The Alien Legacy
by David Fincher, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ridley Scott
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Actor: John Hurt, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Winona RyderDirector: David Fincher, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ridley Scott
Writer: James Cameron
Writer: Dan O'Bannon
Writer: David Giler
Writer: Joss Whedon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 493 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Alien Legacy
DVD Review: superb
Summary: 5 Stars
product was delivered in a very timely manner and i am enjoying every minute of it.especially the added footage which helps the story line and action adventure aspects of the films.i'll watch it over and over again.thanks for a fair price and quality product...DVD Review: The creature ain't necessarily dead
Summary: 5 Stars
Alien Legacy DVD
This set has each of the four movies in the Alien series.
Alien(see my review). If you haven't seen this classic film, then you must be living under a rock. The collection includes the original theatrical version (which I prefer) and the "Director's Cut", notable for its inclusion of the controversial captain-cocooned by alien scene (controversial because from the Alien mythology developed in later films, we know that only the massive queen can lay eggs). I prefer the original (which is actually 1 minute longer), and interestingly enough, it appears that Ridley Scott prefers the original as well. The making of featurettes is extensive and reveals Giger's extensive participation and how what was originally expected to receive a b-movie budget became one of the very few examples where Fox studios followed the vision with a classic.
'Aliens' (see my review). This is the only sequel I know of that is rated higher than the original. This time, the "Special Edition" version (also on the previous 'Alien Legacy' box set) is a superior experience and exactly is how upstart director James Cameron (who had written the script prior to the release of 'The Terminator') wanted to release the film, but was constrained entirely by time limits. The result is additional scenes featuring the colonists and Ripley's family lost to the time she spent in hypersleep. As with the first installment, the featurettes are interesting and thorough, although the Viet Nam War metaphor is not as thoroughly explored with Cameron as has been in other releases.
'Alien 3' (see my review). As a fan of the franchise, this was perhaps the most anticipated part of this new box set. The "working print" of the film (the longest of all the versions here, and complete with subtitles for missed sound editing), adds a depth to the film that was not in the original. That is, the arrival of Ripley and the characters are covered much more thoroughly, the alien creature is begotten by an oxen with a much more original look, there is an additional plot twist arising from the nature of the inhabitants (criminally delusional), and there is no ridiculously-timed chest-buster scene at the end. Still, the film is a flawed masterpiece. The film is better appreciated in light of the bad situation first-time director David Fincher had been placed in - not the least of which is an incomplete script during production and a set that had already been constructed for the ill-conceived "wooden planet/monetary" vision of the previously assigned director. In this sense, the three production featurettes come across as almost an apology/tribute to Fincher. (NOTE: Fincher is the only director who is not interviewed on the box set.)
'Alien Resurrection' (see my review). What happens when you put the French director of 'Amelie' (Jean-Pierre Jeaunet) in charge of an alien movie? Well, foreign/art movies were all the craze in the last 1990s, so . . . Fox studios thought, "Why not?" In the end, many fans of the franchise did not appreciate the obviously satirical slant on this final installment. The opening scene and ending scenes (the only additions of substance) on the extended version make the film even more tongue-in-cheek. Despite the French director and crew's obvious regard for the original 'Alien' (as documented in the featurettes), armed with the return of Sigourney Weaver and the addition of superstar Winona Ryder, the director ultimately made a quirky, campy action film. But in the end, it was the last quarter of the script that makes this the weakest of all the installments by far. Postscript to Fox studios: if you had given Fincher this much creative freedom, you would have had a third masterpiece.
This is a must have set for fans of Alien.
Highly recommended for fans of Alien, Sigourney weaver, and the slimy reptilian creature, which might be back some day. You really don't think that they're all dead, do you?
Gunner January, 2008
DVD Review: GREAT GIFT FOR ALIEN FAN!
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this for my husband as he loves the Alien's movies. He loved the gift set and enjoyed watching all the DVD's!DVD Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I received the dvds in a timely manner and they look great. I have not had time to watch them yet. I'm waiting for a cold day when I can watch them all.DVD Review: LIKE THE REVIEWERS SAID BELOW, BUY THE ALIEN QUADRILOGY
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an OK set, but the Alien Quadrilogy is FAR better. The Alien Quadrilogy is a nine disc set, with two versions of all four movies, and they are the theatrical version, and the director's cut (Alien only) or special edition (Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection) of each film. And there is about 50 hours of special features. It's $74.99 at Amazon.
This Alien Legacy set contains only one version of each film and they are the theatrical versions of each film (except for Aliens).
Description of The Alien Legacy
An interesting feature of Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection, worth watching together if only for the chance to see how different directors handle essentially the same idea. The results are decidedly mixed. Ridley Scott's Alien is the most traditional of the bunch, essentially a haunted-house picture set on a space freighter, where a monster is picking off crew members one by one. James Cameron's Aliens is the all-out adrenaline bath, a pulse-pounding action thriller from start to finish. It plays a little like a Western in outer space, where the settlers are waiting for a cavalry that never comes--and the Indians are acid-veined aliens. And David Fincher's Alien 3 is the rock-video version, in which substance and storytelling are sacrificed to editing and imagery, as the aliens attempt to take over a space penal colony. --Marshall FineGeneral DVDs
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