Blade Runner 2049 Trailer Analysis

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And guys, today we're gonna talk about Blade Runner 2049. And guys, I've been a Blade Runner fan for years now. Many science fiction fans will class Blade Runner as maybe one of the greatest science fiction films ever created. It used to get like number 2 on my list. You know, over the years it's kind of fallen from number 2. And Blade Runner is based, really based on the author Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? And If you saw the first Blade Runner movie, like most of us have, HBO played it several dozen times a month over the years. I think I might have watched every time it came on HBO. You know, of course we had Harrison Ford in it playing Deckard, who was like a bounty hunter, part of a task that brought in replicants, you know, of course these synthetic beings. Also very interesting enough is the ties that the Blade Runner franchise has to other films, uh, one being the Alien, uh, franchise. This all takes place in that universe, you know, when we're dealing with, uh, Ridley Scott here, uh, you know, who created this and So it takes place in the Alien universe. There's references to it. It also took place in the Soldier universe, a movie that came out in the late '90s starring Kurt Russell. So many tie-ins with a lot of work that Ridley Scott has done and other science fiction. Also very interesting is Ghost in the Shell that's been quite similar, you know, elements to Blade Runner. A lot of people feel that Ghost in the Shell has, you know, took a lot of influence from the Blade Runner movies. But also what I found very interesting was that a lot of what we know as Japanese anime actually borrowed and started from Blade Runner. You can tell by how Blade Runner looks And you compare that to a lot of Japanese anime, it has this very similar look and feel. And that's quite interesting because usually when you think of Japanese anime, you think it might have started in Japan. But some information that I'm getting now is that a lot of the Japanese anime culture was influenced, you know, starting out with this 1982 Blade Runner. So that had a lot to do So, uh, the director who's doing this, the director, uh, Denis Villeneuve, I think he's Canadian, maybe French-Canadian. And, uh, we know him from doing movies like, uh, The Arrival, Sicario. He has the upcoming, uh, Dune series. Um, and what I want to say about that is, you know, his style, from what I can see He seems like he's gonna be good for doing Dune that's coming up. I think he has the right makeup to handle a job like Dune, and it looks like he's gonna do pretty good with Blade Runner here. So I think he has the vision to tackle this film properly. Um, you know, what else I want to say is that, you know, with the actors, of course we got Harrison Ford back. I'm assuming he's Deckard. That does present some issues if you did watch Blade Runner, the original. If you haven't watched Blade Runner, the original, you definitely need to watch that. But, uh, you know, it was kind of left off with is Deckard a replicant or is Deckard human? Of course we know replicants do not age, so we're seeing Harrison Ford, and Harrison Ford is an older man as we can see in the trailers. And so that would kind of kill the theory that Deckard was a replicant. It was planted in, you know, the director's cut, and many other people have theorized he put that in, but that would mean he wasn't. And the problem with that is that If they do want him to be a replicant, they try to find a way to still allow him to be a replicant, then it would have to be that some way replicants could get old and they have to do all these, add all these various layers to it. Or is he a copy of the actual, is he, or was Deckard a model after this person who is actually the real Deckard? So I don't know how they would do that yet. Not sure how the film's going to tackle that. But I'm a little bit concerned about that as well. Uh, we got Ryan Gosling, uh, you know, as the main, you know, character here. Uh, he's actually— it looks like he's a Blade Runner. Uh, how do I feel about that? Not a big Ryan Gosling fan. Uh, Ryan, and you know, I think Ryan does better romantic comedies. I think he does great in musicals. Never really— Ryan's never really been an action hero for me, but I think some people have liked him. I think he was in a movie called Drive. Uh, here's the weird thing I would have liked to see from Blade Runner 2049, and that's I think I would have liked to see, uh, Daniel Craig be the Blade Runner, uh, play the bounty hunter or the Blade Runner. And it's kind of the thing that's kind of funny about me saying that is that, uh, as we talked about the director Denis Villeneuve, he actually may have the, the next upcoming Bond film. He may direct that as well. You know, he's like the it director in Hollywood now, so they're giving him all these big jobs. And so he may have the Bond— he may direct the next Bond movie, and Daniel Craig will reprise the role as James Bond. And I'm very happy about that. But now Daniel Craig, you know, sometimes you might look at, well, he doesn't have a real good connection to Harrison Ford, but they've actually starred together in a movie a lot of people didn't like. I like the story, I didn't too much like how it came out on film, but the movie Cowboys and Aliens, where you get Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford together. But I'd rather have seen him than I'm just not a Ryan Gosling fan for some reason. I'm not, but I'm gonna— I think Ryan's a good actor, and you know, if the story's good, I think he can, you know, I think he can pull it off. You know, although he wouldn't have been my first choice. So what is the story about? We're, you know, I don't really know. You know, I would assume it's because Harrison Ford is in it and he's looking for Harrison Ford, he's looking for answers. I'm under the assumption that the story is going to follow, you know, something about Ryan Gosling's character, his relationship to replicants, and Harrison Ford's relationship to replicants, if he's a replicant or not. And obviously Ryan Gosling isn't really there to take him in, but he's there to find out some answers about more than likely what's going on with replicants. And we see replicants being birthed or born, and you know, we get Jared Leto. Now Jared Leto seems to be— I'm under the assumption he must be like the Tyrell Corporation was, right? I don't know if he's the successor of it. But, um, he seems to be somewhat responsible for birthing these replicants, these synthetics. Um, he looks like a synthetic himself, so I'm assuming— is he then like a replicant creating replicants, or is he just fused with replicant, uh, uh, parts? And he's a human and he's doing something with the replicants. And he seems like, you know, obviously the antagonist. He seems like he's gonna be the villain somewhat, or the person who's responsible for a lot of trouble somewhat. And so, but I like Jared Leto. I think he's gonna do good in this role. I like this Joker. I think he is one of these people who can do a good job playing both hero and villain. At the same time. You know, he can, he can, he can go back and forth between those roles and do pretty good at them. Play these, uh, these type characters who's the bad guy, and that's a bit psychotic, right? And so, um, you know, in a situation like this, you might need that kind of atmosphere because I would imagine— or that type of, uh, personality— because I would imagine people who create replicants have this type of god complex. They're in a sense creating life, synthetic life, so they have this god complex, and that can drive some people to insanity. And Jared Leto, I think it would be great if that's what his character is. I got a feeling it's gonna end up being something like that. And of course, you know, pollution is terrible, you know, as it's always been in these Blade Runner movie to suggest, you know, uh, this is what the, uh, the world will be like in the next, uh, 30 years or so. And, uh, uh, you know, so, so far, guys, I, I like, I like what I'm seeing. Uh, you know, overall, the story is definitely something I will see. Uh, the vision and the look of it, uh, I think Denis Villeneuve. I think he's gonna do a good job with this, and I'm interested in seeing what they do with this movie. I've always been a fan of these Blade Runner series, guys. And so that's my— that's pretty much my analysis and review, you know, on it, you know, on it so much. So, you know, so far that it looks good. The flying car scenes look great in it, you know, even, you know, even back in the in the early '80s when they did this movie. The flying cars look awesome, you know. The cinematography of this film just was excellent, you know. And even if you watch it today, you know, it's still, in my opinion, a very well-done film. But anyway, guys, tell me what you think about this new Blade Runner coming out. If you if you think it's going to be a good movie. Uh, I think it is. Let me know if you think Harrison Ford's gonna die in this like he dies in all of his movies. Guys, if you like content like this, don't forget to like and subscribe. If you're on Steemit, don't forget to upvote this. And until next time, take care.