By Michael Adair
I’ll always remember the first time I saw Blade Runner: on a rainy October evening in 2009 as part of the short-lived Film4 ‘retro sci-fi season’. However, as a bright eyed 11 year-old, I failed to understand the cultural significance of Ridley Scott’s dark neo-noir re-imagining of a futuristic 2019 San Francisco (a setting which would go on to influence other works such as Akira, 2000AD’s Dredd, District 9, and Ghost In The Shell to name but a few).