XPost: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/22/2019 4:34 PM, mimus99 wrote:   
   > _ Blade Runner _ is one of my favorite movies of all time, with only two   
   > acts of mercy in the whole film, one by mistake (Gaff letting Rachel live,   
   > thinking she was lifespan-limited).   
   >   
   > So I finally sat down with the DVD of _ Blade Runner 2049 _, and I tried,   
   > Ubiq knows I tried, to watch it, but I gave up after an hour and a half   
   > (into about 2:40).   
   >   
   > In that time, and being as charitable as possible, there might've been a   
   > half-hour's worth of plot.   
   >   
   > The eye-candy and score were both inferior to the original.   
   >   
   > And everybody kept talking in these flat, hushed monotones all through,   
   > like they were in a fucking cathedral or something (and not one on fire).   
   >   
   > A treatment like this would've made even my suggested sequel, based on   
   > Cordwainer Smith's "The Dead Lady of Clown Town", dull.   
      
   I watched it last weekend also.  Total drivel.  There was no plot and I   
   did not understand the ending whatsoever.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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