# Talk:Blade Runner 2049

I am specifically challenging this edit by User:MacCready on 22 March 2019 and this edit by User:TropicAces on 11 January 2018. It's clear the editors haven't properly reviewed Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, and the result is very sloppy.  As discussed in the Perennial sources table, Forbes Contributors are treated as self-published sources and are reliable sources only insofar as they are talking about themselves. Any objections? --Coolcaesar (talk) 20:46, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

I hold no objection to removing the Forbes source, but IndieWire, /Film and Hollywood Reporter are all sufficient, established publications to cite the film being a bomb (it objectively lost money). TropicAces (talk) 21:13, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
The sources don't seem especially problematic to me. In any case, the edits appear to have been made in WP:GOOD FAITH and don't merit a swipe at the abilities of the editors concerned. Maybe discuss the merits of each source and clarify why you think the Daily Telegraph or Hollywood Reporter fail WP:RS. Cnbrb (talk) 23:56, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
I thought the citation to Perennial sources should have been clear enough in and of itself but apparently it wasn't.  I am planning to eliminate only the citations to Forbes Contributors and statements based on those citations. --Coolcaesar (talk) 17:01, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

This is not an encyclopedia for feminists. The encyclopedia is supposed to be objective, not politically correct. So what that there are some sources of information, if they are irrelevant? Is it supposed to be relevant just because some inferior reviewer wrote it that way? Will you give every opinion here? 
I propose to introduce the following rule to NPOV: write as if 50 years ago it was also written that way.  Pawel.jamiolkowski (talk) 13:42, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

No. This film was released in 2017, not 50 years ago, and this is the contemporary response to it from highly reputable sources and from the creatives themselves. —El Millo (talk) 16:48, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Reviewing this section, the content appears to be reliably sourced. I do not see any policies or guidelines being violated. The section is clear with in-text attribution about who said what. If there is an issue with balance, then there should be a discussion about if we have looked for everything from all reliable sources. For example, I do see this from The Conversation. Furthermore, the section is focused on portrayal of women, and there could be subsections to cover other subtopics. I am seeing in Google Scholar some articles related to capitalism, and I also see two philosophy-related books about the film. In short, I can see a case for expanding commentary, not removing it in its entirety. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 17:43, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Hilarious, how this section has attracted more triggered male complaining over the past 5 years than anything else. Just because you personally disagree with something is not a reason for it to be deleted it from an article. A rational adult can read something, find it interesting and still disagree with it. Cnbrb (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
The reality is that academic takes, no matter how badly written or reasoned, are not in violation of Wikipedia policy. The solution has always been to expand the commentary to include reliable sources that expose the foolishness of a given article. But just wanting to eliminate the context of contemporary perspective itself is not an answer. There's plenty on this page, both complimentary and negatively critical, that I think doesn't hold up in certain ways, but it's a reflection of the reality of quasi-pundits. We've all got to deal with it. YouCanDoBetter (talk) 02:36, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
I agree with the sentiment about the social commentary being out of place.
I do not propose deletion however it is very clear and despite the tag of "Social Commentary" It is without a doubt feminist critique(A line is thrown to justify the name social commentary).
I propose either renaming the section feminist critique or simply trimming down the section because they are going too in depth.The references are very good, one of them directly to one of the actress but as stated before the section is too much in volume even when compared to climate change and environment which in my opinion deserves more lines. NotPixel (talk) 16:02, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
@NotPixel: important: this paragraph shouldn't be deleted; nevertheless, I too have "the sentiment about the social commentary being out of place" and, quoting another of your sentences, it's very clear that, despite the tag of "Social commentary", it's without a doubt feminist critique."I propose renaming the section "Feminist critique"": this could be a good compromise. JacktheBrown (talk) 22:42, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Glad to see im not alone in my sentiment. Of course if there is no objection renaming it Feminist critique would be apt. @JacktheBrown NotPixel (talk) 18:16, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Alright, the section needs some work, but removal is out of the question. There is some legitimate and well-sourced commentary here, and any editor's personal disagreement with that commentary is irrelevant (I do not agree with any of it either, but this is equally irrelevant).  However, I agree that the section has expanded too much, giving these critiques WP:UNDUE weight within the article. My suggestion is that the verbatim quotations should be removed and simply summarised. I am fairly relaxed about the change of section title to "Feminist critique", but am hesitant that it will attract more unwelcome attention from edit-warring manbabies. Cnbrb (talk) 21:21, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
I'm not a big fan of renaming the section as proposed. If there was reliable sourcing that identifies the commentary / analysis as feminist then it would be apt, but I don't think there is and we should not be applying our own label to these views. I agree that there's a bit of a weight problem though and I think the current quotes are unnecessary. Scribolt (talk) 06:13, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
It doesn't, because nobody takes the criticism seriously. Except on Wikipedia, which takes a few niche feminist reviewers as authority. One can criticise this film for many things, but this is absurd. To pick up on something like this, you have to be a militant ideologue from the start, not a film expert. Pawel.jamiolkowski (talk) 13:42, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
That's not for you or indeed Wikipedia to judge. You may personally disagree with reviewers of films, but that is irrelevant to the Wikipedia project. I do not agree with some of the views expressed by critics, but the job of Wikipedia is simply to reflect the range of critical reception out there, not to satisfy the demands of individual editors like you or me. That said, I agree there is some WP:UNDUE weight, and the simple solution is to take out the verbatim quotes.Cnbrb (talk) 17:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Using the Marvel Cinematic Universe good articles as a model, I've included a footnote that reads "As depicted in Blade Runner (1982)" when I put up Roy Batty's death. However, it was reverted by MattMauler (talk · contribs) since Batty himself isn't in this particular film. As I don't want to risk a potential edit war, I'm starting a discussion here for ideas on what we can do with the footnote. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 10:54, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

For me, the issue wasn't the footnote. It was that the main text of the plot summary used to say "__ years after the events of Blade Runner" which was fine but then in your version it was "__ years after Roy Batty's death." The reader might not know who Roy Batty is, and he is never mentioned again in the plot summary, so that was the reason for the revert. The current version "In 2049 Los Angeles" also works fine (and is clear with or without a footnote), but I think if you wanted to add a footnote saying that it's 30 years after the first film, that would be also be ok.--MattMauler (talk) 11:16, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
Agreed. Roy Batty has zero relevance to this article in any way, and his death has no lasting effects either. This isn't a plot thread that is necessary to know to understand the plot of this film. It's not like in Star Wars The Force Awakens where knowing it's X years after the death of the Emperor and the Empire which would be relevant, or in Marvel it's X years since the Snap. Roy's death is not any kind of pivotal event in the world. Canterbury Tail talk 12:57, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

https://deadline.com/2024/10/elon-musk-lawsuit-blade-runner-2049-ai-warner-bros-discovery-1236122044/ This needs to be added 207.96.240.194 (talk) 11:59, 17 March 2025 (UTC)