Just got done watching the director's cut of Blade Runner.  I have to admit, usually the director versions of films are often MUCH better than theatrical releases but in Ridley Scott's case, the opposite is almost always true.  The part I miss the most ( oddly ) is the end credits with the camera panning at high speed over a field of tundra and the final music playing.  It leaves you desperately wondering the fate of Deckard and Rachael.  I also sort of miss the dead pan narration done by Ford.

another intersting case is Legend....the original version was much better but Scott had it shown to a test audience made up of folks who had no connection with fantasy and folklore and in a fit of desperate rage ( or anxiety ) completely recut the film...all the while the producer was begging him not to ( now THAT is odd ) because he felt Ridley's version was excellent.....none theless Scott, himself, was directly repsonsible for the theatrical version and it was many years until the Original version ( with the original score, not the equally beautiful, yet utterly different Tangerine Dream score ) was released on DVD.

So...which version of Blade Runner ( or Legend for that matter ) do you prefer????

Original

They should release a dual DVD set with both, like they did with Legend.  That is an EXCELLENT set, by the way.

Directors Cut.



Theatrical release sucked in comparison.



Who needs the idiot monolog voice over to explain what's happening?  It's as grating as listening to Leno explain his jokes.

Director's Cut.  I despise the narration that was forced on the director because the studio thought the audience was too dumb to understand the movie without it.

      The narration by Ford made the whole movie for me. It gave that Humphrey Bogart vibe to a scifi flick. I loved the original.

  The music was great too. Vangelis as I recall.

Not to hijack,  but give me a movie score by Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Georgio Moroder anyday.

I liked both for different reasons.  The book (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) that the screenplay was loosely based on is worth a read too.

Director's cut is much better IMO

Quoted: Yeah, the Director's cut of Bladerunner sucks donkey balls.  Of course, the original version on DVD is near impossible to find, at least with my searches (which ended a few years ago).  Anyone know where to find one?

Looked on ebay and looked like they had a few.

I like both very much but I think the theatrical version is more interesting.

I liked the original version much better.  It sucks they haven't released it on DVD.

For those of you who didn't know:  Deckert's a REPLICANT!

Quoted: For those of you who didn't know:  Deckert's a REPLICANT!

 I still like the original...where that isn't touched on but it was kind of cool at the same time......I dunno.....maybe I should do all of Ridley Scott's editing.....

except for GI Jane and Kingdom of Heaven.....not his best stuff