little known fact:
the original voight kampff test to detect replicants was to see if they prefered honey or vinegar.
“Vinegar or honey? I’ll tell you about honey or vinegar.” <BLAM!>
or
“Is this testing whether I’m a replicant or an Englishman, Mr. Deckard?”
I’m embarassed to say this but I have never seen this movie. I’ve caught bits and pieces over the years on television but I had no idea what was going on. I know there are a lot of editions of this movie out there, so what is the best version to watch as a noob?
I’d say watch the theatrical version (Netflix it) first, then get the director’s-final-ultimate cut (there’s a few, distinctions aren’t worth damn.)
there are a few small, but very significant plot points that give a different feel when comparing the theatrical vs the final cut.
if i had to choose one, id say the final cut. but i sometimes enjoy the voiceover narration in the original theatrical. the directors cut is a bad version between the two.
my advice would be to just buy the “final cut” version and check them all out. (all versions are included in the dvd and blu ray final cut sets) consider it an investment. its a great movie. and as i mentioned earlier in this thread, the making of documentary “dangerous days” is very interesting. lets you see just how much work goes into making a movie.
Any version without ‘The Shining’ ending.
That rules out the theatrical version with the (opinion)terrible voiceover(/opinion).
Bladerunner didnt do very well at the box office. People didnt appreciate it. Most say that is becasue it was “ahead of its time” or that people “didnt understand it yet”. I dont think that is exactly true. Might be the case for some.
I think many movies fail at the box office because they are marketed wrong. People go into movies expecting a comedy and it turns out to be more of a drama. Or they are expecting a really scary horror movie but what they get is mostly action. Had they went in to those same movies “in the mood” for and expecting a drama or an action movie, they may have enjoyed it more.
This is often the case with Bladerunner. People get a copy of an 80’s sci-fi movie and they are expecting action and space ships and aliens.
Bladerunner is not that. There are spectacular “in camera” special effects, and some futuristic vehicles, but Bladerunner is more of a drama. A dystopian future film noir that makes philosophical observations.
Dont watch it for the first time expecting Harrison Ford to be Han Solo or to see Klingons attacking earth.
I got myself in an episode of the GWC pocast! I’m the weirdo calling in to talk about Bladerunner at the end of podcast 205. Next stop Hollywood!
Bladerunner got a little attention there and seems they do plan on taking a more in depth look in the future. Good thing I’m going to be here to remind them.
Deckards glass
Netflix has it on instant watch now. Watching it when I get home tonight. 
how did you like it?
Just listened to #209 today. Great show as usual. So, we are nearing the end of the Indiana Jones arc. I guess they will be picking a new theme to run congruently with Firefly. Hmmm … what would be a great to talk about? Oh yea, how about … BLADE RUNNER!
Haven’t had the change to watch it yet since I got called into work all weekend.
Ive got a few podcast arcs I would like to see, but this one is at the top of my own list. If I have anything at all to contribute to GWC, it is my vast appreciation of Blade Runner. It is the best movie ever!
I’ve also only watched it last night for the first time, the Directors Cut from 1992.
With its long slow passages and visually, it reminded me more of a Film Noir than a Sci-fi/Thriller Movie. Funny how the actor looks the same now, who played Sebastian and was the Sheriff on True Blood.
The ending was very fast and 
. Why did Roy save his life, what was going on with Rachel and Deckard and finally what should we think if he was a Replicant or not??
It was moment of humanity in someone who wasn’t human. Roy was dying anyway, and he showed mercy on Decker, blurring the line between man and machine. In the end, he was just an human as the rest of us.
what was going on with Rachel and Deckard and finally what should we think if he was a Replicant or not??
That all depends on which of the many versions you watch.
It’s not explicit in the films (especially the original) and Harrison Ford and the director disagree on that question, actually. I’ve come around to the view that it makes more sense if Deckard is human.
Like they said, it depends which version. In some, it is almost totally non-ambiguous. Don’t know if you’ve read the whole thread, but the extra-shiny version with four or five discs, copious bonus material, and different cuts is worth having.
It completely belongs in the best-movies-ever list. Depending on my mood, sometimes I have it at #1.
Ok, makes more sense now.
Like I wrote in the post, it was the 1992 Director’s Cut. Haven’t seen any other version before.
So is it left to us viewers what we take from it, like the hole LOST experience?