BLADE RUNNER gets a new cut, re-release in theatres and more!
 

HO. LY. SHIT. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

FROM JoBlo's Arrow in the Head:

Awesome Awesome news. Can someone clarify though, the 3 disc set that comes out 2007, that DOES NOT include the "Final Cut" version thats gonna be out for 4 months only right?

That's fucking awesome, that is. Just fantastic.

Finally! People are excited about this news! O_o

Yeah, I'm thinking that it means that the current DVD will be discontinued shortly before the theatrical rerun.

Boy oh boy seeing it on the big screen is gonna be something!

I'm going to pick up the newest edition and the tri-box set. I mean, really... how could you not?

Don't know who wouldn't.

I don't really know what the new 'Final Cut' will add though, Scott clearly explained in the 'Director's Cut' that Deckard was a Replicant.

This is fantastic news, indeed.

It's not the workprint, so I can't get excited. The only movie that has more lost footage that Blade Runner, is The Magnificent Ambersons.

Don't know how much was cut in that one but more than 35 minutes was cut from JOHNNY MNEMONIC. Sadly, since the 'butchered' version sucks, no one wants to see the real version.

The workprint contained a ton of sequences that never saw the light of day. In fact, some of them - like Deckard going to visit Holden in the hospital - are only known because of a photograph or two.

Really? That'd be nice.

Also, I'm still baffled at how good-looking this movie looks, even by today's standards. It's easy to forget that it was made in 1982.

I'm am so gonna buy this! It's still one of the best Sci-Fi films ever! :D

I think it best to wait to see what Scott does with the film. The original cut has its strengths, just like the director's cut which is certainly superior. To do this again seems incredibly redundant and really cheap - think X-Men 1.5.

Though I do love the movie, I'm tired of seeing it get whored out. I liked this movie before the bandwagon rolled through and to see Scott whip his dick out to make yet another director's cut really doesn't do anything to make me like him. I'd expect more from him than a George Lucas manuever. Then again, he hasn't made a good movie in probably 20 years.

Will I buy it? Probably - so I shouldn't bitch. But I want to see where this goes first.

I'm just happy that'll it be a new transfer compared to the original 1997 DVD release. I'd gather that "home video" will also include a HD-DVD/Blu Ray release too?

I wonder if Scott is going to go with the originally planned Drew Struzan art for the DVD's cover packaging...
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/451...39069467ul.jpg

....or possibly John Alvin's revised poster of the original one-sheet he did:
http://media.bladezone.com/contents/...in/BR-2000.jpg

I don't really see how it's 'redundant and cheap'. Only ONE version of the DVD got out. And that was in 1997 when the first DVDs hit the market, so I don't think we got too much of it.

We would've gotten a new DVD and a new cut sooner but because of the years of legal troubles with the rights of the movie, it prevented it.

But then theres the theatrical DVD, the director's cut VHS, the director's cut DVD (which you just mentioned), the American LD, the Japanese LD, the extended european cut, the rumored early edit that was shown at a convention...

Its that this movie has been hacked up more than a Jason Voorhees victim is all. I'd've hoped that Scott would've put more time and effort into making the long-stalled sequel than just rehashing old glories. He's like a 45 year old man who's obsessed with his days playing high school football.

Could I possibly get a link to the full article? =d

Here's a link to ComingSoon.net's article which is pretty much the same thing:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14724

The original story originated from Variety but you need to subscribe to the site to view the full story.

Yeah but VHS and LaserDiscs aren't really the 'thing'. :edgartpg:

There's a DVD of the Theatrical version?! A sequel was planned?! My dick's on fire?!

I've never seen the film and I was about to go buy it. Now I'm going to wait for the Final Cut release. Is there a more precise release date than 2007?

I believe it was Region 3 only.

Been rumored on and off for years, just like Scott returning to the Alien franchise. Ford has stated that he's only as interested as someone can be without reading a script. It should be noted that Ford hated his working experience on Blade Runner, the crew hated Scott, Sean Young hated Harrison Ford for slapping her around too hard in the bedroom scene, Ford hated Young for being a snob and there was also the "Blade Runner Curse".

I sincerely doubt that anyone previously involved would want to make a sequel, especially if its based after the INCREDIBLY TERRIBLE K.W. Jeter books.

We should get a 'Heart of Darkness'-type of Documentary for the new DVD. We don't have enough of those. Only Terry Gilliam has the balls to do it nowadays.

Theres a book out about the production of Blade Runner. Its pretty tabloid stuff but the facts in it are right. Its worth taking a glance through if you're really interested.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

I dunno ... I know it sounds legitimate to many, but I tend to think that once something is released, you may as well keep it at that.

At least the original version already have it's DVD, as opposed to Apocalypse Now that we are condemned to see in it's crappy Redux version till the ends of times or the old Star Wars movies ... <_<

Thanks man! I'll order it right away!

It took them long enough to do this. Scott's actually been wanting to do this for at least three years. Unfortunately, Jerry Perenchio (co-executive producer and owner of the rights to the Theatrical Cut) refused to give permission for the Theatrical Cut to be re-released, due to some grudge with Scott.
I don't know how they managed to convince Perenchio to finally give the go-ahead, but finally I can quit waiting for the DVD-set. And I get to see the new cut in theaters (too young to have seen either of the others). Hell yeah!

Maybe in the final cut Deckard can be Mercer. Like the book.

That's impossible, as incorporating Mercerism into this movie would require nothing short of a remake.

EDIT: And based on the difficulty most seem to be having adapting Phillip K. Dick material properly, that's the last thing you want.

I'd certainly love to see this in theaters. Kind of like when I saw Alien re-released in theaters a few years ago. Fantastic stuff.

I think that the Apocalypse Now Redux is an exception. I perfer the original edit, but the new one does add things that are interesting and remains unforced given the rest of the plot.

We'll get the four versions of Runner on DVD, so everyone is safe.

I wish that they'd put all four in a set instead of three in a set, forcing you to buy this 2007 edit seperately.

...followed by a special edition DVD with the three previous versions offered as alternate viewing: Besides the original theatrical version and director's cut, the expanded international theatrical cut will be included. The set will also contain additional bonus materials.

Seems to me like they're putting all four version in ONE Disc Set.

They only list three (original, DC and International edits) in that list. They don't implicetly state the addition of the 2007 cut.

Yeah, because they don't mention the FINAL CUT being released on DVD, that means that those three versions will be packaged with the Final Cut.

Anyhoo, the way they explain it makes it seem so. We'll just have to await further news.

Or that their terminology is completely wrong. They mention a four month sale span for the 2007 and then say "followed by a..."?

So just wait until solid details emerge on the box set.

Redux may not be as good as the original cut, but some of the scenes like the dinner one I very much enjoyed. The real tragedy is that there is no director's commentary on either version...

I partially agree, as some scenes add a certain depht indeed. It still looks like a strange patchwork to anyone that has seen the original cut many times and loved it. The original atmosphere and rhythm is broken.

So yeah, I only wish we could get the original cut on DVD. =(

That's the first thing I thought when reading this news. This is my favorite Sci-Fi movie together with Matrix, this surely will be great, not to mention a lot of new scenes.
I just wish we could se it this year and not wait until 2007, but anyway, just the news it's coming is already good enough.

I see the original version all the time at Circuit City. They had it on sale for $12 last month.

It'll probably be released in theatres in the first Quarter of 2007 just before the big Blockbusters, just to bring as much cash as possible.

Really?! Well shit, I swear they never released it here. Just assumed it was the same oversea...

Studio: Let's fight.
Director: Why?
Studio: Well, we want to make your movie look very cool in posters and previews, but then make it suck once it comes out.
Director: Why do that?
Studio: Well, we'll film like 120 extra minutes of footage, and then release 12 different versions of the movie over the next 134 years to milk this sucka for all it's worth We need you to fight with us so we look like the bad guy and you can sweep in like the good guy and announce that you're finally getting the version you want with the 7th release.
Director: Does this mean more money for me?
Stuio: Yes.
Director: I'm in.

If I can trade in my previous version to get the "real" version for free then I'm in, otherwise: meh.

Like Rick Deckard, I'm bringing this thread out of retirement.

I just watched The Final Cut, and it's every bit as brilliant as the Director's Cut, if not more so thanks to the stunning new transfer. I got the giant briefcase set for Christmas, and I haven't even begun to scratch the surface yet.

It's a remarkable set. Anybody else pick it up?

Yeah, I have it in Blu Ray. It's about the sexiest thing ever.

So was this final cut actually in theatres?

Yes, very limited. I tried to see it when I was in New York, but didn't make it to the theater in time :( Then it started playing in Boston but show times would conflict with my work schedule. So I had to endure the slight wait for DVD. It was worth it.

Bought the Final Cut on HD DVD a week or so before Christmas with awesome Granny money. I'd previously only seen it on VHS and the odd airing of the theatrical cut on SciFi. I pretty much cried the first thirty minutes because it was so beautiful.

I saw the Final Cut in theaters and my brother got me the briefcase set for Christmas. So fucking awesome. Man that set is incredible. I'll probably bring in some of those extras to work for display purposes.

I got the briefcase DVD set off of Amazon. It's actually my first time watching the movie. It was so good, I sat through 3 different versions of it in one night (The final cut being my favorite). Great purchase!

EDIT: What's everyones opinion on the whole voice over situation?

Not much of an opinion really. The voice over was only added to sate corporate executives who thought people were too stupid to understand the movie without it.

It's a far better movie without them, although it's nice to have the original versions for archival purposes if anything else.

I was not impressed with the final cut largely because the audio track is now really, really "wet". All they did was amp up all the background noise and music to the same level as the dialouge so it sounds like an ugly fucking mess.

The physical additions to the movie aren't bad, especially the correction of the dove flying away, but the sound completely ruins this version.

I wouldn't say it COMPLETELY ruins it... I noticed what you're talking about, but it didn't take me out of the film too much.