Many years after its release, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner has become one of the most analyzed and debated science fiction films ever produced. The film was a failure upon its initial release in 1982, reviews were negative, and it wasn't even close to becoming a box office success; However, after the director's release in 1992, Blade Runner had a resurgence and became a highly respected science fiction film. Ridley Scott's inspiration to produce Blade Runner came from Philip K. Dick's 1969 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Although the Blade Runner writers mostly took the main character from Dick's novel, they added a few key themes that maintained a relationship between the two. At the film's premiere Harrison Ford said, "It's a movie about being able to have a meaningful relationship with your toaster."[1] Despite Ford's reference, the film is very sophisticated in its visionary depiction of the consequences of technology on humanity. A central ethical question that Blade Runner raises as well as in many other popular science fiction novels and films is: what are the boundaries of humanity? Blade Runner's answer is that humanity can expand to take on many forms, and human nature has reached the point where genetic engineering, human biology, and digital technology are now a major part of society. the 1950s were concerned with the physics of science while Dick was more interested in its metaphysics. One of the most important ideas transferred from Dick's novel to Blade Runner is "the problematic nature of the human being and the difficult task of being human".[2] The themes of the film are the gene... middle of the paper. ....., History and memories come together from the people's history site. Network. .[9] "History of the 80s between popular culture, prices, events, technology and inventions". Where people, history and memories come together from the People History website. Network. .[10] Senior, WA Blade Runner and Cyberpunk Visions of Humanity." Film Criticism V21 (Fall 1996): 1-12[11] "History of the 1970s including popular culture, prices, events, technology, and inventions ." Where People, History and Memoirs Come Together from The People History Site Web.[12] Slade, Joseph W. "Romanticizing Cybernetics in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner." "Romanticizing Cybernetics in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Literature Film Quarterly 18.1" 1990): 2-64