Bladerunner - The Final Cut - Pre Orders

well ive just ordered the 'Blade Runner: Final Cut: Ultimate Collectors Edition: 5dvd: Ltd: Special edition tin' for 17.99 and cant wait .. excellent value for 5 discs considering 2-disc editions of most films cost £13-17 normally

oh and :-
Dogoid said:
no one called you a fool. i said you lot have been taken for fools, not by me but by the films companies.
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you come across a bigger one than those posting here, you have no reason to comment on how others are looking forward to this release, back under your rock please
 
Dogoid said:
ooh a cool new directors special narrative over a scene we never thought was good enough to put in the in the original cut.
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The original cut wasn't done by RS, he was locked out of the editing room by the studio, who made loads of changes to his vision.

He did managed to have some influence over the Directors Cut but we didn't actually do the editing himself as he had other commitments at the time. This version is the only one where the director has been able to produce the film he wanted to in the first place.

I'll be buying the new version, but since I already have the directors cut on DVD I won't be ordering any 5 disc set if I can help it.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;10632594 said:
The original cut wasn't done by RS, he was locked out of the editing room by the studio, who made loads of changes to his vision.

He did managed to have some influence over the Directors Cut but we didn't actually do the editing himself as he had other commitments at the time. This version is the only one where the director has been able to produce the film he wanted to in the first place.

I'll be buying the new version, but since I already have the directors cut on DVD I won't be ordering any 5 disc set if I can help it.
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The £9.99 2 Disc version will be what you seek then :)
 
i got it for 17.99 too. i was quite chuffed that they posted it two days before it came out. i thought the final cut looked ace!
 
It was worth the entry fee :). Most definitely. I just noticed so much more on the big screen. My only real gripe was the image noise (I say noise, because it was converted grain) bugged me a bit in the upped brightness of some of the originally darker scenes.
 
If you haven't watched the "Dangerous Days" doumentary yet, i advise that you do. Its absolutely brilliant and gives such a massive insight into the movie including many cut scenes and ideas that never made it to the final versions.
 
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Pottsey said:
“Originally Posted by CDj-Rossi
Never seen it, whats it about?“
It’s an average story about a person who may or may not be human, running around a generic polluted city from the future. The Heroes job is to chase after androids whom hide among the population of the city. Like all good future cities its full of homeless and poor people and tons of dark polluted areas. :p ;)
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Blade Runner was actually a propaganda film highlighting what the world would become if Asia was to become the Super power.

There is some good information on this subject. I took a brief scan at the following address (I did look into this quite detailed a few years ago for my A-level):

Here is a snippet: http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/WarnerTeach/E192/bladerunner/Dystopia.Blade.Runner.Hoffpauir.htm

Dystopian elements of Blade Runner environment:

· multicultural street scenes, dominated by East Asian imagery and sense that this is the underclass, the economically less fortunate (everyone who could afford to has moved Offworld): an extension of the “white flight” from urban centers to the suburbs that picked up speed after World War II

· Sense of architectural chaos and disorder: this Los Angeles is not the result of careful urban planning, but instead has seemingly evolved as a mixture of time periods, international influences; vision of an irrational city, as opposed to a clean, sparkling ordered city with wide boulevards, obvious signs of affluence, etc.; here, the streets are labyrinthine and claustrophobic, presumable with the upper classes who’ve remained in the city living like Tyrell, in the upper reaches of high rises while the lower classes live close to the ground (remember the split between the upper and lower classes in the city depicted in Metropolis)—the main design technique used by the film’s creators was referred to as “retrofitting,” in which the city was imagined as consisting of old buildings with add-ons haphazardly slapped onto them, instead of new buildings having been built; it’s a city that has evolved over time, not according to some ordered plan.

· Advertising as a constant background (even to a greater degree than we’re all already used to): building-sized billboards, advertising blimps, etc.—somewhat reminiscent of Times Square or downtown Tokyo

· Pollution and other environmental damage: it’s always dark and raining in L.A. of 2019; no seeming differentiation between night and day, good weather and bad

· Lack of anything organic: no trees in sight, all animals are replicants (real animals are rare and thus expensive, as we see with the Tyrell’s owl, and Zhora’s (the stripper) snake

· No sign of government or any authority (except the local police) exerting any control over this landscape; absence of a sense of the “rule of law”; anarchic; different from visions of oppressive totalitarianism (Big Brother) in 1984 or Brave New World

Social Cultural and Political contexts in the 1980s that are reflected in Blade Runner:

· Fear of growing economic power of Japan, general expansion in Asia: wide media coverage of Japanese buying landmark real estate in New York (ironic considering that by the mid 90s the Japanese economy entered a fairly severe recession which it’s still in)

· Anxiety over globalization, immigration; fears of foreign threats to an “American way of life;” led to notion that mainstream American culture would be lost amidst foreign influence (also ironic considering how much we export our own culture and are accused of cultural imperialism, especially in the digital era

· Fears of social disorder, particularly based in the working classes: that central government would eventually become impotent in exerting control over urban centers

· Still emerging environmental consciousness; in the late 70s and through the1980s, it finally began to hit mainstream culture after still being more of a concern of the progressive fringe through the 60s and early 70s

· Emergence over the past few decades of the mega-city, like Los Angeles or Rio de Janeiro; cities characterized by huge populations and urban sprawl with no sense of centrality, planning or defined borders
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So I would disagree that it is generic, because at the time it was designed for a very different reason.
 
“So I would disagree that it is generic, because at the time it was designed for a very different reason.”
Did you miss the smiling and winking face’s? You bought up some very good points but I wasnt being serious before.
 
So what do people think? I only noticed a few minor difference here and there. Quite disappointed actually :(
 
I put off buying this till later as funds were low. So whats the new edition like, is the 5.1 any good as i dont think any previous version had surround. Also is the film cleaned up as in made it look like it was made yesterday lol (exaduration of course). And whats the cut like as in story, is that a noticable change or the average semi fan wouldnt notice anything diff?
 
Curio said:
So what do people think? I only noticed a few minor difference here and there. Quite disappointed actually :(
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There was never meant to be a lot of changes, there are a few small added scenes and some of the effects have been redone. The most important thing is the image quality. The original DVD transfer from years ago was awful while the final cut is fantastic.
 
melchy said:
There was never meant to be a lot of changes, there are a few small added scenes and some of the effects have been redone. The most important thing is the image quality. The original DVD transfer from years ago was awful while the final cut is fantastic.
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I wouldn't call it fantastic! (noise, accentuated chromatic aberration etc) , but it's better. Worth a buy imo.
 
it was good to watch it with a decent image. haven't got around to all the extras but was impressed with the tin and contents for £17.99
 
well finally received my copy today. I got the limited edition in the briefcase HD-DVD and from the looks of it this should be a treat to watch.

The amount of stuff you get with the HD-DVD's is amazing.

The package comes with loads of goodies and although I haven't watched the film yet (still at work :() I can certainly say I will be enjoying this tonight. It will be nice to see how much different it is compared to the director's cut that I have on DVD.
 
Got this for christmas after never seeing it before.

I can't see what the fuss is all about tbh :confused: I found it drawn out and a bit boring.

I expect the special effects etc were amazing when it came out (i wouldn't know) but other than that i can't see what's so special about it.

I have to say though, i was surprised with the quality of the image (non HD version) considering the age of the film.
 
mark1 said:
Got this for christmas after never seeing it before.

I can't see what the fuss is all about tbh :confused: I found it drawn out and a bit boring.

I expect the special effects etc were amazing when it came out (i wouldn't know) but other than that i can't see what's so special about it.

I have to say though, i was surprised with the quality of the image (non HD version) considering the age of the film.
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I think it's more about the poetic storyline, and the superb visuals and style of the cyberpunk / dystopian future it's set in. Well, that's why I like it :)
 
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