Alien Anthology Blu-Ray confirmed for UK release 25/10/10

[Markgway]

Doesn't Cameron say he "de-grained" the film and stuff?

Only the Special Edition, apparently, but if those caps are from the SE it doesn't look like any tampering has been applied.

[bradavon]

Maybe he degrained it but not excessively.

[luckystars]

Those caps are nice!!!! Just a shame they apparently haven't restored the original Theatrical cut.

[Shingster]

As already mentioned Cameron claimed to have completely removed the grain for the Aliens SE, so the grain we see in these BD caps could very well be artificial - which may look ok in static grabs but appear quite unnatural in motion. Expect a more convoluted debate on these transfers once the AVSforum peeps are able to buy copies for themselves! I might be reviewing the UK set and I don't look forward to talking about the Aliens transfer!

[bradavon]

Why would you remove grain, only to add it artificially back in again?

[romerojpg]

Because he can

[Shingster]

Why would you remove grain, only to add it artificially back in again?

Mostly they do it to give the impression of film, mostly.

[gasteropod]

[luckystars]

Mine arrived a couple days ago but I had to pick it up from the sorting office.

Watched Alien and most of the extras on Disc 1 last night - with a box of tissues on standby (for the tears - honest!)


Well it was an amazing experience. Blu Ray and a good home cinema is really bringing the cinema experience to the home. I mean for real. I've had Beta, VHS, VCD, DVD, Laserdisc an finally Blu Ray and for me this was as thrilling as a big screen viewing and like watching the movie like I'd never seen it before! The quality is so good I can't imagine it being much better without a projector in my living room!!

Anyway who go this? Who's the biggest Alien/s/3/Resurrection fan and who can tell me if I still need to pick up the Quadrilogy on DVD for the 9th disc? I've only ever owned the 1 and 2 disc release of Alien

[bradavon]

Surely it's on the BD box set no?