Visions of the future: All 12 Philip K. Dick movies, ranked
Movie list: For RFMC’s 3,000th post, we rank the films directly adapted from a novel or short story by visionary author Philip K. Dick.
Blade Runner
‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus’ finds more life in ‘Leaving L.A.’ (2022)
PKD flashback (Comic book review): Not as stylish as the TV series, the comic continuation at least keeps its focus on replicant heroine Elle.
‘Blade Runner: Origins’ (2021-22) wraps by commenting on inner-city plight
PKD flashback (Comic book review): In Volumes 2 and 3, the writers use an alternate 2009 to explore issues of the real 21st century.
In ‘2029: Redemption’ (2022), has the ‘Blade Runner’ saga reached the singularity?
PKD flashback (Comic book review): In the third and final volume of the “2029” saga, it’s getting very hard to tell humans and replicants apart.
‘Soldier’ finally gets (somewhat) appreciated in ‘From Script to Screen’
Book review: When the screenwriter and many crew members don’t like the film, “Soldier” can’t be called a classic. But some of us like it anyway.
‘Blade Runner 2029’ gets more generic with ‘Echoes’ (2021)
PKD flashback (Comic book review): The second volume of “Blade Runner 2029” is oddly intent on making its antagonist particularly villainous.
‘Blade Runner’ explores ‘Origins’ of hunters, hunted in ‘Products’ (2021)
PKD flashback (Comic book review): The opening volume of the “Blade Runner” prequel series has a lot of what you’d expect, but it’s not bad.
‘Blade Runner 2029: Reunion’ (2021) front-loads immigration metaphor
PKD flashback (Comic book review): Going solo as a writer, Mike Johnson comments on modern xenophobia-based amnesty policy to launch “2029.”
‘Blade Runner 2019: Home Again, Home Again’ (2020) expands lore
PKD flashback (Comic book review): The “2019” trilogy wraps up as Ash learns the intriguing reason why Tyrell invented replicants.
‘Blade Runner 2019’ finally ventures ‘Off-World’ (2019-20)
PKD flashback (Comic book review): The adventures of Ash and Cleo take them to the colony worlds in “Blade Runner 2019: Volume 2.”