BLADE RUNNER 2049 -- movie reaction -- FIRST TIME WATCHING 

For those of us who saw the original movie in theatres, there was no expectation of a sequel. It didn’t really do well at the box office initially (it was competing with the likes of “E.T.”) so there was no immediate incentive for the studio to make a sequel. It wasn’t until it was eventually elevated to cult status that development of a sequel began. This film was an unanticipated gift to fans of the original. The fact that it turned out so good was an extra bonus. BTW, you’re one of the few reactors who recognized the ‘Peter and the Wolf’ theme. Congrats.

This is a SciFi fan's dream! Action packed from opening credits to end credits! Harrison Ford is in it That makes it worth it! Highly recommended!

Those circular things at the beginning are mirror arrays used for harvesting solar power. There are 3 of them that you can easily see from I-15 in SoCal, about 5 miles SW of Primm at the Nevada border.

So nice there is a sequence, I watched and reached the original so many times because of details in everything, that was my first one of all time, the second one is Oblivion with Tom Cruiser, thank you❤

Luv character was epic 👍🏽

This is my obligatory comment to help the algorithm. I hope you like it. I really meant everything I said (wrote).

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) "All the courage in the world cannot alter fact." Fun Fact: The Wallace Corporation's alert sound is from Peter And The Wolf (2006). Music Enthusiast Fact: The final scene in the snow uses the Tears In Rain (1982) theme from Blade Runner (1982), referencing Roy Batty's death scene. Whiskey Apology Fact: While shooting a fight scene, Harrison Ford accidentally punched Ryan Gosling in the face. As an apology to his co-star, Ford invited Gosling to share a bottle of Scotch whisky with him and mooned him. Method Actor Fact: In order to portray the blind character of Niander Wallace, Jared Leto decided to fit himself with opaque contact lenses that made it impossible for him to see. Jared Leto used Silicon Valley tech investors and inventors that he personally knows as examples of how Niander Wallace would behave. CGI Double Fact: A visual effects company worked for a full year on the scene in which Rachael (Sean Young) appears exactly as she did 35 years earlier in Blade Runner (1982). Stand-in actress Loren Peta acted out the scene and her appearance was changed through CGI to resemble Young. Rachael's voice was provided by a sound double. Director Denis Villeneuve purposely limited the number of Rachael's shots and gave the visual effects team ample time to work, to avoid the criticism that the digitally re-created Carrie Fisher and Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) had drawn. He said the result was mesmerizing.

Yess. So good😊

Good catch on the Russian writing. Additional Russian elements include the Nabokov book and the Peter and the Wolf tune. I love Deckard ending the film with that little quarter smile in the manner of the Mona Lisa. It’s also fun to compare the Villeneuvisms that appear both in this film and the DUNE films, including the “floaty things” noted, a flying vehicle crashing with astonishing momentum, face bounce, etc.

There was no waiting pain for the sequel since unlike SW a sequel wasn't announced for a long time! Twenty years later there was the hope that there wouldn't be a remake messing the first one up (after CGI effects were cheap to make)! All in all everything progressed the right way! 🙂 And I think 'The Last Starfighter' still holds up quite well excl. the 80s cheese!

There were 3 Blade Runner short films released 2 months prior to BR 2049 going to worldwide cinema release. I'd recommend all 3 being watched before this one for anyone interested in the 2 major motion films. It gives the viewer an idea of what happened in the film's universe during the 30 years between the 2 Harrison Ford films. Link to youtube shorts in chronological order below.

The loud and intrusive music you played over your quiet talking at the end made it difficult to hear what you were saying. The only reason your audience is watching at that point is to hear what you have to say and you are making it hard for them to do that. A pity.