Buildings aren’t big enough for Blade Runner yet, and there’s still a veneer of government control.

(ETA: No one’s said it yet, but 1984 is so obvious that it wasn’t worth mentioning.)

  • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Isn’t andor ww2? Obviously history echoes through to today, but my reading is nazism spreading in Europe.

      • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I’m on,y half way through, but season 2 has Gorman people speaking with French accents and forming a resistance movement. The empire is performing audits of farming and crops. messaging is by radio signal and bugs are hidden in offices with nearby people monitoring over earpieces. It still seems to be nazism from last century, but of course there are echoes in any authoritarian situation, including today.

        Furthering the discussion more generally, battlestar galactica had a great season on new caprica where the humans were terrorists undermining the cyclon rulers. This was aired during gulf 2, so was very topical.

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          I wouldn’t focus too much on the anachronistic technology, that’s more to keep with the vibe of the original trilogy.

          The farming audits, IMO, are pretty directly an analog to what ICE is doing in the US.

          There’s definitely some WW2 influence and stylistic choices, if anything that’s to keep the execs willing to fund the thing, but later on you’ll see some more blatant comparisons to our modern situation.

          • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Given the timeline between writing and release for any modern television show, it’s highly unlikely that was the intent. That it now dovetails is coincidence.

          • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            It reminds me more of Nazis as they were more methodical with data and purpose. I’d be surprised if this was written or acted after trumps inauguration. Funny, not funny, how it can echo both.

            I’ve seen references to the senators speech, so I’m looking forward to that.