Similar movies: "Blade Runner" and "Dune"

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Hi there - it's your favorite post where you get 2 movie reviews in 1 post! Well maybe not. But I'm still going to write about 2 movies that make me think of each other, that being 2 of my all time favorite movies, "Blade Runner" and "Dune". Alright. Maybe I'm cheating slightly. I don't know how similar these actually are other than they are made close in time to each other (early 80s) and they make me feel similar... they're both sci-fi, and that's about it . About "Blade Runner" (1982, year I was born, yo!) - So the story of "Blade Runner" was based off of a work by Philip K. Dick called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". I have read that book, and the movie only touches a very small amount of what all is in the book. I digress. It's many years in the future. Earth has been devastated. Only the lowest sort of people live on Earth anymore - because we have made other planets habitable. And we have done this largely with the help of convincingly human looking androids called replicants. Replicants are illegal on Earth, as they occasionally go rogue and start hunting people. If a replicant is found on earth they are "retired" (killed) by a special faction of the police called blade runners. Harrison Ford plays one such blade runner. A group of 4 replicants is running around. They are trying to find their maker and designer - to learn how to "live" longer. The prestigious Tyrell. The movie makes you question who really is replicant and what does it mean to be human. Dune (1984) : Again, many years in the future. Space travel has become possible due to the substance called "spice". "Spice" is only found on one dry, dusty planet called "Dune". There are many galaxies at war for control of "Dune" and it's spice. However valuable the spice is - the natives of the planet "Dune" are mistreated and exploited. Until one day, a prince from one of the galaxies royal houses takes control in a most daring way. There are fascinating characters along the way, warring intergalactic royals... "The Spice must flow" Here is the trailer for "Dune" :