Alien special editions

[cuewoz1]

Are the alien special editions worth getting if you already have the alien films from when they were released on R1 when alien legacy came out?
Is the pic quality very different?

[Hawklord]

I'd be interested in this as I'm rather tempted by plays buy one get one free offer so I'd buy alien and aliens if there were major differences

[Hawklord]

Has anyone compared the two?

pretty

[Phil Hinton]

Haven't compared the legacy to the new discs, however we will be looking at the R2 Japanese Aliens in DTS and can compare that to the new set disc.

[7 of 9]

dvd beaver at www.dvdbeaver.com have don a comparison between the original alien r1 edition vs the original alien r2 edition vs the new collectors edition r1, just look up alien and see what u think.

there is also dvd file the r1 american review and news site the alien quadrilogy revies is at: http://www.dvdfile.com/software/revi...uadrilogy.html there u go see what u think if those are enough.

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[hemp3]

Theres a nifty Japanese version at www.amazon.jp or so I have heard with an aliens head with all 9 discs inside its if you can find good luck because i dont speak japanese. I think I read about it in Total DVD. Sorry for the sketchy details but heres another thread http://avpgalaxy.conforums.com/index...40092&start=15. Scroll down for pic.

[sasja]

I haven't read a single review yet saying "don't get it if you already have the earlier versions", so if you're a fan I'd say get it. Here's another very detailed review: http://www.dvddebate.com/modules.php...rder=0&thold=0

[cosmic023]

Well i went with the "Buy one, get one free offer" the extras are amazing, and the film is much better PQ & Sound quality than my original versions that i bought when dvd's first came onto the scene.

I was gonna buy the "Quadrilligy" sp? edition, but i really only like the first two films and are not bothered by the other two, as i have these in standard versions already of these films.

[Stuart Wright]

Oh for heavens sake, folks!!!
These are the official forums of Total DVD. Reviews and comparisons there.
www.totaldvd.com

[JohnG]

I started watching the Alien Special Edition last night in DTS and thought that the dialogue sounded awful and really showed it's age. It may be that I haven't yet got an AV amp and my TV does the processing, but I expected it to sound a lot better than this.

[Iron Monkey]

Is your TV dts? If not, why bother even listening to the dts track? Of course its not going to sound good through two tinny little speakers!

You should just use the downmixed DD 5.1 track instead.

[JohnG]

Yes it's DTS and DD5.1 - lots of other films sound suprisingly good through it, but this one really does sound bad.

[Iron Monkey]

I've heard dts built into TVs, and to be honest its not a patch on a proper dedicated amp and speaker system.

[JohnG]

That's why I'm getting a dedicated AV Amp, but it doesn't alter the fact that this sounds far worse than most other films I've watched with the same setup. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this ?

[Iron Monkey]

Alien sounds great in dts on my system. I've got the R1 version as part of the Alien Quadrilogy.