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"Prisoners" director Denis Villeneuve is in negotiations to direct Harrison Ford in the "Blade Runner" sequel for Alcon Entertainment. ...

Harrison Ford to Return for ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Directed by Denis Villeneuve [via Variety]

Blade Runner sequel gets its DIRECTOR and STAR, BOMBS at BOX OFFICE.

#callingitnow

Am I the only one who wishes they wouldn't?

John (Taloni) wrote: "Am I the only one who wishes they wouldn't?"

Nope. This is just a failure waiting to happen.

John (Taloni) wrote: "Am I the only one who wishes they wouldn't?"

No you are not. Why sour the memory of a classic by tagging on an unneeded sequel?
My eyes! The stupid! It blinds me!

Trike wrote: "Blade Runner sequel gets its DIRECTOR and STAR, BOMBS at BOX OFFICE.

#callingitnow"

You nailed it.

I think a sequel would be ok for the Bladerunner world. However, Ford should play some mentor or something to someone younger.

John wrote: "I think a sequel would be ok for the Bladerunner world. However, Ford should play some mentor or something to someone younger."

Like he was to Shia LaBeouf in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

That worked out well ;-)

Actually I had almost no problems with Ford and LeBeouf in that movie it was everything else that was the problem.

After this flops they can reboot Blade Runner 10 years later and make it into a trilogy of four movies.

^ Plus a superpowered Deckard in the prequel CloneBladeRunner Wars.

I predict most if not all of the following lines of dialogue will be in the Blade Runner sequel:

"You're a freak -- like me!"
"I'm the only friend you've got!"
"You got this."
"This is bad."

Bonus points for some poetry mumbo-jumbo similar to Roy Batty's speech.

I was going to state my totally uninterested...ness, but I did start thinking how I might write a sequel, what story I might tell, and thought maybe a sequel could work, then I thought again, and decided Ford is way to old for a story that would follow the first in a way that makes real sense. I think I'd rather just imagine possible futures in my head. Probably won't bother with the film, at least not at the cinema. Maybe I would have been more interested if Ford wasn't in it?

Edit: And now it occurs to me that they COULD use Ford and still make it make sense, and the idea I had seemed like a really interesting one, but then I realised they probably won't make it anything like as good as I would want it to be.

Basically, I love the world the film created, and to me it is more or less the perfect film. It does not need a sequel, and a sequel could harm the original, but, on the off chance that they do something really good with it....eh...not expecting that though.

First he gets his leg broken on set, now he crashes his plane, breaks his arm, and gets gashed. Harrison Ford is *not* having a banner year.

Still, sounds like he'll be fine at last report. And he did some solid flying to land safely on a golf course.

Bad bad bad bad idea. :)

Serendi wrote: "First he gets his leg broken on set, now he crashes his plane, breaks his arm, and gets gashed. Harrison Ford is *not* having a banner year.

Still, sounds like he'll be fine at last report. And he did some solid flying to land safely on a golf course. "

If you know you're going to need immediate medical attention, either crash into a hospital or golf course. :p

If Ford wants to get out of making these ill-advised returns to the movies of his youth, surely he could find less dramatic ways to do so.

Sounds like I'll have the theater to myself! Old Harrison is the best thing that can happen to Blade Runner, because it puts a solid end to Ridley's attempt to retcon Deckard into a replicant.

Well, as far as I can tell, this is the main thread for this movie. And while it is 2 1/2 years old, the movie did come out, and I just watched it.

Besides that I really liked it. At over 2 1/2 hours long, it is the kind of movie that doesn't get made anymore. In fact this is the pacing that "Ghost in the Shell" was missing. I know it didn't do great for the box office, and I doubt it will pick up much steam. It just isn't that kind of movie. There are plenty of call backs to the first movie, both on the nose, and some more subtly. There is a really great sequence that uses quite and then the lack of quite better then almost any movie I've seen. In fact In general I liked the audio mix in this quite a bit. It also has no voice over. The plot is interesting, but like the first movie, it's best when it is intimate, not being overly grand (and it does go there a couple times). There are both plot holes, and extreme coincidence, but I liked the rest of the story enough to not really mind them.

The ending was an ending, but it did leave plenty of room for a sequel, and it was strongly hinted at what it would involve. But based on the cost/ box office, I'd be surprised if it gets one. And there is enough closure for that to be fine too.

John (Nevets) wrote: "But based on the cost/ box office, I'd be surprised if it gets one. And there is enough closure for that to be fine too."

5 days for $86 million is not too bad.
It might have a long tail. Plus it hasn't released yet in the major Asian markets yet (China, Japan, South Korea)

It used to be, bomb in the US and you're a flop, but it isn't necessarily so these days. It usually is though, I agree

I might wait for the digital release in a few months.

I enjoyed it quite a bit and would be very happy if this was the final installment in the franchise. Well, maybe we'll get Blade Runner 2079 in 2052?

"I might wait for the digital release in a few months. "

Don't - it's visually stunning and seeing it in the theater is worth the money. I also liked it quite a lot - I saw the original the week before in Seattle's best theater (97ft, laser projection, Atmos sound) and this holds up well to that movie.

Rick wrote: ""I might wait for the digital release in a few months. "

Don't - it's visually stunning and seeing it in the theater is worth the money."

It's not the money that will stop me seeing it. It's unlikely to still be in theatres next time I'm in a location that has a theatre.

I'm 2 hours from a shitty theatre and 4 hours from my preferred theatre. Too far just to watch a movie.

I really liked it too. I'm a big fan of the original, and felt this was a worthy sequel in pretty much every way.

I agree that it's a stunning film to watch in a theater. I watched it in 3D, actually. It's been a while since I last saw a 3D movie, and the technology seems to have really improved since then; no ghosting, and good light intensity.

Tassie Dave wrote: "Rick wrote: ""I might wait for the digital release in a few months. "

Don't - it's visually stunning and seeing it in the theater is worth the money."

It's not the money that will stop me seeing ..."

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I will also chime in, and say see this in a theater (if you have a reasonable opportunity). Like others have said it is stunning. And this may just be me, but if I'm at home it's easier for me to get distracted while watching a movie/ tv show. And this film more then most benefits from just absorbing it wholly.

I think I might see it this Saturday evening. I have some hours to kill by myself and I can only do about 5 in the bookstore. (I exaggerate. But slightly.)

Although I don't actually care for the original, I like both the writer and director of this one. I didn't much like Alien, either, but I loved Aliens, so I already have a history of enjoying sequels to Ridley Scott movies.

I am somewhat amused by my prediction from a couple years ago, but honestly it was a no-brainer. Blade Runner's fans may be loud but they are few, so I didn't see this one busting any blocks.

Dennis Villeneuve's other films have really impressed me. I thought Arrival was brilliant, and I thoroughly enjoyed Sicario. The interesting thing about the latter is that I had no interest in the film whatsoever and I don't even remember why I initially started watching it, but about 20 minutes in I thought, "Holy shit, this is really good."

If he can win me over like that, then I'm already predisposed to enjoying this movie.