{"id":6551,"date":"2017-10-19T20:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T04:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6551"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:07:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T04:07:27","slug":"review-blade-runner-2049","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/review-blade-runner-2049\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u201cBlade Runner 2049\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span>Alexandra Martin | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span>It is the year 2049; do you know where Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford are? Gosling, otherwise known as \u201cK,\u201d is spending his time working for the LAPD as a \u201cblade runner.\u201d Gosling\u2019s main purpose is to hunt his own kind, other bioengineered humans, and \u201cretire,\u201d which is a nice way of killing, his rogue brethren. Harrison Ford plays a straight-shooting egotist and former blade runner by the name of Rick Deckard. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ford was also featured in the predecessor to this year\u2019s \u201cBlade Runner 2049,\u201d the 1982 film \u201cBlade Runner.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you\u2019ve never seen the original, which I hadn\u2019t until recently, this year\u2019s adaptation is bound to leave something to be desired if you go in blind. Typically, I don\u2019t put too much concern into understanding the plot or what I may be missing when a movie is based on a book or is a remake, or maybe a sequel that has taken 20 years to come to fruition. This time, I am earnestly grateful that I heeded the recommendation of my significant other to give it a go and educate myself prior to attending the movie. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBlade Runner 2049,\u201d was a quality film. Aside from the stellar acting and incredible cinematography, the story in and of itself was impeccably told. It is deeply philosophical and retains just enough of the original \u201cBlade Runner\u201d to weave the two movies together with ease, allowing the viewer to be able to experience the movie, not just watch it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span>Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:journalentertainment@wou.edu\">journalentertainment@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Martin | Entertainment Editor It is the year 2049; do you know where Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford are? Gosling, otherwise known as \u201cK,\u201d is spending his time working for the LAPD as a \u201cblade runner.\u201d Gosling\u2019s main purpose is to hunt his own kind, other bioengineered humans, and \u201cretire,\u201d which is a nice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":823,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}