"All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain"

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2016)

"Blade Runner" is one of the ultimate sci-fi/cult movies of all time and right up there as one of my very favorite films. The atmosphere is wonderfully consistent and really draws you in. As with Ridley Scott films in general the camera work and visuals are superb (the scene where Deckard runs a VoidCom test on Sean Young's replicant, and the window gradually turns opaque springs to mind). The effects still look great, remarkable considering the film is now more than twenty years old.
The film looks better than ever here, with the re-mastered picture and sound quality and the very subtle use of CGI to clear up things like out-of-sync dialog, support wires on the spinners and the obvious stunt-double for Joanna Cassidy's character Zhora; all helping to maintain the endless feeling of plausibility that the world of Blade Runner presents. The only new addition that seemed slightly strange to me was in clearing up the original confusion as to how many replicants were actually missing. Much of the film's mystique revolves around the central question as to whether or not Deckard is, in fact, a replicant; a theory that initially came about due to a dubbing error during Deckard's briefing with Captain Bryant. Given that Scott has been one of the most vocal supporters of this theory, it seems odd to me that he would correct this line of dialog in such a way that destroys any real mystery surrounding the "Deckard as replicant" debate. There are so many layers to Blade Runner and so many things that can be said from the brilliant look of the newly restored cut, the awesome remixed sound, the Original Score by Vangelis, and the story itself. Without question, Blade Runner is a significant work of science-fiction cinema that manages to overcome any such flaws in character or narrative to take us on a trip into a world far beyond anything we've ever seen before.
Overall rating: 10 out of 10.