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Even without leaving Scott, Alien seems to have been at least as visually influential as Blade Runner. Plus of course Star Wars and Star Trek... Blade Runner i

Even without leaving Scott, Alien seems to have been at least as visually influential as Blade Runner. Plus of course Star Wars and Star Trek... Blade Runner is fairly distinctive even today (outside of Cyberpunk, most other post-82 sci fi that I can think of is definitely more influenced by other things) which IMO is a sign that it isn't as universally influential as other 70s/80s sci-fi films. Off the top of my head, do any of BSG, Babylon 5, Mass Effect, Jurassic Park, Inception, Terminator, The Expanse, Interstellar, Independence Day, or The Matrix have particularly strong ties to Blade Runner's aesthetic compared to their ties to other early film sci-fi?

jahnu 4y ago
And of course Alien got a few things from Dark Star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film) https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/looking-back-at-john-carpenters-dark-star/ https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/looking-back-at-john-carpen...
- WalterBright 4y ago
  Dolittle: What is your purpose? Bomb: To explode, of course! Great dialog trumps expensive special effects every time.
  - jahnu 4y ago
    Totally! And one of the few English language films I’ve seen that retains the humour perfectly dubbed in German. In fact the bomb is possibly even funnier in German :) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XetTVNtzTW8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XetTVNtzTW8
- TremendousJudge 4y ago
  And from Jodorowsky's Dune, where O'Bannon also worked
  - porbelm 4y ago
    ...and Jean Giraud (Moebius) drew the storyboards; that style also influenced the Blade Runner cityscape with all the fine detail and greebles
jl6 4y ago
I don’t wish to detract from your point, which is a good one, but I do think Babylon 5 had some dark neon orientalism going on.