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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 19, 2018 23:25:21 GMT
I think it already is regarded as such. By me, for instance.
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Post by pendragon on Mar 19, 2018 23:37:06 GMT
It isn't already?
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Mar 20, 2018 0:07:50 GMT
I am super curious how 2049 will age. The original gained its status first by being hugely influential in its unique aesthetic, then successive re-edits made people focus more intently on some of the finer details until eventually things like the "tears in rain" monologue became just as entrenched in pop culture as the digital billboards on the skyscrapers. Plus, it in a way was kind of helped by being a bomb. It made it prime for re-evaluation or re-discovery buoyed by vocally passionate fans whenever Ridley Scott came back around with another crowd-pleasing home run - Thelma & Louise and the one-two punch of Gladiator and Black Hawk Down were super instrumental in entrenching Scott's current reputation otherwise he probably would have been written off as a one-hit wonder with Alien for the general public.
2049 by design was not going to be able to change the game in terms of introducing us to a wholly unique new sci-fi world. It's almost certainly not going to get a ton of re-edits to spring up new conversations. It was a box office disappointment, sure, but nobody can pretend like it's an unknown diamond in the rough. Villeneuve is on a hot streak and had some broader financial success with Prisoners and Arrival but neither of those films really made much of a dent in the public conversation (hell, 2049 made more of a splash in terms of gross and conversation).
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Post by stephen on Mar 20, 2018 0:21:32 GMT
Like Mike says, 2049 doesn't have the cult appeal of the original, which had to grow in stature over decades and be critically reassessed, as well as go through the rigmarole of reappraisal that comes with a director's vision being compromised and said director becoming one of the undisputed greats. 2049 was critically acclaimed, far more than the original film was in its heyday, and there's really not much more that it can improve upon itself. I think it'll be seen as one of the peaks of the decade in terms of the genre, and I think it will be embraced by the fandom and with Blade Runner being far more mainstream now than it was in 1982, it will be seen as a worthy successor to the first film, but I don't see it getting the same rapturous adulation as the original simply because that one was maligned at first and had to claw its way out of the bowels of critical dismissal, just like The Thing did that same year, to cement itself in the pantheon.
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Mar 20, 2018 0:38:20 GMT
It is an astonishing achievement imo. I really don't know how you can be a fan of the original Blade Runner and hate the shit out of this film...you must only love the Original Theatrical Cut then  |
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Post by jakesully on Mar 20, 2018 2:03:48 GMT
future? and what some other under-appreciated 2010s films that you think will get bigger fans in the future? IMO its already a modern day masterpiece and brilliant sequel . What Villeneuve did here was a stunning achievement . (BRING ON DUNE!) as far as other under appreciated films of this decade go, can't really think of any off the top of my head atm. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 20, 2018 2:07:38 GMT
I don't think it'll reach the Original's status/regard... but I feel like it will definitely be spoken of as one of the best sci-fi's of the 21st century.
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Post by stephen on Mar 20, 2018 2:15:59 GMT
I don't think it'll reach the Original's status/regard... but I feel like it will definitely be spoken of as one of the best sci-fi's of the 21st century. I think in terms of "game-changers" in the genre, only Mad Max: Fury Road really fits the bill this decade. |
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Post by no on Mar 20, 2018 5:22:59 GMT
Nope
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Post by countjohn on Mar 20, 2018 5:40:23 GMT
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Post by Miles Morales on Mar 20, 2018 6:25:21 GMT
It should be.
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Mar 20, 2018 17:59:29 GMT
No
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 20, 2018 18:00:37 GMT
Widely, no. By a small minority of people, sure.
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Post by Archie on Mar 20, 2018 18:00:38 GMT
It already is.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 20, 2018 21:03:08 GMT
It's already regarded as a masterpiece. I think it'll be rediscovered by more people, if anything.
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Post by Film Socialism on Mar 22, 2018 8:05:38 GMT
by like redditors maybe
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