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Originally Posted by Ab
Both those movies fall in to the category of "I don't want to ruin it by seeing them" for me. IT is probably the novel I loved the most in my late teens, and Blade Runner has always been huge for me.
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OK so I finally succumbed to Netflix's constant recommendation that I watch BR2049, and I am happily relieved that it did not ruin Blade Runner for me. Huge Villeneuve fanboy here and having Hampton Fancher on screenplay duties was reassuring. I thought the movie was very well made with enough echoes of the original's magic to keep me engaged.
On a purely nerd level, HOLY SHIT Sean Young's Rachael was incredible.I had to go and find out what was involved after seeing the movie, and apparently it was a combo of Sean Young on set coaching a body double on how to mimic her walk and body language; closeup facefootage of Young and the double; a CG team going bonkers on CG face work (apparently their directive was "don't suck like Rogue One"); and an entirely different voice actress who could mimic 20-year-old Sean Young's voice. Shit's getting nuts.