Blade Runner 2049 (October 6th, 2017) *SPOILERS*

[ZaCHw117]

Just ordered the mondo steelbook.

 

[RIDDICK]

I have to agree with Riddick, GenoCyber is SO much better than Akira.

 

[Solidus]

Just ordered the mondo steelbook.

Where does one get this?! Really late, I know... I just bought the regular Blu Ray a few weeks ago.

 

[ZaCHw117]

ebay was my only choice.

 

[Solidus]

Thank you... I see some overseas Amazon sites have it on sale, too. Decisions, decisions.

 

[ZaCHw117]

I snagged one on ebay for 70$ US, comes with the Mondo Steelbook and some whiskey glasses.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Thank you... I see some overseas Amazon sites have it on sale, too. Decisions, decisions.

They’re totally worth it

 

[greygoose]

Finally watched this tonight. Thought it was very good. It didn't feel as long as the runtime, I could have easily watched another half hour.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I forgot about this thread.

I saw the film and it's....ok. The first one is better, imo.

The story was predictable, but the film looks good and the actors were serviceable.

 

[xipotec]

You cannot really make a slow burn like this film and expect mass audiences to like it.

In the early 80’s studios and directors invented the “hook” scene....what is a hook scene?

It’s a opening action sequence. It generally has nothing to do with the actual plot. It’s just their to get the adrenaline pumping so our cow like audiences will stay focused for the first few minutes. After that , most folk become engaged as long as another action sequence comes along soon enough.

They call that “pacing”.

Now, older films did not use this technique , and it’s why some older classic films bore modern audiences....

Unfortunately , the “hook” is now becoming stale in the modern click and swipe generations.

The answer? Non stop action , with little thinking or development of characters.
Every scene must be quick and witty. There is no suspense or time allowed for thought on the part of the viewer....




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[The Clown Prince of Crime]

You cannot really make a slow burn like this film and expect mass audiences to like it.

In the early 80’s studios and directors invented the “hook” scene....what is a hook scene?

Movies in the 50's and 60's already had a "hook." Have you seen the James Bond movies? They all have the "action" intro.

 

[crows]

Movies in the 50's and 60's already had a "hook." Have you seen the James Bond movies? They all have the action intro.

What about moviesfrom the 40s and 30s

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

What about moviesfrom the 40s and 30s

Maybe westerns. Citizen Kane starts with the main character dying and he says a name before he dies, which becomes part of the mystery of the story. In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy's dog bites a neighbor and she kind of gets in trouble or something like that, so something usually happens in the beginning.

 

[crows]

I think all movies had a hook. Even those ancient ones

 

[TaliBane]

In the early 80’s studios and directors invented the “hook” scene....

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Care to name those hacks?

 

[xipotec]

Movies in the 50's and 60's already had a "hook." Have you seen the James Bond movies? They all have the "action" intro.

The Bond film may have been the true originators of the art...

But Spielberg definitely perfected it.

It was refined in the 80’s.....

I think all movies had a hook. Even those ancient ones

Not the way they did in the 80’s , The Exorcist , One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 2001, Chinatown, etc etc....

Star Wars definitely was a pioneer, as well as Jaws.

But it became a mandatory requirement for most films in the 80’s.
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[RIDDICK]

I was born born in late 80's and never felt like the hook was important.
I actually don't like JAWS' intro because it's worthless.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I was born born in late 80's and never felt like the hook was important.
I actually don't like JAWS' intro because it's worthless.

The Matrix had a good one.

 

[RIDDICK]

It is good in retrospect, but on the first viewing I wasn't actually hooked by it in the slightest. The unfolding mystery around Neo in the first act was very exciting tho. In fact, starting straight from Neo's first scene would make the movie better.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

In fact, starting straight from Neo's first scene would make the movie better.

It works, but then that means Trinity's first scene is the club scene...which isn't as good as her official intro.