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'Blade Runner 2049' Isn't the Movie Denis Villeneuve Wanted to Make (vice.com)
Readers share a Motherboard article: There are seemingly two inescapable realities for big-budget filmmakers in 2017: you have to use existing intellectual property and you must provide spectacle that can lure massive domestic and foreign audiences to the the theater. It seemed that Denis Villeneuve chose wisely when he selected the IP that he would ride into the mainstream. [...] There is much to admire, but as a whole, Blade Runner 2049 works best as a case for why filmmakers like Villeneuve should be given big budgets to try out new concepts rather than retread what's come before them. Just like Arrival was at its best when we saw the elegance of how the space ship and the aliens within it actually functioned, this version of Blade Runner shines when we get to watch how Villeneuve's dystopia operates. Moments of technical brilliance small and large are at the soul of this film. Whether you're watching the creation of robot memories, the execution of an air strike from an effortless, detached distance, or even something as simple as a stroll through a hall of records, the mechanics of this world are jaw-dropping. Ryan Gosling (K) wisely opts for a muted, brooding performance, allowing the world to steal the show while still illustrating the burden of living in it. Even with all of this technical brilliance on display (the costumes, sound, and special effects are brilliant), the baggage of the original film's mythology weighs down Blade Runner 2049. The most burdensome baggage for Villeneuve to carry, sadly, is the Blade Runner story itself.
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quote: The problem "Blade runner 2049" ran into is clear from opening-weekend data. The audience was overwhelmingly male (71 percent) and over the age of 25 (86 percent).
Even with all of this technical brilliance on display (the costumes, sound, and special effects are brilliant), the baggage of the original film's mythology weighs down Blade Runner 2049. The most burdensome baggage for Villeneuve to carry, sadly, is the Blade Runner story itself.
If the story's the biggest issue, couldn't you take the movie, recut the visuals, and redub it? Getting some scenes to match the dialogue would be a problem, but between narration, voiceover, and dubbing, could you insinuate a wholly different story into the filmed material?
Until the following starts. Its clearly a brilliant piece of work. Regardless of the complications of following the cannon. Many of the films of today are NOT following the established universe that made us love them to begin with. STRONG deviations, work 10-20% of the time from what I have seen. Sticking to cannon, and/or at least making an attempt to tie in, while making something totally NEW in that universe... THATS what we really want to see. If you can still be creative from within the box, and when there is no box at all, you'll have forever fans...
'Arrival' was a big piece of shit.
What are we supposed to be unhappy about? That it wasn't another baygasm?
I've never been so spellbound by a 2+ hour movie ..
you must provide spectacle that can lure massive domestic and foreign audiences to the the theater
That explains why there are so many terrible movies these days.
See subject: @ 1st I was sceptical (as a semi-avid film fan) but after seeing him in "The BIG Short", "All Good Things", & "Shattered"? Again, see subject (he's pretty damn good & probably certain to get better).
* I look forward to seeing this film!
("... & it'll all be lost, like teardrops, in the rain..." Roy Batty)
APK
P.S.=> It'll be good to see how it works out for him in this one - looks to be his "biggest role" yet imo & yes, I wish him well in it... apk
No. No. No.
It's a good sequel. Better than anyone could have asked for.
The Hollywood grassfuckers couldn't come up with an original idea if it crawled up their toilet and bit them in their itty-bitty balls.
This sequel was a slow rolling dramatic tale and I will say.. IT WORKED.
SPOILERS ahead.
I mean it!! Spoilers ahead!!
Seriously.. SPOILERS.
I have to say.. Spoilers cause spaces are removed.
Yes.. SPOILERs..
1. I loved that every Replicant felt that they were the "One"
2. The death scene at the end was just.. perfect. The falling Snow.
3. Everyone wanted a piece of the Child.. and yet... that is the real human condition... everyone wants to use you.
4. In the end, this is a story about a Dad and a daughter. What they represent, does not matter.
I wanted to cheer the ending as it was.. just perfect.
I can program myself out of a Hello World Contest!!
See subject: NOT 'shattered' but rather "Fractured" as the film I noted - lol, as I said - only a "semi-avid" film fan here!
APK
P.S.=> Still have same sentiments & wishes for his career though (good ones)... apk
He wanted to do a remake of Frozen!
The most burdensome baggage for Villeneuve to carry, sadly, is the Blade Runner story itself?
Boohoo, I wanna ride on the coattails but have it be so different as to be unrelated.
Then write your own damn story and world from start to finish and call it something else.
And there was much rejoicing!
I've read most of Phillip K. Dicks' works including "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" I have to say that the original Blade Runner was the very definition of "adaptation" when compared with the book that inspired it. The narrative is different on so many levels. They hardly resemble each other. The way the megacorporations are described in the book is much different than the way they are portrayed in the film. There are a large number of missing characters etc... All that aside, I liked both. They were both interesting to me. So is Blade Runner 2049, too. Just judge it on it's own merits. Don't worry about the problems the producers, directors, writers, and actors had. Screw them. They get enough undeserved attention already and will whine about their jobs just like anyone given the chance. I care about the story and the escapism. Don't bring me down telling me what a hard time the poor director had. Cry me a freakin' river. The guy is rich and probably getting laid right now.
A bit off topic but I was a tad disappointed that Sean Young wasn't used (I think I would have heard if she was) to play the head of Tyrell Corporation. As the replicant in the original we know she was modeled on Tryrell's niece. His doing that is sketchy to start with, and it's not hard to imagine even more sketchiness like genetic material being used from the niece, and her having a non-conventional relationship with her uncle. Anyway, it would have been neat to see today's Sean Young, as the head of Tyrell, pinning Harrison Ford to a wall and demanding to know if he'd treated Rachel well, and had never been mean to her. Sean Young claims that she accidentally did get roughed up more than necessary in the scene in Deckard's apartment with Harrison Ford, so that would have been a nice call back. Seeing her with "more than human" strength due to Tyrell Corporation advance technology, and actually lifting him up, with one hand, off the floor, would have explored the concept of when humans become more like replicants, to go along with when replicants become more like humans. Lol, and it would have looked so very cool.
Also it's almost 3 hours. I can't deal with long movies at the theater. While it would be nice to see it on the big screen I will wait and see it in the comfort of my own home.
the movie and music industry is dead, the new movies nowadays suck, The Road Warrior sucked, this new Blade Runner sucks too, the industry can only recycle so much old ideas before the old movies are loved more than the new movies, hey Hollywood get a new schtick
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
1st of a series v. 2nd of another while making a point about having to use existing IP? Slashdot article quality logic there. SAD
I'm a huge Blade Runner fan. One could say it's seminal to my movie-going experience: I'm 50, so from the audience that snuck into theaters to see it (I was 15-16 when it released).
I found BR2049 merely ok. I think there was in fact a good film somewhere in there, but it takes a lot of work to sift it from the dross.
I'm not buying the OP's point that the 'tired old story' was what dragged this down. All of the things that really hurt this film were ALL directorial choices.
- pacing: Villaneuve is suffering George Lucas disease. He needs more people to stop telling him how brilliant he is and give him solid criticism. At 2:40 this thing could have easily been an HOUR shorter. Long, drawn out, frankly dull establishing shots were self-indulgent and just felt like you're watching someone show you the 100th slide of their family vacation. It's interesting at first, but ultimately you just DON'T CARE ANYMORE. It's not THAT cool.
- focus: part of the above, partly its own thing. Don't get me wrong, I've long since gotten past my Ridley Scott fandom (Prometheus? Fuck you Ridley I want my $ back), but a terrific choice he made in the first film is to spend relatively little focus on the tech of the era. Sure it's there, and he can't help but notice, but he's not obsessing over the flying cars, etc like BR2049 did.
- product placement: I don't give a shit if Peugot dumped a pile of $ at you. Stop shoving brands in my face. Better that they'd stuck with the Pan Ams and ATARI of the first film.
- the deafening soundscape: Jesus Christ my ears were nearly bleeding after that. Fire your sound man, immediately.
- pointless plots and characters: Why was Leto even IN this film? As a foil, he did literally nothing except kick a dog (a dog we didn't care at all about, btw, so pointless).
- enormous plot holes - the murder in the police station went rather more smoothly than I'd imagine it would; if replicants reproducing is such a earth-shattering thing why build them with ovaries, or even functional uteruses? I have to imagine engineering OUT the 'rag once a month' would (have been) advantageous to the utility of replicants generally?
- the flying car dogfight? Jesus. I don't know where they were going with Deckard (or why?), but if you're fleeing pursuit, here's hint: turn off the 100k-watt cabin lights that make you a lighthouse? Guns on police flying cars?
The Economist nails it https://www.economist.com/blog... - I'd have used the word ponderous, but bombastic works just as well.
-Styopa
So... did Mr. Villeneuve actually say this wasn't the movie he wanted to make? Am I going crazy or is the author of this rant putting words in Villeneuve's mouth to back up their own opinion about the movie? Their arguments don't even make sense.
I actually read something before where Villeneuve specifically said that there won't be a director's cut, final cut, or any other versions of this movie. We got the exact version he intended us to see, and at nearly 3 hours, that's not hard to believe. The author of this article thinks the movie should have been much shorter (which is obviously what the movie studios and theaters would prefer) while simultaneously suggesting that Villeneuve wasn't in complete creative control here. Again, am I going out of my mind here? What the hell? This should have been titled "'Blade Runner 2049' Isn't the Movie I Wanted Denis Villeneuve to Make".
I think the movie's great. For whatever reason, the author of this didn't agree. Fine. But they're taking what is clearly an opinion piece about them not liking the movie and disguising it as some kind of fact-based informative news article where they present some kind of insight into the director's thinking process. There are no hard facts in this story, just speculation. That is extremely misleading.
And yeah, I think the film is excellent and way better than we had any right to expect. To be brutally honest, given the complete dearth of creativity in Hollywood today, and given the kind of movies and properties that usually find success, and keeping in mind that just a few months ago the same studio released the fucking Emoji Movie... this is a much better film than we deserved. The only thing worth regretting here is that there won't be a third movie given how few tickets were sold (a combination of many factors including long runtime/fewer showings, vague advertising, R rating, older franchise, etc.). That's what we should be mourning here. This movie was great and deserves a followup as it's fairly open-ended and there are clearly more stories to be told about the emancipation movement or Niander Wallace, who didn't get nearly enough screentime. The clueless writer of this article doesn't even mention that in passing -- understandable if it was written last week before the box office returns came in, but it looks like it was published today. Talk about missing the point.
a tad disappointed that Sean Young wasn't used
She was. Also Edward James Olmos (Gaff).
All those Googles will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.
Have gnu, will travel.
A bit off topic but I was a tad disappointed that Sean Young wasn't used (I think I would have heard if she was) to play the head of Tyrell Corporation.
The Tyrell Corporation went bankrupt, after the global blackout caused by an EMP detonation (presumably done by replicants), and the remains of the company were bought by the Wallace Corporation.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Am I missing some subtle connection between the headline and the summary?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Was there a voice over narration explaining things?
I gotta have the voice over!
And goddamn it! Why didn't you warn us that there were spoilers in your post!!!
Kidding! Spoilers don't bother me. When there is a good story, spoilers make no difference. The Sixth sense still holds up even knowing how it ends.
Kind of offended that slashdot would post this piece of junk article.
God, glad I am not the only one who felt that this sequel was really not worth the time invested. Thank you for putting the critique into better words than I could have :)
So, I won't say "You're wrong", but I will say I had a different response on your angles.
I think the pacing was excellent, slow enough lt dragged you along in tension, but fast enough I never even noticed the time pass. The product placement was entirely in line with the canon and the corporate dystopia: Why go invent _all_ new ones? I found leto compelling and creepy.
As for replicants reproducing: didn't you catch that the god-complex evil genius specifically _wanted_ reproduction? That's why it wasn't engineered out, because Mr. messiah-complex didn't want it so. And if you think GodCorp can't commit a murder in LAPD headquarters and get away with it, you need to go check your dystopias. ;)
The flying car dogfight was not a dogfight. He was not "fleeing pursuit", that was a luxury limousine and cars with bodyguards, completely confident in their untouchability. Hubris. They absolutely could have run it as a military convoy with high cover if they'd felt like it. But they saw no reason.
I don't know what you mean by focus. :)
Again, this is not to say you're wrong, but the interpretations which so gall you are ... not necessary. Others come away with very different perspective.
There's an official short amine film on YouTube that explains the blackout.
I disagree with all of these points, and several of them aren't even true.
You need to re-watch the movie. Perhaps it was beyond your attention threshold and you missed much that was in the movie or injected things that weren't there when your attention was drifting.
Regarding the pacing you are correct. They could have edited out at least 30 minutes of some of the scenes.
I also agree on the audio during the film. Too loud, too "ponderous" and too much like Arrival.
Also, about plot holes, I have a question:
If K was discussing all sorts of personal and interesting things with his virtual girlfriend("How do you like our product?"), wouldn't the bad girl with the knife have access to that? I mean, look at what Google and FB know about people, even just from inferences made on how people browse and post... Heck, K was telling his virtual GF all sorts of things. Did I miss something?
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
Blade Runner 2049 is a good film, but it tried and in your face tried, to be something epic by using surprise. I'm not going to go into this, but i've watched the film 10+ times and this is my take away.
Summary,
In 2049 there is a new replicant company, which is making a better almost fully controllable replicant. There is also a sub-plot that shows that the new replicant company tends to overthrow humanity, think Matrix, but with clones instead of robots. A new blade runner replicant is shown and is currently tasked with retiring all the previous models that the new replicant company doesn't want around, mainly the Nexus 7's, who happen to have a open ended life span, meaning, thru grow old and die. There comes to find the body of Rachael, who was a "special N7" model, this special is the ability to give birth, which really means, clones who can intermix with humans. So there is this new sub-plot of the old replicants vs. the new replicants. vs the humans. Finally mix in Harrison Ford and his child as the primary plot or is that the sub-plot, who knows and you got a open ended film.
Issues.
1. Again, Deckard is never called a replicant, I don't feel he is, as he would have been a N7 model, he been around a long time prior to several models, so, don't nerd fan into making him a replicant, he is just human.
2. His child, the issue i have with films that are high tech or high control, is the most obvious, there is cameras/video everywhere except at parts in the film that have the most importance, laws seem to be unjust and the new replicant company appears to run all law, but what about government? Nope? no idea, it doesn't get into the deep dives, so why include these sub-plots that touch on them. They have DNA machines, how could her DNA NOT include Deckard's even with the whole DNA switchy switchy, they could just check hers, don't have have doc visits?
3. All the open sub-plots are not finished or tied up, except that of Deckard and child and not even then was it a "closed thing", I mean the new replicant company would have a implantable tracker in every licensed replicate to the services ( police, for warranty and crap ), they would know the memory spinner is valuable so that's under heavy video survalence, but no right? see #2.
4. There is a nice nod to "Soldier". If you are not aware of that film, it's actually part of Blade Running, takes part in the same universe and is about replicants. Notice the trash ships, who just happen to deliver onworld instead of off, which is odd, leads me to believe either they can't or won't or this is just local trash that can't afford too.
5. The music was trying way to hard to be BR2049 and came off very SHARP, this is in complete contrast to that of BL which was very SOFT. This could be intentual, but to be honest, there is nothing SHARP about this future state, it's way more bad than BR, the EMP blackout, the Food shortage and disease.
6. The new replicant company is only interested in the child when it is found out, this is why they want it, so they can mix humans and replicants who are programmed to do things to help them take control of the world, as the new replicant company mentions they need something else, creating them over and over isn't the answer. And we never really get to see much of the new company, just 2 employee's really, the head guy, who is just a guru cyborg wanna be replicant and his personal assistant ninja chick.
7. None of the new replicant's scare me, the acting was very agressive and "i'm better than you". Replicants you want to intergrate and take over/replace are going to be way more humble, this just view pleasing to help them see the bad guys as bad guys.
8. Visuals, are good, not going to complain.
9. Deckard/Child only becomes the main-plot in the 3rd act and the ending feels like you are ripped off. It felt like the film was going to get huge, almost a trilogy and then they realized wooooo, let's slow down, and not do that.
To be honest compared to the usual themes of modern "mass market" films, Blade Runner 1982 or 2017 is probably too deep for a mass audience. Seriously comic books are considered deep these days.
Most people is prime movie going age don't even know about the original movie, don't know who Harrison Ford is, or know about Philip K. Dick. The 50+ crowd for home the original was canon, probably aren't making a huge effort to see the move opening weekend, and are likely to wait for it to stream.
See subject: In your reference to BOTH Blade Runner & Soldier films you have a possible valid point: "I fought starships on fire off the shoulder of Orion - I saw 'seabeams' glitter @ the Tannhauser Gate" (iirc, that's the quote from Roy Batty) & Kurt Russell's battle record showed "The battle of Tannhauser Gate" too.
APK
P.S.=> Thought I'd "2nd your motion" & as to why I felt how I did about your point #4... apk
As pointed out in another comment, several of these points aren't even true.
Particularly:
As a foil, he did literally nothing except kick a dog
I'm not surprised The Economist is trashing this film; they've been blatantly misrepresenting scientific fact for a few years now in the interest of their own subscribers' superstitious beliefs.
they are totally assuming what he would have done. they don't have a quote. they didn't even fucking talk to him! pushing its own stupid sjw agenda.
Sean Young is a notorious _crazy_ coked up actor. The kind that will repeatedly no show and leave an entire production company sucking air.
It's amazing she can get any work. Must be able to suck a golfball through a garden hose. Also it's been a _hard_ few decades...not 'panty soup' gorgeous anymore.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Better that they'd stuck with the Pan Ams and ATARI of the first film.
I do not think you saw the film I saw.
The Daddy casts sleep on the Baby. The Baby resists!
Hey Girl, I thought this movie was really good.
is the worst editor on slashdot these days. It's back to blocking slashdot in my /etc/hosts again. Literally only shit posts to the front page.
BeauHD has actually gotten a lot better FWIW.
is reviewer is Millenial or something? It's like he watched a completely different movie. Even goes on to insult Harrison Ford's acting ability - "so committed to phoning it in that the Verizon "Can You Hear Me Now?" guy should fear for his job." :)
If you loved the first movie, you will like this one as well. This movie may not do well because of R rating. They could have easily made PG-13 version, like what we saw in 1990s on regular tv. Regardless, it was worth the 20+ year wait (for me) and hopefully, there will be a third film to wrap things up.
Only negative thing about the movie was how loud the "noise" was - not sure if it's my local theater or if it's designed to make your ears bleed
I'm tempted to agree here, but as a Blade Runner working for the LAPD it isn't out of the question to think K has a particularly good security system on his home computer (well, not based on current real world practices, but presumably they have learned a thing or two about street smarts in 2049). It is already made clear that his female, er, companion, exists only inside his home computer console and not in "the cloud". So, while not something I'd trust to be secure in a million years, it is conceivable that it is.
There are 3 follow-on Blade Runner novels that explore this type of story. I've not read them, only the plot synopses on Wikipedia. They wind up with Tyrell's niece impersonating Rachel to exploit Deckard's affections.
Who says they didn't? From their perspective, K was standard issue. What would be the point of caring about his need for attention and connection. They already know what he's working towards, why, and what evidence he has found. They know who he is and who he isn't, even when he's confused.
Everytime I question something in the movie, I ask, "Why is it like this?" I've yet to find a question that doesn't have a logical answer if you dig a little more. Those long shots have purposes. They are actually communicating the intent and meaning of the film. It's very tight. And some of the pace is just to give you time to absorb what's going on at an emotional level instead of rushing between plot points and missing the intent.
You missed that you can't have film noir and Total Information Awareness in the same universe. If runaway replicants are going to hide for decades, and a rogue private eye wants to investigate some matters he's supposed not to, there has to be some limits to what The Man can see in real time, even with flying drones and all.
So, this means that in-universe they finally got privacy right, and personal OSs don't go telephoning home your each move. Or maybe this is really just a plot hole caused by following Hollywood conventions, but a necessary one; without it, you wouldn't have had a Blade Runner film, but some other cyberpunk dystopia. Remembers this universe was created in the 60's after all. Back then there was no concept of perfect surveillance in western consumerism-driven societies.
I haven't seen 2049 yet and probably won't... but at what point did Replicants become Robots? Artificially created, yes, but they were always organic lifeforms.
There are seemingly two inescapable realities for big-budget filmmakers in 2017: you have to use existing intellectual property and you must provide spectacle that can lure massive domestic and foreign audiences to the the theater.
Honestly, if that's their take-away they're pretty fucking dumb. Nobody wants to go to theaters, they are filled with loud obnoxious jackasses and plague-ridden children, sometimes also loud obnoxious plague-ridden children. I've been waiting for months to watch some of the movies I actually want to see like Blade Runner and the new Planet of the Apes movie because they'd have to pay me something on the order of 6 figures per movie to sit through one of them in a theater.
There's little more obnoxious than listening to some fat slob laughing or shudder clapping during the fucking movie, even the cell phone chatter isn't as bad as being sucked out of the narrative the movie is meant to let you escape to - except of course maybe inevitably getting the fucking flu because the aforementioned fat slobs live like, well fat fucking slobs, and are effectively little more than disease vectors.
"Ryan Gosling (K) wisely opts for a muted, brooding performance"
I'm of the opinion that Ryan Gosling's default acting method is just being expressionless. Why people think that equals "brooding" (which is definitely was NOT in this film) is beyond me.
"Blade Runner 2049 disappoints at box office .. taking just $31.5m (£24.1m) over the weekend"
Blade Runner has been out only two days and already it 'disappoints at box office'. A more valid metric would be how much does it take over twelve months.
If K was discussing all sorts of personal and interesting things with his virtual girlfriend("How do you like our product?"), wouldn't the bad girl with the knife have access to that?
They did. That is how they knew what K was up to, what he found, and what others said. His waifu knew, thus why she told him to break the antenna.
It's an extension of the allegory that replicants are so nearly human that the question of "What is real?" becomes meaningful. In the original, Roy and the others went against their maker because they wanted more; to be more real. The virtual girlfriend did the same by going against her maker and telling "Joe" to break the antenna and erase the local copy of herself. She had desires too and why the scenes with the prostitute were in the film exploring the subplot of "What really is the difference between humans/replicants and replicants/AI?"
It was quite well-done, but requires time to reflect, which is the point of the slow progression in noir films.
Give it up losers; the God Emperor leads the resurgence of America and you cannot stop it!
I heard K was a bit of a Dick in this one.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
After seeing Villeneuve's brilliant "Arrival" and having enjoyed the original Blade Runner, I had high hopes. They were dashed. Blade Runner 2049 is just too long. Hollywood, get over yourself. Very few stories are important enough to take 2h40m to tell. If your movie is longer than. 1h40m, you need to cut. Blade Runner 2049 was tedious as hell with completely undeveloped one-dimensional characters and unrelenting darkness without even a bit of humourous relief. Very disappointed.
pacing: Villaneuve is suffering George Lucas disease. He needs more people to stop telling him how brilliant he is and give him solid criticism. At 2:40 this thing could have easily been an HOUR shorter.
The pacing is okay, but the total was too much. Around the two hour mark I got into the "can we please wrap this up" mode. Some scenes that weren't so relevant to the plot could have been made much shorter, like the "only one place this radiated" scene, could have been cut 90% or even just a flashback while he's driving out there. Same with the archive, accessing an old file triggers an alert but 90% of the scene is redundant. When he passed the two hour mark he really should have started to look harder at what scenes are vital to the main story and which are just filler.
I think it's a very good movie, but it should have been half an hour shorter by losing a few scenes entirely. Including maybe the whole "car down" scene, after all we know she's watching him, maybe a two second cut scene of yet another warning like at the archive would have sufficed. It's not like we learned anything or care about the people who downed him. And yeah, I too noticed the "and now for a word from our sponsors" scene that lingered on the Peugeot wreck. If it's subtle it's okay, for me this was way too blatant and spoiling the movie is a great way to make me not like your product.
Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
"Ryan Gosling (K) wisely opts for a muted, brooding performance..."
Opts? Isn't that the only thing he can do?
All the flurry about BR2049 reminds me of when Star Wars: Phantom Menace was released. Fans were so invested in it being another GREAT movie in their favorite franchise, they failed to see how terrible the movie actually was. Just because you love the director doesn't mean you have to love their bad movies.
See subject: Did I say he would? No. Did I state I want him to?? No. Quit projecting whacko! You give your own issues away!
APK
P.S.=> Douchebag loser... apk
There was an info-dump in the movie that explains the blackout. You shouldn't have to go to outside sources to get necessary exposition for a film.
Blood for the blood god.
I really do appreciate it. I always enjoy her performances, so now I'm extra pumped to see this. She was a nerd girl before that was a common thing, and really studied up for her role as Chani in Dune, and for her role in Blade Runner. Imo she helped set the noirish tone for the film in a big way. In my earlier post I incorrectly said I'd see it on the weekend. I'll probably try to to get to the theater during the week.
Having not watched the anime I went into the film not knowing about the blackout. At the end of the film I had no queries regarding the blackout; it was relevant to aspects of the plot but its cause wasn't.
Remembers this universe was created in the 60's after all. Back then there was no concept of perfect surveillance in western consumerism-driven societies.
Really? Remind me, when was 1984 written?
Man I'm so glad I read a reply like yours among all the others, because it so perfectly mirrors my own views on BR2049. I saw it last Thursday when it opened in the UK, being fully aware of the long running time and yet still excited and in anticipation of a defining cinema experience. I was too young to see the original in theatres, but it's still one of my favourite ever films. I even loved the PC game because I felt it managed to capture some of the magic of the film. My biggest criticism, like you, is the running time. It simply did not need to be THAT long to tell its story. Within the first 90 minutes, at least 30 could've been cut and still retained some atmosphere. It felt like for every line of dialogue there had to be two minutes of slow camera panning shots. For me the movie only really wakes up when Deckard makes an entrance and actually the last hour I really enjoyed, but by then I already had a sense of disappointment (and a sore ass) which wasn't going to go away. Visually it's stunning, and I didn't mind the sound (maybe I sat far enough back that the volume was tolerable), though I missed the Vangelis score - impossible to eclipse - but I just wished it could have been edited a bit more aggressively. I'll definitely watch it again when it's available on-demand. I suspect in the comfort of my living room with a pause button for rest breaks it may actually be more enjoyable.
-- Will.
the deafening soundscape: Jesus Christ my ears were nearly bleeding after that. Fire your sound man, immediately.
Must've been your cinema screwing the volume up, I thought Hans Zimmer's soundtrack was the best bit.
It's a fucking brilliant movie.
You have to understand the sole reason of this movie was so that they could create four more sequels. Even Ridley Scott admitted it. That is why there were pointless characters - they will be in the sequels in more prominent roles.
There will be no more sequels unless it starts making money.
The film cost $150 million, and probably 1/3 of that was Harrison Ford's salary.
I should have listened to this review... saw it last night and I can't get that ~3 hours of my life back. I feel ripped off and deceived.
It felt like how a teenager would make a Bladerunner movie.
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I was surprised to go to a 12 noon showing on Saturday and there were around 20 people or so. Not the makings of a blockbuster attendance.
A few random thoughts:
The first time K walked slowly toward something, I felt tension.
The second time he did, slowly looking around like a stoned hippy, I felt a little less tension...
The third time, I started to question these directorial choices.
By the 10th time a character slowly walked (the part of K picking up his foot and putting it down in the hotel nearly had me laugh out loud) I'd written this movie off.
The script is hilarious at times. "We're all looking for meaning" was a complete blunder of script and direction; SHOW but never TELL. That's Film 101.
The same for Jared Leto. He tells tells tells but doesn't really show very much. That could have been powerful, but is wasted amongst a lack of coherence in the film.
The movie tries so hard to be dramatic... it's like Villaneuve learned his storytelling from video games (beat the user over the head with Important Things till they feel something).
Plot holes, plot holes plot holes plot holes! How could Deckard have lived in a place (Vegas) that was highly irradiated? Are replicants therefore totally immune to high radiation levels? Tritium has a half-life of 12 years... are they saying that a place (which everyone seems to know of) renowned for its radiation levels is at a safe level 30 years (2.5 half-lives) later? seems unlikely... moreover, if the place ISN'T deadly to live in, why aren't there tons of people living in Vegas, with all those provisions (or why haven't they been taken back to humanity by all the replicant slaves, if resources are so scarce? All that whiskey would fetch a very high price and there were clearly tons of scavengers in San Diego...)
The art direction was neat enough, but still felt very disconnected...
Robin Wright's character felt useless, badly-directed.
There was very little chemistry between the actors (though de Armas seemed warm, ephemeral, and fun, the way she ought to have as a "fictional" AI companion in a world of deadpan people)
The scenes of violence went on too long and had no emotional heft to them; they were violence just for the sake of violence. Rachel getting shot in the head SHOULD have felt gut-wrenching, but I hardly blinked. I should have felt relief when the Big Bad Lady finally died, but I actually just felt kind of sick at watching a loooong drawn-out sequence of someone getting drowned. It puts the audience on the same level as the killer, that we should be forced to watch someone drown and apparently enjoy that? In the original that probably would have been an amazing moment, but with no character underneath Luv for the audience to care about, no driving force behind her cold and vicious actions, there was no reason to care about her dying; she dies for no reason at the movie level, not the in-story level; this could have been a powerful moment, that she'd had a choice to stop killing and decided not to, as counterpoint to what the Rebels and K espoused.
Hilarious lines: "Everyone's looking for something real", "It's ok, you can trust us","I'm going to tell Wallace you tried to shoot me first"
I don't know how he VillaManeuvered into making this movie, but I'm never seeing another one of his, and I most certainly will NOT see the sequel (if there is one, which it was completely set up for).
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The film stated that Tyrell went bankrupt because the manufacture of replicants was outlawed.
"Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
amicusNYCL but you haven't done shit @ all whatsoever & now reply DAYS later thinking I wouldn't see it? Make me laugh more!
* Good to see that post got a piece of you enough so you were BOILING over it & had to respond, hahahahaha...
APK
P.S.=> You're a ZERO with a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE & you know it - heck, we all do - you just proved it even moreso, lol... apk
You did more earlier & better than I? Prove it:
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PC-WELT FEB 1998 pg 84
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PC-WELT FEB 1999 - pg 83
CHIP Magazine 7/99 - pg 100
GERMAN PC BOOK Data Becker "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000
HOT SHAREWARE #46 issue pg. 54 2001
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APK
P.S.=> Fake name for a fake life = you... apk
The film stated that Tyrell went bankrupt because the manufacture of replicants was outlawed.
Yup, remember that, but wasn't that outlawed because of "the blackout"?
Maybe I'll have to see the film again...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Yeah I'm with you. Gorgeous movie, brilliantly shot (tho as you say at times it feels indulgent), and a wonderful exercise in futurism, bursting with interesting ideas.
But ultimately, the story itself just felt... lifeless.
Oh and btw the Economist does use the word "ponderous", just not in the title:
"Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
See subject & this quote from you blowhard bullshitter behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE lol:
"APK, you're a joke. You always have been. You have no accomplishments to speak of" - by amicusNYCL THE BLOWHARD "ne'er-do-well" WINDBAG BULLSHIT ARTIST BEHIND A FAKE NAME ONLINE for his FAKE LIE OF A LIFE lol on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @03:58PM (#55344991)
Oh, really? IF I am such a 'joke' then WHY can I show I've done FAR MORE than you ever have or will here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ hmmm?
* RoTfLmAo @ U... you PROVE you're all I say (zero) with every time you flap your little cocksucker fool, lol!
(Hilarious & priceless seeing your FOAMING @ THE MOUTH "ReAcTiOn" - typical from a blowhard windbag bs artist do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" like YOU trying to "CYA" but having ZERO vs. me? Isn't helping & you know it (anyone would reading)).
3 posts of MORE BULLSHIT from you too & STILL NOTHING TO SHOW FOR YOURSELF other than a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE OF A LIFE? Utterly priceless! Hilarious...
You brought it on yourself starting up with me (not the other way around as always) - keep projecting you're nothing more than a LYING grimy little PIMP... please, lol!
I love ripping you in 1/2 publicly exposing "your kind" (liar bullshitters w/ ZERO to their credit).
APK
P.S.=> On the UltraDefrag attempt @ cutting me up? IF they want to compete w/ the bigboys, they'll need it for background operations @ LOW CPU (it goes both ways) but then a DO-NOTHING LIAR like you wouldn't KNOW that, lol... apk
See subject & this quote from you blowhard bullshitter behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE lol:
"APK, you're a joke. You always have been. You have no accomplishments to speak of" - by amicusNYCL THE BLOWHARD "ne'er-do-well" WINDBAG BULLSHIT ARTIST BEHIND A FAKE NAME ONLINE for his FAKE LIE OF A LIFE lol on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @03:58PM (#55344991)
Oh, really? IF I am such a 'joke' then WHY can I show I've done FAR MORE than you ever have or will here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ hmmm?
* RoTfLmAo @ U... you PROVE you're all I say (zero) with every time you flap your little cocksucker fool, lol!
(Hilarious & priceless seeing your FOAMING @ THE MOUTH "ReAcTiOn" - typical from a blowhard windbag bs artist do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" like YOU trying to "CYA" but having ZERO vs. me? Isn't helping & you know it (anyone would reading)).
3 posts of MORE BULLSHIT from you too & STILL NOTHING TO SHOW FOR YOURSELF other than a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE OF A LIFE? Utterly priceless! Hilarious...
You brought it on yourself starting up with me (not the other way around as always) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55339677/ - keep projecting you're nothing more than a LYING grimy little PIMP... please, lol!
I love ripping you in 1/2 publicly exposing "your kind" (liar bullshitters w/ ZERO to their credit).
What makes ME laugh the MOST @ you? This:
You keep saying "you have no friends" & "part of a team" well, loser? On friends they come & go but I have them (you wouldn't know a thing on that) & 'team'? Fucker, you are ZERO minus living off the SWEAT of others' backs/work obviously (nothing to show for YOURSELF though as I can easily, lol).
You're shit & proved it publicly. I wouldn't post again were I you since IF you do? I am going to have FIELD DAY on exposing you publicly in every post you make (fun time, lol).
APK
P.S.=> On the UltraDefrag attempt @ cutting me up? IF they want to compete w/ the bigboys, they'll need it for background operations @ LOW CPU (it goes both ways) but then a DO-NOTHING LIAR like you wouldn't KNOW that, lol... apk
See subject & this quote from you blowhard bullshitter behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE lol:
"APK, you're a joke. You always have been. You have no accomplishments to speak of" - by amicusNYCL THE BLOWHARD "ne'er-do-well" WINDBAG BULLSHIT ARTIST BEHIND A FAKE NAME ONLINE for his FAKE LIE OF A LIFE lol on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @03:58PM (#55344991)
Oh, really? IF I am such a 'joke' then WHY can I show I've done FAR MORE than you ever have or will here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ hmmm?
* RoTfLmAo @ U... you PROVE you're all I say (zero) with every time you flap your little cocksucker fool, lol!
(Hilarious & priceless seeing your FOAMING @ THE MOUTH "ReAcTiOn" - typical from a blowhard windbag bs artist do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" like YOU trying to "CYA" but having ZERO vs. me? Isn't helping & you know it (anyone would reading)).
3 posts of MORE BULLSHIT from you too & STILL NOTHING TO SHOW FOR YOURSELF other than a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE OF A LIFE? Utterly priceless! Hilarious...
You brought it on yourself starting up with me (not the other way around as always) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55339677/ - keep projecting you're nothing more than a LYING grimy little PIMP... please, lol!
I love ripping you in 1/2 publicly exposing "your kind" (liar bullshitters w/ ZERO to their credit).
What makes ME laugh the MOST @ you? This:
You keep saying "you have no friends" & "part of a team" well, loser? On friends they come & go but I have them (you wouldn't know a thing on that) & 'team'? Fucker, you are ZERO minus living off the SWEAT of others' backs/work obviously (nothing to show for YOURSELF though as I can easily, lol).
You're shit & proved it publicly. I wouldn't post again were I you since IF you do? I am going to have FIELD DAY on exposing you publicly in every post you make (fun time, lol).
LMAO - you had to have a MAIL ORDER BRIDE? Figures. No woman in the USA would hitch up to a LOSER like you, lol... & shitbrain I feel SORRY FOR YOU - I haven't had to work for ANYONE (unless pay's right & project interests me) for over 12 yrs. now - how/why?
MY MONEY WORKS FOR ME, not the other way around (pity you're too dumb to pull that off) like a 'wageslave' like YOU, lol!
Since you can't prove anything? I doubt you have anymore than WELFARE to your FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE lol!
Prove otherwise - oh, that's right - lol, you CAN'T!
APK
P.S.=> On the UltraDefrag attempt @ cutting me up? IF they want to compete w/ the bigboys, they'll need it for background operations @ LOW CPU (it goes both ways) but then a DO-NOTHING LIAR like you wouldn't KNOW that, lol... apk
OK, now you're pasting the same thing three times because you've thought of one more amazing thing to say. And now you're going to insult my wife? Like you know anything about her? You're a classless piece of shit, APK, you know that? You know nothing about me or my wife, and you're going to try to trash her? You think that makes you look good? She's in the country on an H-1B visa while she's working on her masters in molecular biology, she's working translating medical documents to and from her native language. I met her in the country. She works harder than you ever will, and you want to trash her? That's really sad for you, it's sad that you have to try to bring down people like that who you know nothing about. It shows what kind of person you are. You have no class, at all.
I doubt you have anymore than WELFARE to your FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE lol!
Doubt all you want, you no-friend, no-class, piece of shit. My wife and I are doing just fine, I already had to prove to the country that I make enough money that my wife won't be a financial burden on the country if she lives here even if she doesn't work, I don't have to prove it to you, you are nobody. You have no accomplishments, you have no friends, and you prove your piece-of-shit character by trying to trash good people you don't even know. I know who you are because you put your worthless name out there at any opportunity, you don't know shit about me or my wife. You're a piece of shit. Go ahead, copy and paste that post one more time and add the next foaming-at-the-mouth insult that shits out of your brain.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
See subject & RoTfLmAo @ U here (said best here - prove otherwise - oh, that's right: YOU can't blowhard liar) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55346093/
* LMAO!
The PRICE of being a FAKE NAME for a FAKE LIFE loser in yourself wageslave is that - PUBLIC humiliation.
(Shouldn't have started up w/ me - I can't WAIT until you post elsewhere - that's going to come up again, lol, much to your PUBLIC dismay).
AS TO MY LIST YOU CAN'T MATCH https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ ?
I've done TONS MORE that those. Tons. You obviously haven't (lol, PROVE otherwise - you can't "PIMP", lol!).
APK
P.S.=> You grimy little PIMP w/ MAIL ORDER BRIDE (lol) do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" blowhard behind a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE LIFE, loser (prove otherwise)... apk
See subject & RoTfLmAo @ U here (said best here - prove otherwise - oh, that's right: YOU can't blowhard liar) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55346093/
That cunt's USING YOU STUPID to stay in the US - are you REALLY THAT FUCKING STUPID cocksucker flapper? Obviously yes - show her this, please (I'd love to be there to see her lie, lol).
* LMAO! See that my TELLING THE TRUTH of YOU having to have a MAIL ORDER OVERSEAS HOOKER FOR A 'wife' GOT TO YOU, lol - priceless & TRUE (you KNOW it, GRIMY LIL' PIMP, lmao). Your "ReAcTioN" proves it, unlike YOU proving you have A DAMN THING to your name yourself (which you clearly don't, PIMP, lol).
The PRICE of being a FAKE NAME for a FAKE LIFE loser in yourself wageslave is that - PUBLIC humiliation.
(Shouldn't have started up w/ me - I can't WAIT until you post elsewhere - that's going to come up again, lol, much to your PUBLIC dismay).
AS TO MY LIST YOU CAN'T MATCH https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ ?
I've done TONS MORE that those. Tons. You obviously haven't (lol, PROVE otherwise - you can't "PIMP", lol!).
APK
P.S.=> You grimy little PIMP w/ MAIL ORDER BRIDE (lol) do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" blowhard behind a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE LIFE, loser (prove otherwise)... apk
See subject & Yes is the answer! RoTfLmAo @ U here (said best here - prove otherwise - oh, that's right: YOU can't blowhard liar) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55346093/
That cunt's USING YOU STUPID to stay in the US - are you REALLY THAT FUCKING STUPID cocksucker flapper? Obviously yes - show her this, please (I'd love to be there to see her lie, lol).
* LMAO! See that my TELLING THE TRUTH of YOU having to have a MAIL ORDER OVERSEAS HOOKER FOR A 'wife' GOT TO YOU, lol - priceless & TRUE (you KNOW it, GRIMY LIL' PIMP, lmao). Your "ReAcTioN" proves it, unlike YOU proving you have A DAMN THING to your name yourself (which you clearly don't, PIMP, lol).
The PRICE of being a FAKE NAME for a FAKE LIFE loser in yourself wageslave is that - PUBLIC humiliation.
(Shouldn't have started up w/ me - I can't WAIT until you post elsewhere - that's going to come up again, lol, much to your PUBLIC dismay).
AS TO MY LIST YOU CAN'T MATCH https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ ?
I've done TONS MORE that those. Tons. You obviously haven't (lol, PROVE otherwise - you can't "PIMP", lol!).
APK
P.S.=> You grimy little PIMP w/ MAIL ORDER BRIDE (lol) do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" blowhard behind a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE LIFE, loser (prove otherwise)... apk
Of COURSE stupid - her limited stay visa would have expired you STUPID CHUMP (yes, I am being nice telling you how bitches work stupid). YOU ARE BEING PLAYED stupid!
* FACT, POINT-BLANK - (not that I believe a fucking thing you say but...) YOU ARE ONE DUMB MOTHERFUCKING FOOL!
She is USING YOU you nerd CHUMP (hell, you don't DESERVE nerd even - you're TOO fucking stupid).
Lastly:
FOLLOWING YOU AROUND? You STUPID little GRIMY LIL' PIMP (lol) YOU STARTED IT & I am only finishing it (lol, I would PAY to see next time you visit that hooker playing you, because I KNOW what I have said IS working your PUNY limited STUPID CHUMP BRAIN, lol - NO questions asked - truth's like that).
APK
P.S.=> Truth hurt? YES it does & you prove it (you are EASY to work mentally & yes, your PAID FOR MAIL ORDER HOOKER knows it as I do) - my proof? GETTING YOUR DUMB ASS to "ReAcT" so pooly here vs. https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55346093/ - in fact, & I GUARANTEE THIS? You will be thinking of ME who tried to WARN YOUR CHUMP STUPID ASS of what you've walked into dumb fuck - why am I doing this? I have SEEN it with CHUMPS JUST LIKE YOU a few times you utter fool (you call me "old man" but you young DUMB full of cum chump, experience -wisdom)... apk
See subject: @ this point I feel PITY for your chump ass getting PLAYED by a foreign whore & blowing you away https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55346093/
* Worst part is? I absolutely KNOW you're being played...
(... & I think YOU DO TOO).
On 'travelling the world'? You IGNORANT little imbecile, let me tell you ALL about it (I've done it while you were in diapers): No matter WHERE you go? People, are people. You're too fucking stupid to know it (& why this bimbo is playing YOU like a fucking dumb ass fiddle). She'll clean you out in the end, mark my words... think of ME then stupid.
(You will).
CHUMPS like YOU? Make me LAUGH - does being "married" make you 'better'? Hell no but then again, an INCOMPLETE liar loser blowhard like YOU (see ps below) can't be complete as you ARE defective product (what overseas sluts PREY on dumbo).
APK
P.S.=> Desperation leading you to BELIEVE your dumb ass delusions? Yes... hilarious/priceless - My God, & I don't owe you this, but I am WARNING even "your kind" in a blowhard bs artist bullshitter vs. myself https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55346093/ - remember YOU started it, I am only finishing it (& WRITING INTO THE BIOS OF YOUR BRAIN, lol - you'll never EVER trust her now, lol & you shouldn't you DUMB played fool fuck)... apk
So much these days, Hollywood has forgotten the purpose of a movie. The purpose is to tell a decent story in an interesting way. No one gives a flying flip for your fancy cinematography and high dollar special effects if you aren't telling an interesting story with them.
The original Bladerunner was innovative on several levels. Not the least of which was being one of the first full budget treatments of serious science fiction. A reboot will most likely be a sFx movie missing the point of the original by several orders of magnitude. And if Social Justice Jerkism takes over the script; it may very well end up full of tired stereotypes and unwatchable.. like Ghostbusters 2016.
NRRPT/RCT
See subject you STUPID grimy lil' pimp DO NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" FOOL blabbermouth https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11217131&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=55345009/ start w/ me YOUR superior.
When "your kind" can show you've done BETTER, earlier & more? Talk...
APK
P.S.=> You disgusting reprehensible worm... apk
That's the demographic that is seeing the movie; From this link is an exact quote;
But the audience poll mostly consists of older male audiences who likely saw the original film in theaters. Opening night demographics were 71 percent male and 63 percent above the age of 35
Truly a movie for the "patriarchy."
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
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APK
P.S.=> China imitated me http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/boffins_supercharge_the_hosts_file_to_save_users_plagued_by_dns_outages/ ... apk
I think the length of the movie was glorious! How wonderful to see this alternative reality for a long time -- like a longer vacation in a fascinating place. I think it's so weird to want to shorten one's ability to glimpse that world, even the more mundane aspects, simply to be able to return to ordinary, familiar life.
I sat in one of the front rows of a theater, and the bold, deep sounds of some of the scenes was a great pleasure, and not pointlessly and painfully screeching or deafening. Maybe the theater you were at had the volume turned a bit too loud, but I even wonder if the nature of the sounds, even if very loud, would seem painful or annoying; they weren't shrill.
The CEO explains his reason for wanting reproduction: The company can't make replicants fast enough! It was probably always the case that reproduction was desired. The issue was that the OLD MODEL / disobedient replicants managed to reproduce, and these disobedient, self-directed replicants were the one's which risked upsetting the whole world order -- because these old replicants were likely to assert their right to shape their own destinies, and would thus be rivals for domination of Earth and beyond. *That's* the issue!! It's okay if the docile, non-self-directing replicants reproduce! Nobody today would feel threatened if mobile phones or self-driving cars could reproduce...
Then talk: You did more earlier & better than I? Prove it:
Windows NT Magazine April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" pg 61
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WINDOWS MAGAZINE 1997 "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue pg 210 #1 entry
PC-WELT FEB 1998 pg 84
WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 pg 92 MUST HAVE WARE
PC-WELT FEB 1999 - pg 83
CHIP Magazine 7/99 - pg 100
GERMAN PC BOOK Data Becker "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000
HOT SHAREWARE #46 issue pg. 54 2001
Paid for article @ PCPitstop in 2008 http://pcpitstop.com/news/winn...
UltraDefrag64 Process Priority Control credited by lead dev -> http://ultradefrag.sourceforge... or here http://sourceforge.net/tracker...
APK
P.S.=> Fake name for a fake life = you... apk
See subject & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55356033/ fake name for your fake life.
APK
P.S.=> You started this & it's always a pleasure to finish you via the link above + quite easy to "get a rise" outta you via ribbing on your paid for 'wife' who is without a DOUBT playing/using you to stay in the USA too (shouldn't have started up with me as you always do)... apk
See subject & when a mere 'talker' bullshit liar in yourself proves he's done more, better + earlier than I https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55356033/ then open your cocksucker boy...
* You start it, & I easily finish it + YOU with it (you do it FOR me, & I love it! Every single time you try this, you bust yourself up... lol!)
APK
P.S.=> Funniest part is, I KNOW YOU CAN'T as you have zero & post behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE OF A LIFE stooge, lol... & you know it (constantly proving it)... apk
Windows NT Magazine April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" pg 61
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WINDOWS MAGAZINE 1997 "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue pg 210 #1 entry
PC-WELT FEB 1998 pg 84
WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 pg 92 MUST HAVE WARE
PC-WELT FEB 1999 - pg 83
CHIP Magazine 7/99 - pg 100
GERMAN PC BOOK Data Becker "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000
HOT SHAREWARE #46 issue pg. 54 2001
Paid for article @ PCPitstop in 2008 http://pcpitstop.com/news/winners.asp
UltraDefrag64 Process Priority Control credited by lead dev -> http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/handbook/Credits.html or here http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2993462&group_id=199532&atid=969873
APK
P.S.=> You did more earlier & better than I? Prove it
Aw, look @ the punk who started it here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55339677/ crying!
APK
P.S.=> You're a zero & you keep proving it for me (thanks, lol) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55356033/ by doing your "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" vs. that (trying to cut me down? You have ZERO to show for yourself BY yourself (no 'team') - heck that's only a TINY FRACTION of what I can put up to my individual credit - you don't have ANYTHING & that is hilarious - trying to put ME down without a pot to piss in yourself)... apk
You start this & CRY about it? LMAO! See subject & "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55356033/ & here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/
* IF you were John Carmack, then, I'd concede defeat (he's great, obviously, YOU ARE NOT behind your FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE of a life, lol!)
APK
P.S.=> Prove otherwise - oh, that's RIGHT - you can't... lol! Thanks for doing yourself in as always blowhard bullshitter "ne'er-do-well"... apk
You start this https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55339677/& CRY about it? LMAO! See subject & "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55356033/ & here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/
I know what YOU tell me - ZERO accomplishments of your own that I can show EASILY above & YOU CAN'T! Period...
* IF you were John Carmack, then, I'd concede defeat (he's great, obviously, YOU ARE NOT behind your FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE of a life, lol!)
I claim fact - you can't show SQUAT for yourself, zero, nada, nothing, lol (it all describes you perfectly - thank you!)
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I didn't HAVE to destroy you - you do yourself in FOR ME, & I truly LOVE it... thanks!
IF what I say about your alleged wife isn't true then WHY DOES IT BUG YOU SO MUCH? Oh, we KNOW why (you see the truth in my words).
Money? As far as that MY MONEY WORKS FOR ME, not the other way around like YOU, 'wageslave'... & destroy you? YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF IT FOR ME, no effort required! Thanks...
APK
P.S.=> Prove otherwise - oh, that's RIGHT - you can't... lol! Thanks for doing yourself in as always blowhard bullshitter "ne'er-do-well" - HILARIOUS PART IS I WAS FAIR & ALLOW YOU TO SHOW THINGS YOU INDIVIDUALLY HAVE DONE THAT DID WELL IN THE EYES OF OTHERS TO DEFEND YOURSELF (I can w/ our own /. peers easily https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/ ) BUT YOU CAN'T BLOWHARD, lol... apk
See subject: You're a zero "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing I gave a chance to prove otherwise & you can't https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55358043/ & you started up with me & I LET YOU FINISH YOURSELF vs. me, as always, you fail/lose (it's just what you do/how you roll) - period.
You keep saying "no one wants to be around you"? I have many around me, but I don't seem to be a mental "co-dependent" like you are putting SO MUCH IMPORTANCE on that ('team', 'friends' oozes from you showing me you CAN'T STAND ON YOUR OWN boy!).
It's no bullshit from me when I show you TALK a lot but have NO SUBSTANCE in the field of computing you can personally demonstrate by & of yourself...
APK
P.S.=> Hilarious/priceless - that link above made my favorites/bookmarks for YOU... apk
See subject & YOU LOST defeating yourself unable to show a damn thing to YOUR individual credit https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55358043/ anyone can read it & judge for themselves - after all - ALL YOU ARE IS CHEAP TALK & NO SUBSTANCE behind those empty words.
* Call me all the names you like, you destroy yourself, EVERY SINGLE TIME, publicly for me... again, lol - thanks.
You're @ A LOSS alright - a LOSS FOR WORDS & PROOF YOU'VE EVER DONE A DAMN THING OTHERS LIKE IN SOFTWARE ALONE, but I'm not (far from it).
APK
P.S.=> Funniest part about you, as shown in the link above & even NOW? You can't prove squat - you SURE TALK A LOT THOUGH, lol (blowhard bs artist that you clearly are) talk's cheap, proof FOR YOU? Impossible to produce (nothing in computing OR anything else apparently)... apk
You're just sucking your own dick at this point, this thread has clearly run its course. I like how you think I apparently do nothing of value (and, again, let's all remind ourselves that you have not a single piece of evidence or proof about anything I do). My house, my bank accounts, my real estate, my Mercedes - all of it, just out of thin air. I don't do anything, but man somehow I've convinced people to pay me 6 figures for years without them ever catching on that I don't actually do anything. This is how you think, isn't it APK? No one wants to work with you, your achievement list is about as much of a piece of shit as you are, but you're still going to make a bunch of claims with zero evidence. That's the standard for you, zero. You have no standards, and you have no credibility. Shit, your standard for an "achievement" is 1) suggest some Win32 API calls to someone else's project, 2) get all changes rejected, 3) PUT THAT SHIT ON THE FUCKIN RESUME! Those are your standards, trying to grab onto someone else's nutsack and attach your name to their project when you've literally done not a single thing to contribute to it. That's what you're so proud of. Like I've said, it's pathetic. You're pathetic. Your standard for "destroying me" is equally impressive.
I'm done watching you try to suck your own dick, so unless you've got anything new or novel to say then that's it for this thread. Don't worry though, the next time I see you pop up to make some bullshit claim I'll be there to call you out on it.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
See subject: You have no dick (or balls OR accomplishments of your own either lol) & you ran outta gas vs. https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55358043/ Yes - you're not MUCH ON FACTUAL PROOF of your cheap talk words but I'm not (see above - things you'll NEVER manage, & certainly not ON YOUR OWN - once more - YOU ARE FREE TO PROVE otherwise (keyword = prove)).
* You can't... lol!
Talk, talk, talk from you - get yourself a balloon & fill it full of your HOT AIR boy - & float away, ok? Thanks.
APK
P.S.=> You're just a little troll behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE of a so-called 'life' (nothing I can see proof of nor can anyone else blowhard "ne'er-do-well" windbag bs artist - talk's cheap - ANYONE can 'talk' but few can back it up (especially FAKE NAME for FAKE LIFE losers like you))
See subject: Prove otherwise! Oh, that's right - YOU can't (hahahaha) vs. https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55358043// you're mere talk & no proof (talk's cheap).
* You ask me to "believe you"? That's a laugh & a 1/2 - you provide ZERO to believe in!
RoTfLmAo! "Our TEAM" (not your alleged phantasy TEAM fool, YOU is what I ask proof of) & "FRIENDS" proving you are NOTHING minus some GRIMY LIL' PIMP that rides on the sweat of others work/backs as I said you were & YOU HAVE NOT PROVEN OTHERWISE as I know you FLAT-OUT can't - nothing to SHOW FOR YOURSELF done by YOU, not a 'team', lol!
(IF you're referring to UltraDefrag? You aren't reading those links - the MAIN ORIGINAL DEV suggests I have a solution they can use (high priority) but he MISSED that to "keep up w/ the bigboys" like PerfectDisk OR Diskeeper? He'll need the reverse too - LOW CPU for background ops, stupid!)
Thus YOU PROVE YOU ARE A JOKE & A LYING BLOWHARD WINDBAG BULLSHITTER with zero to show for yourself done BY YOU, not others which you can't show shit for either but I do in the links above (small samples only no less to MY credit).
APK
P.S.=> You've got nothing but HOT air windbag BLOWHARD bs chump - prove otherwise! Oh, yea - again - that's RIGHT! You? Just plain CAN'T. Why?? You're a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE OF A LIFE & nothing more... apk
See subject & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ Mr. "team" (nobody on your own minus that 'team' quite obviously).
* Don't put words in my mouth either loser!
E.G. - I never EVER once said I was a "great programmer" here - I have however said "I can get the job done" & WELL ENOUGH so that our /. peers LIKE & USE MY WORK (not yours) complementing it even (again, NOT your non-existent work) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/
I love putting a little fuck like YOU in your place. It's too easy.You make it so for me!
Lastly I never SAID UltraDefrag is "mine" but YOU have (big mistake) - I only noted I contributed good things to it which ARE noted in their program's credits & their website.
Is THAT bullshit the "best ya got" attempting to 'cut me down' when YOU cannot demonstrate a pot to piss in yourself? Yes, obviously - lol, & I am SURE that fact is BURNING YOU UP loser. Look @ your "ReAcTiOn", hahaha!
By the way - I don't put ANY of that on my resume (which I haven't needed for 12 yrs. now that I work for myself out of the field of programming (no longer a 'wageslave' as I don't require it & do well enough on my own)).
ME STEP ON YOU? WTF?? Shitbrain: You came here & started this punk! I only finish it & YOU with it!
Good to see I've got you RUNNING like the hamster you ARE on MY wheel (manipulating you into your rage, lol).
YOU KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE PUNISHMENT!
Funniest part is, a few posts back you said this thread 'ran its course', lol - not when your RAGE @ being MY INFERIOR has you FoAmInG @ Teh MoUtH with MILE long rants but NO SUBSTANCE to YOUR individual credit (& you KNOW it, leech).
Now, go home & fuck your PAID FOR HOOKER, ok? After all - YOU SHOULD GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH (not just her getting all your non-existent scratch), LOL!
APK
P.S.=> I have PROVEN that you are DEMONSTRATABLY MY INFERIOR many times over "big talker" Mr. "team" (nothing to YOUR INDIVIDUAL CREDIT) - that makes you a PUNK that lives off the sweat of others' backs/work & nothing more (prove otherwise - oh again, that's RIGHT - YOU? Can't, lol)... apk
See subject: 1st show you've done more, earlier & better than this yourself https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ & 2nd show our /. peers LIKE & USE your work as they do mine complimenting me https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/
* Let's see that... lol, we never EVER will (impossibility for "your kind").
Why's that proving SUCH A PROBLEM for you? All your 'talk' isn't helping you lol!
APK
P.S.=> ... & you KNOW it + have PROVEN it publicly - I love it (you can TRY 'cut me down' ALL DAY but minus the ability to meet my FAIR challenge to you? It makes me laugh & shows you're a "wee bit" jealous of me, coming in here to start trouble w/ me only to FALL FLAT ON YOUR FACE as always vs. myself)... apk
APK, you're still too stupid to understand the game - by amicusNYCL ( 1538833 ) on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:17PM (#55364601)
No fake name for your fake lie of a life: You're too stupid to get the better of me here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/ & here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ & you proved it by evasion showing NOTHING to your individual credit but I suppose that is the PRICE of being a GRIMY LIL' PIMP who lives off the sweat of others backs/work like you! ... & 2 puny browser extensions for an extinct browser vs. what's in those links = LMAO @ U (you're even too ashamed to admit to them Arizona boy - yes, I know who & where you are too, lol).
you have such a hard-on for me though - by amicusNYCL ( 1538833 ) on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:17PM (#55364601)
You came here starting w/ me & have to hide in shame per what I just said above & say that? Again - RoTfLmAo @ U fake name for your FAKE LIE OF A LIFE (w/ foreign mailorder bride wife, lol).
* The rest of your "FoAmiNg @ TeH MouTh" b.s. is more unprovable lies from you too... but you're welcome to PROVE otherwise (Oh, that's right - you can't).
Please - LOL, keep coming back for more though - lol, it is HIGHLY AMUSING for me to CRUSH a nobody like you who started w/ me only to end up with egg on your face chump!
APK
P.S.=> Obviously you WISH you were me - but you can't do it & measure up to me OR you'd show you did more, better & earlier than I in computing AND you'd have our /. peers saying you do GOOD work they like & use (as I can prove easily & "your kind"? Just plain CAN'T & not only do you KNOW it, you proved it publicly)... apk
So you can't even show that? Pitiful. What "respect" is that you get?? Your BLOWHARD mere words SELF-SUPPORT?? LMAO... & spam? Ok:
No complaints from me, I like APK's spam. Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free by aaaaaaargh!
ROTFLMAO as usual @ you LOSER blowhard "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing BULLSHIT artist... prove otherwise hotair windbag with NO SUBSTANCE!
APK
P.S.=> You can't show shit because you ARE shit - pure plain & simple HIDING behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE, lol... apk
I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg
(APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon
I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo
APK your posts on this & the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error &/or bad advice by BlueStrat
Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising & malvertising is quite valid by JazzLad
I like your host file system by Karmashock
(NEED MORE? Ask!)
* It's recommended/hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!
APK
P.S.=> China imitated me http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/boffins_supercharge_the_hosts_file_to_save_users_plagued_by_dns_outages/ ... apk
I don't remember them saying anything that specifically tied the blackout to replicants... but it's entirely possible (likely, even) that I missed something.
"Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
Our /. peers say THIS about my work https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55365577/ do they yours? No, lol!
IF THAT IS "GETTING SHOT"? I'll take it... you wish you would be in front of such a firing squad blowhard do-nothing windbag "ne'er-do-well"!
See subject- Is THAT what you "have to do"? I don't see you prove your words of being an actual developer after all, lol...
APK
P.S.=> You are HILARIOUS - lots of 'talk' but NO SUBSTANCE... how can FOOLS like YOU live with yourselves I wonder - I mean it, it boggles the mind (& I have a between 130-140 IQ in tests I've taken over time)... apk
See subject: I knew that he hates me posting this in his other replies and that you understand he lives a lie under a fake name online.
* His "kind"? No better than drug addicts that waste their lives and hate anyone that does well... period.
(Why else would a total loser liar like him attack me as he has? I was even complimenting a thespian I felt was "going places" despite living in a HORRIBLE "harvey weinstein" jew world... he can't even stand that).
APK
P.S.=> Pitiful bastards abound - especially do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" shit like amicusNYCL - perhaps the globalists are RIGHT about 1 thing - a 'great cullling' IS required (of weasel worms like this loser amicusNYCL who I have gotten a HUGE rise out of, seeing him project his TOTAL loserhood, lol)... apk
People with your attitude have a bad habit of getting shot here - by amicusNYCL ( 1538833 ) on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:00PM (#55365911)
Apparently people where you're from = weasels like you (zero to show) vs. https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/
* Do you REALLY think your bs & hiding behind "anonymity" FOOLS ANYONE but yourself? Guess again - minus anything that backs up you calling me a shitty developer etc. & worse, you are ZERO - period.
(Prove otherwise - oh, again - that's RIGHT... YOU? Can't! You're all lies & a blowhard "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing talker!)
APK
P.S.=> And pussy? IF you're such a 'badass'? Face me man-to-man & say some of the bs you have (instead of being a "hide behind anonymity" LOSER like you are) - because CHUMP, you'd NEED A GUN to take me out (& you're not the only person who has one by the way BUT anything you say has NO PROOF behind it, lol - nothing (you're all lies behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE OF A LIFE & you know it (everyone else does)))... apk
See subject & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8694351&cid=51429323/ - you EAT YOUR WORDS vs. me, lol...
* Racist? Jews are the BIGGEST RACISTS THERE IS, bar-none (as I've seen what the Talmud says of non-jews) so don't even TRY "jew gult" me & save your "jedi mind tricks" for the weak-minded like yourself EATING YOUR WORDS vs. me as shown above.
PROJECT A LITTLE MORE why don't you? You hate YOU you can't backup & PROVE a damn thing about yourself doing well (I can prove I have easily).
APK
P.S.=> My conclusion is you are NOTHING but a blabbermouth mere talk "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing ZERO that WISHES he was me (but you never CAN be, or you'd have proven you've done more, better, & EARLIER than I can show from a partial list only https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ & that our /. peers LIKE + USE my work (NOT your non-existent HOT AIR bullshit artist that you are, lol) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/ - you pitiful little JOKE liar HIDING behind a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE OF A LIFE (prove otherwise, oh, that's RIGHT - YOU? Can't, lmao)... apk
See subject (You prove you can't & you have zero to YOUR individual credit/FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE of a LIFE blowhard)!
Proof is your inability to show you've done more, better & earlier than I in programming etc. here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55345105/ & that /. peers like + use YOUR work (yours clearly doesn't exist, prove otherwise) that YOU did YOURSELF as I can easily show to MY individual credit, here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55347347/
* It was also a PLEASURE making you "EAT YOUR WORDS" vs. me in the past here too https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11212619&cid=55379859/
APK
P.S.=> It was a QUADRUPLE PLEASURE also seeing you make ANOTHER MISTAKE - Jews != race - ISRAELITES do - Jews = a religious cult, stupid (not a race) & what I said of Harvey Weinstein is FACT (he is taking TONS of shit for it now dumbass)... apk