Blade Runner 2049 story
Set thirty years after the original film, the story depicts a bioengineered human named K, who discovers the remains of a once-pregnant replicant. To prevent a possible war between replicants and humans, K is secretly tasked with finding the child and destroying all evidence related to it.
18 total · 5 choice · 8 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI risk to civilization | choice | The story turned on a fear that Replicants would rise up against humanity, if they gained the ability to reproduce. |
| can machines have souls | choice | K seemed to ponder this question and we certainly are made to ponder Joi's status. |
| human vs. sentient machine | choice | The backdrop is Replicant versus human tensions and a war appears to be imminent. |
| romantic love | choice | K and Joi. |
| the need to know one's roots | choice | K wanted to know his origins. |
| AI rights | major | To what extent did the Replicants have rights in a human dominated world? |
| corporation interfering in politics | major | The Wallace Corporation had a veritable monopoly on replicant technology giving it a concerning amount of power in the world. |
| ethnic hatred | major | Some Replicants hated humans and vice versa. |
| memory implantation technology | major | Replicants were implanted with memories that were difficult to distinguish from reality. |
| sex-droid | major | Joi was a fully functional simulated personality. |