Day 1 - Blade Runner

Of course I had heard of Blade Runner, It's a cult classic and one of those films I had always assumed I should see. I was right.

This blog isn't intended to be about film reviews so I'll skip the part when they tell you the plot of the film. Partly because, the day after I watched it, I'm still not sure what was going on.

There were replicants (which I kept calling simulants because of Red Dwarf) which were the same as humans, some replicants who thought they were humans, and a truly heart strings pulling love affair between Rick and Rachael.


All I know was that it contained some brilliant but sparse dialogue, some brilliant performances and a constant battle between two sides of my mind as to whose side I was on. In the end, I, as the film, concluded that there didn't have to be any sides.

Visually the film (the final cut with some updated special effects and some changes to make it closer to Ridley Scott's vision) was spectacular, a dirty dystopian future rendered real.

My favourite scene was either when Rick killed Zhora and she fell through the glass, which was stunning visually or when Rick kisses Rachael for the first time (I think it was that scene when he entered while she was sleeping and I thought she was dead - I almost cried.)


Disclaimer: Wikipedia was used to write this blogpost, I did watch the film but forgot a few things