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Dark Fate or Blade Runner 2049?

posted 5 years ago by bozo_500 (13151)
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Both were pretty much attempting the same (if you ignore T345 like DF did): a decades long belated sequel to an all time classic SF cyborg movie with a supporting role for the original lead actor (and starring Mackenzie Davis).

also both ended up with around the same box office - $260m worldwide (although BR2 did 90m domestic over DF 60m despite having a similar opening wkend)

Of course BR2049 was far more positively received than T:DF (not that you can really trust politically charged film reviews these days but its pretty obvious BR2 was kind of awesome and T:DF was kind of meh)

Yet now it just seems its barely remembered that there was a decent sequel to the legendary Blade Runner.. like the way (another) subpar Terminator will soon be lost..in time.. like tears in rain..

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

This i guess , even though BR is the more "intelligent" film

[–] AtomicReturns (1252) 5 years ago

Blade Runner 2049 is the better film, but you have to put yourself in an 'artsy' frame of mind. I don't mean that in a bad way. But it's not really a movie you sit back with friends and have a Blade Runner 2049 watch party.

Terminator Dark Fate was, as the critics have said, the best one since T2, but nowhere near its quality. It succeeds only because T3, Salvation and Genisys failed spectacularly. Dark Fate also has a similar problem of having really noisy, relentless, numbing, BORING action..and sometimes failing to make you believe the characters are in actual peril. I think one problem is a lot of the backgrounds look so fake, as if the characters aren't there and are completely weightless. Tim Miller worked in special effects before he directed Deadpool. I'm surprised a lot of the special effects and compositing in Dark Fate don't look convincing at all.

[–] bozo_500 (13151) 5 years ago

yes. I saw BR2 once at cinema (awesome experience..could barely believe I was sat in a theatre watching frickin Blade Runner 2) and not seen it again even though have the blu unopened. It almost feels like id be doing that initial theatre experience a disservice to see it again on a TV screen. but it was on uk tv just the other night and couldn't resist flicking back and forth a few times and man it was sloooow (no wonder it bombed lol).. eventually I watched an entire scene of Decakard and Wallace with CG Rachael and I was watching it in this half awake half asleep mode which kind of made it even more surreal .. so I think i'll leave it at that

With T:DF it was pretty much as you say there

[–] Alex (1504) 5 years ago

Blade Running time 2049 minutes! Give or take...