I didn't get a chance to vote in the poll, but I did see the Final Cut of Blade Runner the other night. It's basically a cleaned up version of the Director's Cut from 1992, which Ridley Scott wasn't actually directly involved with: a better-looking unicorn dream sequence, cleaned up stunt-double insertions. More of a refinement than a radical reworking, but it looks great.
Oh, and Batty clearly says "I want more life, FATHER" this time. That makes more sense thematically, but just isn't as cool.
Wonder what the Vegas odds are that there'll be a final final cut in 2019?
Anyway, the Final Cut is clearly superior (just for the remastering of picture and sound, in addition to the small fixes) to the "Director's Cut," and both are a vast improvement over the theatrical release. But I can't get behind the unicorn scene. Something else that raised the question of whether Deckard was a replicant rather than implying rather unequivocably that he is, would have been preferable.
If you're a big enough fan of the movie to have read this far then replacing your Director's cut DVD will be worthwhile, especially once the hi-def wars have been settled. It's coming out in a variety of interesting editions (miniature hover car! origami unicorn!) in time for xmas.
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