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[QUOTE=spekter;20293842]Harrison requested to not do the voice over because he believed it wasn't required. [editline]11:35PM[/editline] Directors cut ends in uncertainty which adds to the overall atmosphere and feel of the movie. Personally, i see the original as Ridley trying to make a sci-fi noir thriller and the directors cut as the artistic vision. I watched the movie a couple of week back and it seriously opened my eyes. I knew people based a lot of work off it but it was just mind blowing seeing it all.[/QUOTE] It's nothing to do with Ridley. The original cut is NOT what ridley wanted, it's what the fucking studio exec's forced him to do. People have got to remember how many different sources of influence there are in hollywood and how much people not even directly involved in the making of the project can change the entire out come. There's been several great pieces of film that were fucked over and turned into abominations because studio's backing the project couldn't understand what was trying to be achieved, or had their own agenda. Not saying the original cut is an abomination, but it's far from what either Ridley or Harrison wanted.

[QUOTE=spekter;20293842]Harrison requested to not do the voice over because he believed it wasn't required. [editline]11:35PM[/editline] Directors cut ends in uncertainty which adds to the overall atmosphere and feel of the movie. Personally, i see the original as Ridley trying to make a sci-fi noir thriller and the directors cut as the artistic vision. I watched the movie a couple of week back and it seriously opened my eyes. I knew people based a lot of work off it but it was just mind blowing seeing it all.[/QUOTE] Yeah Harrison narrating his thoughts about the android and what happened afterwards. I thought that really nicely rounded off an extremely atmospheric movie. I'm not sure what kind of ambiguity the new ending left but I can't see how it would add anything better than the - so adequately described - "film noir" feel of the ending I saw.

[QUOTE=BmB;20302288]Yeah Harrison narrating his thoughts about the android and what happened afterwards. I thought that really nicely rounded off an extremely atmospheric movie. I'm not sure what kind of ambiguity the new ending left but I can't see how it would add anything better than the - so adequately described - "film noir" feel of the ending I saw.[/QUOTE] If you saw Rachel and Deckard driving off that's the original version. Directors cut ends just as Deckard finds the paper crane from Gaff. Major reason for that ending being cut down is to make it canon to the books (I think) and it gives out that uncertain future vibe. Works pretty well in my opinion but either version is good.

[QUOTE=spekter;20304388]If you saw Rachel and Deckard driving off that's the original version. Directors cut ends just as Deckard finds the paper crane from Gaff. Major reason for that ending being cut down is to make it canon to the books (I think) and it gives out that uncertain future vibe. Works pretty well in my opinion but either version is good.[/QUOTE] I agree with you. I love Bladerunner soundtrack, is just amazing, also I've probably seen this film for around 30 times, and I still want more though.

I can't remember any paper crane, been a while since I watched it. But that doesn't really sound like any kind of interesting ending at all. Does it just end in the middle of the action or what?

[QUOTE=BmB;20316740]I can't remember any paper crane, been a while since I watched it. But that doesn't really sound like any kind of interesting ending at all. Does it just end in the middle of the action or what?[/QUOTE] It's actually a paper unicorn he finds and carries that Gaff left him at the end as he's leaving with Rachael,[sp]in reference to the dream/memory Deckard has in the Director's Cut in which a unicorn runs, which indicates Gaff knew he had this dream, ultimately raising the question, could Deckard be a replicant?[/sp]

that cryengine render is phenomenal

[QUOTE=TAU!;20290256]The Final Cut is my favorite version of the film [I]"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I've watched C-Beams glitter in the dark, near the Tannhausser Gate All those moments will be lost in time, like tears... in rain ...time to die."[/I][/QUOTE] Smug bastard stabs himself in the hand to keep his nervous system from shutting down.

I watched this film last week for the first time (super late I know, I decided to watch it just to see what was so great) Anyway, I was incredibly disappointed. Very mediocre film, really. I might rewatch it and pay a little more attention, I was tired at the time. I can see how it would be influential at the time though, seen as it was a rather new thing.

It has Harrison Ford. It's Sci-Fi. It's Cyberpunk. What more can you ask for?

The casting was good, the film was just not that great

Damn I just watched this and I must say, this is a great movie. I love sci-fi. :v: It's funny how Harrison is in this movie and in Star Wars.

Harrison Ford isn't the best actor but he's been in 3 of the biggest series of the last decade, bladerunner, star wars and indiana jones.

I was reading up on this on Wikipedia when I came Across this: [quote]Blade Runner curse Among the folklore that has grown up around the film over the years has been the belief that the film was a curse to the companies whose logos were displayed prominently as product placements in some scenes. While they were market leaders at the time, many of them experienced disastrous setbacks over the next decade and hardly exist today. RCA, which at one time was the U.S. leading consumer electronics and communications conglomerate, was bought out by one-time parent GE in 1985, and dismantled. Atari, which dominated the home video game market when the film came out, never recovered from the next year's downturn in the industry, and by the 1990s had ceased to exist as anything more than a brand, a back catalog of games and some legacy computers. The Atari of today is an entirely different firm, using the former company's name. Cuisinart similarly went bankrupt in 1989, though it lives on under new ownership. The Bell System monopoly was broken up that same year, and most of the resulting Regional Bell operating companies have since changed their names and merged back with each other and other companies to form the new AT&T. Pan Am suffered the terrorist bombing/destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 and after a decade of mounting losses, finally went bankrupt in 1991 with the falloff in overseas travel caused by the Gulf War. The Coca-Cola Company suffered losses during its failed introduction of New Coke in 1985, but soon afterward regained its market share. Its continued success has made Coca-Cola one of several exceptions to the Blade Runner curse; also appearing in the film are logos for Budweiser, and the electronics company TDK, which continue to thrive in contemporary markets.[/quote]

I need to see this film again. Watched it like 6 or 7 years ago and thought it was incredibly boring. Now that I've matured a bit since then maybe I'll enjoy it more.

Yeah I was the same, once you watch it a second time you get a better feel for it. I think the first time you watch it you have expectations of what it [B]should be like [/B]but the second time around you see it properly.

[QUOTE=Occlusion;20340840]Harrison Ford isn't the best actor but he's been in 3 of the biggest series of the last decade, bladerunner, star wars and indiana jones.[/QUOTE] Bladerunner's a series?