Blade Runner 4K UHD (1982)

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Vangeli

Are all of the menus French? If not, that's a pretty great deal.

The 4K & Blu-ray discs are literally the same ones as we've got (Warners one-size-fits-all), they'll default to English language options. Dunno about the DVD.

[Vangeli]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The 4K & Blu-ray discs are literally the same ones as we've got (Warners one-size-fits-all), they'll default to English language options. Dunno about the DVD.

DVD? Don't you mean drink coaster?

But seriously if you're buying a 4K combo back with Blu-ray bonus features, there is absolutely no reason to include or want the feature film on DVD unless it's to clear a warehouse.

[Geoff D]

It's an odd choice to include a DVD in the French release, but then you only have to look at the cluster**** of the US version to see that it could've been a lot worse. The UK 4K SE is the best of all worlds BUT if peoples wanna save a few $ and don't care about the rogue DVD then the French edition is a very tempting alternative because you still get Final Cut 4K, Archival editions BD and the Workprint + extras BD. All five cuts (well, five and a half including The Condensed Cut ) are represented in the best quality available for each respective version.

[Vangeli]

Or maybe DVD players outnumber humans in France and the French collection is a stepping stone to UHD. That is a possibility.

[Geoff D]

Bit of a weird stepping stone though, to just have one disc be a DVD and the rest as 4K/BD. The French Unforgiven set leant a bit more towards that hypothesis because it had 2x DVD (movie/extras) plus the remastered BD and the 4K, but I guess if you were to do that with Blade Runner the damn thing would be like a 9-disc set or something.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

So out of dozens and dozens of BDs and UHDs that I’ve played on my E6 in the ten months I’ve owned it, I’ve only once encountered issues with resolving near-black transitions (the aforementioned AGENT CARTER) and that’s a “known OLED issue” but flip the tables with whatever issue you’re having with BLADE RUNNER and it simply must be a disc issue? It does sound like a bit of tech favoritism from where I stand. But like you, I’m not mad at all. In the end, I honestly wish you were having the same playback experience the bulk of us are having. This is too important of a movie not to be.

Another thing involved beyond his set, his settings and his eyes are language choices. Our lovely Geoff loves to say stuff looks like shit in colorful ways, and when everyone and their mother says a disc looks like an A+ amazing experience and Geoff says "this is a total botch job" it can cause a bit more stirring of the debate pot than might otherwise arise.

That stuff is what makes forums fun though!

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Great, thanks for checking. So the French edition is virtually a mirror of the UK set, only it swaps out the Final Cut BD for a Final Cut DVD, the other three discs are the same. Odd that they wouldn't mention it having the Workprint...but then this is Warners, after all. They're incompetent in any language.

Great, so I'll just have to swap the Final Cut DVD for the Final Cut Blu-ray. Nice!

[Colson]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

well, five and a half including The Condensed Cut

Is this a real thing?

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Colson

Is this a real thing?

Some folks have taken to referring to the 45 minutes of deleted/alternate scenes as The Condensed Cut.

[BladeRunner2007]

Any screenshot comparison between the BD and the 4K UHD of the Final Cut online?

[Stoney Jackson]

I was able to finally find a copy of this at FYE in my local mall. Marked at $44.95, on sale for $39.95
Signed up for a free trial of their membership and also had a coupon for $5 off which brought the price down to $30 plus tax.
They only had the one copy of the 4K version but if you're still looking for it try your local FYE


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[_voyager_]

This is my first UHD disc. So newbie question... My Oppo UDP-203 says Dolby TrueHD7.1 and my AVR says Atmos/TrueHD. I assume it is Atmos although Oppo says just TrueHD?

[Geoff D]

The player will only ever show the TrueHD part of the signal, the Atmos metadata is carried along to the AVR where it is decoded.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

Any screenshot comparison between the BD and the 4K UHD of the Final Cut online?

Can't really do reliable shots of UHDs yet but some posted pics off a screen you can see here: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2487

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

It's an odd choice to include a DVD in the French release, but then you only have to look at the cluster**** of the US version to see that it could've been a lot worse. The UK 4K SE is the best of all worlds BUT if peoples wanna save a few $ and don't care about the rogue DVD then the French edition is a very tempting alternative because you still get Final Cut 4K, Archival editions BD and the Workprint + extras BD. All five cuts (well, five and a half including The Condensed Cut ) are represented in the best quality available for each respective version.

Do you know exactly what's on the French extras BD? Is it the same as the British one?

[gnj1958]

Guess I'm going to have to wait until they release it as a single 4K disc or until the set drops below $20. I'm not paying for blu rays I already own.

[atlantajoseph]

OMG, watched the UHD tonight and it is a thing of beauty.

Also FYI this movie really grows on you the older and more jaded you become.

[cannono]

Curious if I should bother looking for the disc when iTunes new pricing structure means they are selling the streaming 4K version at $15. Apple has done a helluva deed with their pricing shakeup. Vudu looks nuts selling the same movie at $30.

I’m so tired of discs but I love this movie. The diminishing returns make me think ill be happier with a streaming copy, but thanks to Movies Anywhere I could possibly just buy this disc and have both disc and stream. What to do...

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by cannono

I’m so tired of discs but I love this movie. What to do...

Step one: stop posting at a place called Blu-ray.com.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Do you know exactly what's on the French extras BD? Is it the same as the British one?

I’m the owner of the French disc, not Geoff, but yes, it should be absolutely identical. Is there something specific you’d like me to check for?