Blade Runner 2049 and the Role of Joi in a Joyless World
This article contains majorBlade Runner 2049spoilers. Digitally speaking, of course. A seeming narrative tangent, the relationship between a replicant and a third generation of A.I. allows this series to go to places other sci-fi narratives about robots could only dream about. Assuming, of course, that androids dream. However, youll have to forgive Lt. Joshi for her dismissive ignoranceshes only human. Hence how viewers discover Joi as the culmination of everything K needs: a post-World War II housewife....