The one thing you must remember about Ridley Scott's flawed masterpiece is that its followers all have their own ideas about how specific scenes and images should look, sound and feel. (Visit a Blade Runner chatroom and you can observe fans' obsessions over such arguably minute details as background shadows and the flickering of street lights.) Although we think the five versions of the film in the Complete Collector's Edition look and sound gorgeous in their long-awaited HD DVD presentations—and certainly a helluva lot better than any previously issued DVD versions—we know that the legions out there will form their own opinions (and fiercely defend them online). But we're pretty sure that they will agree on the comprehensiveness of the collection and its supplements, led by Charles de Lauzirika's definitive 3½-hour documentary, Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner.

Shelf Talk: Blade Runner is available in four different high-def configurations, which isn't any surprise; it's the most highly-anticipated high-def catalog release to date. The Final Cut version of the film (which has appeared on more Top 5 sci-fi lists than any other movie in history) had a high-profile New York/Los Angeles theatrical launch this fall and has been all the buzz on sci-fi and high-def chatrooms and message boards. And that's what you want to hear, since dedicated high-def adapters are the kind of audience that turned Blade Runner into the legendary film that it is today. Also, for a five-disc collection, the price sure is right.