I think most of the Blade Runner critics here find the movie disappointing, or laughable because their expectations were set too high. Anybody who expected an action packed gleaming sci-fi flick with spiffy dialogs and exciting special effects comes away feeling cheated. That's because the science fiction element and the action is not the movie's main focus: it's just a setting in which deeper psychological issues are being explored, issues such as what it means to be human, how far will technological advancementss take us and is that where we want to go, and the conflicts and absurdity of mankind's ambitions and desires. This is what the movie is all about, and not so much the Sci-Fi stuff, and as such it does a great job. Sure, it looks old and cheap by today's standards. But that doesn't make the movie bad, it just makes it old.
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