From AICN, In short, almost every scene in the film has been touched. The most noticeable changes are subtle. Objects and people added where they weren't before. This isn't a "new version" with never before seen footage but more of the old version update with today's technology. The super-structures never looked better. Lots of more flying cars. And familiar scenes with one or two extra seconds.
Pris's death was longer and more violent which I believe is the same as the International cut.
The Unicorn dream was there.
No voice-overs. Which I am in the minority where I say I disagree with that. I think the voice-overs really made it a film noir.
The single biggest change I caught was that all of the replicants including Rachael at some point had the same blank glare in their eyes that you see in the owl or what you usually get from a picture of a dog or cat.
What about the ending you ask? I wish I had news that there was some super new ending. Alas, it is the same as the directors cut where the film ends with the close of the elevator door.
All and all, a wonderful restoration of the original film. Unlike what Lucas did with the Star Wars Special Editions, the changes are subtle enough where you can enjoy them.
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Sounds good!
I don't know how much the newer elements will work, but if they're actually as subtle as he says that could be quite cool.
The first time I saw this it was with Pris's extended crazy thrashing and I've always preferred that.
The unicorn dream I can take or leave. Mostly it stands out because, unlike the unicorns in Legend, the horn stays nice and steady.
This guy knows nothing about film noir if he thinks the voice-overs make it so. This film is drenched in noir, and those voiceovers are crap. Mean Girls had voiceovers, does that make it film noir?
Weird eyes, same old ending: good, good.
Funny you mention film noir. I've been quietly watching film noir all summer long. To date I've seen about 35 of them and I just love the genre. Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, Tension, Detour...yummy!
...and you're right, very few of them have any voiceover whatsoever. The central ingredient for film noir is the "doomed" individual. That is, the story being told is bieng told by a dead man. The other critical ingredient is the femme fatal, the siren.
Moody lighting, moral ambiguity, it's all great.
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