It seems as though an announcement for the long awaited 4K physical media release for Aliens may be imminent. We’ve seen posts pop up on X from physical media advocate accounts The Discfather and Dawn of the Discs showing leaked pre-order listings for the title.
Director James Cameron was recently at a 4K screening for The Abyss at BeyondFest in Los Angeles, and answered a question regarding the long awaited 4K home release of that film, which hasn’t seen new media available since the DVD days. Cameron assured that it’s indeed coming and according to these recent listings, he’s been at work on the remasters of True Lies and Aliens as well.
The Discfather claims to have seen the 4K remaster of Aliens, and had this to say about the transfer:
Aliens 4K Restoration impressions
-Weird tint gone
-Waxiness Gone
-More Filmic
-Colors more accurate to the 35mm pic.twitter.com/tieOM1QCeU— THEDISCFATHER (@TheDiscFather) October 4, 2023
It’s worth noting The Discfather was one of the first to post about Prey getting a physical release before its official announcement. He also claims that Aliens in 4K is planned for next year.
While we have all of the Predator films now available on 4K, on the Alien side only Alien, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant currently have that option, with the AVP films missing the treatment as well. We’ll keep out eyes out for an official announcement soon.
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The irony of an evil corporation owning movies about an evil corporation. Hope Disney eventually sells the movies to another studio. I refuse to waste my money on digital or streaming. I'd rather burn my money. I hope someday soon people see through digital. 😡
now... can i get some Alien3 and Res please?
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James Cameron's obsession with the Blue-py filter in all his films that got "fixed" or "f*cked" as per his TERMINATOR 2 HD-4K redux.
Here is a fan edit to fix those issues.
Merry Bloopy in advance.
Just put my pre-order in on Amazon.
And this means that Aliens is now but a stone's throw away.
Very very excited to get Titanic later this year, and this means that Aliens' release draws ever closer!
I have a feeling that they will be saving those for the inevitable Alien/Aliens/Alien3/Alien Resurrection/Prometheus/Alien Covenant 4kUHD set they'll put out just before Alien Romulus so they can sell us another boxset containing Romulus afterwards 😂
The blu-ray sadly has an awful teal/turquoise filter applied - it looks nothing remotely like the 35mm/VHS/Laserdiscs/TV broadcasts we grew up with. Natural grain is scrubbed with DNR and artificial edge enhancement, giving a waxy look in some scenes, and they tried to hide it by applying a fake fine grain layer..picture wouldn't be the worst if they'd left the colour alone (though thankfully it's not washed out like the dvd releases). IMO they robbed the movie if it's personality - I loved the deep dark blues/purples/reds we had throughout the 80s and 90s that many Aliens comic book covers/art took their inspiration from 😅