Alien Quadrilogy DVD!

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-12-04 12:00am

I just got this yesterday! Fuck!! I havent been on the internet for almost 48 hours because i've spent almost every waking hour watching this 9-disk collection--over 50 fucking hours of bonus material.

Excellent, excellent stuff--rare on-set footage, interviews, outtakes, deleted scenes, multi-angles, storyboards, scripts, photos, screen tests, effects footage, commentary tracks...the list goes on. And each film is presented in both the theatrical versions and the special director/extended cuts.

I just got through the Alien 3 Workprint version, and while i have a version of the bootleg of this already, watching it with all of the scenes edited in--some of them never seen anywhere--complete with completed special effects, music and sound, it really creates a totally different film. Some stuff i preferred the theatrical cuts--the new Ox-burster isnt quite as effective as the dog-burster in the original--but it is an immensly richer film. I have always loved it and its great to see it get the treatment it deserves.

Anyway, everyone who loves sci fi, DVD and the Alien series will defintily have to check this set out--it truely is the most extensive DVD set ever made.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 12:15am

MSRP is $100 USD, but most are selling it for about $75. Quite a steal when you consider the disc count.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-04 12:30am

Bad pun. Bad pun. Go sit in the corner.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-04 01:31am

Going on my Christmas list.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2003-12-04 01:52am

You guys in the states are getting ripped off,I picked mine up on Tuesday for 85.96 Canadian + Taxes was 95 bucks total.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 01:57am

That's only $10 USD less than the US price, so it's not so bad.

At least you got screwed in the taxes department. I can get it for $78.70 USD, with 5% sales tax.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-04 02:13am

Amazon had it for 69.99 with no tax.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-04 02:25am

neoolong wrote:Amazon had it for 69.99 with no tax.

But what was the S+H?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-04 02:34am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
neoolong wrote:Amazon had it for 69.99 with no tax.
But what was the S+H?

Since it's more than 25 dollars, there is no shipping and handling.

You haven't bought anything from Amazon have you?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 02:36am

DP's mom doesn't do online shopping.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-04 02:39am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:DP's mom doesn't do online shopping.

My dad is warming up to the idea.

Once I get a job, I hope I will do it myself.

Oh, what am I saying? If I get a PayPal account, my entire income is gone. I'll just have my dad order stuff for me, and I pay him.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-12-04 02:43am

IT comes out on the 8th over here, i ordered it ages ago, it costs £50...so if someone else could be bothered converting that, we'll see how much i'm getting ripped off compared to canada too.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-04 02:53am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:DP's mom doesn't do online shopping.

Then why bother asking about S&H?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 02:55am

Perhaps so that he can mooch on us to order it on his behalf.

But considering the HobbyLink Japan debacle, that'll be a long time coming...

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-12-04 03:28am

DP, I thought you were like 19 years old...was I mistaken?

Oh, and to keep this from being completely off-topic, I'm kind of bummed that I'm going to eventually buy this just for Alien and Aliens, since I thought that Alien³ and Alien Resurrection sucked. But buy it I will.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 03:37am

Uts is 19, while DP is only 17.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-12-04 03:41am

Oh, I probably mixed the two up. My bad.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-04 03:44am

Getting it for Xmas since I got Indy for my birthday. Can find it for $65US somewhere, I know I've seen it.

Although we all know the first two films are the only real justification for the purchase, the third was good, but too edited and the fourth was practically unrecogniseable as a related film.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-04 03:51am

Robert Treder wrote:DP, I thought you were like 19 years old...was I mistaken?

Oh, and to keep this from being completely off-topic, I'm kind of bummed that I'm going to eventually buy this just for Alien and Aliens, since I thought that Alien³ and Alien Resurrection sucked. But buy it I will.

They're going to release the separate movies later.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 03:52am

Yeah, it's just that the Quadrilogy set has the extra ninth disc that has all the miscelanious extras.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-04 03:56am

I downloaded a damn cool Aliens trailer parody off AMV.org using footage from Blue Gender the other day.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-04 04:33am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yeah, it's just that the Quadrilogy set has the extra ninth disc that has all the miscelanious extras.

So you have to weigh the value of each. The cheaper price for only two movies, or the extra disc, and the extrac movies.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-12-04 05:09am

Uhm, why the fuck should I care? I already own the Aliens Quadrulogy
from a few years back, whats so fucking special about this platinum-triple
edition?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-04 05:10am

Nearly fifty hours of extras, including thousands of images?

You can read the full, in-depth 10-page review here:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/alienquad00.html

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-04 05:54am

MKSheppard wrote:Uhm, why the fuck should I care? I already own the Aliens Quadrulogy
from a few years back, whats so fucking special about this platinum-triple
edition?

If you already have it and bought other variations of it, your problem. I waited until they had a set like this, just like I'll wait for the Star Wars DVD set and how I waited for an Indy DVD set etc.

The ones getting ripped off here are those that already bought a set prior to this one and want the new version now.