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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 7256176" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>I think it was all very much in keeping with the original. There's no resolution to the world's problems in either movie. The Tyrell Corp had been decapitated but was still probably fully capable of producing current models. Replicants remained slaves. We didn't know what Deckard's and Rachel's fates were going to be since we had no reason to assume Rachel had more than the standard Nexus 6 lifespan - other than having taken the identity of Tyrell's niece (but we learned early on his sentimentality for her was, at best, limited so who knows?). Theirs was a just a minor story in the world around them, even if we were invited to focus on it for the duration of the movie.</p><p></p><p>The same is largely true of Blade Runner 2049, but perhaps more obviously so. Joe/K is intrigued by a particular case that leads into wider implications, but he's not really interested in resolving those except on a personal, emotional level. The pro-replicant underground helps him to support their own agenda, but their interests aren't his. They're another piece of a complex world that moves through the story we're invited to focus on, but aren't central to it. Joe/K settles on getting a personal answer to his implanted memories and, as his emotions have been broadening, united Deckard with his child because it satisfies his own emotional needs, not because it's part of any wider agenda.</p><p>Wallace was never destined to be dealt with nor the replicants freed of their bondage here. This was always a personal story of a few people caught in the clash of other forces and how they deal work through their own personal and emotional issues. This is a story about K becoming Joe and through his interaction with another, powerfully emotional story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 7256176, member: 3400"] I think it was all very much in keeping with the original. There's no resolution to the world's problems in either movie. The Tyrell Corp had been decapitated but was still probably fully capable of producing current models. Replicants remained slaves. We didn't know what Deckard's and Rachel's fates were going to be since we had no reason to assume Rachel had more than the standard Nexus 6 lifespan - other than having taken the identity of Tyrell's niece (but we learned early on his sentimentality for her was, at best, limited so who knows?). Theirs was a just a minor story in the world around them, even if we were invited to focus on it for the duration of the movie. The same is largely true of Blade Runner 2049, but perhaps more obviously so. Joe/K is intrigued by a particular case that leads into wider implications, but he's not really interested in resolving those except on a personal, emotional level. The pro-replicant underground helps him to support their own agenda, but their interests aren't his. They're another piece of a complex world that moves through the story we're invited to focus on, but aren't central to it. Joe/K settles on getting a personal answer to his implanted memories and, as his emotions have been broadening, united Deckard with his child because it satisfies his own emotional needs, not because it's part of any wider agenda. Wallace was never destined to be dealt with nor the replicants freed of their bondage here. This was always a personal story of a few people caught in the clash of other forces and how they deal work through their own personal and emotional issues. This is a story about K becoming Joe and through his interaction with another, powerfully emotional story. [/QUOTE]
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