Alien Quadrilogy?

[L.J.]

Does anyone own this?

Is it worth the $70 price tag?

How's the PQ and soundtrack?

I know the first two are the best, but I can't even remember the final two. If I recall 3 was a let down. I currently only own Aliens(Special Edition).

[GMichael]

In my opinion, 3 was horrible. Not even worth the time to watch it. 4 was marginal at best. I would just buy 1 & 2. But, that is just me. Others may not feel the same.

[Kam]

ditto. the special edition of Alien and the director's cut/ extended edition of Aliens are awesome, the other two are crudbuckets. i got the first two for under 10 each at a local video store (in their 3 for $25 bin) and can find them online very cheap at a few spots (not including ebay, which i am a huge fan of).

[L.J.]

I may have to rent the final two. I can remember 3 a little. That's the one when SW crashed on a prison planet and had to shave her head bald right?

And I believe she became a alien host in 4 and died in the end?

[GMichael]

I may have to rent the final two. I can remember 3 a little. That's the one when SW crashed on a prison planet and had to shave her head bald right?

And I believe she became a alien host in 4 and died in the end?

Yes, 3 ended with her falling into a pit (of fire I believe) with an alien ripping through her chest on the way down.
4 starts with her and her alien baby being cloned by some crazy scientists.

[L.J.]

Does anyone know if the DTS versions can be purchased seperately?

I haven't seen any

[Kam]

I may have to rent the final two. I can remember 3 a little. That's the one when SW crashed on a prison planet and had to shave her head bald right?

And I believe she became a alien host in 4 and died in the end?

yeap, 3 is the prison one directed by david fincher (prior to the Game, fight club and seven fame) where the alien is impregnated in a dog and so comes out a lil sleaker and the camera did that nauseating spinning movement and everyone died including ripley, believe it or not.

4 took place on that space station or space ship where winona ryder and a group of rogues land or dock and see that the science station are trying to make a human/alien hybrid, which is what ripley is, believe it or not. they some how managed to find some human ripley genes to clone along with the alien genes, although not sure how since she dove into a vat of molten lava stuff at the end of 3, but... such is life. ends with the weird ripley baby, that freaky looking white albino alien thing being sucked out of a tiny hole. was kinda laugh-ably funny in its own comedic way. south park made fun of it in the towely episode.

both are understandably forgettable and not worth more than a rental at best imo.

[GMichael]

both are understandably forgettable and not worth more than a rental at best imo.

I'll take this one more step. If either were on free TV, I would change the channel.

[L.J.]

yeap, 3 is the prison one directed by david fincher (prior to the Game, fight club and seven fame) where the alien is impregnated in a dog and so comes out a lil sleaker and the camera did that nauseating spinning movement and everyone died including ripley, believe it or not.

4 took place on that space station or space ship where winona ryder and a group of rogues land or dock and see that the science station are trying to make a human/alien hybrid, which is what ripley is, believe it or not. they some how managed to find some human ripley genes to clone along with the alien genes, although not sure how since she dove into a vat of molten lava stuff at the end of 3, but... such is life. ends with the weird ripley baby, that freaky looking white albino alien thing being sucked out of a tiny hole. was kinda laugh-ably funny in its own comedic way. south park made fun of it in the towely episode.

both are understandably forgettable and not worth more than a rental at best imo.

AAAAHHHH! Now I remember! Thanks for the flashback. Now I'm just plain curious. I will take your advice though. No reason to waste 4 hours on two bad films. I found the first two for as cheap as $7.99 at Buy.com, but no mention of DTS.

[Woochifer]

That Quadrilogy boxed set is a nine-disc collection that packages all four of the two-disc special edition DVDs alongside a ninth disc that contains yet another set of bonus features. I'm with the others -- the last two Alien movies are not worth buying. The $70, the Quadrilogy is still fairly pricey, and the only reason for buying it rather than the individual titles would be that extra bonus disc, which includes a new hour-long documentary and a few extras ported over from previous LD releases.

Keep in mind that Fox has already re-released the Alien series as budget-priced single-disc versions, so if you are at all interested in any of the individual titles, you might need to pick up the two-disc special edition sets soon. The versions that came with the Quadrilogy set have those cardboard Digipacks, and only the first and fourth Alien movie come with DTS soundtracks.