Blade Runner 2049 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[nicholas]

Critics who saw the film before its release were asked by director Denis Villeneuve not to reveal certain characters and plot points.

[francisco]

The character name Ana Stelline is a pun on "anastellin", a human anti-angiogenic peptide. Anti-angiogenesis is a field of medicine concerned with the prevention of formation of blood vessels. The field is often studied by cancer doctors to stop blood-flow supplying malignant tumors.

[addison]

European sci-fi magazine Métal Hurlant, considered revolutionary in the comic book field during the 70's and 80's, has inspired many generations of authors and filmmakers, such as Ridley Scott for Blade Runner (1982). François Schuiten, one of the most influential comic book artists behind Métal Hurlant, acted as production designer on Mars et Avril (2012). This indie sci-fi romance, which pays tribute to Métal Hurlant in many ways, is a film by Martin Villeneuve, the younger brother of Denis Villeneuve who directed "2049".

[kyle]

(at around 44 mins) When K is approached by Mariette and two other women, one of the two speaks her lines in Finnish, saying, "Tää jätkä on Blade Runner. Se on vitun vaarallinen. Annetaan sen olla." ("This guy is a Blade Runner. He's fucking dangerous, let's leave him be."). The character is played by Krista Kosonen, who is a native Finn. Additionally, this is the only time the term Blade Runner is used.

[caroline]

Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures were not involved with Blade Runner (1982); in fact in 1982 Columbia Pictures was owned by the Coca-Cola Co. Sony's participation in this movie is due to its purchase of Embassy Pictures, one of the companies that produced the original "Blade Runner".

[cassandra]

Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who had worked with director Denis Villeneuve on Prisoners (2013), Sicario (2015) and Arrival (2016), was attached to compose the music for the film. He had started work on a score that featured his unique signature, but in August 2017, he dropped out of the project because the director and producers preferred a score that would more resemble Vangelis's music from the first movie. Composer Hans Zimmer, along with Benjamin Wallfisch, was hired to replace Jóhannsson.

[chris]

Ultimately Denis Villeneuve says he signed on "because I feel that I can do it," and expanded a bit on how he'd be approaching the sequel: "It's a huge challenge, because you don't want to cut and paste, otherwise there's no point. And at the same time you have to respect what was done, so you have to find the right equilibrium between being faithful to the first one and bringing something new at the same time that will make sense to the 'Blade Runner' universe."

[liam]

(at around 1h 55 mins) The original police spinner from the first movie is briefly seen when Deckard runs towards it to escape once Luv has discovered where he is hiding.

[marc]

(at around 46 mins) At one point the prostitute Mariette remarks about K's (Ryan Gosling) holographic girlfriend Joi, "Oh, I see, you don't like real girls." Gosling starred in Lars and the Real Girl (2007), about a man's relationship with a sex doll he ordered on the Internet.

[addison]

With Ridley Scott having toyed with the edit of Blade Runner (1982) over the years, it is fair to ask which version would be considered "canon" going into the sequel. Denis Villeneuve replied by insinuating the follow-up may not be as much of a straightforward sequel as we thought: "The movie will be autonomous and at the same time there will be some link. The only thing I can say is I was raised with the original cut, the original version that Ridley doesn't like. That's the Blade Runner that I was introduced to at the beginning and that I loved for years, and then I must say that I appreciated the very last cut, the 'Final Cut' version. So between all the different cuts, for me it's the first and the very last that I'm more inspired by."