When Ridley did the “Director’s Cut” it was not completed, believe it or not. He had a deadline which was approaching faster than the work was going, so even that final product was never as he had intended it.

It’s my hope that what Ridley is doing WILL do the movie justice, and not degrade it like so many others have ended up doing. With Joanna Cassidy’s material, I have a feeling that they have re-shot her death scene which is clearly NOT her when she goes through the window. I’d read that they were adding footage where Zhora actually shoots at Deckard first. This however, I read as a joke tying into the whole “Greedo shoots first” bit.

I also don’t think that Ridley will add a bunch of CG effects. It’s my sense (and hope) that it will be cleaning up stuff that never should have stayed in (cables in shots, etc.) and blurring a few matte lines here and there.

I have to say if he gets this right, for me it’s as significant (possibly more so) as a “new” project, considering that I really haven’t been enamored by anything Ridley has done in the past 15 years, maybe more. He jumped his own shark when he did Hannibal, and Gladiator was fine, but it’s kind of sad when I think that the last thing that felt like a Ridley Scott film to me was Thelma and Louise.

I do look forward to the definitive edition, but like you, I just hope he does the right thing.

Thanks for stopping by, Cliff!