What is the general consensus for the cut with the most complete, most enjoyable, all-around best viewing experience?
Also, which Blu-Ray package is most recommended? Collector's edition etc...
What is the general consensus for the cut with the most complete, most enjoyable, all-around best viewing experience?
Also, which Blu-Ray package is most recommended? Collector's edition etc...
I would say the Final Cut (the one released a few years ago on BD). As for which set to get, can you still get the one that has all five cuts of the film in one box? That one.
For me I like the original with the Harrison Ford voiceover the best
Final Cut is Ridley Scott's preferred version, and I agree, it's the best interation of the film.
I showed my wife the director's cutand she kept asking me questions that I could answer because I knew the original version with Ford's voice-overs. I think the original cut is best for for newbies.
However, a fan should own the collector's set.
Wolf
To get the full experience he should watch the first theatrical release as the world first saw it, if he likes it let him know theres a Final cut with some noteable and positive differences as well to catch up with.
I know the voice-over can seem intrusive at times but im from the old school that grew up on a worn out VHS taken from the TV screening with ads and all and very much appreciate that version being available and not removed from history as has happened in the past. Thanks SRS.
Every time I've watched the movie, it's been without the voiceover. I caught it on TV the other day, and didn't realize it was the one with the voiceover until the end of the final scene. I found it so jarring and unfamiliar to me that I had to switch the channel!
It just seemed like a lot of exposition to me. A lot was said by the actors just by their facial expressions and the accompanying music. Ford's delivery seemed a little stilted as well.
Does the Final Cut have the voiceover, or not? Whichever is the latest version that doesn't have it, is the one I prefer.
Andy
The cut to show your friend: I say either the theatrical cut or the supposive "Director's Cut" released by Warner (back before Scott did The Final Cut).
What to get: I recommend, if you can find it at a good deal, the Collector's Edition. Basically, you get 5 discs. That's all four versions of the film (theatrical, International Cut, Director's Cut and The Final Cut), a documentary, and some additional awesome stuff such as a 3D motion card, a replica of the origami unicorn, a small replica of the Spinner, and reproductions of the pre-production art, all in a small "Voight-Kampf" case, like seen below.
CB2001 said:
The cut to show your friend: I say either the theatrical cut or the supposive "Director's Cut" released by Warner (back before Scott did The Final Cut).
What to get: I recommend, if you can find it at a good deal, the Collector's Edition. Basically, you get 5 discs. That's all four versions of the film (theatrical, International Cut, Director's Cut and The Final Cut), a documentary, and some additional awesome stuff such as a 3D motion card, a replica of the origami unicorn, a small replica of the Spinner, and reproductions of the pre-production art, all in a small "Voight-Kampf" case, like seen below.
I couldnt agree more buy this version its a gem!!!
I was lucky enough to buy this off CDWOW back in the old days man, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days!!
It's nice that the case includes everything you need to track down and kill replicant fugitives -- and a nice blu ray of the movie.
Hmm, there's some difference in opinion here it seems.
I would like the Collector's set for myself eventually, but I doubt he'll want to go buy it for watching the film for the first time
I think I will go ahead and recommend the Final Cut to him.If I ever get my hands on the 5-disc set, I'll make him watch the theatrical.
I've always preferred the theatrical cut with the voice over. I felt it paid homage to the old detective movies, which I've always liked.
A few years back I had been talking to my girlfriend and was trying to talk her into watching it. Take note here that she was NOT into sci fi AT ALL. One weekend while she was visiting her brother he got her to watch the director's cut and she said she did not like it. She said it was too hard to understand. Later on, after much coaxing, I got her to try it again. This time I let her watch the theatrical cut and she enjoyed it much more.
I guess it depends on what you like. For someone who is not into deep sci fi I think the theatrical version is definately easier to comprehend.
I cant stand the cheesy ending they forced into the theatrical release. A big part of the film is about Deckard and him being a replicant or not. Heck everything points to that, and thats all dropped changing the ending. I would not show the theatrical. The soul of BR, and the many ways to interpret the film, is out the window in it.
How do you think the Theatrical ending betrays Deckard's ambiguity?NAZGÛL said:
If he is a diehard Cineophille ALL cuts!
As first released. The narration is not that big a deal and helps new viewers get their bearings in an otherwise potentially confusing environment.
I showed the final cut to my wife for her first viewing. She tolerates sci-fi, but does not seek it out.
She really liked that version, but it is also the only one she saw.
I'm starting to wonder if I showed the the theatrical would she notice the difference? Hmmm.
The poor old narration was a neglected child from the start, Scott was never happy with its inclusion and Ford was left to his own uninterested devices when it was recorded in post, the delivery was as dry as the bar at the Salvos Xmas party. Theres actually some great dialog in it. That said, when i want to get a BR fix, the Final Cut Blu Ray gets a beating. Mr Webber is in all cuts of the movie, know where?
The original with the Harrison Ford voiceover the best, I just do not like the rehashed versions of this film.
I've got mine from a consignment shop for only $14. And it still had a price tag from Best Buy, it stating the date it was originally offered in the store (on it, it says 12/07). And it's just epic awesome all around. One of my best DVD purchases I've ever made (and the largest DVD item I have in my collection now, surpassing my Evil Dead Book of the Dead Edition DVD).redbridge1 said:
I couldnt agree more buy this version its a gem!!!
I was lucky enough to buy this off CDWOW back in the old days man, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days!!
I think it doesnt touch it at all, making it unimportant in the film. The happy ending, forced on by the studio with pretty trees (nickytea said:
, what hapened to dead planet everyone is trying to escape?), happy music and hopes for a bright future with our hero driving into the sunset with his lady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCeH-WnJYM
The forced on ending leaves us with a ending of hope. The other ending leaves us in despair. I guess one could argue that the forced on ending could be dark also, but then you can say that about pretty much every other happy ending also. Sure the rebels won in ROTJ, but after the happy scenes on Endor, the empire arrived with more troops and killed them all.
The other ending, combined with the re-inserted unicorn dream, follows the themes of the film perfectly. Gaff tells him he knows his dreams. Deckard is also having little time left, and cant trust his memories or who he is.
This is one of the best endings ever imo.
How do you read them then?
Is there a version of this movie that isn't so boring that it could put dirt, to sleep?
-Fred
It depends on the friend. If they just want to see a movie, go for the US theatrical with narration. If they really get into movies, probably the Final Cut. Hopefully they like it enough to see it again, because it's the kind of movie you get more out of during subsequent rewatchings and arguments about Deckard being a replicant, lol.
If they are the type who really enjoy movies, watch the documentary making of Blade Runner called Dangerous Days. I can't recommend it enough. I like it as much as I do the actual movie!
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