Alien Trilogy 'kinda' confirmed on Blu-Ray!

[Sebastian]

We learned of some very interesting news that has me jumping for joy. We discovered that Fox Home Entertainment is currently working on brand new Blu-ray releases for Alien, Aliens and Alien 3. Each film is said to be released in a new special edition set with brand new special features made just for these releases! The only concern I have is Fox's lackluster Blu-ray releases, where the quality looks like a simple up-convert as opposed to a brand new transfer (see Predator, Commando, Donnie Darko and numerous others). No release date has been set, but I'm praying we see this before year's end.

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Sure hope it's true!

[Hunter]

Great news! I refuse to watch the Alien films again until I've got them in 1080p!

Noticeably Alien Resurrection wasn't mentioned. Whilst I think a trilogy equates to a stronger series, Res would look amazing in high-def.

[beckmen]

Awesome news! Can't wait. Can't afford...I might have to do something....I dunno, you come up with something! to buy these fuckers.

Predator Blu looks like an upconvert? Sorry, but no. I compared the DVD using an upconverting DVD player and the BD. HD is HD, upconverted HD is still low-res. So the fact that it's in 1080p really improves the pic, even if it's still a dirty, grainy, noisy print with a lot of serious issues. I expect Aliens to look the same, but Alien and Alien³ should look nice.

[deezelboy]

Ooooh!  New special features...

I'd settle for an uncut Wreckage & Rape!

[Hunter]

Apparently a moderater for High-def Digest remembers a member saying they know a girl who is working on the restorations. Just thought I'd mention that to throw a little more weight behind the news!