Alien Quadrilogy DVD question

For anyone who knows their shit....

Is there any difference between the 9-disc Quadrilogy set and the new seperately released versions of the movies besides that 9th disc with the documentary on it?

I'm curious because I'm thinking of finally buying these movies, and I'd rather have all the seperate cases with all the collector's editions of each movie instead of the one big box with a pile of discs in it. I'm pretty sure I've seen that 9th-disc documentary, so if that's the only difference, I won't mind very much...

The movies should all be the same if they're 2-discs each...

BTW, if I remember correctly, the 9th disc was trailers and stuff, the "Alien Saga" isn't on the Quadrilogy set at all (which is why it can now be purchased on dvd seperately)...

Good question..I'm getting sick of trying to find Quadrilogy at a decent price too. I think it's just over a hundred at Future Shop.

I just looked through some reviews, and there seems to be no difference, except for that 9th disc (which includes a documentary from the UK which I've seen a few times on TV, all the trailers and TV spots, and "laserdisc archives" which lets you have a look at stuff that appeared on the original LD versions).

I really don't care much about any of that stuff, and it's gonna be a bit difficult for me to drop a hundred in one place like that, so I guess I'll be getting these movies seperately...

i gothe the quadrilogoy set for like 72$ around x-mas time from Sam's Club.

I have the box set, and it kicks ass. I'm not too sure what each individual DVD has, but each movie in the box set has both the Theatrical Version and Director's Cut. They also each have "The Making of" documentaries for each film.

The ninth disk has another documentary called "Alien Evolution" which follows the evolution of the movies and design features of the Aliens and sets. Also on this disk is an awesome tour of Bob Burns' Alien collection. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

doesn't the box set include seperate cases for each movie just like if you by them separate?

No.

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Originally posted by SlappyMcNasty:
doesn't the box set include seperate cases for each movie just like if you by them separate?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, it's like a huge gatefold.

When opened, the nine DVDs are side-by-side.

It's freakin' massive when unfolded...lol.

i've been fighting with myself for quite some time, debating picking up the quadrilogy. with my discount it would be 65 bucks, which is a very good price. very good price or not though, it's hard to drop that much in one place sometimes. i'm not a HUGE alien fan either, but i do want the set. not to mention i'm going to be a poor college boy soon... :/

It's a lot cheaper to buy the set.

is it?

The set is like 90-something here, and the DVDs would be about 20 or so each....I'd think it'd be about the same, if not a little bit cheaper to buy them seperately....

The DVDs are $26 at Futureshop, which is most likely going to be the cheapest place.

really?? I could've sworn they were 23 at Wal-Mart.....I'll have to check when I go to pick up Predator...

Hmmm...I didn't account for the Wal-Mart factor. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

didn't account for the Wal-Mart factor?

You've ALWAYS gotta account for the Wal-Mart factor...

I think they are a bit cheaper at Wal-Mart, and I don't remember seing the box set at the one where I live....the mystery unfolds.

I know I have seen the boxed set at both Wal-Mart and Zellers, but I definitely saw them alot more when they were first released as opposed to now.