Alien Anthology Blu-ray features list
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That's ok, we can have multiples going on at the same time.
Besides, your question's too hard
You could always say you don't know and I'll be more than happy to tell you and move on. Would you like to know, or keep guessing?
Ok. Here's how it goes.
Visual: During the first quarter of the movie when Ripley is attempting to contact traffic control there are two exterior shots of the Nostromo with Ripley's voice being heard. The first shot shows the Nostromo towing the massive refinery behind it and stars can be seen in the background. The second exterior shot shows a close up of the bridge section, but if you look at the background, there are no stars to be seen. Just blackness. The Director's Cut reinserts the same star field from before into this shot and in many others. Of all the newly incorporated star fields that were added to the Director's Cut, this was the only one that somehow leaked onto the theatrical version.
Audio: After leaving Mother's chamber, Ripley attempts to contact Parker and Lambert. In the original, all we hear when she's cycling through the channels are button clicks. For the Director's Cut, a brief sound of static is heard when she changes channels.
As for your question Adam H, it was bones.
Visual: During the first quarter of the movie when Ripley is attempting to contact traffic control there are two exterior shots of the Nostromo with Ripley's voice being heard. The first shot shows the Nostromo towing the massive refinery behind it and stars can be seen in the background. The second exterior shot shows a close up of the bridge section, but if you look at the background, there are no stars to be seen. Just blackness. The Director's Cut reinserts the same star field from before into this shot and in many others. Of all the newly incorporated star fields that were added to the Director's Cut, this was the only one that somehow leaked onto the theatrical version.
Audio: After leaving Mother's chamber, Ripley attempts to contact Parker and Lambert. In the original, all we hear when she's cycling through the channels are button clicks. For the Director's Cut, a brief sound of static is heard when she changes channels.
As for your question Adam H, it was bones.
That's how the body was made, I'm talking specifically about the skin. It involves liquid latex like MML said, but there was something done to it. That's what I'm looking for. Although, at this point, I think it's just you and I in here.
Also, I wasn't just gonna say "I dunno, tell me" to your question while other people could still potentially guess. Seemed unfair to the smarter Alien fans.
UPDATE!
Has James Cameron pulled a "Final Cut" on Aliens in the same vein that Ridley Scott did for Blade Runner? According to Valaquen and dvdvision over at the hometheaterforum.com, it appears that goofs in Aliens are being fixed. Below is the shot of the famous "Bishop grabs Newt" goof where Lance Henrickson's body (Was that Lance in this particular shot?) is clearly coming out of a hole when he reaches out to grab Newt. In this screenshot, it's been fixed.
ORIGINAL
FIXED
Now, is this the only good that's been fixed, or will there be others? One instance I recall that was fix for the laser disc but not for the subsequent video releases occurs when Ripley is going after Newt. She grabs a flame thrower, but lays down a pulse rifle. She grabs a pulse rifle but lays down a flame thrower. Or what about that random foot that just pops out of nowhere when Frost falls down the stairwell after getting fried? We'll just have to wait and see.
Has James Cameron pulled a "Final Cut" on Aliens in the same vein that Ridley Scott did for Blade Runner? According to Valaquen and dvdvision over at the hometheaterforum.com, it appears that goofs in Aliens are being fixed. Below is the shot of the famous "Bishop grabs Newt" goof where Lance Henrickson's body (Was that Lance in this particular shot?) is clearly coming out of a hole when he reaches out to grab Newt. In this screenshot, it's been fixed.
ORIGINAL
FIXED
Now, is this the only good that's been fixed, or will there be others? One instance I recall that was fix for the laser disc but not for the subsequent video releases occurs when Ripley is going after Newt. She grabs a flame thrower, but lays down a pulse rifle. She grabs a pulse rifle but lays down a flame thrower. Or what about that random foot that just pops out of nowhere when Frost falls down the stairwell after getting fried? We'll just have to wait and see.
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Has James Remar been replaced with Michael Biehn?
The shot that shows James Remar only shows him as Hicks from behind and never shows a clear shot of Remar's face. To replace him here would be like replacing Gale Anne Hurd's foot and hands with Jenette Goldstein's. What's the point?
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I wonder if the new remaster and color correction of Aliens will really let us see the brown bess color of the pulse rifles.
Also, speaking of tweaks/final cuts... I really wish Ridley Scott would do a minor edit to the Ash head/reactivation scene. He needs to cut from the stunt head to maybe a shot of Ripley's face fiddling with it, THEN to the shot of Holm's head instead of just fake head to Holm's head. I remember going to a screening in NYC of the Director's Cut and everyone started laughing during that sequence because the editing was so bad. :thumbsdown
Also, speaking of tweaks/final cuts... I really wish Ridley Scott would do a minor edit to the Ash head/reactivation scene. He needs to cut from the stunt head to maybe a shot of Ripley's face fiddling with it, THEN to the shot of Holm's head instead of just fake head to Holm's head. I remember going to a screening in NYC of the Director's Cut and everyone started laughing during that sequence because the editing was so bad. :thumbsdown
*BANG BANG BANG BANG* ... Oooo! *shoots trivia bubble*
Before Directing ALIEN RESURRECTION, David Fincher was best known for directing music videos.
*select FALSE*
*INCORRECT!*
What the? No. NO! I'm correct! David Fincher didn't direct Alien Resurrection! He directed Alien3 you idiots! And this question comes after the question "The Sulaco escape pod crash landed on Fury-167" where the answer IS false, because it's Fury-161, not Fury-167. But when they claim that David Fincher directed Alien Resurrection, I pick the correct answer false and they buzz me with an incorrect? Blasphemy! Thanks to their mistake, I get orally raped by a freaking facehugger, get pregnant and after a painful birth I'm now labeled as a person who abandoned their child. Well, at least I didn't die of a broken heart.
While I do agree that sequence was very choppy and quite noticeable, having a shot of Ripley's face fiddling with it isn't possible because the footage they shot with the other actors in no way reflects how Ash looks in the final version. If you look at the sequence, the newly shot footage shows Ash literally right next to the rest of his body where as the shots of Ripley and everyone looking at Ash only shows his head. The original had Ash's head pretty far away from his body and if there is footage of that, it would look totally different. However, some digital tampering might have fixed that.
Kind of funny when you listen to Scott's commentary on the original DVD and how the cut between the fake head and the real head was commented by him as "not a bad cut", but when the Director's Cut came in, you will notice that they cut to the real head a little earlier which to me looked a bit more obvious.
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You now have 7 DAYS to abandon ship. The ship will automatically destruct in T-minus 169 hours and 16 minutes.
Ooo. The release is almost here! I can feel the tube being forced down my throat already. I'll make father of the year in no time. Now, what's for dinner?
Be sure to keep checking www.thedigitalbits.com for the promised follow up interview with the BluRay producer Charles de lauzirika on the set. Maybe he'll delve more on the new ALIENS transfer i.e. goof corrections?
Ooo. The release is almost here! I can feel the tube being forced down my throat already. I'll make father of the year in no time. Now, what's for dinner?
Be sure to keep checking www.thedigitalbits.com for the promised follow up interview with the BluRay producer Charles de lauzirika on the set. Maybe he'll delve more on the new ALIENS transfer i.e. goof corrections?
T-Minus 4 days
And now it's time for a video of the un-boxing of the Alien Anthology BluRay. Wow, I'm really digging the book style. Much more preferable than the fold out Quadrilogy packaging.
And now it's time for a video of the un-boxing of the Alien Anthology BluRay. Wow, I'm really digging the book style. Much more preferable than the fold out Quadrilogy packaging.
