Nerd mecca Comic Con is in full swing and details of the new “Blade Runner” DVD have been released and they are absolutely ridiculous – a full on panorama of extras in three massive editions.
The Everyday Movie Fan: Two-Disc Special Edition $20.97)
The Compulsive Nerd: Four-Disc Collector’s Edition ($34.99 SRP)
The Get A Life Loser-thon: Five-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition ($78.92 SRP) in Collectible “Deckard Briefcase” packaging with Harrison Ford’s actual underwear from the movie which you can sniff to your hearts delight.
We love Blade Runner as much as the next guy, but we’re most likely sticking to the two-disc edition, but we will say the Raymond Chandler voice-over that director Ridley Scott and most fans detest is severely underrated.
Fascinatingly dorky factoids:
– Notable actual locations were used to reflect 2019 Los Angeles, such as Union Station, 2nd Street tunnel and the Bradbury building.
– The top of Police Headquarters is actually part of the Mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
– In the last scene, Rutger Hauer made the jump between buildings himself.
– In the fight scene between Daryl Hannah and Harrison Ford, Hannah pulled Ford’s nose so hard that his nose actually bled afterwards.
– Holding a dove, and letting it fly away, in the last scene was never in the script, but rather Rutger Hauer’s idea when filming the scene (he’s so poetic, that Mr. Hauer).
– Dangerous Days was originally the name of the script.
Said Sir Ridley Scott: “The Final Cut is the product of a process that began in early 2000 and continued off and on through seven years of intense research and meticulous restoration, technical challenges, amazing discoveries and new possibilities. I can now wholeheartedly say that Blade Runner: The Final Cut is my definitive director’s cut of the film.”
Jeff Baker, Warner Home Video Senior VP and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog and Domestic Sales, says: “25 years ago the critics said Blade Runner was ahead of its time and today it’s still ahead of its time. This is clearly Ridley’s signature film and we’re delighted to offer these great editions to the Blade Runner fans who’ve been so patient, despite besieging us with thousands of annual requests in recent years for new DVDs. A number of people have told me that at the start of DVD, Blade Runner was absolutely the first title they wanted — so much so that they purchased it even before their first DVD player! We think they’ll agree that the new cut and the new editions are worth waiting for.”
Translation: 40-year-olds living in their parents basement will be avoiding human interaction and the slim-to-dismal chance to ever procreate by playing with their Replicant action figures and this DVD for years to come.
The DVD comes out on December 18 and an exclusive New York/LA theatrical launch begins October 5.
