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Fra the digital bits:


You may have heard the word from Daily Variety this morning. Yes...
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is FINALLY, officially, coming to DVD. It's
going to be coming to HD-DVD. And it's going to be coming to Blu-ray
Disc as well. This is real... it's happening... and it's going to be
very, very cool.

First a bit of background on the reason for the title's delay. Warner
had been planning a 2-disc special edition of the film early last
year... but suddenly realized that their rights to the title were about
to lapse. However, the studio ponied up the big bucks to get back what
is arguably one of their primo Cadillac catalog titles (dare you to say
that three times fast). The ownership situation now resolved, Warner
has set in motion plans to really do something special with the film.
You might recall back in January when I asked them about the film at
their 2006 catalog press event, they hinted that things were looking
good for a 2007 release. Privately, we were told that there were BIG
things in the works, but were also told that if we leaked too much
about the project, we might end up like Fredo Corleone (or WORSE, that
the project itself could be complicated). Needless to say, though we've
been dying to talk about this for months now (and we get about two
e-mails a day asking about the title), we've kept largely silent on the
subject. Now that the project is finally out in the open, however, we
can finally say a few things. Keep in mind that the major portion of
the release is still over a year away. But here's the basic plan...

This coming September, there will be a new limited DVD release (HD-DVD
& Blu-ray Disc are also planned) of the restored 1992 Director's Cut
(you know... the one that isn't really a director's cut). This will be
available for just four months. We believe this is basically the 2-disc
release that Warner had originally planned to bow LAST year.

Then next year, just in time for the film's 25th anniversary, Ridley
Scott's ultimate Blade Runner: The Final Cut will hit theaters for a
limited run. This will be a REAL director's cut, with restored scenes
and more - all the stuff that Ridley's always wanted to do with the
film but hasn't really been given the chance to do before. That will be
followed later in the year by an Ultimate Blade Runner DVD release. You
can expect a multi-disc box set (again, likely with a simultaneous
HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc release) that will contain at least four
different versions of the film... ALL in full anamorphic widescreen, we
might add. You'll get the film's original U.S. theatrical cut, you'll
get the expanded international theatrical cut, you'll get the 1992
Director's Cut and you'll get the new Final Cut as well. Now... we
realize at this point, you may have questions. Keep in mind, there's a
TON of additional material that's going to be included in this set that
hasn't been announced and can't be talked about yet - all-new material
that you've never seen before. The set is pretty early in the planning
and production stage, so it's way too early to talk details, but trust
us... some very cool stuff is in the works. These extras will likely be
different from the September '06 release, so if you buy both you'll at
least be getting your money's worth.

Imagine that... anamorphic widescreen AND real value in a DVD release!
Hey... are we being punked?

You veteran Bits readers will also be thrilled to learn that longtime
Ridley Scott DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika and his team are
involved in project, and have already been working on the set for a
while now. Lauzirika, as you may know, was the producer responsible for
Fox's 9-disc, massively comprehensive Alien Quadrilogy box set, as well
as the multi-disc special editions of Scott's Gladiator (from
DreamWorks), Black Hawk Down (from Sony) and Kingdom of Heaven
(recently available from Fox), among others. You should also know that
Lauzirika and his team are big fans of Blade Runner themselves. Rest
assured that they know what you guys all want to see on this release,
and they're working very hard to make it as good as it can be. Trust us
when we say that this project is in EXACTLY the right hands.

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Lars Hoffmann wrote:

????
- Blade Runner (Reg 1) har da stået i min reol et stykke tid nu.
Købt hos Axel.

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"JYH" <jyh@no.spam> skrev i en meddelelse
news:447ae529$0$2090$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> Lars Hoffmann wrote:
>
> ????
> - Blade Runner (Reg 1) har da stået i min reol et stykke tid nu.
> Købt hos Axel.
>
Me to!!!

Jeg har vist haft min i små 5 år...


/Thomas

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JYH wrote:

> - Blade Runner (Reg 1) har da stået i min reol et stykke tid nu.
> Købt hos Axel.

Den du har (ligesom den jeg har derhjemme) har elendig lyd og billede.
Det var en af de allerførste film der udkom på DVD og kvaliteten kan
slet ikke leve op til nutidens standard. Derudover indeholder den
udelukkende de 1982 klip som fejlagtigt kaldes Directors Cut, Hvorimod
den nye ivil indeholde både de oprindelige cut med voicover, 1982
cuttet og det nye directors cut.

Med venlig hilsen
Lars Hoffmann

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"Lars Hoffmann" <lars@intercambiodvd.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:1148905717.742784.206990@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
JYH wrote:

> - Blade Runner (Reg 1) har da stået i min reol et stykke tid nu.
> Købt hos Axel.

Den du har (ligesom den jeg har derhjemme) har elendig lyd og billede.
Det var en af de allerførste film der udkom på DVD og kvaliteten kan
slet ikke leve op til nutidens standard. Derudover indeholder den
udelukkende de 1982 klip som fejlagtigt kaldes Directors Cut, Hvorimod
den nye ivil indeholde både de oprindelige cut med voicover, 1982
cuttet og det nye directors cut.

Derfor er det nu alligevel ikke nogen nyhed at den kommer på dvd, da den har
været udgivet i det format i nogle år efterhånden.

Martin

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Hej!

Martin Møller wrote:
....
> Den du har (ligesom den jeg har derhjemme) har elendig lyd og billede.
> Det var en af de allerførste film der udkom på DVD og kvaliteten kan
> slet ikke leve op til nutidens standard. Derudover indeholder den
> udelukkende de 1982 klip som fejlagtigt kaldes Directors Cut, Hvorimod
> den nye ivil indeholde både de oprindelige cut med voicover, 1982
> cuttet og det nye directors cut.

Hvad, kommer Denver Workprint'et ikke med også? Jeg har det kun i en _meget_
ringe cam-version og jeg har ikke kunnet få mig selv til at se den :(

> Derfor er det nu alligevel ikke nogen nyhed at den kommer på dvd, da den har
> været udgivet i det format i nogle år efterhånden.

Tja, men den tæller jo ikke. Det gør min laserdisc 2disc CAV-udgave dog :)

--
Mvh, Kim Voss Schrader

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Hej!

Lars Hoffmann wrote:
>
> Fra the digital bits:
....

Det var ellers på tide - jeg havde sq helt opgivet den udgivelse efterhånden :)
Og så kommer den endda i biffen igen i en rigtig DC hvilket lover godt.

Så kom der endelig en grund til at glæde sig til HD-DVD og Bluray

--
Mvh, Kim Voss Schrader (som synes 2006 godt snart kunne være et overstået
kapitel :)).

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"Lars Hoffmann" <lars@intercambiodvd.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:1148904409.036807.184280@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Fra the digital bits:

Fantastisk, jeg sidder lige nu og græder af glæde bag min pc... Troede ikke
det ville ske, har ventet på dette lige siden jeg fik min dvd-afspiller.

sssshhhh..var der en der råbte GEEK!???

Mvh. Brian

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Lars Hoffmann wrote:
> Fra the digital bits:
> You may have heard the word from Daily Variety this morning. Yes...
> Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is FINALLY, officially, coming to DVD. It's
> going to be coming to HD-DVD. And it's going to be coming to Blu-ray
> Disc as well. This is real... it's happening... and it's going to be
> very, very cool.

YEEEEES!!!! Så er der er alligevel en gud!


--
mvh Kim Jensen
blog.werx @ http://kim.litewerx.dk
Port80.biz // ColorBlender.com // LiteWerx.dk

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Brian, Rikke og Kristian wrote:

> Fantastisk, jeg sidder lige nu og græder af glæde bag min pc... Troede ikke
> det ville ske, har ventet på dette lige siden jeg fik min dvd-afspiller.

Jeg tænkte nok der var mere end en nørd der ville glæde sig samme
med mig. Jeg glæder mig specielt meget til at se voiceover versionen
som, på trods af at være meget udskældt, giver os en noget
anderledes indfaldsvinkel til filmen.

Med venlig hilsen
Lars Hoffmann

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"Lars Hoffmann" <lars@intercambiodvd.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:1148937281.075829.92080@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Brian, Rikke og Kristian wrote:

> Fantastisk, jeg sidder lige nu og græder af glæde bag min pc... Troede
> ikke
> det ville ske, har ventet på dette lige siden jeg fik min dvd-afspiller.

Jeg tænkte nok der var mere end en nørd der ville glæde sig samme
med mig. Jeg glæder mig specielt meget til at se voiceover versionen
som, på trods af at være meget udskældt, giver os en noget
anderledes indfaldsvinkel til filmen.




Ja jeg er jo en af de få tilhængere af voiceoveren, men det allerbedste er
jo at vi kan få begge versioner...YES...
Tror nok at hvis jeg kun må vælge en film, så ville jeg vælge Bladerunner.

Mvh. Brian




Med venlig hilsen
Lars Hoffmann

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Brian, Rikke og Kristian skrev:

> Ja jeg er jo en af de få tilhængere af voiceoveren, men det allerbedste er
> jo at vi kan få begge versioner...YES...

Med og uden voice-over har sine styrker og svagheder. Versionen med
(orig. bio-version) har især sin svaghed i slutningen... For et par år
siden var det på tv-danmark muligt at se en kombinationsversion:
Versionen uden voice-over, men med dk-tekster der passede til versionen
med voice-over ...

David

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Martin Møller wrote:

> Derfor er det nu alligevel ikke nogen nyhed at den kommer på dvd, da den har
> været udgivet i det format i nogle år efterhånden.


Jamen så undskyld da også
s'følig er det en nyhed at Blade Runner udkommer i både en rigtig
directors cut, den oprindelige version og så forhåbentligt også i en
god kvalitet. Hvis du ikke kan forstå det, er du bare ikke nørd nok!


Med venlig hilsen
Lars Hoffmann