Blade Runner: Final Cut

[Angel Tarragon]

I hope my HD copy ships from Amazon soon.

 

[Felon]

Rutger Hauer as Roy 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."

I believe the line referenced was Roy telling Chew the eyeball designer "If you'd seen what I've seen with your eyes..."

So, this crept up on me. What's the big whoop? Just that it's HD?

 

[Angel Tarragon]

So, this crept up on me. What's the big whoop? Just that it's HD?

Its the uncut extended version.

 

[Darkwolf71]

I believe the line referenced was Roy telling Chew the eyeball designer "If you'd seen what I've seen with your eyes..."

So, this crept up on me. What's the big whoop? Just that it's HD?

Ah, forgot that line. (it's been awhile since I watched it.)

Its the uncut extended version.

Well, it's quite a bit more than that.

Yes, the 'final cut' is an extended version, but the other discs contain the '82 theatrical version (Impossible to find since the late 80's or so.), the international version, the '92 directors cut, and rarest of rare, on the 5th disc the 'Workprint' which was only seen by test audiences.

It also includes interviews with the entire cast, including Harrison Ford, who had a falling out with Ridley Scott about the film and hasn't been involved with any of the Blade Runner versions in any way until now.

 

[Arnwyn]

Wow, nice store you have.

You may be better served to wait a day or two. I'm sure it will ship fast. I mean Best Buy had the BluRay 5 disc Collector's edition, so it's not a production issue. They also had both the DVD UCE and the HD-DVD UCE. So it's not an issue with the 'extras'. I think the BluRay UCE truck got hi-jacked leaving the factory!

Well, I think I got lucky - my store did have the Blu-Ray Ultimate editon, for the Amazon price, in stock yesterday so I did nab it on the way home from the office.

Pretty. Darn. Awesome. Loads of stuff inside the "Voight-Kampff" case (complete with the VK logo) - the spinner car was especially cool, and the production artwork was nifty as well. Mine is #1245 out 2500 Blu-Ray cases.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Well, I think I got lucky - my store did have the Blu-Ray Ultimate editon, for the Amazon price, in stock yesterday so I did nab it on the way home from the office.

Pretty. Darn. Awesome. Loads of stuff inside the "Voight-Kampff" case (complete with the VK logo) - the spinner car was especially cool, and the production artwork was nifty as well. Mine is #1245 out 2500 Blu-Ray cases.

I. Hate. You.



Mine hasn't shipped yet, but Amazon says 'should arrive berore Dec 24'.

Merry Christmas to me!

 

[SilentJay]

Yes, the 'final cut' is an extended version....

It's not extended, as it runs at the same 117 minutes as the other versions, but it is tweaked. A bit has been cut out, but not that you'd notice as it was cut from bits where there had once been VO, and a bit has been added. There's some incredibly subtle CG, and you can no longer see the wires holding the Spinners. The new audio mix is fantastic.

.... but the other discs contain the '82 theatrical version (Impossible to find since the late 80's or so.), the international version, the '92 directors cut, and rarest of rare, on the 5th disc the 'Workprint' which was only seen by test audiences.

Actually, the 82 theatrical version has never been available on home video. The only home video version, until the 'directors cut', was the international version. The workprint was shown in a handful of theatres in 1991, purely by accident, and it prompted WB to do the so-called directors cut.

 

[mattcolville]

Ah, forgot that line. (it's been awhile since I watched it.)

Well, it's quite a bit more than that.

Yes, the 'final cut' is an extended version, but the other discs contain the '82 theatrical version (Impossible to find since the late 80's or so.), the international version, the '92 directors cut, and rarest of rare, on the 5th disc the 'Workprint' which was only seen by test audiences.

I saw the Workprint at the Nuart here in L.A. in, I think, 1990? '92?

It was hailed at the time as the "Director's Cut" and, indeed, was the first time the phrase had been used.

It was pretty amazing to see, but it obviously wasn't any kind of final cut. Watching it at the Nuart did feel like being part of movie history. It's a very small, dingy, art-house theater, packed with fans and reviewers.

At the time "Director's Cut" meant; "the director's original version before the studio ed with it." Scott objected to people calling the Workprint the Director's Cut, and as a reaction released the actual director's cut. The version shown to test audiences before Scott and the Producers agreed that a voiceover and happy ending was necessary.

Now, of course, "director's cut" has become a marketing term and way for studios to get more money out of us. So Scott releases the "Final Cut," which is in essence his director's cut using the new parlance of "if I could do it now, this is how I'd do it."

Also, Rutger Hauer didn't write the entire Tears in Rain speech, he just came up with the line "All those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain."

It's interesting to see Hauer delivering the dialog from that speech that got cut.

 

[replicant2]

I just posted about Blade Runner: The Final Cut on my blog. What has struck me most is the massive about-face from the critics from 1982 to now. Most everyone appreciates and loves this film now, but that certainly wasn't always the case.

 

[DonTadow]

I just posted about Blade Runner: The Final Cut on my blog. What has struck me most is the massive about-face from the critics from 1982 to now. Most everyone appreciates and loves this film now, but that certainly wasn't always the case.

Good blog, makes me wonder will Serenity be the next Blade Runner.