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Old 04-09-10, 09:16 AM
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Artman
Not crazy about the boxes (is it too much to ask to actually use the ALIEN font?)... but if there's four separate blu-ray cases inside I'll be happy.
This. Please let there be slim cases for the movies, and not one of those horrible multi-disc cases. I'm not crazy about fancy packaging anymore either. Just give me simple, functional packaging. I'll be there when the price point hits $60.
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I would be happy with some nice digipacks, like in the original Matrix DVD set.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

I'm also done with special collectible packaging...except when it comes to Alien. I love all that shit.
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i always get confused on the new Bluray region coding. Will dutch based BDs play in American BD players?
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Yavin
This. Please let there be slim cases for the movies, and not one of those horrible multi-disc cases. I'm not crazy about fancy packaging anymore either. Just give me simple, functional packaging. I'll be there when the price point hits $60.
Yeah I've gotten to the point where self space is at a premium. Anything that takes up less space than the quadrilogy would make me happy.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Lemmy
Oh, I know what I'm gonna do now....find one of those Alien Quadrilogy sets with the alien head, remove/sell the DVDs, and put my Blu's in THAT. Hell yes!
I've been trying to find one of those for a reasonable price for a few years now.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Steve
i always get confused on the new Bluray region coding. Will dutch based BDs play in American BD players?
It depends on whether the studio region locks the discs or not. North America is Region A. Europe is Region B.

Many Blu-rays are released in Europe without region locking. However, Fox is usually pretty strict and locks most of its titles.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

I'm now completely sold on this set, will be buying the day it gets released.
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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/...bits-hit-bbfc/



BBFC certifications!!

Isolated scores?? Almost a half-hour more behind-the-scenes on the third Alien??
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Even though the screencap doesn't show it, it's actually all four films that will have isolated scores.

So ALIEN will have both the intended Jerry Goldsmith score and the revised theatrical version, but ALIENS will only feature James Horner's score in its revised (and that's a nice way of saying chopped up in a blender and thrown on the film randomly) form.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Almost a half-hour more behind-the-scenes on the third Alien??
Pretty sure that's just the making-of featurette that was on the old Alien 3 disc.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by GreenVulture
Pretty sure that's just the making-of featurette that was on the old Alien 3 disc.
Actually it could be referring to this footage.

Digital Bits review
The documentary on Disc Six, now simply titled The Making of Alien³, was originally called Wreckage and Rape: The Making of Alien³. More than thirty minutes of material that was produced for this documentary was cut at the last minute. You might be wondering what difference thirty minutes could make in a three hour documentary. A big difference. Gone now is much of the honesty and truth about the hell director David Fincher went through on the production. Among the footage lost were actual moments with Fincher on the set, where you saw his frustration and anger. You saw his struggles with producers. You heard from Sigourney and the other cast and crew members talking about the problems, and what a raw deal Fincher got. You even heard from the film's producers and Fox executives talking about what went wrong. Simply put, this disc was about as good a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alien³ as you could ever hope to get, short of Fincher returning to address the production himself (and he WAS asked to do so, but declined). Unfortunately, what you get now, while it still does contain some of the above (including material that you've never seen before), it sort of teases the stuff you really want to know, then glosses by it.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Dr. Mantle
Actually it could be referring to this footage.

Digital Bits review
Pretty sure it's referring to the featurette. From DVD Movie Guide's review:
The disc’s main attraction is the 21 minute featurette, “The Making of Alien 3”. This is a decent little puff piece that exists primarily to promote the film, but it provides a fairly nice look behind the scenes. It even manages to offer some historical background on the first two films and it includes then-new interviews with some of the actors from Alien and Aliens.
Though I wouldn't mind if it was the missing footage from the documentary.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

I have the Japanese Alien Head. It's awesome. I'd love to add the Dutch Egg set but I guess they will be region locked. Alien 1-3 is my favorite sci-fi series. Great news that new dialogue has been looped for 3. The extended cut of Alien 3 made a NIGHT AND DAY difference in the film, and changed it from one that I thought was mediocre to one that stands tall beside the first two. But the fourth one... there's no saving that piece of shit.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Well, as I mentioned somewhere else in this thread, I friended Alien doc producer Charles de Lauzirika on facebook, and asked him if "Fred Garvin" (his "Alan Smithee"-style on the hacked up version of the doc) knew if the full doc might be reinstated on the Blu-Ray. His response was "Fred knows. FRED KNOWS." which sounded more hopeful than I expected.

Also, is that promotional half-hour making-of Alien³ not on the 9th disc? I thought it was.

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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Also, is that promotional half-hour making-of Alien³ not on the 9th disc? I thought it was.
For whatever reason, it was dropped and replaced by some 3-minute EPK thing on the bonus disc.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Well, as I mentioned somewhere else in this thread, I friended Alien doc producer Fred de Lauzirika on facebook, and asked him if "Fred Garvin" (his "Alan Smithee"-style on the hacked up version of the doc) knew if the full doc might be reinstated on the Blu-Ray. His response was "Fred knows. FRED KNOWS." which sounded more hopeful than I expected.

Also, is that promotional half-hour making-of Alien³ not on the 9th disc? I thought it was.
My interest has risen...
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Well, as I mentioned somewhere else in this thread, I friended Alien doc producer Fred de Lauzirika on facebook,
I thought his name was Charles? Or are there 2 de Lauzirikas?
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by TomOpus
I thought his name was Charles? Or are there 2 de Lauzirikas?
It most definitely is Charles, but he sometimes credits himself as that alias Fred Garvin.
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Not sure why blu-ray.com listed specs that aren't official yet, but I guess they're hoping for the following for the French release:

Alien Anthology Blu-ray in Early October in France

20th Century FoxFrench site Planete HD is reporting that the local branch of of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that one of the most eagerly awaited catalog releases of this fall, the Alien Anthology, will be released there on Blu-ray on October 6. Note that the release date in other territories may differ

Additionally, some extra content has been listed at local certification agencies. The most complete list of new material was published by German site DVD Duell, based on information from the FSK, the German film rating authority. Other features came from the BBFC.

A prominent addition is the The Alien Saga, a feature-length documentary first aired on AMC and previously available separately on DVD.

Note that all the bonus features below are unofficial until formally listed by the studio, and that some of the listings may contain spoilers:

Alien

* Director's audio commentary, plus cast and technical crew
* Display Graphics (5'36")
* Display Graphics (4'05")
* Isolated score (composer's original)
* Isolated score (final theatrical)
* Multi-angle sequence: Chestburster (with optional commentary by Ridley Scott)
* Shock & Awe: The Return of Alien with Danny Boyle (25'01")
* Sigourney Weaver Screen Test: Cockpit Scene, Take 1 (2'48")
* Sigourney Weaver Screen Test: Planning Scene, Take 2 (1'50")
* Spaceballs Clip (1'45")

Aliens

* Becoming Vasquez (1'07")
* Building Hadley's Hope (3'28")
* Cameron's Cutting Edge (1'32")
* Cameron's Design Philosophy (2'15")
* Cameron's Military Interests (1'26")
* Colonial Marines Helmet-Cams (5'08")
* Dailies' James Remar as Hicks (3'46")
* Deleted Scenes (4'05")
* Family Guy Clip (0'27")
* Fighting the Facehugger (1'17")
* Finding an Unused Power Plant (2'08")
* The First Casting of Hicks (4'44")
* From Producer to Stunt Double (2'03")
* I Can't Breazhe (0'38")
* The Importance of Being Bishop (1'27")
* Isolated score
* Main Title Explorations (2'59")
* More Tales from Tea Time (6'44")
* On Set' Infiltrating the Colony (3'14")
* Origins of Ascheron (2'05")
* Paul Reiser on Carter Burke (1'01")
* The Paxton/Cameron Connection (2'17")
* POD Credits (0'25")
* Praising Stan Winston (1'40")
* Previsualizations: multi-angle videomatics (with optional commentary by Pat McClung)
* Props' Personal Light Unit (0'36")
* Re-Enlisting with Cameron (1'23")
* Ride at the Speed of Fright (Sim. Ride Video/Pre-Show Video) (10'20")
* Ripley's Heartbreak (3'49")
* Sigourney Weaver's Triumph (1'38")
* Simon Atherton talks Weapons (2'00")
* Stan Winston's Challenge (1'46")
* Stan Winston's Legacy (2'35")
* Test Footage' Chestburster (1'19")
* Test Footage' Facehugger (7'27")
* Test Footage' Queen Alien (4'47")
* Weyland -Yutani Inquest' Nostromo Dossiers (3'45")
* Without Sigourney Weaver (1'29")
* Working with Sigourney Weaver (5'25")

Alien 3

* The Art of Storyboarding (2'32")
* Bald Cap Blues (2'40")
* Bragging Rights (1'01")
* Costuming the Character (1'37")
* Creating Alien Sounds from the Scratch (2'23")
* Dangerous Location Recording (1'47")
* Detailing the EEV Miniature (1'27")
* Explaining the Wooden Plant (2'44")
* Ezra Swerdlow's Concerns (1'08")
* Fincher's Alienation (3'40")
* Head Casting with Charles Dutton (2'51")
* Hick's Alternate Future (1'54")
* How to make Alien Acid Saliva (1'10")
* Intimidating Baldies (1'58")
* Lance Henriksen returns in Style (1'19")
* Matte Painting Memories (8'01")
* Mixed Reactions (3'50")
* On Set' Filming the Alien's POV (2'24")
* On Set' Filming the Oxburster (3'10")
* Painful Low End Frequencies (0'45")
* POD Credits (0'25")
* The Power of Silence (3'13")
* Renny Harlin quits (1'51")
* Ripley's Evolution (2'12")
* Roaming the Fury 161 Set (3'59")
* Sausage-motivated Alien Whippet (2'01")
* Stealing Sigourney's Top (0'55")
* Sucking up to Fincher (6'30")
* The Sulaco's Cameo (1'05")
* Theatrical isolated score
* The Weaver Wagger (2'26")

Alien Resurrection

* Abandoning the Bug Opening (4'08")
* Alien Resurrection POD Credits (0'25")
* Animating Underwater Aliens (3'12")
* The Art of Slime (2'30")
* Becoming a Film Composer (1'34")
* Breaking the Language Barrier (4'39")
* The Burden of Temp Music (1'55")
* The Cloning Process (4'44")
* Considering Giger's Legacy (3'03")
* Costuming the Betty Crew (1'23")
* Creating Ripley's New Look (3'18")
* Designing the Newborn (1'35")
* Downsizing the Design (1'58")
* Dueling Design Sensibilities (1'54")
* Ending after Ending after Ending (5'26")
* The Evolution of the Alien (4'10")
* Future Franchise Directions (6'33")
* HBO First Look: The Making of Alien Resurrection
* Intentially Uncomfortable Costumes (1'47")
* Newborn Dick Removal (1'43")
* Preparing for Action (2'49")
* Remembering the Premiere (1'57")
* The Storyboard Bible (1'20")
* Surviving the Shoot (4'13")
* Swimming with Aliens (2'25")
* Theatrical isolated score
* VFX' Knifing Ripley's Hand (2'11")
* VFX' Shooting Miniatures (1'21")
* Winona Ryder answers the Call (2'10")
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Sorry droidguy, I missed your post earlier. Guess the blu ray update is stating what you posted already.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by trespoochies

Alien
* Shock & Awe: The Return of Alien with Danny Boyle (25'01")

Aliens
* Dailies' James Remar as Hicks (3'46")

Alien 3
* Fincher's Alienation (3'40")
* Hick's Alternate Future (1'54")
* Renny Harlin quits (1'51")
* Sucking up to Fincher (6'30")

Alien Resurrection
* Abandoning the Bug Opening (4'08")
* Ending after Ending after Ending (5'26")
* Future Franchise Directions (6'33")
* Newborn Dick Removal (1'43")
^ It's been a while since I watched the Quadrilogy set, so I don't remember what features were on them exactly. But the above features sound interesting to me. I wonder what the "Shock & Awe: The Return of Alien with Danny Boyle" feature is all about. Probably just Boyle discussing the importance of the franchise, but maybe something more? I also had never known that James Remar had filmed some scenes as Hicks in Cameron's Aliens.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

So, we keep seeing these rinky dink 1-2 minute extras.... that's great and all, but can we expect the 2-3hr docs from the quad? That's all I really care about.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Nick Martin
It most definitely is Charles, but he sometimes credits himself as that alias Fred Garvin.
Yeah, whoops.
Originally Posted by trespoochies
Sorry droidguy, I missed your post earlier. Guess the blu ray update is stating what you posted already.
No, your post proves that these are the extensions to the doc and not that EPK doc about the third movie that some people thought it might be.

Artman, these are all extensions to the longer docs, so yes, the Blu-Ray will be complete with all of those extras AND these new additional extras.

Also, Boyle was asked to direct Alien Resurrection. I sometimes wish Boyle had said yes and Jeunet had done Millions.
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re: Alien Anthology - Oct. 26th

Originally Posted by Yavin
I wonder what the "Shock & Awe: The Return of Alien with Danny Boyle" feature is all about.
I think it's an alternate title for "Sunshine."


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