Bladerunner 2049

Well it's been a while since this sequel to the best Sci-Fi movie ever came out, but, not liking real cinemas I have only just bought and watched the DVD.

Interested to know what others thought of this sequel.

I wasn't disappointed that's for sure. They kept to the same beautiful dystopian world and there was a sense of uncertainty throughout. An interesting plot line and twist.

I missed the amazingly good music by Vangelis in the original. This sequel had kind of background sounds/music rather than actual music pieces if that makes sense.

There were probably a load of hidden things to, much as the original but on first viewing I didn't pick them up, other than I kept hearing the opening bars to "Peter and the Wolf" throughout and have no idea why.

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Must confess not really a fan of the original but am going to watch the latest one tomorrow,

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Not going to ruin it for Primus but I thought the ending was a bit strange and it had echoes of the final scene in the original Bladerunner.

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Why strange? Did you understand the story? Who K was etc?

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Can't imagine you'll enjoy it or understand much if you didn't like the original. The original is a masterpiece of Sci-Fi, a masterpiece visually having the last of its kind special effects using painted matte techniques, a masterpiece of atmosphere, a masterpiece of sound and music and a brilliant story full of hidden twists, which sadly casual viewers will miss completely.

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In the city yesterday you could buy the full set in HMV.

The book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K Dick, Blade Runner, Vangelis soundtrack and the new DVD.

I will wait awhile for the price to drop, but will add it eventually. Do like PK Dicks work and he must have made a mint from all the films made from his work.

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Films based on Dick's writing had accumulated a total revenue of over US $1 billion by 2009.

Sadly, Dick died from a stroke less than four months before the release of Blade Runner (1982).

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loved the original disliked this one - all browns everywhere and a plot that meandered and had no impact - don['t know what they were trying to achieve apart from box office takings?"?

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It’s not that I didn’t like the original, it was a decent film, just all this greatest ever sci- fi film, to me is a bit ott, but, it’s each to their own, films I like and think are great would be, I’m sure, absolute rubbish to someone else

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yes it''s wot grabs you and the first did that for me - all of it grabbed me - good plot; good acting ; good scenery etc - this one FOR ME was just the opposite and that's it no one will change my view!