i hear you! i have so many DVDs i need to buy now: this one, Deep Space nine, Battlestar Galactica, Avatar, Justice League, and on and on....
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is on my gift list, especially when I saw the packaging. If my wife takes the hint and gets me this I will probably buy another copy of the DVD in regular ol¹ packaging so that I can actually WATCH the dangone thing. Great stuff. This is one of my favorite movies of all time, right behind ³Brazil², and I wish Universal would do a special anniversary release of that. On 12/18/07 12:44 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Supposedly this is really, truly the last release of "Blade Runner". If so, > this is worth picking up. One of the greatest scifi movies of all time. > Period. I listened to Ridley Scott on NPR yesterday, and he says he's finally > completely happy with this cut of "Blade Runner". He's cleaned up the > soundtrack, the sound, and most of all, the video. Scott says he wasn't able > to fight the studio over the years for the first few cuts, to his great shame > and disappointment. Hence, the first version with Harrison Ford's voiceover > narration (which both Ford and Scott hated doing), the happy ending, and the > suggestion that Deckard is human. I'm not sure, but i think the final cut > loses the voiceover. It definitely adds back the suggestion that Deckard is a > replicant himself (Scott thinks he is, but Harrison Ford, ironically, argues > that Deckard isn't a Replicant). > > Read the IGN review at the link below. It's long, but worth the read. It might > be fun to shell out the extra dough for five-disc version instead of the > two-disc set, so that you can actually see all the different versions and make > your own decisions in the great "voiceover or no voiceover" debate. Either > way, for those who love this film, you gotta buy this. For those who've never > seen "Blade Runner"--you gotta buy this. A classic, with so much that > influences film making to this day, a great retro/future look, fantastic > acting (especially by Rutger Hauer). > > IGN review gives the film a 10 out of 10, and gives really high marks for > audio and video presentation. I may have to delay buying "Planet Earth" in > favor of this.... > > *********************************** > > http://dvd.ign.com/articles/841/841607p1.html > > Quite prescient, this Bryant fellow, don't you think? Sci-fi fans have been > looking for that definitive Blade Runner magic ever since many of them first > laid eyes on this groundbreaking movie way back when. That it took a whopping > 25 years for this film to be finally done in a manner that befits its director > Sir Ridley Scott's vision is a cinematic travesty. As any fan of the movie can > attest to, Blade Runner's long-running saga of home video release delays, poor > quality video transfers and the existence of an incredible six different > versions of film (not counting Scott's latest version, dubbed "The Final > Cut"), only helped to compound the problem of the movie not getting the true > recognition that it so richly deserves. > > In fact, the film only received a lukewarm response from most moviegoers when > it was first released in 1982. Many did not understand the complex story (even > with the last-minute addition of a voice-over narration holding the audience's > hand) and for what it was worth, it had to go up against the phenomenon that > was E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial that fateful summer. Having a dark and almost > despondent story certainly did not help its case when compared against the > sunnier feel-good fairytale of E.T. It was only years later that Blade Runner > began to garner considerable attention when it was released onto the home > video market. With the popularity of VHS growing during the '80s, a whole new > generation of sci-fi fans got the chance to experience Blade Runner for what > it really was and many soon realized the genius of Ridley Scott's dystopian > view of the future.... > ... > > Without a doubt, Blade Runner secures its place among the top five sci-fi > movies of all time. Its marriage of two genres, film noir and science fiction, > proves to be a happy union, foreshadowing the emergence of the cyberpunk > culture as a legitimate film genre -- evidenced by the popularity of The > Matrix trilogy years later. Its dark and complex subject matter may have > turned off audiences when it was first released in 1982, but just like the > best films, it has been able to stand the test of time and has emerged on an > even stronger footing. This latest feature-laden box set of Blade Runner is > the best homage anyone can pay to a now-classic sci-fi film. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
