Blade Runner 2049 Review
Oct. 14th, 2017 02:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fardell24Blade Runner 2049
The sequel to the first Blade Runner movie, based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Phillip K. Dick. As a sequel, it works. It tackles the same kind of questions of identity that the first film does. (I haven't read the novel, so I can't compare it to that apparently seminal work.) The character of K (or “Joe”) is an interesting protagonist. He isn't a blank slate. He has a backstory, or thinks he does, and that plays a major role in this story. He has curiosity, and that also contributes to to the story.
(Of course, curiosity would be essential for any Blade Running Replicant...) Then there is his holographic AI companion, JOI, who gives him his name. She also shows some development over the course of the story. (But does she, that is a question, whether she is as real as the humans and replicants or not.) Then there is Deckard, who appears towards the end of the film, with more question of who is real or not. As good as the first one. 8.3/10.
