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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 2052996" data-attributes="member: 259">First, Joshua, have you seen the version without the voiceover?  I've seen both (I saw the sans-voiceover first), and there's a world of difference between them.  Things it's got going for it:-The world it creates is busy, dark, and inhuman, and consistently so.-There's plenty of multilayered exploration of what it means to be human, and precious few answers.-There's scenes whose impact really sneaks up on me, such as when Harrison is examining old photographs of his family.-The violence in it is often beautiful and tragic, such as the scene of the android crashing through glass.As for other cyberpunk movies, lemme think...Hackers, sorta.MatrixJohnny MnemonicThe Fifth Element (to a lesser degree-certainly it starts off in a world similar to Bladerunner's)And the aesthetic has permeated a lot of movies since then.It may not be for everyone, but I still think it's a defining movie of science fiction, and personally I like it way better than Aliens (which I didn't really care for).As for literature, I'd say it's nothing special in Phillip K. Dick's repertoire.  The Man in the High Castle is probably his most important work.Daniel</blockquote>