Blade Runner, The Final Cut

Bowman9991 writes "A new promotional website is up and trailers for Blade Runner: The Final Cut have been released. I've been waiting ages for this one. SFFMedia has some details about the Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition on HD-DVD and Blu-ray with new footage. It's slated for a December 18th release. Apparently it's also being released in the cinemas again in the US."

Comments

How many final cuts are there?

[Anonymous Coward]

My entire adult life, every few years there are expanded cuts, director cuts, ultimate cuts, supercuts, etc. of this particular movie. I'm waiting for the best boy & gaffer cut after this one.

Re:How many final cuts are there?

[Dunbal]

The Paper Cut is going to hurt like hell.

Re:How many final cuts are there?

[Basehart]

I'm wondering whether it will even sync up with the original Vangelis soundtrack. They had some new music accompanying the trailer I saw on youtube. I'd bet that without Vangelis the film wouldn't have become the classic it has.

I finally buckled last year and bought the Gongo Records version of the soundtrack on Ebay and it was glorious to hear the original soundtrack although I do hope that Vangelis can one day release an "official" pristine remastered version from the master.

In the meantime there are a few versions to choose from here.

The first director's cut removed doubt...

[Chmcginn]

Gaff knew who the replicants were, and he marked Deckard as such. I don't see the need for having somebody come out and say it...

I know I am probably in the minority

[Shivetya]

but I want the voice over.

If not something I can select then please include that version. For some reason I like the version of the film I saw first, the voice over to me put me in the mood. Very 50s like and that is what I best remember. I actually never liked subsequent releases simply because of that feature being missing. Yes I know the arguments against but we are irrational beings and well...

Re:I know I am probably in the minority

[gEvil (beta)]

If you want the voiceover then get the 5 disc set. It will contain all the released cuts of the movie, plus some extras.

Revisionist

[The Dobber]

Does Rachael shoot first in this one?

Re:Revisionist

[je ne sais quoi]

No, Rachael's going to be dubbed over with an incredibly annoying CG alien with a faux jamaican accent: "Issa dis testin' whether Mesa'm a weplicant or a lesbian, Meester Deckard?

hey

[Anonymous Coward]

torrent plz

Re:Dammit

[The Dobber]

Silly wabbit, DVDs weren't invented yet, it was VHS.

Thank you jesus

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I can stop calling girls Rachel in bed and instead dry hump my HDTV...this will save me tons of money on hookers that look like Sean Young.

What is a drive-in?

[AHumbleOpinion]

Yeah, I know, I'm old. Do you guys even know what a drive-in is?

Yes, its a parking lot equipped with a large movie screen and speakers at each parking space. People either (a) drink lots of booze with their buddies or (b) get laid in the privacy of their car with fogged up windows. Either way people do not remember the movie. ;-)

Flash video has its uses

[Jeremy Erwin]

but movie trailers are not one of them. I'd like to see this trailer in quicktime, perhaps even HD. It's unfair to subject the brilliant cinematography to the muted color gamut and harsh artifacts of youtube.

Deckard is a lesbian

[konstant]

Admittedly, the paper unicorn is not present in the original cut, nor the unicorn dream. Nonetheless, subsequent releases made it quite clear that Deckard is in fact a lesbian. Why are we still debating this?

Final?

[aldheorte]

So is this the final director's cut or the final ultimate collection or the final on HD-DVD or the final but we'll add some new useless commentary in the next edition final, no truly final cut? I jest, but the continual trotting out of new editions of old movies to get people to buy the same thing over and over again is a tad ridiculous. I can acknowledge that there might be a theater release and a director's cut for timing reasons, but once that's done, it's time to move on and create something new.

Also, does anyone else share the feeling that the extra commentaries and features on DVDs are pretty much completely worthless? I remember thinking that it was very nifty when I first got a DVD player, but after watching a few, I haven't watched any in years. The only ones of any value I have seen are sometimes animated shorts that go with animated films. If anything, special features generally detract from the enjoyment of a good movie as you struggle to reconcile how a group of such insipid and insincere people could have pulled it off.

Re:am i the only one?

[mfnickster]

this has hands down got to be one of the worst movies of all time..it is long, it is pointless and it is very very boring does anyone even care about blade runner? i doubt it

Maybe you find it boring, but it is FAR from pointless. That's why people still love it after all this time. Personally I love it because Ridley Scott puts so much detail on the screen, always giving you something interesting to look at while simultaneously giving you time to think about what's going on in the movie. It's not all slam-bang action. This is the kind of movie that's only boring if you try to watch it passively. Put some effort into watching it and it's far more rewarding.

Re:like tears in rain.

[stjobe]

For shame, AC! What are you trying to do to my beloved quote?

Batty:
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Time to die.

Re:Damn the critics...

[bennomatic]

Sounds like you were starting a limerick...

Once a blade runner named Deckard
Whose childhood memories were checkered
Found a hot babe
that he wanted to save
only to end up hen-peckered!

How's that?