the worst thing ridley scott did was release the director's cut!

Rating: 10/10 (2 June 2000)

i'll probably get hell for this but, i was lucky enough to get a wide screen version of the "not" director's cut of BR and i love it! (i don't play it often, now, it IS 15 years old...) i IS after all a film-noir piece, and what is a good film-noir piece with out the voice-over? it goes along with the trench coat and the fem fatal in dire need. with out those elements, it's just another action flick. i know it was labeled a "cyberpunk" film at one point, but that was after the fact. it's as much a cyber-film as switch-blade sisters is a cool film. (Quentin Tarantino made the film "cool" after he endorsed it - almost 20 years after the fact!) i was so excited when BR hit dvd that i ALMOST got it. then those harrowing words were blazened on the front: "the director's cut" ! the extra footage was wonderful and added greatly to the film, but where did the voice-over go? it made the film as far as i was concerned. the lack of it made the film more muddled and incoherent. i'm glad that sci-fi decided to show the original wide screen version on sunday (6/4/200) now i can record that (minus commercials - for shame sci-fi!)and view it to my heart's content!
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tripperM