Things I hated in BR2049 (SPOILERS DUH)

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Loved the first BR, saw 2049 in 3D, and it was worth seeing, and I'll most likely buy the disc for the visuals and the ride. That said... things I hated in the new blade runner:

1. Ryan "Same Face" Gosling. ALWAYS ALWAYS the same expression. In EVERYTHING he does. I though it MIGHT work here if he ended up being an emotionless replicant, but still it was grading most of the time. There were 2 or 3 spots where he expressed something, so that was nice.

2. Tired of HOMAGES to the original. We all saw it. People that didn't won't get it anyway. Audio clips stuck in waste time.

3. Tired of HOMAGES to the original.... AGAIN. Yea! We cn make CGI remakes of people from the previous movie, right at the end for a supposed to be touching critical moment. Could have at least tried harder to match the voice?

4. Large vacant, open spaces of nothing for scenes. It's a movie. Give us eye candy. Many sets worked but those long, lingering shots of... well.... nothing but near empty space complimented with FOG, just got old and removed us from this future. Boring.

5. Did I mention Ryan "Same Face" Gosling? Yeah, that.

6. VERY FEW people inside the LAPD. Most of it seemed to be his boss in her office. Yawn. Where's everybody else hussling around in this crazy future? Was this a stage play? I forget. Seemed like there was more people in that old folks home. Speaking of which -- OOH LOOK! More homage with actor returning that didn't really add much to the movie or plot. Maybe a nugget that could have been found in a file instead.

7. Fights were boring. There I said it.

8. Predictable plot and twists. Yes, some I was not expecting, but there was no real build up or meaning. It just plodded the plot, twisted and continued plodding. I bet these turns sounded way cooler on paper, in a few lines than they did stretched out to 2.5 hours.

9. There was zero plot reason for the bad guy to be blind. Didn't affect the plot in ANY WAY, and made zero sense in a world where they MAKE EYES from scratch let alone full humans. Really???? The guy MAKING the replicants didn't bother getting his eyes fixed? Nor were they super amazing with lazers or something, other than those floating scanner fish thingys. There was no point. Silly.

It was "OK" to watch and glad I went to 3D theater to enjoy. Might even go again to see if I missed anything, but pretty sure I didn't. It seemed too easy to get, not challenging or emotional. I'd recommend it to Blade Runner fans, but not to not fans.

Just my opinions, take em or leave em.