BLADE RUNNER (The Final Cut) - Full Length Reaction!

Rutger Hauer is a great actor whether playing a good guy or a bad guy, he has 174 credits on IMDB, and yes I really like Ladyhawke, not always a popular opinion. Favorite bad guy movie is The Hitcher (1986) with C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. One of my favorite good guy movies is Split Second (1992) "We need bigger guns!" And Hobo with a Shotgun has got to be one of his weirdest movies.

Richard Higgs

I haven't mentioned my favorite movie in a while now. Thank you Blade Runner Rutger Hauer, (Roy) stars with Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke (1985). I know there are some other fans of the movie here.

Billy Dancel

The story this is based off of is a thought experiment. What if man could design and create beings that are so indistinguishable from humans that you could only tell the difference with an emotional response test? What if those beings would have the same emotions as a human if only given enough time to develop them? At what point does a thing created by us cease to be a thing and become the same as a human being, with all of the considerations and rights that would entail, even if it was artificially created, rather than naturally born?

Tenn Seven

Yeah, and people seem to forget that Deckard talks in a relatively emotionless/flat way the whole movie (he's super jaded/burnt out and is being forced back on the job), so the narration style suits the character and tone of the movie. You'll notice that this is in contrast to Roy, who is so vocally expressive that he intentionally speaks with an almost theatrical flair at times. And contrary to long-standing rumors, Harrison Ford didn't intentionally do a bad job, he just later said he wasn't really given any direction on how it should sound, and although he thought he could have done better with the voice over, it wasn't "intentionally bad" as often gets claimed.

Jeff I.

Im one of those few people that really liked the deadpan, noiresque, VO dialogue that Deckard was doing throughout the movie in the original.

Terrafan

I believe that the final scene in Deckard's apartment used the same background sound from Ridley Scott's "Alien" (1979) when the crew were aboard their salvage ship, the Nostromo.

ButtercupsTrueLove

If Ridley Scott could've included the subplot from the Philip K. Dick novel on which "Blade Runner" is based, there was a SECOND police force working in parallel and unbeknownst to Deckard's agency. Deckard inadvertently ran into one of their detectives. The other police force utilized a different test for detecting replicants. Deckard suspected that the other agency might be comprised of replicants.

ButtercupsTrueLove

As yes, this brings me back to 2019, those were the days, going around in my flying car watching the flame spewing factories in the distance. It sure rained a lot! 😄 That aside, I like Blade Runner although, truth be told, it's not my favorite Ridley Scott movie (my favorites being Alien and Gladiator.) It feels a little slow sometimes and some of the acting and dialog choices are just kind of weird, but there's no denying the premise, art style, and underlying moral question of what it means to be human are all great! And it does have some particularly fantastic imagery and lines, such as Roy's last speech about how his memories will be lost "like tears in the rain" (which interestingly the actor Rutger Hauer himself added to the speech, it apparently wasn't in the original script). So ironically, while I enjoy the sequel more as a "film to sit and watch", there's no denying that movie is built on the solid premise and world-building laid out here. Blade Runner is nothing if not unique!

Doug

Is Deckard a replicant? Are Roy and Rachael human? Do androids dream of electric sheep? "But then again, who does?" In the end, what's the difference...?

Steve Mercier

Speaking of Rutger Hauer (RIP), I also suggest Flesh and Blood (1985). #FleshAndBloodForAddieCounts

Alex Tan

Happy Wednesday, Addie! 😊 I accidentally deleted my original post. Oops! LOL! Glad that you enjoyed this movie. There are so many great actors and actresses in this movie. Along with Harrison Ford, we've got Rutger Hauer(RIP always), Darryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, and Sean Young. For more Rutger Hauer I very highly recommend the 1985 movie "Ladyhawke". For Darryl Hannah I highly recommend the 1984 "Splash". For Edward James Olmos I recommend the 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver". And for Sean Young I recommend the 1981 movie "Stripes". I'm in the middle of watching this movie and reaction right now as I'm eating pizza for dinner. Have a great rest of the day/evening! 😊

Randee Carreno

Glad you enjoyed this so much Addie! The sequel takes everything great about this movie and turns it up a notch and is a real masterpiece of science fiction. The theatrical version gets hated on a lot, but I actually like it a bit more overall. It has some great narration lines that add a lot to Deckard's character and the world-building of the movie, one of them being what Deckard is thinking as he watches Roy die. It goes like this... " 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 do I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die."

Jeff I.

I did watch the right one in the end. In response to your video Addie there's a version with Harrison Ford making commentary and sharing his thoughts which may be worth taking a look at. Don't ask me which one but I remember when it was first released. I'm sure someone here will be able to bring this to light. On a side note Rachel is special remember so no four year lifespan. https://youtu.be/5A3JkjScUKY?si=AaSrAjndT9_4AyzR

PHILLIP CORNISH

I love this movie. I love watching reactions to this movie. Especially the beginning when Leon shoots Holden. It’s so damn jolting and the cut is so jarring that it’s worth watching reactors’ faces just for that scene alone!

Julian San

Have a seat, Jake. [Turns on Voight-Kampff machine...]

Prof. Writhms

This movie is so good at pondering the question: "What does it mean to be human" That these people are not robots but artificial humans with real DNA made to be more than human yet treated less than human. It's crazy movie that plays on your morals and ideals. You begin to empythise why they rebelled against their creators.

LightsCameraJake

The visual differences between the Final Cut and the theatrical version are mostly cosmetic. Ridley Scott cleaned up the color grade, the blue screen outlines, and the sound. He only used CGI to clean up some effects: like removing visible wires holding up the model spinners (flying cars) and things like that. There were no added CGI shots like what George Lucas did to special edition Star Wars releases. In the scene where Zhora gets "retired", in the theatrical version, you can see it was a stunt actor in a bad wig. LOL They digitally placed the actor's face over the stunt actor's face. In the theatrical version, there was a bad narration by Harrison Ford and a tacted-on happy ending that the studio insisted on. Their reason was: to help the audience understand what was going on. 🙄 Scott removed them for this cut. Everything you see in the movie was in-camera practical effects with no added fillers or preservatives. We are to thank the visual effects genius Douglas Trumball for that.

Prof. Writhms

Thanks! :) I corrected it in my post.

Randee Carreno

It’s happening!!!! 2049 is happening!!

aarswft

Yeah, I'm not sure why anyone at this point would deliberately watch of any non-Ridley Scott-approved version of one of his films... 🤷‍♂️

Byrd N. Hand

Randee Carreno

(URGENT TO ADDIE) The timestamp is blurred out.

Alex Tan

The "Director's Cut" from 1992 is 116 minutes, the "Final Cut" is 117. If it says "Final" it should be the right one, that word wasn't applied to any other cuts of the movie.

Patrick Egan

All this time, showing the Blade Runner logo in my profile pic finally paid off. I wore Addie down. 😁 And (Addie) I will ignore that you looked for the theatrical version. What did I ever do to you to warrant such disrespect? LOL

Prof. Writhms

Though I'm sure you'd like to block it from your memory, Tyrell (Joe Turkel) also played Lloyd the bartender in "The Shining." Zhora (Joanna Cassidy) also played Dolores in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."

Byrd N. Hand

Class love it. Does anyone know the runtime that Addie is watching? Just looking in Uk and i can find final cut special and wonder if its the same. Many thanks all you fine people.

PHILLIP CORNISH

Speaking of Rutger Hauer (RIP), who plays Roy Batty in this movie and Richard Earle in Batman Begins (2005), I also suggest TWO 1985 medieval age movies, Ladyhawke (1985) & Flesh and Blood (1985). #MoreRutgerHauerForAddieCounts

Alex Tan

Great movie

Daniel Karlsson

Happy Wednesday, Addie. I've successfully fulfilled my campaign to get you to watch the 2007 Final Cut of Blade Runner (1982). I did watch this movie in preparation for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), but a lot went over my head so I plan on rewatching this movie soon. See you later for Blade Runner 2049 (2017). BTW, "everything is fine" would make a good mantra to help you get through snake scenes in movies in the future.

Alex Tan