Movie magazine Empire has reviewed the upcoming Aliens Anthology set in their latest issue which is on shelves now:
It's a 2 page spread and a positive review. No definitive score on the complete set though, rather reviews on the individual cuts and a 5/5 for the extras. You can check out Daz_85's scans in the forum. [Read More]
Fox Germany have just released a new trailer for the Anthology set:
It shows off the new interactive menus and the MU-TH-UR mode. Thanks to AvPWorld for the find. [Read More]
The Aliens Anthology has been previewed in DVD & Blu-ray Review magazine:
It features a 6 page summary of the behind-the-scenes on the Aliens series and a 5 page preview. They talk to producer Charles de Lauzirikia about the set, covering the Aliens remaster, Fox censorship, MU-TH-UR and more. I do have the magazine but I'm unable to scan it until ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice have wrapped up their previews of the Aliens Anthology set with Alien Resurrection:
Looking at the galleries, it seems like the special edition versions of the movies have definitely been redone but I'm unsure if the theatrical releases have also been done. Either way, it's looking amazing. The set is due for release 25th of ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice has been continuing its release of preview imagery from the Aliens Anthology. They officially released Aliens yesterday with Alien 3 coming online today:
You can check out the rest over at Home Cinema Choice. Dark Horizons have also posted a comparison article between the Aliens DVD and the recent ... [Read More]
Home Cinema Choice will be releasing previews of each the Aliens Anthology set this week, film by film. Officially they've only released the Alien previews but the Aliens ones can be found on their website:
You can see the links to the Aliens previews in our forums. The rest will be released ... [Read More]
Following the release of the Predator - Ultimate Hunter Edition, DNR (digital noise reduction) in Blu-ray releases seems to have become a concern for some of us. On the topic of DNR in the new Aliens release, The Digital Bits recently posted this:
"Everyone we trust who was involved, and/or has actually SEEN the new Aliens HD master ... [Read More]
While speaking to James Cameron about his Avatar re-release, Coming Soon.net snuck in some questions about the upcoming Blu-Ray release of Aliens:
Cameron personally remastered Aliens with the same colourist he used on Avatar. In his words, it's spectacular.
They de-noised it, de-grained it, up-rezed it and colour corrected every single frame.
He thinks it looks better than it ... [Read More]
20th Century Fox are currently promoting the Alien Anthology set in the San Diego Comic-Con. They've set up life-size pods, similar to the ones in the Nostromo in Alien, where people can get inside and watch a trailer for the set. You can see some pictures on DreadCentral and a video of the booth in action over ... [Read More]
There's a new trailer for the Alien Anthology Blu-Ray set over on IGN. It's about a minute long and is inter-cut with scenes from all four Alien films.
20th Century Fox have also launched the official website for the set: AlienAnthology.com. There's nothing there right now but tomorrow, they will be adding an interactive ... [Read More]
20th Century Fox have officially announced that the Alien Anthology Blu-Ray set will be released October 25th in the UK, October 26th in the US and November 3rd in Australia. There are over 60 hours of special features and the discs include two versions of each film with over four hours of unreleased material. It has a ... [Read More]
DVDDuell.de has released some more details on the special features included in the upcoming Aliens Anthology:
Aliens “Colonial Marines Helmet-Cams [5:08 Min.]
Aliens “Deleted Scenes” [4:05 Min.]
Aliens “Family Guy Clip” [0:27 Min.]
Aliens “I Can’t Breazhe” [0:38 Min.]
Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright (Sim. Ride Video/Pre-Show Video) [10:20 Min.]
You can view more features here and here. Thanks ... [Read More]