Blade Runner story
Blade Runner is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on off-world colonies. When a fugitive group of Nexus-6 replicants led by Roy Batty escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard reluctantly agrees to hunt them down.
13 total · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI rights | major | To what extent did the Replicants have rights in a human dominated world? |
| android | major | Replicants were advanced androids. |
| corporation interfering in politics | major | The Tyrell Corporation headquarters, which was a giant pyramidal structure, loomed over the city of Los Angeles. |
| dystopia | major | Los Angeles had become a sprawling, dystopian city by the year 2019. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | The backdrop is Replicant versus human tensions and a war appears to be imminent. |
| maker and machine | major | Roy came to his maker Tyrell in an effort to get his lifespan extended. |
| personal identity | major | Rachael had trouble distinguishing where she left off and Tyrell's niece began, since she was implanted using Tyrell's niece's memories. |
| flying car | minor | Flying car were prevalent in 2019 Los Angeles. |
| memory implantation technology | minor | Replicants were implanted with memories that were difficult to distinguish from reality. |
| overpopulated world | minor | The Earth appeared to be one expansive urban area and off-world farming was required. |