Blade Runner [Director's Cut]

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Summary: Old vs. New
Review: While received poorly at the box office upon first release, Blade Runner has entrenched itself in the collective minds of moviegoers. Its greatness is evident by the number of new releases who continue to borrow visually from Blade Runner (A.I. and Dark City are prime examples). It is a shame Ridley Scott didn't devote more time to the sci-fi genre, instead of giving us "classics" such as White Squall, GI Jane and Hannibal. That aside I must agree with some of the other reviewers. I too enjoy the director's cut more, but would've liked to have seen both versions available. Each version has its own admirable qualities, but I think the narrated original is better for the casual viewer. I tend to straddle the fence of movie snob and "Joe Popcorn" and would like to have the option of watching either version as my mood dictates. And in all honesty, the narrated version is probably the only one I could get my girlfriend to watch.

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Summary: Film Noir Meets the Future
Review: One has to remember this was done in the early 1980's when watching this film. Replicants aren't too far off from reality these days, nor is the blending of cultures and languages portrayed in a Los Angeles of the future.

Like an old Bogart movie, Harrison Ford is out to get his man (replicant) and makes some self-discoveries along the way.

The sets, acting, and story line all meld to make this an outstanding film. Based on a compelling novel.

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Summary: I always wondered if I was the only one...
Review: First off, I must admit that the first contact I had with the 'Blade Runner' universe was with the book. It is a good but short and to the point novel, in the likes of Bradbury's 'FARENHEIT 451'.

The movie was more of an adaptation, but it was achieved with so much skill that when I saw the movie for the first time (I was alone, in my darkened living room), I had to watch it a second time right away. This is one of the most artisticly genuine movie ever. I have seen it again and again, but there was always something wrong: the dialogue is scarse. when I learned that the narration was cut out in the Director's cut, I started looking for the original version. It is nowhere to be found.

All the collector sets, special editions, and other re-editions are lacking the original version. Why it is not released, I don't know; but I'm sure a great lot of folks are waiting for this event!

I'll never buy a Blade Runner DVD without the original version, even if I think the 'Director's Cut' is still in my top 3 movies of all times, with 'The Big Blue' and 'Run Lola Run'.

My opinion: if you are already addicted, you probably are waiting like me for a re-edition. If you have yet to see the movie, buy it and you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Original Version Please!
Review: As others here have said, why just the director's cut? Where is the original with the voice over? I like them both, but prefer the voice over version. Why hasn't the original with voice over come out on DVD? Why not put both versions on this one? For that reason alone this DVD gets 1 star. Which is sad, because this is definitely a 4 or 5 star movie.

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Summary: Just a re-issue
Review: A little disappointing. This is just a re-issue of the 1993 director's cut. When are we going to get the much talked about version with real extras and the scenes deleted from the original films release?

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Summary: lets see both versions and let us decide?
Review: Whats up, we get ridley's legend in both versions why not blade runner. I do like this version better, but watching the narated version is like another good type of movie. oh well. Maybe Mr. Scott will someday get off his high horse and let us see the American version as well as his English version.

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Summary: Perhaps the best sci-fi movie ever
Review: An effective rendition of Dick's novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". The brooding mood is set very well thanks in large part to the moving score by Vangelis, which plays nicely off the dark, sombre set. The plot is intense; Harrison Ford is at his best here. I don't care much for the unicorn scene, but it's very short and not really awful or anything (it's not nearly as bad as the voice-over on the original release).
Maybe it's because I'm a Harrison Ford fan, or maybe because I'm just a fan of the dark future genre, but for overall entertainment value I believe this may just be the best science fiction film ever made. To fully enjoy this film, I recommend you read the book first.

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Summary: One of the Grandest of the Genre
Review: First of all, everything you have heard about the director's cut being the better version is TRUE! The folks that view the older version as anything more than a curiosity, are the same people that hate widescreen movies because they cut off the top and bottom of the picture.
Scott did the film world a favor in going back to re-cut a once flawed masterpiece. Excising the atrocious "let's explain everything to the audience" voice-over, and the tagged on audience pleaser ending (culled from Kubrick's unused helicopter footage from "The Shining"), brings the true majesty of the film to the forefront.
Every frame is filled with eye candy, back when eye candy required ingenuity to be realistic, and is staged with such precision that one cannot be unimpressed with an imagination that has been copied and emulated but never surpassed.

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Summary: yeah, nah
Review: I love BR and this looks good, but... Maybe don't buy this, wait for the Special / 21st Anniversary Edition.
Of course if you really want all the 'special stuff' it would be good to buy! I just post this review because I know I would be annoyed if i buy it then find out there is the special edition comming out.

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Summary: Two Stars For TDC
Review: I give only two stars for the Director's Cut of Blade Runner, but five stars for the original version--one of two of my all-time favorates (Wizard of Oz is the other). Harrison Ford's voice over add greatly to the atmosphere of the movie. Supposedly, Ford was not at all happy about doing the voice over and shows in his tone, or lack of, which actually ends up as the perfect narration of a down and out retired Blade Runner. Kudos for the theatrical version!