Blade Runner HD Collector's Whatever Thread

[Eel O'Brian]

You people have no fucking taste whatsoever.  It's a wonderful life isn't cheese until the very end, it's one of the rawest Capra films ever up until the last five minutes or so.  Jimmy Stewart gave a terrific performance, and the desperation in the character is reflected in his own life at the time - this was pretty much it for him.  He was going to give up acting, because he though people didn't want to see him anymore.

Jesus, stop attacking other films to justify your enjoyment of a particular movie, you dickheads.

[TVC15]

I have a 720p HD rip right here. . .I can just stream it to my 360 and not have to deal with the mouthbreathers and PDs of the world.

Hey, Eel, I said it's an effective melodrama.  I didn't do anything even NEAR the ballpark of distinguished mentally-challenged that PD was batting in.

[Smooth Groove]

I have a 720p HD rip right here. . .I can just stream it to my 360 and not have to deal with the mouthbreathers and PDs of the world.

Hey, Eel, I said it's an effective melodrama.  I didn't do anything even NEAR the ballpark of distinguished mentally-challenged that PD was batting in.

What's it ripped from?  Do you get surround with the rip? 

[Eel O'Brian]

He likes what he likes.  Simple-minded?  Sure.  But you're not going to change his mind.

[TVC15]

I have a 720p HD rip right here. . .I can just stream it to my 360 and not have to deal with the mouthbreathers and PDs of the world.

Hey, Eel, I said it's an effective melodrama.  I didn't do anything even NEAR the ballpark of distinguished mentally-challenged that PD was batting in.

What's it ripped from?  Do you get surround with the rip? 

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 Û   SOURCE........: Blade Runner The Final Cut 1080p HDDVD VC-1  

Edit:  Eel, I would have had no problem with him if he didn't state what was clearly a marginal opinion as objective fact.  That's where his idiocy came from, and that's what gave me the golden ticket to give him shit.

[Smooth Groove]

Damn, that was fast.  How big is the file?  I'll try it out if torrenting US films weren't so dangerous. 

[Eel O'Brian]

Hmm, this is a bit overkill.  I'm not sure Blade Runner needs five discs worth of material.  The good news is it's only $30 or so, depending on where you get it.  I paid $13 over my trade reserve of $20.  That's not bad for an HD movie.

[TVC15]

Damn, that was fast.  How big is the file?  I'll try it out if torrenting US films weren't so dangerous. 

6.54 gigs.  It's been "out" about a half week.

[Eel O'Brian]

Well, you know how PD is. 

Eh, whatever.  I think I misread your comments, and I'm still irritated at myself for taking part in a gathering of the pathetic.  I'm just glad no one had a camera.

[TVC15]

Well, you know how PD is. 

Eh, whatever.  I think I misread your comments, and I'm still irritated at myself for taking part in a gathering of the pathetic.  I'm just glad no one had a camera.

It couldn't have been as bad as me and prole Wiihunting last year.

[Eel O'Brian]

I shudder at the thought of the smell alone.  I felt embarrassed when I bought one, and there was no one else in the store.  I detected the faintest phantom odor of feet and onions as I slid my card through the debit machine, and I knew that funk would remain in my skin until I got rid of it.

now that funk belongs to demi

[MrAngryFace]

I am going to grab mine at fred meyer or something on the way home tomorrow. Pumped.

[TVC15]

[Eel O'Brian]

Jesus fucking Christ, these companies can't make a quality DVD case to save their fucking asses.  Every goddamned one of the discs were loose inside the box.  Now I have to either live with the light scratches on a couple of the discs, or take it back tomorrow.  Fuck.

[Smooth Groove]

I'll probably take it back.  I've had skips before with HD-DVD but never with Blu-ray.  Supposedly, BDs are more scratch tolerant. 

BTW, here's an early review for the HD-DVD.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews34/blade_runner_HD_Blu-ray.htm

[MrAngryFace]

omg that looks good

[Eel O'Brian]

Wow, the PQ, looks like it was filmed this year

Yeah, I'm gonna take it back.  It's going to take a long time to go through all this stuff, and I don't want to be surprised by a disc skipping a month from now when I can't return it

[TVC15]

You'd have to be Phoenix Dark to think this doesn't look awesome.

[MrAngryFace]

This is where PD admits he's wrong cause there cant be pedestrians in a city where everything flies

[CajoleJuice]

Wow, the PQ, looks like it was filmed this year

Yeah, I'm gonna take it back.  It's going to take a long time to go through all this stuff, and I don't want to be surprised by a disc skipping a month from now when I can't return it

Told you, dude. So awesome.

[Phoenix Dark]

Jesus, you have Capra-corn in your top 5.  Your opinion is completely moot.  I'm not even sure you think cinema is an art.

What's wrong with having a Capra classic in my top 5? Those are my favorite films. I could laugh at you for having fucking Robocop in your top 10 on similar grounding.

Favorite doesn't necessarily mean best. Godfather and Rear Window are better FILMS than Mockingbird in nearly every aspect, but Mockingbird is still my favorite film.

The Capra movie is cheese.  Robocop is cheese, action, violence, comedy, and satire.  The Capra movie is an effective melodrama, but Robocop is so much more.  I bet I could easily argue that Robocop is a movie of great quality, and convince people.  If given the choice between Robocop and a predictable Capra melodrama, I would go with Verhoeven any day.

Movies to you, PD, are nothing more than entertainment.  Kindly never take one of my recommendations again. . .I shoot over your head.

You're dismissing Capra as mere "cheese" yet want to critisize me? Jesus. And I fucking hate Robocop. It's a movie I admit is pretty damn good, but it just turns me off to the point I can't watch it.

You don't know what movies are to me, and just because I like It's a Wonderful Life, which is very respected - doesn't help your argument. All you're doing is contradicting yourself

[MrAngryFace]

I dont get how you can hate robocop, its like hating pizza

[Phoenix Dark]

It's a very good movie, I just can't stand to watch it. Too over the top for me

[MrAngryFace]

I dont like gorey movies and I like it, wtf

[TVC15]

Did you miss the part where I said It's a Wonderful Life is effective melodrama, PD?  Adding selective reading to your sins of idiocy?  I don't see anywhere I've contradicted myself.  Even Capra's biggest proponents would admit he made melodramas.

[CajoleJuice]

If it weren't 2:30 am, I'd pop in Robocop RIGHT NOW

[Smooth Groove]

I dont get how you can hate robocop, its like hating pizza

I hate Little Caesar's.  But I to premier dining establishments like Round Table Pizza. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Did you miss the part where I said It's a Wonderful Life is effective melodrama, PD?  Adding selective reading to your sins of idiocy?  I don't see anywhere I've contradicted myself.  Even Capra's biggest proponents would admit he made melodramas.

And? It's still an amazing movie. What's wrong with a classic, "effective" melodrama?

[MrAngryFace]

I forgot how long harry potter was, kinda need to go to bed soon, OH WELL

[TVC15]

Notice how It's a Wonderful Life isn't available in HD, but 2001, Blade Runner, and Robocop are?  Only good movies make it to HD.  Classics.

There's nothing wrong with a classic melodrama, PD.  Some of us just like movies that require a modicrum of thought, a bit of challenge, to grok.

[Phoenix Dark]

Notice how It's a Wonderful Life isn't available in HD, but 2001, Blade Runner, and Robocop are?  Only good movies make it to HD.  Classics.

There's nothing wrong with a classic melodrama, PD.  Some of us just like movies that require a modicrum of thought, a bit of challenge, to grok.

Don't forget future classics like Transformers 

Challenging films are definitely desired, but I also require some quality in my challenging films. Like Children of Men

[Howard Alan Treesong]

CoM is good, but how you can like CoM and not like 2001 and Blade Runner is mind-boggling.

CHILDREN OF MEN OWES EVERYTHING IT IS TO THOSE TWO MOVIES (plus Brazil)

[TVC15]

I'd like to see PD's simple-minded take on an actually DIFFICULT scifi movie, like Alphaville.  His whole fucking head would melt.



 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

maybe he could review the band Alphaville instead

[CajoleJuice]

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Oh wait, that's not a movie

[TVC15]

I love the name Lemmy Caution.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

can I buy that as a poster

[Phoenix Dark]

CoM is good, but how you can like CoM and not like 2001 and Blade Runner is mind-boggling.

CHILDREN OF MEN OWES EVERYTHING IT IS TO THOSE TWO MOVIES (plus Brazil)

Brazil is one of my favorite films, and certainly not a simple flick; in terms of sci fi the same goes for 12 Monkeys and CoM. I like all those movies, and it's not like I hate Blade Runner/2001

[Beezy]

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You'd have to be Phoenix Dark to think this doesn't look awesome.

Looks cool. Why is it 5 discs though?

[TVC15]

There's a one disc version with just the Final Cut.  The five disc version is like four different versions of the movie + extras.

[CajoleJuice]

There's a one disc version with just the Final Cut.  The five disc version is like four different versions of the movie + extras.

I don't see a one-disc version on Amazon. And there's 5 different versions. Theatrical, International, Director's, Workprint, and Final.

[TVC15]

There's a one disc version with just the Final Cut.  The five disc version is like four different versions of the movie + extras.

I don't see a one-disc version on Amazon. And there's 5 different versions. Theatrical, International, Director's, Workprint, and Final.

Looks like I was wrong.  But the 5 disc versions are all pretty cheap. . .like 30 bucks anyway, so it's not that huge of a deal.

[Beezy]

There's a one disc version with just the Final Cut.  The five disc version is like four different versions of the movie + extras.

I only see the 5 disc version for HD-DVD and Bluray.

[abrader]

anyone else get their copy yet?

I cant goto BB till later.

I hope I can get a copy of the 'non scratched' edition

[Phoenix Dark]

Well then, I give this thread a 10/10

[bagofeyes]

Fuck I love good movies. I gotta join the HD revolution.

[Eel O'Brian]

There is a Two-Disc DVD version available, I saw it at Moviestop - comes in a blue box.  I don't know what's in it - probably just the final cut and some supplementary material.

And, that's two for two on the Blade Runner deal. Got the second one home, opened it, and two of the discs were loose. The guy at the store even let me shake it to make sure, and I didn't hear or feel anything - they were wedged tight. Luckily, the first disc was still on the hub, but the work print disc is nice and scuffed, as is one of the DVD supplementary discs. This was the last HD DVD set they had at Moviestop, too. I'm either going to take the scratched discs back and let them run it through their buffing machine - if that's advisable - or I'm going to email Warner and see if they'll mail me replacement discs.

I'll say this about Blu Ray - that coating is a point in their favor. Out of all the Blu Rays I've rented through Netflix, only a couple have had any noticeable scratches, whereas the HD DVDs seem to scratch just as easily as DVDs. The HD DVD camp needs to get on that hard coating situation pronto. And both sides need to fix the packaging issues on multi-disc sets.

Goddamnit.

[CajoleJuice]

Blade Runner: The Final Cut: casing made by the people who brought you Halo 3: Limited Edition!

[TVC15]

I'm grabbing a briefcase if possible.

[abrader]

ugh - my 2:00 PM meeting got pushed back to 3:00 PM ET....

my dreams of getting out of the office by 3:00 PM are shattered by my legal teams shifting schedule

I hope there is something left when i get to bestbuy

[Mr. Gundam]

Canceled my (now backordered) Amazon preorder and picked up the Blu-ray regular edition at Best Buy. The fifth disc was loose, but there aren't any scratches that I can see.

In an unexpected move, Warner actually included an insert for the film! Aside from my Japanese copy of Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, that has to be a first for Blu-ray!

[TVC15]

Hey distant, did they have any Blu Ray briefcases?

[Mr. Gundam]

Hey distant, did they have any Blu Ray briefcases?

I didn't see any. I didn't see the briefcases for any format, actually.

[MrAngryFace]

Did they have a lot of the standard 5 disc copies tho? Im afraid the jobless nerds or the people who dont carpool will get my copy first and I will rage and push over a magazine rack.

[Mr. Gundam]

Did they have a lot of the standard 5 disc copies tho? Im afraid the jobless nerds or the people who dont carpool will get my copy first and I will rage and push over a magazine rack.

The Federal Way Best Buy had a bunch of BR and HD-DVD copies. I didn't see anyone else buying one when I was there at 11am.

If you're worried, you could just order one on their site and choose to pick it up in store.

[MrAngryFace]

NOOO! Then I look desperate!

[TVC15]

Shit do I want it BD or HD-DVD. . .I might have to go HD-DVD for screen cap purposes.

[Mupepe]

Shit do I want it BD or HD-DVD. . .I might have to go HD-DVD for screen cap purposes.

hd dvd baby

[Mr. Gundam]

Shit do I want it BD or HD-DVD. . .I might have to go HD-DVD for screen cap purposes.

hd dvd baby

Might as well give HD-DVD another sale, they need it more than BR does at the moment.

[TVC15]

At least with Blade Runner, the HD-DVD and BD versions are identical.