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   Message 27,675 of 28,343   
   mimus99 to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Blade Runner 2049 Bad Review   
   29 Apr 19 16:38:31   
   
   XPost: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk   
   From: mimus99@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:51:01 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Well, one can always watch _ Alien Opponent _ (2010) again.   
      
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