not calling K a sheep, he's the guy that did origami in the original movie! "It's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does?"

[@martinacusetti8002]

18:12 Very good question!

[@javiermari8537]

First of all, your review is just excellent, even more thinking about how difficult it is. In my case, I don't have a favourite one, both are different and unique in their own way. I think, in the sequel, the things are different, cause the events and pass of time but it follows the same tone, so it's a solid evolution. About the characters, I think K is the most dramatic, his world falls a part, he loses Joi, and (I think the most important), he realizes that she was in his side cause se is programmed to act and tell you just what you want, so it's not clear that her feelings are even real. Luckily as you said he found a bigger reason to spent his life to save and give hope to the other (Dekkard and his daughter). If you want to keep with the same director you can give a try to the new Dune movies, if you haven't seen them yet, they are not for everyone, but as being a fan of the books, I think they are very good as well.

[@8RBrain]

Blade Runner director Ridley Scott and screen writer Hampton Fancher wanted to introduce Harrison Ford in Blade Runner using this scene with the farmer and the pot of soup and the fight but decided not to. Deni Villeneuve saw the old storyboards Ridley had done and asked if he could introduce "K" in this movie with the BR opening scene as was originally written. Scott said he was thrilled that Deni wanted to do this and even helped direct the opening.

[@marke8323]

I used to run movie Projectors at the Walk-In and the Drive-In Theaters when Blade Runner came out in '82, it had it's own flavor and style unlike any other movie of the time and was held over for several weeks (Trust me I was ready for E.T. to "Go Home...") after the month I had to show them over and over. I thought the sequel was pretty good all things considered.

[@whtz9000]

Holly crap. Interesting war paint.

[@aaronbourque5494]

"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things," Terry Pratchett, *I* *Shall* *Wear* *Midnight*.

[@SubZeroCommander]

Glad that you could put an exclamation mark to it! Both movies are quite good in putting us through the emotional wringer, aren't they?! 🙂

[@drewskull5181]

Just like the original there is alot to this movie that you can determine for yourself. I agree with you about the original. It is a very special film that is a masterpiece IMO.

[@thecocktailian2091]

I so appreciate your visceral anger at this film after seeing the first. All lovers of the original Blade Runner were more than trepidatious about a "sequel". This one is a respectful homage to its inspirational forefather. An excellent film in its own right. The fact that this film could have never existed without the first instantly puts this film second to its parent. There are many great films out there, but so precious few that impact ones life so deeply that it is carried with them in a near daily journey.

[@hardcorepoetic]

Girl, I feel like you just took me to church in that final breakdown. Keep preaching. 🥰

[@Electrohedron]

Great comments. I really like this film, yet many do not, even claiming it is illogical. I can overlook a lot of things, even logic, if a piece of art excels in any manner. I think the music is outstanding and utilizes the wide spectrum of synthesizers that is rarely heard in films.

[@fredermac7468]

Schrodinger‘s replicant? Brilliant!!!

[@yesh3]

I like Bunny's thoughtful discussions. I feel like they could have left out the narcissistic Wallace character ( I just read that the part was inspired by David Bowie, that would have been weird). The tears in the rain speech is a little easier to take if you believe in some kind of Heaven.