In reply to tjdodd:
> BR 2049 was, in my view, great. Visually spectacular and interesting story that built on the original.
> For another really good film on consciousness/AI I thought Ex Machina was pretty special.
It's arguably better than the original.
It has the charm/visual look of the original and actual detective work is done , but with a better story with more action .
I'm looking forward to Villeneuve's version of Dune.
I've read all the original books and loved the David Lynch version even though it was a big departure from the books .