Alien on Blu-Ray

[megoapesnut]

Just finished watching Alien. Definitely one of my top five favorite movies. And it looked great on BR. A few soft spots here and there, but it really popped. Picked up a few things I never noticed from watching other formats. I can't say enough about how much I love this flick. Much like Halloween (another of my top 5 fav, if not number 1) the movie has VERY little blood. The atmosphere makes the movie. And that is created with precise use of photography, editing, score, set and directing - again, much like Halloween. Casting was dead perfect as well. Many feel Aliens is a better flick and if you are an action junkie, you probably feel the same. I'll take the pure Sci-Fi/Horror of the original any day.

[kennermike]

Just finished watching Alien. Definitely one of my top five favorite movies. And it looked great on BR. A few soft spots here and there, but it really popped. Picked up a few things I never noticed from watching other formats. I can't say enough about how much I love this flick. Much like Halloween (another of my top 5 fav, if not number 1) the movie has VERY little blood. The atmosphere makes the movie. And that is created with precise use of photography, editing, score, set and directing - again, much like Halloween. Casting was dead perfect as well. Many feel Aliens is a better flick and if you are an action junkie, you probably feel the same. I'll take the pure Sci-Fi/Horror of the original any day.

I agree wth everything you said Scott

[Mikey]

Don't older movies (pre CGI) with a lot of special effects look horrible on blue ray ?

Seems like you'd see TOO MUCH.

[megoapesnut]

That's the great thing about Alien, VERY few special effects. Most of the movie is set builds and they look great. At the very end, when the ship blew up, there were some 80's Tron like light effects to simulate the ship blowing up, and those looked a bit hokey. But that's about it.

[kennermike]

Don't older movies (pre CGI) with a lot of special effects look horrible on blue ray ?

Seems like you'd see TOO MUCH.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 especially the Doug Trumbull Effects look amazing in Blu Ray.Thats the film that made me a believer of the new format

[cjefferys]

Oh yeah, CE3K looks great on Blu-ray. It's good to hear that Alien looks nice as well, I'm planning on picking up the set. I really want the limited Japanese Blu-ray set with the Alien and egg, but it's a bit pricey.

[mego73]

I forgot Alien was coming out, I just got the Back To The Future BD set and will have to wait a bit on Alien.

[mego73]

Don't older movies (pre CGI) with a lot of special effects look horrible on blue ray ?

Seems like you'd see TOO MUCH.

While the effects may not be seamless in light of today's technology, the effects were originally made to be seen on a much larger screen than any of today's TV's so they were designed to be seen much bigger.

[Hector]

Just finished watching Alien. Definitely one of my top five favorite movies. And it looked great on BR. A few soft spots here and there, but it really popped. Picked up a few things I never noticed from watching other formats. I can't say enough about how much I love this flick. Much like Halloween (another of my top 5 fav, if not number 1) the movie has VERY little blood. The atmosphere makes the movie. And that is created with precise use of photography, editing, score, set and directing - again, much like Halloween. Casting was dead perfect as well. Many feel Aliens is a better flick and if you are an action junkie, you probably feel the same. I'll take the pure Sci-Fi/Horror of the original any day.

While I'm not as big on Halloween as you are...I agree with the rest of your post...and ALIEN is definitely all time top five movies for me as well.

[megoapesnut]

Watching Aliens right now. It looks real good. Don't know how I ever watched it on any other format. Blu-ray rocks

[mego73]

I investigated and found that the UK version of this set will play in the USA and is exactly the same in blu ray content except for the British rating markings and perhaps aspects on the packaging. This is what I am paying for it shipped

34.99 Euro = 57.91 USA

Thread about this on high def forum:

Alien Anthology....57.97

AmazonUK link:

Alien Anthology [Blu-ray]: Amazon.co.uk: Sigourney Weaver, Ridley Scott: DVD

[mego73]

I got the UK set today and gave a look at all of the discs to see if they load and can start playing. They all did fine.

I find it amazing that I was able to get the set sent from the UK for $58 shipped when the US discounted price at this point is around $90.