Ted Lee
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i feel like i've lost my spirit about this. i'm not going to believe anything else until i see the damn package on the shelf.
Reports
There are a number of unfounded reports on the Web. There are only a few places where you can trust what you read, (and this site is one of them!) We try to weed out the good from the bad.
Special news: You want to know what SFX fixes might be made to the film? I speculated on these some time ago below, but now I have information from the actual preliminary breakdown of changes on which different companies could bid. Note: This is a subset of proposed fixes, not the final list of changes. It also does not include changes that would be done purely by editing existing film. For obvious reasons I can't say exactly where I 'found' it, but will say it isn't from anyone at Warners or Scott Free.
* Wire removal on spinners (obviously)
* Taking the thumb off Batty's shoulder in the 'flopped' phone booth sequence
* Matching the voice and image in the snake scale scan
* Fixing continuity problems with Deckard's scars after shooting Zhora (very difficult and possibly won't happen)
* Making the Million Dollar Theatre's billboards match (Should be easy?)
* Removing the shadow of the crew on the wall in the end sequence
* Matching the sky in the end shot with the dove to be continuous with the rest of the film
* Re-doing the credits, just to clean them up and remove the jitter
I stress again, these are proposed changes, not official and not definitely done. But at least they are more than pure speculation.
According to www.dvdfile.com the new SE of Blade Runner has been indefinitely delayed until at least 2003 due to "pesky legal clearances". Sigh.
I'm betting 2004. The statement above doesn't sound optimistic.
They might as well just wait until HD-DVD at this rate...
Might as well... Hey I have my LD, I'll keep watching that while this S.E. continues it forever gestation.
I can't seem to understand why some persons rush to sell their LDs the second there is a rumor about the release of that film on DVD. That is taking a risk, if something happens that delays or cancels the DVD.
Meanwhile, when I hear that a DVD of a film that I don't have in my LD collection is rumored to be coming out, I immediately start cruising my local LD shops to snap 'em up at bargain prices.