Time to revisit a Blade Runner topic yet again

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, January 16, 2012 02:12
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CLJOHNSTON108

Sunday, January 1, 2012 5:46 PM

I'm torn between the Final Cut and the previous incarnation of the Director's Cut, only because of the way the unicorn footage fades in nicely, versus the sudden cut-to in the Final Cut.
Otherwise it's the Final Cut all the way!
When the movie first came out, I made the mistake of mentioning to my Dad the goofs I'd spotted, such as the mistimed light cast by the refinery flames, or the thick wires suspending the Spinners, or the crappy wig on the Zora stunt double. He was an Emmy-winning set designer, and Blade Runner was a religious experience for him, so my finding flaws in it was almost grounds for disowning me, and he never let me live it down.
He died in '95, so the vindication that the Final Cut DVD would've granted me was wasted.

Oh, but hey! I found a link to download the long-out-of-print "Blade Runner Sketchbook"...
http://www.mediafire.com/?5qpm2tbtqm3pw4g

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 1, 2012 6:52 PM

Hey, looky what SanteBay brought me:

Ain't it cool?

The laughing Chrisisall

OPPYH

Sunday, January 1, 2012 9:04 PM

That is cool. I love the package art with the Deckard/Blade Runner logo.

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70's TV FOREVER

PIRATENEWS

Monday, January 2, 2012 5:18 PM

Bladerunner Blues Remix
http://www.archive.org/details/ApolloMoonwalkChillout

YT

Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
the International Cut of the theatrical version is still the one I go to for ultimate satisfaction

Don't think I've seen that one, but suspect I might prefer it to the US theatrical, my current favourite. All but one of the voiceovers were unnecessary for me, but it wasn't the simple fact that there were voiceovers that made my list of 3 flaws in the movie; it was how badly they were mixed in the original release, seeming significantly louder than dialogue. And I don't buy Ridley's claim that they were added by the studio after his cut; the scene with Graff flying Deckard away from the cop shop was superfluous, were it not for the voiceover (the one I needed)

Anyway, in what Netflix claims is the theatrical release, they seem to have remixed the soundtrack, eliminating that flaw. Two left &, although Ridley did fix those, he @the same time made other changes that did not improve the movie

to Recap: US Theatrical = my favourite, but I haven't seen International Theatrical

Keep the Shiny Side Up,

YT

YTonTw1tt3r

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:37 AM

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Originally posted by YT:
US Theatrical = my favourite, but I haven't seen International Theatrical

The difference is basically negligible- just a little more violence in two scenes.

The laughing Chrisisall

TRAVELER

Sunday, January 15, 2012 4:40 AM

I was hoping you were going to say "more nudity".

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

DREAMTROVE

Monday, January 16, 2012 1:58 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Gaff's placement of the Unicorn in Rachael's apartment
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.
Thus, I deny it. And I CAN, because, uh, I'm ME!

The laughing Chrisisall

i agree, it's originally also saying "i was here and didn't kill her.

If you take the unicorn clipped from legend and add it in it's saying, oh, and gaff knows your a replicant. Which is fine as a story element, i figure he probably does, but it kills the riddle element of the story because those whothought they were clever for catching the seven more subtle clues wont feel like they just wasted hat effort, (like that time wulfie posted that video of people singing in estonian, and i felt really good for having recognized it though it wasnt posted, and then he posted, oh, and that was in estonian. DOH!) and for those who didnt like that ending could opt not to accept it, because thats the dickhead way

Select to view spoiler:

and you know what i mean by dickhead, and i wont be any other type of dickhead by posting it here

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.

CHRISISALL

Monday, January 16, 2012 2:12 AM

But Deckard's NOT a replicant!
Oh, all right, maybe he is...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Time to revisit a Blade Runner topic *yet again*

Time to revisit a Blade Runner topic yet again