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I just flipped through the Alien 3 commentary. There are comments exclusive to both theatrical and extended cuts. I think that is the only one.
The latest firmware , February 2011, for the Oppo BDP-83 fixes the zoom issue!Originally Posted by Robert Harris
That's when hardware problems struck. My favored Blu-ray player, an Oppo 83 came up with bad responses when
I attempted to run the long version of Alien and then with Aliens. While the introductions ran properly, scaling was
off the boards, with about a 500-600% zoom. The zoom could only be dealt with by finding workarounds.
Originally Posted by Sam Favate
Also, much as I might respect Joss Whedon, this is a bad script.
I was right there with you until "I like it a lot more than Alien...". Alien and Aliens are 2 of the great sci/fi horror films, IMHO, while 3 is an abomination and 4 is ok. All of course, IMHO.Originally Posted by cafink
The 2003 version of Alien Resurrection is not a "director's cut." Jeunet says this explicitly in his introduction, at least on the Quadrilogy DVD set.
I don't remember the movie being particularly violent, at least not significantly more so than any of the other films in the series. Maybe that was added to the 2003 version, which I haven't seen, or maybe I'm just misremembering. Either way, I've always thought Resurrection was a lot better than people give it credit for. It's not a great movie, but I think it's perfectly serviceable as a science-fiction action movie. Honestly, I like it a lot more than Alien, which is okay and has a few really interesting elements, but which is pretty highly over-rated, in my opinion.
As far as I can tell, everything is exactly the same on both versions. Is there any such thing as pal speed up on a blu-ray?Brisby said:Question...I just ordered the UK version of the Anthology for a steal ($33 shipped! ), and have read conflicting reports about whether or not the extra features have that PAL speedup. Can anyone confirm?
There can be such a thing as PAL speed up on Blu-ray (I've seen a 1080i/50Hz version of Zach and Miri make a Porno which runs 4% too fast, I think it was the UK version), however, as you said, the UK version of Alien Box set is not affected. The disc content is exactly the same as the US versions, right down to the audio tracks and subtitles etc.Originally Posted by TonyD
As far as I can tell, everything is exactly the same on both versions. Is there any such thing as pal speed up on a blu-ray?
There are no PAL content on the UK set. Any SD material on it is 480i or 480p, no 576i/50Hz material whatsoever.Originally Posted by Brisby
Question...I just ordered the UK version of the Anthology for a steal ($33 shipped! ), and have read conflicting reports about whether or not the extra features have that PAL speedup. Can anyone confirm?
The Scottish version is called Jimmy Chestburster Gies Ya The Heid.Mike Frezon said:Chestburster is also just a great name for the thing.
It would also make for a great name. Arthur Chestburster
Or a rock band: Johnny and the Chestbursters
Probably the same transfer and extras, i can't see it being any better than the last release which was excellent.Jari K said:Alien "35AE" seems to be coming. Some PR art in Facebook.