Why the Hate?

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2018)

Along with the usual suspects of 'paid off' reviewers & the like, the amount of hate towards the movie is somewhat baffling. I'm guessing either the reviewers expected a carbon copy of the original (useless, as the original is so much itself that any copy would be soulless) or a slap in the fast towards the original.
Really? Piecing together the events of the original with some of the first movie's characters (Rachel's scene is unmissable) and heading in a twisting, turning direction that both beguiles and shocks seems quite appropriate for a sequel.
The reviewers who have laid the hate on thick are either butthurt millenials who were offended by this continuation of what they no doubt describe as a 'retro, cult classic' or others who haven't even seen the original, read the book it was inspired by or lived through that particular cinematic timeframe.
If you actually love Blade Runner for the genre-defining classic that it is, I heartily recommend Blade Runner 2049 without reservation.