On Seconds: A resemblance to Blade Runner?

Comparing Seconds to other dystopian films has proven somewhat difficult, as I’ve not seen too many films under this genre.  There were, however, some elements within Seconds that reminded me of Sci-Fi, dystopian films like Blade Runner.  While watching Seconds, it seemed much more like a Sci-Fi dystopia, rather than strictly a dystopian thriller. 

One of the big themes in Science Fiction, and dystopian films in general, is big corporate power.  In Seconds, the “Company” held absolute power over the individuals that they claimed they wanted to help.  In films like Blade Runner, based on Phillip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the “mega-corporations” wield all the power over the dystopian world they inhabit. 

Another theme from Seconds that slightly resembles Blade Runner and other Sci-Fi works, is that of being “born again.”  Just like the Company in Seconds, the mega-corporations in Blade Runner manufacture what they call “replicants.”  So, the idea of a powerful corporation wielding more control than they should, is a central theme to both Seconds as well as Blade Runner.  The fact that they sort of “create” these beings is also inherent to both works.