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Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 14, 2006 01:40PM
I was just watching the original on my computer this AM and it made me realize just how "quiet" the director's cut is with no narration. I think I'm kind of partial to the narrated version. Although I think the common line of thining is the un-narrated one is the best.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: papercup
Date: April 14, 2006 01:44PM
Narrated, although now that I know the narration, the directors cut is more watchable, in an introverted kind of way.
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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 14, 2006 01:45PM
I'd be curious to hear from someone who had not seen the original first. Maybe thats why I'm biased. i saw the original in the theater.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: MGS_forgot_password
Date: April 14, 2006 02:26PM
I saw the movie first when it was released as the director's cut back in the early 90's. I watched the originial later.

I like the original better.
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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: blooz
Date: April 14, 2006 02:42PM
I found some of the narration a little overwritten, or perhaps it was over-emoted by Harrison Ford. Anyway, I like the way the director's cut ended better than the theater version.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: OWC Jamie
Date: April 14, 2006 02:42PM
I also prefer the original. That's one powerful movie.
Anyone ever read the book sequel to it where Deckard's character is accused of murder, because Pris was a human (supposedly), not a Replicant?


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: April 14, 2006 02:49PM
I prefer the original, narrated, version.

Mostly because it had a style that very very few sci-fi movies did...




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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: Mike Johnson
Date: April 14, 2006 03:05PM
I actually took a college course on the film.

I prefer the theatrical release version.
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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 14, 2006 03:16PM


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.





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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: tuqqer
Date: April 14, 2006 03:37PM
My brother took an entire semester's course on it while he was at Knoxville. He used to talk about the dissection of it all the time.

Still one of my favorite movies. Sean Young before she went loco, and Rutger Hauer's best, best character ever. Beautifully acted, and still of the best set scenes of any movie since then.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 14, 2006 03:51PM
Definitely one of my favorite movies. I didn't really like the book it was based on though. I finally read it about 3 or 4 years ago.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: Mactel
Date: April 14, 2006 04:03PM
It holds up over time too. Great movie...
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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: JEB
Date: April 14, 2006 04:39PM
I too like the original version. Anyone know where the get the original version in DVD?
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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: lemmingboy
Date: April 14, 2006 04:45PM
I love the narration but prefer the ending of the Director's cut.

If I ever got bored I would actually edit a hybrid version together -- keep the narration but add the new ending and the couple of new scenes (like the unicorn scene).

I think the problem with the director's cut is that it feels like they just removed the narration without cutting the scenes down. You should pace your cuts differently depending on whether or not there's narration and I'm not sure they took that into account on the re-cut.

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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 14, 2006 04:52PM
The original narrated version was never "officially" released on DVD. Sort of like how the original SW trilogy will never be released on DVD.






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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: April 14, 2006 04:56PM
. . .is it on laserdisc like SW had been?


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 14, 2006 05:09PM
yup.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: Dick Moore
Date: April 14, 2006 06:35PM
I first saw the original theatrical release in the 80's which had narration, and I still prefer it. Call me sentimental. I still love that scene where the girl bike riders come past Deckard in the rain, and one of them grazes the big pillar and it rocks a little.....


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: earache
Date: April 14, 2006 06:43PM
That's the spirit!


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: incognegro
Date: April 14, 2006 07:51PM
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i own one version of the LD, not sure which one at the moment.


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: April 14, 2006 10:11PM
never saw the Ridley's cut. But I agree with Rutger's best character . Oh, and it was "Z Beams". Altho Rutger's character in "flesh and blood' was equally bonzers.

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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: Don Kiyoti
Date: April 14, 2006 10:59PM
Surprising to me that most favor the narration. I always thought it was kind of goofy. I understand it was added over the objection of Scott and Ford after the movie didn't do well with test audiences.




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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: Carthaigh
Date: April 15, 2006 05:45PM
Narrated. "They don't advertise for killers in the newspaper. That was my profession. Ex-cop, ex-Blade Runner, ex-killer."


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Re: Bladerunner: Narrated or Not?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: April 15, 2006 07:01PM
I found it interesting reading that perhaps Ford did a deadpan reading on purpose b/c he disagreed with the whole idea. IMO, it seems to go with the Deckard character.


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