Blade Runner

I saw Blade Runner on my own in 1982; paid extra because it was a Cinema with Dolby Stereo Sound, and in Scarborough, Ontario, that was the regular practice. Similar to paying a premium for IMAX now.
I have loved Science Fiction since my childhood. I was lucky enough to have people give me Astounding Stories and Fantasy magazines back then. They were small, thin paper editions similar to the Soap Opera Digest and Astrology ones that line the shelves of Supermarket Checkouts nowadays.
In my early days in Toronto, I walked up and down Yonge Street checking out the huge number of second hand books stores that were there, before Urban Re-vitalization took over. I am well aware that the bulk of the customers were flipping through the nude magazines, which were not shrink-wrapped in plastic in those days; However, there were shelves and shelves of old classics, Sci-Fi and cowboy paperbacks. I acquired F. Scott Fitzgerald stories, Evelyn Waugh, loads of Penguin Paperbacks with their unique orange spines and all the new science fiction releases, but second-hand. I read all of Philip K. Dick's material. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was a favourite of mine.
It is the basis for Blade Runner. So, naturally, I fell in love with the 1982 film which one could recognize as a definitive new look at a dystopian future. No sweet Star Trek aliens or Universal brotherhood and Peace in the Galaxy. All the "Off-World" stuff was just alluded to, the plot centred on happenings on Earth. It was intelligent and visually stunning.
So is Blade Runner 2049. I like how the story has evolved, and the way it builds on the previous story.  Too many sequels merely tell the same story merely ten years later, or whatever...
If you enjoyed the original, you should like this. I doubt that anyone wanting to see it because they are a Ryan Gosling fan will like it though. It is long, darkly photographed and imagined darkly. Again.
I will see it again though when iit comes to Netflix in January 2018.