Has ANYBODY heard ANYTHING about WHEN Blade Runner: SE???

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 21:09
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CHRISISALL

Thursday, September 1, 2005 8:52 PM

I can't find out a thing about Blade Runner: the Special Edition! Last thing I read (a LONG time ago) was that it was supposed to be coming out end of 2005, was that just wishful thinkin' on someone's part?
The movie came out when I was a kid, I'd kinda like to own a GOOD quality dvd of it before I'm 50 - is that too much to ask?

Anybody got the 411 on it?

Chrisisall Bryant

SIMONWHO

Thursday, September 1, 2005 9:02 PM

www.thedigitalbits.com is probably the foremost DVD news website and they posted literally two days about this to keep readers in the loop. The answer? No news.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa108.html

Bah, you may well indeed say. Bah and double bah.

I suspect that Warner are waiting for Ridley Scott to be fully available for it (can't you just sense a third cut coming on?) but to be honest, I suspect this may be one of the big HD-DVD titles for Christmas 2006.

Sorry.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, September 1, 2005 9:18 PM

With the possible exception of Serenity, it's my favourite movie of all time.
Guess I'll go watch my crappy 1997 dvd again....

Too bad she won't live Chrisisall

YT

Thursday, September 1, 2005 11:34 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
I suspect this may be one of the big HD-DVD titles for Christmas 2006.

Possible. It may depend on whether Warner wants to use it to push HD-DVD. If they do, I'd expect no special features, but a new sound track (current DVD is only Dolby 2.0). On the other hand, they may prefer to wait for the format war to be settled, which may take more than one year.

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . .

CHRISISALL

Thursday, September 1, 2005 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by YT:
On the other hand, they may prefer to wait for the format war to be settled, which may take more than one year.

Merde.

Monsier Chrisisall

ZOOT

Monday, September 19, 2005 8:45 AM

BTW CIA, this is gonna come as a shock btu jsut watched Balde Runner for the first time this weekend - and oh my!

Lovely as it is, I note in passing that it too seems to be set in 2019 - what is it with that year???

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CHRISISALL

Monday, September 19, 2005 7:27 PM

2019 is the temporal vortex, where energies align and collapse into that which will determine the fate of mankind.
Or maybe it's just a coincidence.

And that happens to be my all time favourite flick!
Care to give me a review?

I always thought it was funny that DA was billed in TV Guide as 'James Cameron's answer to Blade Runner'.

Chrisisall Deckard

ZOOT

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:14 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

Or maybe it's just a coincidence.

Chrisisall Deckard

There is no such thing as coincidence …

Ok so time to die (aka my review) …

Sadly I only have the director’s cut, which hasn’t got the voice over, which I think I would have liked as it’d be really Raymond Chandler-y … but then – how opportune! My colleague in the office next to me has just this instant come in with a very old and battered VHS copy of the original – so I will be able to hear the voice over after all …

Anyhow:

10 things I loved:

1. The trench coat – above all I loved the trench coat!!
2. Rachel’s 1940s hair;
3. The Japanese/ Chinese (almost dare I say Firefly-esque look) everywhere;
4. That Deckard can’t speak Japanese/Chinese;
5. The little origami unicorn (serving the same purpose I thought as “Rosebud”);
6. Harrison Ford (the man is a genetic marvel and quite the most attractive man I have ever seen);
7. The eye-ball shop;
8. The Baron Munchhausen style androids;
9. The Asian adverts for settlers (FF again!!);
10. oh, and the fantastic neon signs flashing on and off in his apartment.

10 things I didn’t like:

1. The suspense almost killed me (“don’t die, Deck, don’t die”);
2. The pleasure replicant – she was a bit annoying and didn’t seem to provide anyone with much pleasure;
3. The dove (too much);
4. I can’t think of anything else.

On the whole I felt it had a beautiful feel, fantastic design and clarity of intent and meaning little seen in sci-fi. I thought the pathos inherent in each of the characters was portrayed with consummate artistry and it made me think about what it is to be human far more than some more obvious morality tales (e.g. I, Robot).

To sum up I may watch it many, MANY more times and oh, yes, he’s a gorram replicant and no mistake … no one that beautiful can be a real boy!!

Out of interest, what are supposed to think happens to them? Is the origami unicorn supposed to tell us they’ll die or what??

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:45 PM

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Originally posted by Zoot:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
To sum up I may watch it many, MANY more times and oh, yes, he’s a gorram replicant and no mistake … no one that beautiful can be a real boy!!

Out of interest, what are supposed to think happens to them? Is the origami unicorn supposed to tell us they’ll die or what??

There's been a LOT of speculation about this movie and it's meanings. The unicorn is supposed to mean ( to ME) that Deckard's new life w/Rachael is a fantasy, that she or possibly both of them will be dead soon.
Others say that it means he knows Deckard's dreams, proving that he too is a replicant, in which case, the same applies. I prefer to think Deck's crafty enough to evade capture; that they have at least a shot at some kind of life together.

For a rather in-depth (and fascinating) discussion on the subject, go here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=8&t=9370
It was one of my first few threads here back in April, and we bounced it back and forth, waxing intelligent.
It also goes into the voiceover (which I like).

And, of course you can see why I love this film- and by extrapolation DA and FF!

Aired-out Chrisisall

TALLGRRL

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:56 PM

I would recommend that all of you (especially you kids who never saw Blade Runner before now) read Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?"
Also read "A Scanner Darkly", which is in post-production as we speak...er, I mean type.
Keanu Reeves--my OTHER boyfriend*--stars.
If you go to the Scanner Darkly website (the official PK Dick website) I believe you'll find a link to the movie's website.

* In addition to the aforementioned Harrison Ford.
(And don't get me started about Christian Bale and Clive Owen. I must stop now. My fingers are getting wet. )

"Take me, sir. Take me hard." - Zoe

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