"A Scanner Darkly" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (A.K.A. "Blade Runner) are probably Philip K. Dick's two most successful movie adaptations. Their success is owed partially to their high production value, innovative cinematography, high-profile celebrity stars and even the quality of their sound tracks.
However, the directors and actors invovled in both of these films have been involved in other films that didn't enjoy as much success. For example, Harrison Ford couldn't redeem "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull," Keanu Reeves couldn't save "Johnny Neumonic," and Ridley Scott will not go down in cinema history for his involvment in "The A-Team."
These examples highlight that the success of "A Scanner Darkly" and "Blade Runner" must have something to do with the quality of the texts they were based on. "Indian Jones" and "The A-Team" are formulaic pulp stories with unbelievable characters that are hard to relate to. The stories don't address poignent themes about human existence, and they don't offer particularly novel twists on reality. Philip K. Dicks works, on the other hand, do all those things and more. They draw the audience into unreal worlds that are nonetheless believable. They reverberate with real human emotion and balance entertainment with enlightenment.
An okay start, but overall it would be good to read a more indepth discussion with further details provided on some of areas your raise e.g production values, cinematography, celebrity stars, sound tracks, the quality of the texts, the poignent themes etc etc. It's also important to reference the literature you are using to develop your response.
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