Which version of Bladerunner do you prefer best?

Was Harrison Ford the right man for the job and would it have been better with an actor that was more talented??

Harrison Ford would be right up my alley.
Got told off in The Directors Cut though - so would prefer the original version.

Do we include the Final Cut in our list of choices? Because I do think that is by far the best version of the film.

The main thing that stops me from enjoying the original cut was the voiceover. I always assumed Ford just didn't put in the effort in recording it, thinking that if it was bad it wouldn't get used, but have since found out that he tried his damn best to make it work. I guess it was just a combination of poor writing and Ford not having a voice suitable for VO work.

Still would prefer to watch the Final Cut though. Too many little changes and clean ups which make the film perfect for me to ever go back to an earlier version now.

Final Cut is the superior version as far as I am concerned. The director's cut was great, but still had some flaws (such as the bright blue sky that the dove flies up into).

As for the voiceover on the original release, it came across as patronising to me, explaining things that would only need explaining to the audience if they were brain-dead chimp (such as feeling the need to explain that 'skinjobs' was a slang-word for replicants...because, you know, we were too dumb to realise it).

With regards to Ford as the lead in it, i feel he was perfectly suited. He sullen portrayal captures the mood of the film, and of the role.

Final Cut :) It was actually the Director's Cut as I'm not sure how much of that was actually done by Ridley Scott?

Not sure if I fully understand the above post, but you are correct in saying that Scott had little to do with the cinematic release of the workprint version in 1990 that was advertised as a DC.
I think he has some involvement in the 1992 release though on video though, which is the one you can get on DVD.

if that makes sense.

Not sure if I fully understand the above post, but you are correct in saying that Scott had little to do with the cinematic release of the workprint version in 1990 that was advertised as a DC.
I think he has some involvement in the 1992 release though on video though, which is the one you can get on DVD.

if that makes sense.

Apparantly the so called 'Director's Cut' had next to no input from Scott, and was purely a studio decision to restore the film to the idea of the original cut.

Ridley Scott's Final Cut (2007, 117 minutes)

This is the only version over which Ridley Scott had complete artistic control; the Director's Cut was rushed and he was not directly involved. In conjunction with the Final Cut, extensive documentary and other materials were produced for the home video releases culminating in a five-disc "Ultimate Collector's Edition"