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Disappointing. >> It is disappointing, isn't it? You know what's not disappointing? People who leave a like on this video. But you know what also is not disappointing? Getting Denis Villeneuve to direct this. >> This is before he was even the Dune man. >> That's right. >> This is before all his movies had failed financially. [laughter] Only some of his movies had failed financially at this point. They invited him. They're like, "Do you want to do a big sci-fi cyberpunk spectacular that's going to fail at the box office?" And he said, "Count me in. >> [laughter] >> Put my name on the dotted line. Am I Am I responsible for any of this debt? No? Good." >> Great. Do it. >> Mhm. >> The closest thing he'd done to this before was probably Arrival. >> Oh, yeah. >> Which is a spectacular sci-fi adventure. >> Yeah, it's an adventure. >> Adventure into sadness. Sad time loop sadness. And then he got the call for this. >> I've already explained the call. >> Oh, yeah, so he got the call. Also, he was asked to do this because Ridley Scott, who of course directed the first one, decided to direct Alien Covenant instead. >> Okay. >> Got a quote from Ridley Scott for this in who in 2023 said, "I shouldn't have had to make that decision, but I had to. I should have done Blade Runner 2." >> Okay. >> I'm glad he didn't. >> Interesting. >> Cuz I don't think he would have made a movie as good as this one. >> Very interesting. An interesting betrayal of your Ridley Scott fandom. You love Gladiator too. You love it when they fight those big CGI seal panthers or whatever they were. What do they What's he What do they fight in that? >> That was good. What What you're describing and I'm vaguely remembering. And at the end he's like, "ROME IS FOR FREEDOM. WE'VE DONE IT." WHO'S THE VILLAIN? That's Denzel Washington in the end, I think. >> He copped it in the end, didn't he? >> He deserved it probably cuz he shot Connie Britton. >> Oh, no. >> You've seen it too, right? >> I think so. Is that what happened at the end? >> Yeah, man. They fought in a little river. >> All right. >> Anyways, the story of this uh the world has gone to [ __ ] Sorry, the world has continued to go to more [ __ ] >> Even more so. >> Yeah, no good, man. And as a result of some things that have happened between 2019 and 2049, including a big blackout, which wiped out all the data. >> god, thank god. >> dream. >> What about my god all the all my credit card debt? Gone. >> All your photos? >> Good. >> Your MySpace? >> Yeah, good. Very embarrassing. I don't think that could be resurrected. But if it is >> Or your Ticketek app? >> Sure. >> You're sick of it, right? >> I'm sick of it. >> of all the price gouging. >> I'm sick of Ticketek and Live Nation. >> Yeah, man, all those. Uh so, we're in a paper future, really, aren't we? But also uh >> Also and also a little little crystal ball future. >> That's an old crystal ball, though, from the before times. Cuz that's where Deckard >> Yeah. >> Whatever. >> I'm aware. >> Yeah, you've seen the movie. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And also there was a point where uh replicants were outlawed >> Mhm. >> because they're the ones responsible for the blackout. But now there's a new guy, a new replicant building guy, who I'd love to talk about >> who's made replicants that are they'll just do what you're saying and they'll run around a bit, but they're always going to sit in front of the machine and and lock in. >> That's right. >> the zone. >> Hell yeah. I mean, just a side note, the the replicant emotional state test now is so much more intense than it was back in the day. It's like when back in the olden days, if you wanted to get a job at the supermarket, you just walked in and you gave a firm handshake to the manager, but now you have to like do a Zoom interview and an online quiz and then perform a one-act play about the fresh produce section or whatever. >> Absolutely. >> It's that now. >> And you're using an AI and you're talking to an AI. >> Right. >> It's a crazy world we live in and I like it. >> That's an acting exercise that >> Obviously, like the like a thing that Ryan Gosling would kind of warm up to get in the zone for acting. >> Is it? >> Yeah, something like that. Some [ __ ] you know? Something about remembering stuff and becoming K. Who's the chara- Who's the character of K? >> Oh, yes. >> Uh and what I think is a really interesting protagonist for this because yes, he is a Blade Runner like Deckard, but there's no ambiguity in terms of like, "Ooh, is he a man or not?" They just like, "No, he's not. He's a robot man." >> I mean, there is some ambiguity. >> Exactly. They do the ambiguity, but it's in a different and interesting way. >> Mhm. >> And I'd love you to tell me about it. I'm going to take a minute off. >> But I >> Well earned! The people said that I've been working hard and I need a minute off. >> I don't think anybody's saying that. I don't think anybody's saying that. >> Start it. Ben, start the clock. >> I think they're whipping. They're whipping you and they're like, "Do more work." >> They're whipping you to get into shape while I take a minute off. >> All right, cuz the he has he's got memories. K's got memories and he's like, "Oh, but of course they're fake memories cuz I'm a replicant or whatever." But then it turns out that maybe they're replica- they're they're not fake memories. They're they're they're memories from some guy, some kid or whatever. And he's like, "Maybe I'm Maybe I'm someone's kid." Right? Because there's there's evidence. >> We're all someone's daughters. We're all someone's sons. I'm sorry, I know I'm on break, but I just wanted to pop back in to say that. The John Farnham reference. Sorry, you were say- you were saying something else? >> Because they find the bones >> Yep. >> of a of a replicant, but then it turns out she was pregnant, but how could it be? And where's the kid now? And everybody's like, might be you, K. Well, like K's like that. Yeah. But he's keeping it a secret. >> Yeah, he's got it. >> Maybe it's him. >> Cuz he works for Robin Wright Penn and the all the all the corporations are coming after him. I'm on my back on break. I got bored. >> [laughter] >> Well, all right. You're going to work yourself to death, James. >> Good. I'm on break. >> [laughter] >> Cuz we have the power of free will, unlike those replicants. >> Yeah, so I that's all great. The ambiguity, the way they twist the ambiguity and and and cuz they were secretive in the lead-up to this about who K was going to be and whatever. And just straight out the gate, he meets little glasses Dave Bautista in his little glasses big acting era. >> Absolutely. >> Big subtle acting, I should say. >> True. >> And uh it's just like, yeah, he's a he's a replicant, man, straight up. I love all of that. And just the way he's treated in this universe is is so interesting because it's awful. >> Yeah. >> Like you see when the other uniformed cops are passing him and they're just like, [ __ ] you. And he's like, ah, just puts his head down. His boss is probably using him as a sex robot, also. >> Sure. >> [laughter] >> So, his role in this universe and the fact that also he has an apartment and he has to eat food and he has an AI girlfriend. >> Aw, isn't that sweet? >> It's really interesting. >> you think they just put him in a closet? >> Yeah, I know, right? >> police station. >> Yeah, well, that's where he keeps >> Next to the brooms. >> Next to the brooms, but that's also where's he going to keep his coats if he's uh >> It's a good point. >> he's in the closet, you know? >> I guess he'd put him on the coat rack. >> Yeah, I guess he could, yeah. >> In the closet. Yeah, and then he's one coat and maybe only has one coat. >> he does he need to is he I guess he is sweating, I believe. >> He's like the first time around. >> He's just a guy. He's a human. He's a human. [laughter] He's Yeah. >> He's got all the emotions and [ __ ] You can hit him in the head, he doesn't like it. He's a bit stronger. He's got some good action set pieces in him. Uh but yeah, he's he's a guy. What I really find interesting about his AI girlfriend is she's clearly a corporate product because she's angling for an upgrade like early on. And she's clearly built just to tell him he's amazing, which is, you know, what AI is now. As soon as he comes home, she's like, "Oh, I've been, you know, I've been cooped up here all day. I got a bit of cabin fever." >> Mhm. >> Angling If If only there was some piece of technology you could purchase that would let me uh uh roam free. >> I don't think there's I mean, Mackenzie Davis even says this, but I don't really think there is much to that to that AI system. >> Right. >> Cuz they, you know, they interlink at one point we could talk about. But, she's like, "There's not much in here. You're That's you're a pretty basic program." She also, you know, she gives him the name Joe, and then later he meets like a a big commercial for one of those who also calls him Joe. So, it's clearly things that they just do. But, you know, she does >> you think his phone's listening in? >> I absolutely. Well, that's why she cuts herself off from the from the server or whatever. So, I guess she does have some fondness for him or some, you know, programming that that looks after him. But, yeah, I just that whole interaction is like, I don't know about this, man. >> You don't know about this dystopian future, James? >> Yeah, some of what I like. >> I'm all for it. >> Yeah, okay. I like their plastic raincoats. That's cool. >> That is fun. >> And you would get to, you know, fake kiss fake Ana de Armas, and that would be fun. >> I don't want to fake kiss fake anybody. >> Interesting. >> [laughter] >> Even on break. >> So, you'd rather real kiss everybody? >> I mean, not everybody. >> I don't know, man. Jared Leto? >> No. >> Well. >> Let's talk about that. So, there's a couple of villains in this. Jared Leto >> real life and in the movie. >> Yes, that's right. Jared Leto uh plays >> Niander Wallace. >> who is the um >> He's the replacement Tyrell. >> Tyrell, who got his head squeezed open in the first movie. I think this is even for the time such a like a big misstep casting him. >> Interesting. You don't think he has a a well-deserved air of menace? >> Um yeah, but I think that's Also, he's annoying because on like on the days and whatever he put in the contacts and had people lead him around. You know he's all method and whatever. >> you're absolutely right. >> are going to always like, you know, I worked with a guy, I can't really say who, but it was on Morbius and he sucks. And I'm like, God, I wonder who that is. So, yeah, there's that sinister air to him. >> talking about Matt Smith. >> They probably [laughter] are. There is that sinister air to him. Uh and apparently they cast him cuz he's got a rockstar vibe cuz apparently David Bowie was Denis Villeneuve's first choice. >> Ah, but he passed away. >> Which would have been better, I think. But yeah, the fact that he is like a weird creep in real life, I guess that helps. >> Sure. >> But I don't like looking at him. >> Yeah, mhm. >> And I don't think he's that good an actor. >> Mhm. >> And allegedly >> Yeah. >> all of the things, etc. >> Do you like his little satellite nuggets? >> That's fun. But he didn't invent that in real life. >> Well, that's true. >> Yeah. >> No. >> Yeah, I love I mean, the retro future technology cuz what you got to do for this movie is it's an extension of the future of 2019 from the perspective of 1982. >> The cassette futures with the Atari. >> future, exactly. So, you know, you got things like big brands. Like, what could Atari possibly be doing? >> Casinos. NFT casinos. We've talked about this. >> We know that now. >> Yeah. >> But in the world of Blade Runner >> Yeah. >> I I looked into it cuz I was like, what's What do Atari make >> do they make in 2049? >> Yes. >> And there's no hard evidence, but there was an Atari tie-in baseball cap that has speakers in the brim. >> Okay. >> It also has Bluetooth and it can take phone calls. >> Wow. >> [laughter] >> Does that sound annoying and would look bad? >> Yeah. You know what they probably make? Pervert glasses. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, that's the way technology is going. >> Yeah, that's true. There's a pervert glasses in this. You can drone strike people while being a pervert. >> Hell yeah. >> Love, by the way, who I think is an like a great choices of a villain. The way she kills David Dastmalchian in this [ __ ] >> hell, man. That's pretty ordinary, isn't it? >> And from behind, dishonorable. >> Yeah, dishonorable. The model work in real locations in this is incredible. I think it's also worth pointing out that there's like over 1,100 visual effects shots in this movie. >> Name one. >> Uh there's an AI that there's a CGI woman. >> Oh yeah, okay, sure. >> Yeah. I don't know if that's Is that multiple effects in one? Cuz hair is different than skin, and eyes are different than teeth. >> I'm only counting one. >> Okay, good. But uh the model work in this is great. Weta Workshop, who recently disclosed on Corridor Crew, they don't have a miniatures department anymore, which is such a travesty cuz so much of this the city and buildings and in this they're real things that they built. >> What do you think the models are now? I'll stop you right there. A pervert. >> rolling around in them, yeah. >> personal collection. He's oiled up the city and he's rolling around in it. >> Yeah. And look, there is CGI enhancement to that, but there is something to be said for not the pervert thing. That's That's the thing he's doing. I'm oiling Godzilla. >> [laughter] >> Rolling it around. But you know, you feel it when it's a camera moving through an actual space as opposed to a CGI camera moving through a a nothing space, you know? You can tell. And of course, this movie earned Roger Deakins his first Academy Award for incredible filmmaking. What's his role again? Looking at stuff through a camera? >> Cinematographer, yes. >> Cinemaman? Is that what he is? >> He's a cinemaman, yes. >> Okay, that's what I thought. You probably know this, but he'd been nominated for an Oscar 13 times prior to this. >> 13-time Oscar loser. >> Yeah. >> Wow. Wow, who else can say that? Not us. >> Not us. >> We've never lost an Oscar 13 times. >> Not us, and I never would. But you know, you could talk about the cinematography of this. That in itself is like it's probably a really good video that somebody else has made. >> Sure. >> Who knows something about cinematography. >> It's called Blade Runner 2049, a moody masterpiece. >> It is, isn't >> You know? >> Yeah. >> It's It's got some stock audio. Some spooky one from the YouTube audio library. >> Oh my god, I love that YouTube audio library. I'm always looking at it and going >> Here's a snippet. >> God, that's good, isn't it? >> Right? >> Yeah. But the one piece of information from this I I really liked was that for old Vegas, he was inspired by the time that the Sydney Opera House in Australia was it got dust stormed. Do you remember that? >> I do, James. >> went red and orange. >> Of course I do, James. I was there seeing John Farnham. >> Were you? >> Yeah. >> How'd he go? >> He was red. >> Was he? He was cuz cuz of the dust. >> Yeah. And cuz he gives it all. >> He does give it all also. >> Yeah. >> Australian legend. >> Agreed. >> Syd Mead also helped with Vegas because Vegas is also that's the old Blade Runner world. And he of course worked on the original. >> Yeah. >> I think it's one of the last things that he did. Might might even be the last thing that he did. Good way to go out, man. >> I mean, I I'd rather go out surrounded by my friends and family and loved ones. >> Okay. >> As opposed to fiddling with a little model, but whatever. >> [snorts] >> You do you, Syd Mead. RIP. Ooh, this is my favorite thing to do. Uh >> [laughter] >> Cut that back. Cut that back. >> Come on, man. >> Cut that out. >> Extended? >> Extended edition. >> Um The sex scene. >> Sure. >> Which horny dark futurist thought of this? >> Probably dark futurist Syd Mead. RIP. >> [laughter] >> So, it's not enough that you've got an AI hologram girlfriend. >> Sure. >> Or a replicated woman. >> Mhm. >> You got to like I mean, it's a pretty cool visual, you know, having them kind of morph into one and the and the echoes of them both together. >> Sure. >> But this is somebody's dream now forever, I feel. >> Look Look at this guy. What a prude. >> I just think it'd be confusing. >> Okay. >> like morphing >> thing in and out. Just go with the flow, man. >> I'm Look, man. I don't know if you know anything about me, Mason. >> I don't. >> I'm I'm not a threesome guy, I think. I don't know. I've never done it. But I just think there's too much going on. And God bless you if you're out there but doing that, but I don't know, man. >> God bless you for out there writing writing The Thing erotic fan fiction. >> [laughter] >> But I guess not everybody likes kind of just a just a constantly mutating flesh object. think >> probably have to work your way up to it, you know, you don't start there, I assume. >> Probably not. >> You know? >> Probably start with a Gumby. >> [laughter] >> That's terrible. Anyways, Harrison Ford is back. >> Oh, yeah, we haven't talked about Harrison Ford yet. >> Well, he does turn up at the hour 45-minute mark. >> That's right. >> Yeah. Uh there was there's a few other returning characters, of course. Edward James Olmos >> Mhm. Mhm. >> uh makes a brief cameo. Sean Young again, who we'll talk about. But uh I think of the stuff that they give him where he's able to act >> Sure. >> and or do an action scene or be emotional, I think he does really well. >> How about the sitting? Do you like the sitting? >> is all right. He is in a t-shirt for a lot of it. I think you mentioned that a couple weeks back. But yeah, I maybe they could have I don't know. Hanley? Future Hanley? All that >> You Oh, you only say that cuz you're you're you're you're under the thumb of Big Hanley. >> I am under the thumb of Big Hanley. What about that that weird plaid checkered pattern shirt from the first one? >> back. >> old version of that, you know? >> back. >> Yeah. >> old and weathered and it's sleeveless now. >> Yeah, showing off his big biceps. >> Yeah, he's got big biceps, man. >> got the tie. >> Yeah, he does. >> Uh yeah, I mean, I love their first interaction, which is a you know, a fight in a booby-trapped former Las Vegas hotel. That's a lot of fun. >> Really cool. Holograms going on and off or whatever. >> Yeah. >> But I also one of the things I like from this and his AI girlfriend like reinforces this in him cuz you know, he finds the wooden horse which belonged to the original memory owner and it's not him even though he has that memory or whatever. They say in the first movie that you can you can implant >> memories, like real memories into a person. >> Correct. >> And that becomes like such a big part of this story. And it also cuz like if if he has those memories, which basically means that he lived that experience, in a way he is the original person. >> Oh. >> Do you Do you know what I mean? >> I do know what you mean. >> But the fact that he thinks he's a special boy and he's not. I mean, it was 2017. That was the era of you think you're special, but you're really nobody, you know? >> That's so true. >> So, but then shortly after that you thought you were nobody but actually you were Rey somebody. >> Yeah. >> Skywalker Palpatine. >> Exactly. And we look we know Ryan Gosling is doing a Star Wars movie but this character just died on some steps. So I don't think he's going to come back to be somebody. >> So he's Joe Step Dyer. >> Yeah, yes he is. >> He died doing what he loved Sid Mead style. Oh, I'm dying on these steps. Oh, I love it. >> It's a six-ended an asteroid I guess cuz this if I just put this in >> That would be weird without any previous context, yes. >> I'm taking a break. >> Take a break. >> All right. >> Now this isn't an action movie but there are some incredible action sequences and they're only brief. >> Well then wouldn't you say it is an action movie? >> I would say it is an action movie. I've changed my mind. I think my favorite moment in this is when the scavengers go to rob him and >> just he just >> He brains one of them. >> Yeah, [laughter] just immediately. That's that's move number one. I guess you that's how you prove you're the alpha. >> Yeah. And the way he the way he doesn't fire many >> shots but when he does >> Uh-huh. >> it's just like the three shots that he does is it's so precise >> Mhm. >> and incredible. It's great. >> God, that guy would be sore on the side the next morning. You know what I mean? He'd be like >> Ooh. >> Ooh. >> You don't think he'd be like his spine would be in two pieces? >> Well the spine is a series of pieces, you know, cuz it's uh >> Yeah. >> If anything it'd be like why is my spine fused itself together into two only two pieces? >> Yeah. >> It's a miracle. >> [laughter] >> This is a utopian future full of miracles. >> It certainly is Mason. So we find out also later in the film that there's a revolution going on which stemmed from when Harrison Ford and Rachael had a baby and that baby because they're both replicants probably. They never even answer if Harrison Ford is a replicant which is good, I think. You don't need to. It's not the point of that character or the movie or it is, I don't know. The point is that you don't need to know. >> But what if you want to know? >> What do you think then? >> No. >> Okay, he's not. >> Um but there is this slow burn >> God, I've I've got a real talent for convincing people of things. [laughter] >> You really do. But there is this slow, you know, bubbling revolution that's happening which I guess we're going to see play out in Blade Runner 2049 which is when that has happened. But it's interesting seeing the seeds of that here. And of course Harrison Ford gets to reunite with with Rachel who's not not the original Rachel but I don't know man. Look I know it's 2017. It's really good but I don't >> Oh you you're not you're not convinced by that. >> No I mean again it's really good. It's I mean it's as good as you could do it. Sean Young has an opinion on this though. Of course played Rachel. She said wasn't that so full of [ __ ] and there was nothing I could do about it. It was very clear that they knew that the audience would be upset if I wasn't in it but they didn't want me to [ __ ] about it publicly. So they paid me some money made me sign a non-disclosure agreement. >> [laughter] >> Which expired which expired moments before this interview I guess. >> Yes and gave me 30 seconds and I was like fine. They did give my son Quinn a job. There you go. That's cool. In visual arts on the film and I said all was forgiven. He's got great skills. >> All right then. Great. >> That's fun. >> That's fun. But you know what else is I mean I'm sure I'm sure Quinn Young loves to hear that story and know that that's how he got the job. >> mommy got me my job. Yeah but she was in Blade Runner man. She's Blade Runner. I think that's okay right? You know your mom can get you a job. Your mom got you this job. >> That's right. She was here for the interview. >> [laughter] >> Uh speaking of being there director Denis Villeneuve obviously he was under immense pressure about the sequel. He wasn't sure whether he wanted to do it. He said it multiple times. >> Maybe he was like this is this is like God I'm having the ride of my life. This is so easy. >> No Mason. He was like what a hard follow up to do. >> I would have said it was easy. >> So >> [laughter] >> Just say that in every interview. >> No man it's easy I got this. >> Yeah yeah and then it would come out and people are like this is a masterpiece and he said it was easy you know. >> Going with the confidence of a young Paul W.S. Anderson I think. >> Right exactly. >> Yeah. But uh >> Soldiers said in the Blade Runner universe, he said, and people agreed with him for some reason. And people made videos about it years later for some reason, like two idiots. >> There is at least one definitive link, and I do want to talk about it, to the movie Soldier. >> Oh. >> So, he for the longest time he was like, "I don't want to do that. I think nobody should make a Blade Runner sequel." But, then he did. >> Again, Denis, if you're listening, you should have said, in fact, you can say it now. You can be like, "Finally, I can be open about this. I knew someone had to make a Blade Runner sequel, and I knew it could be me, and I knew it would be good, and it was easy, and I had a great time." >> [laughter] >> Well, what he didn't have a great time with was Ridley Scott was on set a lot. >> Oh, here we go. I thought you were busy with that other thing you said you're doing, Alien Covenant. >> that busy. You've seen that movie. But, uh so, apparently Ridley Scott's presence became nearly unbearable when it came time to direct Harrison Ford. So, Denis finally asked Scott, "How would he feel if his favorite director, Ingmar Bergman, >> Mhm. >> was looking over his shoulder while directing?" Scott had a good laugh, but understood and left. I mean, that's hard when the guy is behind you who directed the film. >> out Ingmar Bergman. >> Exactly. He probably had that ready to go. Do you reckon he Googled, "Who's Ridley Scott's favorite director? I'm going to throw this at him tomorrow." >> Yeah. >> But, even though I think Harrison Ford is good in this for the time that he's given, there's things like at the end when they're doing a punch-up at the beach. >> Sure. Mhm. >> He's just >> we all? >> Yeah, we've all done it. >> It's an Australian rite of passage. >> We're going to do it after this. But, um he's just kind of sitting in a chair like, "Ugh." Like, "I'm drowning, I think." >> Yeah, that's right. >> Harrison, in this scene you're drowning. We're going to simulate that by filling this room with water. >> [laughter] >> So, yeah, just feels a bit like, I don't know, you know? >> You're saying it's Harrison Ford doing his Harrison Ford thing. >> Well, I think he does his good Harrison Ford thing in this, but but there I think for they should have given him something else to do in that moment. Cuz he literally is just drowning until >> Ryan Gosling rescues him. Like, that's the the sequence. >> Yeah. >> And then the replicant's like, I'm the best one. I'm like, that's a [ __ ] inside thing. >> what he could have done? He could have He could have sawn the handcuffs open. With what? Origami unicorn that he kept that he kept from the first movie. And everyone would be like, "Oh my god, it's the origami unicorn from the first movie." >> And it's hardened WITH TIME. >> AND GAFF knew that this would happen cuz they have the same memories cuz they're both a replicant of each other. >> you said he was a regular man. >> And then he spin kicks. He spin kicks everyone, you know? Which he learned from his spinner. >> That's good, Mason. Well, speaking of spinners. Oh, and it's nice that he gets to reunite with his daughter. I think I think it's really lovely. Yeah. That's a great ending. >> not reunited, just regularly united. >> Glass. >> Well, cuz she he never met her. >> I never met her, you're right. Cuz he was doing the right thing. He was doing the safe and right thing. >> So, you're a person. Yes, I am. And you're also a person, Harrison Ford. Very good. This is good. We are good friends and family now. I know. Who's that guy on the steps? I don't know, some guy. >> I think he's a robot. I didn't ask. >> He's dead, but who cares? >> [laughter] >> He died doing what he loved. Stairs. >> Stairs. Death on stairs. >> Uh anyways, you know what it's time for? >> What's it time for? >> Trivia runner. TRIVIA 49. >> WOW. >> YEAH. Here's the Here's that soldier thing you were talking about. >> Oh, yes. >> You that you brought up. >> Yeah. >> The garbage scales that K sees in the metal wasteland on his way to the sweatshops are nearly identical to the ones seen by Todd in the uh off-world colony of Arcadia. >> Nearly identical? >> Nearly Well, it's been 20 odd years or whatever. >> must have been had a slight upgrade. >> Yeah. >> Because of the requirements of the local council. Sure. But also, they're just they're bins. >> Yeah, didn't Niander Wallace agree that the soldier >> There's only a certain There's only certain design features a bin can have. >> Mason, if we don't link this back, this can't be the Blade Runner trilogy. It has to be two Blade Runner movies and just whatever in the middle. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Well, why can't that be the name of the trilogy? >> I guess it can. >> When you When you When you uh When you mash these up at the end of the year, it should just be called two Blade Runner movies and something in the middle. >> Something you won't like. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Uh Harrison Ford actually agreed to sign on to this movie before Denis Villeneuve. >> He was already in. >> Cuz did he think it was cuz Ridley Scott was going to direct it? >> Yeah, or whoever. >> Um >> Did he think he was going to get money for it? >> Yeah, he did. Well, it's estimated, nobody knows, that he got about 12 million for this. >> Not bad. >> Good money if you can get it, which we can't. >> Correct. >> we had a legacy sequel we could do. >> Right? >> Yeah. >> You know what? If we stop doing these videos today, >> Interesting. Go on. >> we come back in several decades. >> 2049. >> 2049. >> Yeah. >> It'll be a big flop. Our videos will be a big flop. >> Yeah, this was a big flop. I want to talk about that. >> million dollars? >> Yeah, we got 12 million dollars. >> Okay. >> So there's a bunch of supplementary material for this. There was three short films that came out before Blackout >> Mhm. >> 2022, >> Yep. >> which is about the blackout. It's also by one of the guys who did The Animatrix. It's cool. Then there's Nexus Dawn, which is about uh bringing the replicants back. >> Mhm. Then there's Nexus Dork, which is about what some guy who watches all these little Blade Runner prequels. Oh, watches them on the internet. Ugh. >> Uh that's rude. That's rude. Whoever that Whoever you're talking about. And there's 20 >> I'm talking about you, the viewer. >> There's And there's uh 2048: Nowhere to Run, which is about the Dave Bautista character and basically >> Sapper Morton. >> Yeah, he he reveals himself to the world and that's how he That's how That's how it kicks off the the movie. >> Yeah. >> And the trailer etc. Uh you might have seen it, Mason, but the original police spinner from Blade Runner is so very briefly seen when Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling are running to escape and then it just gets torpedoed or missiled, whichever one is above the sea. Uh so that's cool. They put that in for a second. >> Pretty cool. >> They damn, they kept that car for like 30 years. It's [ __ ] >> Kept it in pristine condition. >> Yeah. >> In my lounge room for some reason. >> In my Vegas lounge room. Now, Blade Runner famously, original Blade Runner, and probably Soldier, but probably not really, is famous for its extended cut. >> Oh, yes. >> Mhm. >> This one >> Yes. >> does, in a way. >> Go on. >> Editor Joe Walker, he said that the first assembly of this film was nearly 4 hours, and for convenience sake, and also for his bladder's sake, he said, they broke it into two viewings. And he said there was something about breaking into those two halves that flowed really well. And he toyed with the idea of, well, what if um, you know, why don't we >> Speaking of flowing really well. This will be extended. I'll cut it really well. >> So, they toyed with the idea of it giving each half a title. So, people have taken that as >> Before the piss break and after the piss break. >> Yeah, that's right. Yeah. >> 2049. >> Empty bladder, not empty bladder. Flip that. Full bladder, empty bladder. 2049. And people have been like, oh, so this was going to be two movies. That was never really going to be the case. >> No, you idiots. You Nexus dorks. >> I'd see 4 hours of this. It is a slow movie. And there's sequences where, you know, like Ryan Gosling walks into B Vegas. >> Uh. >> And he was just told like, walk slower. Just slow. Slow. And I like the pace of this. I think it works really, really well. >> Slow, dumbass. >> You slow, dumbass. >> Even slower. Yeah, it's got like the What I love about the movie is that it it it basically has two moods. Like, slow, haunted, melancholy, and like dread proceeding intense, upsetting violence. >> Yeah. >> Pretty cool. >> Pretty cool. >> Pretty cool. >> But, you know what's not cool? >> What's that? >> The box office. >> going to say war. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Come on, man. Think about it. What's worse? >> We got that good song about how war's not good though, and I like that. >> Okay. Box office is worse, then. >> It is. >> Bad box office. >> On a budget of $150 million, potentially more, and it would be more obviously for marketing, etc. This made $276 million worldwide. And I guess it was discovered that the masses don't have like a nostalgia for Blade Runner. Like, it's known as a good movie. >> Yeah. >> But >> They've got nostalgia for Blade. They've got nostalgia for Cool Runnings. You put them together, not so much. >> Blade Runnings. >> Blade Runner's >> [laughter] >> Uh you know who didn't like this though? Rutger Hauer. >> You didn't give me a chance to answer. >> Do you know who doesn't like this? >> Um Uh Ryan Gosling? >> I don't know actually. I assume he liked it. He did a pretty good job. >> Yeah, I think so too. But we don't know we don't know the man's heart and mind. >> Yeah, if you know him, ask him. >> Is that the correct answer? >> No. Rutger Hauer. >> Oh, what? >> He said, "It looks great, but I struggle to see why that film was necessary. I just think if something is so beautiful, you should just leave it alone and not make another film. It's not a character-driven movie and there's no humor. There's no love. There's no soul. You can see the homage to the original, but that's not enough for me." I mean, he is >> Sounds Sounds like someone didn't get invited back. >> You bring him back So did Rachel. >> Yeah, she died. But um she got shot in the head. Uh >> What? >> I mean, he's I I don't agree with that, but you know, I wasn't the best part of the first Blade Runner movie, so what do I know? >> Yeah. >> But Ridley Scott and also directed Denis Villeneuve, they have opinions on that movie. >> Oh, they bet they would. >> This man >> I bet they would. >> [laughter] >> I bet they would. Here we go. Here we go. >> Um >> Couple of Hollyweird types with their opinions. Can't wait to hear this. >> Both of them have cited the movie's length and slow pacing as the main reason for its disappointing box office. Scott felt that the movie was at least 30 minutes too long. I would see that 4-hour cut though. >> Yeah, I'm sure. >> And although he admitted that he was partially to blame since he provided input for the screenplay, and Villeneuve said that while he's proud of the movie, he realized afterwards that he had made the most expensive arthouse movie in cinema history. Uh and that's a huge financial risk, but I don't care. It's great. I'm glad it exists. >> Not our money. >> No, we don't give a [ __ ] >> That's exactly right. >> Thanks Sony and Warner Brothers and whoever else it is, you dumb asses, you stupid idiots. >> asses. >> Um future of Blade Runner, obviously obviously there was an anime called Black Lotus in 2021, which I haven't seen, but apparently is good. And of course we've got the upcoming televisual series. >> That's right. >> Will there be a a cameo from Ryan Gosling? >> No. >> Interesting. >> Mhm. >> You don't know that for sure. The Limitless TV series had a cameo from >> Cameo from Ryan Gosling. >> From Ryan Gosling. No, Bradley Cooper. >> Ryan Gosling did >> like, "I'm still limitless." You wouldn't believe how limitless I am. >> I'd believe it. >> And the And the main guy in the show was like, "Wha wha wha wha?" "Wha wha? I thought I was only the only guy who was limitless." >> No, man. >> "Wha wha wha wha wha?" >> Watch the Limitless movie. Get educated. >> Right. >> That's what Bradley Cooper should have >> was in it. >> [laughter] >> I'll also, for people wondering, the 1995 sequel novel Blade Runner: The Edge of Human, author K.W. Jeter provided an in-universe origin for the term Blade Runner, explaining it as a corruption of the German phrase "bleib ruhig", meaning "stay quiet". Or [snorts] stay calm. >> Oh, it's both. >> It's both. >> All right. >> Those Germans. >> That's a That's a You say that to somebody. I guess it's context-related, right? It's like, "What are they saying to me right now? What are these Germans saying to me?" >> Maybe they had Maybe they were initially hunting down a bunch of German replicants. And they'd BE LIKE, "STAY CALM! STAY CALM!" BANG! BANG BANG BANG! BANG! BANG! BLADE RUNNER'S DONE IT AGAIN. It's worked. >> And you look at this guy on the ground, dead. He stayed calm. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Anyways, wow, do you want to hint towards next week? Wow. >> Yeah, wow. >> Here it is. >> What is it? >> Can't remember. >> Nice. >> Um >> Extended cut? >> Yeah, probably. >> Yeah, nice. >> If you do want to see that early, you can if you become a YouTube member or a Patreon member or a Big Sandwich member. It's got a bunch of bonus stuff, other stuff going on over there. It's exclusive and cool and fun. And we have a podcast that's called The Weekly Planet. Check it out every day. >> They call it the Blade Runner of podcasts. >> They do. >> 2049. >> Yeah. >> They call it the Soldier of podcasts. >> Oh, no. >> Yeah. >> Oh, no. >> They call it the Paul W.S. Anderson-directed movie of podcasts. >> Oh, no. >> So, sometimes it's good. >> Oh, no. >> And sometimes it's Soldier. >> Oh, no. >> Sometimes it's a Resident Evil sequel. >> Oh, no. >> Yeah. >> But, thank you so much to Ben for the edit. >> Thank you, Ben. >> God, hell of a time doing all this. >> like Blade Runner 2049? >> I did. >> Thumbs up or thumbs down? Not you, Ben. I already know what you think. >> to say cuz I said it earlier. >> Earlier in the week you were pumping your fist in the air cuz you got to you had you got to rewatch Blade Runner 2049. >> off. I was holding off and now I'm done it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. All right. Thanks, everyone. >> Grab that, Jimmy. Guys, we'll see you next week. >> Goodbye.