Blade Runner 4K UHD (1982)

[LoSouL]

Mine is coming the 7th from Amazon.

[s2mikey]

Hmmm. Amazon UK can get this to my door for $26.50. Its $33.00+ from Amazon USA or local. What am I missing here? Other than waiting a week extra to get it which is no big deal?

Screw it - just placed the order via Amazon UK. Saved me $7-$9 bucks overall. Cash is cash

[Vangeli]

Bull Moose is only a handful of stores around the New England area (mostly Maine) and they don't adhere to the ways of big business like Amazon. It's only a handful of employees that handle EVERYTHING. They're awesome.

When I was in college there was one down the street and I'd walk down to it every day and check if there were any movie scores traded in. Very often I'd find an out-of-print gem of a score that cost only $2.97.

[ncraft]

Originally Posted by LoSouL

Mine is coming the 7th from Amazon.

Mine is coming on the 7th from Walmart. For some reason they prepared it to ship 2 days ago but I was told they can't ship it out until the 5th.

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

They probably shipped a little earlier to counter the holiday on Monday but it ended up getting to you early anyway. Congrats, I am jealous. At least my Amazon order still says Tuesday arrival and "shipping soon."

Yep. Mine finally updated and says the same. I won't be watching it until next Sunday though. Me, my Pops and a group of people are seeing The Wrath Of Khan on the big screen then going to my place to watch this. I have one friend who's never seen it and it sounds like he's gonna be in for a treat being able to watch it in 4k. Its gonna be like traveling back to 1982 next weekend

[buckeye1]

I tried to watch this a few years ago. I watched about 25 min or so and turned it off. I just could not get into it. I wanted to see what the hype was about this movie and I'll probably never know, its just one movie I could not sit down and watch from beginning to end. I really enjoy SYFI movies but not this one. You know the phrase...."to each his own". That's my motto here..

[HeavyHitter]

I watched the disc tonight and it's just outstanding in every way. The biggest improvements that immediately stood out to me compared to the BD were the details as well as the more natural looking, better rendered film grain - those alone are just big improvements. Color and shadow detail excellent - no crush at all. I cannot comment on the HDR part as my projector is SDR, but I really get the sense it was done well and tastefully. Some scenes are just absolutely breathtaking. It was worth the wait to finally get this mastered and encoded to virtual perfection.

[UpsetSmiley]

What about if your TV doesn't have HDR, is there a step-up in clarity?

Edit: Review is up, very high praise indeed. I think it's shaping up to be the best 4K release of the year.

[HeavyHitter]

Regarding Bullmoose, I have to say I am VERY impressed with two orders from them so far. More on the way. I highly recommend giving them a chance as I will take them over Amazon.

[Lensman]

Originally Posted by buckeye1

I really enjoy SYFI movies ...

What is a SYFI movie?
Do you mean Science-Fiction or SF or ( if you really really must) Sci-Fi?
Stop just INVENTING things that are a nuisance.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by UpsetSmiley

What about if your TV doesn't have HDR, is there a step-up in clarity?

Without reservation, YES. Absolutely. It's practically perfect, honestly.

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by UpsetSmiley

What about if your TV doesn't have HDR, is there a step-up in clarity?

Edit: Review is up, very high praise indeed. I think it's shaping up to be the best 4K release of the year.

I can't comment on this specific disc, but I have an SDR 4k tv and I can tell a hell of a difference, especially in catalog titles like The Fifth Element and The Professional. I'm assuming Blade Runner will be no different.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

I watched the disc tonight and it's just outstanding in every way. The biggest improvements that immediately stood out to me compared to the BD were the details as well as the more natural looking, better rendered film grain - those alone are just big improvements. Color and shadow detail excellent - no crush at all. I cannot comment on the HDR part as my projector is SDR, but I really get the sense it was done well and tastefully. Some scenes are just absolutely breathtaking. It was worth the wait to finally get this mastered and encoded to virtual perfection.

I can absolutely back up what you're saying about the grain. This is honestly the very first disc I've ever felt confident in saying resolved grain FLAWLESSLY. It's an absolute wonder to see it. It's honestly like having an actual print reflected perfectly on your display. There's truly no worry here that there's any more detail to be seen. We're at a point with releases like this that we're seeing the limitations of FILM rather than the limitations of the format or the display...and my God that's a beautiful thing!!

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by buckeye1

I tried to watch this a few years ago. I watched about 25 min or so and turned it off. I just could not get into it. I wanted to see what the hype was about this movie and I'll probably never know, its just one movie I could not sit down and watch from beginning to end. I really enjoy SYFI movies but not this one. You know the phrase...."to each his own". That's my motto here..

Same thing happened to me. I have tried on a few occasions to "get into" but never quite could. Its got loads of potential but I felt it missed a lot of marks. That being said, Im going to try again and even ordered the 4K version rom Amazon UK. I figured with the new film coming out that perhaps Ill be able to get more into it.

Dont feel bad though - the film does NOT sit well with many people on their first viewing. Hell, my second viewing wasnt much better but I did make it through it at least. Try it again and see what you think. Its worth a second watch. If that still leaves you feeling "meh" then forget it.

[Bolty]

I am just so tired of dystopian sci-fi that I never liked it. I acknowledge it's artistic worth -- I just don't enjoy the story.

I will buy it for the technical quality if it dips to $20 -- which I doubt will happen.

[Croweyes1121]

Okay this may or may not be of interest, because naturally I can't do it justice, but my goal here was to try and show the resolution of film grain, which is just insane...

Sorry, I'm obviously not a cameraman, I was trying to hone in on areas I thought demonstrated this best, while fighting with my phone's autofocus. But here you go anyway...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BLzXNe1M7s

EDIT: I wouldn't even bother with this until YT has it up at at least 1080p res.

[worldchmps]

I found it ok. Not great, not bad. I have the 3 disc 30th anniversary set. Feel like I'd upgrade if the 4K drops to around $20. Shocked the 4K doesn't gave all five versions. I'll get this but I don't need this today. Always liked the visuals and the basic plot but not the outfits and the main male and female replicants never felt believable and felt like actors were forcing themselves to make people root for them. And I wasn't crazy on Ford in this. So plot, visuals, good. Acting, meh.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by worldchmps

I found it ok. Not great, not bad. I have the 3 disc 30th anniversary set. Feel like I'd upgrade if the 4K drops to around $20. Shocked the 4K doesn't gave all five versions. I'll get this but I don't need this today. Always liked the visuals and the basic plot but not the outfits and the main male and female replicants never felt believable and felt like actors were forcing themselves to make people root for them. And I wasn't crazy on Ford in this. So plot, visuals, good. Acting, meh.

Agreed. It's got gobs of potential and atmosphere but it was hard to grab onto any characters and take the ride with them per se. If anything, Batty was possible the easiest to root for but he does some NOT nice things after spewing how important life was that it didn't make sense and turned me off to him. Deckard and Rachel.... yeah.... just missed the mark.

Still, it's well designed sci-fi and I'm a sucker for it so I ordered the U.K. Version for $10 bucks less than local. I can always sell it or trade it to my brother if I find that I still can't get into it. I hope the new movie is great since that will make me more interested in the franchise.

[sleeman]

Canadians wondering where to get this, Walmart Canada has it for 39.96 + tax estimated arrival Sept 6th.

[Archivy]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I think that's an extremely small number of people and with Dangerous Days and the commentaries they probably have everything they care about anyway.

Why do you believe that Blade Runner can't make any new fans going forward and that those new fans will only care about having the Final Cut?

Again, I just want to preserve original editions of films. WB apparently feels otherwise. And George Lucas (separately).

Hopefully by creating havoc somewhere down the line WB will release the other editions of Blade Runner in future formats so that new fans and already established fans will have access to more than just revisionist edits. That's all I'm saying. And the punchline is that WB could have done just that, perhaps even more cheaply in terms of production costs, if they would have included the 2012 BD discs rather than an incomplete set of DVDs.