How come Blade Runner 2049 got it so right and new Star Wars has not?
something in the water?
shareI'd say Blade Runner 2049 was a noble failure whereas Nu Star Wars is an inglorious disaster. The difference is probably something to do with treating the original with respect rather than contempt.
But they both wasted Harrison Ford.
it only failed at the box office, critical success otherwise anyone that saw it thought it was great. except for some millenials that pirated the movie without even seeing the original and started trolling online about how long it was.
shareWell I saw it and was disappointed and I'm no millennial. But then it would have been very tricky to pull off a sequel to a lighting in a bottle film like Blade Runner (especially now Harrison Ford is so much older) and I respect what they tried to do. This is just my opinion and have no problem with anyone that thinks otherwise - can't say the same for the Star Wars sequels though, to enjoy those requires cognitive dissonance on a dangerous level.
shareI'll second that- I'm a Baby Boomer, I own 3 versions of the original, and I thought 2049 was dogshit. Just a horrible, horrible movie.
Star Wars? Well, Disney owns it now, so there has to be all the SJW stuff in it. There will be homosexuals, women, other colors, and they're all the good guys at the top level of command, and the whiteys will be the bad guys. If there IS a white male on the good guys, you know he will be subordinate to all the others, because well, because Disney says it's thus.
Let's be honest: Kylo Ren is about the weakest bad guy out there- he never wins, he's a whiny brat, he screams commands- not orders them, fundamentally, everything wrong with the 'king Millennials today, who THINK they're in charge, but one real tough guy will come along, beat them up, or bully them, and steal their lunch money, and they're back in aromatherapy with a coloring book.
..Joe