Prometheus to Alien: The Evolution (Alien / Aliens / Alien³ / Alien Resurrection / Prometheus)

I bought this as a gift for my dad for Christmas last year, but then when I actually saw what came in the anthology, I decided to buy myself a copy too. I remember watching these movies years ago, but it's amazing to see how much effort they put into these little discs. Again, please make sure you read the product description that I'll include in this review just so you can understand how much you're actually getting when you buy this set:Disc 1: ALIEN **1979 Theatrical Version **2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction **Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt **Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith **Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 2: ALIENS **1986 Theatrical Version **1991 Special Edition with James Cameron Introduction **Audio Commentary by Director James Cameron, Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien Effects Creator Stan Winston, Visual Effects Supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, Miniature Effects Supervisor Pat McClung, Actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by James Horner **Composer’s Original Isolated Score by James Horner **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 3: ALIEN 3 **1992 Theatrical Version **2003 Special Edition (Restored Workprint Version) **Audio Commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., Editor Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Elliot Goldenthal **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 4: ALIEN Resurrection **1997 Theatrical Version **2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet Introduction **Audio Commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Editor Hervé Schneid, A.C.E., Alien Effects Creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Pitof, Conceptual Artist Sylvain Despretz, Actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser **Final Theatrical Isolated Score by John Frizzell **Deleted and Extended Scenes **MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream Disc 5: Making the Anthology The Beast Within: Making ALIEN **Star Beast: Developing the Story **The Visualists: Direction and Design **Truckers in Space: Casting **Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978 **The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet **The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design **Future Tense: Editing and Music **Outward Bound: Visual Effects **A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film **Enhancement Pods Superior Firepower: Making ALIENS **57 Years Later: Continuing the Story **Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction **Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization **This Time It’s War: Pinewood Studios, 1985 **The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action **Bug Hunt: Creature Design **Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien **Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn **The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound **The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects **Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film **Enhancement PodsIt's absolutely mind-blowing how much they're giving you when you buy this anthology. I bought this solely on that information alone, just so I could submerge myself in the world of Alien. Words cannot describe how amazing these movies are. If you haven't watched them, please do yourself a favor and watch these movies now. They are instant classics.

The Alien anthology is one of my favorite sci-fi horror franchises!Alien manages to instill a very real feeling of dread through a simple technique that modern film makers could learn to remember: The monster is scariest when it is hinted at, our minds fill in the blank and make it oh so much worse than you can imagine!Aliens was my go to movie as an adolescent, action and suspense in one neat little package. The special effects were groundbreaking at the time and are still pretty good by todays standards, not seen the Blu Ray version yet so maybe in HD they will not look as good.Alien 3 was a strange old film, I'll be honest that whilst I enjoyed the film nothing really shouts out at me as the WOW moment of the film. Well, aside from the end, they had set up a no-win situation and did not cop out at the last second and have a big happy ending like I was expecting. The trilogy ended the only way it could...Then along came resurrection... Diminishing returns had set in! I have had this set on DVD and now on Blu Ray. I have seen resurrection once in my life. At the cinema when it came out. Maybe I need to give it another chance... I'll get there I'm sure :)Prometheus is a good solid Sci-Fi romp that claims that questions will be answered. Personally I feel that these were the questions that no-one really cared about! We find out a little more about the aliens that we saw in the opening of Alien but that was never really something that I cared overly about to be honest. That said, Prometheus is a decent film and I am looking forward to watching it again.The presentation of the anthology is truly lovely, a very rigid and beautiful cardboard book with inserts for the disks, it doesn't look like it will cause any issues with scratching the disks, always a good thing! Prometheus is a standard Blu Ray disc case but it DOES come with the UV copy that the Anthology does not.All in all a great little set and I was over the moon to get it for the ridiculously low price of $20!

An excellent collection of the entire Alien film franchise. Also in the box you will be provided plenty of extra content in the form of discs explaining the making of the films and a leaflet explaining just about everything. And all for such an amazing price!!!I have taken one star off my review because the box is rather flimsy and purists collectors may want higher quality casing, but for the majority of people who just want the entire collection in one go for such a fantastic price this is a must have!

I obviously haven't had time (or the energy) to read all 300 plus reviews, but I did look at the One star reviews. It's a shame that most of them refer to the packaging, comments about which I have to agree.. To have the Discs floating around with the spine not attached to the box is poor, and it is hard (as is too often the case) to get the discs free of their containers. I also found the menus hard to navigate. Do the producers of the menu pages have to be so darn clever?? Subtitles in particular were hard to access. But....the films? The Blu Ray transfers are marvellous. Original ratios, excellent colour and sound, and the subs are very good. Loads of extras, which I have not waded through yet. I am even getting second thoughts about ALIEN 3 which I didn't like on it's cinema release. Faults and all, it is the films that are most important and I recomend this set (at just under £30 currently) without hesitation.

I must say I was looking forward to this item and I’m rather pleased with it, it’s a shame there are a few bits missing i.e. the T-shirt disc 9? part from that all the rest was perfect well for me anyway.

A great set with loads of extras.Not much to say really. I use film subs to watch things so dont carry my own discs. I made an exception for this tho. For little more than a months subscription to lovefilm (where you cant get alien on bluray...?) you get 2 good films and 2 of the greatest films ever made.Alien and Aliens are yet to be bettered and will remain top of the class for decades to come.Just make sure your well strapped in for Aliens.

HI THESE ARE 5 GOOD FILMS. THE ONLY ONES I NEEDED TO WATCH WERE PROMETHEUS AND ALIEN RESERECTION I'D SEEN THE OTHERS BEFORE. WELL WORTH BUYING BUT I WOULD ADVISE GETTING THE PREDATOR FILMS BECAUSE THEY CROSS OVER FROM ONE ANOTHER ( AVP 1and 2 REQUIEM ). BUY ALL AS A BOX SET SO IT WORKS OUT CHEAPER THAT WAY.