Like all cool older people, I saw Blade Runner in the theaters in 1982. I've seen the original version several times since. I really didn't want to see it again but someone posted the top ~300 Science Fiction Movies from the 30's to present on the newsgroups so I started grabbing a few. I didn't even realize I had grabbed "The Final Cut" version of Blade Runner until I started watching and viewed a ton of content I hadn't seen before.
There's been seven Blade Runner releases. Here's the scoop on the Final Cut from Wiki:
I was amazed at how different the movie was with so much footage I hadn't seen. It feels like half the movie is new. Anyone that's seen the original Blade Runner and not the Final Director's Cut deserves to have a look. You learn a ton more about the story, especially about Rachel. It's more of a thinker oriented movie and less action based than the original.Ridley Scott's The Final Cut (2007, 117 minutes), or the "25th Anniversary Edition", was released by Warner Bros. theatrically on October 5, 2007, and subsequently released on DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc in December 2007. This is the only version over which Ridley Scott had complete artistic control, as he was not directly in charge of the Director's Cut. In conjunction with the Final Cut cinema release, extensive documentary and other materials were produced for the DVD releases which culminated in a five-disc "Ultimate Collector's Edition" release by Charles de Lauzirika.
There's five Blade Runner releases on Netflix including The Final Cut. I typically don't care for movie versions released after the original theatrical release but I prefer this one over the original now that I've seen it. Check it out if you've only seen the original. It's like a bonus companion movie to the original.
