Blade Runner's 2019 Los Angeles helped define the American city of the future - Vox
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In many ways, Ridley Scott’s 1982 film set our expectations of what future urban centers should look like.
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The Future Is Now: What 'Blade Runner' Got Right and Wrong About 2019
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Blade Runner's 2019 Los Angeles helped define the American city of the future - Vox
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The best picks of the 2019 NFL Draft - Mile High Report
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New World Notes: Now That It's 2019, Here's an Official Welcome to Our Blade Runner Future
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Blade Runner and the Metropolis
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Blade Runner' predicted what life would be like in 2019. Here's what the movie got right – and wrong
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Los Angeles Fire Season Will Never End
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An Oral History Of Blade Runner's 2019 Los Angeles, Because The Future Has Arrived
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The Blade Runner Future is Now: The Reality of Los Angeles, November 2019 — Andrew Ly
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