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dhmac 06-22-15 08:27 AM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 
Here's part of the roof scene of Blade Runner with a previously unknown voiceover narration:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m__PBksZ0zA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

(I'd like to hear more of this narration ;) )

wlj 06-23-15 12:14 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 
this is one of those movies where I just don't get what all the fuss is about. I have seen it twice and still yet to be wowed. I am gonna watch it again soon.

:lol:

Jay G. 06-23-15 12:59 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by wlj (Post 12516770)
this is one of those movies where I just don't get what all the fuss is about. I have seen it twice and still yet to be wowed. I am gonna watch it again soon.

Which versions have you watched?

RichC2 06-23-15 01:04 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 
It's a cool movie, but I find the ending in the rain to be a bit cheesy.

Giantrobo 06-23-15 02:08 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12516822)
It's a cool movie, but I find the ending in the rain to be a bit cheesy.

It's Rom Com ending. Don't be a hater.

kd5 06-23-15 05:03 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 
I'm kinda partial to the International Theatrical Cut myself. I believe the US Theatrical Cut to be the version of Blade Runner I saw first and the one I liked most until I saw the International Cut with the additional scenes. I think it's an improvement. Saw the Final Cut once, didn't particularly like the ending.

EctoCooler 06-25-15 03:19 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by kd5 (Post 12517143)
I'm kinda partial to the International Theatrical Cut myself. I believe the US Theatrical Cut to be the version of Blade Runner I saw first and the one I liked most until I saw the International Cut with the additional scenes. I think it's an improvement. Saw the Final Cut once, didn't particularly like the ending.

The US and the International are identical save for a few extra seconds of violence in the latter.

Solid Snake 06-25-15 03:56 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 
What was the ending to the international? I don't have the BD at hand to verify.

Jay G. 06-25-15 04:09 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12519160)
What was the ending to the international? I don't have the BD at hand to verify.

Same as US theatrical.

An alternate ending wasn't seen until the workprint cut surfaced in 1990.

Rypro 525 06-25-15 11:13 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by Mabuse (Post 12403241)
I've read Paul Sammon's Future Noir which answers nearly everything about Blade Runner, but here's a question I can't recall the answer to:

What's the deal with the US and European cut? For the US version they removed a few shots of more extreme violence, but the film still received an "R" rating in America. Was the violence cut in hopes of getting a PG? When they failed to get a PG why didn't they just release it with the violence left in?

There's also brief nudity in the US Theatrical cut, so maybe that was another reason for the original R rating

The Final Cut got an R rating and that has the added violence from the International version, plus the unicorn, no narration & no happy ending

Double_Oh_7 06-26-15 02:55 AM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by wlj (Post 12516770)
this is one of those movies where I just don't get what all the fuss is about. I have seen it twice and still yet to be wowed. I am gonna watch it again soon.

:lol:

Have to say I agree, this movie doesn't do anything for me.

Jay G. 06-26-15 08:04 AM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by Rypro 525 (Post 12519480)
The Final Cut got an R rating and that has the added violence from the International version, plus the unicorn, no narration & no happy ending

The Final Cut was given a rating over 2 decades later. There's a history of the MPAA ratings board being more lenient on ratings over time. A Cockwork Orange was original an X rating, and now the same version of the film is rated R.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cloc...erican_version

kd5 06-26-15 08:13 AM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by EctoCooler (Post 12519111)
The US and the International are identical save for a few extra seconds of violence in the latter.

I am aware of that, it's still my favorite version.

dhmac 06-26-15 09:11 AM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 
The Movie Orphan group compares the movie "Blade Runner" to Philip K. Dick's book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (in what they call a "Scathing Expose"):

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ok1K07Eb3UU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

(BTW, the "new" Deckard voice-over that can be heard at times in the background of this video is really funny as it only talks about food)

EctoCooler 06-26-15 12:56 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7 (Post 12519531)
Have to say I agree, this movie doesn't do anything for me.

Watch it again.

Double_Oh_7 06-26-15 01:44 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by EctoCooler (Post 12519916)
Watch it again.

I've seen it about three times. Meh.

Mabuse 06-27-15 11:26 PM

Re: Best Version of Blade Runner to show to people for the first time
 

Originally Posted by dhmac (Post 12519640)
The Movie Orphan group compares the movie "Blade Runner" to Philip K. Dick's book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (in what they call a "Scathing Expose"):

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ok1K07Eb3UU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

(BTW, the "new" Deckard voice-over that can be heard at times in the background of this video is really funny as it only talks about food)

That was fucking awful. What was the point? Do not waste your time.


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