[Nicolai P. Zwar]

I agree that some of modern day “backstories” are not only completely unnecessary, but actually flatten what might have been a deeper, round character, because these backstories tend to just “explain” everything and make “simple” characters out of complex characters. Perhaps that’s the problem with some backstories in some of modern day stories, franchises, TV series… they use flashbacks and backstories to “explain” the character, which may be what Thor rightfully annoys, I’m with you there. I think a good flashback or backstory should reveal something, perhaps put a completely new and different spin on a character or situation, rather than just “explain” the character.

I really feared they were going to “answer” the question whether Deckard is perhaps an android himself in Blade Runner 2049, because that would be totally at odds with what Blade Runner (1982) was about: about questions rather than answers. They didn’t in the end, though I did not even like how Blade Runner 2049 grabbed the idea just to circle and dance around it and toy with the audience.