OT: Netflix shows off its greatness with Altered Carbon

OT: Netflix shows off its greatness with Altered Carbon Feb 3, 2018 21:55:01 GMT theravenking likes this

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Feb 3, 2018 21:28:53 GMT gomezaddams666 said:

Feb 3, 2018 20:45:55 GMT @bartlesby said:

What was confusing about Blade Runner 2049?

I thought it was pretty straightforward.

I think the problem is not pre ay the new movie, but the controversy surrounding the first movie involving the ending... meaning what is the real ending? Is it the theatrical version or the director's cut?

Same happened with Highlander II where multiple versions change canon and that kind'a sent the franchise to shit.

Well, Ridley Scott seems to be the only one that wanted Deckard to be a replicant and him being a replicant kinda derails the entire film and raises too many questions. If he was a replicant designed for hunting other replicants-- which can be the only reason a replicant would be put into his role and have the memories of a history performing that role-- then why is he not also physically equal to the other replicants? He spends an awful lot of time getting his ass handed to him in that film by the other replicants. Why would Tyrell put a replicant that is more sophisticated than Rachel into a role he is not suited for and furthermore why would he not be aware of it and instead serve a function similar to the soldier Batty, who was aware that he was not a human?

There are more narrative reasons why it doesn't make fit but RedLetterMedia covered many of the same issues I've had with that interpretation, so I'd just check out their Re:View on Blade Runner.

It makes sense that 2049 would go for the interpretation that he is not a replicant as that seems to have been the original intention by pretty much everyone except for Scott and it just fits the story better. (Although the film does wink at it a bit towards the end.)