Warner Brothers Blu-ray Blunder... Again

One of the most anticipated releases on Blu-ray this quarter is the Blu-ray release of 'Blade Runner'. Demand for the release has left many retailers sold-out, leaving fans of the iconic Sci-fi film empty-handed. Unfortunately, some fans lucky enough to get a copy have found that the fifth disc is actually the same as the first disc, instead of the being the labeled "Work Print". Fans are reporting that, while the fifth disc is labeled as the "Work Print", when they play the disc they are finding it to be the "Final Cut" of the movie. To find out if you have the correct version of the film on the fifth disc, play the movie and see which audio options you have in the set-up. If you only have an English track, you're ok. If you see the option for a Dolby TrueHD track, you have a bad disc (only the "Final Cut" has a Dolby TrueHD cut). Warner Home Video has yet to make an official announcement, and with low supplies, returning for replacement copies might not be an option. We'll keep you updated when we hear from the studio.
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quexos  » Dec 18, 2007
ok Warner, we'll accept your apology if you become Blu exclusive

tru blu  » Dec 18, 2007
This has happened to alot of their titles here in Australia. Blade Runner included. I had to ring 7 stores to find a copy of Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire today and this was release day!! May the Blu be with you...

tru blu  » Dec 18, 2007
Hmmm I wonder if Toshiba paid them to release less copies to look like they sold more HD DVD copies???

bdLuvr  » Dec 18, 2007
Hmm from todays findings, there was one copy of Blade in BD and one of the Collectors (case) version. But a ton of HD-Dudders Thats between BestBuy and Futureshop. I wonder if Im living in BD territory

BluNinja  » Dec 18, 2007
Yeah what quexos said, (in mad Adam Sandler voice)

Delta_FX  » Dec 18, 2007
Is this only on the Blu-ray version or HD DVD also?

mystiksuicide  » Dec 19, 2007
Thankfully this will all be going away shortly. Once they go blu-exclusive they won't have to worry about putting the wrong disk in box sets

luckyMiddlebrook  » Dec 19, 2007
Damn, i was planning on buying an HDTV and blu-ray player this xmas and I wanted to see this movie on it first!

tronsdisc  » Dec 19, 2007
This totally unacceptable. These movies aren't cheap. Get it together Warner or get lost.

techyted  » Dec 19, 2007
I don't know why Warner still makes red, looking at Amazon, the BD version is sold out while the HD=DUD is still readily available. WB, don't you know you stick with the product that sells best... Hello... Economics 101.

DirtHerder  » Dec 19, 2007

Forget about this small blunder, because you'll only be losing (for a little while till they 'fess up to the error and do a trade in for the whole disc [which is stupid] or just the swap for the work print) the "work print" alone. What I truly want is for that Warner gets its head out of it's nethers and start to release movies like.. well BATMAN BEGINS and maybe on the offside, THE MATRIX!!! I mean seriously, what the fudge are they thinking?! Are those Brown's (or putting it less politely: Cow Turds) exclusives alone, because I thought Warner was willing to sell it both ways. 300 came out in both at the same time. A year is fast passing by, and my 80+ library of B-discs still have a hole where "BB's" waits to be welcomed. Seriously again. Why the hell is Warner twiddling around about those releases?!! Are they afraid of money pouring into their coffers!!?

johnno1986  » Dec 19, 2007
I know what you mean tru blu. I had to ring 10 stores to find 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' and about 15 stores to find a copy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'. Which is ridiculous because both movies were only just released here today.

retablo  » Dec 19, 2007
Just checked my copy, which I bought at Best Buy, and I luckily got the correct version.

merrick97  » Dec 19, 2007
Boy, I cant WAIT to see the spin for this: HD-DVD camp will say that this lack of availability is due to "production issues" and is the final straw to make warner go hd-dvd exclusive. bluray camp will say that this is proof of how much more popular the film is on bluray and warner underestimated demand. Let the FUDfest begin

Single_Stack  » Dec 19, 2007
Mine has no option for Dolby TrueHD, so I guess mine is fine. (Bought mine directly from WB, btw)

Thegemte  » Dec 19, 2007
I have the Complete Harry Potter Blu ray special edition as it wasn't available to order on australian sites, but then theres blade runner and 2001 space odessey, which is annoying me. I have pre-orders on those two and they both get delayed. Blade runner for Australia is set back to 28 March 2008 according to ezydvd.

jwbbud  » Dec 19, 2007	Show comment Hide comment
S$#T HAPPENS!!! DIDNT GET IT NEITHER

johnno1986  » Dec 19, 2007
Titles here in Australia are constantly being pushed back and occasionally the realease dates are being pulled altogether. Some titles now say "Release Date Unknown" on EzyDvd!

meatee  » Dec 19, 2007
One of my friends surprised me with this today as an early Christmas present. Luckily, my "Work Print" disc is just fine. How many people have said that they've had this problem?

ninjanki  » Dec 19, 2007

I hope this is just a similar blunder to what happened with Harry Potter. Since the releases were very close, it is not strange to think that whatever the problem that caused the HP issues also happened when packing Blade Runner. I doubt Warner would make this on purpose. It is not smart to mess up with your OWN image when trying to favor one format over the other. It would have been much easier to give better extras to the HD-DVD release(still not counting 1.1 availability) or to not release in BD using some poor excuse... Allan

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