Blade Runner 2047 Teaser Trailer
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Mitch Gross
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Certainly at this stage they are appealing to those who know the original film. I'm sure future trailers will expand upon the story (at which point I will likely not watch them).
Mitch Gross
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The original was a little bit slow but used the trope of film noir detective story overlaid onto a future dystopia with some interesting philosophical themes to lift it to a higher level. While the cinematography was lovely it was really the production design that dazzled the eye. Ridley Scott's weakest link has always been story -- he's great at casting and all the crafts (art direction, score, cinematography, costume design, on & on). He has his fingers in them all and when he has a strong script to work with he rises to the occasion. Even though he did not direct he's a part of the production, which is a very good thing in my book. The fact that Hampton Fancher is involved has me quite hopeful here.
Let's give it a chance before delivering the fanboy judgements, shall we? I just hope they include the lens flares on the Spinners' engines. Best use of lens flares ever! Doug Trumbull said the shots looked a bit dead until they thought to add the flares.
Let's give it a chance before delivering the fanboy judgements, shall we? I just hope they include the lens flares on the Spinners' engines. Best use of lens flares ever! Doug Trumbull said the shots looked a bit dead until they thought to add the flares.
The original BR film represented only a tiny portion from the original "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" novel, probably no more than 5 percent of the original story, so there are enough un-used ideas from the original book for at least two or three more movies. ( I hated "Blade Runner" when I first saw it because I was expecting the story from the novel, which just wasn't there. )
I have a horrible feeling that the sequel's script is going to have no connection to the original novel and only a passing resemblance to Ridley Scott's BR movie. This latest trailer has B-movie written all over it...
combatentropy
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Villeneuve is the polar opposite of shaky handheld 
He is dolly moves, symmetrical composition, paced-out editing, cool acting --- a little chilly for my taste.
He is dolly moves, symmetrical composition, paced-out editing, cool acting --- a little chilly for my taste.
Agafilm
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I don't envy people who work on sequels, re-imaginings, etc. It doesn't matter how good of a job they do, or how they try to tell a story, they'll always be either 'doing justice' to the previous one or 'not matching up'. Bladerunner still ranks as my favorite film, and is worth study in most every aspect. And I'm excited to see something else in that world. I don't care in the slightest how it compares to the original, because I have a copy of the original that I can watch whenever the mood strikes. This existing does not delete the files, nor does it prevent anyone from rewatching the original. So judging it as anything other than exactly what it is, independently, seems silly.
To me, the visuals looks very well done. It maintains the scale aesthetic that I love so much, letting the whole scene sink in, while demonstrating a well developed world that I want to see more of. This trailer makes me confident that it will outshine most other offerings at the theater. But until the film comes out we won't be able to say too much more.
To me, the visuals looks very well done. It maintains the scale aesthetic that I love so much, letting the whole scene sink in, while demonstrating a well developed world that I want to see more of. This trailer makes me confident that it will outshine most other offerings at the theater. But until the film comes out we won't be able to say too much more.
Matt Gottshalk
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DP: Roger Freaking Deakins.
Enough said.
Enough said.
dmitrizigany
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... is my biggest worry about the film!
To me, Deakins is a technician, not an artist. Haven't seen anything by him that really excited me.
Batutta
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What!?...1984, Barton Fink, The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, Kundun, A Beautiful Mind, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, True Grit...I don't know what it takes to excite you. That said, I don't think he'd be my first choice for Blade Runner, just because of his distaste for anamorphic lenses.
fboonzaier
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A lot of people liked Sicario...I felt like there was no "chemistry" between the individual scenes and the story...the whole film felt like a watching a trailer....no glue whatsoever holding the story together...I did not even finish watching it...BR 2 should have had Ridley Scott at the helm...but I think unfortunately he was working on Alien Covenant.
Matt Gottshalk
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Um, okay, I don't even know how to respond to that.
Mitch Gross
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I don't know what to say to this. The man has amazing control of his tools and palette. His work is generally not showy, but it is precise and beautiful. There is a reason that he's the favorite cinematographer of most working cinematographers.
fatman
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I tend to agree with you on almost everything - I'll be doing the exact same thing! That trailer had some of the set-pieces that are burned into your brain from the first film - lot's of nod's there.
As far as the first being slow, yeah...but so what? (not directed at you) I NEEDED to be slow - it's why it's cool. I watched the original about 4 weeks ago again. The film is like 1/3 or 1/2 transition sequences. It really created a world above all-else and really lets the viewer hang out and get lost in that world. It hangs on to scenes or seemingly no relevance on purpose and then reveals something. Remember the elevator scene where it seems like Decker takes almost the whole trip and one wouldn't be blamed if they spaced out a bit, them BAM! he turns and draws the gun at the female replicant assistant. And then the worlds within the world - the freezing eye-ball guy, the rainy packed streets with the walking signs, the extreme space within the tyrell corp.
Blade Runner is tied for my fav movie off all time, probably because it does so many things well and is also very unique. It has a hint of artsy-ness, but not too much. I just love it - but that means that yes, it will be impossibly hard to live up to. My biggest issue is villeneuve as director like many others - part of that is also jealousy - like why him? why does he deserve to direct the sequel to my fav movie - and why didn't Ridley do it himself? It's not like it HAD to come out the same year as the Alien sequel.
dmitrizigany
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I'm not arguing that he's extremely skilful.. But he's just too correct and reserved. Blade Runner needs someone that paints with bolder strokes... But as I said, I'm cautiously optimistic.
I might be influenced also that very very few of the films he has worked on previously really appealed to me.
To stir things up a bit more: I'm also not a fan of Kubrick
I could see this argument being made about Villeneuve, who IMHO has yet to make a truly successful film. But not Deakins, who is responsible for shooting some of the greatest and most beautiful movies of all time... he would not be a Coen Brothers regular if he was too "reserved" a filmmaker.I'm not arguing that he's extremely skilful.. But he's just too correct and reserved. Blade Runner needs someone that paints with bolder strokes... But as I said, I'm cautiously optimistic.
I might be influenced also that very very few of the films he has worked on previously really appealed to me.
To stir things up a bit more: I'm also not a fan of Kubrick
dmitrizigany
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I made The point about him too. Arrival was ultimately a big "meh".
Mitch Gross
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To stir things up a bit more: I'm also not a fan of Kubrick
Delete your account. ;-)
Matt Gottshalk
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Yeah, that was a bridge too far.