Blade Runner: The Final Cut (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)

The Film: In my opinion, one of the greatest science-fiction films ever made. It was released in 1982 and to this day nothing comes close; visually, aurally, and maybe even emotionally. The cast and crew put their blood, sweat, and tears into this and it shows in every frame. In spite of all this, you'll either love it or hate it, but give it at least two viewings before you decide, there are a lot of subtleties to pick up on. This is not an action film, it's a noir and also a bit on the artsy side (and it pains me to use this word, I don't consider myself to be an artsy person). The first time I watched it my thoughts were along the line of "...Okay?", I went back to it a year later and it all just suddenly clicked. I now place it among my top favorite films and I've seen it at least six times in the few years since. Everything about it is just flawless, the writing, the acting, the sets and lighting, the music etc. all come together to create a stunning whole (I could praise the sets and music until I'm blue in the face, amazing). When you watch it, be sure and do it right; watch it late at night, lights out, without any distractions (in fact, this is one of the few movies that I prefer to watch alone), it's the only way to do it. This is not a daytime, friends over and chatting movie, you'll ruin it for yourself. Again, give it at least two tries before you make up your mind on it. Many, many people dislike it at first glance (probably in part because it's so different from the mainstream and what we are accustomed to) but it often grows on them upon subsequent viewings. The Final Cut Edition: Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. I don't have a Blu-Ray player or the latest greatest television, but even on DVD on my 32" 720p LCD it looks fantastic. Beautifully remastered picture and sound, and the scene extensions, while all short, are a welcome addition. They also did a really great job digitally adding Zhora's real face back in, to where it no longer looks like a stuntwoman with an afro-wig. It truly is seamless now. Fear not however, this is not a George Lucas style re-release and it is not wildly altered, it is absolutely the original Blade Runner film that everyone knows and loves, only it has now been brought to perfection. The big issue that will divide some viewers is the voice-over narration, or rather, the lack thereof. Personally, I prefer it without the narration (I just thought it sounded really cheesy and poorly done and detracted from the greatness of the film), the lack of narration only makes me enjoy the Final Cut even more, but I know that some people prefer it with the narration and if you really have to have it then look elsewhere, it is entirely absent here. The cheesy tacked-on ending (the one that included landscape footage from the shooting of "The Shining") was also axed and now we get a good one that better fits the nature of the film (again, my opinion). There is also a few hours worth of documentary on the second disc that I enjoyed. All-in-all, a must-own. Yes, it's true, you might not like it, but you owe it to yourself to give it a chance (two chances). It may just end up becoming a favorite and drawing you deep into its beautifully bleak world as it did with me. Highly, highly recommended, this is a masterpiece in every sense.

BLADE RUNNER, 1982. Director Ridley Scott went back into post production to create this long-awaited definitive new version, Blade Runner: The Final Cut to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this iconic sci-fi masterpiece. It is spectacularly restored, remastered from original elements. Contains never-before-seen added/extended scenes; added lines; new/improved special effects—although, still, no computer generated effects; director/filmmaker commentary, an all-new digital audio track and more. And even some welcome cuts. So calling this treatment of Blade Runner ‘long awaited’ is actually a resounding understatement. It’s been well worth the wait. Director Ridley Scott has now created the definitive version of an iconic, visually stunning, highly intelligent film. By far its best version. Even backed with a staggering extra features package that varies depending on for whatever version of the release you opt). But the highlight nonetheless remains the stunning film itself, which remains a testament to creative people whose thinking was well in advance of their contemporaries. The core of Blade Runner, of course, remains the same. It opens in the then futuristic year of 2019, Los Angeles, California. Which has become a dark depressing metropolis, filled with urban decay, greatly Asianized, where, despite its being by geology a desert city, it seemingly always rains. The film presents an amazing cityscape proven to be well ahead of its time, with resounding visuals that defied 1982’s supposed limited special effects. The handsome young Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, ex-cop, "Blade Runner," one of the persons assigned to assassinate "replicants.” Androids that look like real human beings, have been given great artificial intelligence, greatly resemble their human models, but have been created with life spans limited to four years. Four replicants, anxious to have their life spans extended, stage a bloody mutiny on an Off World colony, steal a spaceship, return to Earth to find their creators, call them to rights. Deckard is called out of retirement to track them down. As he does, eliminating them one by one, he comes across another replicant, Rachel, who evokes in him human emotion, despite her replicanthood. As Deckard closes in on the leader of the replicant group, he begins to question his own identity in this future world, wonders what's human and what's not. The picture was based upon a story by Philip Dick, written by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples, directed, of course, by the great Ridley Scott. It boasts a beautiful, emotionally evocative score by Vangelis. Leading actor Ford, then at the beginning of his long, still-prospering career, so young he sometimes doesn’t look like the actor we know, carries the picture manfully. He is backed by an all-star cast, including Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty, leader of the insurrection; Edward James Olmos as Gaff, Deckard’s odd-ball coworker; M. Emmet Walsh as their boss Bryant; Darryl Hannah as Pris, replicant built to please; Joanna Cassidy as Zhora. replicant built to fight. William Sanderson as JF Sebastian, one of the replicants’ designers; James Hong as Hannibal Chew, another unfortunate replicant designer. Each actor plays his/her part with an intensity rarely seen on screen; Hauer makes his great deathbed speech truly memorable. Here’s the time for me to mention an inconvenient truth: I loved this film back in 1982, love it still, and bought this DVD to replace a VHS tape I finally had to give away. Like the improvements, but loved the original even so. And I am well aware that those Hollywood idiots, not content with greatness, are currently remaking the film in Prague. Now Prague is a great, beautiful historic city, I’ve been there and I know, but it ain’t LA. LA serves as another character in the movie. It is irreplaceable, its history such as it is, its historic buildings, such as the Bradbury Building, which is heavily used in the film. And I know that compared to Prague’s buildings, the Bradbury is a baby. But that’s not the point. And how can you replace young Harrison Ford – surely not with the still scantily bearded Ryan Gosling. Nor can you replace the remarkable Dutch actor Rutger Hauer. Or Edward James Olmos, Emmet Walsh, James Hong, William Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Darryl Hannah. Sorry, I may yet be forced to eat my words, but I don’t know why Hollywood insists on trying to remake films successful, at least in part, for outstanding performances. We shall see. Meanwhile, I have loved this film since 1982.

This set is really a must for any fan of Ridley Scott's iconic dystopian future movie, Blade Runner. The movie made in 1982 and set in 2019 involves a group of fugitive androids called Replicants, which have escaped from a space colony where they are forced to work. A cop named Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) is tasked with hunting down and "retiring" the fugitive replicants. The rest of the main cast includes Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, and Joanna Cassidy. Chances are most people reading this know what the movie is about and whether they like it or not. For those who do not, if you are familiar with Ridley Scott's other sci-fi movies, it very much has a similar feel, with a very dark and moody tone, but does not try to copy a movie like Alien or some of his other works. It can be a bit slow in pacing in parts of the movie, but even the final director's cut comes in under two hours, so it is not overly long. The set includes all the prior editions of the movie (on disc 3), including the 1982 theatrical edition, the 1982 international theatrical edition, and the 1992 director's cut. Each cut of the film has a similar run time, just under two hours, and the 1982 editions are nearly identical. The 1992 cut does make substantial changes to the movie, some of which are carried over into the new final cut which is on the first disc. Really, where the set shines, is the bonus features. On the first disc, there are three separate commentary tracks on the final cut of the film, one by Ridley Scott one by the executive producer and some of the writers, and the third by the production designers and effects supervisors. Each of the commentary tracks provides great insight into the making of the movie. The second disc includes a three-and-a-half-hour-long making-of documentary that combines new and archival footage and includes a ton of interviews with cast and crew members. There are also some trailers and promos for other movies on the second disc. The third disc, as I mentioned, has all of the prior versions of the movie, and disc four includes a ton of featurettes including a comparison of the movie to the novel, features on the graphic design, the costumes, deleted and alternate scenes, and a lot more (including original promotional material from 1982). On the fifth disc, there is a workprint version of the movie that was the pre-release/test screening version of the film. It has an introduction by Ridley Scott and a commentary track by a film historian. Then there is a half-hour-long feature called All Our Variant Futures that details the processes to create the final cut of the movie. Overall, the movie is a classic sci-fi film. It is one that does not have as wide a fan base as say Star Wars, or even the Aliens franchise, but even being more in the cult-classic category, it still holds up well after forty years. This release has every possible cut of the movie, so if you prefer the theatrical release above all others you can watch that one exclusively, or you can watch them all compare the versions. It will definitely take days to watch every version of the movie (which you may get sick of after a while) and all the bonus features, but if you are a fan of the movie, this set has everything you could possibly want, especially if you love watching bonus material.

Blade Runner is my favorite movie of all time. I’ve seen it over 100 times and it never grows old. My heart breaks when Rachel, sitting at the piano, says “I didn’t know if I could play.” The movie sucks you in. You feel you’re really there in a future that never was and never will be. It is set in the year 2019. I tend to think of as being set in an alternate universe even though it isn’t.

Blade Runner is my second favorite movie, and there's always been a certain amount of dissatisfaction among Blade Runner fans regarding details that should or should not have found their way into the original release of the film. Owners of this 5-disk collector's edition have no reason to complain, as EVERY VERSION OF THE FILM THAT HAS EVER EXISTED (barring any that were edited for television) is included here in the packege. Personally, I debated whether or not to shell out the dough for this edition for a little while, and I think that the deal-maker for me was the inclusion of the work-print in this release. I'm satisfied, more satisfied than I feel I would've been with just the 2-disc edition, but I also feel like I'd have been just as happy buying one fewer disc, and a lot fewer plastic doo-dads. Disc one is Ridley Scott's Final Cut, currently the definative version of this film and hopefully the last "improved" version that will ever be released. The content is just about the same as that of the 1992 director's cut, with a scene here and there from the workprint spliced in, and some special effects wizardry to correct gripes such as a stunt-double's wig not looking proper, or Harrison Ford's lips not matching the audio track. There are three commentaries, and although I've only listened to two of them so far, I'd say that they're worthwhile (although it's tough to tell if Hampton Fancher and David Peoples were really just about fed up with each other during the recording of their commentary, or were just putting on a show for the microphone.) Disc two is a making-of documentry. If you've ever read Paul M. Sammon's "Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner," know that this disc contains most of the information that was included in that book, plus a whole lot more. Most of the original cast is interviewed here (Ford included, although Will Sanderson is strangely absent, and a disclaimer at the end of the credits claims that absent cast members politely declined to be interviewed...,) both screenwriters give their input, and even PKD gets a little screen time with recordings made around the time of the filming. In my mind, discs one and two absolutely make this edition. (It should also be noted that discs one and two ARE the two-disc edition.) Disc three is just an "archive" of the previous three versions of the film; the theatrical release, the home video cut, and the 1992 director's cut. To me, there is so little difference between these three versions that this disc was probably just a waste of my money. It's expendable Disc four contains more featurettes, and it's as appriciated as disc two was. There's some repetition of information, but they go a lot more in-depth with the specific aspects of the filming - wardrobe, effects, and so on. If you're an info junkie like me, you'll like discs two and four equally. Disc five is the workprint. I wanted a copy, and now I've got a copy, but it's not so much different from the film that a casual fan needs to see it. Its lukewarm. The rest of the space inside of the plastic briefcase that these DVDs come in is taken up with packing foam, artwork, and toys, for lack of a better word. We're graced with a plastic model spinner, a plastic origami unicorn (which isn't even that good of a ringer for the one that Gaff leaves in the film, if you compare the two), and a plastic block with an animated second or two of footage from the movie - one of those graphics that appears to move if you rock it back and forth. As an adult, I really didn't feel that I needed to pay for any of this, and all it did was jack up the purchase price unneccesarily. I wish that I could sell them all back to Warner Home Video, but I can't. The briefcase itself, also plastic, is really just as much a toy, and a cumbersome one to store. The only reason they needed this large of a packege in the first place was to include all of the playthings, and as I've already said, I could have done without those. The five discs are stored in a folding cardboard-and-plastic slipcase, decorated with conceptual artwork and photos or scenes from the production. I wish that they had kept it one disc to a divider side, rather than overlapping the discs one on top of another, two to a side. I'm always worried that I'll scratch a disc when I have to pry it off from on top of another just to get it out of the liner. So, all in all, I'm satisfied, but they could have cut out one of five discs and all of the extra toys, and made me just as happy.

This five disc version is a nearly exhaustive treatment of this seminal work in movie history, one of my favorite movies, and one of those great movies that forever remind of the time that I first saw it. Roy Batty was my favorite character in this movie. Harrison Ford and Sean Young really did not have much chemistry in this movie, and Daryl Hannah was completely uglified by her fright wig and makeup. Rutger Hauer, IMHO, carried this movie, and I have yet to see either Hauer or any other character or actor display in any other movie such a wide and complex array of charm, love, anger, malice, menace, machismo, sadness, sensitivity, and poetry as Roy Batty. The various featurettes and commentaries make clear just how much Rutger Hauer's ideas contributed to the creation of this character. I got this five disc version mainly to get the work print, which is the only thing different, DVD-wise, from the four disc version. Oh, and you get the serially numbered "Collector's Edition" plastic briefcase, some prints of conceptual art for the film, a clear plastic display with four pseudo holographic photos of Decker - stuck together with magnets, a plastic unicorn, and a plastic model of a spinner car. The best part of the work print DVD is the featurette about the restoration team that put together the Final Cut version, and their description of the various digital changes in the Final Cut. There is also a richly detailed commentary track by author Paul Sammon explaining all the differences between the work print version and the other versions. The work print version of the movie itself was disappointing. The introduction by Ridley Scott admits to its rough edges, and the fact that it was based on the only remaining print left that they could find - it had deteriorated and needed to be restored. The movie shakes slightly in the projector throughout the DVD. The soundtrack does not have all of Vangelis's tracks, and the sound quality is horrible, despite the restoration. The work print movie has a number of small snippets of additional footage and tiny bits of additional monologue, some of which re-appear in the Final Cut, but from a film standpoint, the main difference from any of the other versions is Roy Batty's death scene which is totally different. There is a wide angle shot of Batty sitting down as he dies on the rooftop and the spinner car rises up behind him, and Harrison Ford does a totally different, long, and pedantic voice-over (this was the voice-over part that Ridley Scott had agreed to do). Vangelis's poignant soundtrack is filled in by some "temp" music (Ridley Scott's words) which sounds like dental office music. It's an unrefined and impotent version of what would later become the most powerful scene and signature moment of this movie. As for the rest of this DVD collection, the extensive featurettes on the history of this movie are fascinating. Hearing the original participants talk about it does clear up some myths. For one thing, there was an even longer version of this movie which has never been seen by more than a select few people - the very first cut was 4 hours long! Many of the outtakes from this longer version are in Disc 4, including a brief nude scene from Sean Young. These outtakes are cleverly strung together in what amounts to an alternate universe version of Blade Runner - the Blade Runner movie left on the cutting room floor. But there are only hints of still other missing scenes - for example, a brief flash of a longer love scene in bed appears in one of the "Making of" featurettes. After all the controversy about the voiceover, it turns out that the voiceover had originally been written into the script by Hampton Fancher. The first versions of the voiceover were done willingly by both Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott after test screenings of the work print on the public showed that many viewers were completely confused by the movie. It was only in the final version of the voiceover that Ridley Scott was removed from the film and Harrison Ford was forced to do it in his absence. Similarly, the "happy ending" was filmed willingly by Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford because of negative audience reactions elicited during the initial test screenings. I had seen the Final Cut at the Laemmle theater in Los Angeles, and was surprised to find, after all these years, and all the controversy over the lack of a voiceover, that I did not miss the voice-over except perhaps at the scene of Roy Batty's death. The Final Cut contains a few small snippets of extra scenes that can be found in the work print as well as some digitally replaced improvements that are fairly subtle and well done. The DVD version is crisp but quite dark, although you can adjust for that with your screen or DVD playing software. As for the two different endings, the two interpretations of whether Decker is a replicant or a human, well, I like both versions equally. And so this great 5-disc set makes clear that there really is no definitive version of Blade Runner. There is instead only the Blade Runner Multiverse.

This film has captivated me since I first watched it on VHS years ago. Since then I went to the theaters and saw it on the big screen when the director's cut was released. Ridley Scott is truly an amazing director in every sense. This film plays with your emotions, the imagery spellbinding, and the soundtrack transcends and compliments perfectly the cinematography. I think you either can appreciate this for an incredible work of art in many respects or it's lost on you. So be it. I can understand how many people find the film confusing and the pacing rather stifling. It's a slow moving, rather heady movie. But I think what makes people think this way is that they're used to sci-fi being action-packed and not too much to think about. Both of these established trends in sci-fi movies run counter to Blade Runner. On to the HD version. Well, I can tell you that this DVD set is what pushed me over into buying into the HD format wars. I think the HD format wars are incredibly stupid and I can't believe this sort of thing is allowed to go on in the world still. Decided and standard media and content formats makes total sense. And having two HD formats to confuse and split the HD market doesn't really help make HD mainstream. I really wish some consumer group would step in and say we only get one. Can you imagine if we had two CD formats to deal with? I know competition is good but when it comes to standard media and content formats, it often becomes a setback to me. With all that being said, I now own a HD TV and really want to take advantage of it. So I opted for the HD-DVD format since players still tend to be cheaper and the 10 DVD was too much for me to pass up. Plus I just went through a horrible year with Sony and their incredibly awful customer support that I've sworn off Sony products in our house. It's funny since from what I read HD-DVD usually offers more features than their Blue-Ray versions. Reminds me how Betamax was truly superior but that didn't matter in the long run, did it? Sure, one of these HD formats will become the Betamax of this decade but I didn't want to hold out any longer. I don't plan on buying too many DVDs but rather rent them from Netflix when I want to see a movie in HD. Now on to the DVD set itself. The Final Cut is well done and the HD transfer is incredible. When the opening scene shows up on your HD set, it's really one of those "Wow" moments. The Final Cut definitely feels the tightest of the versions, clocking in just shy of 2 hours. But I think I miss some of the scenes I'm used to seeing in the Director's Cut. But that's okay since this collection has every version for your viewing pleasure. As another reviewer mentions, the Dangerous Days feature is enough to make this collection worthwhile. It's an amazing documentary for anyone the least bit interested in what went into making this landmark film. So for any Blade Runner fan, this is an obvious must-have. If you've appreciated the film in the past, you'll fall in love with it all over again watching it in this collection. If you like Blade Runner but not a huge fan, I would suggest getting just the 2 disc version since it has The Final Cut and Dangerous Days. The two best parts of this collection that I can say so far. I haven't had a chance to dig into the fourth disc with all the extras and deleted scenes, but I'm guessing this is hard-core fan material anyways.

This is Ridley Scott's science fiction masterpiece times FOUR! The 4-disc collection includes four versions of the film including the Theatrical Cut taken out of the archives. It also includes "The Making of Blade Runner", and "Enhancement Archive", which is simply marvelously full of interviews with directors, cinematographers, costume designers, make-up designers, art directors, and the actors, etc., all commenting on this surprisingly deep thought provoking film. No matter if you fell in love with Blade Runner when it was first released in 1982, or 2007, with Scott's "Final Cut", this Box Set will more than satisfy you. It absolutely deserves 5-stars. I love this film. It is so thought provoking. Everyone is discovering themselves. The theme may be a man realizing his humanity. Deckard speaks of feeling, 'again', illustrating that feeling was foreign to him plus his revulsion to killing the Replicants along with a growing empathy towards them shows his emotional growth. Deckard's willingness to love Rachael who is a Replicant shows his openness. There is the moral confusion created by the Replicants ("more human than human"). For example, they have memories which they cherish. They like saving photos which show their feelings of nostalgia. Batty was in love with Pris, and wanted to take care of her. Batty obviously had a conscience shown by his confession to his Creator that he had done questionable things. Batty also has a spiritual quality magnificently played in his last speech which makes me cry each time I hear it. He's explains, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe........All these moments will be lost in time like tears in rain." He is holding a dove letting it go to fly away as he dies. You hear Derkard thinking that Batty loved life, any life, so much he had to save Deckard's life! Did Batty have a Soul? I said the theme may be a man realizing his humanity. The question is which man. Deckard or Batty? The story is a Blade Runner, Rick Deckard, (Harrison Ford) who is forced out of retirement to find and terminate four Replicants that have rebelled off-world, stolen a space ship and returned to earth seeking their Creator in the hope that he will alter them giving them a longer life. The Replicants are played by: Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty the leader, Daryl Hannah as Pris, Brion James as Leon, Joanna Cassidy as Zhora. Deckard, is told to go to the Tyrell Corporation to meet with Dr. Eldon Tyrell, where he also meets the beautiful Rachael (Sean Young), who is a special Replicant. This film takes you on a magnificent journey through a dystopian future were the beauty of grim, rain and smoky rooms are mesmerizing art itself thanks to the genius of Cinematographer, Jordan Cronenweth, and the Production Design that disguises the depth of the story. Special mention to Philip K. Dick, writer, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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J'ai les deux versions Blu-ray et 4k, et en comparaison la version UHD fournit un apport de définition qui saute tout de suite aux yeux🤩 En matière de netteté et de définition pure, tout est bien plus détaillé mais l'apport principal de ce disque c'est les couleurs grâce au HDR. Tous les détails et micro-détails lumineux sont mis en valeur et restitués avec une très grande précision et énormément de relief à l’image avec des couleurs vives et variées. Le HDR dévoile plus de détails lumineux dans les pénombres et les basses lumières (Blade Runner étant un film plutôt sombre). En bref tout est sublimé au niveau du rendu de l'image et de la colorimétrie du disque 4k par apport au Blu-ray. En ce qui concerne le rendu audio c'est juste flamboyant, c'est bien spatialisée, soigné et avec beaucoup de précision. Le résultat est magnifique et bien plus percutant que sur la version HD. En résumé très satisfait 😀 d'autant que j'adore ce film culte de sci-fi que j'ai déjà vu pas mal de fois déjà dans toutes ses versions depuis sa sortie dans les salles et je dois dire que c'est quand même mieux de le voir en version originale et en 4k👍

Een van die films waar het beeld en de fotografie wezenlijk bijdraagt tot de sfeer en geheel van de film. Met zo'n mooie 4K transfer wordt die nog beter!

Zu Aller erst: Als "Blade-runiac" der jüngeren Generation (Baujahr Ž81) muss ich gestehen, dass dieser Film (in ALL seinen Versionen) ein absoluter Meilenstein des "not-just-fictional-Science-Fiction" ist. (für die, die vielleicht irgendwann mal was darüber gehört haben aber nichts damit anzufangen wissen) Zugegeben, wer auf poppig bunte Farben und spassige Klamaukunterhaltung steht wird sich schwer mit Ridley ScottŽs Film tun (auch hier, egal in welcher Version). Der Film ist, bis auf wenige Ausnahmen dunkel, düster und verregnet. Dem Zuschauer drängt sich sofort ein behaglich-klaustrophobisches Unwohlsein auf, ohne jedoch aufdringlich zu werden. Man wird einfach gefesselt. Nun aber will ich auf einem kleinen Umweg zur Box an sich kommen: Vor Jahren habe ich bereits einige Versionen von "Bladerunner" auf VHS gehabt und muss zugeben, dass ich ziemlich angep***t war, wieviel Platz die fetten Boxen weggenommen haben. Ein Paar Jahre später auf DVD ebenfalls nahezu das gleiche Spiel. JETZT, dank der qualitativ hochwertigen und schön mit Relief geprägten Tinbox sieht das Ganze schon wieder anders aus. Optischer Eindruck: 1a Nachdem ich die Box geöffnet hatte ertappte ich mich, wie mir ein "häääääääää? wasŽn DAS?" entfleuchte. Der erste Blick des neuen Besitzers nach dem Öffnen fällt auf ein Schaumstoffrechteck in dessen Mitte "irgendwas durchsichtiges, aber in Folie eingepacktes steckt. Also gleich mal Žrausgenommen und geschaut. Es ist das 35mm Hologramm. Allerdings nicht so ein "billiges" wie man es von Spec-Ed DVD-Covern kennt, es ist eine komplette Bewegungsabfolge von Harrison Ford. Super geili gemacht! Bei richtiger Kippweise entsteht wirklich der Eindruck als schaue man ein Stück Film auf einem transparenten Hintergrund. Also mal weiter ausgepackt 5 DVDŽs mit sämtlichen, jemals erschienenen Versionen des Films, PLUS der ultimative Final Cut des Films. Was es damit auf sich hat, bzw. mit welchem technischen Aufwand und Methoden dieser hergestellt worden ist, verrät uns Ridley Scott in einem "Brief", der auf "transparentem Papier" gedruckt ist. Will heissen natürlich auf stabiler, formbeständiger Klarsichtfolie. Wer das Teil in den Händen hält, fühlt sich sofort ein Stück näher in die Bladerunnerwelt versetzt. Dieser typische "irgendwie schon kitschig aber kultig-geil" Eindruck. Weiter in der Box gegraben und wir finden in einer Hülle: Sketches des Films, Konzeptzeichnungen "der ersten Stunde"....natürlich als Repro, aber einfach nur *pardon* endgenial. Über die verschiedenen Filmversionen möchte ich hier garnicht viel verlieren. Warum nicht? Weil dies zu einer Kontroverse führen würde. Jeder Film hat seinen ganz eigenen Fankreis und ICH kenne keinen, der alle Filme gleich gut findet. Einer ist IMMER der Fave und die anderen Versionen werden darauf hin als "eben nicht ganz so gut" eingestuft. Wir kennen alle die Gespräche in denen irgendwann der Punkt kommt "...ja, aber DIE Version von dem Film find ich 1000 Mal besser..." Sehenswert sind sie ALLE und zwar allemal! Also mein bisheriger, persönlicher Favorit ist die Version mit HFordŽs Stimme aus dem off, quasi das "the all seeing I" Mal schauen ob der Final Cut dieser Fassung den Rang streitig machen, oder gar abluchsen kann. Ich habe mir den Final Cut zusätzlich auch nochmal als Blu-Ray bestellt, um für mich selbst zu schauen ob es gelungen ist, soviele Jahre nach Release der Urfassung eine zeitgemäße Aufbereitung vorzunehmen. Auch wenn der BD-Player die normalen DVDŽs schon recht gut hochskaliert, so erwarte ich trotzdem noch eine sichtliche Steigerung von der reinen Blu-Ray Version. Mein Fazit für diese Box: Unbedingt zulegen - spart Platz - sieht super genial aus - beinhaltet alles was man braucht ob man nun neu oder alt eingesessen ist, was das Thema angeht. - spart unter Umständen auch noch Geld im Vergleich zum Kauf der Einzel DVDŽs - Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis meiner Ansicht nach optimal

Great movie