Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" is one of the most seminal science-fiction films of its time. It took a genre that was dominated at the time by flashier, more optimistic franchises like "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" and provided a unique, darker vision, both thematically and aesthetically. It also merged themes from both sci-fi and noir, popularizing a cyberpunk aesthetic that would influence all sorts of media from series like "Battlestar Galactica" and "Ghost in the Shell," to video games like "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Deus Ex." While Scott himself doesn't strictly consider the film "science fiction," it certainly left a significant impact on the landscape of the genre.
The film follows former cop Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, in an alternate dystopian version of Los Angeles circa 2019, where he's tasked with hunting down a rogue group of synthetic humans, known as replicants. The replicants are nearly indistinguishable from regular humans,...
The film follows former cop Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, in an alternate dystopian version of Los Angeles circa 2019, where he's tasked with hunting down a rogue group of synthetic humans, known as replicants. The replicants are nearly indistinguishable from regular humans,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
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