Winter kino season reviews week 1: blade runner, blade runner 2049

I like both movies but personally the sequel speaks way more to me. I know that it breaks and retcons several things from the first movie that diehard fans will say ruins it, but I do not care. To me it's much more of a standalone or a spiritual successor than a direct sequel, I do not care for continuity. And besides, I value it for it's themes and meta-commentary more than I do for it's story, the whole idea of finding what it actually means to be human, done so through all this obfuscation and subversion of expectations was done perfectly, and I say it as a person who hates the 'what if robots had souls?' trope in fiction.

Anyways, original is a good movie with a good story. 2049 is a great movie with an alright story but very interesting themes that when coupled together send you on an emotional rollercoaster. Definitely one of my favourite comfort movies for when I mentally break down