As I said above, I think it's easily Harrison Ford's best role. I love him as Indiana Jones and Han Solo, like every other nerd out there. But there's just something in Blade Runner that puts him above those other films. The same can be said for Rutger Hauer. I've seen him do some interesting movies and others that were down right terrible. But here, the man shines so bright that he actually steals the show from every other actor in the film. The other roles played by Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah etc are all very fascinating. It's like we're seeing only just a glimpse of what could have been so much more. But that's a part of the appeal of this film. It's not all what it seems.

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A DVD featurette titled All Our Variant Futures profiled the making of the Final Cut version, including behind-the-scenes footage of Harrison Ford's son, Ben Ford, and the filming of new scenes for the Final Cut. According to the documentary, actress Joanna Cassidy made the suggestion to re-film Zhora's death scene while being interviewed for the Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner documentary, and footage of her making this suggestion is inter-cut with footage of her attending the later digital recording session. That's not to say that 'The Final Cut' is not a landmark event. It most certainly is, if only because Scott's definitive vision at last closes the book on the film's epic twenty-five year saga. 'The Final Cut' finally corrects all of the messed-up details and other imperfections that have so bothered Scott (and many fans) over the years. It also allows him to tweak some of the editing and effects that he was unable to complete to his satisfaction at the time of the film's original 1982 theatrical release. (Forget that 1992 "Director's Cut," which Scott now admits was only marketing and not his approved version.) However, unlike many other extended or unexpurgated versions of films that routinely hit disc these days, 'The Final Cut' of Blade Runner' does not incorporate any substantial new footage (there are not, in fact, any new scenes inserted), so aside from the surface changes, there is really nothing "undiscovered" to be discovered here at all. In 2000, Harrison Ford gave his view on the director's cut of the film, where he said that, although he thought it was "spectacular", it did not "move him at all". He gave a brief reason: "They haven't put anything in, so it's still an exercise in design." [17] In addition, another con is the future of technology. The simple truth is this: science has seriously overreached itself with computer technology. Computer technology is already failing. It will continue to fail until it becomes unusable. And what then? Given the dependence of society on computer technology, how will society cope when technology finally fails? In addition, (for the sake of brevity I will not explain why), but replicants are also impossible. Any living thing which is “engineered” can never survive. On a more upbeat note, there is near the start of the film an appearance by an actor I have not seen before, Dave Bautista, as 'Morton'. The part is brief, but Bautista brings with him a certain [natural] compelling quality, such that I would place him as the second most convincing and watchable character [after Ford] in the film. I hope some [better class] of director/s and screen writers spot his potential and give him bigger roles in better stories. Hopefully he will not just get typecast as 'muscle', as it looks to me that he can really act.

In 1982, I saw 'Blade Runner' in the Cinema and it really is a film that excels on the large screen. Some years on I brought it as VHS tape and have enjoyed watching again numerous times on my TV at home; even on the small screen it holds up really well. Blade Runner is on UK 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray as a standalone 4K release and as part of the Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary Studio Collection from 16th October 2023.I have seen the original Ridley Scott film many times. As a stand-alone film, the sequel is reasonably entertaining. As a sequel, however, it is entirely predictable. Ridley Scott's Final Cut of the film began a limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles on October 5, 2007; [22] in Washington, D.C. at the Uptown Theatre on October 26, 2007; Chicago on November 2, 2007; in Toronto on November 9, 2007 at Theatre D Digital's Regent Theatre; Sydney, Australia at the Hayden Orpheum on November 8, 2007; Melbourne, Australia on November 15, 2007 at The Astor Theatre; Brookline at the Coolidge Corner Theater on November 16, 2007 and Austin, Texas on November 18, 2007. with a flowchart of the changes, it's almost impossible to tell which cut of 'Blade Runner' you're even watching anymore. This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( September 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

but the part was eventually cut before shooting began), and both actress appear to recount their experiences. Casting director Mike Fenton also contributes a new introduction. Seven different versions of Ridley Scott's 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner have been shown, either to test audiences or theatrically. The best known versions are the Workprint, the US Theatrical Cut, the International Cut, the Director's Cut, [1] and the Final Cut. These five versions are included in both the 2007 five-disc Ultimate Collectors Edition and 2012 30th-Anniversary Collector's Edition releases. Note that "Dangerous Days" features Dolby 2.0 Stereo audio, and subtitle options in English, French and Spanish. The same is true of all of the video-based extras on the rest of the set.)Russian, Finnish, Ukrainian, Norwegian, Thai, Danish, Malay, Swedish, Mandarin Chinese, English, Latvian, Spanish, Estonian, Korean, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Vietnamese, Cantonese Chinese The 1982 US theatrical version released by the studio included the "happy ending" as well as the addition of Harrison Ford's voiceover. [1] Now 36 years later we have 'Blade Runner 2049', and in the words of the director, Denis Villenuve and Harrison Ford, this is a continuation of the story. To which I have to say to anyone who is not very familiar with the 1982 original, then you better buy it and get to know it before you view this 2018 sequel; if you don't then Blade Runner 2049 will just be very confusing, opaque in story line, and frankly pointless. Blade Runner 2049 is not a stand -alone movie and cannot be enjoyed as such. In this respect, in bring out this film 36 years later, the director has failed a new audience of have no experience of the 1982 film, and this is unforgivable. Scott found time in mid-2000 to help put together a final and definitive version of the film with restoration producer Charles de Lauzirika, which was only partially completed in mid-2001 before legal and financial issues forced a halt to the work. [21] The third platter features three different versions of the film, selectable from the main menu thanks to seamless branching: the original 1982 domestic cut of the film, the 1982 International version, and the subsequent 1992 Director's Cut. There are no additional bonus features, nor any audio commentaries, although Ridley Scott does offer a new introduction to the disc that provides a short bit of insight on the various versions.

Fleming, Michael (July 2002). "The Playboy Interview". Playboy Magazine. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007 . Retrieved February 22, 2007. a b c Sammon, Paul M. (1996). "XIII. Voice-Overs, San Diego, and a New Happy Ending". Future Noir: the Making of Blade Runner. London: Orion Media. p.370. ISBN 0-06-105314-7. Blade Runner' Countdown, By Kurt Loder - Movie News Story". MTV Movie News. September 28, 2007 . Retrieved November 7, 2018. This first theatrical version of the film has become known as the 1982 "Domestic Cut," which ran 116 minutes (an "International Version" was also released in most territories outside the U.S., adding a few seconds of graphic gore cut to achieve an R-rating in the States). Although the narration was clumsy, it didn't alter the narrative at all (it was simply grafted on existing completed scenes), while the happy ending -- while stupid -- again didn't alter anything that came before it. Only the removal of the "unicorn scene" throws the film's themes in a new light (although clearly not dramatically enough to turn off those who came to appreciate the film on home video in the first decade following its theatrical release). easily controllable and thus more reliable. But soon enough, even supposedly reliable Nexus 8's begin thinking for themselves and revolting,

Blade Runner: Other Editions

a b c d Ebert, Roger (September 12, 1992), "Blade Runner: Director's Cut", rogerebert.com , retrieved December 7, 2018 After several years of legal disputes, [22] Warner Bros. announced in 2006 that it had finally secured full distribution rights to the film, and that there would be a three-stage release of the film: The Final Cut contains the original full-length version of the unicorn dream, which had never been in any version, and has been restored. Additionally, all of the additional violence and alternative edits from the international cut have been inserted. Also, jetzt haben es hoffentlich auch die Letzten gemerkt, oder? Das hier ist kein Baller-Film. Kein Ballermann-Film. Kein Kettensägen-Film. Kein Tatort. Kein Action-Thriller. Kein Verfolgungsrennen-Film. Kein Schießfilm. Kein Harry Potter. Kein James Bond. Kein Popolski-Show.