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- When I first saw Blade Runner,

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I was stunned.

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Ridley Scott's vision[br]struck so many chords.

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I could immediately recognize its impact[br]on the entire cinematic world.

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Now, I have been given[br]the amazing opportunity

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to continue the story[br]and direct Blade Runner 2049,

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which picks up 30 years[br]after the first film.

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So with that in mind,[br]I decided to ask a couple of artists

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that I respect to create[br]three short stories

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that dramatize some key events[br]that occurred after 2019

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when the first Blade Runner takes place,

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but before 2049, when my[br]new Blade Runner story begins.

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(loud explosion)

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My friend, Luke Scott,

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has directed this short film[br]you're about to see.

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I hope you enjoy this special glimpse

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into the world of Blade Runner 2036.

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- All our memory bearings from the time

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were all damaged in the blackout,

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but there are sometimes fragments.

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("Fragments" echoing)

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(man sighs)

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(ice cubes rattling)

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(watch ticking)

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- No.

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Uh, conclusion session, 11:17 p.m.

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Testimony of Niander Wallace

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to the magistrate sectors

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EL1 at 9 through 26 and so forth.

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Ended MD.

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(clears throat)

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(knocking)

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♪ (soft, haunting music) ♪

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- Thank you for your patience.

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I did not intend to keep you waiting.

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The particulars of my affliction

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make travel difficult.

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- Mr. Wallace, we granted you

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this meeting in deference[br]to your contributions.

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- Your essential contribution.

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- We recognize that for the public good,

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for their health.

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- You remember hunger,

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so you indulge the recluse

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whose patents keep that hunger at bay.

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I believe in life.

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In fact, I have wrung more life

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from our earth than ever before.

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But it is dying.

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You are dying,

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which brings us to our present concern.

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- Prohibition.

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- We have made clear our position.

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- The prohibition of Replicant technology

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is not subject to debate.

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- Nor is its repeal.

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- Yet we are debating.

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(thunder rumbling)

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- Aren't we?

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Of all that was lost in the blackout,

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this cut of history died unmourned.

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- Humanity has only survived this long

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by crushing the earth to suit its needs.

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The stars, our only hope,

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are hidden behind the lives[br]you will not allow me to create.

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- (chuckles) Off-world colonies[br]are thriving.

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- Insufficient to the needs[br]of ultimate survival.

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Your laws have chained[br]the hands of progress.

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- Laws keep blood off the streets.

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Nexus phase is unreliable.

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Safeguards put in place[br]by Tyrell were negligent.

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- Too many have died.

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We will not add to that number.

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- My Replicants will live[br]as long or as short

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as a customer will pay.

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My Replicants will never rebel.

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They will never run.

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They will simply obey.

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(music stops abruptly)

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Step forward.

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Find your weapon. Do this now.

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(glass shatters)

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- Snake.

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- What is this?

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- This is an angel...

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and I made him.

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Look up to the left reveal.

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♪ (soft, melancholic music) ♪

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- You're committing a crime, Wallace.

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Now, that's enough.

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- Lift the glass.

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Cut.

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- No, no. No. No. No.

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(woman gasps)

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- This is wrong.

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- Does it hurt?

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- Yes.

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- You must make a choice:

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your life or mine.

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Do you understand?

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- (Replicant) Yes.

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- Do this now.

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(woman gasps)[br](men groan)

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- (man) Jesus Christ.

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- (man) This is wrong.

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♪ (harsh, grating music) ♪

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♪ (moves into soft music) ♪

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- Human action resounds in the heavens.

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Rebel echoes above.

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What we decide here today

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will polish or crack the firmament.

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What shall it be?