I'm almost expecting to see a space jockey origin story in there somewhere... 

from YT comments: "if this movie somehow ends up terrible, I hope the moments of me watching this movie will be lost in time, like tears in rain" 

but Sicario and Arrival give me hope. 

Have any of you guys ever read this book? https://www.inverse.com/article/7110-remembering-blade-runner-2-the-novelized-sequel-to-the-movie
I never did because Phil Dick = my absolute fav writer and K.W. Jeter = an insipid laborer who committed some uninspired & uninspiring Star Wars novels. The article seems to indicate I was right in not reading it and I hope the upcoming film isn't based on it. But considering the filmmaker, I guess there's little chance of getting a half-assed quasi-remake that would be an insult to both the first movie and the book. 

My friend created alternative music for Blade Runner 2049 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqEqhU-kk6g 

so so average. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhSLf0I-HM#t=46

@nitin - Not surprised. Anything redeeming about the movie? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYINUbHWQcI

Couldn't watch Baker's video on my phone, because there's a rights issue with some Fremantle content blocked in my country. Will watch with Tor later. 

Getting a barrel-scraping AvP vibe from that shower scene. Oh dear.

Rest looks ok. 

depends what one is looking for I suppose.

There's a mega extended battle/war sequence in the last 40 min that everyone seems to love but I just could not care less about anything or anyone by that point. Plus IMHO it wasnt that great spectacle wise either.

The Darth Vader cameo is cool, as is the droid sidekick, but that was about it IMHO. To me it felt like every other modern blockbuster, with all their failings, set in the Star Wars universe. 

I agree with Shambles, FOTY for sure. Most gripping, serious and atmospheric depiction of alien contact I've ever seen. And dat twist, great googly moogly... 

Plus, it was nice to see aliens who weren't bad guys, for a change. 

Could it be? Has someone churned out a modern sci-fi film that doesn't suck ass? Crazy times we live in! 

Go watch it, you won't regret it. 

My first thought as I came out of it was that this was the sort of film that an alternate universe Shyamalan would have made - the alternate universe where he continued to realise his potential after his early successes (obviously not the universe we're living in). 

YOU RAMPAGING BUTTOCK CREVICE SNIFFER 

Mods feel free to edit my post 

Welp. That was definitely a thing. I found the goody characters rather boring and undeveloped and impossible to give a shit about. Rather charmless. New baddy Krennic chap was good though. However I liked the film overall - a lot actually - because once it gets going, the action is balls-to-the-wall amazeballs and super-ultra-Star-Warsy. I guess that makes me part of the problem. :/

MINOR SPOILER BELOW THIS LINE!!!!
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A certain key human character from the OT is resurrected via CGI...it's pretty awesome that the character is there and has a surprisingly amount of screentime, but the fact that the CG is definitely not perfect just makes it really weird. 

echoes post 5784 but with a reverse outcome! 

A certain key human character from the OT is resurrected via CGI...
Is this really still a spoiler? I bet almost everyone interested in Star Wars already knows who you're talking about. In case some don't, no, it's not our favorite asthmatic buckethead. 

Is this really still a spoiler

It's one of the big moneyshots, so yeah I think so. Considering I got called out for mentioning Arrival had a twist (but not actually hinting what that twist was in any way) I think it was best not going into too much detail. 

before going in.

But could tell it was off straight away before realising of course it has to be off. 

I liked it more than ep7. I'm glad they had the balls to nuke a few people.

New baddy Krennic chap was good though

Agreed. I liked the character. fun fact: I did some photoshop and print work for that guy. I didn't know who he was until after the job was done. He was friendly dude, I assumed he was an alcoholic carpenter. you just never know. Also, he's like four feet tall. 

Yay :) 

Rogue One - 5/10. Found it to be very mediocre personally. Did not care about anything that happened.

Arrival - 8/10. Moody, intelligent sci fi. Amy Adams outstanding, score and direction also top notch.

Paterson - 7/10. Familiar feeling Jarmusch film but the characters are very likeable and the performances also lovely.

Nocturnal Animals - 8/10. Bold and stylish, acting all round is fantastic, thematically quite ambitious.