• What does this page cover?
• So what is the film, Blade Runner, all about?
• What other Blade Runner pages are there on the net?
• Are there any decent related pages out there?

What does this page cover?

Possibly my favourite film of all time is Blade Runner, A Ridley Scott directed science-fiction movie first released in 1982.

This page is designed to provide you with quality links and information on the film (not the game[s]), and add to your enjoyment when you next watch the film.

There are hundreds of Blade Runner resources on the Internet, and this page attempts to point out the better ones that I have encountered. There is not a great deal of original material for me to add to your Blade Runner experience on the Internet, but by using these links, you will at least get a quality introduction to a hopefully long lasting interest in this cult science-fiction classic.

This page has only just been created, and as such is still under heavy construction, so if it looks a bit void of use at the moment, please come back another day and see how its going.

So what is the film, Blade Runner, all about?

"Los Angeles in the year 2020. Huge neon advertisements illuminate the night sky above the city's towering skyscrapers. The interiors, however, are murky and dark, the oppressive gloom occasionally relieved by beams of light from a roving spotlight. The majority of Earth's population has left for outer space with only the misfits and decadent sophisticates left behind to populate the planet. Infiltrating this strange, derelict society are four replicants, laboratory-created creatures who are practically indistinguishable from humans - whose job it is to perform menial tasks in outer space, and who are forbidden, on pain of destruction, to set foot on Earth. These replicants have hi-jacked a space-shuttle by killing its crew and are now in Los Angeles passing themselves off as humans. It is up to super-cop Harrison Ford to seek them out and eliminate them before they can eliminate him."

The above is the video inlay text explaining the basic plot of the film. The video cover adds depth to the dark, threatening, futuristic theme of the film.

One thing to keep in mind is that, as seems typical of a Philip K. Dick story, there are many layers to the plot, some becoming more apparent the more times you watch the film. The many sub-plots and discussions over the meaning of the film are best left to the resources given in the links below.

What other Blade Runner pages are there on the net?

There are an incredible number of Blade Runner pages on the web, many of which offer scripts, video clips, audio clips, picture archives, you name it, its there.

One excellent place to answer almost any question you have about blade runner is the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page at www.BRmovie.com's FAQ page. The www.BRmovie.com is an excellent site to start looking for Blade Runner resources.

There is also a superb on-line magazine at www.devo.com which gives a great overview and insight into the various scenes in the film.

One other place worthy of a special mention is 2019:Off-World which offers a huge selection of links to scripts, video clips, image archives, and much more.

There are a huge number of Blade Runner sites out there on the net, and if you need more specific information or want to explore more Blade Runner web sites, your best bet is to use something like YAHOO! as another steering point.

Are there any decent related pages out there?

Other than Blade Runner itself, there are some excellent resources for the director Ridley Scott, Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Philip K. Dick (the writer of the original short story), details of the film's soundtrack (there is more info in the FAQ's mentioned above) and many other semi-relivent pieces of information.

One thing that interested me most as a spin off from the film was the use of origami, and the relevance of some of the figures used. There is is plenty of information covering the meaning of the unicorn figure used.