As of Wednesday, Blade Runner is no longer set in the future

 


"While we certainly don’t have flying cars or robots that blend in so well among us we can’t differentiate them from humans, the film did get it right in a few other key and less exciting areas: the effects of pollution and climate change, and a more pronounced disparity between the rich and the poor. As we’ve also witnessed with a massive increase in sales for dystopian fiction over the last few years, there’s a pervading sense that we might slowly be approaching a true apocalypse in one form or another. That premonition is no longer just the stuff of science-fiction. (Fortunately, crying in the rain has always been in vogue.)"

article by Sadaf Ahsan

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