'Blade Runner 2049' Won't Have a Director's Cut

[NelsonG]

The original Blade Runner is notorious for its multiple versions. The movie was first released in 1982 in its third form with a happy ending and film noir-inspired voiceover from Harrison Ford. That's the version that was a box office flop. Ten years later, a "director's cut" was made excising the voiceover and the happy ending. Ridley Scott went even further another 15 years later with his "final cut." All in, there have been eight different versions shown, five of which are available to fans in box set form.  While not a unanimous opinion, most people prefer the final director's cut to the initial "workprint" release of Blade Runner. And the fact that it took so long for the preferred version to arrive has some...
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