Blade Runner (1982) Blu-ray Comparison | Director's Cut (1992) vs Final Cut (2007) | Expert Opinion Needed

Blade Runner (1982) - Director's Cut (1992) or Final Cut (2007)?

  • Director's Cut (1992)

    Votes: 8 80.0%
  • Final Cut (2007)

    Votes: 2 20.0%

  • Total voters
    10

lovethebomb

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  • Apr 18, 2015
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    Both of these are equally good imo. It’s the theatrical version you should stay away from. Can’t speak for the visuals in terms of their remastered quality in detail (I can’t remember) but both cuts were done as per Ridley’s desires. Both contain the dream sequence, the origami scene and have done away with the studio-forced ending. Ridley wanted the movie to feel like a futuristic film-noir and I think any of these will do justice.

    I’d choose Director’s cut because I prefer the pre-90s colors over modern drab color grading. However, the Final Cut might just have a couple of extended scenes.
     

    SSR@

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  • Feb 8, 2013
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    There are four main versions, as far as I am aware:

    1 - Theatrical release - this one has cheesy voiceover narration that explains every plot point. Unless you need things ELI5, avoid.
    2 - Assembly cut - first go at a "director's cut" without the voiceover. A little rough.
    3 - First Director's cut - on the success of the assembly cut, a proper director's cut was made.
    4 - Final version - Further tightening up of the DC, including some new footage (but not in a Lucas'd up way). This is my recommended version.
     
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    Reincarnator

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    අපායෙ දොරකඩ
    දෙකම බෑව. Final Cut එකෙ colours වලට වඩා Director's Cut එකෙ colours හොඳයි වගෙ මට පෙනෙන විදිහට. ඒ උනාට Final Cut එක Director's Cut එකට වඩා details පේනව වගෙ. දැනට දෙකම තියාගන්නව පස්සෙ ඉඩ මදි වෙනකොට එකක් delete කරල දානව. Final Cut එක තමා ආයෙ බලන්න කියල හිතා ගත්තෙ.

    Final Cut vs Director's Cut: screens from the downloaded files
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