Blade Runner Final Cut out tuesday- gettin' it?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, December 23, 2007 20:49
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
BR 4 disk set

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ah, are we speaking of the same collection here?... amazon was a little slow, but my 5 Disc set just came in... this is the Limited Edition Collectible with the 4 discs you guys are talking about - plus a 5th disc entitled 'Ultra-Rare Pre-Release Workprint' .... plus some extra shiny bits like a minature unicorn (plastic) and a spinner vehicle replica (cute but also plastic), some art work and a funny little thing called a motion film clip - kinda cool but worthless...all in a small plastic briefcase thing - pretty much all overkill, since i only wanted the discs, but it's what it is... so now i can get down to the task at hand and watch hours of my favorite Blade Runner....hey the doors open on the spinner car...!

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Originally posted by deadlockvictim:
hey the doors open on the spinner car...!

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I'll trade ya my Viper for it...

On second thought, Naaah Chrisisall

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I can't top this review so I just decided to repost it here. Pretty much says it all. This was posted by Leto II at Force.net...

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It was absolutely, completely worth it. Watched the Workprint version last night, the "All Our Variant Futures" documentary, and the deleted/alternate scenes, and finally a little of the Paul Sammon commentary on the workprint before I finally had to concede that my body required sleep. This is without a doubt the release of the year, from what little I've been able to watch of this so far. My deepest appreciation and congratulations go to Charlie de Lauzirika and everyone else who worked on this set, from the people who researched and restored elements, all the way to the people in Warner Bros. Legal who had to clear everything; they all had their work cut out for them, and delivered big-time.

It's really something when you can be reading about a DVD release for months before it comes out, know exactly what's on it, and still be blown away. This isn't just a home run; it's a grand slam.

Quite frankly, this may be the greatest special edition ever produced. I don't mean to say that as a fanboy (which I probably am anyway), but just objectively looking at all of the content on it, it's hard to think of any single release that matches it, especially when one considers the interesting and problematic history of this film. Even the best sets that I can think of have something or other that make them not as good as this set. Think of the Extended Editions of The Lord of the Rings -- amazing sets, but they lack the theatrical versions of the films, as well as the special features from the theatrical DVDs. The Ultimate Set of Superman that came out last year was also amazing, but lacked the extended television cuts of the first two films, as well as a commentary for Superman Returns, a workprint version of Superman IV, etc. Or the Fantasia set, one of my all-time favorites, that unfortunately lacks the original Deems Taylor narration from the original film, as well as the shorter version that had been known to audiences for years, and probably should have been included anyhow.

That's not to knock any of those sets, which are fantastic and among the best of the best. Rather, that's to point out just how good this new Blade Runner set is. Every version of the film. A huge three-and-a-half-hour-long documentary. Deleted scenes assembled as a watchable, stand-alone quasi-feature in its own right. Commentaries. All sorts of featurettes. Unbelievable what they were able to put together. And that doesn't even include "The Final Cut" itself, which wasn't originally getting a theatrical run, and was just being made for this DVD.

With all of the bonus material here, it's easy to forget how awesome it is that there's a "Final Cut" version in and of itself. PLUS all of the other versions out there, so there truly isn't any revisionism here, no attempt to replace the earlier versions of the film or to wipe them from our memories. If you prefer either of the 1982 original theatrical releases, they're there, and better looking than they've ever been on any home video format. (I noticed that the four-disc set was only $25 at Best Buy, which is an amazing price to get "The Final Cut," the older 1992 "Director's Cut," and the original theatricals with the narration, so you can't even complain that you're being forced to spend an arm and a leg if the 1982 version is your preferred cut. Classy all the way.)

Incidentally, I've just gotten a notification from the UPS website that my delivery from Amazon that was scheduled for today will not happen because of some shipping error, or some other bull****. So I definitely don't regret buying one at Best Buy now, as I wouldn't have had it tonight anyway.

The real point I'm trying to make, and probably could have done a better job of doing, is that for me at least, this is *the* release of 2007, and one of the best special editions ever produced. They opened up the vaults and gave us just about everything they could have. I might not be as imp

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