[Steve Withers]

Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel bursts onto Blu-ray

Almost as soon as Prometheus, Sir Ridley Scott’s long awaited prequel to Alien, made its way on to our cinema screens, fans were wondering when the film would be released on disc and whether it would include any additional footage. Scott has a history of releasing longer versions of his films on Blu-ray and given its rather rushed final reel, Prometheus seemed a perfect subject for the extended treatment. A viral video released just after the film’s theatrical run included the mysterious number 10.11.12 and many thought this might be the date for the disc launch.

Well with Amazon.com and other retailers in the US taking orders for a release date of the 11th of October 2012 (which ties in with the US habit of putting the month first when writing dates), it would seem the viral video was correct. The 11th of October is actually a Thursday which is unusual as most US discs are released on a Tuesday but the good news is that it looks like we’ll be getting Prometheus a few days earlier here in the UK. Amazon.co.uk and other retailers have Prometheus on pre-order for the 8th of October, which matches the usual Monday release date for discs on this side of the pond.

So far there has been no official announcement from 20th Century Fox but if Amazon are taking orders for early October then something must be imminent. The box art shown above is only temporary but since the film was shot natively in 3D it will definitely be released in both 2D and 3D versions. No further details have been released yet but based on Scott’s previous Blu-ray releases, we can expect a commentary track, a detailed making of documentary and hopefully an extended cut or at least some deleted scenes.

[edbrandrick]

List of features on bluray disc

- audio commentary by writer jon spaihts and writer/executive producer damon lindelof [118:38]

- director's audio commentary [118:38]

- demons in the dark - creature design [26:57]

- fire from the sky - visual effects [23:33]

- hazard pay - stunts and action [23:46]

- enhancement pods:
* the title conundrum [2:29]
* prometheus: The board game [3:12]
* sexburster [1:46]
* knick knacks of tomorrow [4:30]
* fun with molecular gastronomy [5:57]
* building better logos [2:13]
* maker's mark [1:51]
* the ampule shoppe [2:02]
* language of the gods [3:45]
* first exposure: Alien [5:31]
* body mechanics: Trilobite [1:04]
* xenomorphology: The deacon [1:20]
* constrictive construction [1:55]
* chair fetish [3:53]
* one day in africa [1:47]
* location: Iceland [3:24]
* the art of terraforming [1:29]
* battle of the planets: Lv-223 vs. Lv-426 [3:07]
* all things holographic [6:00]
* weyland's wet dream [2:31]
* the case of the fanfic fake [2:24]
* merging ridleyverses [0:58]
* gigeresque [3:46]

- pre-visualizations:
* prologue [3:57]
* discovering the planet [1:03]
* med-pod sequence: Pg-13 version [4:11]
* med-pod sequence: R version [4:08]
* awaking the engineer [6:26]
* prometheus vs. Juggernaut [4:40]

- screen tests:
* noomi rapace screen test [9:29]
* hair/makeup/costume screen test [10:58]
* costume/make-up/hair test with optional commentary by the cast - 18 march 2011-pinewood studios [10:58]

- prometheus unbound: Post-production and release [29:26]

- charlize on vickers [1:15]
- logan on holloway [1:10]
- noomi rapace on shaw [1:31]
- shaw [1:15]

- the story:
* creation [3:11]
* international creation [3:11]

- peter weyland files:
* viral video: Quiet eye: Elizabeth shaw [2:23]
* viral video: Prometheus transmission [6:44]
* viral video: Happy birthday david [2:15]
* viral video: Ted conference 2023 [6:34]

- reverse engineering:
*uscss prometheus [15:36]

- under the pyramid - lv-223 [23:32]

- time-lapse sequence: Juggernaut [1:44]
- time-lapse sequence: Juggernaut with optional commentary by production designer arthur max [1:44]

- tv spot: Trailer announcement [0:19]

- space travel [2:12]

- itunes "tomorrow" [0:29]
- i tunes "2 days" [0:29]
- itunes "3 days [0:29]

- int'l trailer e cutdown soft [0:57]

- vision of prometheus [2:17]

- first look [11:31]

- alternate and deleted scenes: [34:54]
* arrival of the engineers [2:31]
* t'is the season [0:58]
* our first alien [0:42]
* skin [0:42]
* we're not alone anymore [1:22]
* strange bedfellows [2:57]
* holloway hungover [1:25]
* david's objective [0:23]
* janek fills vickers in [3:27]
* a king has his reign [3:40]
* fifield attacks [2:01]
* the engineer speaks [4:06]
* final battle [5:30]
* paradise [5:05]

- tv spots:
* int'l invitation [0:57]
* int'l story/event p/s alt [0:29]
* story/young male/b [0:28]
* 21trailer cutdown [0:28]
* star/vickers 15 [0:14]
* stara/david 15 [0:14]
* star/action/combo 15 [0:14]
* star/thousands 15 [0:14]
* int'l arrived [0:28]
* int'l explain [0:28]
* story/event p/s [0:28]
* int'l agenda [0:28]
* int'l stara map hard [0:28]
* int'l feel [0:28]
* int'l extinction [0:28]
* int'l star map softer rs [0:28]
* int'l story character soft rs [0:28]
* int'l star map soft oz [0:28]
* int'l story character oz [0:28]
* int'l star map soft [0:28]
* int'l story character s/b [0:28]
* int'l trailer e cutdown [0:57]
* int'l post trailer [0:19]

- a film thirty years in the making [1:33]

[Steve Withers]

Thanks, where did you get that from?

[edbrandrick]

Originally Posted by Steve Withers

Thanks, where did you get that from?

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/ and various other Alien fan sites.

[edbrandrick]

http://www.prometheus-movie.com/news/295 for pics of Prometheus To Alien The Evolution Box Set Art .

[edbrandrick]

Good pre-order price from Sainsburys Entertainment. 3D Blu-ray £14.99 and standard £12.99 and DVD £8.99

[Steve Withers]

That is a good price, thanks.

[edbrandrick]

Originally Posted by Steve Withers

That is a good price, thanks.

Yes I have just pre-ordered the 3d bluray .

[edbrandrick]

Originally Posted by edbrandrick

http://www.prometheus-movie.com/news/295 for pics of Prometheus To Alien The Evolution Box Set Art .

Nine disc box set containing:
The four Alien feature films--Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection
Prometheus - Special Edition (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray)
Weyland Corporation T-Shirt
Art of Prometheus exclusive book extract
Art cards
Poster

£52.49 Amazon uk .

[Steven]

Cool set but bit rich for my taste

[jimmyboy1975]

4 disc set in the US Prometheus Blu-ray Detailed

[edbrandrick]

Watched the 3d version on my jvc x30 projector and it looked amazing ! I don't care what anyone thinks about this movie , I love it ! The extras are pretty cool and the ipad app is cool. Need more time to watch everything , so much to take in !

[Creepy_Towel]

Originally Posted by edbrandrick

Watched the 3d version on my jvc x30 projector and it looked amazing ! I don't care what anyone thinks about this movie , I love it ! The extras are pretty cool and the ipad app is cool. Need more time to watch everything , so much to take in !

That's certainly NOT my experience with the UK 3D release -- is it the same disc as the US release? (My disc number is WW 52503)

In 3D on the X30 I find it unwatchable where there is any rapid lateral motion. On pausing the film there is clearly something wrong -- one eye's field looks to be about a frame ahead of the other, or that's how it looks. I don't just mean a spatial difference (which you'd obviously expect for a movie in 3D), but a temporal one.

For instance, in the waterfall scene at the beginning, parts of the flowing water seem to jump forwards and backwards randomly as each eye's version of the picture happens to match or not to match.

I have about a dozen 3D blurays and none of them does anything like this -- they all look great on the X30 (with the bundled JVC 3D glasses) and a Pioneer BDP-LX55.

Has anyone else noticed this, or is there something wrong at my end?

[Steve Withers]

Well when I watched Prometheus on my X3, the 3D was fantastic but my disc is the US version.

[edbrandrick]

Originally Posted by Creepy_Towel

That's certainly NOT my experience with the UK 3D release -- is it the same disc as the US release? (My disc number is WW 52503)

In 3D on the X30 I find it unwatchable where there is any rapid lateral motion. On pausing the film there is clearly something wrong -- one eye's field looks to be about a frame ahead of the other, or that's how it looks. I don't just mean a spatial difference (which you'd obviously expect for a movie in 3D), but a temporal one.

For instance, in the waterfall scene at the beginning, parts of the flowing water seem to jump forwards and backwards randomly as each eye's version of the picture happens to match or not to match.

I have about a dozen 3D blurays and none of them does anything like this -- they all look great on the X30 (with the bundled JVC 3D glasses) and a Pioneer BDP-LX55.

Has anyone else noticed this, or is there something wrong at my end?

I have the uk release and there is nothing like what you have mentioned and I wonder if you have a faulty disc ! I have watched it 3 times in 3d on the x30 .

[Creepy_Towel]

Thanks -- maybe I do. I assumed you were watching the US 3D release as you reported on it so soon after it came out!

[Creepy_Towel]

Update: I just tried a replacement disc and it's exactly the same problem, so I'm thinking it's my Bluray player (Pioneer BDP-LX55). Oh well.

[Steve Withers]

Sounds like it, have you tried updating the firmware?