It took 25 years but now you can see the Blade Runner Ridley Scott wanted you to see.

"Blade Runner: The Complete Collector's Edition HD DVD" is a 5-disc set that comes with all the usual extras you expect in a DVD release these days - commentaries, old trailers (which are very cool since they show the big change from 1982 to now) and featurettes - but when you're talking about one of the most revered films of all time, there was no way Warner Bros. was going to get away with putting out a lame product.

They hit it out of the park with this one.

First let's discuss the Big Extra: "Dangerous Days," a three-and-a-half-hour documentary that analyzes the BR phenomenon, its legacy as a groundbreaking sci-fi film and the controversy surrounding its production and failed theatrical release. All the principals involved in making the movie participate, INCLUDING Harrison Ford, whose lingering frustration over BR is well known.

Among the things you will learn in this incredible piece (unless you're a REALLY BIG BR fan): The top of police hq comes from the Mothership in Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ...Daryl Hannah actually bloodied Harrison Ford's nose during their big fight scene and that Rutger Hauer actually made the jump between buildings in the film's final scene.

I haven't even mentioned that in this five-disc set you get all five versions of the film that have been viewed since its theatrical debut: The Original Theatrical Release (which has never been released on home video). This is the version American movie fans saw first in June 1982, the one with the much-maligned voice over by Ford and the 'happy ever after' ending. For me, this is great news because this is the version I first saw when I was a scrappy little 11-year-old geek. This is the version I'll see first.

The next one I see will be the brand-new "Final Cut." Restored/Remastered with cleaner special effects, this also features lots of added footage and recut and reshot scenes. That includes redoing Zhora's death scene where the stunt double was painfully obvious. Wait 'til you see the redone scene (and how they re-did the scene. Joanna Cassidy still looks amazing after all this time).

**Shameless self-promotion moment. **

Sir Ridley told me when I interviewed him in July at the San Diego Comic Con this was the version he wished he could have released back in '82 but he didn't have the money or clout to pull it off. And he says this is it. He's done revisiting this movie.

The other versions included are the 1982 International Version which was the version used for US video, laser disc and dvd releases up to 1992. The big difference is that the action scenes are longer in many spots compared to the Theatrical Release.

The '92 Directors Cut is the version many younger BR fans are familiar with since it is the version that's been available on DVD up 'til now. No voice over, no 'happy ending' but it did introduce the now-infamous 'Unicorn' sequence which hints at Deckard being a Replicant. Before this version, the 'unicorn' scene was largely considered an urban legend.

Finally, the near-mythical Workprint Version has probably been seen by fewer people than any of the other BR versions. Considered the version most different from the Theatrical Release, this one has a different opening scene, no 'happy ending', different dialogue in the scene between Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) and his 'dad', Tyrell (Joe Turkell), different music, and almost no narration by Ford until the very end.

Got all that?

And it's all on HD. So I hope Santa leaves an HD DVD player under the tree for you.