Watching Blade Runner 2049
Note: This post contains minor spoilers about Blade Runner 2049 . Last Saturday I finally got around to seeing Blade Runner 2049 . I missed the opening weekend due to other commitments. The film has performed poorly at the box office , but that did not deter me from wanting to see it on the big screen. I was not disappointed. 2049 melds seamlessly to the original Blade Runner (1982) in terms of its dark, alluring aesthetic . Like the original, 2049 is dystopian, yet beautiful to behold. The original Blade Runner was released the year after I graduated from college. I was still living in Athens, Georgia at the time, working odd jobs and partying a lot. I remember being blown away by the cinematography, the philosophical undertones about (among other things) the yearning for more life, and the unsatisfying "happy" ending that seem out of place with the rest of the film. Years later I bought "The Director's Cut" (1991) when it came out on VHS. Bla