The DVD included contains Ridley Scott's director's cut version of the film, but offers no new features or commentaries which would have added considerably to the set's desirability. The original draft shooting script by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples does, however, provide some fascinating insights in its moments of departure from the version that was finally filmed. Perhaps the most compelling example is Deckard's final, decisive contribution to the "is he or isn't … mehrhe" debate: "I knew it on the roof that night. We were bothers, Roy Batty and I! Combat models of the highest order. We had fought in wars not yet dreamed of in vast nightmares still unnamed. We were the new people ... Roy and me and Rachael! We were made for this world. It was ours!" weniger
Der Film basiert auf dem Buch "Träumen Roboter von elektrischen Schafen?" von Philip K. Dick, welcher neben Grossmeister Isaac Asimov und Arthur C. Clarke zu den wohl besten Science Fiction-Autoren gehört. Auch das Buch "Neuromancer", welches noch heute als das beste Science Fiction Buch aller Zeit gilt, basiert recht stark auf der Blade Runner-Welt. ... weiterlesen