This is literally what “Seinfeld is unfunny” trope is about. The original, groundbreaking work gets quoted and used so much that a modern viewer doesn't see anything original in it anymore.
Some things survive this process, though, and some don't. For example, I didn't see Alien until after I saw Blade Runner. I see Alien as more influential and copied than Blade Runner, yet I still think it's great.
Re:‘Blade Runner’ at 40
by browningstreet on Sunday June 26, 2022 @05:18PM
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To wit: I just watched Close Encounters on a plane. Surprised at how much Spielberg himself quoted from it. It feels like a mashup of ET, Indiana Jones and even Schindlers List.
My ex wife is 16 years younger than me (from 1987). So I made her watch many movies from the 80's and 90's that I think are classics.
Well,most of the time she didn't apreciate them because she watched a lot of TV movies in her teens, and knew most of the plots and twists.
The other thing is that it holds up for most people, so that it is better when you go back to it because you see thing you missed the first time.