Released in 1982, Blade Runner is one of the most influential science fiction films of all time, and Douglas Trumbull's amazing optical visual effects still look amazing even today. The classic has gone through a couple of release revisions. There is Blade Runner: Director's Cut, which first brought up the matter of Deckard (Harrison Ford) being a Replicant, but according to director Ridley Scott, Blade Runner: The Final Cut is the preferred version.
When a movie gets so much hype and publicity, the noise can be so distracting that it detracts you from fully appreciating it. Blade Runner 2049 was a critical and commercial success, but I admittedly didn't think much of the sequel after seeing it the first time at the theater. Like a Christopher Nolan film, with a running time of over 2 hours and 40 minutes, many things were going on with the plot and new characters in Blade Runner 2049.
I missed subtle details, like the significance of the wooden horse toy, and I also didn't realize one of the writers from the first film, Hampton Fancher, co-wrote Blade Runner 2049. Instead of simply doing a legacy sequel, the film brilliantly continued the story of Deckard and Rachael from the first film.
While Ridley Scott did not direct Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Sicario) did an exceptional job with the sequel. Blade Runner 2049 is a prime example of a film that deserves to be seen again, but you must see Ridley Scott's Blade Runner first.
A whole universe revolves around Replicants and the special police unit that hunts them down, and I'd like to see more movies, particularly a prequel, about Blade Runners.
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