Blade Runner, 40 years old, "the greatest Sci-Fi of all time"

Esquire's Tom Ward argues that 1982's Blade Runner (with 1979's Alien—which is to say Ridley Scott) has defined science fiction since.

Visually and sonically assured, intelligent and moody, there is much to be admired in Blade Runner. But why has its legacy endured to such a degree? — Read the rest