The real reason Blade Runner flopped at the box office

Here's why Blade Runner, one of the most well-regarded movies of the sci-fi canon, didn't reach its full money-making ...
Orange County Register

‘Blade Runner,’ ‘The Thing,’ ‘E.T.’ and the legacy of 1982’s summer sci-fi movies

When John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was released in 1982, it bombed. Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” by contrast soared, becoming a national phenomenon. Still, the two share a bond in Chris Nashawaty’s new ...