I watched the Final Cut edition of Blade Runner Friday night, in anticipation of seeing the new one. It had been quite some time since I last watched it (probably close to the 10 years that have gone by since I picked up the 5-disc HD DVD set in 2007). Been a favourite of mine since I first saw it in the mid-80s.
Wasn't a smooth viewing experience, though. I have about 150 HD DVDs and still keep them in rotation. Unfortunately, Warner discs had a quality control issue and I'm almost always having problems with my Warner HD DVDs (about 90 of the 150). And Blade Runner was the latest victim. I went to see on Amazon if the 5-disc Blu-ray is available--it's not. At least, not new. There are copies out there but for well over 100$CDN. I'll keep an eye out (maybe a new release of the 5 discs plus the new one will be out next year), but in the meantime, I wanted to finish the movie. Fortunately, iTunes came to the rescue. It was 7$ for the HD version (including a number of extras) and it was available right away. But I'm down on the audio side from TrueHD to regular Dolby Digital.
Oh well, my gamble didn't pay off ten years ago. Still, as far the movie goes, still great (and I can't wait to see the new one at the local IMAX).
Wasn't a smooth viewing experience, though. I have about 150 HD DVDs and still keep them in rotation. Unfortunately, Warner discs had a quality control issue and I'm almost always having problems with my Warner HD DVDs (about 90 of the 150). And Blade Runner was the latest victim. I went to see on Amazon if the 5-disc Blu-ray is available--it's not. At least, not new. There are copies out there but for well over 100$CDN. I'll keep an eye out (maybe a new release of the 5 discs plus the new one will be out next year), but in the meantime, I wanted to finish the movie. Fortunately, iTunes came to the rescue. It was 7$ for the HD version (including a number of extras) and it was available right away. But I'm down on the audio side from TrueHD to regular Dolby Digital.
Oh well, my gamble didn't pay off ten years ago. Still, as far the movie goes, still great (and I can't wait to see the new one at the local IMAX).
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