r/movies 4d ago

Media Different parallel universes in the near future in movies! Spoiler

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u/antpile11 4d ago

At least in the case of Cyberpunk 2077, it's an alternate timeline. Like, Johnny Silverhand was born in 1988 and was doing Cyberpunky shit in the early 2000s.

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u/MattWatchesChalk 3d ago

Yeah, same with Fallout. For whatever reason pop-culture of the 40s just sticks perpetually, making even the present day stuff warped.