AFP reports sixty of the world's top scientists have voted Ridley Scott's Bladerunner--based on the above-titled novel by Philip K. Dick--best sci-fi film ever.
My question is, did they vote on the original version, the one with the crummy voice over..."Cold fish, that's what my wife used to call me." and tacked on happy ending, which neither Ford or Scott liked (Ford once said he did the voice over as poorly as possible, just so the studio would cut it) Or the much better Director's Cut without the voiceover and the more realistic sad ending... ?
No, no, no! The right version of the movie (which admittedly doesn't exist, unless you employ the stop button) is the one with the voice-over, but without the sappy WTF? ending.
And I know Ridley Scott disagrees (but what does he know?) but the movie really doesn't work if Harrison Ford's a replicant: it fails as a thoughtful examination of the nature of humanity, and if Scott really wanted to make that movie he should've stuck to the book and not made an action flick. But the movie works incredibly well as a genre piece interspersed with thoughtful moments.
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My question is, did they vote on the original version, the one with the crummy voice over..."Cold fish, that's what my wife used to call me." and tacked on happy ending, which neither Ford or Scott liked (Ford once said he did the voice over as poorly as possible, just so the studio would cut it) Or the much better Director's Cut without the voiceover and the more realistic sad ending... ?
No, no, no! The right version of the movie (which admittedly doesn't exist, unless you employ the stop button) is the one with the voice-over, but without the sappy WTF? ending.
And I know Ridley Scott disagrees (but what does he know?) but the movie really doesn't work if Harrison Ford's a replicant: it fails as a thoughtful examination of the nature of humanity, and if Scott really wanted to make that movie he should've stuck to the book and not made an action flick. But the movie works incredibly well as a genre piece interspersed with thoughtful moments.
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