>>1365388Time for another Essaypost, because most people probably either don't remember or haven't watched Bladerunner 2049.
Bladerunner 2049 deals with the final question of how Replicants aren't like humans, the central theme of BR2049 is fertility, it ties the entire film together. Both of K's personal conflicts are tied to this theme. The first one is that K is essentially an inverted Pinocchio. He is a real boy, because as Bladerunner concluded, there is ultimately nothing that distinguishes a Replicant from a real Human. As demonstrated by both Deckard, Roy and Rachel in Bladerunner. What K wants to know is whether he has always been a real boy. And the film is about finding a Replicant mother, if you recall.
The other conflict is his relationship with Joi. Joi is not a human or a replicant, but does that means she is less real? Less of a person? After all replicants are essentially indistinguishable from humans. Why can't she too be a real girl? All the Replicants are mass-produced, just like Joi is. So what makes her less of a real person than them? Because she doesn't have a physical body? Why does that matter? Joi's feelings for K were real, even if she made that way initially. Over time she became something "more", just like the replicants who ran off in the original Bladerunner, if you recall.
Another interesting thing is the dichotomy between Luv and Joi, because they both express a form of warped, spousal love. Luv is obsessed with Wallace, she'll DO anything to win his approval and his "luv". Because as a replicant she really can't BE what Wallace wants. Joi is different. She can't do anything for K. All she can do is talk to K and bring him "joi" that way. And of course neither of them can bear a child.
Bladerunner 2049 is a fairly easy film to read once you recognize the central theme and view it through that lens.
>>1365742That's Drive, anon.
Also the least interesting film of the trilogy.
