Blade Runner 2049

Nexus-9 replicants as compliant labour; Joi as a mass-market domestic companion.

K does police drudgery and files reports. Replicants farm protein grubs in the dust. The companionship is a subscription product with an advertising tier.

Capital captures it — Nothing is abolished. The gains are simply owned by someone.

The daily-texture scenes are the best in the film and the least discussed.