Blade Runner 2049

[YellerDog]

Why should real life be an automatic basis for fiction?

other than real life, yes, no supporting evidence

Check out this totally real theme park full of dinosaurs.

[Dolemite]

I love the hindsight wisdom on why it bombed. I didn’t even know it came out this weekend BTW. But if Terminator gets an infinite amount of sequels Bladerunner can handle one or two as well.

Terminator was once a successful franchise. Blade Runner never was.

other than real life, yes, no supporting evidence

I am now 100% convinced that cheeks has straight-up autism.

[bbobb]

I am now 100% convinced that cheeks has straight-up autism.

He's an engineer, most have at least some level of aspergers.

[YellerDog]

Terminator was once a successful franchise. Blade Runner never was.

Can you really call something that had one movie for thirty years a franchise? Apples and oranges. BR made it's money on video.

[Dolemite]

Can you really call something that had one movie for thirty years a franchise?

There hasn't been a 30 (or 20, or 15) year gap between any given Terminator film. Don't randomly make up stupid shit.

[YellerDog]

You sir, are the one throwing franchise around. The English Patient franchise will hear about this.

[Dolemite]

The eleventh English Patient game is due out on PS4 next week. All Blade Runner has is that crummy Westwood game.

[YellerDog]

Did you think I was saying Terminator wasn't a franchise? Get that reading comprehension.

[Dolemite]

Never said that. Reading comprehension indeed.

[YellerDog]

We're definitely typing past each other.

OK, so K breaks the antenna on his Girlfriend Emitter to keep "the company" off their tracks, but he drives out to Deckard in an on-network Police car? I get that he trusted his boss, but he's already clearly in deep shit with the police force AND being hunted by the company. What did he think was going to happen exactly?