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Ugh, no, do not watch the first version with the voiceover. Why would you want to do that and dispel all the mystery?
I first saw BladeRunner with my dad after we saw Escape From LA in the theaters together. He was unimpressed by it, and told me I should see a better version of future LA. So we rented BladeRunner. It was late, I was tired, I didn't get it. My dad was disappointed.
I came back to it a few years later though, and it really fell into place for me. Unlike Hal, I think one of the things that makes BladeRunner so good to me is seeing how much of an impact it has had on virtually every sci-fi movie that has come out since it came out. The vision there has tremendously shaped how the future on earth looks in media. Also, the movie has some wonderfully iconic moments. I honestly get shivers thinking about Rutger Hauer's monologue at the end, but that's just me.
About the only complaint I can think of about BladeRunner is how many goddamn versions there are out there, and how differently they portray, in particular, whether or not Deckward is a Replicant. I hate the voiceover version, myself, but the live happily ever after version kind of sucks, too. I haven't watched the new ultimate edition version, but I'm told it's the most authentic to the spirit of the book (the plots of the book and movie are only vaguely related).
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