Bladerunner EVK2M — (Every version known to man)

I was enthralled by this movie when I saw it in a theater in 1982, the year it came out.

Then sometime in the 1990s I watched the 1992 director's cut, which made much more sense but yet wasn't as compelling as the original.

Then last night I watched the 2007 final cut in high-definition, and once again I was in replicant heaven.

The soundtrack alone is one of my favorite CDs, and hearing it in Dolby Digital 5.1 along with the movie made it that much better.

For $24.95 you get an awful lot: 5 DVDs with all manner of extras including:

• Commentary by the director, Ridley Scott, and Syd Mead, Douglas Trumbull, Hampton Fancher and many others involved in the film's creation

• A feature-length documentary about how the movie came to be made

• The original 1982 theatrical version, the 1982 international version and the 1992 director's cut

• An "Enhancement Archive" with 90 minutes of deleted footage, galleries and featurettes

• The workprint version of the film