Maybe. The problem is the majority of the population has the exact same taste I'm talking about. Everyone loves summer blockbusters while Bladerunner is a niche.

So am I rationalizing something or am I trying to explain something to a stubborn elitist minority?

I think we're both intelligent enough to know that the later reason is the actual reality and that I'm not the one actually rationalizing things.

Top Gun just crossed a billion dollars, and while I haven't seen it, I'm sure the pacing is frenetic as fuck. Nobody needs to rationalize a billion dollars, but somebody definitely needs to justify a niche movie like blade runner.

cheers.