Blade Runner

Ridley Scott ranks amongst my favorite directors. He’s moved the whole Sci-Fi genre out of the depths of geekdom into a world in which the plot is more than simple lazer pistols and scantily clad nymphets Shame do I hear you cry?, but is deeper and darker – with atmosphere and storyline oozing out of every pore. Aliens proved how a simple concept, with a thick atmosphere could turn a sci-fi movie into a suspenseful and often frightening movie.

Ridley Scott seems to focus on potential futures. Aliens tells of a sinister alien race we are yet to encounter. What makes Ridley Scott so good is his ability to bring the audience into the story and make them believe that it is an inevitable future, not simply a fictional story.

Blade Runner in my opinion is his tour de force. It is a very dark and sinister movie that is amazingly subtle at times and builds on drama and suspense in such a way that you are often on the edge of your seat. Ridley’s vision of the future is one of darkness and fear, one in which you sense that everyone is out to get you, and it is a trial simply to survive in the world. Much like living in New Jersey – before you cry foul I live in NJ and love it!!!. Add to this an element of eroticism and sexual tension that never really emerges fully, together with a spattering of subtle tension and apprehension and you have a classic in the making.....

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