Blade Runner 2049

A follow-up sequel to the original has big shoes to fill. Consider them filled. My comments focus on the merits of the video and audio only as this is not a movie critique. JUST SMASHINGLY GOOD. The first Blade Runner was, by far, not only a masterpiece of work, but a milestone in pictures as well. BR 2049 delivers. SO, SO good. Yes, it's a dark story, I get that. It forces many questions to be answered and considerations to be made, regarding cloning and genetic research. Overall, I'm thrilled to have both BR and BR 2049 in our 4K HD collection of discs. Streaming these just can't compare in video, OR audio quality. Read more

If you want a disc that will show off what your home theater system can really do, this is it! Blade Runner 2049 on 4K UHD is reference quality from start to finish and easily earns 5 stars. Video Quality: The 4K transfer with HDR is jaw-dropping. The neon-lit cityscapes, desert wastelands, and moody interiors all pop with incredible detail and contrast. Blacks are inky but never crushed, and highlights have a richness that streaming just can’t deliver. Every texture—rain, dust, skin, fabric—feels more lifelike. Compared to streaming, the difference is night and day; it’s like watching the film for the first time again, almost theatrical in scope. Audio Quality: The Dolby Atmos mix is demo material. Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch’s score rumbles with chest-thumping bass, and the sound design surrounds you from every direction. Distant echoes, environmental effects, and flying vehicles overhead put you right inside the world. Even with a modest 7.2.4 Atmos setup, this disc makes you feel like you’re sitting in a high-end cinema. Bottom Line: This is the definition of demo-worthy. If you want to flex your system or experience Blade Runner 2049 the way it was meant to be seen and heard (at 0.0db Reference Level), the 4K disc is essential. Streaming doesn’t come close—this is pure home theater magic. Read more

Exactly the quality i expected. Sound especially is so much better than streaming. And the picture quality is way better than streaming. Sharper. Textures are more detailed and never any banding or stepped gradients that ruin every film online. Wich it was bundled with the original. Read more

There are things worth dying for. Sometimes you don't know it until you have to make a final fatal choice. Sometimes you don't know that you can make that choice. It helps to be familiar with the first "Blade Runner" movie before watching this, just so you can appreciate the connections between the two movies. Even so, I had to watch this movie twice to let everything sink in. The most wonderful think about "Blade Runner 2049" is that no character "good" or "bad" is one-dimensional. And thank heavens that Harrison Ford, returned as Deckard, is not romanticized. A very good movie that isn't non-stop action, there is some thinking going on. "Blade Runner 2049" came out in 2017 and is 164 minutes long. If you buy it on disc, you have several audio and subtitle options. Subtitles are available for the Special Features also: AUDIO – English (Dolby Atmos), English (DTS-HD Master Audio), English Descriptive Audio, French and Spanish (Latin America) SUBTITLES – English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, French, Spanish Special Features when purchased on disc: ...A... "Designing the World of Blade Runner 2049" (22 minutes) Commentators include Andrew A Kosove (producer), Denis Villeneuve (director), Ridley Scott (producer), Harrison Ford (plays Rick Deckard), Dennis Gassner (production designer), Ryan Gosling (plays K), Roger A Deakins (director photograhy), Broderick Johnson (producer), Cynthia Sikes Torkin (producer), Ana de Armas (plays Joi), Dave Bautista (plays Sapper Morton), John Nelson (visual effects supervisor), Karen Murphy-Mundell (visual effects producer), Doug Harlocker (prop master), Zsolt Tarnok (vehicle art director), Paul Inglis (supervising art director), MacKenzie Davis (plays Mariette), Jared Leto (plays Niander Wallace), Sylvia Hoeks (plays Luv), Alessandra Querzola (set decorator), Lennie James (plays Mr. Cotton) and Syd Meade (concept artist for the original Blade Runner). As you can see, lots of topics are touched on. Per Gassner, in 2049, "animals are extinct. We're kind of living on worms packaged in different ways." Giant sets were built, because they wanted as little green screen as possible. Gosling: "It was a living breathing universe." ...B... "To Be Human: Casting Blade Runner 2049" (17 minutes) New commentators, Hampton Fancher (screenwriter) and Carla Juri (plays Dr Anna). Kosove on Dave Bautista, [you will] "be quiet blown away by what a great actor his is. It's not just abou physicality, it's about depth and emotion and empathy." ...C... Prologues. Denis Villeneuve introduces each one. 2049 is 30 years after the original film. "I decided to ask a couple of artists I respect to create three short stories that dramatize some key events that occurred after 2019, when the 1st Blade Runner took place": ........ "2022: Blackout" (15 minutes, Wantanabe anime) How did the 10-year Black Out happen? ........ "2036: Nexus Dawn" (7 minutes, Luke Scott short film) The Black Out is over but a lot of data is lost and replicants are outlawed. In L.A., a meeting of the magistrate sector is stunned by a demonstration and proposal by Niander Wallace. ........ "2048: No Where to Run" (7 minutes, Luke Scott short film) How Sapper Morton comes to the attention of the Blade Runners. ...D... Blade Runner 101 (2 minutes each). New commentator is Michael Green (writer): ........ "Blade Runners" Gosling: "Replicants are seen as 2nd class citizens.... A very bleak, lonely existence." ........ "The Replicant Evolution" ........ "The Rise of Wallace Corp." ........ "Welcome to 2049" ........ "Joi" ........ "Within the Skies: Spinners, Pilotfish and Barracudas" Very good stuff, indeed. Happy Reader Read more