Blade Runner 2049 (2017) (Movie)

format_quote Advertising hologram: (said to K by a hologram advertising the virtual girl Joi, which K had bought) You look like a *good* Joe.

stars  At some point in the movie Joi says to K "I'll be just like a real girl." Interestingly enough. Ryan Gosling (K) was in a movie called Lars and the Real Girl (a movie that was also about a girl who is not real).

stars  As the hologram of Elvis sings "Fools Rush In" in the rundown casino in which Deckard lives, Deckard notes that he "likes this song." Later, Wallace implies that Deckard is a replicant made by Tyrell and programmed to fall in love with Rachel. It should be noted that lyrics to "Fools Rush In" include the line, "I can't help falling in love with you."

stars  When Joi tells K "Four symbols make a man "A" "T" "G" and "C". She is referring to the letters that represent the four bases that make up DNA. "A" is Adenine, "T" is thymine, "G" for guanine and "C" for cytosine. When she says "I am two: 1 and 0" she is referring to the fact she is digital and therefore made of binary code "1"s and "0"s.

stars  "Jorodowsky's Dune is where many of the future world comes from in both Blade Runner movies.

stars  For shooting of the scene in Las Vegas, cinematographer Roger Deakins got inspired by a memory of seeing the Sydney Opera House in Australia after a dust storm. Denis Villeneuve suggested adding the giant erotic statue.