Blade Runner 2049: The Nature of Humanity

This week, Abhin and Rohit try to wrap their heads around the question, 'What really makes us human?', as they dissect the themes, ideas, and questions underpinning Denis Villeneuve's 2017 masterpiece Blade Runner 2049 (and, of course Ridley Scott's 1982 classic, you can't discuss one without the other!) CHAPTERS: (00:00-00:45)- Opening Sequence (00:46- 04:44)- Episode Intro (04:46- 11:00)- First Impressions (11:03- 14:00)- Plot Summaries and Thoughts (14:03- 24:53)- BTS and Movie Trivia (24:57- 25: 12)- Memorable Moments (25:14- 25:51)- Rachael giving the Voight Kampf Test (25:52- 26:20)- Roy Batty confronting Tyrell (26:26- 27:05)- Pris’ death and Tarantino’s Homage (27:27- 28:19)- 2049 Opening scene at the farm (28:20- 30:26)- K and Joi on the rooftop (30:28- 31:54)- Wallace’s Lair and Luv’s Devotion (32:01- 32:34)- Joi and Mariette scene (32:36- 33:39- Vegas and meeting Deckard (33:40- 35:00)- Luv kills Joi, K’s despair (35:02- 35:14)- Seawall fight (35:15- 35:43)- Deakins Lovefest (35:46- 35:56)- Deckard meets his child (35:57- 35:58)- Themes (35:59:42:41)- What really constitutes humanity? (42:43- 49:02)- Existentialism and mortality (49:04-54:11)- Dystopian capitalism and classism (54:26- 1:01:29)- The ethical dilemma of human and AI relationships (1:01:52-1:08:10)- What if Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Blade Runner? Follow us on our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twopleasepod/ Catch us here on YouTube! https://linktr.ee/twopleasepod