Danne-Danger
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Fuck yes! And with two coasters to boot, that's a great deal.
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Alien Anthology Blu Ray Official-Oct. 25
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I'm sorry, Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions are still not out on bluray for separate purchase in the US? :lol All three came out 23rd March 2009 separately, 4 months after the collection here in Europe.PhoncipleBone said:
Edit: I see Reloaded is set for a 7th September 2010 release in the US. Revolutions no release date.
That's crazy. :lol
RadioHeadAche
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Discotheque said:
Same here. I'm not a fan of the series, so that price is way too much for me when I only want two of the movies.
plagiarize
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i pre-ordered the comic-con egg edition from fox connect. it was $150. $50 discount if you pre-order apparently (reduced from $200). figured other people may want to know. hopefully the packaging is as well made as it is cool looking. i've been burned by limiteds before.
Cosmic Bus
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SCULLIBUNDO
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If you can trust anybody to look over the process, its Cameron. I can't wait to see it. The film stock that was process for its theatrical release was shot to shit, so I'm glad to see it finally getting the treatment it deserves. Better be able to buy this shit separately.
Escape Goat
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Get away from her you bitch!
3 is worth buying just for the special features alone. Even with that 30 minutes cut out the features on the Quadrilogy disc showed a pretty honest deconstruction of what went wrong with the picture. Plus a lot of the original ideas and concepts for the film are pretty fascinating.
jambo said:
If The Hobbit films were still on track, you'd be right. They were planning a 2011 release in the run-up to The Hobbit but since everything has grinded to a halt because of the MGM mess, who knows? They could still drop them next year, but I think the more likely scenario is they'll wait another year or so for The Hobbit to get underway.
afternoon delight
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I loved the grain in Aliens, especially the beginning infiltration in the tunnels. I loved it.
Diatribe1974
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JoeBoy101 said:I despise Resurrection, but Alien 3 wasn't that bad, and to get all the features and everything, I might bite down. Alot may rest on the packaging. I'm still irritated I had to import the Alien Head Quad set for the DVDs.
Loved Resurrection & loathed Alien3. Perhaps it was "Bald Ripley" that turned me off to it? I dunno. Loved Alien, Aliens and Alien: Resurrection, so it's not like I'm against the franchise. Hell, Sigourney Weaver was my first "Female Badass" for me, growing up as a kid.
sixteen-bit
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Will they sell the first two films separately?
When Fox brought the Die Hard Quadrilogy, I was thankfully able to purchase part 1 and 3 separately.
When Fox brought the Die Hard Quadrilogy, I was thankfully able to purchase part 1 and 3 separately.
PhoncipleBone
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That is a fear, but if Cameron is personally supervising the process then it should come out VERY nice. If it were just some random Fox guy, then I would be really worried. But Cameron knows his shit, and will treat this well.Snaku said:
VistraNorrez
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Here's an interesting blog post on Cameron's handling of the laserdisc version of Aliens:
http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/aliens-dnr-paranoia/
Hopefully Cameron has gotten wiser since then.
http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/aliens-dnr-paranoia/
Hopefully Cameron has gotten wiser since then.
buckfutter
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Will probably fork out the money for the whole set... Alien and Aliens are the only essentials, but I have a soft spot for Alien 3. If only because it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be - it's just not really in the same ballpark as the prior films. It's the Ringo of the Alien series. Which I guess makes Resurrection the Yoko Ono.
True. If you listened to his director's commentary on Aliens (the Quadrilogy version IIRC?,) he could damn near be a cinematographer. Lenses, film stock, different lighting setups etc. He almost seemed more technical rather than expanding on the story and characters... Almost.PhoncipleBone said:
I would hope someone with that kind of eye wouldn't accept a botched transfer. Also:
It's obvious they're not being biased regarding the troubled production of Alien 3. If anybody on GAF actually got their head out of their ass and listened to the extras for this film (also off Quadrilogy,) they'd know David Giler and a host of other people involved in the production absolutely railed against how the film-making process went down. He basically lit up a cigarette and went to town. Then there was the death of Jordan Cronenweth, Fincher's (completely understandable) eruptions, Terry Rawlings' modest approval of the final edit, the argument between Goldenthal and the sound editors regarding the use of certain SFX, on and on and on.
It's one of the harshest behind-scenes features I've ever seen Fox release. Then again, "The views expressed in this commentary do not reflect the views of 20th Century Fox..."
Anyway.
PhoncipleBone
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And we will finally have the full documentary about Alien 3, which is the whole reason Charlie Deluzurka (spelling?) wanted to work on the DVD set in the first place.buckfutter said:
The Digital Bits did a great series of stuff from their book about the making of this set.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/insidealien/index.html
PhoncipleBone
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Yeah, the Predator comparison pics are horrifying. But there are sections of the new disc that apparently look great. I have not seen it in person (too scared from the reviews) but some parts of the film do look good supposedly.
But as posted above, Bill Hunt from www.thedigitalbits.com has seen some of the new Aliens transfer, and has said it looks good. I think this might be a case of how they recolor timed the film much like Seven and The Matrix were done for their rereleases.
But as posted above, Bill Hunt from www.thedigitalbits.com has seen some of the new Aliens transfer, and has said it looks good. I think this might be a case of how they recolor timed the film much like Seven and The Matrix were done for their rereleases.
mckmas8808
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What's wrong with it?gdt5016 said:
PhoncipleBone
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Um, the wax mannequin on the left compared to the grizzled trunk of testosterone on the right. The image on the right does have excessive grain, but there is at least still detail and texture to the face. The image on the left has nearly no grain, but at the expense of fine detail by glossing over it all. It is horrifying.mckmas8808 said:
NekoFever
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There's a full UK spec list here and the US one here. Looks to be identical. The US one has nicer box art without the ugly Blu-ray banner and BBFC rating, but it's also quite a bit more expensive for some reason.Maxrunner said:
I'm happier about the transfers after reading the stuff on The Digital Bits recently. They seem to be implying that it's more a Criterion-level DNR job than the Photoshop smear filter that shit like the Predator re-release gets. Scott and Cameron are particular enough about the home presentation of their films - I've heard that Scott had a hand in getting that joke of a Gladiator transfer redone - that I don't think the ball will be dropped on these ones.
The Lamonster
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Agreed.Solo said:
AgentOtaku
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Yasae said:True. If you listened to his director's commentary on Aliens (the Quadrilogy version IIRC?,) he could damn near be a cinematographer. Lenses, film stock, different lighting setups etc. He almost seemed more technical rather than expanding on the story and characters... Almost.
I would hope someone with that kind of eye wouldn't accept a botched transfer. Also:
It's obvious they're not being biased regarding the troubled production of Alien 3. If anybody on GAF actually got their head out of their ass and listened to the extras for this film (also off Quadrilogy,) they'd know David Giler and a host of other people involved in the production absolutely railed against how the film-making process went down. He basically lit up a cigarette and went to town. Then there was the death of Jordan Cronenweth, Fincher's (completely understandable) eruptions, Terry Rawlings' modest approval of the final edit, the argument between Goldenthal and the sound editors regarding the use of certain SFX, on and on and on.
It's one of the harshest behind-scenes features I've ever seen Fox release. Then again, "The views expressed in this commentary do not reflect the views of 20th Century Fox..."
Anyway.
Just hearing about this now, but this sounds amazing!
Can't wait!
Dreams-Visions
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the fuck?Yasae said:Anyway.
Photoshop --> Filter --> Noise --> Reduce Noise --> Strength: 10, Preserve Details: 1.
fail.
Rentahamster
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Yeah, fuck that median filter they put on Predator Ultimate Shit Edition.
A lot of credible people are saying that the Aliens BD should look pretty badass, and Cameron's not an idiot when it comes to his area of expertise, so I'm not too worried.
Hey, if worse comes to worse, at least an un-fucking of a shitty release is not without precedent (see Gladiator).
A lot of credible people are saying that the Aliens BD should look pretty badass, and Cameron's not an idiot when it comes to his area of expertise, so I'm not too worried.
Hey, if worse comes to worse, at least an un-fucking of a shitty release is not without precedent (see Gladiator).
PhoncipleBone
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It is worth it for the set just for the documentaries on the making of the last two. I despise Resurrection, but the documentary on how it was made is fantastic. That is how I justify owning the last two. And we will finally get the full uncut version of "Wreckage and Rape" in this set. I am curious to see just how badly they badmouthed Fox in that lost 30 minutes.madara said:
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