[headdie]

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/photos/the-different-versions-of-blade-runner-slideshow/the-different-versions-of-blade-runner-photo-1340641553.html

Yahoo has done a little summery of the different versions of the film, probably worth a couple of minutes of a sci-fi fan's time.

[Nuke]

blade runner i s a good movie thats hard to sit through. ive maybe seen it twice, both times it was the cut for tv version. id like to see the directors cut or the international version though.

[Klaustrophobia]

i got it when i was on my free month of netflix and ripped it, but haven't watched it yet.  i'm not really sure what version it is, or if there is even enough difference between them to worry about.

[BloodEagle]

The final cut is the one you should watch.  Because yes, there is enough of a difference between the various versions to worry about it.

[achtung]

I actually just watched the final cut, I found it hard to sit through. I enjoyed the basis of the story, but I felt like huge chunks were left out.

[Nuke]

its that kind of movie. its a good movie with good atmosphere and is required to be watched by anyone claiming to be a sci-fi buff. but it has that crawling pace that makes it exhausting to watch. there are several key sci-fi movies like that. 2001 being the obvious and the first star trek movie would be another one. essential to watch once, but you never want to watch it again.

[Klaustrophobia]

after watching the first star trek movie, i felt i would have been better off doing something else with my time.  it was HORRIBLE.  not essential to watch it even once at all.

[SpardaSon21]

I don't think I've ever managed to completely watch Blade Runner.

[NGTM-1R]

I don't think I've ever managed to completely watch Blade Runner.

That's it, we're tossing you through the Tannhauser Gate.

[newman]

Blade Runner is a brilliant movie that isn't about fast pacing, but is very much about the atmosphere, setting, and story. What it definitely requires is a certain mood to watch it - it's not your run of the mill summer flick. Ridley Scott initially refused the script, thought it was too dark and depressing. Then his brother died, and he was feeling all dark, gloomy and depressed; thought working on something would do him good, and the Blade Runner script called for exactly the sort of mood he was in at the moment. This didn't produce a movie that you can watch easily whenever you happen to slap the disk in, but it did produce a movie I consider to be one of the finest sci-fi movies all of time. It's one of those movies that could have only happened in a specific moment in time, when a very specific set of circumstances happend to occur. Probably not something that could be repeated even if the original cast and production crew remain the same; it's just not that time anymore.

I own all versions in that ultimate package they released a couple of years ago; came with a lot of goodies and extras a Blade Runner fan can appreciate. Definitely a good buy.

[Nuke]

after watching the first star trek movie, i felt i would have been better off doing something else with my time.  it was HORRIBLE.  not essential to watch it even once at all.

now that i think about it it did kinda suck.

[castor]

there are several key sci-fi movies like that. 2001 being the obvious and the first star trek movie would be another one. essential to watch once, but you never want to watch it again.

Well, I'm not so sure about that. The atmosphere in each of these is peculiar in such a way that you cannot possibly digest all of it completely with just one run through. I do watch them semi-regularly, several years in between though.

E: forgot an important point. You must watch them drunk also, so it's two times at minimum..

[newman]

Watching either Blade Runner or 2001 drunk means wasting either alcohol or your time. Alcohol is for zombie movies, stuff like that, it doesn't exactly put you in the right frame of mind to actually enjoy a serious sci-fi movie. And yes, Star Trek: The Slow Motion Picture was kinda boring. Watching the Enterprise undock for 20 minutes isn't fun - who knew? This does, however, illustrate how the movie industry has changed. Movies that had an acceptable pace once seem hopelessly slow today. I remember seeing both Ghostbusters movies as a kid in the theaters, and thought they were just brilliant, didn't seem slow at all. Seen them again after many years and just kept going "get on with it already!"

[Nuke]

have you ever seen blade runner...

ON WEED?

[Thaeris]

And just like that, a new meme was born...

(well, it's not really new I suppose)

[Legate Damar]

after watching the first star trek movie, i felt i would have been better off doing something else with my time.  it was HORRIBLE.  not essential to watch it even once at all.

now that i think about it it did kinda suck.

That movie was nothing but Federation propaganda

[headdie]

after watching the first star trek movie, i felt i would have been better off doing something else with my time.  it was HORRIBLE.  not essential to watch it even once at all.

now that i think about it it did kinda suck.

That movie was nothing but Federation propaganda

Knock it off with "I live in Star Trek" line, its old, its seriously irritating and quite frankly I am borderline punch you in the face annoyed with it.

[Legate Damar]

But how can you punch me in the face across a distance of light-years? 

[Scotty]

In lieu of that, we can report your posts to a moderator, citing "deliberate aggravating behavior" and try to get you monkeyed for a couple days.

[Legate Damar]

How typical