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Alien Anthology (Blu-Ray release) review thread

I almost bought it today, but I didn't realize it was so expensive! I'm not paying $100 for 4 movies. I don't care how pretty they are.

There's also 50+ hours of extras. Not that I'd actually watch all 50 hours, but I would definitely watch the documentaries about the making of each movie.

See, extra features have never been a selling point for me. I almost never watch them.

I honestly think I might wait 10 years or so when they come out with the super ultimate Alien and Predator box set that contain every single movie for both franchises. It's bound to happen sooner or later.

They did release that box set, although it lacked the vast majority of the special features so was a pointless release for hardcore fans.

As much as I love the first Predator Movie, that franchise can't compete at all with Alien.

I haven't gone Blu yet, but All the talk this week made me revisit a few of the films on my Quad set.
 
Just watched the uncut version of the Alien 3 documentary and I found it... unremarkable. I mean, the documentary is good, it gives an honest and candid portrayal of the difficulties making the film, but the restored footage is basically Fincher cursing FOX on camera.
 
Just watched the uncut version of the Alien 3 documentary and I found it... unremarkable. I mean, the documentary is good, it gives an honest and candid portrayal of the difficulties making the film, but the restored footage is basically Fincher cursing FOX on camera.

Are the documentaries on the new set any different to the ones on the quad set?
 
Just watched the uncut version of the Alien 3 documentary and I found it... unremarkable. I mean, the documentary is good, it gives an honest and candid portrayal of the difficulties making the film, but the restored footage is basically Fincher cursing FOX on camera.
Are the documentaries on the new set any different to the ones on the quad set?

The original documentaries are included but there's lots of new stuff as well. linky

As you all know, there is MUCH new content here as well, created or upgraded specifically for Blu-ray. First of all, there are the new isolated score tracks for each film. Next, in the Quadrilogy set, about 100 of director Ridley Scott's original Ridleygram sketches were inaccessible due to an authoring error. They're ALL now available here. And in fact, the Ridleygrams - and indeed ALL of the artwork, photographs, sketches and other material from the Quad - are upgraded here to full high-def, so you're going to get a better look at them than ever before. As many of you know, the original Alien³ documentary from the Quad set, Wreckage and Rage, was censored by Fox back in 2003, with some 21 minutes cut prior to release - footage detailing director David Fincher's struggles and frustrations on the set. You'll be pleased to know that ALL of that lost footage been restored, making this the most complete version of the documentary to date. On top of that, each of the four feature-length, "making of" documentaries from the Quad set have been enhanced with scores of additional Enhancement Pod featurettes - nearly 4 hours' worth of material over the whole set. This includes great interview stories and anecdotes by cast and crew members, unused outtake footage and more. There's a piece on the influence of Jodorowsky's aborted Dune project on the Alien films, a piece in which Giger describes his philosophy, a piece in which actor Jon Finch talks about how he was originally cast as Kane but couldn't play the part - just great stuff.
 
I wonder if they'll repackage it later on with the two prequels. At least they're not putting the Alien vs. Predator movies in there.
 
I have a feeling the two prequels will be considered their own series.

We'll probably have 4 separate sets. It'll be something like this:

Alien Prequels
Alien: The Ripley Chronicles
Alien vs. Predator Series
Predator Series
 
^More to the point, what will they call it? Predators 2, Predator 4 or Humans vs Predators and maybe some Aliens 6? ;)
 
^More to the point, what will they call it? Predators 2, Predator 4 or Humans vs Predators and maybe some Aliens 6? ;)

"More Predators"

"Too Many Predators"

"Predators Again? But I Had Them Last Night!"

"Predators: The Revenge"

(I think adding "The Revenge" to the title of a sequel should happen more often. Just saying.)
 
I thought Rodriguez was already talking about making a sequel called PREDATORS 2. But perhaps I'm confusing talk from before the release of PREDATORS with post-release sequel chatter.

I could go either way on a sequel, honestly. PREDATORS was good a 'meat and potatoes' action SF movie, but it was hardly outstanding. Unless a unique environment or some other twist can be applied to the franchise (and, as fun as Aliens and Predators in the same movie should have been, two tries has shown that idea to be more than played out) why bother?
 
Sorry to 'zombify' this, but the Alien blu-ray films will be out individually this May.

Hopefully some online rental place will be able to carry them, then-they're missing from Blockbuster and Netflix (Although Netflix does have an HD stream of Aliens, I'm pretty sure it's not the same).
 
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