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For me, the original Bladerunner was the environment. I *Loved* that view of the future. Dark, smoggy, raining, depressing, etc. And the VFX were absolutely beautiful. And of course the music and sound. All of this candy pulled me away from the story, so I had to watch it a few times to understand what was really going on.
There are something like 8 different versions of Bladerunner too by the way. The directory Ridley Scott has fucked around with the edits, trying to perfect it.
You can either watch the true original version, which is great, or "The Final Cut", which is also great. "The Final Cut" has a scene which was completely re-shot to hide an obvious stunt double, changes to color grading, much better sound, etc, and leaves in some other changes from other versions of the movie. If you had to choose, watch "The Final Cut".
The big question at the end of Blade Runner is "Is Deckard a replicant"? My answer is "Who cares". it doesn't change the story or the movie in any way and probably wasn't intended to be a part of the movie anyway.
I saw Bladerunner 2049 and I liked it. I didn't LOVE it, but I liked it. It didn't "feel" like Blade Runner to me, and didn't feel futuristic at all despite the cool tech. One of the 2 big reveals was obvious and a disappointment, and the Niander Wallace character played by Jared Leto was.... I don't know... distracting and unbelievable.
'2049 Still worth watching especially on a big screen with big sound. If you want the best though, just watch the original Bladerunner.
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