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How Blade Runner’s Opening Scene Introduces a New Kind of Human Four decades since it was originally filmed, and seven different versions later, the influence of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) still pervades the science fiction genre. It’s a neo-noir detective story where a bounty hunter, Deckard (Harrison Ford), stalks the android remnants of an off-world revolt, but the startling visuals, Vangelis’ iconic score, and the beguiling android performances are all discussed more frequently than the film’s screenplay, co-written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. But a fantastica...