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| Voyager |
 Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:59 pm |
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Hello there,
I am a french fan of the Alien Saga since the 80's and I have some questions
about the new Box Set Alien Quadrilogy.
May be you can help me to understand some things.
First of all, I own the previous 20th anniversary DVD Edition (Zone 2) and I
was happy to watch in 1999 the two outtakes :
- Rise and Shine (01'00)
- Alien Attacks Lambert (00'52)
When the Quadrilogy Box Set released, I thought to find these short
sequences into the 9 DVDs. But I am disappointed to see that the "Alien
Attacks Lambert" sequence is missing from the DVD No 9 !
However, the "Rise and Shine" sequence have been reedited into a much longer
sequence (02'14).
So, I think this set does not contain ALL the available material from the
20th Fox vault and it is an evidence for David Fincher's Alien 3 movie.
Then, many websites told us that in the Quadrilogy Box Set, there is "an
archive of the complete supplemental contents of the 1992 Alien : Special
Widescreen Collector's Edition laserdisc. Every single bit of text, every
photo and every behind-the-scenes video clip that was found on the laserdisc
is presented here." (TheDigitalBits.com for example).
I don't have the Alien Laser Disc but according to what I read on some
websites, this LD contained these deleted scenes :
- Kane's point of view when the egg open,
- Alien's attack on Lambert,
- Alien's fall from the hatch,
- Alien's blast away of the ship.
May be I am wrong but I didn't find these scenes into the Quadrilogy Box
Set.
Well, I don't understand why the content of the 1992 Laser Disc is not
similar with the content of the Alien Laser Disc Archive from the Quadrilogy
Box Set (in the DVD No 9).
I have to think that some outtakes disappeared in space during the
production of this new Box Set ;-)
It is very strange because these 9 DVD are very close from a perfect and
complete anthology.
It is a pity that other elements are missing : Ridley Scott's only audio
commentary track from 1999, the beautiful Jerry Goldsmith isolated score,
the alternate music and production audio track, the documentary "Alien
Legacy" and the easter eggs : the alien life-cycle and Nostromo crew bios.
But may be we can expect another giga-mega-ultra 12 DVD Box Set after the
release of an Alien opus 5.
Thank you in advance if you can give me some explanations.
Narcissus |
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| John Harkness |
| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:29 pm |
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:59:07 +0200, "Voyager" <VoyagerII@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
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It is a pity that other elements are missing : Ridley Scott's only audio
commentary track from 1999, the beautiful Jerry Goldsmith isolated score,
the alternate music and production audio track, the documentary "Alien
Legacy" and the easter eggs : the alien life-cycle and Nostromo crew bios.
I've kept my original Alien DVD for the alternate soundtracks -- I'm
not sure about the others, but the Jerry Goldsmith score was a rights
issue -- Fox did not actually have the rights to issue the isolate
score version the first time, and Goldsmith was really pissed about
it.
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| Derek Janssen |
| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:34 pm |
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Voyager wrote:
Quote: But may be we can expect another giga-mega-ultra 12 DVD Box Set after the
release of an Alien opus 5.
What, after "Alien vs. Predator?--
Ohh, err.....................I don't think so. :/
Derek Janssen (kind of for the same reason New Line didn't do a new
Nightmare boxset for "Freddy vs. Jason")
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