Reddit reviews Alien Quadrilogy (Alien / Aliens / Alien 3 / Alien Resurrection)

> I'm at work, could someone explain the alien series?

It's actually pretty good - you should try it. Only $29 now, too!

My Alien Franchise set would disagree with you.

Nope

I mean, you aren't wrong about the correct word, but they actually call it the "Quadrilogy"

There are a lot of one, two and three star comments stating that the discs are low-quality.

http://www.amazon.com/Alien-Quadrilogy-Aliens-Resurrection/dp/B0000VCZK2/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1420056671&sr=1-1&keywords=Aliens+box+set+DVD

1.) I'm linking this simply because what I need/want, for work, currently is pretty expensive. I could never expect someone to buy it outright, so money towards that would be the best option for me.

2.) This is an option if you're dead set on not doing gift cards. I'd really like to replace my box set. Lost it while moving.

C'mon...gimme.

You two look FABULOUS today! Work it!

No, it wouldn't be the best quality you could get, since it's the DVD version.

There are a lot of extras. Here's the list from Amazon:

Discs 1-2: Alien (1979)
Theatrical version (117 min.)
2003 director's cut (137 min.)
Commentary by Ridley Scott and technical crew
1.85 anamorphic, English 5.1 DTS, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
Preproduction: Star Beast (developing the story), First Draft of Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon, The Visualists (direction and design), Ridleygrams (original thumbnails & notes), storyboard archive, Art of Alien (Cobb, Foss, Giger, Moebius), Truckers in Space (casting), Sigourney Weaver's screen test with optional commentary by Ridley Scott, cast portrait gallery
Production: Fear of the Unknown (Shepperton Studios, 1978), production gallery, The Darkest Reaches (Nostromo and alien planet), The Sets of Alien, The Eighth Passenger (creature design), The Chestburster (creature design)
Post-Production: Future Tense (music and editing), 8 deleted scenes, visual effects gallery (photo archive), A Nightmare Fulfilled (reaction to the film), poster explorations, special shoot, premiere

Discs 3-4: Aliens (1986)
Theatrical version (137 min.)
1991 special edition (154 min.)
Commentary by Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Terry Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston
2.35 anamorphic, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
Pre-Production: 57 Years Later (continuing the story), Original Treatment: by James Cameron, Building Better Worlds (from concept to construction), The Art of Aliens (conceptual art portfolio), Pre-Vis Anamatics
Preparing for Battle (casting & characterization), Cast Portait (still gallery)
Production: This Time It's War (Pinewood Studios, 1985)
Production Gallery (photo archive), Continuity Polaroids, The Risk Always Lives (weapons and action), Weapons and Vehicles (photo archive), Bug Hunt (creature design), Beauty and the Bitch (Power Loader vs. Queen Alien), Stan Winston's Workshop (photo archive), Two Orphans (Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn)
Post-Production: The Final Countdown (music, editing and sound), The Power of Real Tech (visual effects), Visual Effects Gallery (photo archive), Aliens Unleashed (reaction to the film), Film Finish & Release, Easter egg (A Boy and His Power Loader)

Discs 5-6: Alien 3 (1992)
Theatrical version (114 min.)
2003 special edition (restored work print version) (155 min.)
Commentary by Terry Rawlings and crew
Pre-Production: Development (concluding the story), Tales of the Wooden Planet (Vincent Ward's vision), The Art of Aceron (conceptual art portfolio), pre-production part III featurette, storyboards, Art of Fiorina, Xeno-Erotic (H.R. Giger's redesign featurette)
Production: Production part I featurette, Production Gallery (photo archive), Furnace Construction (time-lapse sequence), Adaptive Organism (creature design), ADI Workshop, E.E.V. Scan Multi-Angle Vignette, Production part II
Post-Production: Post-Production part I, Optical Fury (visual effects), Music, Editing and Sound, Visual Effects (photo archive), Post-Mortem (reaction to the film), Special Shoot

Discs 7-8: Alien Resurrection (1997)
Theatrical version (109 min.)
2003 special edition (119 min.)
Commentary by Jean Pierre Junet and crew
Intro (extended cut only)
2.35 anamorphic, English 5.1 DTS, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
Pre-Production: From the Ashes (reviving the story), First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon, French Twist (direction and design), Under the Skin (casting and characterization), Test Footage #1 (hair/makeup), ADI Effects, Mark Carro Photo Gallery, The Art of Resurrection (conceptual art gallery), storyboards, Pre-Visualizations (multi-angle rehearsals)
Production: Death from Below (underwater photography), In the Zone (the basketball scene), production gallery (photo archive), Unnatural Mutation (creature design), ADI Workshop, ADI Test Footage
Post-Production: Genetic Composition (music), Virtual Aliens (computer generated imagery), A Matter of Scale (miniature photography), Visual Effects Gallery (photo archive), Critical Juncture (reaction to the film), Special Shoot (promotional photo archive), Easter egg (Alien extra)

Disc 9: Bonus disc
Alien:
Alien Legacy , Alien Evolution, Experience in Terror (promotional featurette '79), Ridley Scott Q&A
Alien Laser Disc Archive: Part I (pre-production), Part II (production), Part III (post-production), theatrical trailer A, theatrical trailer B, TV spot (Egg), TV spot (Now Playing)
ALIENS:
Aliens Laser Disc Archive: Part I (pre-production), Part II (production), Part III (post-production), theatrical trailer A, teaser trailer, domestic trailer, international trailer, TV spot (Now Playing)
ALIEN 3:
6 trailers, 7 TV spots
ALIEN RESURRECTION:
Theatrical teaser, 2 theatrical trailers, 4 TV spots, Bob Burns Alien Collection
Dark Horse Still Gallery

Alien Quadrilogy

4 movies (2 versions each), plus bonus material for a total of 9 discs.

I'm not really a fan of Alien Resurrection (though I like Jean-Pierre Jeunet's directing style), Alien & Aliens are two of my favorite movies. Alien 3 is still fun, and I feel handles the property far better than any other Alien related movie since.

long time fan of the alien series here.

This documentary came out with the Alien Quadrilogy Box Set back in 2003.

Here is the link to what I'm talking about.

https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Quadrilogy-Aliens-Resurrection/dp/B0000VCZK2

My point is that if you want to watch this documentary then download it asap because fox just looooves to put out copyright take downs on youtube.

It's the same set as the Blu Ray, just on DVD (and I believe some bonus features they added to the Blu Ray). This was the first anthology set they released years ago. It has both cuts of all the movies on them.

EDIT: Wait, never mind. Just checked the link and that's not it. Here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000VCZK2/ref=tmm_dvd_title_0?ie=UTF8&sr=&qid=

Hey, that's not what the Alien collection said!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000VCZK2/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

It's a workprint. Essentially, Fincher washed his hands of Alien3 during editing, and the theatrical cut is a studio cut. Later, some of Fincher's people put together a rough cut of the film as Fincher wanted it. There are some unfinished special effects, and the sound is poor in a couple of scenes, but it's a better movie, with better fleshed out characters. It's available in certain issues of the DVD, e.g. the quadrilogy set.

That said, it's still not a great movie, at least by comparison with the first two Aliens. Fincher's hands were tied throughout filming. For example, the sets he had to film on were created for an earlier version of the script.