Baseline

A reading of the full text of the Baseline test as presented in the Blade Runner 2049 art book.

in an attempt to to retain social privileges yet mask it as goodwill he says to the conduit members "Take this rotten old tree and make it bear fruit"

[tylerdurden]

I passed the test.
All my memories are implanted.
I am a replicant.
Within cells interlinked.

[LemonMerigueTie]

theres something about this scene that really stayed with me. i think out of the whole movie, it best illustrates the commentary on society and more specifically, humanity within the society, that they were trying to communicate with this movie. of course, literally, it speaks of the employer/employee relationship and the thin line between it and slavery but on a deeper level, it makes me think of the way your mind is effected by this. work = money = survival and therefore, work is the most important thing in life and therefore, pleasure and happiness is by relation, unimportant. when the mind accepts this model as reality, the rational mind (interviewer) becomes dominant, like a supervisor and endlessly monitors and tests the hedonist mind (officer K) to ensure it's still compliant and completely submissive. like taking a child away from his friends, sitting him in front of a piano and forcing him to be exceptional at it. it strips away the desire to seek pleasure, turning you not into a human, but a synthetic replica of what a human might be. externally indistinguishable from any other human but internally, without humanity. the relentless barrage of both heartfelt and dark questions and the speed and total disregard for their power and their value with which they are presented, i think perfectly manifests this concept as a real interaction that we can observe.

[DrBongington]

“What’s it like when u have an orgasm? Fountain....” I laughed way too much at that. I’m must be way off my baseline.

[nelsonraley]

Holy fuck I hope they have Gosling doing this scene in the deleted scenes.

[sinistersharkfish]

A blood- black nothingness. a system of cells. within cells interlinked. within one stem. and dreadfully distinct. against the dark. a tall white fountain played.

[thelitlewiseowl]

i like that the response is a single voice clip that's played repeatedly.

[DavidWilliamsTheHedonist]

This took me off guard and it was just one more of the extra special moments in a brilliant follow up to the original.

[DarkSpiderZero]

Good video. Maybe you should do an alternate video too where you read this in a commanding and slightly aggressive tone, like they do in the movie. Maybe even have an emotionless voice respond to each prompt, like K does. I think that would be cool.

[andysocial]

I play this every night to remind me I'm off of baseline. I'm so far off I'm waiting for the knock on the door.

[ChromeHuffer]

Is it weird I listen to this video before I sleep?

[wyldemanO]

Dreadfully interlinked beyond cells, against the system. Woefully distinct within cells, interlinked, a tall white fountain played a malicious melody. Distinct. Unbounded and unfettered, interlinked. A blood-black nothingness began to stir. Against the dark. A feral child rose to frolic. Intertwined, above cells, the blood red tide boiled up along the stem. Against the dark and dreadfully distinct. 🌹

[dreamerdeceiver]

This video is freakin awesome. Love the ending.

[rapidreaders]

I don't remember this scene to be so long

[SundownTE]

Do you feel like there's a part of you that's missing?

[biffabacon]

When i was a kid i had epilepsy, i used to have weird dreams. I used to wake up in fear but they were about nothing, just white and black and fuzzy with edges that were sharp. It’s the only way i can describe them. This reminds me of them 😮 thankfully i don’t have them any more and i can pause this 😂

[matthewschernecksr]

I'm perfectly in baseline after a traumatic life and child support raising a kid on my own interlinked. K is far more human then i.

[samab]

Shortened in the movie. I think the book ver. is a bit too long

[Taeil]

If I paid some money, would you mind uploading an audio version of INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE with your voice? It’s perfect I feel for the content.

[andysocial]

What's it like to be filled with dread? Dreadfully.

[nonjaninja]

Similar vibe I get from Radiohead's Fitter Happier.