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Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2000)

Aha, I DID see this first time around and I thought it was jaw dropping back then (but I was well into ploughing through PKDs entire bibliography at the time and firmly in possession of an anorak). Of course, I have spent the rest of my life trying to explain why I think Blade Runner is a Sci-fi tour-de-force to the unenlightened (which sadly includes my wife). You do spot the continuity gaffs with repeated watching and I'm still sure there is a discrepancy between the number of skin jobs supposedly on the loose (as initially briefed) and the number aired out (and I am including the one vapourised on escape). That said, there is sufficient gem quality material here to last a life time. I even found a reference to Blade Runner in an Oxford University text book on International Relations which sites its future view as redolent of 'radical neo-idealist ethical anarchy and urban decay'. There you have it - academic street cred as well. 10/10