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Presenting The 44th Annual Saturn Awards Winners

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It was a few short months ago that I shared the nominees for the 44th Annual Saturn Awards. It was my very first time showcasing these particular awards in our narratives but with my continuing to serve up as much of the proper geek stuff in our Pop Culture focuses, this celebration fits right in. The winners were all revealed yesterday so check out who won out in the eyes of the votes in this committee. That’s the folks from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in case you forgot. To make this an easier list to digest, I’ve left the nominees rundown in as well so you can see who won big out of the batch. It’s very likely that some of your favorites won while others did not. Let’s check it out. I’ll come back at the close for a few additional thoughts.

FILM

Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release:
WINNER – Black Panther (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Logan (20th Century Fox)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (Sony / Marvel)
Thor: Ragnarok (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Wonder Woman (Warner Bros.)

Best Science Fiction Release:
Alien: Covenant (20th Century Fox)
WINNER – Blade Runner 2049 (Warner Bros.)
Life (Columbia Pictures / Sony)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Lucasfilm Ltd. / Walt Disney Studios)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (STX Films / EuropaCorp)
War for the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox)
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Opening: “Blade Runner 2049” in Theaters Everywhere

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Fans of Science Fiction the time has come and the many years later sequel to “Blade Runner” is opening today as Warner Brothers Pictures releases “Blade Runner 2049”. I’ve embedded the official theatrical poster below along with the premise and casting for you to entice that purchasing dollar. Here we go.

The Premise: A new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), discovers a dark secret that might bring an end to humanity. K’s discovery leads him to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former blade runner who disappeared thirty years ago. (thanks Wiki).

The Cast/Characters:
Ryan Gosling as LAPD Officer K
Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard
Ana de Armas as Joi
Mackenzie Davis
Sylvia Hoeks
Lennie James
Carla Juri
Robin Wright
Dave Bautista
Jared Leto as Wallace, a replicant manufacturer
Edward James Olmos as Gaff
Barkhad Abdi as a scientist who is “totally deformed”
Hiam Abbass
David Dastmalchian
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Warner Brothers Pictures: “Blade Runner 2049” Official Trailer

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It’s been an exciting few days on the film media side of the fence with the resounding response to the opening of the “Guardians Of The Galaxy” Vol. 2 film and during the viewing that I did on Monday morning, I saw the short teaser trailer for the upcoming “Blade Runner 2049” film which is of course the next chapter from the “Blade Runner” movie that came out way back in 1982. When I got home I saw that a full trailer was online care of the Warner Brothers Pictures and I am happy to share it with you now. Check it out.

The Premise: A new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), discovers a dark secret that might bring an end to humanity. K’s discovery leads him to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former blade runner who disappeared thirty years ago. (thanks Wiki).

The Cast/Characters:
Ryan Gosling as LAPD Officer K
Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard
Ana de Armas as Joi
Mackenzie Davis
Sylvia Hoeks
Lennie James
Carla Juri
Robin Wright
Dave Bautista
Jared Leto as Wallace, a replicant manufacturer
Edward James Olmos as Gaff
Barkhad Abdi as a scientist who is “totally deformed”
Hiam Abbass
David Dastmalchian

PiercingMetal Thoughts: This might surprise you a little bit if you know anything about my personal interest in so many different Science Fiction franchises, but I have never, ever, watched “Blade Runner” straight through and when I say this my longest time friends shake their respective heads saying “but how???” – Truth be told I don’t know how that ended up happening but it just did. I guess I got lost somewhere along the lines with the galaxies far, far, away and by boldly going where no one has gone before stuff. This admission finds me now on a mission to finally sit and enjoy this film and catch up to what everyone loved about it. I liked what I saw in the trailer and with today’s special effects the playing field is rather limitless. So what do you readers think about this trailer and the idea of a sequel to the classic Science Fiction story? Let me know in the comments section below.

Official Film Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049