"More human than human." That's our motto.

Rachael and Rick. Together forever. *SIGH* Fun fact: the name of the actress that played Rachael is Sean Young. I love that her name is Sean. I love learning of women who have "boy" names; Daryl Hannah, Blake Lively, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore....these are just a few of my favorites.

Blade Runner was another movie that was enjoyed with dear friends. It just so happened to be Fat Tuesday when our viewing party commenced, and my wonderful husband made a delicious dinner of jambalaya and cornbread. We drank wine, we ate too much food, we paused the movie about 17 times because we kept talking, we had banana cake from New Seasons for dessert (which was actually delicious even though I don't like bananas) and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I think I might make viewing parties a bi-monthly ritual...

Synopsis

It's the year 2019 and cities around the World are in shambles. We see that 4 "Replicants" have escaped from the colonies where they've been sent, and have come back to Earth on a killing spree. Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police chief to continue his old job as a Replicant Hunter in Los Angeles and bring down the escapees. Before he can devise a master plan, he travels to the Tyrell Corporation to learn more about how these replicants were created and meets a young replicant named Rachael, who he ends up falling head over heels for.

Fun Facts, Compliments of IMDB:

Ridley Scott regards Blade Runner as probably his most personal and complete film.
To ensure that he didn't have to wear a hat in the film (having just come off Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)), Harrison Ford went out and got a contemporary haircut which Ridley Scott didn't care for but was essentially stuck with.
The term replicants is used nowhere in Philip K. Dick's writing. The creatures in the source novel are called Androids or Andies. The movie abandoned these terms, fearing they would sound comical spoken on screen. Replicants came from David Webb Peoples' daughter, Risa, who was studying microbiology and biochemistry. She introduced her father to the theory of replication - the process whereby cells are duplicated for cloning purposes.
There are only 90 special effects shots in the entire film in every version.
It took 3 hours to glue all the sequins onto Joanna Cassidy.
The 'snake scale' seen under the electron microscope was actually a marijuana bud.

Ryen's Review - Liked It

This film was unique in the sense that it gave me a different "view" into the future than other movies I've watched from the 80's that are futuristic. While other futuristic films make light of what's to come, Blade Runner was a mix between film noir and science fiction; mysterious, symbolic, dark, speculative, and dramatic with an over-emphasis on the dramatic, but in a good way. The incorporation of religious symbolism in this film is prominent, and only adds to your curiosity in hopes that there is a means to an end for the task set before Rick Deckard. This film is not short of twists, turns and thrills and will keep you guessing up until the very end.