Posted by Joshua Zyber on 05/28/06 12:29

"Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1148798903.649287.46600@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> i think THIS is the key point right here. Unlike the STAR WARS SEs,
> the split b/w the BLADE RUNNER Theatrical v BR DirCut is split with a
> substantial percentage on both sides. Up til now, the Theatrical has
> been Lucas'd (unavailable on dvd) but now that's about to change.
> THAT'S the big deal, that both the previouis versions in pristine
> forms
> with booKoo extras is going to be released. The new uber-Dir Edit may
> end up a debacle, but has been something that fans have been
> interested
> in since news of it leaked a while back.
>
> This set GIVES THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT.

Also worth noting is that Blade Runner has always been slightly flawed
and in need of just a little bit of tweaking. The 1982 theatrical cuts
had the bad voiceover and Stupid Happy Ending. The 1992 "Director's Cut"
fixed those things but lost little pieces of violent footage that had
been in the old European theatrical cut. There's never really been a
"perfect" version of Blade Runner, and so fans have been willing to give
Ridley Scott another chance to get it right.

Star Wars, on the other hand, was essentially perfect right out of the
gate. Then in 1997 George Lucas decided to fuck it over with idiotic
changes that made it a lesser film, and to disown the original version
in the process. That rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

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