Not only is it a brilliant movie, it holds up amazingly well given its age. It could probably be released today and nobody would know the difference.
Plus it has all this plot stuff that you have to 'like' concentrate on ...
Although it did invent the concept of anti-product placements. People would pay not to be placed in the remake!
Plus it has all this plot stuff that you have to 'like' concentrate on ...
I'm sure if you went back to read the movie reviews from the year Blade Runner came out, you'd find them full of similar sentiments. "Blah blah, they don't make sophisticated movies any more, people only care about spectacle and car chases and explosions." No doubt people will be making similar complaints in another 30 years while completely ignoring the sophisticated movies being produced in their own time ("Man, nobody makes movies like Primer or District 9 any more, do they?)
(Yes, I know District 9 has explosions.)
Way too much sheet plastic, close quarters, massive constructs, lack of lighting, utilitarianism, and general weather. And the guns sound like they were made by people who wanted to shoot big bullets. It's not that the special effects are unbelievable, it's that they're not describing a design aesthetic as extrapolated from the present-day experience.