Prometheus to Alien - The Evolution 5-Film Collection [DVD] [1979]

In brief...Blu Ray - lovely image, amazing sound...Alien - The 'go to' film for horror /sci fi/thriller/drama..Aliens - Guns, monsters, guns, monsters, repeat...The 'go to' sci fi action film.Alien 3 - Could have been titled "If Alan Bennett did sci fi horror...." (but sod you anyway, I really like this).Alien 4 - err....okay....If Alien was Sofia Loren smoking a trendy cigarillo whilst sitting outside a sunny French cafe in the old part of Paris, Aliens is the 80s drag act Divine (brash, over the top and yet strangely entertaining) and Alien 3 being the oddly attractive 40 something female librarian from the north of England...you don't know why - but is pleasant in some unfathomable manner then Alien 4 is the tired old whore from the docks who has given up trying and is just doing it for the money..she's pretty awful if you look closely but - hey if its late and there's not much else about, then I guess it's passable.Prometheus - As Alien 4 but with better lipstick.The extras (well who cares... go do something useful, make a coffee, sandwich, juggle a penguin or two....)Far scarier than any of the above is the speed at which this was delivered - under a day....am starting to suspect this is all a psychotic episode and I'm actually in a special hospital somewhere in the late 80's...

For starters let me say I love the Prometheus film, perhaps my favourite film of all time. For me it's great that it opens up more questions about the Alien back story than it answers. If the film answered everything, then there might be less chance for further sequels which would be a BAD THING! Visually the film is stunning and I don't understand people when the say the plot is lacking or the characters are not logical. I would answer that humans are rarely logical anyway. I think the plot is fine.The box set itself is very nicely put together with a booklet of artwork from Prometheus and a T-shirt, A4 poster of the engineer by Detifoss in Iceland (the waterfall scene) and some post cards.I've watched the Promethus blu-ray and again with the Ridley Scott's commentary which was enlightening in a few places, but he doesn't give everything away. As far as I remember the cut of the film is identical to the theatrical release. There are a bunch of deleted scenes as an extra to the disc but there is no way of watching the film with those added in. I haven't watched the other alien films yet, so I can't comment on those, but I'm sure they have the same high production standards.All in all, delighted I bought this box set.

Worth getting this boxset to watch the Alien films back to back and observing the threads that run through. It is, however, frustratingly missing Alien Covenant😊, leaving it somewhat incomplete - the gap between Prometheus and the first Alien is palpable. This is a minor grievance, however, and should not be taken too seriously. This is after just rollickingly good entertainment. Each instalment is a glorious embodiment of the decade in which it was made. Ridley Scott's Alien (made in '79) is tense, subtle and focuses on the claustrophobic, paranoia-inducing confines of space, with a tangible fear of what you don't see. Ian Holm (pre-emptively echoing fassbender's David) gives an eerily convincing performance as the ship's (spoiler alert) resident murderous cyborg. James Cameron's Aliens is an 80s extravaganza: bigger and brasher, with larger aliens and more of them (a plethora in fact)...noise turned up to 11. It is absurd in places but all the more fun for it, replete with the director's signature wooden dialogue and camply OTT action sequences. Curiously many of my friends cite it as their favourite (being the one they came of age to, illicitly viewing on Saturday night tv), but on adult reappraisal they acknowledge it is artistically inferior but plainly more fun. Depends what you prefer. The third one, interestingly David Fincher's debut feature, is characteristicalky bleak and nasty (think Se7en's aesthetic in space). An interesting failure that again typifies many 90s tropes. Brian Glover turns in a delightfully malevolent performance, whilst Winona Ryder and a bald Weaver do their best within the script's limitations. Alien: Resurrection is a goofy but fun reboot (thankfully with sigourney weaver's gravitas to carry it along). I concede I haven't watched since it was released but remember it being sufficiently watchable, Prometheus - with Ridley Scott back at the helm - is a bit of a mixed bag but worth watching for Michael fassbender's TE-Lawrence-aping cyborg alone. In fact I did enjoy it more than most seemed to. It has some incredibly entertaining action set-pieces and some enjoyable (if questionable) performanxes from the likes of Idris Elba (who has bizarrely misplaced the fine American accent he honed for The Wire, and replaced it with something well...preposterous). Naomi Rapace is charismatic and engaging - the scene of her performing a caesarean on herself will be imprinted on my mind forever, for better or worse. Very post-Noughties. Again, Covenant (allegedly poor), could have made this boxset perfect. We were all hanging from Prometheus's cliff - tho it would be churlish to complain toomuch as Alien more than compensated. Hours of fun. Try and watch as many back to back as you can - it really plunges you into the Alien landscape. Would have awarded it five stars were if conplete and had a couple of the later efforts at least equalled the brilliance of the first two...

todas las películas en distintos idiomas y subtitulos, con las versiones originales y extendidas y mucho más contenido extra. También es bueno mencionar que son región A, B y C por lo que deberían ser reproducidos en cualquier blu ray. Otra característica es que tiene además una especie de interfaz interactiva llamada MU-TH-UR que te deja ver contenido extra mientras se reproduce, como un commentary pero plus, no sé cómo describirlo, sólo que necesita que el reproductor blu ray esté actualizado para poderla utilizar. En fin, muy buen contenido.en cuanto al envío... muy poco cuidado le dan al paquete desde su envoltura, por lo que el soporte de los sitios que sujetan las bandejas de discos a la caja se rompieron muy fácilmente, y llegó roto esa parte, que no dañó los discos porque permanecieron sujetas a sus respectivas bandejas, pero esas ya separadas de la cajas. Ya no quise reclamar porque lo enviaron desde EUA a México, entonces podía pasar exactamente lo mismo; parece ser que amazon no pone atención en cómo proteger la mercancía, tienen sobres con una capa muy ligera de plástico burbuja bastante genérico y que usan para todo, en fin.

Always loved this movie

I bought this as a gift for my dad for Christmas last year, but then when I actually saw what came in the anthology, I decided to buy myself a copy too. I remember watching these movies years ago, but it's amazing to see how much effort they put into these little discs. Again, please make sure you read the product description that I'll include in this review just so you can understand how much you're actually getting when you buy this set:Disc 1: ALIEN **1979 Theatrical Version **2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction **Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt **Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith **Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 2: ALIENS **1986 Theatrical Version **1991 Special Edition with James Cameron Introduction **Audio Commentary by Director James Cameron, Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien Effects Creator Stan Winston, Visual Effects Supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, Miniature Effects Supervisor Pat McClung, Actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by James Horner **Composer’s Original Isolated Score by James Horner **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 3: ALIEN 3 **1992 Theatrical Version **2003 Special Edition (Restored Workprint Version) **Audio Commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., Editor Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Elliot Goldenthal **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 4: ALIEN Resurrection **1997 Theatrical Version **2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet Introduction **Audio Commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Editor Hervé Schneid, A.C.E., Alien Effects Creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Pitof, Conceptual Artist Sylvain Despretz, Actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by John Frizzell **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 5: Making the Anthology The Beast Within: Making ALIEN **Star Beast: Developing the Story **The Visualists: Direction and Design **Truckers in Space: Casting **Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978 **The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet **The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design **Future Tense: Editing and Music **Outward Bound: Visual Effects **A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film **Enhancement Pods Superior Firepower: Making ALIENS **57 Years Later: Continuing the Story **Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction **Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization **This Time It’s War: Pinewood Studios, 1985 **The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action **Bug Hunt: Creature Design **Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien **Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn **The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound **The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects **Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film **Enhancement PodsIt's absolutely mind-blowing how much they're giving you when you buy this anthology. I bought this solely on that information alone, just so I could submerge myself in the world of Alien. Words cannot describe how amazing these movies are. If you haven't watched them, please do yourself a favor and watch these movies now. They are instant classics.

I have to say I am a huge fan of the Alien franchise & this box set is amazing! All the movies look great. Spending the whole weekend going through everything and not stopping was epic.I grew up in the 80's and the Alien movies are something I could not stop watching because I loved the lore behind them. When Prometheus came out I was at odds with it because it was confusing to tie to Alien but now I understand how it can work together with Alien.I believe that in Alien that frist Engineer we see was the cause of everything going Worng in Prometheus, he could of not went along with wiping out humanity let the red become infected but in doing so was also infected and took the ship that we see in LV-426. The "Space Jockey" does not look like he died from a chest burster . He looks like he died like the others in Prometheus the ones you see with holes in their sleep pods.I digress, this box set is really worth getting on Blu Ray. You will not regret getting it. It works great on my Xbox One and my home theater system. You won't be sorry you bought it trust an huge Alien fan.

Credo che il cofanetto sia la consacrazione di una serie di film che hanno fatto la storia della fantascienza non solo per i film in se, quanto per la capacità di allacciare tra loro tutti gli elementi di contorno che presi singolarmente nei vari film sembrano scontati o da passare in secondo piano ma che con il prequel di prometheus si incastrano in maniera eccellente.quando vedremo tutti gli speciali (che ancora non sono riuscito a vedere completamente e di tempo dietro ne ho perso ) del cofanetto che ha una tiratura limitata di 1500 pezzi, credo che gli amanti del genere e i collezionisti potranno rimanere davvero soddisfatti. per ogni film degli alien ci sono le versioni realizzate che rendono quei particolari di cui parlavo all'inizio, evidenti e che servono alla storia principale; il tutto si completa con i 2 bluray pieni zeppi di contenuti speciali. che ripercorrono non solo le varie scene dei film, comprese le eliminate, modificate ecc anche una serie di interviste dell'epoca, le realizzazioni delle scenografie , montaggio, idee, bozzetti...insomma da far rimanere a bocca aperta. Tutti gli ALIEN come non li avete mai visti. Si termina con con il film prometheus in 2D e 3D e il bluray di contenuti speciali.non mi interessa dare un giudizio al film perchè non è questo il luogo giusto ma posso dire che una volta visti l'inserto speciale degli DEI FURIOSI, l'inizio e il finale alternativo si evince come tutto il contorno sia un vero collante degli alien e la storia portante sarà molto più chiara. Che il film possa essere il prequel di alien o come dicono alcuni di blade runner ha poco senso perchè il vero scopo è dare un senso al perchè tutto è nato...o interpretare la nascita di questo qualcosa. gli specialianalizzano nel dettaglio ogni minimo aspetto.unica pecca a mio avviso è la custodia che è formata da un cartoncino iniziale che è chiuso con un adesivo sulla diagonale della parte frontale sul piano di appoggio in modo tale che non copra il rilievo della macchina che vedete nella foto.a suo volta questo cartoncino ne contiene un altro leggermente più spesso e rigido nel quale troviamo la sezione degli aliena parte da quella di prometheus. mi sarei aspettato una definizione migliore vista la tiratura ed essendo un'edizione deluxe. di sicuro speravo che il libretto presente nella collector's fosse anche qui...ma ahimè non è così.per questi aspetti dovrei togliere una stelletta ma tutto il resto ne vale almeno 6...quindi va bene così.la valutazione finale non contempla il servizio di amazon.