Episode 39 – Blade Runner 2049 (w. Paul Wilcox)

One year after discussing the original film, Charlie, Adam and Paul Wilcox are back together to discuss Blade Runner 2049 (2017).  We praise the cinematography, the characterization, and the score. And we revisit those age-old questions: “What makes us human?” and “How close is too close to your 4K TV?”

Clarifications:

If you are interested in watching the short films which were commissioned for Blade Runner 2049, here they are:

Black Out 2022

2036: Nexus Dawn

2048: Nowhere to Run

In the most recent edition of “We’re All Gonna Die Sooner Than We’d Like”: Insect Disappearance!

And in contrast, a video of Ryan Gosling with Harrison Ford, and another where Gosling talks about… cellophane…

Oh, and to make sure you’re getting that full 4K experience visit this website. Don’t let unscrupulous Blu-ray distributors steal your precious resolution!!

Things We Reference:

Blade Runner (1982)

Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Ghostbusters (2016)

TRON: Legacy (2010)

Nier Automata (2017)

First Man (2018)

Dredd (2012)

“Cowboy Bebop” (1998)

The Nice Guys (2016)