Three commentaries are included with the Final Cut, one with Ridley Scott going solo, the others with a staggering array of people discussing every aspect of the film. The workprint also includes a commentary, this one from Paul Sammon, author of the book about the making of the film.
Disc 2 houses an absurdly long documentary, coming in at a little over three and a half hours. This is an exhaustive account of the movie, including the working conditions, designs, visual effects, and the impact the film had. It is an engrossing piece of work that couldn’t possibly disappoint any fan.
Disc 4 has an additional two hours of fun for featurette fanatics. These extras include a look at the Philip K. Dick novel, comparing it to the film version, along with archival interviews, deleted scenes, promotional pieces, trailers, outtakes, wardrobe, and screen tests.
Disc 5 holds a half hour look at each version and how it came to be. There are loads of interviews, and Scott does a fine job defending his reasons for going back and finally settling on the "definitive" version. 
HD DVD fanatics should note that two of the discs in this collection are pressed on standard DVDs. The massive three-hour documentary is not only not in HD, it’s not even on an HD DVD in the first place. The same goes for Disc 4 with the featurettes.
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Article comments
1 - Chris Beaumont
Been looking forward to this being remastered. I am leaning towards the 4 disk standard version. Not sure I need the workprint.
2 - b. carroll
gee matt - don't hold back - tell us what you REALLY think.
yes, it's so bad that it's grown more popular over the last 25 years than it ever was on release, it's been given an unprecedented restoration treatment and release on disc, and just got moved into position #98 on the AFI 100 list.
yep. must be a bad film... how could anyone possibly like it?
brian carroll
UT, USA
3 - Matt Paprocki
"tell us what you REALLY think."
I believe that's what I'm supposed to do here. Correct me if I'm wrong.
"yep. must be a bad film... how could anyone possibly like it?"
I asked myself the same question.
That said, Roger Ebert initially hated the movie to. Years later after watching it again, he took it all back and said it's one of the greats of the genre. So..
In a few years, I'll give it another go. Maybe my thoughts will change. I love sci-fi, and this was my first time watching Blade Runner. Now that I have a better idea of what to expect, I'll give it a second shot.
Until then, the score remains the same.
4 - Christopher Rose
Well, as far as I'm concerned, this is one of the greatest movies ever. I always thought it inspirational the way the androids loved life so much and had, ok have, a major crush on Pris.
That said, I have zero interest in a 5 disc "Collectors Edition", which, like so many of these so-called special editions, is more just an attempt to milk the fans shamelessly.
5 - bliffle
I never saw "Blade Runner" before, though I've heard references to it over the years, so I look forward to watching this now, perhaps even tonight.
6 - STM
I agree with Rosey, Pris was dead-set hot ... except when she got mad. The amazingly beautiful Sean Young didn't go too bloody bad either, although I heard she went off the rails a bit later stalking James Woods in a harassment case and it tarnished her career (possibly unfairly).
And I must say, if I had to be "stalked" by anyone, Sean Young would have been one of my first choices ... :) Also, good to see a movie out of the era before men became reconstructed (harrison Ford at his nasty but human best) and, what's that bullsh.t word? Ah yes, metrosexual. I suppose it's just a general reflection of how Hollywood's become, though.
Great movie, however, and one of the genuine all-time greats (I've watched it many more times than once. Sorry Sean, I'd have loved you to have stalked me if indeed that's what really happened - and, honest, I'd never have called the cops) although the director's cut disappointed me a bit.
The neon and the fans going all day and all night reminded me of those hot, humid, summer nights in Sydney, too, when no bastard manages to get any sleep.
7 - Tim Holzbaur
Perhaps the writer of the review missed the commentary. It explains the language being spoken, and ultimately why Deckard lived. They never should have cut it out. I love this movie, and the very possible future it presents, and it will go down in history as the father of the modern sci-fi.