I picked the 5 disc BluRay edition of "Blade Runner" yesterday. If you are a fan of this movie you'll probably enjoy Ridley Scott's "final cut" version. This cut has been restored using a 4K intermediate and is gorgeous in HD. The movie stands up very well (as it has down over the years). The "final cut" seems almost like a different movie but flows very well. One thing that I think would be done differently if the film were made today is that the "replicants" would probably be more menacing. The commentary is very interesting. They actually believed that the world might actually wind up under the rule of three if not one corporations by 2019. Of course they missed that CRT TVs and computer monitors would probably be extinct by then. :) But the rest of the movie stands up well.
There are 5 versions of the movie in the collection including the original theatrical release, the "director's cut", the "international version" and the workprint. There are 9 hours of extras. The collection was released Warner Brothers who announced on Friday that they will no longer release titles in HD-DVD after May.
