'Blade Runner' at 40: Director Ridley Scott's dystopian masterpiece continues to reverberate today

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Salute this iconic sci-fi movie that broke the rules and became a Hollywood legend

Built by the nefarious Tyrell Corporation, these advanced robots called Replicants were identical to humans and the tech firm had currently advanced its product to the NEXUS-6 phase of advancement. When a team of six Replicants slaughter a shuttle crew and return to Earth, the rogue roundup is on and the bounty hunter is ordered to track the surviving foursome down.

M. Emmet Walsh portrayed Deckard's boss, Captain Bryant and Edward James Olmos played Detective Gaff, another Blade Runner who knew the truth about Deckard. As Scott's next project after 1979's"Alien," the visionary filmmaker turned to a screenplay written by David Peoples and Hampton Fancher, whose producer friend Brian Kelly had optioned the book from.

Ridley Scott’s exquisite worldbuilding, somber tone, and imaginative production design in"Blade Runner" are legendary, and this neon-splashed Hell with a perpetual acid rain drenching the over-populated urban blight and flying cars zooming above the decadence has been the visual standard for most bleak sci-fi movies and video games ever since.

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Heck I just watched that last night. Roy Batty commits many brutal murders. But he's being murdered by the Tyrell Corporation, who gave him a five year lifespan to keep him from escaping his enslavement. His dignity and love for life end the film.

Best film of all time.

Still sad of Vangelis passing. Tears in the Rain.

If Blade Runner is such a Masterpiece why are there multiple versions and why does everyone hate the Theatrical Cut?

Would be a lot cooler if Ridley didn't try to insert his dumb fucking plot twist into the Director's Cut

Also notable because it is the only film Rutger Hauer ever appeared in that's worth watching and even then he nearly fucks it up

THAT man remains a menace to to...

Even though I have both the original and the newer version on DVD,it was actually on FTA television tonight in Melbourne Australia (the original)

I have always adored 'Blade Runner'. I love the fact that it takes its time, has few scenes but each scene is perfectly fitting, and then there are the stunning, unforgettable visuals together with the perfect music score. A total masterpiece.

Worst movie EVER made.

One of the greatest of all time.

❤️

Its always a Roy! The paradoxical nature of quanta is solved by a virtual context. What is not real is simply undefined. Ultimately a deterministic process denotes the passing of time, the more complexity the more dilation, its friction curvature we perceive as gravity.

Best SF movie ever!!!

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