This Is What Makes ‘Blade Runner: The Final Cut’ Better Than Any Other Version of Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece

Blade Runneris one of the greatest science fiction films ever made, but the path to it being recognized as a transcendent masterpiece was not as straightforward as one may imagine. Throughout the film’s production, competing creative collaborators involved had radically different ideas on what the end product should look like; original author Philip K. Dickwas distraught about the differences with the source material, director Ridley Scottfelt that he was not allotted the freedom he desired, Harrison Fordbecame furious about having to record a voiceover narration, and Warner Brothers was determined to make a more “commercial” film that would appeal to a broad audience. Despite the fact that it underperformed at the box office when it debuted in the summer of 1982, Blade Runner has been re-released in several different versions on home video and streaming.