History YMMV / BladeRunner2049

* {{Supercouple}}: Although it's left up to the [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation viewers' interpretation]] how much she actually loves him (or is capable of loving him), people ''really'' love K and Joi together, despite (or maybe even because of) the fact that they're both (supposed to be) emotionless machines incapable of loving each other and [[spoiler: they're both dead.]]

** A minor one with fans of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', over which movie had the better [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative late-career performance fro
m Harrison Ford in a sci-fi movie that hasn't had a sequel in 30 years]].

** A minor one with fans of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', over which movie had the better [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative late-career performance from Harrison Ford in a sci-fi movie that hasn't had a sequel in 30 years]].

** A [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/9a189aaa207b35d73b9d2eef47331ada/tumblr_ox2qk1mX651vqbvcbo1_1280.jpg still image of Ryan Gosling's face after being accidentally punched by Harrison Ford]] made the rounds on the internet. Both of their expressions were priceless, and thus, HilarityEnsues.

** "CELLS" and "INTERLINKED" is popular on 4chan, specifically /tv/.
** "Not even close to baseline" has become a new way of saying "feels bad man" on the internet.
** [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/440/107/ee1.jpg Screenshots]] of Agent K's violent FreakOut when he visits Ana Stelline's lab are very popular as a reaction image.
** In the year following the movie's release, a screenshot of K screaming after failing his baseline test captioned with "I'M SO LONELY AND HORNY" has ascended in popularity.
** Lying down on the stairs in the snow to indicate depression. Another 4chan addition is repeatedly adding more and more Goslings to the scene as additional posters remark their agreement at whatever depressive or lonely post the first guy made.
* MisaimedFandom: The whole point of Joi's character ([[AlternateAesopInterpretation arguably]]) is that no matter how appealing she might be, an artificial woman is no substitute for real love (probably). Doesn't stop the dozens of fans who left the theater thinking "[[PerverseSexualLust I want one.]]"

* HilariousInHindsight: Mackenzie Davis' casting in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', in which Creator/LindaHamilton is supposed to reprise her role, means this movie won't be the last time Davis appears in a newer installment of a long-running sci-fi franchise that began in the 80s, will feature the original movie's star [[RoleReprise returning to the role]] many years later, and centers around humanlike, violent robots... as a bonus, Davis plays a cyborg in ''Terminator'', when ''Blade Runner'' has her as an ArtificialHuman, who mocks K by saying "You don't like real girls".

* AwardSnub: Although the movie did quite well at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, picking up five nominations and two wins, many were angered that Creator/DenisVilleneuve was passed over for a director's job despite the nearly impossible task ahead of him. Similarly, Music/HansZimmer and Music/BenjaminWallfisch failed to get a Best Score nomination for their, dense atmospheric and moody compositions that paid homage to Music/{{Vangelis}}' legendary work without ever copying it wholesale.

* BrokenBase: The film's portrayal of women is also a source of division. The film is at times extremely MaleGaze-y and its setting is unambiguously misogynistic (as was that of the original, but ''2049'' arguably takes this further), with women mostly being relegated to roles of sex workers, victims, or "holographic housewives", but there's disagreement over whether the film steps over into endorsing the misogyny of its setting. For his part, director Denis Villeneuve says that it is not intended to do so: "''Blade Runner'' is not about tomorrow; it's about today. And I'm sorry, but the world is not kind on women." Some of the film's defenders have argued that the film can be read as a parable about fertility, perhaps comparable in some ways to ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' or ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' -- its villain, Niander Wallace, is obsessed with fertility, essentially "consumed by rage that women can do something he cannot", as Helen Lewis argued in the ''New Statesman'':

** More straightforward with ''Film/{{Bright}}'', as fans of that film don’t get along with this movie’s fans, due to this being critically and audience acclaimed but being a BoxOfficeBomb while ''Film/{{Bright}}'' was a ratings hit despite it’s VocalMinority fanbase.
** A minor one with fans of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', over which movie had the better [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative late-career performance from Harrison Ford in a sci-fi movie that hasn't had a sequel in 30 years.]]
* FriendlyFandoms:

** They apparently didn't use a lot of CGI. Creator/RyanGosling and Villeneuve state that they only used four greenscreens for the entire production and a good 80% of the film was done practically. The LAPD headquarters, the ruined cities and Niander Wallaces building? All scale models and miniatures! The deserted background of Las Vegas as Rick Deckard and Officer K talk? A matte painting. The famous shot of K walking slowly through the desert? A combination of a gigantic set, miniatures and CGI. [[https://youtu.be/BBsjZgu7T2U Here's a behind the scenes]] clip for proof. Visual Effects of Awesome doesn't begin to describe it.

** The visuals from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCcx85zbxz4&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures first trailer alone]] are incredible, turning the {{Chiaroscuro}} CyberPunk aesthetics of the original film UpToEleven with modern visual effects and CGI. Furthermore, the film is lensed by famed veteran cinematographer Roger Deakins, and it pays off ''big time''. So much so he finally won an Oscar for his work!

* UncannyValley:
** Wallace in general [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/08/22/4019561C00000578-4485554-First_peak_Jared_Leto_is_featured_as_well_as_he_is_shown_towerin-m-107_1494280150724.jpg just looks off]], mostly because of the glowing chip on his neck a la Frankenstein's bolts and his blind, scarred eyes. At times, his bizarre, stilted delivery and slow, mechanical movements make him seem more like a robot than any of the Replicants (which is almost certainly intentional.)
** The CGI on [[spoiler:Wallace's version of Rachel]] is one of the best replications of a photorealistic human face in film to date, but it's still not perfect. Then again, considering the purpose of that scene, it's almost certainly at least partially intentional, and arguably [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools works to the movie's advantage.]]
** Joi's pure hologram averts this completely, but when she synchronizes with Mariette's body, the process is just imperfect enough to look at least slightly off. It's most notable on the hands because hers and Mariette's fingers rarely synchronize at all, which results in someone with twenty fingers caressing K. Face synchronization also falters slightly from time to time, leading to a strange hybrid look composed of both women's features. Given that it'd be way easier to film it with just Joi, this is probably deliberate.
** Joi's ad hologram is an intentional example, with her completely dark eyes.
** Played very subtly with the photograph of Freya holding the baby [[spoiler:Anna]]. There's nothing specifically wrong about the picture, but something about it just seems off... [[FridgeHorror until one realizes that what makes it stand out is that the people and objects that are shown are standing in direct sunlight, which is not seen once in the entire setting at the time the movie takes place.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics:
** Somehow, sea levels have risen, but it's also snowing in LA in the summertime. Either the climate warmed enough to raise the sea levels massively, or it's cooled enough to glaciate south and bring snow to southern latitudes. Both things happening at the same time rather defies logic and basic climatology.
** Solar panels in a constantly overcast world aren't going to be very effective, especially if you're powering skyscraper-sized holograms, one would think.
** And how is a world that, by necessity, must be recycling a CRAPTON of waste products (since the world doesn't appear to be producing much of use on its own), be generating considerably MORE trash than the current world? (IE, modern society does not require giant robots to dump mountains of trash on a daily basis. In fact, we produce far less trash than most would think.)

* FoeYay:
** Quite a bit between K and Luv. She even gives him the replicant kiss of death.
** Wallace deems to meet [[spoiler: Deckard]] under very intimate circumstances. He even holds his hand, and basically tries to seduce him.