Blade Runner 2049

[Marek Szulen]

​I hope it's at least as good as the old one, with some memorable sentences
like "...I've seen things, you people, wouldn't believe..." :)​




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in this movie, sound itself is a mysterious voice, a primordial force.

> one gets the impression this was done knowingly, and with a degree of awe.
>

​Unfortunatelly - it's not Vangelis anymore....​

Marek

2017-10-16 16:08 GMT+02:00 Tony Hardie-Bick <tony at entity.net>:

> On 16/10/17 10:41, Marek Szulen wrote:
> > ha! it confirms it's a good movie then! :)
> > I'm sick of cgi, fireworks overblown movies without real plot (or deeper
> > meaning).
>
> it frames questions of identity really well; it's not really about ai,
> because the replicants in this narrative are essentially biological
> copies. it also raises questions about culture, which are not really
> anything to do with sci-fi. it was surprising to see a plot with such a
> high expectation of an audience. even if it's not at the level of a
> sartre piece, it plays with those same issues, riffing on pkd's
> thought-provoking existentialism, to a backdrop of mind-blowing sounds
> and images.
>
> sound itself, and analogue synthesis in particular, has always had this
> slightly teasing depth to it, in the same way that one wonders about
> consciousness - is it as colourful as it appears, or can it be captured
> in a formula?
>
> in this movie, sound itself is a mysterious voice, a primordial force.
> one gets the impression this was done knowingly, and with a degree of awe.
>
> t.
>
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