Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by 2Morovian — 18 Jan 2018

The film tries to impress us with its connection to the original, when in fact it just cannibalizes the Ridley Scott masterpiece for the only value it has. It's just not organically woven into the new film and it's painfully obvious, right down to the 'imitation Vangelis' soundtrack which is so bad it should be illegal.

2049 has no depth and dimension and points to the work of a very mediocre director re-configuring and dispensing the bland expectations of a 21st century sci-fi audience who are so dumbed-down by 21st century schlock by now that they, sadly, can't tell the difference.

I had to keep telling myself that the film had nothing to do with the original just to get through, but then I was left with the stark, 2-dimensionality of a truly poor work that relies on its visual effects and darkest themes to anesthetize the audience into believing they actually saw something worthwhile.