WOW.
I have never seen Blade Runner in the theater and the experience was one of the best moviegoing experiences of my life. Just to see it on the big screen--the new remastering looks absolutely fabulous, the colors, the detail. Watching Ridely Scott's visual tapestry the way it was meant to be seen was a revelation. The biggest impression I got was the sound--my god, this thing is an aural experience! I have never had a good home theater sound system, but my DVD and VHS tapes did not even come close to capturing what I heard last night. The subtleties, the directional and atmospheric effects and just the sheer quality of the sound. The very first thing you hear in the film is a loud boom, it almost sounds like thunder, that begins the opening credits--this has always had a bit of oomph in it, but hearing this at home...I have to say last night was like watching a whole new movie. When that opening thunder clapped--it just about blew the screening room apart, like some bomb had detonated. It was a literal punch in the face to how different the theatrical experience is. Please, please for the love of god see this motherfucking film in the theater.
As for the new cut--its terrific. And theres hardly anything even changed--little nips and tucks, but if you hadn't seen the film recently you might be hard pressed to even realise that there were indeed any changes. The biggest ones are the original unicorn dream (works sooo much better) and a new matte painting for the dove shot at the end (looks awesome! You would never know it was an alteration). Most of the changes are stuff like re-comping the optical effects, removing visible wires and correcting some physical mistakes. Editorially I noticed that the took a few seconds out of Deckard's introduction reading the newspaper at the noodle bar (which was originally prolongued to accomodate a voice-over which now no longer exists), an extra bit where we see Deckard enter the strip club, and a new wide shot of him making his way through the crowded streets. Plus the extra-violent bits from the Internation Cut and Roy Batty says to Tyrell "I want more life FATHER" instead of "fucker", which is a very interesting change (this alternate I think might have been filmed for the TV airings). The color timing on the film looks great BTW--whereas the original version favored blues, there is a lot more green bias to the image now so as to evoke flourescent lighting in a lot of the scenes. I saw some screen caps of this on the net and wasn't too cnvinced at first but it looks absolutely spectacular on the screen.
Anyway, see Blade Runner--it'll be gone from cinemas very soon and you'll regret it. I am considering going back again tommorrow.