From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!edler Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Blade Runner Article-I.D.: cmcl2.6055 Posted: Mon Jun 28 20:49:29 1982 Received: Tue Jun 29 01:30:58 1982 I saw Blade Runner two nights ago. If you are hoping for Star Wars or Raiders, don't go. If you are looking for something different, I recommend it. I am interested in whether viewers feel themselves on morally shakey ground while watching this movie; I felt there was a tremendous conflict between the desire to root for the protagonist and sympathy for the "bad guys", who aren't evil but are terribly oppressed. Also, do people think that there is any significance to the social order presented (intensification of class divisions), or is this just part of the future noire image? Visually, it is tremendous. It is hard to describe the depressing view of our future that it presents. You should recognize the similarity of style with Alien, another Ridley Scott effort. This is an intense film. Jan Edler ..!cmcl2!edler