Alien Anthology Blu-ray UK Thread - Page 39 - Blu-ray Forum

KingSimba · 10-27-2010, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil92

That 'New Moon: Memory Box' was also limited to 5,000 and now, not only is it still there, it's gone down more than half of the price!

HMV's also put the egg back up with £10 cheaper than Play.

Thats awesome then, hopefully HMV will still be selling them

Looking at the pictures of the Egg in this thread it looks well nice

nekromantik · 10-27-2010, 04:53 PM

Eggs always been that price on HMV.
Play was the ones who had it for £10 more always.

viezure · 10-27-2010, 06:03 PM

Anyone ordered recently from blockbuster.co.uk? Are they ok/trusty/fast?

BigNickUK · 10-27-2010, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viezure

Anyone ordered recently from blockbuster.co.uk? Are they ok/trusty/fast?

Yes, they are quite quick.I ordered the anthology from them on Tuesday and it was despatched the next day. Have had blu's from them before and the delivery is normally pretty quick with cardboard packaging. It is the cheapest around at £34.96 (and the Pacific is only £29 too)

Phil92 · 10-27-2010, 06:23 PM

The people who received a T-shirt, where did you order it from?

grant666uk · 10-27-2010, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viezure

Anyone ordered recently from blockbuster.co.uk? Are they ok/trusty/fast?

Well I ordered Alien and back to the future from Blockbuster on Friday night. Did not ship untill Mon and I am still waiting for them now. Got so fed up I bought Alien from Asda and will take the BB copy back there for a refund when it turns up.

viezure · 10-27-2010, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grant666uk

Well I ordered Alien and back to the future from Blockbuster on Friday night. Did not ship untill Mon and I am still waiting for them now. Got so fed up I bought Alien from Asda and will take the BB copy back there for a refund when it turns up.

Are you from uk? Usually, in how much time do you receive stuff from online stores?

BluraySe7en · 10-27-2010, 07:14 PM

Having spent the last few days going through the special features as I'm going to watch the films with my Wife and she is working, since we moved I've still not found a job so plenty of free time although I'd rather be in employment, 4 weeks off and counting is getting really boring.

Anyway the special features, all films have superb featurettes on different stages of the production, the Alien ones interest me more than the Aliens ones but I still found them fascinating. The real coup though is the utterly fascinating Wreckage and Rage the making of Alien 3, trimmed of all the interesting and juicy stuff for the Quadrilogy as Fox weren't prepared to be seen in such a bad light but obviously had a change of mind with the Blu anthology and indeed look like big time villains here.

Not that Fincher comes across as a saint himself although you have to admire his stance on his first feature. Fincher isn't there to defend himself but a good few of the cast and crew have nothing but praise for him. Seeing him at work you can see even at such at an early stage of his feature film career that his talent is evident and his work within advertising, music videos and ILM had served him well and the guy didn't just come good on Se7en.

Watching the Alien 3 doc makes me really look forward to watching the Assembley cut again but in HD, it's likely to be the closest to his vision we will ever get. I actually have more of a preference for 3 since seeing the new cut than I do for Cameron's combat flick but the original stands head and shoulders above them all. Resurrection will be worth it to see it in HD I guess and watching the behind the scenes footage makes you realise it had some good ideas but didn't quite fulfil it's potential, infact 3 is not the missed opportunity 4 is. For me at least 3 in comparrison in the assembley cut is a fine film indeed.

1. Alien
2. Alien 3 Assembley Cut
3. Aliens
4. Alien Resurrection

Sithlord75 · 10-27-2010, 07:18 PM

Loving the Aliens transfer, it's so clear you can even see the strings holding ferro's dropship when it leaves the Surlaco.

My_Two_Cents · 10-27-2010, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigNickUK

Yes, they are quite quick.I ordered the anthology from them on Tuesday and it was despatched the next day. Have had blu's from them before and the delivery is normally pretty quick with cardboard packaging. It is the cheapest around at £34.96 (and the Pacific is only £29 too)

And don't forget that the list price includes VAT, which is removed for orders purchased from and shipped to the US. When you add in shipping, it's almost a wash depending on what you are buying. I also ordered the Alien Anthology Tuesday, and it dispatched today.

Alien Anthology : £31.91 ($50.57)
Postage & Packing: £3.08 ($4.88)

Total: £34.99 ($55.46)

Indiana Jones · 10-27-2010, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viezure

Anyone ordered recently from blockbuster.co.uk? Are they ok/trusty/fast?

I placed an order for the Alien Anthology, BTTF Trilogy and Iron Man 2 last Wednesday, all 3 were sent Friday and arrived Monday so no complaints here except that you can't cancel pre-orders online, it has to be done over the phone.

Mobe1969 · 10-27-2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viezure

It was my joke dude

Of course it's not called "ballsack edition", it's actually called "facehugger edition". But come on, look at it and tell me what you see

LOL that cracked me up. Now I see it everytime I look at it.

nightcrawler · 10-27-2010, 10:20 PM

Just curious - in which order do people here rank the 4 films?

For me:

1. Aliens (10/10)
2. Alien (9/10)
3. Alien resurrection (7/10)
4. Alien 3 (5/10)

alibaba-uk · 10-27-2010, 10:40 PM

Got mine from a Blockbuster store today, who strangely are doing the same price as online - £34.96. Everything instore is stickered up wrong ("preorder for only £37.99" etc) but great deal.

The packaging on the normal version is the same dire rubbish from the US Quadrilogy - you need about 10ft to open the thing out! Still, the outer box is a bit more sturdy.

grant666uk · 10-27-2010, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viezure

Are you from uk? Usually, in how much time do you receive stuff from online stores?

Alright mate. Yes I am in the UK. If something is posted first class from within the UK I tend to get it next day. If its coming from Jersey (play,Hmv etc) its about four days. I am sure Blockbuster are UK based. Had a game shipped from Shopto today we shall see if that turns up in the morning.

BluraySe7en · 10-27-2010, 11:11 PM

1. Alien Original Cut 10/10
2. Alien 3 Assembley Cut 8/10
3. Aliens Special Edition 7.5/10
4. Alien Resurrection New Cut 6/10
,
I don't watch the other versions of the films so would need to rate them this way. Prefer the original cut of Alien have always watched the Extended Aliens since it was available and couldn't go back to the theatrical, Alien 3 is so improved by the assembley version why would I want to watch the theatrical apart from for the commentary and I prefer the newer cut of Resurrection.

refnulf · 10-28-2010, 02:17 AM

Nice, I prefer the US packaging so I'll be getting that once the price drops a little (hopefully) but I did get the BTTF tin from UK because it just looks better and doesn't have the annoying clasps type things in the US version.

,deeii · 10-28-2010, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil92

The people who received a T-shirt, where did you order it from?

I ordered it from Free Record Shop.
http://www.freerecordshop.nl

Socko · 10-28-2010, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ,deeii

I ordered it from Free Record Shop.
http://www.freerecordshop.nl

yep me too.

,deeii · 10-28-2010, 02:24 PM

The site doesn't say you get a free t-shirt, but I got an email saying I would get a free tshirt.

10-27-2010, 04:53 PM	#762
nekromantik Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Bristol, UK Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:549	Eggs always been that price on HMV. Play was the ones who had it for £10 more always.

10-27-2010, 06:03 PM	#763
viezure Member Member since:Dec 2009	Anyone ordered recently from blockbuster.co.uk? Are they ok/trusty/fast?

10-27-2010, 06:23 PM	#765
Phil92 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:338 Blu-ray collection:1488 DVD collection:138 Trading Score:29	The people who received a T-shirt, where did you order it from?

10-27-2010, 07:14 PM	#768
BluraySe7en Senior Member Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, U.K 4K collection:197 Blu-ray collection:404 DVD collection:2 Blu-ray reviews: 9	Having spent the last few days going through the special features as I'm going to watch the films with my Wife and she is working, since we moved I've still not found a job so plenty of free time although I'd rather be in employment, 4 weeks off and counting is getting really boring. Anyway the special features, all films have superb featurettes on different stages of the production, the Alien ones interest me more than the Aliens ones but I still found them fascinating. The real coup though is the utterly fascinating Wreckage and Rage the making of Alien 3, trimmed of all the interesting and juicy stuff for the Quadrilogy as Fox weren't prepared to be seen in such a bad light but obviously had a change of mind with the Blu anthology and indeed look like big time villains here. Not that Fincher comes across as a saint himself although you have to admire his stance on his first feature. Fincher isn't there to defend himself but a good few of the cast and crew have nothing but praise for him. Seeing him at work you can see even at such at an early stage of his feature film career that his talent is evident and his work within advertising, music videos and ILM had served him well and the guy didn't just come good on Se7en. Watching the Alien 3 doc makes me really look forward to watching the Assembley cut again but in HD, it's likely to be the closest to his vision we will ever get. I actually have more of a preference for 3 since seeing the new cut than I do for Cameron's combat flick but the original stands head and shoulders above them all. Resurrection will be worth it to see it in HD I guess and watching the behind the scenes footage makes you realise it had some good ideas but didn't quite fulfil it's potential, infact 3 is not the missed opportunity 4 is. For me at least 3 in comparrison in the assembley cut is a fine film indeed. 1. Alien 2. Alien 3 Assembley Cut 3. Aliens 4. Alien Resurrection

10-27-2010, 07:18 PM	#769
Sithlord75 Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Norfolk, U.K. Home Theater Gallery:38 4K collection:254 Blu-ray collection:434 DVD collection:4 Trading Score:91	Loving the Aliens transfer, it's so clear you can even see the strings holding ferro's dropship when it leaves the Surlaco.

10-27-2010, 10:20 PM	#773
nightcrawler Special Member Member since:Oct 2009 Location:London, UK	Just curious - in which order do people here rank the 4 films? For me: 1. Aliens (10/10) 2. Alien (9/10) 3. Alien resurrection (7/10) 4. Alien 3 (5/10)

10-27-2010, 10:40 PM	#774
alibaba-uk Active Member Member since:Oct 2010 Location:London, UK	Got mine from a Blockbuster store today, who strangely are doing the same price as online - £34.96. Everything instore is stickered up wrong ("preorder for only £37.99" etc) but great deal. The packaging on the normal version is the same dire rubbish from the US Quadrilogy - you need about 10ft to open the thing out! Still, the outer box is a bit more sturdy.

10-27-2010, 11:11 PM	#776
BluraySe7en Senior Member Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, U.K 4K collection:197 Blu-ray collection:404 DVD collection:2 Blu-ray reviews: 9	1. Alien Original Cut 10/10 2. Alien 3 Assembley Cut 8/10 3. Aliens Special Edition 7.5/10 4. Alien Resurrection New Cut 6/10 , I don't watch the other versions of the films so would need to rate them this way. Prefer the original cut of Alien have always watched the Extended Aliens since it was available and couldn't go back to the theatrical, Alien 3 is so improved by the assembley version why would I want to watch the theatrical apart from for the commentary and I prefer the newer cut of Resurrection.

10-28-2010, 02:17 AM	#777
refnulf Power Member Member since:Jun 2010 Location:MY Trading Score:36	Nice, I prefer the US packaging so I'll be getting that once the price drops a little (hopefully) but I did get the BTTF tin from UK because it just looks better and doesn't have the annoying clasps type things in the US version.

10-28-2010, 02:24 PM	#780
,deeii Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Netherlands SteelBooks™: 208 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:680 Trading Score:14	The site doesn't say you get a free t-shirt, but I got an email saying I would get a free tshirt.

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