Final Cut is the only one worth bothering with nowadays.
Theatrical Cut is good for a second viewing if you want to laugh at Ford's shitty voice over.
The best cut of Blade Runner is turning it off and playing Paul W.S. Anderson's Soldier instead. Alternatively, play the 1997 Westwood Blade Runner videogame.
Blade Runner doesn't suck. But I've been watching Paul W.S. Anderson's filmography, and also Ridley Scott's, and it made me realize that there is real power in cutting movies down. When you cut a movie down to something like 90 minutes people might whine about "muh character depth" and "muh underdeveloped plot" (something people always complain about with Anderson movies), but you get a breezy movie. It's why B-movies were always usually under 90 minutes. You could cut 30 minutes out of Blade Runner, and it would be a brisker, more watchable movie. Blade Runner as a movie really drags. A lot of Ridley Scott's movies drag, especially the extended cuts.
I really enjoy Blade Runner and 2049, but honestly? If I was gonna watch a movie this evening I'd rather watch Soldier, which is a Blade Runner spinoff. It's fun, and the credits roll at 1 hour and 32 minutes.
Nah Blade Runner only works because it's a meandering view into the dystopian futire of 2019.
The whole movie survives because of the atmosphere, not because of the "story".
This. Blade runner doesn't click until the second watch when you accept that it's a slow look in. It's nice to see this version of the future. It's not exciting. It's interesting.
So? Do you seriously think all classic noirs had voice overs? Seriously? This is how I know you haven't watched them. Most of them didn't even have voice overs, and when they did, they usually weren't as shitty as the one in BR.
No, I have functioning perception of colour. The amount of blue/teal/red/pink amped up in the Final Cut grading in every scene gets obnoxious to look at after a while, especially as it kills more subtle colours that existed previously in the shots. Digitally regrading old films is vandalism, honestly.
The best cut of Blade Runner is turning it off and playing Paul W.S. Anderson's Soldier instead. Alternatively, play the 1997 Westwood Blade Runner videogame.
There's no "best" cut honestly, you either have to deal with Harrison Ford delivering the shittiest voiceover in movie history or Ridley Scott spilling his autism over the "Deckard is a replicant" argument, which isn't relevant in the grand scheme of things. I guess the best one to watch is Director's Cut since the color grading isn't fricked there, just ignore the inserted unicorn scene
>financiers rewrote and reinserted narration during post-production after test audience members indicated difficulty understanding the film.
it's a moronic cut for morons
Theatrical cut is really the only cut worth a shit, the final cut is greedy when it comes to the narrative. Basically the movie shifts from a fantastic sci-fi noir to a pretty run of the mill sci-fi drama. Deckard saying, “Black person” in the opening of the movie is gratuitous, and Deckard being the contrast to the replicants the entire movie then all of a sudden… he might be a replicant too!?!? Oh my god!!! Fricking stupid. Theatrical cut is a more concise and satisfying story
>some poor bastards actually had to watch the version with him voice over narrating the entire movie
>I THINK BLADE RUNNER SUCKS
Blade Runner doesn't suck. But I've been watching Paul W.S. Anderson's filmography, and also Ridley Scott's, and it made me realize that there is real power in cutting movies down. When you cut a movie down to something like 90 minutes people might whine about "muh character depth" and "muh underdeveloped plot" (something people always complain about with Anderson movies), but you get a breezy movie. It's why B-movies were always usually under 90 minutes. You could cut 30 minutes out of Blade Runner, and it would be a brisker, more watchable movie. Blade Runner as a movie really drags. A lot of Ridley Scott's movies drag, especially the extended cuts.
I really enjoy Blade Runner and 2049, but honestly? If I was gonna watch a movie this evening I'd rather watch Soldier, which is a Blade Runner spinoff. It's fun, and the credits roll at 1 hour and 32 minutes.
Nah Blade Runner only works because it's a meandering view into the dystopian futire of 2019.
The whole movie survives because of the atmosphere, not because of the "story".
This. Blade runner doesn't click until the second watch when you accept that it's a slow look in. It's nice to see this version of the future. It's not exciting. It's interesting.
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Theatrical with french dub
Final Cut is the only one worth bothering with nowadays.
Theatrical Cut is good for a second viewing if you want to laugh at Ford's shitty voice over.
>shitty voice over
It’s supposed to be a film noir, moron
That doesn't make it not awful, you autist.
>a film noir
the correct terminology is "a noir film"
So? Do you seriously think all classic noirs had voice overs? Seriously? This is how I know you haven't watched them. Most of them didn't even have voice overs, and when they did, they usually weren't as shitty as the one in BR.
Frick off, weirdo. My point is correct
You have no point.
If your "point" is that Blade Runner should have a voice over because it's a noir, then your point is entirely wrong.
Final Cut changes some dialogue for the worse and adds way too much colour grading. Director’s cut gets my vote still.
>too much colour grading
You have autism
No, I have functioning perception of colour. The amount of blue/teal/red/pink amped up in the Final Cut grading in every scene gets obnoxious to look at after a while, especially as it kills more subtle colours that existed previously in the shots. Digitally regrading old films is vandalism, honestly.
based nonautistic colour appreciator
The best cut of Blade Runner is turning it off and playing Paul W.S. Anderson's Soldier instead.
Alternatively, play the 1997 Westwood Blade Runner videogame.
Final cut
It doesn't exist.
The perfect cut would be the final cut with all the unicorn shit removed
this, Deckard is not a fricking replicant
based take
Checked and based
There's no "best" cut honestly, you either have to deal with Harrison Ford delivering the shittiest voiceover in movie history or Ridley Scott spilling his autism over the "Deckard is a replicant" argument, which isn't relevant in the grand scheme of things. I guess the best one to watch is Director's Cut since the color grading isn't fricked there, just ignore the inserted unicorn scene
>ignore the unicorn dream
But then the movie is no longer a faithful adaptation of the source material.
Source material and a neighbor murdering a fake sheep and the protagonist dealing with fake frogs
my personal edit
i have only seen the theatrical cut. what is bad about it and what are the major differences with the other cuts?
>financiers rewrote and reinserted narration during post-production after test audience members indicated difficulty understanding the film.
it's a moronic cut for morons
so the other cuts remove the narration. what else do they change?
removed the happy ending of the theatrical
added a moronic unicorn dream sequence
The best cut would be the one that doesn't have a 20 minutes chase-dance-figth scene
That was a fricking drag
The one I watched.
I don't if final cut or directors cut, but of course not first theatrical run cut that's for sure
Director's Cut > Final Cut
Ridley Scott was already getting senile during making of FC
Don't forget to watch this afterwards, 3 hours and half of documentary kino
>Original script of the movie features the beginning of the film with the Gosling/Batista scenes featured in BR 2049 instead
holy kino
Theatrical cut is really the only cut worth a shit, the final cut is greedy when it comes to the narrative. Basically the movie shifts from a fantastic sci-fi noir to a pretty run of the mill sci-fi drama. Deckard saying, “Black person” in the opening of the movie is gratuitous, and Deckard being the contrast to the replicants the entire movie then all of a sudden… he might be a replicant too!?!? Oh my god!!! Fricking stupid. Theatrical cut is a more concise and satisfying story