Experiencing Los Angeles www.ExperiencingLA.com corrects IE6 width calculation Saturday, November 5, 2011 photo credit: www.youtube.com Blade Runner is arguably the single most influential film in terms of how Angelenos (that is, people from Los Angeles) think about themselves and their future of the city. When it was originally released in theaters in 1982, "November, 2019" seemed like the distant future. Now it's just eight years out. photo credit: www.youtube.com From the opening scenes of massive explosions around the city (above) to the soundtrack by Vangelis , director Ridley Scott ( Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster ) painted a dark and haunting vision of a future Los Angeles. "Fore...