Snowpiercer? No. I’m not sure I even knew what it was based on.

Yeah. I think the fact that the original BR really wasn’t ABOUT Deckard being a replicant or human—it was sort of a theme in the background, but had nothing to do with the plot—saved it from falling into these types of plot holes. He never really even had a reason to question his identity. Rachel only brings it up…

Yeah, maybe. Still, I could see the police going, “yeah, that’s nice. Could we get a model that doesn’t require, you know, a place to live, and a paycheck, and have feelings of love that could be dangerous if not met? We’d like them just to report back to the storage locker so we can shut them down when not working.…

Loved Moon. But I thought they might have done a better job at explaining why a “replicant” would be made to feel those things more than BR2049. It’s been awhile, though.

Hm, maybe you’re right. Still, it would seem that the cost of a replicant needing a “home”, and yearning for love/sex would be pretty prohibitive, not to mention inconvenient. Maybe the movie answers those questions better than I took it after a first viewing. I just figured with the implanted memories, they could be…

Yeah. Under the premise of the original, Deckard being a replicant could have been a mistake, a test, and/or a closely-guarded secret. I liked how BR2049 turned some of that on its head with K, and it really could have worked except that K was publicly known to be a replicant, with a home and an A.I. girlfriend. It’s…

You know, I really kind of loved this movie. It’s a visual masterpiece. But as I’ve been thinking about it since I saw it on Saturday, some of the premises of the film seem a tad silly. SPOILERS AHEAD!

Perhaps I’m getting too old. While I will still see this, there isn’t much here that’s terribly compelling for me. Leia will be the emotional high point of the movie, certainly. But there’s just not a lot here that’s terribly different, or surprising, or even INTERESTING. More light sabers, more space battles. It’s…

Really liked this. It’s the first movie in years that I’ve decided before leaving the theater that I’d pick it up when it’s released on Blu-ray. It almost sucks even waiting that long to see it again. It’s gorgeous.

Yeah, I was surprised to see both Dune and Snowpiercer here. Snowpiercer especially, though. I mean, I guess it was pretty well-executed, but it has just about the dumbest premise I could imagine. I could never quite get beyond that.

Thinking of stuff that was missed: I’d say Contact deserves a spot, though I have a hard time revisiting it now. It’s a bit sappy.

Yeah, Matrix has certainly overshadowed Dark City. Which is a shame, because Dark City really gave Matrix its whole template, and is arguably the better movie.

Yeah, it should be on the list.

Not sure I can narrow it down to one. Don’t Come Around Here No More, It’s Good to Be King, Runnin’ Down a Dream, and Last Dance with Mary Jane are all contenders.

Eh. I’m pretty content for my appreciation of anime to begin and end with Akira. I’ve seen a few others—most recently I checked out Ghost in the Shell, just a couple months ago—but can’t say I’m bothered one way or the other.

I think Nancy Reagan had dibs on this a long time ago.

I hadn’t considered that. Cash also covered I Won’t Back Down.

Nice write-up, but couldn’t we have avoided mentioning the supposed premise for the sequel? I’ve been avoiding anything to do with the sequel, but didn’t think this article would have anything to do with it.

Oh man, you’re right. HBO doing Swamp Thing could be phenomenal, supernatural horror. Now I want this.

I’ve been saying this about BCS myself.