Like the original, director Denis Villeneuve has put a lot lingering shots and long scenes where things build slowly. While watching Blade Runner 2049, I kept thinking about the first time I saw ...

he presented an image of a person standing in an orange desert looking toward demolished buildings — similar to an iconic ...

Blade Runner 2049 is not a story about the future. Or at least, it's not about our future. It's set in the year 2049, but it's the year 2049 as extrapolated from the year 2019 as it was imagined ...