zombie84 said:

What I am saying is that the way the DC is timed is actually accurate to the original cinematography. Except the Brett scene, and that's it as far as I know. I don't recall any other intentional/radical re-colouring. So the theatrical cut ought to be using the DC footage and not the previous transfers because the way the film should look is basically the way the DC looks, not necessarily the way it looked on TV and in video from the 1980s and 1990s.

Forgetting the previous tv, video, dvd releases for a moment, when I went to see ALIEN on the big screen back in '79 a couple of times, the colour pallette certainly didn't have the various 'darkened'/'stylized' hues that the 'Director's Cut' does, which I caught on the big screen too, on it's limited release. I was very struck by how different it looked from how it seemed in it's earlier releases, and not in a good way. I find it almost unwatchable compared to it's earlier releases, which I've been so used to seeing over the years, and will be disappointed if the blu-ray 'Theatrical' has been done in the same way as the 'Quadrilogy' 'Theatrical' was.

But either way, the look of the 'Director's Cut' has definately been altered a lot, compared to previous ALIEN releases which showed a more natural colouration throughout to the amazing sets, costumes, and miniatures. In my estimation anyway.