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(Another) Cut of Blade Runner

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the god-i-love-that-movie dept.

dereferenced writes "Director Ridley Scott is set, once again, to re-edit Blade Runner for the Special Edition DVD due for release later this year. He discusses his plans for the new version briefly in an interview in Empire Magazine, excerpts of which can be read here. It's getting so it's hard to count all the different versions of Blade Runner out there; We have the original theatrical release, the Home Video version originally released on VHS, the Director's Cut, and now the Special Edition DVD, to say nothing of the various LaserDiscs, and pre-release screenings. I can't wait for the next version where, in addition to being a replicant, we find that Deckard was actually the first female president of the United States."

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  1. George Lucas by October_30th · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ridley Scott is just doing what George Lucas mastered a long time ago. Gouging the sucke... eh, fans.

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  2. uh oh... by Navius+Eurisko · · Score: 5, Funny

    New edit...present day digital technology...is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?

    Jar-Jar Binks: "Mesa not a replicant! Mesa a Gungan!" ::Falls down and starts farting::

    1. Re:uh oh... by GigsVT · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Mesa OpenGL replicant!"

      Sorry :)

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  3. President by Wire+Tap · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can't wait for the next version where, in addition to being a replicant, we find that Deckard was actually the first female president of the United States.

    Don't let Hillary Clinton hear that. *snicker*

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    1. Re:President by llamalicious · · Score: 2, Funny

      Right. Because Hilary is a replicant. She needs to find her creator soon too, she's only got a couple years in the Senate.

  4. What? by Snafoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Deckard was a REPLICANT?

    Oh my GOD...

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  5. Is this one the dance remix? by americanFatCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    while (people.buy()) remaster(blade_runner); if (blade_runner.findCharacter("Jar Jar")) ::YouShouldNotMessWithClassics = true;

  6. Re:Give us the voice over. by ywwg · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean the voiceovers with such gems as:

    "I'd had a belly-ful of killing!"
    and
    "they don't advertise for killers in the newspaper"

  7. Ah, following the Valve model... by Tickenest · · Score: 3, Funny

    This sounds an awful lot like Valve's marketing strategy for Half-Life. You know, the various editions and all, including:

    Half-Life
    Half-Life: Game of the Year Edition
    Half-Life: Opposing Force
    Half-Life: Blue Shift
    Half-Life: Counter-Strike
    Half-Life: Platinum Edition
    Half-Life: Let's Make Some More Money Edition
    Half-Life: Wait, Let's Just Release the Same Game with a Slightly Changed Name Edition

    But hey, whatever works....
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  8. Re:Damn, damn and double damn. by ender81b · · Score: 3, Funny

    Worse, we're supporting the devils in the MPAA buy buying it

    Slashdot: MPAA IS EVIL, EVIL I TELLS YOU!! They are going to destroy us, eat our children, sacrifice us to the gods of greed, destroy the very fabric of this country...... Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Whats that?

    MPAA: New BladeRunner Directors Cut

    Slashdot: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

  9. It could be worse. by the+bluebrain · · Score: 2, Funny


    Someone, somewhere, is thinking about a remake.

    Lord, please stop them.

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