About Blade Runner 2049

Some disconnected thoughts about the Blade Runner sequel that may, one day, make their way into a coherent review (but probably not). Oh yeah, SPOILER ALERTS.

• It cannot sensibly be described as short.
• The horse. The dog. The unicorn in the original? Maybe?
• People who think Ryan Gosling’s a great actor, and then take the piss out of, say, Keanu Reeves, really ought to take a long, hard look at themselves.
• Lots of weather.
• Baudrillard. Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard. Baudrillard. Baudrillard Baudrillard. Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard Baudrillard. Baudrillard. Baudrillard. More about that by Steve Rose.
• The enormous naked lady with blue hair is meant to be funny, right?
• Less overtly noir than the original; a bit closer to Star Wars-style space opera (flying out to big domes in the desert, etc).
• In 2049, the United States will still not have got to grips with metric measurements. (See also Fahrenheit 451.)
• How many more times can Harrison Ford return to a role from several decades previously in grumpy dad mode? What’s next? A Witness sequel where he finds out he’s knocked up Kelley McGillis?
• The blonde hooker is very Pris. But is that relevant?
• I mean, *lots* of weather.