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'Final Edition' of Blade Runner to be Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he-was-a-replicant dept.

gevmage writes "CNN reports that a new version of Blade Runner will be released by Warner Home Video in a few months, for the 25th anniversary of the original film's release." From the article: "After a limited theatrical release, the newly spruced-up "Runner" will be released in a multidisc special edition DVD that also will include the original theatrical cut, the expanded international theatrical cut and the 1992 director's cut. Warner said specifics about the two DVD editions will be announced later."

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  1. Han shot first! by jdray · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, wait...

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    1. Re:Han shot first! by arivanov · · Score: 3, Funny

      No.

      I do not see the ironic correlation.

      Oh an by the way. Dr. Jones shoots first. So does Prof. Ryan. So does President Marshall. So does...

      Always shoot first, ask questions later. The right way of doing things.

      Unfortunately no way to shoot the bastards who after that edit history to make it look like you shot second.

      Cheers,

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    2. Re:Han shot first! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      All that goes to show is that Han had lousy endurance. A gentleman would have at least waited for the other, uh, "participant" to get their shot off :-P

      And the special editon just makes Greedo look like he was faking it...

    3. Re:Han shot first! by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 2, Funny
      Always shoot first, ask questions later. The right way of doing things.

      Cool! I didn't know the president of the US had a /. account!

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  2. It's all one big cult movie blur. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    But will they have the deleted prologue with Jamie Lee Curtis as Buckaroo's mom? And Old Biff fading out of existence in 2015? And Tron's love scene? And the original Ewok song? And the giant octopus in the cave with the pirate ship? And the old dodgy special effects where you can see the mattes shifting aroudn the flying tie fighters? And the bit where Servo and Crow save Mike's life? And the grown-up Wesley Crusher scene?

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    1. Re:It's all one big cult movie blur. by Jerf · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's one of those "nerd rock" songs in there with just a bit of editing...

  3. Is this post a replicant? by Dareth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this post a replicant? Or do I have to wait for the next one?

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  4. Re:You Insensitive Clod! by nuzak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whoosh.

    I can see how the theatrical release made it ambiguous since it cut some of the obvious clues, but anyone who doesn't know Deckard is a replicant by the end of the director's cut is a moron.

    By the way, the chick in The Crying Game is really a man.

    And Darth Vader is Luke's Father.

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  5. Re:You Insensitive Clod! by patonw · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05

  6. You don't get you much, do you? by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Funny
    No human could survive the beating he takes.

    Obviously you don't get out to the movies much. Action picture movie stars are really really tough!

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  7. They should call it... by Illbay · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Mein Voigt-Kampf".

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  8. Re:The last DVD by nutshell42 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Keep in mind that that only includes DVDs. HD-DVD will, of course, be available in the future. You can purchase your entire movie library all over again, just like going from LPs to CDs.

    Not only that. First you'll be able to buy the HD-DVD version of the Director's Cut-Cut (i.e. the new one).
    Then the HD-DVD Director's Cut, then the HD-DVD Original Theatrical Release,
    then the HD-DVD Premium Edition containing the Director's Cut-Cut and the Director's Cut,
    then the HD-DVD Anniversary Edition containing the Theatrical Release and the Director's Cut-Cut,
    then the Ultimate Edition with all three in a digitally reremastered HD version.
    Then you'll get the same for Blu-Ray plus a new BD exclusive Ultimegadition with all three plus a new Director's Theatrical-Re-Re-Cut
    Rinse and repeat (in 4032x2048x1280 3D-MoreDefinitionThanHDEverHad - 3DMDTHDEH) for Blu-HD-RayVD the 5TB successor to BD and HDDVD, coming 2014

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  9. A new version... by no_opinion · · Score: 2, Funny

    The "Mo' Money" version?

  10. R2D2 by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 2, Funny

    >>Do you think Harrison Ford would subconciously act a little bit like a robot if he knew he was secretly playing one?

    Yes. Take R2D2 for example.

    Oh wait..

  11. Re:You Insensitive Clod! by ImTheDarkcyde · · Score: 3, Funny

    great... Whodunnit was on my netflix queue!

    They have spoiler tags for a reason!

  12. Re:Too much idiocy in this thread by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Funny

    But only the version of Teletubbies with the chartruese one in it.

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  13. Re:FINALLY!!! by Cybrex · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm right there with you. I currently own 3 copies of Blade Runner: VHS, the horrid 20th Century Fox DVD (don't even get me started!), and a bootleg ripped from the laser disc.

    I'll buy this as soon as it comes out. And when the extra-special-super-duper version with 8 extra frames of "lost" footage comes out I'll probably plunk down the cash for that too.

    I hate to give any particular piece of media this much credit, but the world depicted in Blade Runner has been a huge influence on me. It's dirty, rainy, empoverished, violent, and I'd move there tomorrow if I could, even if it meant living on the street.

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  14. Re:You Insensitive Clod! by sammy+baby · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the last book came out, a friend of mine swore that he was going to stagger around the Barnes & Noble for the midnight release crying and yelling, "Why?!? Why did you have to take Hermione!?!"

    He's kind of evil that way.

  15. Re:You Insensitive Clod! by Vinnie_333 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think spoilers should ever be given for movies. Not everyone has seen every movie and you can ruin their first viewing experience if you give away major plot points. For example, I was going to watch Titanic for the first time last week, when the clerk at the video store ruined it for me by telling me that the ship sinks! Bastard!

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  16. Re:Are you guys joking? by LMariachi · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a trick question -- nobody walks in LA.