Have you watched all the extras?

"Sandman" <mr DeleteThis @sandman.net> wrote in message
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> ...in the 'Quadrilogy'?
>
> I haven't, yet.
>


;' )

All I've watched is the Dir. Cut of Alien.

I had *plans* for watching the rest...

But I dunno if she is still here to discuss it !

;' )

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I've watched the "extended mixes" of each of the movies, and some of
the bits 'n' pieces on the Alien disc, but not the whole lot.

I can't say I usually get much out of "extras" on DVDs, other than
sometimes the director's commentary: "making of" and "marketing of"
pseudo-documentaries don't seem to be very interesting, most of the
time.

Do any of the extras in the A:Q box stand out more than the usual
stuff that find their way onto DVDs as padding?

Adam
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Quite honestly, when they make these documentries out of all of the interviews
that they conduct, I wish that they would just show the interviews unedited

Dom
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starting too..I skimmed them originally..watched Alien with commentary and
am in the middle of the extras disk..

"Sandman" <mr RemoveThis @sandman.net> wrote in message
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> ...in the 'Quadrilogy'?
>
> I haven't, yet.
>
> --
> Sandman[.net]
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David Giler seems so arrogant.

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> Quite honestly, when they make these documentries out of all of the
interviews
> that they conduct, I wish that they would just show the interviews
unedited
>
> Dom
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In article <2kas57F5cu3U1 DeleteThis @uni-berlin.de>, "Brian" <joe DeleteThis @joe.com> wrote:

<< David Giler seems so arrogant. >>

I agree.

It does seem though that in places, they all get their facts wrong about one
thing or another, small details here and there.
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he just thought he was the mastermind of the entire franchise...

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> In article <2kas57F5cu3U1.RemoveThis@uni-berlin.de>, "Brian" <joe.RemoveThis@joe.com> wrote:
>
> << David Giler seems so arrogant. >>
>
> I agree.
>
> It does seem though that in places, they all get their facts wrong about
one
> thing or another, small details here and there.
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:57:56 +0200, Sandman wrote:

> ...in the 'Quadrilogy'?
>
> I haven't, yet.

Me neither.

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Hello there,

For those who watched all the Quadrilogy extras, may be you can help me to
understand some things.

First of all, I own the previous 20th anniversary DVD Edition and I
was happy to watch in 1999 the two outtakes :

- Rise and Shine (01'00)
- Alien Attacks Lambert (00'52)

When the Quadrilogy Box Set released, I thought to find these short
sequences into the 9 DVDs. But I am disappointed to see that the "Alien
Attacks Lambert" sequence is missing from the DVD No 9 !

However, the "Rise and Shine" sequence have been reedited into a much longer
sequence (02'14).

So, I think this set does not contain ALL the available material from the
20th Fox vault and it is an evidence for David Fincher's Alien 3 movie.

Then, many websites told us that in the Quadrilogy Box Set, there is "an
archive of the complete supplemental contents of the 1992 Alien : Special
Widescreen Collector's Edition laserdisc. Every single bit of text, every
photo and every behind-the-scenes video clip that was found on the laserdisc
is presented here." (TheDigitalBits.com for example).

I don't have the Alien Laser Disc but according to what I read on some
websites, this LD contained these deleted scenes :

- Kane's point of view when the egg open,
- Alien's attack on Lambert,
- Alien's fall from the hatch,
- Alien's blast away of the ship.

May be I am wrong but I didn't find these scenes into the Quadrilogy Box
Set.

Well, I don't understand why the content of the 1992 Laser Disc is not
similar with the content of the Alien Laser Disc Archive from the Quadrilogy
Box Set (in the DVD No 9).

It is very strange because these 9 DVD are very close from a perfect and
complete anthology.

It is a pity that other elements are missing : Ridley Scott's only audio
commentary track from 1999, the beautiful Jerry Goldsmith isolated score,
the alternate music and production audio track, the documentary "Alien
Legacy" and the easter eggs : the alien life-cycle and Nostromo crew bios.

But may be we can expect another giga-mega-ultra 12 DVD Box Set after the
release of an Alien opus 5.

Thank you in advance if you can give me some explanations.

Narcissus
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[I *know* I hit the Reply Group button, but this got sent as
e-mail originally -- sorry about that.]

Voyager said:

> Hello there,
>
> For those who watched all the Quadrilogy extras, may be you can help me to
> understand some things.
>
> First of all, I own the previous 20th anniversary DVD Edition and I
> was happy to watch in 1999 the two outtakes :
>
> - Rise and Shine (01'00)
> - Alien Attacks Lambert (00'52)

> When the Quadrilogy Box Set released, I thought to find these short
> sequences into the 9 DVDs. But I am disappointed to see that the "Alien
> Attacks Lambert" sequence is missing from the DVD No 9 !

Hmmmm, are you sure? I thought I saw it on the LD stuff . . .
damn, wish I had my box set here!

> However, the "Rise and Shine" sequence have been reedited into a much
longer
> sequence (02'14).
>
> So, I think this set does not contain ALL the available material from the
> 20th Fox vault and it is an evidence for David Fincher's Alien 3 movie.

That Fincher controversy really burns me up. I wish he could've
"taken one for the team" and done an interview or commentary for
AQ, but then I again I just can't blame him for being so angry.
Fincher is *so* talented, I can't believe FOX didn't show him
more respect.

I want that workprint damn it!!!! :-)

> Then, many websites told us that in the Quadrilogy Box Set, there is "an
> archive of the complete supplemental contents of the 1992 Alien : Special
> Widescreen Collector's Edition laserdisc. Every single bit of text, every
> photo and every behind-the-scenes video clip that was found on the
laserdisc
> is presented here." (TheDigitalBits.com for example).
>
> I don't have the Alien Laser Disc but according to what I read on some
> websites, this LD contained these deleted scenes :
>
> - Kane's point of view when the egg open,
> - Alien's attack on Lambert,
> - Alien's fall from the hatch,
> - Alien's blast away of the ship.
>
> May be I am wrong but I didn't find these scenes into the Quadrilogy Box
> Set.

Again, I thought I saw everything there from the LD, but I was
watching a TON of stuff over 6-7 days, so I don't remember
*for sure*.

> Well, I don't understand why the content of the 1992 Laser Disc is not
> similar with the content of the Alien Laser Disc Archive from the
Quadrilogy
> Box Set (in the DVD No 9).
>
> It is very strange because these 9 DVD are very close from a perfect and
> complete anthology.
>
> It is a pity that other elements are missing : Ridley Scott's only audio
> commentary track from 1999, the beautiful Jerry Goldsmith isolated score,
> the alternate music and production audio track, the documentary "Alien
> Legacy" and the easter eggs : the alien life-cycle and Nostromo crew bios.

That's why I did NOT sell my copy of the 20th anniversary of Alien DVD!

> But may be we can expect another giga-mega-ultra 12 DVD Box Set after the
> release of an Alien opus 5.

Knowing how FOX loves to milk (and steal) from it's fans, I
would bet money on it!

> Thank you in advance if you can give me some explanations.

Sorry I'm not more help!

ADWatts
"It's a beautiful world . . . for you . . . but not for me!"
-- DEVO (A band *way* ahead of its time, but now might be it.)
De-evolution is real.
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I said:

> > I saw a lot of sets on the shelves that
> > people had sold.

Glen A. RITCHIE replied:

> Hard to believe that a collector's set like "Alien Quadrilogy" would be
> devalued
> by that much in such a short space of time.
>
> More supply than demand?!

I don't know. At the price it is, I was expecting that most
of the people who bought it would be hardcore fans who
would never sell it. Too many people disappointed?

> > So . . . getting back to the point, I think
> > it may have brought in some new
> > people, but I'm not sure if they
> > impresses a new generation. Kind of a
> > shame, because it's a great package.
> > Again, I hope I'm wrong.

> Well, I discussed this with my 15-year old nephew just before last
> Christmas, and he just said he thought it was "boring".
>
> "BORING?!?!?!" I asked.
>
> Then he proceeded to tell me there wasn't enough action in it (too much
time
> between attacks by the "Alien" creature).
>
> You see, this generation coming up has been exposed to far more violent
> films (he's watched videos since he was born), so everything else seems
mild
> by comparison these days.

I've had similar experiences as well. What a shame.

But if these same "tough guys" saw it in a dark theater . . .?

> > Yeah, but I'm willing to put money on it
> > that they care at least a *bit* more for
> > the people they represent.

> From my experience in dealing with elected representatives, it all depends
> on the person and their ideology.
>
> Believe it or not, I've dealt *directly* with Liberal and Conservative
> representatives, and found them to be very helpful, because they truly
> believe in service to all their constituents.
>
> Whereas, Socialists will have their *staff*
> deal with you (if you're even lucky to hear back from them), and then will
> waste your time with excuses and arguments as to why they should bother to
> help you at all.
>
> (You see, if they actually helped you, that would mean one less person on
a
> waiting list somewhere, which is only a justification for their
> bureaucracy.)

hmmm . . .

> > I hope Canada isn't *as* obsessed
> > about greed and power as Americans
> > are, or else I've been sorely mislead.

> Canada isn't the socialist paradise most Americans make it out to be.
>
> Just think of Canada as being a microcosm of the U.S. (in that regard,
> anyway), then you might understand us better.

hmmmmmmmm . . .

> > No country (or political system) is
> > perfect,

> At least your head of state is restricted to two terms, your elected
> representatives are subject to recall, and your elections are always on a
> fixed date.
>
> Oh - and violent criminals actually go to jail and stay there!
>
> Canada has a multi-party system *without* proportional representation,
which
> actually helps the main party (i.e., the Liberals) get back into power all
> the time.
>
> Effectively, over 60 % of the population might have voted *against* the
> Liberals, yet they get back into power because their party got more votes
as
> a single party.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . .

Interesting . . . now I'll have to do some research.

Thanks for the info!

Maybe if our educational system wasn't so narrowminded I'd
have known some of that!

> > *want* to know how other ac-maers
/
> Should we add that word to the ol' Oxford, along with 'bootylicious'?!

Hey, if rappers can make up words then why can't we? :D

> > Nuff said.

> That phrase always reminds me of Stan
> "Spider-Man" LEE ...
>
> Excelsior!

Hehe. Actually I have too much Devo on the brain recently.
One of their songs is "Enough Said''.

> > I wish I could drive! Damn eyes!

> What, prescription eyewear doesn't help?

Yes and no.

I wear contact lens, but it doesn't help with the main problem
which is that I only have a couple of muscles holding the lens in
place so my vision "flloats around". It's tough to explain.

> > You know (OT! OT! OT!) they couldn't
> > even include that video on a recent
> > DVD release because the Hendrix
> > estate didn't like it! It was already in the
> > credits, and they just crossed them out.
> > Doh!

> Do you mean Devo's version of "Are You Experienced" was included in their
> own DVD, or one of HENDRIX'S material?

Devo DVD "Now It Can Be Told" with *most* of their videos.

Have a great day!

ADWatts
"It's a beautiful world . . . for you . . . but not for me!"
-- DEVO (A band *way* ahead of its time, but now might be it.)
De-evolution is real.
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> "ADWatts" <adwatts DeleteThis @graphic-designer.com> wrote in message
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> > That Fincher controversy really burns
> > me up. I wish he could've "taken one
> > for the team" and done an interview or
> > commentary for AQ, but then I again I
> > just can't blame him for being so angry.
> > Fincher is *so* talented, I can't believe
> > FOX didn't show him more respect.
> >
> > I want that workprint damn it!!!! :-)
>
> Whilst you were away these past two-and-a-half years, Tomo (and Cov?)
> posted some workprint on here about June 2002, if memory serves me
> correctly.


Well.. I DID get it...

Problem is, I now only have the one VHS recorder...


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In article <ccmkjg$hqe$2@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>,
"Covenant" <covenant.DeleteThis@joelamb.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> "Glen A. RITCHIE" <Get_away_from_her_you_BITCH.DeleteThis@aliens.com> wrote in message
> news:6YnHc.47119$JG5.1166031@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > "ADWatts" <adwatts.DeleteThis@graphic-designer.com> wrote in message
> > news:PFfHc.46892$XM6.7829@attbi_s53...
> >
> > > That Fincher controversy really burns
> > > me up. I wish he could've "taken one
> > > for the team" and done an interview or
> > > commentary for AQ, but then I again I
> > > just can't blame him for being so angry.
> > > Fincher is *so* talented, I can't believe
> > > FOX didn't show him more respect.
> > >
> > > I want that workprint damn it!!!! :-)
> >
> > Whilst you were away these past two-and-a-half years, Tomo (and Cov?)
> > posted some workprint on here about June 2002, if memory serves me
> > correctly.
>
>
> Well.. I DID get it...
>
> Problem is, I now only have the one VHS recorder...

*Sandman enters to make a belittling remark about VHS machines* :)

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