This is thinking people science fiction

Rating: 9/10 (10 October 2017)

EXPLANATIONS FOR THE LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE OF BLADE RUNNER 2049 (MILD SPOILERS THAT DOESN'T REVEAL WHAT THE MOVIE IS REALLY ABOUT)
The main problem with selling this movie (which I found brilliant by the way) is that it is a follow-up on the original movie (which was also brilliant) but was done 35 years ago.
Another problem is the lack of interest from the people that are under 40.
Either they are more interested by Reality TV (Big Brother, Kardashians and such) or they don't know of the original and think Blade Runner 2049 stole from Orphan Black ;).
Orphan Black owes a lot to the ideas set forward by the original Blade Runner not the reverse.
Most modern science fiction movies are a mix of slapstick and action movies and this one really isn't.
This is thinking people science fiction (Notice I don't use the term Sci-Fi which I profoundly dislike).
Yes, I found it somewhat long in spots (My sister woke me up at one point as I fell asleep snoring) but it needed to be a slow developing mystery.
Apart from that the movie was exactly what it should be (Another masterpiece), everything clicks (except maybe the part with "Gaff" but again the guy is old and might have memory loss).
It was everything I expected, the only thing I didn't expect was that I would be crying when Joe leaned back on the stairs at the end of the movie and they cue in the music from the death of Roy Batty in the original.
By the way, did you know that a scene at the beginning is a reworked leftover from the original movie script.
I found out watching "Dangerous Days" the film that gives information on the difficult making of the original.