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Title: Don't be fooled, original is best
Review: Ridley is a great director, but Bud Yorkin (who produced the film and defends the now-missing voice-over) was integral to the greatness of this film, which depends HUGELY on the voice-over. Don't be fooled! This film is better, much better, in the original version. The scenes which are supposed to leave one wondering whether Deckard is also a replicant are lame and stupid - they add zero to the narrative and are precisely as Yorkin loabeled them: a cheat. Not only a cheat, but one which adds nothing to the story.On the other hand, the best line of the ENTIRE film is in the voice-over, where Deckard sums up why (for heaven's sake why?) would the murderous killer spare Deckard in the end? It is stupid and untethered without it. Those who forgive this vital piece's absence are surely remembering the original, and so know the answer. For the love of heaven bring back the original in Blu-ray!) and shun this lousy second effort.
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