These days, pointing out that Blade Runner is good is like pointing out that ice cream is tasty; most people have heard by now, and odds are they agree with you. But we tend to take the positives in our lives for granted, so now that the sci-fi classic is available on Netflix, it wouldn’t hurt to refresh our fragile memories.
Director Ridley Scott has a long and august filmography, and the 87-year-old has made it clear he wants to get as many new films out the door as he can before his final curtain call. That’s an understandable attitude considering he was a bit of a late bloomer. It’s easy to forget now, but Blade Runner was only Scott’s third film, and he was already 45 when he made it. After half a lifetime in commercials and lost BBC TV shows, Scott won critical acclaim with The Duellists, then dodged the dreaded sophomore slump with a little sci-fi film called Alien.
