Blade Runner: The Penultimate Cut

This is hands down my favorite version of Blade Runner now. After having spent 14 years with ‘The Final Cut’ I had gotten desensitized to the myriad of scenes that were darkened or washed out with aggressive lighting schemes, usually teal or blue-ish. No longer do I have to suffer through that with this masterful version. I won’t say that the original ‘Final Cut’ doesn’t have its own merits, but I’m a purist and prefer the natural color palette of ‘The Director’s Cut’ & older versions of the film. Pairing the superior color grading of these older releases with the ‘Final cut’ has resulted in a much better film that shows more of the liveliness and character of this dystopian world ; the color differences will have to be seen to be believed. It’s night & day, similar to how the Star Wars original trilogy kept getting distorted color gradings each release (I recommend 4K77 - ANH and 4K83 - ROTJ by Team Negative 1 for original theatrical colors). I’m ecstatic to have the version of Blade Runner that I thought existed, but has been obscured by lower resolution offerings. Brilliant work, thank you so much for your time & effort! Bonus is all of the optional audio tracks, I’ll make use of the isolated score when I want to fall asleep to the movie.

There are edits that improve average or below average films, but it is exceedingly difficult to improve a classic. This edit is an exception. There is simply no other edition of Blade Runner you need. It looks and sounds absolutely glorious.. The care and dedication that went into the project are on display in every frame. Highly, highly recommended.

Took a perfect film and somehow made it better. Lots of little changes that you won't notice but will be appreciated nonetheless. I have no notes, it does what it set out to do!

I gave myself sometime to sit and digest the edit, and I've come back 23 days later after watching the first time and mid-way through my second viewing with one of the included commentary tracks. All I have to say is I am seriously impressed and glad to be able to watch it in this form, it improved the viewing experience and felt entirely seamless. Amazing work.

After years of having watched the original "Director's Cut" of this movie and appreciating the rich colour grading, I nevertheless was disappointed at some of the moments missing from the story which were included in the Final Cut. By taking the final cut and regrading it, TM2YC has edited a movie which I personally would consider the closest to Ridley Scott's original vision for the movie. Very well done.