Now the sequel’s 2049 setting is our distant future, so it can be that new exotic future.
We’ve known for a while that this sequel would take place approximately three decades after the original Blade Runner, so Blade Runner 2049 is an appropriate title, setting the movie exactly 30 years later.
When Blade Runner hit theaters in 1982, 2019 was seen as the distant future, but with only a little over two years until we reach that point, it doesn’t have the same appeal.
Okay, so maybe in reality 2049 won’t look horribly more different than it does today, but in Blade Runner 2049, the sky’s the limit for how weird things will be.