‘Blade Runner 2049’ Trailer: Welcome Back To The Future
A sequel toBlade Runnercan’t help but feel like folly. How do you make a follow-up toRidley Scott’s 1982 classic, which redefined is genre in ways that are still being felt today, without constantly being stuck in the shadow of its predecessor? We actually have an answer to that largely rhetorical question: you dragHarrison Fordback into the mix and you hire someone likeDenis Villeneuveto direct.
While those aspects make it feel okay to look forward toBlade Runner 2049and not dread it like some kind of cyberpunk plague, it’s going to take a great trailer to get us fully on this movie’s side. So ladies and gentlemen: prepare your judgmental expressions, because the first trailer has arrived.
Without further ado, here’s the trailer:
The trailerarrives on the heels of the official synopsis for the film, which makes perfectly clear what has been rumored for a little while now –Ryan Goslingis the true lead ofBlade Runner 2049, with Harrison Ford seemingly playing a key supporting role:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
There are still things I find troubling about the mere existence ofBlade Runner 2049. For example, I’m concerned that it will feel obligated to answer the first film’s many mysteries, which have left film fans arguing and debating for decades. Villeneuve claims he won’t answer this question, but I remain…concerned. The nature of Rick Deckard’s true existence is one of cinema’s greatest unanswered questions and a weird case where Scott’s reading of his own movie doesn’t align with my readingat all. Since Scott is still on board as a producer on this film, I hope he knows well enough to respect the perfect enigma he crafted back in 1982.
At the same time, I have faith in Denis Villeneuve, who has spent the past few years working up to a gig like this with the very good (if deeply flawed)Prisoners, the delightfully weirdEnemy, the chillingSicario, and the whip-smart science fiction tearjerkerArrival, which is one of my favorite movies to screen in 2015. If anyone can make this work, it has to be him, right?
