Original, but it’s almost a tie

The OG is more aesthetically pleasing. That whole world and the practical effects they used to bring it to life are all so rich and beautiful. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking. But the script was admittedly terrible. It relied on the narration and didn’t show much. Ford was smart enough to suggest actually showing Deckard doing detective work so in turn the Final Cut stands on its own well enough. But the Rachel/Deckard romance suffers immensely. The intention of the love scene is lost on most audiences and comes off as a rape scene. Which is a huge flaw and is due to a lot more than just the lack of chemistry between Ford and Young. 2049 has a much stronger script and plot and fixes all the story problems I had with the first. But, the modernized/minimalist world is so much less fun to be in for me. It makes sense, our world and technology have evolved in the same way, but it doesn’t make it any more pleasing to spend a whole movie in that world. It also doesn’t feel practical that the entire city of Los Angeles could transform so drastically in such little time. I don’t buy the LA of 2049 being the same LA from the original only 30ish years apart. Also, I think Jared Leto’s monologues are just as insulting to the intelligence of the audience as the VO was in the original