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question everything

(50,259 posts)
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 09:21 PM Nov 2017

Saw the new Blade Runner

so so. Too long. And, in general, I wish that movie makers would leave well enough alone. I really don't know of any instance - not that I am expert - that a sequel, or a remake are equal to the original.

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Saw the new Blade Runner (Original Post) question everything Nov 2017 OP
I liked it... a lot. Superior special effects were a welcome addition. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #1
One of the few I can think of is Alien(s). In my mind, it was equal to the first, just in a Ferrets are Cool Nov 2017 #2
I thought this was a great sequel and continuation of the story. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #3
OK, so here is a question: question everything Nov 2017 #4
regarding sequels and remakes discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2017 #5

Ferrets are Cool

(22,190 posts)
2. One of the few I can think of is Alien(s). In my mind, it was equal to the first, just in a
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 10:52 PM
Nov 2017

different way.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
3. I thought this was a great sequel and continuation of the story.
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 09:53 AM
Nov 2017

Now, "It" went on and on for far too long, but "Blade Runner 2045" just kept coming, relentlessly - like a Terminator!

It's still, apparently, a "cult" movie like the original, but a third movie seems in order for a new set of questions.

question everything

(50,259 posts)
4. OK, so here is a question:
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 12:38 PM
Nov 2017

how did the yellow flower end at the base of the tree? This is what gave K the idea to look at what was buried below.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,650 posts)
5. regarding sequels and remakes
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 05:47 PM
Nov 2017

I haven't seen the original from 1987 with Scott Glen but I like very much the 2004 Man on Fire collaboration of Denzel and Tony Scott. IMDB.com ranks the original at 5.9 out of 10 and the remake at 7.7.

Also, Expendable 3 was the best in the series along with Rambo 4 in that series.

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