Originally published on http://www.theverge.com/entertainment/2015/1/20/7856009/atropa-sci-fi-short-movie-alien-blade-runner Atropa is director Eli Sasich's love-letter to gritty, gunmetal-colored sci-fi movies of the '80s. The ten-minute short, a concept piece for potential feature film, tells the story of a security officer chasing the titular Atropa as it tears across the galaxy.