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It's missing some "brutal" shots, particularly during the stairwell fight.
More brutal than the knife fight in QOS?
Obanno's head being smashed through a window and him grabbing at Vesper's feet.
So that's a yes?
The colors of Blade Runner differ a lot between the theatrical cut and the final cut version though.
It's much more than what someone else listed, there's just quite a few extended moments/added in bits of Bond throwing a punch or deflecting a blow. Some of it is rather questionable as to why it was removed, whereas other bits I guess I can understand (like watching Obanno's Lieutenant smack the ground as he reaches the bottom of the stairwell).
That's definitely why, makes me eager to see what even the UK cut is lacking in violence and blood. When I mentioned questioning it, I only meant that some shots that were removed simply don't seem any more "tough to stomach" or brutal than other moments in the film (or moments that came later, like Bond sinking those scissors into Slate's neck).
@boldfinger The bolded part is what I mean. The new BR editions use seamless branching to provide all the different cuts, but in doing so, now all the cuts look like the Final Cut, whereas as you say, originally, the theatrical cut looked different. I own the Director's Cut on DVD and it looks brown, but the Blu-Ray, thanks to the Final Cut and seamless branching, looks blue.
Blue seems to be the go-to hue for color timing these days. I almost think the old VHS
version of the theatrical cut might be more accurate in colors than the newer prints.
I never did see BR in the cinemas.
The older movies really do look good upscaled, Moonraker looks amazing on my 4K TV especially the scenes in Brazil.
I guess I´m lucky then that I went straight for the final cut a few years ago and never saw much of any other cuts. I saw the theatrical version on a poor VHS copy when I was like 15 and much too young and dumb to appreciate what the film is about at all, and then I didn´t see it at all for about 25 years. Possibly I will pick up the Director´s cut at some time in the future, but I will take care not to take one with all the versions on the same disc ;-).
With the Alien br, I first thought I like the director´s cut better because it´s a bit brighter, but after some time I found the colors much better on the restored original version.
It´s frustrating that the newer mediums can´t have the original colors and light. Hopefully the responsible people will learn.
It's all quite easy really, just go with the original theatrical release (US or international) and your problems are solved.
But in some ways I'm glad I'm not a fan of it, the same with Star Wars, actually. If I watched George Lucas or Ridley Scott constantly hacking away at, tweaking or adding unnecessary things to something I loved all the time I'd be beyond livid. It's beyond criminal how hard it is to experience the Star Wars films the way they were on release without any tinkering, and Blade Runner is getting there too.
If the smoothest pathway to getting the full Blade Runner experience is by listening to a near asleep Harrison Ford put you to sleep too, that's a real shame. The only solace is no unicorns. ;)
Probably just a case of one of those old classics you took too long to get around to (and heard way too many positive things about) that it was bound to disappoint. Same thing happened with my buddy - my friends and I continuously harked on about how great it was, and he finally saw it and wasn't that impressed.
Yes. When you get the disc, it's yours, forever. There's something so transient and impersonal about digital. And as someone said, it shows a certain commitment on behalf of the viewer to buy a film: when you do, it means something to you. There's something deeper to it than with digital. On Netflix, films come and go, and mean so little.
YES! And the added bonus: no high volume caused pauses or half-second slowdowns. Pure viewing control.
Dude, this is a media thread, not a Trump thread. ;)