Why would “Blade Runner 2049” be a big hit when the 1982 movie wasn’t?
Wonder why they stole the title of a completely different story for it too. (Neither movie was based on “The Bladerunner” by Alan Nourse, but on “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick.)
We no longer go to movies. We have found we can wait and eventually see what everyone was raving about (not). Netflix does a fairly good job and often excellent job presenting new movies with an interesting twist.
Why should I watch movies done by people who have a hatred of who I represent...older, conservative, very well educated. We conservatives are very able to read, get to original sources and make deductions on our own. That coupled with the fact we are very interested in the direction this country is going, so why have people who despise us entertain us?
There is no entertainment as I define it in the movies. Lots of bad boys, bad cops, bad music...but little to stimulate thinking.
By the way, I think cops are great. I am grateful when they come around showing their presence. And when they protect, I am thrilled. Same with the Armed Forces. Yea for them all!!
The first movie was boring, I suspect the “new” one will be to, so why go and be bored for $14?.
I was in my 20's when the original Blade Runner movie premiered. Great critic reviews --- I hated it. It just seemed like a mess to me. I still couldn't tell you what it was about; AND, dark -- it was shot in such a way that I had a hard time seeing what was going on because it was so dark.
Wasn't going to waste money to see another one.