XPost: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 4/29/2019 1:38 PM, mimus99 wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   I liked 'Blade Runner 2049'.  I didn't have any problem following the story.   
      
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