BR2049 Spoilers
Just rewatched BR2049. The first time I saw this, I had an expectations problem and had to think about, if I liked it. I recognize it as a moving, worthy, intriguing sequel.
I believe that engineered humans or A.I, equivalent or exceeding human intelligence when given self awareness and basically free will is inherently problematic if the intent is to treat them as slaves and expect smooth sailing.
However it seems in the case of Niander Wallace, Head of Wallace Corporation the new Nexus 9 series is supposed to be compliant, understand their purpose, and the LAPD deems that giving a Bladerunner perks makes for a happy slave, while testing them extensively to make sure they are still onboard with the program and their status.
One thing reinforced watching K and Luv is that Replicants are stronger and more resilient than humans, otherwise how could K take the beating that he takes and keep going?
The most important plot point in this story is that while the LAPD seeks a replicant child to erase it as if it never existed, Wallace wants to find the child to enable his vision:
Niander Wallace: Every leap of civilization was built off the back of a disposable workforce. We lost our stomach for slaves unless engineered. But I can only make so many. That barren pasture empty and salted, right here. The dead space between the stars. And this, the seat that we must change for heaven. I cannot breed them. So help me, I have tried. We need more Replicants than can ever be assembled. Millions, so we can be trillions more. We could storm Eden and retake her. Tyrell’s final trick: Procreation. Perfected, then lost. But there is a child. Bring it to me.
Intriguing, fantastic article about Luv, Wallace’s Right Hand Replcant enforcer. I’ve always said we have very little if any free choice
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TEARS OF A MACHINE: THE HUMANITY OF LUV IN "BLADE RUNNER 2049"
https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-a...hine-the-humanity-of-luv-in-blade-runner-2049
Hoeks (actress who plays Luv) is devastating in the role, and the tension between who Luv wants to be and who she is makes her a powerful parallel to humanity. Psychology tells us that we all want to be different—more moral, more honest, more loyal. And biology tells us that problems with agency, freedom and identity start early, not late. Who you are is an intricate chess game between nature and nurture; like Luv, we are programmed first, conditioned later. These are the central ideas of “Blade Runner” and “Blade Runner 2049,” and in fact, the way famed behavioral biologist Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University characterizes humanity almost sounds like the plot of “Blade Runner” itself. He believes killers and thieves are nothing more than the equivalent of a BMW with bad brakes on the highway. An unambiguous danger that must be stopped, but to zero fault of its own––not unlike Deckard hunting down Roy, Leon, and Priss. Sapolsky goes one step further. He believes all behavior works exactly the same, saying the single most important question to answer is to accept that there is no free will, only the proverbial 1s and 0s of programming and conditioning.
Side note, the exterior shots were filmed in Budapest and Nevada, including an abandoned power plant near Budapest.
http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/b/Blade-Runner-2049.php
K’s apartment, Szalay Street, Budapest
Just rewatched BR2049. The first time I saw this, I had an expectations problem and had to think about, if I liked it. I recognize it as a moving, worthy, intriguing sequel.
I believe that engineered humans or A.I, equivalent or exceeding human intelligence when given self awareness and basically free will is inherently problematic if the intent is to treat them as slaves and expect smooth sailing.
However it seems in the case of Niander Wallace, Head of Wallace Corporation the new Nexus 9 series is supposed to be compliant, understand their purpose, and the LAPD deems that giving a Bladerunner perks makes for a happy slave, while testing them extensively to make sure they are still onboard with the program and their status.
One thing reinforced watching K and Luv is that Replicants are stronger and more resilient than humans, otherwise how could K take the beating that he takes and keep going?
The most important plot point in this story is that while the LAPD seeks a replicant child to erase it as if it never existed, Wallace wants to find the child to enable his vision:
Niander Wallace: Every leap of civilization was built off the back of a disposable workforce. We lost our stomach for slaves unless engineered. But I can only make so many. That barren pasture empty and salted, right here. The dead space between the stars. And this, the seat that we must change for heaven. I cannot breed them. So help me, I have tried. We need more Replicants than can ever be assembled. Millions, so we can be trillions more. We could storm Eden and retake her. Tyrell’s final trick: Procreation. Perfected, then lost. But there is a child. Bring it to me.
Intriguing, fantastic article about Luv, Wallace’s Right Hand Replcant enforcer. I’ve always said we have very little if any free choice
:TEARS OF A MACHINE: THE HUMANITY OF LUV IN "BLADE RUNNER 2049"
https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-a...hine-the-humanity-of-luv-in-blade-runner-2049
Hoeks (actress who plays Luv) is devastating in the role, and the tension between who Luv wants to be and who she is makes her a powerful parallel to humanity. Psychology tells us that we all want to be different—more moral, more honest, more loyal. And biology tells us that problems with agency, freedom and identity start early, not late. Who you are is an intricate chess game between nature and nurture; like Luv, we are programmed first, conditioned later. These are the central ideas of “Blade Runner” and “Blade Runner 2049,” and in fact, the way famed behavioral biologist Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University characterizes humanity almost sounds like the plot of “Blade Runner” itself. He believes killers and thieves are nothing more than the equivalent of a BMW with bad brakes on the highway. An unambiguous danger that must be stopped, but to zero fault of its own––not unlike Deckard hunting down Roy, Leon, and Priss. Sapolsky goes one step further. He believes all behavior works exactly the same, saying the single most important question to answer is to accept that there is no free will, only the proverbial 1s and 0s of programming and conditioning.
Side note, the exterior shots were filmed in Budapest and Nevada, including an abandoned power plant near Budapest.
http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/b/Blade-Runner-2049.php
K’s apartment, Szalay Street, Budapest
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