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Post #185612

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triffid
Parent topic
Idea & Info: a Preservation of Alien Evolution doco?
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Date created
23-Feb-2006, 4:00 PM
I think it is time to summarize the list of contents. Jonno became our natural leader since he started to burn the discs already and I think that he is the right person to do all the editing. Ash595 proved to be our master cover-designer and Meedermow will probably provide his nice menus. Here follows the list of videos I would like to see in the set. We should not include anything already available on official DVDs (AL, AQ, AS).

YES (and source)
Giger’s Alien (from Necronomicon/GA eBay DVD or from LD if we find any; the version from Meedermow’s Archives is probably worse, right?)
Alien Evolution (Jonno’s disc #1 already available)
Aliens: J. Cameron A Director & His Work (either the incomplete one from old Archives or from my friend in London)
Making of A3 UK version (The one in the old Archives. Does it need to be remastered from the original facehugger promotape again or should it stay as it is? Jonno probably has one, right? If not, I can make a copy from my box.)
Making of A4 HBO version with Ron Pearlman (Promo VHS, Jonno probably has one, right? If not, I can offer my official VCD.)
Making of A4 Sci-fi Channel version with Brad Dourif (either from my DVD or from tb1971, somebody must compare the quality)
A4 Behind the Scenes documentary (aired by E! Entertainment one week before premiere, does anybody have it?)
A1 DC trailer, interview with R. Scott and TV spots (Ash595 and tb1971)
AQ trailers (Ash595, if he has both, I have just one on my promo DVD)
Shock & Awe (either from old Archives or from tb1971, somebody must compare the quality)
Ride at the Speed of Fright (tb1971)
Alien War in Trocadero/Glasgow (tb1971 + anything we can find)
SNL Aliens show (tb1971, any other versions for a comparison available?)
Films by Ridley Scott documentary (from AFI The Directors series, does anybody have it?)
selected short bites from TV (tb1971 plus anybody else)
if somebody can provide the 6 Aliens TV spots from US Abyss, I vote for them (Yes, Abyss definitely IS an official DVD, but the spots do not belong to that movie. I am willing to buy the movie if nobody else has it, in order to add them to the mix.)
How about AvP??? Do you consider it to be a part of the series? The 2-discs set contains almost everything, but still there are few more trailers on promo DVDs. And also a TV documentary about AvP FXs ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472993 ).

NO (and Why no)
Sigourney’s screen tests (in AS)
any A1 – A4 trailers (in AQ, in AL, the 1,85:1 A1 trailer with blue opening screen is in AS and in “Galaxy and Beyond”)
any deleted scenes (in AL, AQ)
Aliens: Behind the scenes 8 minute version (from EPK?) (in AS)
Making of A3 US version (in AL)
Making of A4 4 min version (from EPK??) (in AL)
The Alien Saga 109 min documentary (in AS, of course)
Alien Legacy 66 min documentary (in AL and available separately too)
Films by James Cameron documentary (from AFI The Directors series, available on a separate DVD)
any laserdisc bonuses (Not 100% sure. AQ contains the LD archives from A1 and A2. Are there any OTHER LD editions of these two movies with different bonuses? I believe that A3 and A4 LDs never have any bonus except for trailers. Can we confirm this theory somehow?)

SEPARATE PROJECTS:
Finding Nemo 1 (best quality A3 Workprint, still waiting for your comments)
Finding Nemo 2 (any quality A2 CBS cut – either Suntech or Rijir, probably Suntech because of the intro)

Continue please with anything I forgot. Should we switch something between YES and NO categories?

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