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Jul 17, 2012 - 12:39 PM
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johnjohnson
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In the fall, Warner Home Entertainment is expected to bring the 30th Anniversary Edition of Blade Runner to Blu-ray. Director Ridley Scott's iconic reimagining of the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep stars Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures) as Rick Deckard, a disenchanted Blade Runner who hunts replicants - genetically engineered organic robots - in Los Angeles, circa 2019.
Warner's four-disc Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Digital Copy combo pack offers five versions of the picture: the rare workprint version, the 1982 domestic and international theatrical cuts, the 1993 director's cut, and the 2007 Final Cut, which contains additional revisions not present in any of the previous versions. Further technical specifications are unknown, though the Blu-ray does contain a number of bonus supplements, such as:
All ten-plus hours of the existing extra content from the Ultimate Collector's Edition
Photo gallery with 1,000+ new images
Feature-length Dangerous Days documentary
Over six behind-the-scenes featurettes
The discs come packaged in a collectible seventy-two-page digibook with "never-before-seen Ridley [Scott] sketches, poster art, and photos from the set" alongside a concept spinner car and action Lenticular hologram.
The 30th Anniversary Edition of Blade Runner streets on October 23rd.
Update: Warner Bros. is also releasing a three-disc Blu-ray Book edition on the same date. This version offers the five cuts of the film and all digital supplements from the 30th Anniversary set; however, the Blu-ray Book is only thirty-six pages long - as opposed to seventy-two pages - and loses the DVD and UV copies as well as the spinner replica and Lenticular hologram.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8820
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I'm curious how the bonus features stack up compared to the 5-disc release from a few years ago, which I do own. They both seem to have all the same cuts of the film itself, so I don't really care enough to find out. The only really new thing that pops out is the Ultraviolet, which I couldn't care less about (Canada's version will probably just get at normal digital copy, anyway, since I don't think Ultraviolet is even around up here). If I want a digital copy, I'll rip it myself and make one that's DRM free and doesn't require some ridiculous cloud license.
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I may get the 3 Disc set to replace the 5 Disc set I own which I felt was flawed as it contained 3 BLURAYS and 2 DVDs.
If all the bonus material from the DVDs is now on Bluray and in 720p or 1080p, it is well worth an upgrade for me.
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Jul 18, 2012 - 4:34 AM
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Joe E.
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I may get the 3 Disc set to replace the 5 Disc set I own which I felt was flawed as it contained 3 BLURAYS and 2 DVDs.
If all the bonus material from the DVDs is now on Bluray and in 720p or 1080p, it is well worth an upgrade for me.
Same here. Actually, since I don't yet have any version of the movie that includes the 2007 "final cut" (I adore the movie, but I simply can't afford to keep up with everything; I also don't yet have a BD player, though it's been high on my list of priorities for years), any edition is welcome. As long as this one has all the extras from the '07 "Ultimate" edition, I'll be glad to get it; if it has still more additional material and / or previously SD material now presented in HD, it's more desirable to me than the earlier set. That said, I do wish I hadn't missed out on the physical extras and packaging for the UE, and I also agree I'd rather have seen the John Alvin or Drew Struzan art used on the cover here (though the unicorn image is at least nice conceptually, and a fresh approach to visually representing a movie that's had a lot of visual representations already).
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A side question is what was the meaning behind the Edward James Olmos' character and leaving the little figurines, especially the one at the ending? Was he saying she died (Sean Young) in order to let him leave with her outside the zone without repercussion?
I always thought he was teasing Deckard because Deckard didn't know that he was a replicant, too.
"You've done a man's work. . ."
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I'm way behind the times, so my question is does the video transfer to Blu-ray do justice? I have the Final Cut but am wondering if there's enough an improvement to justify the purchase.
A side question is what was the meaning behind the Edward James Olmos' character and leaving the little figurines, especially the one at the ending? Was he saying she died (Sean Young) in order to let him leave with her outside the zone without repercussion?
Because Deckard's implanted dreams (because he obviously is a replicant), involve a unicorn, and Edward James Olmos' character knows he's a replicant, he leaves behind the unicorn origama.
I think 
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Hmmm.
Same two answers below mine. I must be on their ignore lists. 
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