Alien Box set.......

[NoCalMike 0]

Hey guys, I just picked this box set up at Fry's for $50 ........(normally $80). Wow what a deal I must say. Has anyone seen it cheaper?

[the max 0]

Still 90 bucks here, but the Indiana Jones trilogy is only 24.99$ after mail in rebate.

[DMann2003 0]

Lucky SOB's

 

Well I got the Quadrilogy for Christmas and picked up Indy with some Best Buy giftcards, so I can't complain.

[Ravenbomb 0]

meh, I only want Alien and Aliens, so I'll just Netflix 'em

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I actually want the Alien 3 disc, as I have three versions of Aliens (VHS, SE VHS, SE DVD), and the SE of Alien can be rented. I've never seen the deleted scenes from Alien 3, and I'd love to see all of the stuff that was going on during the filming of it that made it the weakest of the series...until Resurrection, of course.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I desperately want to watch the Alien 3 cut with the extra 30 minutes, but I'm holding back. My friends and I are planning Alienpalooza for this week and I don't think I can handle 3 twice in 5 days.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Yes you can. Just drink plenty of Smirnoff.

[PsychoDriver 0]

Good news for those who don't want the all the movies in the box set...

 

They are releasing the new special editions separately on Jan. 6th. each in 2 disc sets (I think just the 9th disc is exclusive to the box set)

[DMann2003 0]

I was about to start a new thread to ask this, but I remmembered there was still this one-

 

To all who have the Alien Quadrilogy set-

 

Anyone manage to get through it all yet? So far I've watched Alien- director's cut, the first documentary on Alien, Aliens with audio commentary on the director's cut, almost all the documentaries on Aliens. And that's it so far. Haven't even begun with 3 and Resurrection.

 

Anyone here mad enough to have waded through all 40+ hours of content?

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

If I got it for X-Mas, I would've been done with it all by now.

[Guest Elgyn]

I managed to get through everything on Alien3. I think it's a pretty good movie after seeing the extended version.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Yeah. I think Alien 3, in itself, already has the potential to be the best in the series, but so many things went wrong during the creation of it (script changes, production changes, pressure from the studio, etc.) that it fucked the whole movie over.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Finally watched the Alien 3: "Director's Cut" yesterday. And, I'll be damned - this is a much better film than the original cut, a few silly workprint special effects aside.

 

We go from 114 minutes to 144, and the depth makes all the difference in the world. Little scenes here and there basically transform a cast of faceless, nameless characters into at least recognizable figure. Golic becomes way, way more important, and Clemens actually feels like a male lead for a while. There's a lot of added spirituality and discussion of the alien's arrival as an apocalypse that makes the whole religious fanaticism of the inmates way more interesting than the "blah blah we found God" way it felt in the original. And, perhaps most importantly for me, the scene with the huge fire and explosions when they're first trying to trap the alien finally makes sense. The last half of the film was previously disconnected and confusing - now everything follows in a logical order and makes a fine bit of sense.

 

The little crappy alien animatics they show after the "birth" are stupid, and the slight change of the ending is obviously just so Alien Resurrection is a bit more plausible. Some of the restored scenes are also a bit superfluous, a bit overlong. But altogether, the excess is totally worthwhile: Alien 3 *finally* feels like an Alien film, no longer just a quick, disjointed romp starring Lieutenant Ellen Ripley.

 

As for the other stuff: I've gone through all the pre-production and production docs on the first two movies. No commentaries yet, though I'll probably watch Aliens with the commentary this week. This is really a great DVD set, and I'm impressed that they got so many people back and involved in the reflection process.