Apropos not very much, I know the man who was stunt-origamist for Gaff in the original.  Mick Guy, a very nice chap and fellow member of the British Origami Society.

Cool story! Are/were you an origamist?

I was.  You can find my Loch Ness Monster in Robert Harbin's Origami 4, invented when I was a dot.  Well, 14.

Doesn't appear to be among those depicted on the web site.  :-(

How many replicants did you mark for death retirement?

I watched Blade Runner 2048 last night.

It looks lovely, it's very long, it's an alright film.

I haven't watched the original to compare. Maybe I should.

I must re-watch the original, if only to see if it holds up as well as I remember it.

In a world with a lot of shit films, it seems a shame to miss out on that one even if you turned out not to like it.

Re-watched the 2049 dvd couple of days ago, on our same old 80s/90s-era (at a guess) motel crt television, and I think I liked it better on the small screen (though re-reading the thread, I seem to have liked it well enough on the big one). Having said all that, though, the more I think about it, is that it is a triumph of style over substance, with nothing more to tell us about the human (or for that matter, replicant) condition. But what style -- I'm guessing the problem here is the source of the original BR was the original Philip K. Dick novel, and this is a (merely) competent screenplay sequel, with a whole lot of plot holes. And yeah, it seems to be set up for franchise land. Blade Runner 2029* Replicants Fight The Bad Man.


*Cause dude, we ain't even gonna make it to 2050.

I revisited it myself and found the (admittedly faithful to the original) objectification of women' bodies a bit tedious. I don't mind a bit of objectification any more than the next man, if there's an soupcon of context, but it did seem gratuitous, particularly the giant statue(s?) in the desert.

Yeah it has a whole lot of baggage.