Blade Runner 2049: 9 Easter Eggs You Probably Missed
1. The Boiling Pot
The original script for Blade Runner began with a pot of soup boiling on a stove in a farm house kitchen.
A heavy-set character asks Deckard if he would like some before the film's protagonist attacks without warning, killing the other guy without explanation.
The movie would have started with a bang had Ridley Scott chosen to keep this sequence, but from the look of things, he salvaged all of the best bits and handed them to Denis Villeneuve for the sequel.
Blade Runner 2049 begins with a boiling pot, Dave Bautista and Ryan Gosling delivering a brutal fatality to show the audience what Blade Runners are all about.
This is a fan-pleasing nod for the Blade Runner diehards who have poured over every version of the film and devoured the Blu-ray extras.