The official BLADE RUNNER SE thread. (Check out page 8 and #790.) (1 Viewer)

[Tiago_J]

Steve Christou

And don't forget another longer version of Scott's Kingdom of Heaven coming up.
I think Ridley Scott is the frontrunner when it comes to directors releasing multi-versions of their movie output, lets see: Alien, Blade Runner, Legend, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven, 6 films!
James Cameron is lagging behind with just three extended editions/directors cuts.

Wouldn't be surprised if there was a longer True Lies cut waiting to be released... Cameron's always had quite some material cut from all of his movies since Aliens.

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

 

[Jeff>K>B]

I'll be sure to check back in next April 1st to see how it's coming along

 

[Mark_TS]

nice work. but wheres the front cover of the box itself?

 

[Travis Brashear]

Nils, scrap disc 3 as you list it and revise it with Ridley's true, desired director's cut (the one that was well on its way to seeing the light of day a couple of years ago before legal snafus snafued everything, as opposed to the 1992 rush job) and we've got a winner!

 

[ZacharyTait]

To add some more insult to injury, The Digital Bits is reporting in their Rumor Mill that Paramount is working on a SE of Black Rain.
That means that an SE of G.I. Jane, Matchstick Men, White Squall, Someone to Watch Over Me, 1492 and The Duellists will be released before we see a true SE of Blade Runner.:rolleyes

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Wouldn't be surprised if there was a longer True Lies cut waiting to be released... Cameron's always had quite some material cut from all of his movies since Aliens.

Haven't they been working on a new release of True Lies since about the day after the original disc came out?

 

[DaViD Boulet]

Ironic,
the master that was responsible for what was regarded as one of *the* reference-laserdiscs is the same master responsible for one of the lamest-looking DVDs!
My how times do change...

 

[PaulP]

Matchstick Men and The Duellists have pretty good, albeit single-disc, editions out. But yes, G.I. Jane, White Squall, Someone to Watch Over Me, 1492 - all need better editions, and with Ridley revisiting his back catalog, this seems like it might happen, especially with news of a Black Rain reissue. Out of all of them, 1492 needs the most care and attention.

 

[Micah Cohen]

Wait. 1492 is on DVD?
Is it?
MC

 

[MichaelBA]

1492 -- Australian?

 

[Cees Alons]

Yes it is. Almost everywhere, except in the USoA.

I own a PAL version.

Cees

 

[Joe D]

Ya, 1492 isn't out on DVD in the US. I haven't seen the film but I love the soundtrack.

Release Blade Runner already. Please.

 

[EnricoE]

1492 isn't out on DVD in the US.

the film aired a few months back on hdnet and it was the butchered pg-13 cut. the quality was pretty good but it was nonetheless
i hope that someday the film will receive a special edition with the international cut in u.s.

 

[Paul_Nyman]

Any news yet?

 

[Elijah Sullivan]

Enrico, I've never heard of an international cut of 1492, before. I own a region 3 disc (crummy but serviceable) but it's the same cut I've seen on VHS in the States. Could you explain? Is it much longer, or is it the same cut with more violence?
I just watched the DVD of Tristan + Isolde and I badly need some real Ridley Scott epics to wash down the taste of that mediocre wannabe.

 

[oscar_merkx]

yes I would like to know if there is more news as well

 

[ErichH]

Just for fun I ordered the VO/Happy Ending cut - http://store.thesmallscreen.org/blruincut19d.html - We'll see how it plays. I forget if it's anamorphic or not.
E

 

[Mark_TS]

well, this must be a bootleg.
WARNERS! boots of BR are being making the scene.
Quick-at least put out a 2 disc remastered DC before this gets out of hand...

 

[Micah Cohen]

You know what? I hate this thread. Admin should just delete it. There is no news. There will not be any news. And we all know it. We should throw in the towel and just not even expect, ever, to get BLADE RUNNER on DVD in any acceptable form, period. 720 posts, 78,000 views, and we're no closer to any answers. If that's not the definition of hopeless, I don't know what is.
Oh, wait, maybe I do. Let's see... Ridley Scott. Genius? Maybe. But only for two visionary films, right? ALIEN and BLADE RUNNER. Two masterpieces. (And hey, that's two more masterpieces than most of us ever have.) Two masterpieces, maybe a couple of lesser visionary works (which might be masterpieces on a lesser scale, LEGEND, maybe, THELMA & LOUISE if your girlfriend insists, and 1492, to which we will return in a moment). And a lot of CRAP. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME. G.I.JANE. GLADIATOR. HANNIBAL [gag!]. BLACKHAWK DOWN [bad? yep - read the book!]. These movies are total garbage. And yet, we get no less than three DVD editions, many with multiple discs, of many of these stinkers. Super Editions. Super Duper Editions. Super Duper Pooper Collector's Editions. Of GLADIATOR? HANNIBAL? Ridley Scott should be booted out of Hollywood for making this crap after making something like BLADE RUNNER. And yet, we'll never, ever see BLADE RUNNER on DVD in any sort of special edition anything. Funny, huh?
And now we're talking about 1492. Not a "great masterpiece," but certainly a better film than G.I. JANE or BLACKHAWK DOWN. Heck, it's worthy of a barebones non-special edition flipper release on DVD isn't it? Especially since we got three multi-disc versions of HANNIBAL, a movie that is not even worth its celluloid. So, why are the studios throwing crap down our gullets and skipping over this one, not-so-bad movie? It's HOPELESS.
This thread depresses me.

MC