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Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects, now seen in sepcatacular hi-definition! In a signature role as 21st- century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet- vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high- tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, muderous replicants - and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul. This spectacular 5-Disc Set features all of the content of the standard definition Ultimate Collector's Edition. All five version of the legendary Sci-Fi film from Director Ridley Scott with all new 5.1 audio - the definitive Final Cut, three additional versions of the film, and the rare Work Print version - in addition to the in-depth feature length documentary "Dangerous Days", and one complete disc of bonus content including over 80-minutes of never- before-seen deleted scenes.
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By Jeziel Salinas (Monterrey, NL, MX)
I must say that the work of the "final cut" version from the disc one was sublime, a pleasure for your eyes and ears.
The scenes of the skyline are perfect; they don't look as special effects from the 80's.
I you are a fan, I recommend to see all the other versions included. If you have doubts, they are going to disappear and others will be created.
Personally, I like more the "happy ending", but you decide.
As a person who like the details, let me tell you that the version of the disc one has some scenes where the voices sound a little like an old movie, especially before the "forced kiss" scene (one of my favorites).
Resuming, it is an excellent blu-ray product.
By D. Bendixen (Sandy, UT USA)
Classic film. With this set you get all released version plus a workprint. Quality is fantastic and this set was actually cheaper than the DVD set by about half!
By The Prog Infidel (Houston, Texas)
A two note-worthy items:
THE OPENING SCENE OF THE SKYLINE: The Tyrell Corporation buildings are designed as pyramids due to the ancient Egyptians building pyramids for kings and pharaohs. The movie suggests the Tyrell Corporation saw themselves as such.
ROY'S (RUTGER HAUER) LINE, "IF YOU ONLY YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'VE SEEN...": Each time Roy Batty tries to tell someone of the horror's he's seen in war and labor, they try to kill him. IMO, Roy is crying out for people to hear his story.
By Marvin Gozum (Phila, PA USA)
There are a plethora of reviews of the movie, but my review is a comparison of the BD vs DVD version of the "Final Cut". The BD version is by far, the best version released. The audio and video is the clearest ever, and the added remastering in Final Cut exceeds the transfers of the other versions included in the disk set. Blade Runner is a visual experience, the better the video and audio, the better the movie is too. The clarity of BD immerses you in the experience, as if you too were there. Enhanced audio is exquisitely clear and has superb imaging in 5.1. You can see the stitches in the clothing, and so much of the background that was once blurry now reveals details of a noticeably Japan flavored sets. If you like Blade Runner, Blur-ray is the best version of this movie to date, and I've seen them all: the original and blurry theatrical release, laser disc, VHS, and 2 DVD versions!
By Yih Dzelonh (ER)
Like many other movies that came out during the 1980s, I only recently watched Blade Runner, for the first time, a few years ago. I guess that you can say that either I'm extremely naive...or have lived a very 'sheltered' life.
Before watching Blade Runner for the first time, I had the impression (based on countless reviews by critics and the general public) that it was one of the most underrated and greatest sci-fi movies of all time. After having...'somehow' (*cough*) managed to force myself to watch the entire movie, my impression of the intelligence of mankind lowered exponentially -as it has many times in recent years, needless to say.
Blade Runner starts out as an eery sci-fi flic showing potential that it may well, indeed, turn out to paint a very original, accurate and ominous portrayal of the future: The futuristically-rendered city-scapes are very well done (even for the present year, 2009, they still don't look very dated), the synthesizer palettes by Vangelis create an ominous atmosphere that goes well with the beginning of the the movie...and some of the first scenes seem to suggest that the movie will be very futuristic and intellectual in a number of ways. Once the miscast droning dialogue from Harrison Ford (who plays Rick Deckard, a detective who's narrative dialogue is supposed to sound intelligent, but comes across as that of a dumb rogue more befitting of Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark) enters the movie...it goes downhill...very quickly...
Rick Deckard's mission is to eliminate "replicants." After the first half hour of the film (the only part of the film that has anything intellectual, thematic, or atmospheric going for it), the entire plot goes downhill very quickly and the remainder of the film focuses on Harrison Ford chasing replicants, being chased by replicants, and fighting replicants. Instead of being awash with atmosphere, mystery, and futuristic city-renderings, the film is awash with sleazy '80s dance-fight choreography, dark-colored gothic make-up, and gore. The dialogue and action from this point on is graphic, pointless, and pain-fully redundant...a pointless exercise in futility. For THIS part of the movie (the majority of the film), Rutger Hauer is WONDERFULLY-CAST (as opposed to "mis-cast") as the proto-typical sleaze-gore '80s villain -something akin to a SUPER-rebellious Billy Idol...exept with MORE makeup and possessing decent fighting skills. By the end of the movie, you're wondering why the heck did I spend two hours or so watching this sleaze-schlock nonsense...and what the hell was the purpose of it?
How the general public AND critics (look at the PLETHORA of 5-star reviews on this website, alone!) overwhelmingly rate this movie as even "marginally-good"...much less "GREAT"...is way beyond me...(or is it "below" me?). Is there something about the opening music and city renderings of this film...that creates an atmosphere that 'stays' with them throughout the remainder of the film? Is it that most people watched Blade Runner when it came out in 1982 (I only saw it for the first time ever recently), times were different, and although the movie is NOW wonderfully-dated and overrated, they still have the same impression of the movie?
In my opinion, Blade Runner isn't a "terrible" movie...but is certainly not good either, and a movie, which I believe can...and should be parodied...or at the very least submitted to Mystery Science Theater (for the take on Harrison Ford's 'dumb-sounding' dialogue narration, or Rutger Hauer's overtly-explicit sleaze antics, among others). Based on the sheer number of high reviews that I've seen of this movie on nearly every major website, I would even go as far as to say that "Blade Runner is the most overrated movie of all time."
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