Originally posted by: triffid
to Ash 595: Galaxy and Beyond
OK, I did some research and I need your help. If you have the Galaxy and Beyond DVD somewhere near you, can you check please the trailers and compare them with my description??? There should be 3 trailers for Alien and four for Aliens in the following order:
Alien
Trailer 1 – begins with still photos, Kane’s body on a monitor, the narrator repeats “Word of warning”, length 0:45
Trailer 2 – the egg, rolling surface of a planet, Alien logo, no footage from the actual movie, just different shots of the egg, ends with the line “In space, no one…”, length 1:10
Trailer 3 – begins as trailer 2, but then continues with actual footage with sounds, hissing cat, the speed accelerates until the final shot of a shuttle leaving the planet behind – simply the most well known Alien trailer, but in its rarest WS version with the original “preview approved blah, blah” screens that are light blue, not green, length 2:07
Aliens
Trailer 1 – with background sound from Alien trailers, begins with the hostile surface of LV426 (used in DC only) followed by a marine’s boot, no actual sounds from the movie except for one firethrower blast, length 1:47
Trailer 2 – the most well known one, begins with “Just tell me one thing, Burke”, ends with “This time it’s war”, length 1:56
Trailer 3 - begins with the narrator who sings an ode on the movie, he says “Best action film of the year etc.”, ends with “Playing everywhere”, length 0:38
Trailer 4 – begins with the narrator “First time she survived the deadliest creature…”, ends with “This time it’s war”, length 0:30
IF my description is 100% CORRECT, then…
Alien T1 and T3* are in Quadrilogy, T2 is not. All Aliens trailers are in Quadrilogy.
* (in FS and without the light blue screens)
If I am wrong and there are another trailers instead, then they are really very rare and not included anywhere else.
Does the main Hamill’s feature contain some interesting info or shots?
you are right, all the trailers you mentioned are on the Galaxy and Beyond DVD, with different titles:
Alien
Teaser Trailer 1 – begins with still photos, Kane’s body on a monitor, the narrator repeats “Word of warning”, length 0:45
Teaser Trailer 2 – the egg, rolling surface of a planet, Alien logo, no footage from the actual movie, just different shots of the egg, ends with the line “In space, no one…”, length 1:10
Trailer – begins as trailer 2, but then continues with actual footage with sounds, hissing cat, the speed accelerates until the final shot of a shuttle leaving the planet behind – simply the most well known Alien trailer, but in its rarest WS version with the original “preview approved blah, blah” screens that are light blue, not green, length 2:07
Aliens
Teaser Trailer – with background sound from Alien trailers, begins with the hostile surface of LV426 (used in DC only) followed by a marine’s boot, no actual sounds from the movie except for one firethrower blast, length 1:47
Trailer 1 – the most well known one, begins with “Just tell me one thing, Burke”, ends with “This time it’s war”, length 1:56
Trailer 2 - begins with the narrator who sings an ode on the movie, he says “Best action film of the year etc.”, ends with “Playing everywhere”, length 0:38
International Trailer – begins with the narrator “First time she survived the deadliest creature…”, ends with “This time it’s war”, length 0:30
if you need the Trailer 2 (aka teaser Trailer 2) for Alien, let me know. I also have the DC trailer and a featurette about the DC with a ridley scott interview (around 5 minutes). I also have Batman Dead End (with the Alien creature) and the Making of Batman Dead End. All of these come from promotional DVD, in very good quality.
What would be great is a TV commercial for Pepsi with the Alien , directed by Ridley Scott. Unfortunetly, I don't Have it.
