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Google Assistant ad syncs up a little too well with the 'Blade Runner 2049' trailer and now we're spooked

WTF?

Angie Han

on May 18, 2017

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

The future Blade Runner warned us about might already be here.

All right, so that's probably overstating the case a bit. But there is definitely something uncanny about how well the new Google Assistant ad syncs up with the Blade Runner 2049 trailer – which, as a reminder, is the sequel to a movie about a dystopian future teeming with sentient A.I.

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Don't believe us? Check out this video. It's some Dark Side of the Rainbow-level synchronicity.

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I just laid the audio from the Blade Runner 2049 trailer to the new Google Assistant ad.

I'm scared. Literally no extra editing involved 😳 pic.twitter.com/5lwUWqxFml
— Spencer Chen (@spencerchen) May 18, 2017

Mashable actually checked to see if Spencer Chen was telling the truth, and he is. That really is the uncut footage from the Google Assistant ad, and that really is the unedited audio straight from the most recent Blade Runner 2049 trailer.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to unplug and hide from our Google Home for a bit until we're ready to process Assistant's apparent love of Blade Runner.

Topics Google Assistant

Angie Han

Angie Han is the Deputy Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Previously, she was the managing editor of Slashfilm.com. She writes about all things pop culture, but mostly movies, which is too bad since she has terrible taste in movies.