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Title: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Bloodwake on August 21, 2008, 03:18:07 AM
I'm wide awake and it's three in the morning, and I feel like buying shit. Which version of the film is the best?
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch fir
Post by: Positive Touch on August 21, 2008, 03:21:58 AM
last one - think it's called final cut
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch fir
Post by: Bloodwake on August 21, 2008, 03:31:55 AM
Quote from: Positive Touch on August 21, 2008, 03:21:58 AM
last one - think it's called final cut

mkay. Well, I'm off.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 21, 2008, 11:31:52 AM
Watching the theatrical cut first will make you appreciate the Final Cut that much more.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Bloodwake on August 21, 2008, 11:18:49 PM
The final cut is in the Blu-ray player, and just ran the image cleaner to get rid of the image retention from the Force Unleashed demo of great.

See you guys in two hours.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Bloodwake on August 21, 2008, 11:21:20 PM
Okay, this opening crawl is already amazing.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 21, 2008, 11:28:25 PM
The whole opening scene is just incredibly awesome.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Draft on August 21, 2008, 11:28:34 PM
I just finished watching the final cut.

Something I noticed
spoiler (click to show/hide)
All of the dudes who created the Replicants had a crucial flaw, just like they did: The Asian guy was all old and decrepit, Sebastian has that degenerative disease, Tyrell's eyes are all fucked up and he has to wear these giant ass glasses. I'm trying to figure out if that means anything.
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Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 21, 2008, 11:30:23 PM
Just read the book it's based on and get the REAL story.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:31:06 PM
Also, instead of watching said inferior cuts, spend your time on Dangerous Days.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 21, 2008, 11:35:57 PM
How is Dangerous Days? I haven't even got to that yet (then again, I own the HD DVD version of BR so :/)
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: TVC15 on August 21, 2008, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.

The Final Cut and the DC are too similar.  I'd say Final Cut and the theatrical cut so he can understand why the theatrical cut is inferior and take place in the Argument.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:41:43 PM
Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on August 21, 2008, 11:35:57 PM
How is Dangerous Days? I haven't even got to that yet (then again, I own the HD DVD version of BR so :/)

Its exhaustive, and at times, exhausting, lolz. Overall though, its great, and worth the price of the set alone.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:41:49 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2008, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.

The Final Cut and the DC are too similar.  I'd say Final Cut and the theatrical cut so he can understand why the theatrical cut is inferior and take place in the Argument.

This is a good point, which I was actually pondering after my post. Yeah, go this route.

Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Cormacaroni on August 21, 2008, 11:53:39 PM
Quote from: Draft on August 21, 2008, 11:28:34 PM
I just finished watching the final cut.

Something I noticed
spoiler (click to show/hide)
All of the dudes who created the Replicants had a crucial flaw, just like they did: The Asian guy was all old and decrepit, Sebastian has that degenerative disease, Tyrell's eyes are all fucked up and he has to wear these giant ass glasses. I'm trying to figure out if that means anything.
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They're compensating for their own imperfections. It adds a touch of irony to the attempts to wipe out the replicants, given that they are in many ways superior beings.

Of course, it's also a bit of a sticking point for the nit-pickers: if it's so easy to create perfect artificial eyes, why doesn't Tyrell have them surgically implanted himself?
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 21, 2008, 11:59:56 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2008, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.

The Final Cut and the DC are too similar.  I'd say Final Cut and the theatrical cut so he can understand why the theatrical cut is inferior and take place in the Argument.

Yes, this is the best. I laughed out loud at several moments when the narration kicked in when I watched the theatrical cut.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: TVC15 on August 22, 2008, 12:11:02 AM
SUSHI.  THAT'S WHAT MY EX-WIFE CALLED ME.  COLD FISH.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch fir
Post by: AdmiralViscen on August 22, 2008, 12:11:05 AM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2008, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.

The Final Cut and the DC are too similar.  I'd say Final Cut and the theatrical cut so he can understand why the theatrical cut is inferior and take place in the Argument.

Yea, do this.

And yes, the documentary is fuckmazing.

I still haven't actually gotten around to watching the Final Cut lol
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 22, 2008, 12:22:55 AM
I like how even though it's been 26 year since the movie came out Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin still subtly defend the changes they made to the movie.  :lol

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on August 22, 2008, 12:11:05 AM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2008, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.

The Final Cut and the DC are too similar.  I'd say Final Cut and the theatrical cut so he can understand why the theatrical cut is inferior and take place in the Argument.

Yea, do this.

And yes, the documentary is fuckmazing.

I still haven't actually gotten around to watching the Final Cut lol

I got to see the Final Cut in theater. It was an amazing experience.
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 22, 2008, 12:54:02 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 22, 2008, 12:22:55 AM
I like how even though it's been 26 year since the movie came out Jerry Perenchio and Bud Yorkin still subtly defend the changes they made to the movie.  :lol

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on August 22, 2008, 12:11:05 AM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2008, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: Solo on August 21, 2008, 11:29:21 PM
Watch Final Cut for the amazing transfer, then the DC for another great version, and skip the other three versions. Thats how I do it, anyways. I dont have the time nor the desire to watch 3 other inferior versions.

The Final Cut and the DC are too similar.  I'd say Final Cut and the theatrical cut so he can understand why the theatrical cut is inferior and take place in the Argument.

Yea, do this.

And yes, the documentary is fuckmazing.

I still haven't actually gotten around to watching the Final Cut lol

I got to see the Final Cut in theater. It was an amazing experience.

Me too. And it was the first time I ever watched the film. :D

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SUSHI.  THAT'S WHAT MY EX-WIFE CALLED ME.  COLD FISH.

I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.

/ruiningawesomescene
Title: Re: So, if I buy this Blade Runner set, which cut of the film should I watch first?
Post by: TVC15 on August 22, 2008, 01:15:42 AM
The best part is that he recites the voiceover like a child that has just learned to read.
Title: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Bloodwake on August 22, 2008, 01:51:22 AM
God damn. Fucking great.
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 22, 2008, 02:24:32 AM
Yeah I love it, and the Bluray transfer is omg omg omg x10
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: trippingmartian on August 22, 2008, 02:29:05 AM
Now play the game by Westwood.

BTW Did anyone make it out to the limited theatrical re-release?
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Positive Touch on August 22, 2008, 02:32:07 AM
yup.  first time i had ever seen it, and i really enjoyed it despite having a terrible sinus infection.
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Bloodwake on August 22, 2008, 02:33:30 AM
Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 22, 2008, 02:24:32 AM
Yeah I love it, and the Bluray transfer is omg omg omg x10

Damn right it is.

Although I wish that it would have come with a chart with the differences in the versions similar to the one that came with the Close Encounters Every Fucking Version Blu-ray
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 22, 2008, 02:36:35 AM
I had to drive about 80 miles, but I saw Blade Runner: Final Cut in theaters. So worth it.
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 22, 2008, 08:05:56 AM
Maybe you all should read the book, since it's like, a million times better.
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 22, 2008, 08:16:47 AM
Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on August 22, 2008, 08:05:56 AM
Maybe you all should read the book, since it's like, a million times better.

Nope, he's already watched the movie so now he'll never get another chance to read the book.
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Ecrofirt on August 22, 2008, 08:18:35 AM
You know, I still haven't seen this film.
Title: Re: Why did it take me this long to watch Blade Runner?
Post by: Rman on August 22, 2008, 08:55:32 AM
Quote from: Ecrofirt on August 22, 2008, 08:18:35 AM
You know, I still haven't seen this film.
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