Come anticipate Blade Runner: The Final Cut with me

*kicks a can*

Then next year, just in time for the film's 25th anniversary, Ridley Scott's ultimate Blade Runner: The Final Cut will hit theaters for a limited run. This will be a REAL director's cut, with restored scenes and more - all the stuff that Ridley's always wanted to do with the film but hasn't really been given the chance to do before. That will be followed later in the year by an Ultimate Blade Runner DVD release. You can expect a multi-disc box set (again, likely with a simultaneous HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc release) that will contain at least four different versions of the film... ALL in full anamorphic widescreen, we might add. You'll get the film's original U.S. theatrical cut, you'll get the expanded international theatrical cut, you'll get the 1992 Director's Cut and you'll get the new Final Cut as well...

I bought that Director's Cut remaster, it's just single disc. Looks fine but I really want to see this new cut as well.

Yes. I have no doubt it will be better and different, assuming Scott's statements about the "Director's Cut" are any indication.

I thought the original version with the Harrison Ford monologue was perfectly fine, except for the upbeat ending and the missing unicorn dream. The voiceover added to the film noir aspect of the movie, and some things in the director's cut are left kinda unclear without it.

Film apocrypha says that Ford hated doing the voice over, and so delivered it in a bored drawl, which added to the whole "maybe Decker is an android" thing, without going all "It was Donald" like they did in the Director's Cut.

I'd watch The Duellists, Alien, Thelma & Louise, Hannibal before Blade Runner.

xpost haha well then.

Whatever. I need to see it again.

I am glad no one has mentioned Gladiator because Gladiator kind of rules.

"DEATH TO SOTO."

White Squall
Matchstick Men
Kingdom of Heaven
Black Rain

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 18th, 2007.

Ned don't read my posts no more.

I've heard of you.

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 19th, 2007.

It's all lies, etc.

Time for a new sci-fi aesthetic methinks.

http://entertainmenttoons.com/5th.element/5th.element.jpg

How about the Dr. Katz + 5th Element æsthetic?

http://www.digg.be/images/movie/traffic2.jpg

http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/news/daily/scanner1280-2.jpg

or this?

This is such a weak generalization, and patently false.

Not to mention every desert wasteland film that "honored" The Road Warrior.

I dunno I guess I just feel like I see a lot more films like Ghosts of Mars or A.I. or Lost in Space or Ghost Ship or whatever getting made than Gattaca (did anyone even see that? cuz it fucking sucked)

Wide open indeed; also, c'mon folks, ANIME.

YES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCs5qE9MxA

^ This is the vibe all animated/non-animated scifi movies should cop. Final scene involving living fortress weapons, jpop, racial memory, gigantism and transforming robots!!!!!

http://www.twobar.com/sulu/gallery/film3_sfs/images/film3_sfs06.png

YOU FORGOT ABOUT STAR TREK

http://home.scarlet.be/yodawallpapers/Star_Wars_Episode_1_StarWars_003.jpg

YOU FORGOT ABOUT STAR WARS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCs5qE9MxA

^ This is the vibe all animated/non-animated scifi movies should cop. Final scene involving living fortress weapons, jpop, racial memory, gigantism and transforming robots!!!!!

-- UART variations (jo...), January 19th, 2007.

i take it ALL back

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Star Trek XI (working title) (2008)

BOLDED MOVIES FEATURE BORG

i wouldn't say that! the original Alien took the "lived-in" future look of Star Wars and ran with it.

no need to be an asshole Jon, I'm familiar with the Borg's frequency of appearance in the Star Trek universe (and yes I see what you did there by restricting yr list specifically to the movies)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krull_(film)

We were talking about film, douchebag

bye.

fwiw giger was asked to do designs for "first contact"

This is ILE! Stop confusing ILM and ILE; film and television, etc!!!

xpost -- Guys, if you paypal me a dollar, I will chase him off any thread!

http://www.screenused.com/images/bttf2/notecht/HoverGangCap1.jpg
http://ravenger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gallery/images/c64/max_headroom.gif

Also, the Borg were only in 6 TNG episodes if you want to be super-pedantic.

No way was it that low! But the point stands!

well actually maybe not...still, it was a unique look

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Stargate_film_01.png/800px-Stargate_film_01.png

This is crazy talk!

http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jndfg20/website/battle.gif

stargate was totally a lucas-spielberg chimera but it had a pretty cool look. the tv show's el cheap-o version pf it is hilarious

The original broadcast was immediately followed by John Peel, who dryly commented: "Well, it's been like an hour-long intro to a Man or Astro-man? single."

-- UART variations (jo...), January 19th, 2007.

or the Abyss even! though that does steal a bit from close encounters

Michael Bay to direct "Transformers" movie?

oh wait is that macross related stuff?

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/blade-runner-finalcut.jpg

*nerdgasm*

what's the picture? i can't see it here.

It's a still from a previously unseen replicant sex scene.

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/upcoming-movies/blade-runner-final-cut-its-the-unicorn/

ohhhh...

Judging from the cover it'll emphasize the "he's a replicant too, DO YOU SEE?!" thing even more, which seems a bit unnecessary. It's bringsa nice touch in the director's cut

...brings a nice touch in the director's cut, but it's not the essential thing in the story IMO.

At this point, I'll wait for a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD version of this collection (that's a lie, I'll totally break down and get this).

i wonder what company this is

I want a release date for this, so I can pre-order.

Though honestly, I just want the discs. I don't need a Briefcase Full of Blade Runner.

Harrison Ford states he never thought he was an replicant

Well Deckard didn't think he was a replicant either. And what better way to get your leading man to play the part of a robot who thinks he's human, than to tell him he's playing a human?

Although there are some scenes where Deckard seems to be as emotionally childlike as the replicants are...

http://www.youtube.com/v/4vOsSvkbRjA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vOsSvkbRjA

(that's the regular sized)

At this point, I'll wait for a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD version of this collection

Based on the conclusion of that trailer, Spencer, you're getting one.

(And this is of course the greatest thing since sliced bread etc.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_hYs1jBy8Y

OMG! it's the go-go dancers!

A little detail from a Vangelis collaborator:

Hi Everyone,

Just finish "BLADE RUNNER" Version 2 project with VANGELIS .....
Three months of works including restoring tape process and new mixes with the last Euphonix Serie 5 desk.

more juicy details:

http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=interviews&id=11285

nerd senses tingling, etc.

It's like when I saw the Star Wars special editions I was distracted thinking, 'oh, new shot, there's a new thing,' and was completely taken out of it. Here we wanted to integrate everything so seamlessly and elegantly that you'd never notice what was new. If you're a fan of the film you'll notice things we've changed, but if you've not seen the film, you won't notice the changes at all.

:D hope that's true!

I R buying Blu-ray of this for my PS3.

July 26, 2007 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
The Film That Started It All: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT Debuts on DVD December 18 with Exclusive New York/LA Theatrical Launch October 5

Three Spectacular Editions of Director’s Long-Awaited New Version, Restored and Remastered with 5.1 Audio, New and Deleted Scenes, Special Effects and More

All 4 Previous Cuts, Including the Ultra-Rare ‘Workprint’ Version, Available along with Hours of Extra Content Including Over 45 Minutes of Deleted Scenes & ''Dangerous Days,'' the Comprehensive New Feature-Length Doc

Ultimate Collector’s Edition, in Unique Limited 'Deckard Briefcase,' Also Available in HD DVD & Blu-Ray

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The one that started it all. Sir Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford, is one of the most important science-fiction movies of the 20th Century -- the film with immeasurable influence on society for its futuristic depiction of a post-apocalyptic, dystopian world, a film perhaps more powerful and relevant today than when it was made. The film, in fact, has appeared on more ‘Top Five’ sci-fi lists than any other film.

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, director Ridley Scott (Alien, Hannibal and a three-time Oscar® nominee, Best Director, for Gladiator, Thelma & Louise and Black Hawk Down) has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version, which Warner Home Video will unveil on DVD December 18th in the U.S. Blade Runner: The Final Cut, spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and scanned at 4K resolution, will contain never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new 5.1 Dolby® Digital audio track and more.

A showcase theatrical run is also being planned for New York and Los Angeles October 5.

Blade Runner: The Final Cut will be included in three stunning DVD editions: a Two-Disc Special Edition (at $20.97 SRP), a Four-Disc Collector’s Edition ($34.99 SRP) and the Five-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition ($78.92 SRP) in Collectible “Deckard Briefcase” packaging.

Simultaneous HD DVD and Blu-Ray versions (each $TBD) of the “Deckard Briefcase” will also be released in numbered, limited quantities. HD DVD and Blu-Ray 5-Disc Digi Packs with collectible slipcase (each $TBD) will include all of the UCE content.

Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah are among some 80 stars, filmmakers and others who participate in the extensive bonus features. Among the bonus material highlights is Dangerous Days - a brand new, three-and-a-half-hour documentary by award-winning DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika, with an extensive look into every aspect of the film: its literary genesis, its challenging production and its controversial legacy.

Additionally, two of the collections (4- & 5-Disc) will include an entire disc with hours of enhanced content containing featurettes and galleries devoted to over 45 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes recently discovered in deep storage and approved by Ridley Scott, visual effects as well as background on author Philip K. Dick, script development, abandoned sequences, conceptual design, overall impact of the film and how it lead to the birth of cyberpunk. Trailers, TV spots and promotional featurettes will also be included.

Oh man oh man oh man I hope they show this in Boise, where I'll be this xmas. Plz plz plz must see in theater.

they've fucked about w the unicorn.

I don't care, JUST GIVE ME RELEASE DETAILS

Speaking of which, *finally* -- in LA, Landmark Theatre:

http://landmarktheatres.com/Market/LosAngeles/LosAngeles_Frameset.htm

Supposed to run for a month.

LA Times interview with Scott.

Separate interview in Wired.

Interview magazine.

It's a sign.

so stoked.

Classic or Dud: people who write Blade Runner as 'Bladerunner'?

Dear New Yorkers. This is opening friday night at the Ziegfield. The Ziegfield is the largest movie theater in NYC. I saw 2001 there. In 2001. It's big.

DavidM: big Dud.

The phrase is obviously a job title. No one writes "Officeassistant."

*oops, meant that writing "Bladerunner" was a dud, not that you, DavidM, were a dud.

Holy moly: you should all go see this on the big screen if you can! I went opening night in nyc and It was Very Intense.
Midtown at midnight is just like Los Angeles Sector 2019 but not as clean.
As seltzer said above, the theater is big -tremendous, even.

seems like not much difference since the '92 "Director's Cut"...? I mean come on I don't care about stray effects wires and shit like that.

the 92 cut I think was based on the US theatrical version, which had less violence than the the euro one, so beyond stray wires, this one adds the violence and a few more atmosphere scenes, like street scenes and marketplace scenes. I wouldn't go see it to see unseen footage, it's more about just how well remastered it is and on a screen like the Ziegfeld, I saw so many details I'd never noticed in the several hundred times I'd scene it on a TV.

I had never seen the film before, but really appreciate PKD and 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.' The film is like an entirely separate thing from the book in my mind--although both engage the same question of how to know what is real versus what it artificial and whether that distinction even matters at all. The fact that the film itself has gone through so many versions and various alterations over such a long time period also engages this question on yet another level, yet again.

The big screen and the sound system at the Ziegfeld are really what made it even more worthwhile, so if you're anywhere that it's playing on the big screen then I wholeheartedly recommend going to see it.

seeing this at the ziegfeld would be awesome. i'd do it.

I saw it last night at the Landmark. Even if you've seen it a bunch of times (I've seen it at least a dozen or so times since opening night in 1982) you owe it to yourself to hear the cleaned up audio which is just phenomenal.

Off to see it Sunday afternoon, looking forward to it.

dan, wasn't 2001's 2001 run at the now-defunct Loews Astor Plaza? (I saw it there, and at the Ziegfeld in '74.)

So are there any actual changes to the plot besides extra violence and atmosphere scenes?

there's a long lost re-inserted scene where Deckard eats a bag of microchips and cuts his mouth and he bleeds oil, very subtly indicating that he might be a replicant

I definitely saw 2001 at the Ziegfeld. I think maybe it was playing in a few theaters then though.

What was the extra violence? When he offs Pris?

Tuomas, LB is lying. Deckard actually listens to some local death metal band and accidently smashes his head against the wall. He splits open his head and proclaims:"As long as the bebe doesn't seem my metal penis, all is fine!"

For some odd reason, on my desk I have my ticket to see 2001 at the Astor Plaza, 7:00pm Wed 12/19/01 Adult $10.00 Auditorium 1.

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You know, you're all right. I just got it in my head that the Ziegfeld was the only huge theater and therefore that's where I saw 2001, but I also remember walking in to see Blade Runner and thinking "this theater is a little smaller than I remember" and now that I've googled Astor Plaza and realize it was off of Time Square, I distinctly remember seeing 2001 at a theater off of Times Square. So there you are.

Me, get bent, Jeff Treppel, others = viewing today. So good.

me = envious that I do not live in a real movie city.

Some random thoughts.

so this was basically the best moviegoing experience of my life

better pacing than the dircut

also seeing this on the big screen is really incredibly transporting. only problem I had was that this was the first time I watched it and actually thought "jesus why's it raining like fucking rashomon the whole time"

i'm going to see this on thursday, it's playing in the atlanta area, so psyched!

Oh wow, I was thinking about going to Atlanta this week -- extra incentive.

I might go again if some other bro wants to hang

aw, apparently this played in Dallas before Halloween. Guess I'll have to wait for the HD release.

read that as "I will definitely be trying to find an excuse to go see this at least one more time in the coming week"

i'm going to see this on thursday, it's playing in the atlanta area, so psyched!

-- latebloomer, Sunday, November 4, 2007 4:18 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

fuck yeah dude my blade runner nerd friend insisted it wasnt getting an ATL release but yeah its playing in kennesaw

I've seen both the original version and the director's cut on the big screen at the local film archive, I wonder if it's worth it seeing the movie yet again, if there isn't really anything new. Though it's rather unlikely anyone here will even release it in cinemas, so I guess I don't have to worry about it. Maybe the film archive will show it some day.

Why don't you go have some casual sex and never get a real job instead

I kind of want to start a series of threads in the fanciful style of the lyrics to "big rock candy mountain" so Tuomas can show up and be like "we had a couple of these at my secondary school"

Tombot, what exactly is your problem with me? You've been posting these snarky responses to me for a while now. Have I done something to offend you?

Btw, besides my studies I work 20 hours a week at a public housing company providing flats for people with low income, is that real enough for you?

Its playing here in Chicago right now, going to see it Tuesday. So excited.

Looks like Kennesaw for me tomorrow, yay.

you might see me there

i'm gonna be there tomorrow as well. not sure which time though, depends on when my friend sean decides to leave.

no UK big screen shows. :(

seeing this on the big screen is really incredibly transporting.

cf 2001

actually it's raining like The Big Sleep.

maybe it's the grey weather and threats of severe precipitation today affecting me but man i am dying to see this on the big screen

i see no mtl dates :/ maybe it'll still be playing in vancouver at christmastime though
haha wahtever i totally want to go to ny

man, i'd never seen this before and saw it on Saturday with The Tombot. I don't think I EVER want to see it on a small screen. such an awesome weird strange world--the plot was almost non essential but yeah so kick ass on the big screen.

I'm sure I read somewhere Ridley Scott saying that it was raining like rashomon all the time because they needed it to hide the cables and wiring being used for all the scenery and spaceships.

no UK big screen shows. :(

-- pisces, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:03 (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

This makes me almost as ashamed of Britain as every meta thread.

it is really one of the best movies in the world ever

first time i saw the director's cut was on a big screen. this was over 10 yrs ago and i remember it all v clearly even though i was like 19 and it was a midnight movie and yknow westcoast

lol u nearly 30

robyn they MAY open it here. stay tuned.

ahaha lol i have been tehre already

xpost
make it happen movie dude

i am so fucking pissed. i'm most likely not going tomorrow now.

Go tonight!

Que maybe I'll get the final cut on DVD and we can make I DIED show it on his PROJEKTORR

i've made arrangements to see this next week. at 4:20 pm.

Cool, I thought it was done after tomorrow night, but I see it's staying at least another week. I might hold off and see it Friday then.

yeah, all next week there's one showing per day at 4:20. i think they know what audience they're targeting lol.

It's a pretty good film for one that's hyperbolically obsessed over by aspies.

Que maybe I'll get the final cut on DVD and we can make I DIED show it on his PROJEKTORR

YES

Saw it yesterday afternoon. SO GOOD.

Also discovered a liquor store the size of a Wal-Mart in Kennesaw.

That's what I call a good day out.

Saw this tonight. Heavy on the noir.

my friend canceled again on me this week. i truly want to kill now.

really. i'm feeling the urge to murder.

go alone, dude

I CAN'T DUDE WAS MY RIDE

i don't have many other friends who would willing to drive 2 hours to see a 25 year old movie

try craigslist

ask Olmos, he's good for a lift

http://www.nndb.com/people/782/000024710/ejo.jpg

at least i'll be getting the dvd

still, my heart hurts

opening in mtl nov 30!!!!

as much as i like BR i can't be bothered to trek to brixton :(

Even though the newest changes are so subtle, it's always worth it to see this 40-feet-wide. The scenes inside Deckard's dim apartment are so grainy! (I don't have a problem with that, btw.)

not brixton, montreal

typical canadian, thinks they're the centre of the world

i can't believe they changed the "he say you BRADE runner" thing to "he say you BLADE RUNNER"

HAN SHOOTS FIRST

i can't believe they changed the "he say you BRADE runner" thing to "he say you BLADE RUNNER"

-- s1ocki, Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

that's been there since the '92 version at least!

Fucker? Father!

didn't take you for a Peaches fan, Ned!

Out.

opening in mtl nov 30!!!!

this is actually true! i am exciteddddddd

You have booked a seat at every screening, I know it.

i'm no blade runner groupie nor tech head, but the prospect of seeing this on HD-DVD makes my jorts coug

it's even better in the theatre!

Damn it, the weather is turning to shit so I have no impulse to drive to minneapolis to see it this weekend. Maybe next weekend it'll still be there?

Okay, this was awesome. So glad I saw it on a big screen instead of TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCeH-WnJYM - this was really the theatrical ending???!?!

might blow off an afternoon of work next week and catch this; actually, I'm quite positive I will do that

it's crazy how much more obvious it is in this version that deckard is really a unicorn.

I'm sorry, a FIVE-DISC box for this? That is, as you kidz say, ass.

not if someone else is paying

i agree with morbius here.

If two is good enough for Rules of the Game and The Leopard...

what really jumped out at me watching this again is the sort of rough quasi-rape that harrison inflicts on sean young -- wtf with that?? no doubt this has been hashed over many times so maybe just a synposis of the main schools of theory and counter-theory would be in order

morbs there is a 2-disc version

that does not lessen the idiocy of anyone needing the 5-disc.

there are too many other things to get pissed off about for me to start getting angry about people buying the 5-disc box set of blade runner

^^^

name 5!

what really jumped out at me watching this again is the sort of rough quasi-rape that harrison inflicts on sean young -- wtf with that??

He's an android, tender emotions are a bit confusing to him. She's an android, she likes it rough her state-of-the-art resilient frame can take all manner of shocks.

if ppl want to buy it fine, but i never really understood who would actually watch 5 slightly different versions of the same movie

SPOILER

was the idea of the bad guy saving the good guy then dying himself ripped off from anywhere else? such a cool idea.

I'm assuming at least 2 of the 5 discs are geekout "extras."

The 5-disc thing also comes with a fully functional Voight-Kampf machine!

nerd lols

Is this still showing anywhere in London? Did it close at Brixton?

Ya got two days left! 6.10pm showing!

still on

http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=ritz

meh

I'm assuming at least 2 of the 5 discs are geekout "extras."

-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:18 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

probly but there ARE 5 versions of the film in that set

wait-a-sec

1. '82 release cut
2. first re-release sans narration etc
3. 'Final Cut'

what else is there?

'WORKPRINT VERSION'
This rare version of the film is considered by some to be the most radically different of all the Blade Runner cuts. It includes an altered opening scene, no Deckard narration until the final scenes, no "unicorn" sequence, no Deckard/Rachel "happy ending," altered lines between Batty (Rutger Hauer) and his creator Tyrell (Joe Turkell), alternate music and much more.

and 1982 'INTERNATIONAL VERSION' as opposed to domestic. Also used on U.S. home video, laserdisc and cable releases up to 1992. This version is not rated, and contains some extended action scenes in contrast to the Theatrical Version.

i smell poll

i smell nerds

Works Cut, international version

See http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R2VT2ECILZ4O3B

xpost I smell poop

"I want more life, Father"

am seeing this tomorrow night after going swimming in rooftop pooool + whirlpool in total 80s spa/gym! it will be good

do mushrooms around 3pm

that wld probably make tomorrow the most epic day ever for me considering what my morning will involve

mushrooms?

intellectual/academic challenge re: last 3 yrs of my life
getting up early and prob not getting enough sleep
plus possibly some daytime cold meds b/c of stupid head cold i am fighting off

oh yes. Good luck with defence! Live strong! Ride hard!

Something interesting from the documentary that comes with both the 5-disc set and the 2-disc set: Rutger Hauer's scene with Tyrell was the first scene Hauer shot!

The dvdbeaver.com comparison with the older editions is weird. They prefer the new DVD (standard def), but there looks to be a green cast over everything...

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews24/bladerunner.htm

GREEN = SCIENCE FICTION
didn't you see the matrix??

haha, the later dvd version of that film also has added green (to match the sequels)

The commentary with screenwriters Hampton Fancher and David Peoples is one of the surprise highlights of this set. There's a bit of banter between them - freindly, but banter nontheless. Fancher is particularly dry and cutting.
He's also good value in the Dangerous Days documentary movie.

The workprint is cack.

got the 5-disc set for x-mas.

i really liked the final cut. aside from the more obvious tweaks i doubt i even noticed most of the changes. pity i didn't get to see this the theatrical release.

the documentary stuff is great, especially liked seeing the making of the f/x. it's really awe-inspiring how well they still hold up.

also enjoyed watching the deleted and alternate scenes strung together with the hilarious godawful alternate voiceover, it's like watching a weird, condensed bizarro-world version of the movie.

have not watched the workprint yet. always wanted to see it, out of curiosity.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Mods with ban sticks off the shoulder of ILE. I watched save-a-hoes glitter in the dark near the excelsior threads. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die
-- feminazi

lol

RIP sole shimmering high point of 2007

the doc was really good - what it makes you realise is that these effects will ALWAYS hold up -- none of it's CGI, and all CGI still requires a bit of suspension of disbelief -- since this is all done with actual photography, actual light bouncing off of actual objects, it works

still confused by deckerd's roughness w/fembot sean young -- after seeing the doc, this thought: actual hostility?

yeah duh

I always thought that was obvious. she's a replicant on the loose! he's built to kill her without a second thought!

that's really funny. the save-a-hoes glitter thing.

well yeah but in that moment i was just thinking "harrison u mad"

in the doc they make it pretty clear that the two couldn't stand each others' guts

haha actors hate sean young

yeah she craaaaaaazy.

i watched blade runner w/o voice over when i was like 14 and it bored me to shit. saw it w/voice over when i was 20 and laughed my ass off. should prob watch Final Cut or whatever.

Rather.

I had hoped to get the five-disc for Xmas but alas. I am torn between wanting to spring for it and settling for the rather cheaper four-disc set. But I want that Workprint, dammit.

why?? i think it's supposed to suck!

I got the two-disc. I already have the director's cut and have no need of the theatrical, or indeed any other versions, once I have the final cut.

yeah i bought it too. it's the only DVD i ever bought. i almost, in a fit of christmas consumerist frenzy, bought an HD-DVD player just so i could see it in HD but then realised i was being a douchebag.

wow talk about raising the bar, is this 5 dvd box set the bizznizz or what? very candid in the documentary aren't they?

omgz there's a dead girl in the bath!

and i wasn't quite prepared for the documentary to be like 3 and a half hours long

The new cut is terrible. I wish I had never seen it.

and i wasn't quite prepared for the documentary to be like 3 and a half hours long

-- DG, Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:16 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

haha me neither! it just kept going

good though. i don't feel so inclined to read the making of book now, i feel i already know too much :(

theoreticalgirl can you explain why?? it had probably been 10 years since i'd seen any version, and the only things different i noticed was the unicorn stuff and the lack of idyllic happy ending -- i thought it was pretty great!

yeah it's a tarted up director's cut

the obsession with that 2 second scene with strippers in hockey masks is odd though, it seems to be reapeated in every feature and on the box

If I've never seen Blade Runner at all, which version should I watch first, given the plethora that are now available?

Final Cut is great. Ignore the haters, there's no reason to go back to the others. I mean, honestly, it's not hugely different from the Director's Cut except for some improvements that are actually good, and not film-mangling, George Lucas-style.

I recently watched the Final Cut at home. Yeah, it wasn't the Ziegfield Theatre ...whateeeevs. It's GORGEOUS. The best version IMHO.

OK, looks like I'll hold out for the Final Cut (I have the Director's Cut here, but I'm not sure I'm in the mood for it tonight anyway...).

If you just want to watch it to see if you like the film, the differences between Director's Cut and Final Cut are very small. If you want to OWN IT FOREVER, go the final cut.

The happy ending is SO MUCH BETTER

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"The voice over makes everything so much clearer."

C'mon guys the end of Final Cut is like.. wha? It's like it's a TV show or something. Freeze frame! Cha changggg!

yeah retreating to a beautiful wilderness that shouldn't exist in a polluted dystopian nightmare makes so much more sense

Blade Runner is supposed to make sense????? news to me

saw the Blu Ray edition of the Final Cut last night. was actually the first Blu Ray film I'd ever seen on a huge wall-sized flatscreen TV. and now I get the reason why the Final Cut exists -- it isn't even as much about the new footage, it's entirely about the digital cleanup & mastering.

Blu Ray is incredibly disorienting, it looks nothing like film. there's a 'film light' mode that's almost preferable, where suddenly the saturation returns and the color composition begins to resemble what you remember the 70mm print actually looks like projected in a theatre. the level of resolution on Blu Ray is so sharp it nearly feels like your eyes are being razored, you can nearly read the font on the Voight-Kampff machines & the police car's navigation system -- it's incredibly disorienting, there's almost too much information. Also, despite the cleanup, it's almost more clear than ever that you're looking at models, so it's more clinical less dreamy

it was still fantastic to see the new 70mm print in theatres again and I still think that's the best way to see this, but I didn't exactly get why this edition existed until last night -- this cut is all about HDTV

I too just watched my first blue Ray film, of course it was Blade Runner also.

Actually I was fairly impressed with the sharp quality, the actual differences in the storyline/scenes was fairly subtle and almost missed me. I only noticed the extended talk between Roy and Tyrell.

The backdrops were just eyeball poppingly gorgeous, so much detail to be seen, but I can see what Milton is saying though - the colouring is a bit too vibrant and takes the original atmostphere away somewhat.

what a fantastic fuckin movie

harrison ford is really great in this, perfect smirking wiseass

He does have a lot of quietly great lines.

"...that's no way to treat a friend."

"Consider this a divorce!"

he looks kind of like stiffler

"Stick around!"

"Don't disturb my friend... he's DEAD tired."

I wonder if the TV Milton was watching was properly calibrated or if it was in "sports" mode or something - most sets have the contrast up way too high.

"Remember when I said I was going to kill you last? I lied."

so much choice dialogue in this flick.

<3 <3 <3

yeah watching it last night every line was a quote

too bad she wont live... but then again who does

"I'm the party pooper."

you nexus, huh? i design your eyes

there are very few speaking parts in this flick! it could have been a small play

"Have a better one."

it still could be a small play, max.

omg waiting for guffman + community theater production of blade runner

that reminds me of the idea i had to write a very brief history of the principality of sealand and then have it performed by my friend kat's 1st graders

^^^ if anyone cribs that i will fly a jet into your house

i would watch blade runner performed by six-year-olds

x-post -- Donnie Doofo

i would watch blade runner performed by six-year-olds

-- max, Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:06 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

absolutely.

you can make movies at yr school, right?

i'll get the kids

...somehow

when i have kids i'm going to start subtly suggesting from a v young age, like in the womb, that they put on bladerunner as a backyard/livingroom/park play with their friends every year

by the time they hit 10 yrs old they can take it on the road

oh man i would love to do blade runner

my friends and i still talk about putting on crimes and misdemeanours as a play

was Exorcist ever done as a play? because it should have been.

"too bad she wont live... but then again who does"

i think deckerd says something similar in the original v.o. version, at the very end, as they're speeding off into the mountains - i really missed that in the updated version, i thought it tied it up nicely, restated the theme, and connected deckerd with olmos in a nice way

yeah, and made the movie pretty stupid

the original line really should have been "too bad she wont live... but then again who does LOL"

^^^ if anyone cribs that i will fly a jet into your house

-- gbx

too soon

i loled

but then again who does ;-)

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