O diretor diz que não é necessário ver Blade Runner primeiro
O diretor Denis Villeneuve disse que pretendia que fosse acessível aos espectadores da primeira vez.
"That was one of the challenges ... to create a movie that would be in total relationship to the first one, but could stand on its own," he said when we met to discuss the film in London recently. "I will say that people don't need to see the first movie to understand my movie."
—"Do I need to watch 'Blade Runner' before seeing the sequel?", CNET, October 4, 2017 (Emphasis mine)
Mas ele acha que você deveria ver de qualquer maneira porque é muito bom
"I would recommend [seeing] the first movie because I think it's a masterpiece," Villeneuve says. "One of the things I said to myself that could be a positive effect of doing [the sequel] is to to put back the spotlight on the original movie, for the generation that are too young to have seen it on a big screen or even at home.
—"Do I need to watch 'Blade Runner' before seeing the sequel?", CNET, October 4, 2017
O corte teatral ou final é suficiente
Villeneuve disse que o Corte Teatral e o Final Cut têm elementos temáticos diferentes e o Blade Runner 2049 é "in-between" (spoilers menores):
"The key to making [Blade Runner 2049] was to be in between," Vileneuve said. "[The theatrical version] is the story of a human falling in love with an artificial being, and the story of [the director's cut] is a replicant who doesn’t know he’s a replicant and slowly discovers his own identity. Those are two different stories."
—"Which Cut Is Blade Runner 2049 a Sequel To?", Den of Geek!, August 25, 2017
Richard Trenholm, da CNET, diz que você também pode assistir, já que a principal diferença na trama não é crítica para a sequência.
Scott Meslow, da GQ, recomenda o Final Cut, porque o diretor original, Ridley Scott, o supervisionou pessoalmente.In terms of getting ready for the sequel, either would work. Fans deride the Theatrical Cut for its over-explaining voiceover and studio-imposed happy ending, but it still packs a punch if that's the only version you have access to. The Final Cut removes the voiceover and, more importantly, creates ambiguity around who is or isn't an android -- but that theme isn't critical to the sequel, so the choice is yours.
—"Do I need to watch 'Blade Runner' before seeing the sequel?", CNET, October 4, 2017
So there are like 27 versions of this movie, right? How many of them do I actually need to watch?
Just one! And Ridley Scott made it pretty easy to remember, because it’s the one called Blade Runner: The Final Cut. After years of confusion about the "real" version of Blade Runner, The Final Cut was released in 2007 to provide a single, definitive of Blade Runner. Scott personally oversaw a brand-new remaster of the original movie.
—"Everything You Need to Know About Blade Runner Before Blade Runner 2049", GQ, September 28, 2017
Eu não vi nenhuma recomendação para assistir os dois antes de ver Blade Runner 2049 , a menos que você esteja pessoalmente interessado em ver a diferença.
Se você não tiver tempo para assistir ao original, poderá assistir a alguns filmes prequel curtos
Existem três curtas-metragens criados como prequels para o Blade Runner 2049 , a fim de promover o filme e expandir o mundo. Se você quer apenas ter uma noção de como é o mundo, este é um bom salto no ponto.
- 2036: Nexus Dawn (ação ao vivo, 6:30)
- 2048: Nowhere to Run (ação ao vivo, 5:47)
- Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (animação, 15:48)