Time to revisit a Blade Runner topic *yet again*
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, January 16, 2012 02:12
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Okay, it's sat with you all a spell now... any new feelings on it?
The Scott Final Cut is still one I totally respect, but the International Cut of the theatrical version is still the one I go to for ultimate satisfaction.
Wanna double (or triple) dip here?
The not-so-much-a-replicant Chrisisall
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I like the original. Never thought of getting any other version.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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Quote:The original is the one I fell in love with at a January '82 pre-screening, and the International Cut just added some interesting shots to it.
Originally posted by traveler:
I like the original. Never thought of getting any other version.
Ridley's Final Cut is nice and all, especially fixing some FX shots & stunt double obviousness, and the dialogue non-synch with the snake-trader, but it lost that film noir feel for me, and ended so abruptly--!!!
The rehashing Chrisisall
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I like no voice over. I loved it in the theater with voice over, but then I saw it later without, and it's like when tweedle dee tells alice what the jabberwocky means. It's rude and imagination sapping, and also wrong. Without it, I find myself thinking much like I think Philip K Dick would have wanted me to. I also like to think about it in terms of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," and ponder the space in between the two.
The unicorn dream from Legend bugs me because it changes the meaning of Gaff's placement of the Unicorn in Rachael's apartment, which is significant because without Harrison Ford thinking out loud at you, you can't possibly miss the myriad inferences about deckard being a nexus seven, of which I think there are actually seven, so not all that myriad, except that's a lot for a two hour movie. And collectively, they are cleverer than hitting us over the head with a unicorn.
I get that scott was in love with the idea but I also know dick wasn't, because he prefered questions to answers.
But all of those are old thoughts, and I haven't seen the latest releases, so, no, sorry, I don't have any new thoughts.
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Quote:He left it there to say "Your love & time with her is a fantasy"- bugger that he was. The Legend thing was thrown in way after the making of the original motion picture.
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Gaff's placement of the Unicorn in Rachael's apartment
Thus, I deny it. And I CAN, because, uh, I'm ME!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay, it's sat with you all a spell now... any new feelings on it?
The Scott Final Cut is still one I totally respect, but the International Cut of the theatrical version is still the one I go to for ultimate satisfaction.
Wanna double (or triple) dip here?
Well it's the original cinematic release of 82 for me as well. I like my voice overs (It's a throw-back from my love of Film Noir). But I do wish it would just be left alone now. If this were Lucas tinkering he'd be lynched - yet Scott somehow keeps getting away with it. That said it's Scott's second, though imperfect, masterpiece after Alien and though not my favourite sci-fi film it's always a joy to behold; if I'm honest I engage with this film more from a technical stance than a narrative one. I always find myself focussing on the look and the sets and the way the sound works, so I often find myself out of the story. Maybe that's not the best thing.... ?
Still unrivaled in it's depiction of a broken future though. Perhaps never to be topped? Who knows.
Sad that Jordan Cronenweth passed without much made of it, given he's inspired so many cinematographers and film makers.
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Dammit! Now I've got to buy the Super Duper Master Edit Cut BlueDVD.
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I like it without the voiceover myself, so Final Cut for me.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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I've got a bootleg copy of the rare
"Pittsburgh Lobotomy" version of Blade Runner. No voice-over, no sound effects, no color, and no dialogue. You can just sit back and watch the movie with headphones on as it synch's perfectly to Bananarama's 3rd album. 
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I'd have to say the final cut is awesome. That is what I watch first. Will never dislike the theatrical cut though, and I'll watch that anytime I'm feeling nostalgic.
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70's TV FOREVER
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