Just reading the reviews... (spoiler-free)

[size=5][b]Note:[/b] This review has been marked "spoiler-free". Any spoilers posted will be removed (the entire post).[/size] -----------------------------------------------------------------and thought I'd offer this: "...a film that special effects could have easily run away with, and run away with it they have. And it's also a mess, at least as far as its narrative is concerned. Almost nothing is explained coherently, and the plot has great lapses, from the changeable nature of one key character to the frequent disappearances of another. Mr. Scott, who made his mark in ''Alien'' by showing a creature bursting forth from the body of one of its victims, tries hard to hit the same note here. The end of the film is both gruesome and sentimental. Mr. Scott can't have it both ways, any more than he can expect over-decoration to carry a film that has neither strong characters nor a strong story. That hasn't stopped him from trying, even if it perhaps should have." The above quotes are from the New York Times review - dated June 25, 1982 - of "Blade Runner." Movie reviewers are funny people.