Ridley was fired in post-production because despite some heoric production work, he was clearly overwhelmed by the movie that showed up in the editing room. Anyone who's seen any of his other movies knows when left to his own devices he has a bit of trouble finding the ending of a story -- GLADIATOR is the latest disappointment. Of the hundreds of endings he considered for BLADE RUNNER, he couldn't find one that worked, because he didn't listen to his own film.
Fortunately BLADE RUNNER was left to find its own center (and beginning and ending), largely at the hands of audiences -- the producers screened and polled extensively (at least by early 80's standards..), then continued to edit based on feedback.
Scott's later unresearched philosphical half-noodlings and attempts to take credit for something bigger than himself seem vaguely pathetic. He might be a nice man, but at this point his views should be considered nothing more than amusing trivia to BLADE RUNNER scholars, and no more authoritative than any other interesting viewpoint.
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Fortunately BLADE RUNNER was left to find its own center (and beginning and ending), largely at the hands of audiences -- the producers screened and polled extensively (at least by early 80's standards..), then continued to edit based on feedback.
Scott's later unresearched philosphical half-noodlings and attempts to take credit for something bigger than himself seem vaguely pathetic. He might be a nice man, but at this point his views should be considered nothing more than amusing trivia to BLADE RUNNER scholars, and no more authoritative than any other interesting viewpoint.