Blade Runner was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry

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Originally Posted by joltman

I actually just saw this for the first time a couple weeks ago, and totally don't understand the huge praise for this. I mean, it looked good, and I didn't hate it, it just didn't seem like anything special to me.

Sure people might not like Blade Runner for the story. You have to realize that back in 1982 it was the most visually stunning movie of its time. Even on Blu-ray I still say "wow". Just think if you saw this back in its day, you'd say holy crap this looks awesome!