Here are the most rare videos NOT included nor in Legacy or in Quadrilogy. The Alien Saga is a separate DVD easy to get for 10 to 14 dollars and thus it is not listed there.
- Aliens, the first director's cut for CBS broadcast. The "middle" version around 145 mins (in NTSC or approx 140 in PAL). By the way is there anybody who can explain to me why PAL movies are always shorter then their NTSC counterparts? The difference is usually 4 mins per 2 hours. Is there a different number of cells per second or what? To Suntech: No, I never saw it and I have no idea which scenes are or are not there. But I really hope to see it before I die...
- Giger's Alien documentary, 34 mins. I have a copy from e-bay. Unfortunately not first generation, poor picture. From Japanese laserdisc (with burned Jap subtitles in the picture). Looking for a clear copy from other source. Last year there was Giger's exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic. I was lucky to meet HIM there, but this is not important. They screened this documentary on a big screen, English version without any subtitles. But their copy was also poor, so I did not even bother to ask if I can get it somehow.
- Alien Evolution, 75 mins. Uncut version of the s/t documentary on disc Q9. I have two copies - on a VHS and on a DVD. None of these is perfect, probably 6 or 7 out of 10 points. Always looking for better one.
- Making of Aliens, cca 30 mins. UK TV broadcast only. I bought a DVD-R copy on e-bay, but that version is not complete, the video ends suddently some 5 minutes before end credits. Not to be mistaken with the short 8 minutes Making of Aliens from Alien 1 UK rental VHS (restored as a bonus on Alien Saga DVD).
- Alien Resurrection audio-visual press kit (or electronic press kit: EPK), 45 minutes. A trailer, interviews, unedited B-roll. Never saw this one and I am trying to buy it from one US collector for two years, unsuccessfully.
I am looking to find perfect sharp & clear recordings of these 5 things many years. Giger is probably the easier one to get. I do not know if there is an US version of the LD. But if not, there is still the Japanese one. Anybody who owns the original LD can make very good DVD-R. Hardest one? The CBS cut of Aliens, I think. Even if somebody had it on a VHS, he probably deleted it when Cameron released the full version in 1991 on LD.
To Jonno: What is the quality of your Evolution? Do you own the Giger LD or just a DVD-R?