Dick originally intended Russia to have overtaken as a major power or influence in the world, as director Denis Villeneuve stated in a recent interview with Nash Jenkins (Time): The other thing is that in the original novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - which the Blade Runner series is loosely based off, the author, Phillip K. In this world, there’re no more countries, only a few megapolises - Los Angeles, maybe New York, maybe London, maybe Ouagadougou. Given that, many people have migrated to the remaining Megalopolis' left, one if which being Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times,, Denis Villeneuve explains how 'Blade Runner 2049' is no replicant of the original neo-noir sci-fi fan favorite, by Josh Rottenbergīasically, the world is either too spoiled to live in or has lost its desirability in comparison with the unseen 'Off World' locations. is in ruins and doesn’t have power anymore, and there are a lot of refugees coming from eastern Asia and Russia The only piece of information I can find on this topic for now is that the Director, Denis Villeneuve, has recently stated in a recent interview with Josh Rottenberg (Los Angeles Times): It's in part to do with the fact that there are only a few Megalopolis' left and that Phillip K Dick intended Russia to be a major power in the future. Because that messes with all world settings. That's why it's funny that Key car is a Peugeot. So Dick concluded that in the future, after third World War (which would be a world war world because it would take place in the whole world but only USA and CCCP would participate through NATO and Warsaw Pact) those three would survive.Īs mentioned in the comment below CCCP is (was) USSR but in the movie we see "Product of CCCP" and not, as should be proper in English "USSR". Japan made microchips, they thought they were at the cusp of creating human-like robots. USA and Soviet Russia were in the middle of Cold War and in the time of publishing of the novel everything in the world revolved around those two countries.īut at the same time Japan was the source and pinnacle of technological revolution. Dick wrote the novel that the first Blade Runner movie was based on, he had predicted that there will be three main powers:
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