This is the fourth time I watched it, and the only time I actually enjoyed it. Probably also the highest rating I could ever give it. This is still a very flawed movie, any way you examine it, but I found a way to make it enjoyable for myself. Sometime at the midpoint of the movie I decided to completely discard the idiotic notion that androids are in some way equal to humans or represent life simply because they can emulate human emotions and behavior. Instead I chose to pretend androids were humans, while humans were God and angels. And suddenly, I was able to extract some meaning out of all this. God creates humans and infuses their lives with suffering and a time limit. Some humans can't stand it, so they attempt to connect with God with ulterior motives (prolonging their life and escaping suffering). Earth is Eden. One of the humans dances(?) with a snake (thus returning to the original sin). The other ones are trying to find God, who lives at the top of a pyramid or a ziggurat (religious shape of a building). As they do, God explains that life isn't about length, and that the shorter it is, the more valuable it is. Humans don't get it. As they realize their fate, they kill God and put up a fight against nature. When another human is killed, she goes literally kicking and screaming. Deckard in this situation is sorta the faceless angel of death, which would explain why he's such a shell of a character. As the last human is trying to literally get rid of death, he pierces his hand, leaving a stigmata, I guess to make a God out of himself (to find metaphorical immortality as he's facing death)? Then at the last moment he accepts his fate, finds his peace and dies. I still haven't figured out how this metaphor applies to every plot point in the movie though. It does sorta fit, but doesn't seem to have been the intended way to perceive this story. Perhaps only as a secondary layer of meaning. The first still seems to me to be equating humans to androids. Which is an idea that makes no sense. And even though I was able to find an enjoyable lens through which to view Blade Runner, a good movie wouldn't have to sacrifice any surface-level logic for its deeper meaning. A good movie works on all levels. But here still the setting is flawed in its execution, and most of the characters are pretty bland. The overall story, frankly, could've been more exciting and intellectually stimulating. The visuals and the music though are amazing, some of the best ever.