10 Director's Cuts That Changed Your Mind About Bad Movies

There have been so many competing versions of Blade Runner over the years that there's even a damn Wikipedia page about it.

For most audiences under the age of 40, there's a good chance you grew up on either Ridley Scott's 1991 Director's Cut or the 2006 "definitive" Final Cut.

However, both of these versions are a far cry from the original 1982 theatrical release, which is infamous for including a cheeseball voiceover narration from Harrison Ford's Deckard and a cheerier, more hopeful ending, while also excluding the iconic unicorn dream sequence.

If you've been fortunate enough to see Scott's newer edits as your first experience with Blade Runner, going back to watch the 1982 version is pretty shocking.

Scott's Final Cut is the only release in which the director had complete artistic control, restoring all the footage he was forced to cut from earlier releases, with remastered visuals, no corny narration and that wonderfully ambiguoius ending kept in tact.

If you're a huge Blade Runner fan it's worth checking out the theatrical version for morbid curiosity's sake, but it's an absolute disaster compared to the Final Cut.