Apple TV+'s Next Big Sci-Fi Gamble Could Outdo Blade Runner — But There's a Catch

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Apple TV+'s Next Big Sci-Fi Gamble Could Outdo Blade Runner — But There's a Catch

Science fiction is, almost by definition, an invitation to create anachronisms. By the time the present catches up with the future, various aesthetic and narrative choices within a sci-fi story can suddenly seem silly or outdated. In a best-case scenario, like the 60s Star Trek, certain analog technology can seem to generate nostalgia that allows us to compensate for any sort of plausibility gap. Or in the case of something like Blade Runner, we…