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Posted: 10/11/2017 1:16:50 AM EDT

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Yes, based on what you've posted I think you would appreciate it. It's not a movie I would go back and re-watch, but it was pretty impactful on me, if that makes sense. Made me rethink a few things.

I'm really impressed with Villeneueve, his body of work is completely solid so far and I think he's got a bright future.

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He’s doing Dune. Squeee!

Posted: 10/11/2017 1:35:24 AM EDT

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Sylvia Hoeks was SMOKIN' hot. And loved the "tears in the rain reference" (won't say much more on that as not to spoil it) - I did, in fact, mist up a bit when it happened.

Posted: 10/11/2017 6:54:49 PM EDT

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The movie was literally a story about slavery.

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WIRED is sad that Blade Runner 2049 doesn't address racial or gender politics

lol

Yeah, no bigotry issues in the film. <snort>

The movie was literally a story about slavery.

How about the second level contempt Luv has for humans? She has all the negative human qualities that were supposed to be designed out because of the Nexus 6- Nexus- 8 conflicts/ issues/ emotions. She definitely has a sense of superiority to humans. She's Batty with anger issues. Batty was cynical. She's just flat out spiteful/ hateful.

Posted: 10/11/2017 8:08:19 PM EDT

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Yes, based on what you've posted I think you would appreciate it. It's not a movie I would go back and re-watch, but it was pretty impactful on me, if that makes sense. Made me rethink a few things.

I'm really impressed with Villeneueve, ; his ~~body of work~~ oeuvre is completely solid so far and I think he's got a bright future.

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Havent seen it. Do you reccomend?

Yes, based on what you've posted I think you would appreciate it. It's not a movie I would go back and re-watch, but it was pretty impactful on me, if that makes sense. Made me rethink a few things.

I'm really impressed with Villeneueve, ; his ~~body of work~~ oeuvre is completely solid so far and I think he's got a bright future.

Now that sounds more like a critic

oeuvre
[œ-vruh]
noun, plural oeu·vres [œ-vruh] /'œ?vr?/. French.
1.the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
2.any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.

Posted: 10/11/2017 8:19:56 PM EDT

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Now that sounds more like a critic

oeuvre
[œ-vruh]
noun, plural oeu·vres [œ-vruh] /'œ?vr?/. French.
1.the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
2.any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.

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I'm no film critic, I just know what I like. Hell, I liked Battle: Los Angeles too, so you know I'm not a critic.

Posted: 10/12/2017 2:39:03 AM EDT

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Saw it tonight.

Man, it's a slow burn.

I mean, sloooow.

It held my attention, but man...

Posted: 10/12/2017 2:56:59 AM EDT

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I liked it

it was a lot of dialogue but it was okay

i liked the sound effects, they were really loud. Also visually stunning as well

Posted: 10/12/2017 3:12:40 AM EDT

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Saw it tonight.

Man, it's a slow burn.

I mean, sloooow.

It held my attention, but man...

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I'm on my 5th viewing

Posted: 10/12/2017 5:27:12 AM EDT

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My wife fell asleep about 2/3 through.

Driving home from the theater she would make sudden, loud, dramatic noises like the soundtrack. Claimed this was to set the mood and wake the audience (me).

I would not list her as a fan!

Posted: 10/12/2017 7:08:06 AM EDT

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Well, I'm one of those rare ARFCOM'ers who really loves 2001, in all it's plodding grandeur and prescience. I love the original Blade Runner, and from what I'm reading I will have to see BR:2049 in a theater, maybe this weekend.

Posted: 10/12/2017 9:30:41 AM EDT

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Saw it tonight.
Man, it's a slow burn.
I mean, sloooow.
It held my attention, but man...

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I know it's all hip and cool to make fun of the movie going masses (sheep, Michael Bay, explosions), but in this case, it's true - the pacing of this film, along with it's run time, is going to kill it. Modern movie audiences ain't got time for this.

I sat there mouth agape, with a geek boner, for three hours. However, I'm not the average movie goer, which is why I think that most movies these days suck, and why modern audiences are going to hate this.

In terms of legacy, this one will be just like the first, a commercial disappointment that attains near-mythic cult status.

Posted: 10/12/2017 11:33:38 AM EDT

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I know it's all hip and cool to make fun of the movie going masses (sheep, Michael Bay, explosions), but in this case, it's true - the pacing of this film, along with it's run time, is going to kill it. Modern movie audiences ain't got time for this.

I sat there mouth agape, with a geek boner, for three hours. However, I'm not the average movie goer, which is why I think that most movies these days suck, and why modern audiences are going to hate this.

In terms of legacy, this one will be just like the first, a commercial disappointment that attains near-mythic cult status.

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Don't get me wrong, I liked it and the set designs/cinematography/world building was freaking amazing.

I mean, that memory making dohickey around her neck? Get the fuck out of here.

But, the pacing was rough on me and I'm super sci fi nerd.

It almost killed my dad and stepmom.

Villeneuve needed to self edit more.

Posted: 10/12/2017 11:52:27 AM EDT

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I know it's all hip and cool to make fun of the movie going masses (sheep, Michael Bay, explosions), but in this case, it's true - the pacing of this film, along with it's run time, is going to kill it. Modern movie audiences ain't got time for this.

I sat there mouth agape, with a geek boner, for three hours. However, I'm not the average movie goer, which is why I think that most movies these days suck, and why modern audiences are going to hate this.

In terms of legacy, this one will be just like the first, a commercial disappointment that attains near-mythic cult status.

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Saw it tonight.
Man, it's a slow burn.
I mean, sloooow.
It held my attention, but man...

I know it's all hip and cool to make fun of the movie going masses (sheep, Michael Bay, explosions), but in this case, it's true - the pacing of this film, along with it's run time, is going to kill it. Modern movie audiences ain't got time for this.

I sat there mouth agape, with a geek boner, for three hours. However, I'm not the average movie goer, which is why I think that most movies these days suck, and why modern audiences are going to hate this.

In terms of legacy, this one will be just like the first, a commercial disappointment that attains near-mythic cult status.

The pacing is what gave me my first sense of relief, maybe 10 or 15 minutes in. Realizing that we hadn't been given the plot yet, realizing that the director had burned minutes and minutes just on the gorgeous landscapes and architecture, setting the scene and not giving us much of any exposition.

It felt like I was letting my breath out, as it slowly dawned on me that they hadn't fucked this one up by turning it into a Michael Bay film.

Mass audiences don't like these sorts of films because it's not about throwing spectacle onto the screen and tuning out, but you have to actually make an effort to reach out and feel the emotions and experience it with some imagination. Leaving things unsaid, unexplained, is far more satisfying than wrapping up the entire story in a vacuum-sealed package for instant consumption.

Posted: 10/12/2017 12:00:50 PM EDT

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The pacing is what gave me my first sense of relief, maybe 10 or 15 minutes in. Realizing that we hadn't been given the plot yet, realizing that the director had burned minutes and minutes just on the gorgeous landscapes and architecture, setting the scene and not giving us much of any exposition.

It felt like I was letting my breath out, as it slowly dawned on me that they hadn't fucked this one up by turning it into a Michael Bay film.

Mass audiences don't like these sorts of films because it's not about throwing spectacle onto the screen and tuning out, but you have to actually make an effort to reach out and feel the emotions and experience it with some imagination. Leaving things unsaid, unexplained, is far more satisfying than wrapping up the entire story in a vacuum-sealed package for instant consumption.

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That's a good point. BR2049 is slow but it's great.

War of the Planet of the Apes was another slow burner, but that movie sucked big donkey balls. There's also another crowd that thinks just because it's a slow burner, it's "cerebral."

Posted: 10/12/2017 12:25:41 PM EDT

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this video excellently explains why the idea of dekard being a replicant makes ZERO sense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjfTktpIzg

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That was really good, thanks.

Posted: 10/12/2017 12:33:39 PM EDT

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Now that sounds more like a critic

oeuvre
[œ-vruh]
noun, plural oeu·vres [œ-vruh] /'œ?vr?/. French.
1.the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
2.any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.

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Havent seen it. Do you reccomend?

Yes, based on what you've posted I think you would appreciate it. It's not a movie I would go back and re-watch, but it was pretty impactful on me, if that makes sense. Made me rethink a few things.

I'm really impressed with Villeneueve, ; his ~~body of work~~ oeuvre is completely solid so far and I think he's got a bright future.

Now that sounds more like a critic

oeuvre
[œ-vruh]
noun, plural oeu·vres [œ-vruh] /'œ?vr?/. French.
1.the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
2.any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.

Interesting. I've never heard "oeuvre" applied to music, but the definition includes music. We always said "body of work" when I was studying music at college. Or the Latin "corpus."

But that definition is fucked up. Most definitions say oeuvre is the lifework of an artist/composer. It can't be both someone's lifework and any one of an artist's works at the same time.

Posted: 10/12/2017 12:34:34 PM EDT

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Yes. It was fucking fantastic.

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This.

Posted: 10/12/2017 12:39:38 PM EDT

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Movie fucking sucked.
Long, slow, boring.

World with limited AI machines, machines slowly start to develop independence.

/story

Will any sci-fi beat the brilliant 25 minutes of “animatrix: the second rennaissance?”

Or mass effects original trilogy?