I would say that 2001 was concurrent with similar currents in literary SF. Blade Runner was Cyberpunk wasn’t it? Actually it probably influenced Cyberpunk.
2001 was definitely concurrent since they were done at basically the same time. But at that point concurrent wasn’t that evolved from the state of everything else (getting to 1969 from the 1950s isn’t that big a jump) and I don’t think anybody expected that to be a hit. Blade Runner just about invented cyberpunk, and while massively influential and worshiped by many today was actually a flop. It’s kind of an example of why SF movies don’t evolve, it’s the “sure I could green light an amazing movie hailed 30 years later for its vision... and get fired opening weekend... or I could green light something that makes a lot of money”. That’s kind of how it’s going for cinema SF, the ones pushing forward are either arthouse movies (not expected to make any money) or should have been because they don’t make any money.
And I’m just as guilty as anybody. Much as I love to find the ones pushing to new (for cinema anyway) territory I just bought my ticket to the new X-Men. Fact is that 50s style exploitation SF is a lot of fun, even if it completely lacks rewatchability. Even gourmands need their Cheetos fix.