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Debut on HD DVD & Blu-ray Disc

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:16 pm
by Kipple
A Scanner Darkly Debut on HD DVD & Blu-ray Disc April 10, 2007


BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 10, Warner Home Video will simultaneously debut A Scanner Darkly in HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The films feature all-star casts including Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson. All bonus materials on the Standard Definition version will be included on the high definition versions and will be available for $28.99 SRP.

PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 11:54 pm
by Velvet Cyberpunk
My fiancee loved this film, and I told him that it's as close to the way Dick writes as any movie I've seen. I thought it was fabulous, and reccomend it to anyone who asks for a good newish SF movie...well, Scanner, and Children of Men.

PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:58 am
by ridleynoir
Both those movies had screenplays (at least one version of them) written by Mark Fergus, a brother of a friend of mine. He only got credit for the Children of Men screenplay though. He just directed his first movie First Snow which was released last month with Guy Pierce. BTW, he is also a big BR fan so go see his movie.

Welcome back to Blade Zone,
Andy

PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2007 4:43 am
by Velvet Cyberpunk
Wow, that's cool. I hope to have a screenplay of mine produced someday...someday.

Thanks for the welcome back, it's good to be here.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:05 pm
by THX1138
Let's bring this topic back to life. What did you guys think about the movie? I have it sitting on my DVD shelf. It doesn't have much in special features and documentaries. The docs. are O.K. Not the best to watch over and over though, like I can with my Alien Quadrilogy. But what about the movie itself? Anyone have any dislikes with it?

I actually showed it to my friend, who'd not real keen on the whole scifi genre and the thinker stories like Philip Dick's. He liked it. he actually referred it to his other friends and brothers.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:52 am
by martinland
THX1138 wrote:Let's bring this topic back to life. What did you guys think about the movie?

Saw it together with 735 others in a large movie theater. Collective mind-f**k, so to speak... ;-)

Already owned the book then, but didn't touch it to keep the film experience fresh.

It's one of my favorites now. Totally weird in several aspects: Animation, acting, story, dialogue.

And of course, as everybody who's seen it and knows about other Dickian films can assure you:

It's the most truthful adaptation of P.K.D so far. Maybe ever.

Have a better one,
Martin

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:09 pm
by THX1138
martinland wrote:
It's the most truthful adaptation of P.K.D so far. Maybe ever.



Yes. Very true. I think out of everything he's written and everything that's been adapted, this is the best adaptation of not only his story, but his way of thinking and his constant character paranoia. My friend pointed out that their paranoia (for instance, the "orphan gears" scene) often is very humorous, but it's sad because in real life this is the way these people become.