Questions tagged [blade-runner-2049]

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Can K feel Joi's touch?

I believe she can actually light his cigarette, probably a function of the same lasers or whatever that project her being focused to cause heat (perhaps this would not work with the portable emanator)....
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Is Joi an (unwilling) accomplice of either Wallace or the rebellion?

There are moments in Blade Runner 2049 where Joi (K's holographic girlfriend) seems to act in ways that help the rebellion: But Joi is also a Wallace product and there are moments when one would ...
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What is the role of the Soviet Union in Blade Runner 2049?

In the new movie, Blade Runner 2049, there are several advertisements in Russian, including one that mentions the CCCP (the USSR). Do we know what the current government of LA is? It it under Soviet ...
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What's the main purpose of the baseline test in Blade Runner?

In Blade Runner 2049, officer K (a Replicant) is made to take a 'baseline test. What's the point in repeating what the machine says in his baseline test?
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Was Deckard a Replicant or not?

Does Blade Runner 2049 clarify about Deckard's status as a Replicant? The only mention of this that I remember was Wallace's statements implying but which was immediately followed by If Deckard were ...
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Right before Luv destroyed the mobile emanator she says, "I hope you enjoyed our product" -- addressed to whom?

Until I saw a video discussing Joi's consciousness or lack thereof and the possibility that when Luv was about to crush the emanator that the remark was to Joi about K, I had not considered this. But ...
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Why did they name the movie "Blade Runner"?

I just finished reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and I found it interesting that Deckard was always described as a bounty hunter never as a blade runner or anything similar. What exactly ...
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Why does that character have to die?

In Blade Runner 2049: I can see only three possibilities, none of which is satisfying: It's just needless exposition, to let the audience know that he's evil. This is the likeliest explanation that ...
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Why would Niander Wallace or Eldon Tyrell want Replicants to do this?

This is from the movie, Blade Runner 2049. Why would Niander Wallace want replicants to reproduce? As a businessman, his goal is to make money by selling replicants. If replicants can reproduce, then ...
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Why are there honeybees in Blade Runner 2049?

Why are there honeybees in Blade Runner 2049? Joe / Officer-K sets out to find Rick Deckard in what's left of Las Vegas. The city was abandoned after a radioactive bomb attack. When he walks through ...
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Is K's bonus actually Joi's emanator?

When K passes his baseline test at the beginning of Blade Rrunner 2049, the interrogator says, "You can pick up your bonus." In the next scene, he brings home an emanator for Joi. Someone on the ...
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What has happened to these cities in Blade Runner?

In Blade Runner 2049, we get glimpses of how huge cities such as San Diego and Las Vegas look. They both seem to have been nuked somehow. Is there any canonical explanation for what has happened or if ...
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How could Ana Stelline survive childhood?

Spoiler Alert! If you haven't yet seen the movie, Blade Runner 2049, you might want to skip this question. Officer K (also known as Joe) ... She was not placed ... How could she survive even a few ...
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Is “Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human” and its sequels in continuity with “Blade Runner 2049”?

I was surprised to find that Blade Runner 2049 was not the first sequel to Blade Runner. That distinction goes to three novels by K. W. Jeter: Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human (1995) Blade Runner 3: ...
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Was this character born or made?

Spoiler Alert! This question is about a recent movie, Blade Runner 2049. I can remove the spoiler tags and change the title after the movie has been out a while and the question would no longer be a ...
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