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Blade Runner 2049 review: a beautiful, if flawed sequel

Drew and Chella’s Blade Runner 2049 review.

GREETINGS FELLOW HUMANS

THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF ARGUE THE TOSS IS ABOUT ROBOTS. SPECIFICALLY IT IS ABOUT A FILM ABOUT ROBOTS. CALCIUM-FRAMED BLOODSACKS CHELLA AND DREW HAVE BEEN TO SEE THE NEW FILM “BLADE RUNNER 2049“, A TALE ABOUT A TRAITOROUS ROBOT WHO SHOOTS OTHER ROBOTS WHILE ALSO BEING IN LOVE WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF ROBOT AND SOLVING A MYSTERY ABOUT A THIRD VARIETY OF ROBOT. IT’S QUITE ROBOT HEAVY IS WHAT I’M SAYING

AS USUAL, THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY BOTH LIKED IT AND THEN SPEND THE NEXT FORTY MINUTES PICKING HOLES AND POINTING OUT PROBLEMS

NO MENTION OF ALL THE ROBOT CHARACTERS BEING PLAYED BY HUMANS THOUGH. HOLLYWOOD MEATWASHING GIVEN A FREE PASS ONCE AGAIN

I’M NOT SAYING RYAN GOSLING ISN’T HANDSOME AND CHARISMATIC BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF HANDSOME, CHARISMATIC ROBOTS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS AUTOMAT DAMON, ROBOT DE NIRO, AND MERYL BEEP. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT RUTGER HAUER. PHWOAR

SORRY I GOT DISTRACTED

ANYWAY HERE IS A PODCAST ABOUT THE FILM, STRAIGHT FROM THE ATTEAM’S STRANGE SINEWY VOCAL CORDS AND CONVERTED INTO DIGITAL NUMBERS TO BE CONVERTED BACK INTO SOUNDS BY YOUR COMPUTER OR TELEPHONE. ALL VERY INEFFICIENT IF YOU ASK ME

I MEAN NORMAL. OBVIOUSLY AS A HUMAN I THINK THAT IS NORMAL.

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Chella Ramanan

Chella hails from the UK and joined Gameindustry.com around the year 2000. It was so many moons ago, she can't quite remember. Back then, the only women you saw in the games industry were in bikinis and vertiginous heels at trade shows - oh how times have changed, kind of. Chella started as a humble reviewer, but soon became our European Correspondent and keeps us on top of industry happenings across the Pond. She tends to like the weird Japanese games we've never heard of, so that's good for making us look all-encompassing and stuff. Chella does like games, so don't be fooled by the copious amount of columns devoted to bemoaning the lack of variety in the industry. When she's not surfing (the sea, not the internet) or camping up mountains, Chella likes a good action RPG (especially if it's sci-fi), anything with a good narrative and like we said, the weirder the better. She's also a regular in the GiN Lounge, but that's just because we like her accent.