Hello, I'm Unbound Beartic, I'm a movie critic. I'm into Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Cyberpunk and AI Uprising Movies and Series. I've heard that Blade Runner is a great franchise with decent substance about AI Uprising, Consumerism and is Sci-Fi Masterpiece. Honestly, I love movies with this kind of Substance. I'm a huge fan of Terminator, The Wachowskis and many others.

However, I was disappointed when I saw both the Blade Runner Movies. They're both complete trash. The series is by far the worst Film Franchise I've ever seen.

First of all it's a terrible inaccurate and poorly designed adaptation of the book. It's unrecognizable to the source material. So why is anyone a fan of the films and content based on them. I don't see how anyone could care enough about the films to ever watch either of them for a second time. The Writing is really bad, The characters are poorly written. The acting is so wooden and fake. The action scenes of the second film suck. I'll admit I liked a couple shots in the end of the first one but it makes no sense that Roy's timer ends right during the climax of the film that's so poorly executed. The Execution of the series is terrible.

The plot is the biggest chunk of garbage I've ever scene. There is no setup, no payoff, no goals, no stakes, no urge. Both of the plots are worthless, Also the second film has the worst pacing I've ever seen. It's the Number 1 worst paced movie I've ever seen. And the story and plot does not make up for the 2 hour and 40 minute runtime at all. The plot of the film could barely take up a 70 minute film.

The Philosophy and themes are not good enough to warrant a decent franchise. I'd expect better from two cult classics with over 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and over 8.0 on imdb.com. I'm very confused that the internet is this gullible somebody please explain why they don't hate this film series.

I am curious: Has there ever been lost media involved in this franchise, like a lost movie, a promotional video or photo, or a lost script, something like that?

I'm not sure if this has been done before but I'm new to this so I'm sorry if I'm going over old ground. What do you think everyday life would be like for those who are left behind on Earth and what would it be like for those living off world? I'm particularly fascinated by the lives of those still on Earth. Any thoughts?

I'm starting to see some stuff from the RPG out and about. From what I can tell, the VR game Revelations now has a canon ending (two NPCs in the RPG die in one of the Revelations endings) and might be retconned from 2023 to 2022. Going to wait and see if more info is included in the full release to make any edits to that date on the Wiki. It might be getting a lot of retconning done to it since it's not even available anymore. Also the 1997 game is acknowledged!

There's an NPC or two that suggest connections to the Jeter novels... we'll see how that pans out.

Not sure if anyone else will participate, so I'll let this thread suffice for the whole series rather than issue-by-issue (though expect to see my thoughts for each issue).

So the first issue... I'm not really feeling it, honestly. The setting is the biggest departure from previous Blade Runner stories and I'm not a huge fan of the art style compared to that of 2019/2029 and Origins.

Who knows, maybe I'll like it after re-reading it for editing purposes over the next few days. Or maybe the second issue will get me.

Regardless of whether I like it or not, at least this issue wasn't just a re-telling of the anime.

I know I said I'd wait for the Limited Run copy (I'll still get it) but I saw that it was only $10 to get it digitally on PS4.

Barely into it and the only problems I've had are with the cursor. It locks onto things that can be interacted with, whereas the original version gives the cursor free range at all times. Especially frustrating when doing the shooting range. And the cursor is way too damn slow in the Esper. So I hope they do something about that. Otherwise, it seems okay so far.

EDIT: Turning down 'Smoothing' in Input Options fixed this!

Near the end of Origins #12, Cal indicates that his ideal Blade Runner is one that will eventually break and begin fighting for the replicants. The top and bottom panels are clearly nods to Deckard and K, respectively, but I don't recognize the one in the middle. It doesn't look like Ash or Joseph, so we've run out of options for Blade Runners who become sympathetic toward replicants. That is, unless we consider Ray McCoy (I suppose it could look like him), but his allegiances are player choice, and the image in the panel doesn't immediately connect to him, unless I'm forgetting something.

So who is it? The only other possibilities I can think of is either just a generic representation of a Blade Runner or someone we haven't met before (possibly from an upcoming comic?).