Blade Runner: The Penultimate Cut

excellent edit!

A great piece of work, from the perspective of only having seen the Final Cut before this just felt like a more polished product. Nothing at all to complain about, but it may be tricky to decide which of the 20+ other audio tracks to listen to next time!

This is probably the cut that I've needed to see all along. I've seen both the theatrical and director cuts and, while I've always enjoyed the concepts in the film, I've never really been able to appreciate the story. I've always been distracted by something. TM2YC's efforts have let me enjoy the story finally for the first time.

Five years in the making and totally worth it!

Blade Runner has been one of my favourite films since I first watched it at the Cinema. I then watched it many times on rented VHS, eventually bought the VHS and even bought a Laser disc player in 1994 to watch the “Director’s Cut” in, what was then, “High quality” (along with Alien)
Then the Final Cut came out. I was excited to see the actual Director’s version as opposed to the Workprint Directors Cut. I remember sitting down for my first watch and thinking “what the hell is going on with the colours!?!” I pulled out my VHS release and sure enough the colours were way off. To me, this was horrible. I did watch it all the way through to see the changes made by Ridley but then I put it on the shelf and have not opened the DVD case ever again.

When I discovered that TM2YC was working on a HQ re-grade to take the Final cut back to the original colours I was very keen to see it, he was already 2 years in when I started following the thread. Each time there was a new post I rushed to see any progress made. It was a labour of love for TM2YC and a couple of times I thought he was going to walk away from it. But, to my joy, it’s done and I have finally had time to watch it.

In regard to the film content, I have nothing to add other than the movie is still one of my favourites, there are a few small differences from the Final Cut but nothing that changes the editorial intentions of the story.

For sound TM2YC has included so many audio options it’s almost overwhelming, but for my first viewing I decided to go with the Theatrical release voice over version as that was how I saw it at the cinema. The audio is perfect and I will be re-watching to check the other audio tracks.

And finally we come to the Video, the main reason I wanted to see this release. The re-grading surpasses all my expectations, the colours are just how I remember them, the Teal is gone and the browns are back. This is now my go to version.

I am very grateful to TM2YC for the five years of detailed work to complete this and I’m very happy to now have it in my collection.

If you like Blade Runner, watch this edit!

I finally caught up with the times and sat down to watch this the other day.

Not much else to add that this is a revelation and should be on the shelf (or drive) of anyone who's a fan of either science-fiction or film in general.

I was hesitant at first and thought that, going against the grain, I was satisfied enough with how the Final Cut looked. But every new minute I spent with TM2YC's magnum opus I was entranced, and it made me realize how wrong I was.

Even if one feels that the Final Cut is sufficient, the brilliant effort put into such a meticulous preservation work and also bundling all the archival bonus tracks is enough to warrant this as a must-have.

Thank you TM2YC for this gift.