
Blade Runner - The Final Cut

Since this huge package contains the original USA theatrical release, the European release as well as director Ridley Scott's Final Cut, it will satisfy all tastes as to which version is best. I won't compare the versions so as not to spoil it for those who wish to explore. What impressed me most was the quality of the discs. Viewed on a large high resolution TV the quality of the picture is simply astounding. Dim the lights, sit close, and you will experience the movie just as if you were in a theatre. I viewed the movie on a Sharp Aquos 42" 1080P television with the matching Blu-Ray player, and even with the built-in speakers, it was a tremendous experience. The special effects, though done in-camera (this flick predates digital animation, kids!) are absolutely seamless even viewed at close enough range to detect the grain of the film stock. That's really close.
It's hard to imagine how a DVD could be of higher quality.
Interviews with the director, producer, actors and others are entertaining and enlightening, especially about the mechanics of making the film, but in the final analysis, the movie speaks for itself.
As an ironic observation, I thought Harrison Ford as the human hero did little more than hit the mark and say the line, while Rutger Hauer and Darryl Hannah, as the robot uh, characters? (not exactly heroes, but not villians either) showed much more emotion. Sean Young, as the most human-like of the robots, was somewhere in between.
Since the advent of pre-buttered microwave popcorn, I don't think you can do much better even at the theatre.
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