Anyone who knows Da Cong knows that my favorite genre is science fiction. On October 6, as soon as the film was released, it immediately went to the zero o'clock field for its premiere! I watched this year's most anticipated science fiction film "Blade Runner 2049" eagerly !
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Keywords: Aftermath
Earlier, after the film was released for review in the United States, the reputation of "2049" was blown out. The most difficult sequel in history, unexpectedly received unanimous praise from film critics, is really rare.
After watching Dah Cong, he felt that the film lived up to expectations. Although it was not directed by the "Godfather of Science Fiction" Scott , under his supervision and the newly-emerged director Dennis Villeneuve , "2049" is still Brings a new collision of vision and thought.
The whole film looks very calm, not impatient or impatient, and the plot is eloquent. The film's perspective starts from K, starring Commander High, and takes the audience step by step into what's happening in Los Angeles and the West Coast of the United States in 2049.
"2049" continues to expand the background and story of Blade Runner in the world created before "Blade Runner", making the whole story background more full and three-dimensional.
Moreover, under the supervision of Scott, "2049" still digs holes and blanks in many plots (Scott style), and there are also many metaphors and mappings.
The film also pays tribute to the previous work "Blade Runner" in multiple plots, including the famous zoom-in and zoom-in section.
In terms of light and shadow vision, the tone and atmosphere brewing in the film are still dark and decadent. Director Dennis’s previous "Arrival" has shown us his skill in film science fiction aesthetics.
Today, Dennis directed "2049", on the basis of the cyberpunk aesthetics of "Blade Runner", he added a lot of his own favorite minimalist aesthetics, showing the audience a brand new, more sci-fi, more modern cyber Punk world.
For example, the headquarters of the trailer Wallace, the minimalist pyramid structure.
But when it comes to the city streets, he returns to cyberpunk, but the sense of technology is fuller.
Not only the scene design, but also the use and composition of the lens, every frame of the film makes people want to take a screenshot as the desktop. The color scheme of the film is fascinated by changing the warm and cold tones through the conversion of the scene.
On the original soundtrack of the movie, "2049" has found a god-level soundtrack master, Hans Zimmer , one of Da Cong's favorite soundtrack masters at the same time ! There is also Hans Zimmer's lover Benjamin Valfis.
This time Hans Zimmer has reached the point of becoming ecstatic, and he has to say, individualistically, that Dah Cong loves this gothic style of tube music .
Hans Zimmer used his best Shepard tone (mishearing style), and then used the electronic gothic wind music interpretation, and then attached the C major melody, which has reached the highest degree of high pitch.
The original soundtrack of the movie is combined with the movie to present a panoramic view of the dark city in the future, which instantly enhances the epic level of the movie. Create a dreamlike, drunken and desperate world.
Talk to this, it is easy to see, this is the most can not miss the 2017 science fiction film, and the film abroad classified as R-rated , domestic 1 1 Yue 10 Ri released, there will be cut.
After watching the movie, Da Cong believed that the deleted part should be in the dew point part, which will not affect the plot. In the fighting scene, it is not very bloody, so everyone will see the complete explosion scene and fighting scene. However, it is still unknown how long it will be deleted.
Since it is the sequel to "Blade Runner" in 1982, "2049" has to be compared with the previous one.
Because of the time tempering and polishing of "Blade Runner" , the film has already become famous. Although "2049" has a good reputation now, it still needs time to settle compared to its predecessors.
It is difficult to compete with the previous movie sequel, not to mention, "2049" is the sequel of "Blade Runner", it is not easy to shoot well and maintain high quality. Want to be better than the previous one, it's harder than going to the sky.
But I have to say that the narrative of "2049" is more in line with the taste of modern people . "2049" is easier to understand, not as obscure and philosophical as "Blade Runner". In terms of visual effects, it will naturally be better than the previous one.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the story of "2049" seems to re-take the sci-fi universe structured by "Blade Runner" and re-create an epic and grand sci-fi chapter. If "Blade Runner" is a prelude, Then "2049" is the prelude, after "2049", the story of Blade Runner will definitely continue.
Keywords: Blade Runner
So the question is, many people will ask, "Blade Runner" in 1982 is too far away from me, I haven't seen this movie, so can "2049" still be understood?
The answer is, I can understand it, but I will definitely feel uncomfortable. It is the kind of uncomfortable "I went to the secret room to solve the mystery and only played the main line, but many side stories and small secrets in the secret room are still not understood."
Therefore, if you have time, it is best to make up a lesson in the sci-fi movie world's god-level work "Blade Runner".
And there is no time to make up lessons, the next "2049" Ultimate Guide will benefit you a lot.
Think of "Blade Runner" back then, in fact, it was not called a masterpiece like it is today. When the film was first released, due to its obscurity and slow pace, it was not very high in ratings and box office.
But over time, everyone gradually realized that this is the enlightenment of science fiction movies.
Coincidentally, another masterpiece that was not optimistic at first is "2001 A Space Odyssey" (1968) by the famous director Stanley Kubrick .
And today, "Blade Runner" and "2001: A Space Odyssey", regardless of you and me, have taken the position of the best sci-fi genre in the film industry. Positioned by many film critics as "one of the best science fiction movies of all time" .
"Blade Runner" created many precedents, including the dystopian theme, and the cyberpunk style that was talked about by future generations .
"Blade Runner" is adapted from Philip K. Dick's "Do Bionic People Dream of Electronic Sheep?" 》 , he is also one of the advocates of cyberpunk style
Not difficult to see, "2049" in the high commander of the protagonist, played by named K , but also to pay tribute to the Philip .K. Dick.
The story of "Blade Runner" takes place in Los Angeles in 2019. Los Angeles was already very developed in the film. From today's point of view, we can't do what we did in the movie in 2019.
In the film, in 2019, human beings have developed into outer space, and the earth, as the parent planet, has been absorbed by humans, and the entire environment is messy and messy.
At that time, humans had successfully developed clones (artificial humans). In our words today, artificial intelligence was successfully developed, invested in clones, and a large amount of output was sent to distant planets to perform high-risk missions. .
However, since the clones are non-humans and have incomparable strength to ordinary people, the clones are only used to serve humans and not serve humans. Therefore, the earth is forbidden to use clones on a large scale, and their life span is only 4 years. After four years, they ceased operations.
These clones are produced by Teri, and the model is NEXUS6 . They have the same thinking ability as human beings. Because of this, some of them also commit crimes and even escape from the colony planet to the earth. Tasks and so on.
In this case, a new profession was born, they were called "Blade Runners" , who specialized in hunting down clones who violated and escaped.
Our protagonist Dirk is a Blade Runner who has retired not long ago, but his superior Brian received a notice that some clones had escaped from the aliens and returned to Earth, and he could only force Dirk to come back again and hunt down these clones.
During Dirk's hunt, he visited Terry's company, which produced the clones, and met Rachel, the assistant to Terry's boss.
Rachel is also a copycat, but she doesn't know it right now. Dirk and Rachel came and went like this. The two fell in love. Rachel also began to know that he was a copycat, so he escaped from Terry's company to find Dirk and was wanted by the police.
These runaway clones, represented by Roy , through various methods, finally found the founder who created the clones, that is, Terry, the CEO of Terry .
Seeing that his four-year life is about to expire, the replicator Roy asked his "father" Terry to extend his life, but Terry refused, and Roy killed Terry in a rage .
After that, Roy and the other clones had a head-on confrontation with Dirk, and they fought fiercely.
The main story of the entire Blade Runner story is about how Blade Runner Dirk hunted down these clones who fled back to Earth, and at the same time helped Rachel avoid hunting.
The branch line of the story is to unfold from the point of view of copying people. The reason why they escaped back to Earth is because they are not satisfied with the four-year life span and want to get a longer time. They even want to be treated fairly and be treated as humans just like humans.
The plot of the entire film is actually not much different from the story of the current science fiction movie, it is nothing more than the confrontation between artificial intelligence and humans.
The movie "Blade Runner" is great because he wants to create a philosophical concept by himself from beginning to end, which is about the liberation of life and the suppression of human nature.
And the weird sad atmosphere of the film, if the audience can understand the director's meaning, it is easy to be immersed in it.
In fact, the film does not explain who is decent and who is the villain, whether it is the protagonist Dirk, or Rachel, or the copy of Roy, the creator Terry. They all play tragic roles from different angles in the current background.
The charm of "Blade Runner" lies in this, taking off the coat of sci-fi special effects, and expounding an extension of the hypothetical setting of human nature.
After awakening, can artificial intelligence have the same soul as human beings?
Can human beings control the "species" that they have created and are higher than human beings themselves?
As for the Creator, human beings can make no mistakes to God?
What is the definition of life and value, life and death?
These philosophical issues are all discussed in the film, and what director Scott played at the most advanced level is that he did not give clear answers to these philosophical issues, but instead allowed the audience to think about themselves and look back. The meaning of the whole life, give your own answers, after all, everyone's life is different.
For example, in the final battle between Dirk and the replicator Roy, Roy's psychological and emotional changes were twists and turns.
At first, Roy's emotions were angry, he wanted to use all his strength to kill Dirk, and then he changed his emotions, torturing Dirk like an animal, torturing him did not directly kill him.
In the end, Dirk was on the edge of the building, and when he was about to fall, Roy tried to rescue him instead.
The reason for the series of changes in Roy's heart is precisely because his four-year life span is about to end. At the last moment of his life , his psychological changes changed from angry life to contempt and abuse of life, and finally to enjoying life and pitying life.
In the end, he embraced the pigeon in the rain and read the final dialogue poem to life, which can be regarded as a classic in the history of film, and is known as the poem "Tears in the Rain".
"I have seen the beauty that mankind never imagined. I have seen space warships burning by the constellation of Orion, watching the C-ray shining in the darkness of the gate of heaven, and all the past will disappear in time, like tears in the rain. ...The moment of death is here."
For example, there are many similar classic bridges, and the one that has been discussed for more than ten years is the end of the film, which is whether Dirk is a copy or not.
In the original version released in 1982, the ending was a scene of Dirk and Rachel running away in a car, and some of the aerial shots were the remaining scenes from the beginning of Stan Lee Kubrick's "The Shining"...
In the ending of this happy escape, the producer felt that it was not enough, and added different subtitles in different theaters to enhance the effect of happy ending at the end.
One of the most bloody subtitles is "The life span of the replicator Rachel is more than four years, and she and Dirk have lived a good life since then."
Of course, in the director's cut version in 1992, director Scott was certainly not satisfied with this happy ending, so he removed the happy ending of Rachel and Dirk's happy escape. Rachel does not have a life expectancy of more than four years.
Later, the producer felt that the director's cut version in 1992 was too hasty, and with the improvement of technological restoration technology, a special director's cut version was added in 2000 .
This is not over yet. Perhaps due to the protests and discussions from fans and audiences, and Scott's life experience for more than ten years, Scott and the producers decided to give the audience a final edited version.
Therefore, most of the resources that everyone can find on the market are the final edited version of the director in 2007.
Since the 1992 version, a unicorn image has been added to the edited version , which is a daydream that Dirk made at home.
Dirk did not tell anyone about this dream, but in the end his colleague Geff left a unicorn origami on the stairs of his house .
In the edited version, Gef was also described as an undercover police officer to monitor the dream of the copy person. Gef’s origami corresponded to the dream of the copy person at the time. The corresponding origami paper will be placed on the scene, indicating that the person is the copy person. .
In the end, Dirk held the copyer thoughtfully, and then nodded, indicating that he realized that he was also a copyist, so he took Rachel farther and farther away from the crowd.
The "2049" we are talking about today is 30 years after the background of "Blade Runner" in 2019. The plot is also closely related to what happened in Dirk and Rachel in 30 years.
Keywords: Three short films
Perhaps the producer and director Dennis both realize that "Blade Runner" is too far away, after all, it has been 35 years.
So before the release of "2049", the producer asked the director and team to produce three short films to link up what happened in the 30 years of "Blade Runner" and "2049".
For these three short films, I suggest you go and see them all. It’s not a long time, but it has a great effect.
There are not only three short films, but the official website also broke the "Road to 2049" chronicle data, from the big events of 2018-2049, all in one go!
Next, we combined these three short films based on the " Road to 2049" chronicle data , and Da Cong sorted out the major events that occurred in the background of "Blade Runner" from 2018-2049.
In November 2018, several NEXUS-6 clones defected and fled back to Earth.
In November 2019, Blade Runner Dirk was responsible for cleaning up these clones.
In early 2020, Teri, the founder of Teri, was killed by his copy.
After that, Dirk ended the defected copyists, and the matter came to an end. Then Dirk and the replicator Rachel fled. These are the plots of "Blade Runner".
In 2022, time comes to the first short film "Blade Runner: 2022 Dark Catastrophe."
In the short film, in order to closely link the classic predecessor "Blade Runner", "2022" can be described as sincere and full of tribute in many details.
For example, the style of the short film scene closely follows the predecessor, still cyberpunk style, and even the lens language is very similar.
The dove also appears in the short film, which is the same as the dove that Roy embraced when he died in "Blade Runner".
At the beginning of the short film, a new character was introduced: the N8 clone. Compared with the N6 clone in the previous "Blade Runner", the N8 clone has the same natural life span as a human, but each N8 clone , The right eye is marked with a serial number. From this point of view, the N8 replicator is more like a man-made product, with a stronger meaning of slavery.
Through the short film, we can see how in the three years from 2019 to 2022, the replicators hide their power and bide their time, plot a rebel revolution of replicators, and let mankind head toward an unknown dark catastrophe.
The reason for the replicators' revolution was that they discovered on the Kalanza battlefield of the alien colony that both armies were replicators. Such a "game life" fate made the replicators dissatisfied.
The fuse that directly led to the copyist revolution was due to the rise of the human supremacy movement. Humans searched for copyists’ electronic files to identify the copyists and continue to torture and kill them.
In this double suffocation environment, the replicators began to unite and fight back , creating the 2022 blackout event. The purpose was to destroy all the track backups of the human archives, including the replicator's file data, in order to hide themselves and prevent them from letting them. His identity as a clone is easily exposed to prevent him from being driven to extinction.
But is the purpose of the clones creating the blackout to destroy humans? No, they just want to hide themselves better and find their own value and meaning in life again through the blackout. In other words, what the clone wants is freedom.
As the leader of the replicator Iggy said in the film: "We may live longer than the old replica, but life is not life. What I want is life, and we are fighting for it."
The successful implementation of the blackout plan led to a dark catastrophe that lasted several weeks for human beings. At the same time, the duplicated data in the multiple archives of human beings destroyed can no longer be repaired. Thus, mankind entered the era division before and after the blackout.
At the end of the short film, Iggy, the leader of the clone, plucked out his right eye with a serial number, which means that the last place on his body was the proof of the clone, and it was also eliminated, and the clone won a phased victory.
Short film "Blade Runner 2022: Blackout"
After the dark catastrophe of this blackout, the ban on the production of replicators was promulgated, and Terry Company went bankrupt.
At this time, Wallace, which solved the human food shortage crisis, rose rapidly and acquired Teri.
This is about another short film "Blade Runner: 2036 Dawn of Replicators" .
In the short film, Wallace convened several leaders of the judicial department on a certain day in 2036 to negotiate the abolition of the ban on copying production.
Why does Wallace have such a big appeal?
According to the information on the official website "Road to 2049" , after the blackout, there will be multiple global crises around 2025 , the most serious of which is the shortage of food.
An idealistic Niad Wallace scientist, who is also the founder of Wallace Company, although he is blind, with his wisdom, the company, under his leadership, through the revolutionary research and development of genetically modified food , Successfully solved the food shortage crisis. This made Wallace's personal influence rapidly increase, and the company's business began to expand to foreign colonies.
In 2028, Terry Corporation officially declared bankruptcy, and Wallace Corporation acquired Terry Corporation. Although the law prohibits the production of replicators, Wallace Corporation did not stop researching new types of replicators.
In 2030 , Wallace used genetic technology and new memory implantation technology to initially obtain a new model of human replicators that is more compliant with humans.
Finally, in 2036 , Wallace successfully developed the ninth generation of replicators. Wallace is determined to persuade the judicial department to abolish the ban on production of replicators and allow the new type of replicators to be mass-produced.
The second short video: "Blade Runner 2036: Clone Dawn".
At the beginning of the "2036" short film, Wallace was late, but let the judicial department wait for him, which is enough to show his status and influence at the time.
At first, the judiciary was always unwilling to lift the ban. No matter Wallace's perspective on human life development or the needs of the alien industry, there was no way for the judiciary to let it go, because what worries them most is the power outage in 2022. Caused a lot of human casualties, they did not want to see the tragedy repeat itself.
In fact, the right to speak in normal negotiations has always been under Wallace's control. Speaking of the casualties caused by the clones, he used this entry point to formally introduce his ninth-generation clones.
These new types of clones can customize their survival time according to customers. They will never resist or run away, and will only obey absolutely.
To the extent of absolute obedience, Wallace asked his copyists to perform a self-cutting, scared the judicial department repeatedly to stop.
But Wallace did not enjoy himself. He directly ordered the clones to commit suicide in front of everyone and staged an extreme "product" demonstration.
At the end of the short film, you can see that the expressions of the judicial department, from the initial questioning to the panic, and then to the joy of the heart, show that they have approved the ninth-generation clone. For this reason, Wallace obtained a license for mass production of new replicators, which made Wallace a stronger company.
In addition, "Blade Runner: Nowhere to Run in 2048", which takes place in 2048 , is a short film specially made for Saber, the wanted criminal in "2022".
A new department under the LAPD Los Angeles Police Department appeared in the short film. It was funded by the Los Angeles Police Department and Wallace. The department was invested in 2040 to support the existing Blade Runner squad to hunt down illegal crimes. People, including the eighth-generation clones who are escaping.
After the power outage, Saber was able to hide his identity as a clone, but he must be careful to live, otherwise he would be easily "verified" by the LAPD.
He relied on some protein worms he cultivated and sold them to the black market, struggling to maintain his own life.
Although Saber feels that he is inferior everywhere, but fortunately he still has his own life, has made his own friends, and still uses books to make friends, and often introduces good-looking books to his friends.
It is worth mentioning that the "Power and Glory" introduced by Saber is the work of British master writer Graham Green. The "evil" mentioned in the book is everywhere, but the most important thing is the individual. The struggle between inner morality and spirit is a part of human brilliance blooming in the mud.
This also shows that this book is the spiritual pillar of Saber, and the book's attention to the struggle and salvation of the soul is closely related to his current living environment and situation.
Perhaps it was because this book made him find the value of life. When he saw a group of hooligans bullying his friends, he chose not to hide, but to fight back the group of hooligans.
In order to save a mother and daughter, he showed his non-human strength and exposed his identity.
The beginning of the "2049" movie is completely closely connected with the short film "2048: Nowhere to Run". It should be said that it is just as reasonable to put this short film at the beginning of "2049".
So far, from "Blade Runner" to three short films to "2049", from 2019 to 2049, the major events of the Blade Runner Chronicle, we have a clear blueprint.
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