BLADE RUNNER 2049 Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Hidden Details & Things You Missed

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The question wasn't whether KD6-3.7 was a replicant or not, it was whether he was the first replicant who was born. It was never a doubt he was a replicant.

I'm glad you said that the ending is happy because K realizes that while he isn't special, he can help serve the greater good and that makes him special. I always thought that was profound. It seems that point was lost on most people.

I think 2049 is a bit of a modern masterpiece. It's well made and really captures the Blade Runner world.

Bit of a correction on the Joi segment. The Emanator "Present" isn't how K is tracked. Because Joi specifically tells K to break the antenna inside so that she can't be tracked. Meaning that Joi was also starting to free herself from the shackles of just being a product. As she instructed K on how to essentially jail break herself as a product. I think it's also interesting that originally Joi would make suggestions to K, then immediately change her mind if K showed the slightest resistance. Such as her suggestion he read to her, he resists, she throws the book away & says she hates the book. But towards the end she started making more demands vs requests. Such as the prostitute scene, he was very resistant at first. It was something she took the lead on but they both wanted. But her idea to delete her home files he absolutely did not want to do. That was her taking the lead on something he did not want. Essentially, she was becoming human herself. What are we told directly after Joi's "death?" That to die gor the tight cause is the must human thing we can do. Joi chose to appear while K was being beaten. She knew how vulnerable she was. She chose to die for her right cause. Which was K, whom she mistakenly thought was special because of his birth. K was tracked through his boss's office by the by.

Just a note about the the scene with the 3 pleasure bots walking up. She actually speaks finnish and not russian.

This movie was GRIPPING. I've seen it two or three times and it's always a good reminder that not all sequels and reboots are trash. If passion is applied the result is so sweet!

In the big joi billboard scene it also says something to the effect of “ she says exactly what you need to hear” which says to me at AI was only telling k what he wanted to hear, and he realizes the “love” he felt was fake, and the love between the father and his daughter is REAL love, which is why he goes back to help.

For me, Joi's emotions were real. K was confronted throughout the movie with the wonder of Anna's birth and that he never had seen a wonder himself. When he was confronted with the "standard" Joi, he was reminded of what he had and who she was to him, making her love his wonder. He then takes up the fight to protect Deckard to ensure that he'll have the wonder of sharing his life with his daughter now. A wonderful movie and one of my absolute favourites. Watched it three times in a row just to appreciate it entirely. :)

I don’t think Joi’s emotions were fake. The point of Blade Runner is that the line between synthetic and natural is irrelevant, rather it’s the experience of emotions and drive that makes something alive. Joe is hurt that his love is dead and what he sees is a ghost of emotions he felt. Synthetic or real, it felt the same. That radicalized him to fight and destroy the line between synthetic and natural. The reason I believe this is because the point of blade runner is push against the hierarchy of awareness. If Joe sees his love as false, then the hierarchy is maintained. But if he realizes it is false and yet still real, then the cause has a real purpose. Westworld has a very similar theme as well in the first and second season.

Am I the only one who's now hearing of the short films and the anime one for the first time?!!!!

2049, is easily one of my favorite films of all time. Maybe my favorite. It's so dense, so beautiful thematically and visually. It's a masterpiece.

I had no doubts as soon as Anna said the memory was a real one that it was hers and not his. I think the fact that Deckard has visibly aged since the first film is proof that he isn't a replicant.

I don't think Luv tracked K because of Joi since she asked him to break her antenna before running away, so they won't get followed. Actually, Luv got their location through Madam computer after she killed her.

One Easter egg to note - when K flies along the sea wall to head to San Diego, there’s a ship hovering above that’s definitely a replica of the Sulaco from Aliens

K isn't special because he was made/born special. He's special because of the choices he made. It's Existentialism.

K's persona is reflected in Joi and viceversa. I distinctly remember while watching the movie that I thought "K's a really softie, you really get to know him by knowing his Joi". I think at a statistical level she's aware of her other personas, if you know what I mean... Being so unique, being made so pure, by K's personality alone, I think she really enjoys herself, so, because he made her what she is, she does really love him. On the Bridge, he realizes she was unique, and that he's unique as well. She had supported his beautiful dreams, even is she wasn't real, now he's gonna do the same with Deckard. Lovely movie, isn't it.

One of the best sequels and sci-fi films with the original. Denis And Harrison deserved Oscar Noms. Amazing film with great respect to the original while making its own great story. Can't wait for Blade Runner 2099.

I loved that he tried to make the best movie with the tone and plot he wanted without worrying about spoon feeding fans, being scared of reviewers getting board by the pacing, and wasn’t scared of sacrificing some action to include more room for viewer interpretation. A great way to make a long awaited sequel the honored the original’s legacy without being confined by it. Like it or not, there’s a lot to respect here.

Here’s something you didn’t notice. K and luv fight in the car, which is circular like an egg. There’s water and it symbolises a womb. They’re twins, both followed orders and both had notions they were something greater. K killing luv symbolises him killing his twin