813: Spiritual Sequel

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Blade Runner 2049' and its connections to the original 'Blade Runner'.

We complete our run through blades with “Blade Runner 2049,” a late sequel in which Ryan Gosling plays a replicant detective searching for an explosive secret that could change everything… and is unsurprisingly tied to characters from “Blade Runner.” We discuss why a replicant might need a holographic girlfriend, Jared Leto’s eyes, and once again, if Deckard is a replicant or not and why that really doesn’t matter....

People in this episode

Host: Jason Snell

Topics covered

• Blade Runner
• sequel
• replicants
• holographic girlfriend
• film discussion

Keywords

• Blade Runner 2049
• Ryan Gosling
• replicants
• Jared Leto
• Deckard

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blade Runner 2049, Blade Runner

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