Blade Runner 2049

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This week we can perceive Denis Villeneuve within the group we have studied known as ‘Futurists’. The screening of Blade Runner 2049 taught myself, and possibly similarly the bcm325 community, that the concept of reality was a fluid one. As we have explored in bcm325, the idea of reality was a subject that futurists have debated however overall as futurists we need to evaluate the trends occurring now to perceive them in the future. I believe in this weeks screening I highlighted circumstances in Blade Runner 2049 such as the economic status of replicants and the climate as scenarios that could be predicted from our current state. Thus, recognising these trends is a practise we as aspiring futurists need to highlight as we evaluate how science fiction films provide us with insight of consequences from today. Learning this, I decided to…