This article contains major Blade Runner 2049 spoilers. Rain flashes across her luminous face with the kind of relentless oppression only reserved for noir and the sci-fi films that appropriate its nihilism. In the midst of a moonless, starless, and, yes, joyless Los Angeles night, the only glow in the sky emanates from her empty … Continue reading Blade Runner 2049 and the Role of Joi in a Joyless World