The latest incarnation of Riddley Scott's epic "Blade Runner" has been given another editing treatment, and this is the best version by far. YouTube Trailer
The original Blade Runner (1982) was the most visionary re- imagining of the SF film, a film noir exploration of a dirty, morally ambigious future of human vs replicant, master vs slave. Unlike the utopian clean corridors of Star Wars and Logan's Run, we were presented with a future which seemed possible, if all to near if it was only forty years in the future.
The film itself had a profound impact on the direction, the look, and the vibe of science fiction. Even though 'cyber-punk'-ish stories and visiuals had been in Heavy Metal in the late 70s, the aesthetic was made real in 1980 by Blade Runner. Neuromancer by William Gibson added the element of the cyber-space and we were off to the races.
However the film had a few glaring inconsistencies, due to the sketchy production deal between the creatives and the distributers - a story that is brilliantly laid out in the documentary, Dangerous Days-The Making of Blade Runner. These movie making problems, translated to the equivalent of a splinter in the finger: small but annoying and impossible to get your mind off of once discovered.
So its better now. All the technical and story telling elements are now consistant. You can like any version that you choose * there are four including the original work-print! *. But this one is the undoubtably the best because now we can focus on the more crucial issue:
