Originally posted by: Jonno
By the way, has anyone ever attempted a reconstructed Alien? Most of the deleted scenes on Quad disc 2 are 16:9 and 5.1 transfers, since they were originally intended for inclusion in the director's cut. Scott decided against the longer version in the end, but they could certainly be re-incorporated - in fact, there's plenty more bits and pieces that could be cut back in (though with quite a variation in quality - some of the deleted scenes are non-anamorphic, while those included in the laserdisc section are letterboxed 4:3 windowboxed in 16:9!
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By the way, has anyone ever attempted a reconstructed Alien? Most of the deleted scenes on Quad disc 2 are 16:9 and 5.1 transfers, since they were originally intended for inclusion in the director's cut. Scott decided against the longer version in the end, but they could certainly be re-incorporated - in fact, there's plenty more bits and pieces that could be cut back in (though with quite a variation in quality - some of the deleted scenes are non-anamorphic, while those included in the laserdisc section are letterboxed 4:3 windowboxed in 16:9!
) I have a version called Alien Redux that runs approx 24 min longer. It utilizes the alternate soundtrack so that the editing is smoother (No choppy music like on previous VHS cuts done when the laserdisc was released). Most of the alternate/deleted footage from the 9 disc box set and Alien Legacy DVD is used. Some of the bits are just a few seconds while others are more extended. For example the chestburster scene is over a minute longer. Bret's death features the alien's tail going to his back cut from the Lambert death scene...Just to name a few.