As these versions are accessible via seamless branching they share much of the same material, and appear to utilize a master identical to 'The Final Cut. Final note: The only thing missing on this gargantuan release are the extensive still galleries that Warner promised in the original press release.

The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth (SD, 20 minutes) - A fitting tribute to the real star of 'Blade Runner,' the late director of photography Jordan Cronenweth. The biggest compliment I can pay to "Dangerous Days" is that despite the punishing runtime, I didn't look at my watch once. But lest purists fear that Warner has overdone it, I was thrilled to see that there is still some legitimate grain to the image, which retains a film-like and natural look entirely appropriate to the vintage of the film. Although again I didn't despise the earlier DVD editions, this restoration is nothing short of a revelation. Warner has absolutely hit it out of the park with this one, and it's easily a five-star presentation up there with the best.

Unfortunately, this isn't always the case and the events of Blade Runner revolve around a group of four renegade Replicants who make their way back to Earth and seek their creators within the giant Tyrell corporation. All of the much-buzzed about changes to the various versions of the film are largely cosmetic (or in the case of the narration, merely the removal of annoyances). For more about Blade Runner and the Blade Runner Blu-ray release, see Blade Runner Blu-ray Review published by Ben Williams on December 31, 2007 where this Blu-ray release scored 5. This brings the film’s beautifully stark, detailed, almost always artificially sourced lighting to life in a way we’ve never seen before.

Back in 1982, the film screened horribly with test audiences, so a few producer- and studio-mandated changes were made to Scott's original cut.

Regardless, outside of catching it in the cinema, this is as good as the film will ever look and sound (until we get 8K. As you get closer and closer to the practical models, you can see all of the little nooks and crannies with an appreciable amount of detail and depth.

Considering Blade Runner The Final Cut was originally released with a rock solid audio mix, this new Atmos track breaks that mold. Although the narration was clumsy, it didn't alter the narrative at all (it was simply grafted on existing completed scenes), while the happy ending -- while stupid -- again didn't alter anything that came before it. This would have been the perfect opportunity for some sort of behind the scenes retrospective with cast and crew interviews or even one of the new film's many trailers.

Like the video, the audio here is quite rough, but again, it's from a patched-together library of footage, and probably sounds as good as it ever could. Except for when the noise is as its worst, not a tone seems out of place - even on the film’s many difficult skin tones.