{"id":32769,"date":"2026-08-08T16:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32769"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:13:38","slug":"apple-tvs-murderbot-is-more-like-blade-runner-than-blade-runner-2099","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32769","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV&#8217;s Murderbot Is More Like Blade Runner Than Blade Runner 2099"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While Prime Video is returning to the world of replicants with <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> later this year, Apple TV&#8217;s hit sci-fi cyberpunk series <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/db\/tv-show\/murderbot\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Murderbot<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is closer to Ridley Scott&#8217;s original movie. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/blade-runner-2099-story-cast-release-delays-everything-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">November 25 release date of <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em><\/a> steadily approaches, Prime Video has revealed some new information about the upcoming series. Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/blade-runner-2099-trailer-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">trailer for <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em><\/a>, we have an idea for the show&#8217;s main cast and that this will be a very different kind of story. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>As we now know, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/blade-runner-2099-abandon-original-premise\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> is abandoning the franchise&#8217;s original premise<\/a>. In the original film and <em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, Blade Runners hunted down replicants, artificial humans who are treated as second-class citizens and often forced to perform slave labor. In <em>2099<\/em>, however, the roles have been reversed, and replicants are now dominant over humanity. As Hunter Schafer&#8217;s character explains, humanity lost the &#8220;war&#8221; with replicants and are being replaced. <\/p>\n<p>While that premise does sound like it would make for a fascinating show, and it does seem like a natural progression of the way replicants&#8217; relationship to humanity has progressed in <em>Blade Runner<\/em>&#8216;s history, it&#8217;s also the exact opposite of the original film&#8217;s premise. The replicants have taken on the role of the oppressor after two films depicting them as the oppressed. As <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> moves away from its roots, however, Apple TV&#8217;s <em>Murderbot<\/em> should feel much more familiar to fans of the franchise. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"murderbot-is-closer-to-the-original-blade-runner-39-s-concept-than-2099-is\">\n                        Murderbot Is Closer To The Original Blade Runner&#8217;s Concept Than 2099 Is<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.233183856502%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;\u00a9Apple TV+ \\\/ Courtesy Everett Collection&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander Skarsgard as Murderbot with its helmet down and text reading &quot;Hostile Subdued&quot; in Murderbot season 1\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tcdmurd_g2064.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Alexander Skarsgard as Murderbot with its helmet down and text reading &#8220;Hostile Subdued&#8221; in Murderbot season 1<\/figcaption><small class=\"body-img-caption\">\u00a9Apple TV+ \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In stark contrast to <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em>&#8216;s plan to paint replicants as the oppressive ruling class, Apple TV&#8217;s <em>Murderbot<\/em> is much more closely aligned with Ridley Scott&#8217;s original movie. Based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/murderbot-diaries-in-order-release-date-chronologically\/\" target=\"_blank\">books by Martha Wells<\/a>, <em>Murderbot<\/em> follows Murderbot, an android known as a SecUnit who is owned as property and meant to protect the members of PreservationAux from the hostile alien planet they are exploring. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"murderbot-season-2-more-cyberpunk-apple-tv-sci-fi\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/murderbot-season-2-more-cyberpunk-apple-tv-sci-fi\/\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GrayCris in Murderbot season 1\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/murderbot_zttisi.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/murderbot_zttisi.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/murderbot-season-2-more-cyberpunk-apple-tv-sci-fi\/\" title=\"Apple TV's Hit Sci-Fi Series Will Become More Cyberpunk In Season 2\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tApple TV&#8217;s Hit Sci-Fi Series Will Become More Cyberpunk In Season 2<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Apple TV+&#8217;s Murderbot started out as a science fiction comedy, but it will get a lot closer to a cyberpunk show that could compete with Neuromancer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Murderbot, however, hides a secret: it hacked its governor module, a chip meant to make it perfectly obedient to its owners, and has to hide its sentience to maintain its newfound freedom. The premise of <em>Murderbot<\/em> is almost exactly the same as the original <em>Blade Runner<\/em>: replicants and SecUnits are both artificial humans capable of sentient thought, but they have to hide themselves away for fear of being destroyed by their oppressive human owners. <\/p>\n<p>Because its premise is so similar to <em>Blade Runner<\/em>, <em>Murderbot<\/em> has a lot of the same qualities of the earlier movie. Murderbot&#8217;s life and freedom hang in the balance of it staying hidden, giving the whole show a lot of tension once PreservationAux quickly finds out that it&#8217;s not a normal SecUnit. It has questions of what it means to be human, how we should treat our own creations, and other cyberpunk staples. Basically, <em>Murderbot<\/em> is <em>Blade Runner<\/em> if it followed Roy Batty instead of Deckard. <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> is something completely different. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"blade-runner-2099-still-has-murderbot-beat-in-one-key-area\">\n                        Blade Runner 2099 Still Has Murderbot Beat In One Key Area<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape mobile-optimized\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=1\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\"\/><img width=\"825\" height=\"413\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hunter Schafer in Blade Runner 2099\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hunter-schafer-in-blade-runner-2099-2.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Hunter Schafer in Blade Runner 2099<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even though <em>Murderbot<\/em> is more true to the original <em>Blade Runner<\/em>&#8216;s notion of androids being second-class, oppressed people, <em>2099<\/em> still has a huge advantage in its corner. <em>Murderbot<\/em> has a very similar premise to <em>Blade Runner<\/em>, but it goes about exploring the rights and liberation of artificial life in a very different way. <em>Murderbot<\/em> is very distinctly comedic; Murderbot itself is socially awkward, it watches cheesy soap operas to calm down, and PreservationAux are a bunch of nerdy scientists. <\/p>\n<p><em>Blade Runner<\/em>, on the other hand, has always been known as a dark and moody cyberpunk franchise. Both the movies were almost oppressively grim and philosophical, and there are almost no jokes in them at all. <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> is almost certainly going to maintain that grounded and depressing tone, even as it switches the roles of humans and replicants. It may have a different premise, but <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> will still feel just like <em>Blade Runner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"emaki-custom-block emaki-custom-note\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"emaki-custom note\" id=\"custom_block_14\">\n<div class=\"custom_block-content note\">\n<p><em>Murderbot<\/em> season 2 doesn&#8217;t have an official release date yet, but it is expected to premiere on Apple TV in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><em>Murderbot<\/em> isn&#8217;t completely out of the running, however. <em>Murderbot<\/em> season 1 was undeniably comedic and a bit goofy, and the books are as well, but <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/murderbot-season-2-renewal-apple-tv-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Murderbot<\/em> season 2<\/a> should be much darker in tone and more aligned with <em>Blade Runner<\/em>. 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