Ridley Scott, director of the original "Blade Runner" back in 1984, has voiced out his complaints towards the sequel, which can be considered as a box office blunder.
"I have to be careful what I say. I have to be careful what I say. It was f*cking way too long. F*ck me! And most of that script's mine. I sit with writers for an inordinate amount of time and I will not take credit because it means I've got to sit there with a tape recorder while we talk can't do that to a good writer. But I have to because to prove I'm part of the actual process, I have to then have an endless amount [of proof], and I can't be bothered," said Scott in an interview with Vulture.
The film's running time is a hefty two hours and 44 minutes, and this was the theatrical cut of the movie, whereas the director's cut might even be longer than that. This could be one of the reasons why it wasn't too popular with mainstream moviegoers despite scoring highly with critics and the few millions who watched it.
Scott has also admitted that if it were up to him, he would have taken out an hour from the movie since it was just too long to enjoy. This also meant that the story and plot development was too slow. Whether this could've made a difference in the box office success of the sequel remains debatable, but one of the reasons Cinemablend is pointing out is that it simply wasn't mainstream material and that there was not much interest in Androids being sentient at the moment.
Scott's original also had considerably less running time is just shy of two hours in its theatrical cut. However, that one was also not too popular and, like its sequel, can also be considered a box office failure despite being a critical success and becoming a cult classic.
