Setting Films in the Future: The Challenge

When it comes to setting films in the future, there’s a challenge that comes with dating it in which the technology is able to catch up. This is a problem that comes with films such as Back to the Future and Blade Runner to name a few.  We don’t have flying cars.  Los Angeles hasn’t become a dystopia.  But somehow, Biff Tannen has been elected as the President of the United States.  I don’t think…

"Setting Films in the Future: The Challenge"

I just watched Blade Runner for The First Time

I just watched Blade Runner for the first time after checking out Blade Runner: The Final Cut from the local public library.  Aside from some unfortunate skipping issues on the DVD, the film holds up well even on first viewing. Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, the Ridley Scott-directed film was first released in 1982 and it’s yet another role that actor Harrison Ford will revisit when he reprises…

"I just watched Blade Runner for The First Time"