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He sits alone for this running, screen-specific affair. It's a decent but unexceptional piece. Scott spends most of his time discussing technical aspects of the production, though he occasionally talks about other issues about the movie.
Scott gets into both visual and practical effects and he also relates some of the backstory he created for the characters and circumstances. A bit too much praise appears, and Scott also just narrates the movie somewhat too frequently. Nonetheless, this remains a generally solid and informative effort.
Alien also includes two other audio tracks. It plays some unused music cues and also quite a lot of on-set, untreated sound. In other words, it's basically an alternate soundtrack for the film; we hear much of the movie as it actually existed on the set before any effects were added or dubbing was performed. I know, this probably doesn't sound like much, but you have to experience it to understand just how cool it is.
I turned on the channel just to check it out; I expected I'd probably sit through about five minutes of it and move on. Forty-five minutes later, I was still listening to it. Many of the supplements came straight from the LD production. Among them are ten terrific deleted scenes - including the nearly legendary cocoon sequence - and two interesting outtakes ; the filmmakers regard outtakes as different from deleted scenes in that the latter were more properly finished and look more like they come from a completed film, whereas the former are much rougher.
The cocoon sequence also includes an audio commentary from Scott; I haven't checked, but that track seems to echo the interview footage of him that appears right before the cocoon scene on the laserdisc. Anyway, they both perform the same function, to explain why Scott did what he did with the scene; they simply achieve this goal in different ways. Just the inclusion of this wealth of unused material would be great, but the extras continue: the DVD provides extensive still archives in its photo gallery.
This section presents conceptual art, storyboards, production photos, and promotional art and photos. This section replicates much of the LD's supplement, but it functions as more of a sampler; it offers a substantial percentage of the LD's materials, but it doesn't give them all.
Still, it's an impressive collection. No, I won't tell you exactly how to find them; just mess around a lot with the arrow keys on your remote and you should get to them soon enough. One "Easter egg" barely qualifies as an extra to me: that's the DVD's production credits. No disrespect to the folks who put this thing together, but I don't regard it as a "treat" to read their names.
I guess this is a good idea, however, to make these credits a "bonus," because it probably draws a lot more attention to the participants than it otherwise would. Still, if this is a supplement, then so is chapter search. The other two "eggs" are much more fun. One of them presents text of "Ash's notes. Very entertaining stuff. Yes, I've saved the best for last. The final "egg" gives us semi-basic biographies of the characters.
That's right, the characters , not the actors. For the record, cast and crew bios also appear in two different places - rudimentary ones in the production photos section, and slightly more detailed comments within the DVD's booklet. As I already mentioned, the LD goes into much greater depth in regard to the still-screen material it presents; the DVD offers only a representative sample.
Some areas on the LD are not really touched upon at all; for example, the LD presents an extensive chapter about the screenplay that is not replicated on the DVD. On the LD, we see many minutes of behind the scenes production footage, most of which is very interesting.
That set also presents two different fairly brief but interesting interviews with Scott; one of these occurred during the filming of the movie, and one was then current. Despite those omissions, Alien provides a solid package. The movie earned its status as an innovative classic, and despite some slow spots, it holds up well after all these years.
The DVD presents startlingly excellent picture with dated but generally positive audio and a fairly nice set of supplements. A good release of a great movie, Alien merits your attention.
Footnote: this review covered the original DVD release of Alien. Alien and Aliens have both become recognized classics and the other films in the series are all quite entertaining as well. Additionally, Sigourney Weaver is a phenomenal actress and is present as the lead role in all four of these works.
Highly recommenced for any one who enjoys sci-fiction thrillers and would like to see how these films especially Alien set the bar early on. I really enjoyed the 4 disc set. Excellent quality, all tapes played very well and they arrived on time. Although many will agree the fourth installment was nothing like its predecessors, the first three are certainly worth buying the entire set. Alien is the classic very scary thriller.
James Cameron's Aliens was more action packed and very entertaining. I personally liked Alien3 though some would not agree. However, I believe that it was director David Fincher's intention to go back to Alien's play on suspense and fear. It worked in my opinion. Alien Resurrection basically brings about the end and I like knowing that there is a resolution. The Alien Legacy is just that. A legacy. For the true horror movie lover you cannot pass this one up.
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