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'Blade Runner'...best version?

Poll Results: Which version of 'Blade Runner' works BEST for you?

 
  • 75% (68)
    The Final Cut
  • 5% (5)
    The Theatrical Cut
  • 6% (6)
    The International Theatrical Cut
  • 4% (4)
    The Director's Cut
  • 4% (4)
    The Work Print
  • 1% (1)
    The 'It's There. But Has Yet to Make It To the Screen' Cut
  • 2% (2)
    The 'This Will Never Work' Cut
90 Total Votes  
post #1 of 30
1/4/08 at 9:21pm
Thread Starter 
I've still gotta watch two of these, so at the moment my answer is up in the air...

Anyone else, HAVATTIT!!
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post #2 of 30
1/4/08 at 10:00pm
The Final. As much as I love this movie, I never want to see another new cut of this again. I love Alien too, but the director's cut for that was kind of pointless. I can only buy the same movies so many times Ridley!
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post #3 of 30
1/4/08 at 10:28pm
You're right about the gore; though it's been a long time since I've seen the international cut or the workprint. The theatrical, the 92 and the Final are the only ones that I could describe differences.

If I was going to recommend this to someone who had never seen any of these, I'd tell 'em to either start with the International (see: gore) or the Final, simply because the thing's finished. But the new cut's not going to win anybody over who didn't like the thing to begin with. I love this movie, but Devin made that point in his review and he's absolutely right.
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post #4 of 30
1/4/08 at 10:35pm
The differences between the theatrical and international cuts are so negligible, they really should be considered the same cut. What is it, two shots that were inserted? Maybe five seconds in all? Really, what's the difference?

As bad as that voiceover is, I still prefer the theatrical cut because it doesn't try to answer the question of whether or not Deckard is a replicant. The DC and FC answer the question, and I really dislike that. And I've never thought the ending of the theatrical cut felt tacked on, or that it was against the grain of the rest of the movie. Maybe it's because it was the version I saw first, but all the other cuts feel truncated to me.
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post #5 of 30
1/4/08 at 10:52pm
There's only one little editing gaff still in the final cut that could've been tightened up. It's where Bryant tells Deckard what the replicants are up to, and in the next scene when they start watching the video, he says the same exact thing, pretty much verbatim - that's kinda shoddy editing.
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post #6 of 30
1/4/08 at 11:21pm
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Originally Posted by Kevin K
The differences between the theatrical and international cuts are so negligible, they really should be considered the same cut. What is it, two shots that were inserted? Maybe five seconds in all? Really, what's the difference?
Well in the Tyrell "meet your maker" scene, Roy's thumbs are fucking IN THERE.
That always bothered me on my VHS because I am a wuss when it comes to eye trauma, so if I have any desire to watch the version with narration(doubtful) I'll watch the US cut.
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post #7 of 30
1/5/08 at 2:47am
Without question, I'd pick the Final Cut version 2.0 with FUCKER replacing FATHER.
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post #8 of 30
1/5/08 at 4:17am
I go Workprint because it's the least fussy. The more fine-tuning this film undergoes, the more its fundamental faults become exposed.

And I fucking love that wide shot of the rooftop when Batty dies.
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post #9 of 30
1/5/08 at 8:09am
I need to watch all three of these back to back in order to really tell; I've already watched the Final Cut but its been so long since I've seen the original theatrical release that I can't remember if the narration is as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
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post #10 of 30
1/5/08 at 3:46pm
Andre Dellamorte nailed it, but I feel like I should point out the way the deleted scenes were presented on disc four of the five-disc set. Those feel almost like their own cut, and it has quite a fresh flavour, much more so than the workprint.
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post #11 of 30
1/5/08 at 6:26pm
Agreed, the Deleted Scenes compilation should count as an alternate version.

Do they mention anywhere what Scott's shooting ratio was on the movie? It must have been ridiculously high.
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post #12 of 30
2/14/08 at 2:06am
This isn't as exhaustive as the DVD box set discussion was, but at least it's still here. Post-revamp bump.
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post #13 of 30
2/18/08 at 6:35pm
Final Cut
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post #14 of 30
2/18/08 at 6:46pm
Please elaborate.
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post #15 of 30
2/18/08 at 11:19pm
Now that I've seen the Final Cut, I finally love Blade Runner.

I picked up the four-disc DVD last week; including the US and International cuts on the DVD was pretty pointless, because as Kevin K mentioned earlier, they're virtually identical save a few seconds of blood. I'm pretty annoyed that I can only get the workprint by buying Blu-Ray/HD-DVD or shelling out for the ridiculous box set. How much does the workprint overlap with the deleted/alternate scenes in the Dangerous Days doc and the deleted scenes on disc 4?
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post #16 of 30
2/18/08 at 11:31pm
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Originally Posted by Big Jim Slade View Post
How much does the workprint overlap with the deleted/alternate scenes in the Dangerous Days doc and the deleted scenes on disc 4?
I don't think any of the footage unique to the workprint shows up in any of the supplements. It's very close to a final assembly (there are no temp shots or 'scene missing' cards), with most of the differences being in the sound mix. Roy says 'father' to Tyrell, but the biggest piece of alternate footage is at the very end-- the rooftop shot I mentioned earlier. I think there's an outtake of that in the documentary.

The opening flyover of the 'Hades landscape' plays without the insert of the giant eye. I'm not sure if any of the shots run longer. When Leon shoots Holden through the wall, there's definitely an extra beat before we cut away.
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post #17 of 30
2/19/08 at 12:36am
I would say its more length with its cutting, and has some alternate shots in a few spots, but most of the change is a massive lack of score for the last 20 minutes or so of the film which is actually more effecting than you think, and the re is a bit of voice over near the end as well but not as much the TC. The deleted scenes are the goldmine, the Olmos bits that where cut and Hauer in the elevator after should of made it into the FC in my opinion.
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post #18 of 30
2/19/08 at 12:44am
One of my favorite parts of Dangerous Days was Frank Darabont remembering how thuddingly awful the narration made the film when he saw it for the first time. I never saw the theatrical version when it was the only version available, but I did see that version first, and I'd be pissed if the movie weren't available without Ford's horribly bored and wooden V/O. Damn near ruins the entire film.
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post #19 of 30
2/19/08 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
I don't think any of the footage unique to the workprint shows up in any of the supplements. It's very close to a final assembly (there are no temp shots or 'scene missing' cards), with most of the differences being in the sound mix.
The Planet of the Apes score is used liberally during the final chase scene in the Bradbury Building.
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post #20 of 30
2/19/08 at 1:23am
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
The Planet of the Apes score is used liberally during the final chase scene in the Bradbury Building.
I believe there are some bits from The Omen in there as well.

One place in the WP where I don't mind less Vangelis is the love scene. It's always bugged me how in all the official versions that saxophone kicks in while Rachel is still playing the piano.
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post #21 of 30
2/19/08 at 1:37am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
I believe there are some bits from The Omen in there as well.

One place in the WP where I don't mind less Vangelis is the love scene. It's always bugged me how in all the official versions that saxophone kicks in while Rachel is still playing the piano.
"I didn't know if I could play. I remember lessons. I don't know if it's me or Tyrell's niece."

"You play beautifully."

*wailing sax*
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post #22 of 30
2/20/08 at 2:17am
I vote for the The Final Cut.
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post #23 of 30
10/17/09 at 12:32am
What the fuck version is running on HDNet Movies?
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post #24 of 30
10/17/09 at 1:07am
UPDATE: HDNet Movies is not running The Final Cut of Blade Runner. Original Plate Glass Stuntwoman!
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post #25 of 30
10/22/09 at 4:37pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
UPDATE: HDNet Movies is not running The Final Cut of Blade Runner. Original Plate Glass Stuntwoman!
...erm, StuntMAN...
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post #26 of 30
10/22/09 at 8:30pm
It was definitely a stuntwoman.

The documentaries go pretty deeply into this whole issue.
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post #27 of 30
10/22/09 at 9:02pm
Every time I watch this movie i miss any indication that he might be a droid. Can somebody please layout why one would think he was a replicant???
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post #28 of 30
10/22/09 at 9:39pm
Unicorns.
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post #29 of 30
10/22/09 at 10:48pm
"You've done a man's job, sir!"
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post #30 of 30
10/23/09 at 1:04am
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