Alien being relreased this Halloween!

[Jon P. Inghram]

Cool, they're rereleasing Alien his Halloween, and supposedly is going to have "never before seen in DVD or VHS release" scenes. Can't verify the part about the new scenes, but it does seem certain that it is really being rereleased according to my "industry sources."

[Jon P. Inghram]

Oh, just in case it wasn't clear, they're rereleasing it in theaters.

[Kruzin]

I'll just wait for the "special edition director's cut" to be released on DVD. No matter how many deleted scenes they add, it will still be the same story with the same ending. Hardly worth a trip to the theater for (just like the Star Wars SE flics wheren't worth going to).

[KvHagedorn]

Yeah Ep4 (see my sig) was a catastrophe. The digital sound just made Luke sound more whiny.

[The PIT]

Page cannot be found. I guess the Alien ate it.

Can't see the point really. Shows theres not much imagination around at present.

[az]

I'm still waiting for the Das Boot mini seriesto be released for theaters. BTW, does anyone know if it's out on DVD? (The mini series, being over 4 hours long, not the shortened theater version)

AZ

[lecter]

Das Boot miniseries? The 3.5 hour long Director's Cut of the movie seemed just right to me. What do the miniseries add?

[Jon P. Inghram]

I guess I won't have much trouble finding a good seat if nobody else seemed to think Alien was a decent movie.

I too would love to see the Das Boot on the big screen, although I don't know if people would want to watch the entire miniseries (which I regretfully have never seen) in one sitting.

[az]

I must admit I've never seen the cinema version, but the miniseries never felt long to me, so I wouldn't know what to take away.

AZ

[Jessterw]

I would pay to see Alien in the theatre. Didn't get to see it that way the first time (given I was only one year old) and it's one of my favorite movies.

Seemed like a turning point in the role women played in action movies, and from what I've seen in documentaries on the film, the decision to make Sigourney (Ripley) the start was quite controversial within the studio. So I think a nice look back for the younger generation would be good, given there are so few movies of the caliber in the same genre as Alien (and so few that don't end up being really "cheesy").

And yes, seeing Das Boot (the mini-series) released in theatres would be cool, though I think the younger generation (the target audience anymore) would completely ignore it, sadly.

[az]

I don't think they'd ignore it - they watched K-19, which was really not very good.

AZ

[Jessterw]

True. Probably one of the worst performances I've seen Harrison and Liam give, though at least Liam seemed like he was trying to speak with an somewhat authentic accent.