Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

L.A. or Hell. A.? Even when critics didn't like Blade Runner, they usually complemented the filmmakers on creating an amazing setting. Los Angeles in November 2019 is a dark, mysterious, decaying,...

The narrative technique in Blade Runner is pretty straightforward—although the producers still wanted a voiceover track to explain what was going on. There are basically two main arcs in the stor...

Neo-Noir, Dystopian Sci-Fi, Thriller Blade Runner takes place in a sci-fi dystopia, just like Brave New World or 1984 or Fahrenheit 451. But there are things that make Blade Runner unique. Brave Ne...

Before settling on Blade Runner, the filmmakers considered a number of titles. Apparently, the title of Philip K. Dick's book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was never really on the table: too...

Ah, but which ending? Yeah, there are multiple endings to Blade Runner. In the original release, Gaff spares Rachael's life, allowing her and Deckard to escape the nauseating confines of Los Angele...

RThere's plenty of violence in Blade Runner: Deckard guns Zhora down in the street, Rachael shoots Leon in the head, Roy crushes Tyrell's head and jams his thumbs into his eyes, Roy drives a nail t...