Posted by jayembee on 05/28/06 05:10

"Bratboy" <DontBother@Takeallthisaway.tde.com> wrote:

> While I'm glad their coming out, loaned my old copy out yrs ago and
> never got it back hehe, but I don't exactly "get it". Sounds like he's
> doing the same thing that was done to SWars that so many got upset
> about. Adding sceens and such is fine by me but so many were angry &
> I'm curious why is this movie is any different

The difference is that when Lucas added the imrovements, he removed
the original versions completely from circulation in every and all
forms. That isn't happening with BLADE RUNNER. If you read the article,
they quite specifically state that the mega-set will contain all four
versions of the film, allowing the consumer to choose which one(s)
to watch, instead of completely removing that choice from the viewer.

Now granted, this *had* been done, in a sense, with BLADE RUNNER
back in 1993, when Warner released the Not Really Director's Cut,
and yanked the original version out of circulation. But they are
"fixing" that now.

-- jayembee

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