The movie Blade Runner is loosely based off of the book "Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep". The story places us in a dystopian future where androids are human like killing machines that have infiltrated society. It is the job of one cop Rick Deckard to find a band of Nexus machines that are in his city. The film is based in Los Angeles in the year 2019. The landscape is filled with high rise buildings and pitch black dark clouds. If we compare the depiction of society in the movie to what it is now we can see a few stark differences as well as some similarities. Because we are only 4 years from the setting of the movie we can make very accurate comparisons.
Flying Cars: While we are in the process of creating a self driven car we are far from the flying vehicles that are shown in the movie. The closest thing we have right now compared to flying cars is a overboard being developed by Lexus car company. This is one facet incorrectly represented.
Cultural Influences: In the streets on Los Angeles we find a mostly Japanese influence on the cultural. Much of the side conversations are in Japanese. This isn't completely inaccurate as the U.S. has seen an influx of immigrants over the years. However the biggest representation is more Latino than Japanese.
Pollution: An interesting comparison that the film makers have is that of the pollution. In the film we see many of the buildings spewing dark fire and smoke from their roofs. While this is inaccurate as to what our buildings are like now it is a very interesting point on how pollutions is now. Global warming and the push for a more sustainable lifestyle is very prominent in todays society. Is the caused by the predictions in the film?
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