Dude, it's an opinion about a movie trailer. There are more worthwhile things in life to have a personal investment than to get riled up over some random Internet guy's opinion about a movie trailer.
If it makes you feel any better, maybe it'll be an amazing movie, standing tall with a few other great Hollywood sequels, and then you'll forget all about that nasty random Internet guy who didn't like the trailer. Perhaps every time you watch it in future you'll be reminded of when you experienced the epitome of an excellent evening at the cinema.
Do you have to inject boorish cynicism into your veins each morning, or does it come to you naturally?
One trailer that's been released has some lines in about every civilisation being built on slavery had my interest. Another trailer I watched that talked about the antagonist "building an army" had me rolling my eyes and thinking about yet another trope from the stalest movie tropes box.
hehe. his criticisms are totally apt, though. Bladerunner was not your typical dumb bro 80s sci fi action romp. It was cerebral, brooding, and rather brilliant. The trailers make this look more like the former and not the latter, so it's fair to be skeptical if you actually like the original and suspect this may do some disservice to the original material.
Yeah, that may well be, but the way he thought it ever so important to rag on Harrison Ford seemingly because of his age, Ridley Scott mostly because he didn't like Prometheus and the Motion Picture Industry as a whole for daring to make sequels (and how dare they want to make money) was pretty stale and predictable.
Yes, because I hate old people, totally. Many actors improve with age; Harrison Ford has not. The last time he was even nominated with an award worth a shit was the nineties, and since then his work has been littered with cash-grabs. Hey, he'll be 78 when Indy 5 is due! Most actors would think that this is about as appropriate as if Sean Astin wanted to do another child role, and I could understand it if Harrison Ford was broke, but he's not.
Ridley Scott has done some great films, but unfortunately directors don't tend to improve much with age and definitely seem to have a 'sell by date'. IMO they have the tougher (toughest in film-making?) job of creating/arranging all the facets (and the work of many different people - all with their own ideas) of a creative vision into a coherent piece of art. Unfortunately I think the reason for directors having this 'sell by date' is that they have to juggle all of this, sometimes baby-sit awkward actors and placate / baby-sit the production company while trying to balance between their artistic vision and the budget, and I think it eventually turns them into managers rather than artists. I wouldn't mind so much if all this meant was that directors who were once remarkably good then became 'competent yet nothing new', but trying to ride the old bones of a past success is likely either a) to placate their ego, b) a cash-grab, or a mix of the two. Since you mention 'Prometheus', look at the Prometheus thread on this forum: Over 1000 replies. The 'Covenant' thread has about a tenth of that. From one of the guys who elevated sci-fi to a new level, expectations were generally at least as high as "make something as good as Alien", and possibly as high as "show us where sci-fi is going to go next", and instead we got 'Prometheus'. By the time 'Covenant' came along most people here didn't give two craps what Ridley Scott thinks. Personally I think it's really sad that he couldn't be content with past successes and the respect that goes with that; furthermore I'd like a genuine, honest answer from the film makers of Bladerunner 2049 as to why this sequel is needed. Even an answer 'after the fact', e.g. two years after this film's release so to avoid spoilers would be fine with me.
My opinion isn't meant to be anything but that, and the only reason I've responded to you again is that IMO you've misrepresented my views here. I think the only remaining mystery here is why you continue to have a problem with my opinion, so instead of being insulting and trying to come back with retorts for the sake of it, honestly answer my question: Why do you have a problem with my opinion? You've apparently highlighted everything that you didn't like me expressing, but for someone as invested as you are in this, you've assumed an awful lot (mostly incorrectly) about the basis of my opinions. Furthemore, I have no problem with Hollywood making money, I just think for an industry that is supposed to be built on art, their business model seems very cloned and designed to fit in neat little packages and the respective pigeon-hole audiences, and the only critically decent results are almost like accidental byproducts as far as the industry is concerned.
Having standards is tough, but somebody's gotta do it. Give it a shot sometime.
Blade Runner 2049 opened with just $31.525 million this weekend, including $5m in IMAX, with little reason to hope for huge legs beyond the slightly frontloaded (2.48x weekend multiplier) debut. Yes, the film may have legs due to a lack of big movies between now and Thor, and yes it may do a little better overseas. But (barring an overseas miracle) it's essentially time to die for Blade Runner 2049.
I might go if I can catch it at matinee prices but so far its a bust at the box office.I saw the movie today and loved it! I can't wait to see it again on $5 day.
Good now it will become another great science fiction classic. I don't care about the $$ reasons listed. That doesn't make me want to see a movie. Didn't mention if he thought the movies was good or not, probably didn't even see it.
Lol a box office bomb does not mean something will be a classic. It's never good when something bombs.
Tried to watch the original once but turned it off probably 20-30 minutes in because I wasn't liking it.
I love Blade Runner but what you describe is how I feel about 2001 Space Oddesey.I couldn't stand it. Watched it a few years ago and wondered how the hell it was held in such high regard by so many. From what I gather it was quite impressive visually for the time, but that must have been the only thing good about it. As a movie it holds up terribly IMO
and its not a flop its an excellent movie
I hope you realize what a box office flop means.
11 Beloved Movies That Were Box Office Flops
Blade Runner (1982) was one of them... Including The Shawshank Redemption and The Wizard of Oz.
I guess I have been living under a rock. First I heard of it was when it actually came out, lol. looking forward to watching it though.you living under a rock? people have been talking about it for months
and its not a flop its an excellent movie
I hope you realize what a box office flop means.
11 Beloved Movies That Were Box Office Flops
Blade Runner (1982) was one of them... Including The Shawshank Redemption and The Wizard of Oz.
Yep, they make all their money on the really big commercial hits, breaking even or netting just a few million is a flop by comparison.the industry seems to think anything that doesn't break a record on opening weekend is a flop