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Summary: Crash landing
Review: So, now you can have all four "Alien" movies in one box set, well, it's about time. The first is the best off all of them. It's the shortest, the leanest, and was directed brilliently by Ridley Scott. The highlight was going inside the alien spacecraft where the eggs were; it was truely imaginitive and darkly beautiful. "Aliens" was more of a wild west movie set in space. Not scary but it was still real good, fast paced and action packed all the way through. "Alien 3" was the beginning of just not caring. How could David Finch do this junk, and then go and do the nightmareish "Se7en"? And then there was "Alien Ressurection". I am going out on a limb and say I liked it. It was not scary or very action oriented, it was funny, though. Maybe not intentionaly, but it was enjoyable. It was light and never took itself seriously. There was many stars in this series. Sigourney Weaver is the star. Among the others are Tom Skerrit, Harry Dean Stanton, Micheal Biehn, Lance Hindrickson, Charles Dutton, Ron Pearlman, and Wynona Rider. There are many others, but those are the best and most memorable. I have been told that "Alien" was a metophor for feminism vs. masculinity, and I can see where that is possable, with all the sex and birthing/death symbolism. The others are not as deep, but all good in their own rite. I am afraid the extras are a little much, in fact way too much. The expansion of the movies are pointless (except for part two). If your a fn, than this is the box set for you.
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Summary: Alien fans rejoice
Review: This set is everything a movie boxed set is supposed to be and more! The picture and soundquality are excellent and but the best thing about this set is that you will see everything possible there is to see regarding this movie series. Special editions, theatrical releases, outakes, screen tests, behind the scenes footage. You'll see it all.You'll get you fill...You'll be tempted to take a week off from work.
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Summary: wait till Jaunaury, flimsy packaging
Review: I was going to buy this till i saw how cheaply made the package is. It will scratch up fast if it is not already scratched from shipping in this cheap carton. Fox needs to look at parmounnt's indiana jones set to see how to put a box togetther, it has reguler keepcases and a nice box to go with it,Even the Godfather collection was packaged better then this, my advice wait till Jaunaury and purchase the movies seperetly and send fox a message. The only bad thing is you won't be able to get the 9th bonus disc.
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Summary: THE ULTIMATE ALIEN COLLECTION !!!
Review: This is the must have box set for a diehard Alien fan.
I recently bought this and it is an absolute steal at $75!
I've been waiting a year for this to come out. I am saving it until Christmas and I'm very excited!
I don't think Fox will ever release a another Alien set or another Box Set like this.The special features are superb!THIS IS THE MUST OWN DVD SET OF THE YEAR! P.S. The reason that Aliens does not have a DTS soundtrack is because DTS did not exist back in 1986 when the movie came out.
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Summary: My New Set
Review: To the silly people who refused to acknowledge 3 and 4 WAKE UP! I didnt care for them as much either but to ban them from my collection is to throw away part of the story no matter how bad the storyline went, Its still part of the Alien story. It was the total direction that the story took that stunk. Undoing everything that James Cameron did in 2 was a discredit to him and the story.Thats really where the direction of the story went wrong. And "Number 4" was SIMPLY "How do we save this franchise?" WE SCREWED UP. So it only made perfect sense to clon her. To bring her back, after all we couldnt just place her in a shower and make it all a bad dream."Bobby Ewing in Dallas".
In regards to this set though
Guys Ive gotta tellya if you havent purchased this superb collection by now then do so. It has to be one of the best most comprehensive compilations Ive seen to date. The overall video quality is flawless. 2 different renditions to each movie and tons of informative material. Every cast member except 2 are in the commentaries for Alien which really brings a smile to your face when seeing them on screen and listening to their familiar and most endearing voices. Such a treat to see and hear, it really makes you feel like part of the Alien family. Gracious as ever Sigourney delivers her signature tone to all of the detailed explanations of the film. Not to be outdone Ridley intelligient and very suave adds to this feast for the senses. Veronica beautiful as ever adds realism by showing what the artists were thinking during the different difficult segments in the film Stanton Dean adds comic relief and Tom Skerrit adding warmth and charm. Yaphet Kotto and Ian Holm were the 2 not present in this spectacular presentation. Sad but it doesnt take away from this collection. Time schedule, other commitments who knows. I havent seen the rest of my collection yet. It took one entire night just to view the first 2 discs. I already own the first Aliens set but I gotta tell you I havent seen the same footage yet. In fact more attention was given to the genius behind the monster HR Giger and proper respect was given to the superb writers of the original script. If the rest of the set is anything like the first 2, my hats off to the 20th Century people for giving us Alien diehard fans the treat of a lifetime. The only other thing that could top this is in what was mentioned at the end of Alien Commentary by Sigourney......A POSSIBLE 5TH INSTALLMENT to the story. Nothing definite but if enough of us show our commitment by purchasing this great collection and voicing our opinions the better the chances of seeing our favorite heroine in action again. Ridley mentions that a great story would be to explore the various questions that the series prompted such as the Where when and why concerning the Alien and the derelict space craft. I only have to say...well Sigourney does have a strong link to the alien species now.. so this alone would give her a purpose for a 5th installment and at the same time answer the questions raised by the story. It would only make perfect sense that her character (now a clon) would be left with tons of questions of her own. She could never be completely happy in her earthly environment until all of the questions were answered concerning the side she now shares with the Alien. The biggest question in my mind is How much of the alien is truly left inside of her.
Woe I see a story unfolding........:) And lets not forget the people responsible for bringing her back as a clon. They need their come-upins too.
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Summary: 4 Stars if it weren't for Alien and Aliens
Review: It is my opinion that Alien and Aliens were the definitive films of the series and like James Cameron says in his interview, the next two films were an alternate universe. 4 stars for the whole collection if it weren't for the presence of Alien and Aliens, and the 44 hours of extras more than makes up for a super disappointing third installment in this series. I didn't mind the extended/ alternate versions of Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection either, but neither feel like they belong with two of the greatest sci-fi films ever made (the first two films of course). Buy this DVD set, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Anyone else having trouble with the director's cut of Alien?
Review: At 1:08:58 into the film, the DVD pauses for about 5-10 seconds then jumps backwards several minutes. The short mechanic with the cap had just gotten killed and the crew of the Nostromo is talking about it. Dallas mentions that the ventilation shafts could "work to their advantage", then a few words later, the DVD falls apart. I exchanged the set for another set, and the exact same thing happened at the exact same spot in the movie! This surely can't be a coincidence. It looks as though a whole batch of these are defective. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone own the set, watched the director's cut of Alien, and not had this problem?
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Summary: Major Goof. No DTS Audio Track on Aliens.
Review: I have to agree with many of the other reviewers, only Alien and Aliens are worth watching. After the first 10 minutes of Alien 3 the entire Alien series was summarily flushed down the toilet. It was quite possibly the worst sequel ever made, that is until Resurrection was released. Most likely this is why Fox didn't release the single movie editions at the same time as the "Quadrilogy", hoping people will fork over the big bucks just to get the first two films. They've also tried to attract the fence sitters by including a 9th disc only available in this set. Well, I'm not biting. According to some on-line reviewers, this set took a year to produce and is claimed to be the ultimate. Nevertheless, it didn't take me 10 minutes to discover a major flaw in the set. Only Alien and Resurrection have DTS audio tracks. Apparently, the Producers claim there was not enough disc space to include the DTS track on Aliens and Alien 3 due to the longer run time. I find this extremely hard to believe. The Terminator 2 Ulimate Edition DVD is two minutes longer than Aliens SE and that disc has seamless branching, an audio commentary, Dolby Digital EX, DTS ES, and the picture was superb. Bunch of BS if you asked me. The lack of a DTS track on Aliens is a major goof and, as such, just dropped the title from my reference list. Also, the art and mile long foldout packaging is beyond comprehension. These blunders are nothing new from Fox. Keep in mind, they are the same bunch of bozos that gave us the non-anamorphic special edition DVD of The Abyss. Get a clue Fox!
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Summary: Missing DTS Audio Tracks.
Review: Buyer beware, no DTS audio on Aliens and Alien 3.
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Summary: Right on fox!!
Review: Fox has outdid themselves with this box set possibly creating the best set to date. I have been waiting for the extended version of alien for a very long time and also for an extended version of alien 3 the other two I don't really care about. I think this is what to expect the star wars trilogy to be like, If not a better box set, although it will be hard to top this one. Highly recomended!!
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