I accept what you're saying. Once I decided to go the Blade Runner route, lens flares became important to me. One version even had beams coming from the lights, which looked more like the movie, but even I thought that was too much. SO I stuck with 66% lens flares. They also hide the lack of modelling detail (as does the blur). So here's a version with the flare layer (and probably other bits of post) missing. I really think it loses something. Maybe there's a compromise somewhere between the two.

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