Apocalypse Now redux was *horrible*.
I loved the original movie, it was so slow that you could only stand it because it was so good. It had mood and atmosphere. With the nearly hour of extra footage, the movie is just ruined. And the thing I'm most pissed off about is, I can't see Apocalpyse Now on DVD without the damned extra footage! Yes, I could technically skip the scenes, but that would just ruin the mood, and I'm serious that's the movie's primary strength. 

However, no less than nine discs of Alien-goodness will surely make up for the extra 6 mniutes. 

it depends what they've managed to find to pad out 9 discs; a proper interview with Ron 'N66 cyclone thrust tunnel' Cobb would be top of my list. Less of Sigourney 'you can't fire me' Weaver would be good too :P 

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avp/ 

from what I understand you should be able to watch both the theatrical and director's cut versions of both Alien and Aliens.

The only scene I didnt like in Aliens's drector's cut was the dune buggy ride by newt and her parents near the start fo the film, totally kneecaps the suspense when the marines find her. 

yes you can, order the original, it's still available in R1 format, albeit very expensively.

And it's harder than just skipping scenes since they've rearranged some of the footage in the timeline too. 

Starbuck: thank you, my man

Nitin: yes, the Jordan family scene was the one that stuck out the most to me, especially since it also includes Timmy, the derelict and a facehugger. Too much information. The Operations scene with Mac 'fat cop' McDonald ( aye, there's a canny name :) was rather good, though. Of course, by the time I saw the SE I'd seen the movie so often none of the extra scenes detracted very much. Perhaps it will be like that with Alien: DC.
Oh, and the 'dune buggy' is a Daihotai Tractor, btw. 

from what I understand, each movie will be on a standalone disc, hopefully meaning better quality and the extras on a separate disc. Disc 9 is prbably documentaries etc ala disc 5 of the original release. 

...had me pissed off because it wasn't showing any footage of actual gameplay. Then I realized it's an actual movie! Sweet!

Though, I'd maybe prefer a game... Lots of movies like this end up being sub-standard (let us all forget Street Fighter, Mario Bros., and Mortal Combat - heaven help us). I did like Resident Evil though (I've never played the game, I got into Dino Crisis), so maybe AVP will be good enough to like. 

bear in mind that the franchises to which you refer are computer games -> movies; Aliens and Predators are movies -> games. The AvP movie is not to be based on the plot of either game - one little factoid that has come to my attention is that the movie is actually title Alien versus Predator and not Aliens versus Predator to subtly distinguish the movie from the games. Though that seems a bit too subtle for Hollywood :P
The plot for the movie has been posted around - I'll find the link if you want it. Near future. Antarctica. Ancient ruins. Read 'At The Mountains Of Madness' and you're halfway there. Anyone care to guess the author of said yarn? ;)
No holy cows. Nope, not here. 

Rob Zombie? 

You, sir, are extracting the urine :) 

teh humar! 

one little factoid that has come to my attention is that the movie is actually title Alien versus Predator and not Aliens versus Predator...

Yeah, that stood out to me too, but I was worried it might actually mean what it says, i.e. one alien versus one predator in some demented 'Freddy versus Jason' style bandwagon-jumping. Hopefully the plot thats circulating contains a few thousand aliens or the Predator would end the fight in five seconds and we'll have a very boring film :) 

Here's a long, long list of extras.

Alien:
Bob Burns Alien Collection
Ridley Scott Q&A
Theatrical Trailer A
Director's Cut Trailer
TV Spots

Aliens:
"57 Years Later: Continuing the Story" Featurette
"Preparing For Battle: Casting and Characterization" Featurette
"Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn" Featurette
"Building Better Worlds: From Concept To Construction" Featurette
"Bug Hunt: Creature Design"
"The Risk Always Lives: Weapons And Action" Featurette
"The Power Of Real Tech: Visual Effects" Featurette
"Beauty And The Bitch: Power Loader vs Queen Alien" Featurette
"The Final Countdown: Music, Editing And Sound" Featurette
"Aliens Unleashed: Reaction To The Film" Featurette
"This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios" 1985 Featurette
Multi-Angle Pre-Vis Animatics with optional Commentary
Interview With James Cameron
James Cameron Interview/Film Footage
James Cameron Intro to Extended Version
International Trailer
Domestic Trailer
TV Spots
Easter Egg: "The Boy And His Power Loader"

Alien 3:
The Making Of Alien 3
Alien 3 Advance Featurette
Theatrical Trailer A
Theatrical Trailer B
Theatrical Trailer C
Theatrical Trailer D
Theatrical Trailer E
TV Spots

Alien Resurrection:
The Making Of Alien Resurrection
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots

Additional Supplementary Disc:
"Alien Evolution" BBC Documentary
"The Alien Legacy" Documentary
Alien Quadrilogy Trailer
Alien Legacy Trailer
 

And the source was http://www.dv-depot.com/ for all of you who want to know. 

just saw this and my god is it disappointing. It's very slow to start off with (which isnt really a bad thing per se) and takes itself way too seriously. And when it finally gets going, its too hard to enjoy because of the crappy and utterly fake FX. I heard before that the hulk looked bad but even the other FX shots could use a lot more work.

Good points - funky 'comic book' style editing which actually works rather than being distracting. Too bad the direction is not as inspired as the editing.

Also saw Back to the future and the first sequel for the first time. The first one's pretty cool, I was worried it might look dated and cheesy but I didnt enjoy the second one too much (too much Biff IMHO). 

meh. Unimpressed. Should have quit after the first movie while they were still ahead.

Several scenes felt way too long. It seemed to alternate between taking itself too seriously and having too much cheese. Unlike the previous movies, there weren't even any cool fight scenes to pique my interest. There wasn't any tension, and it seems the lead characters finally realized that they were going to survive, and thus stopped trying to dodge bullets. The ending was overly happy.

On the plus side, I noticed several religious and philosophical bits that are open to analysis. Half-way through the movie we discover that Trinity and Neo are not invulnerable, but it wasn't soon enough to stop me from successfully predicting the ending; although the ending still had a few surprises.

Uh, I don't mean to be overly negative, but I was indeed quite disappointed. There weren't even any hot chicks at the theatre to sit next to. 

Thanks for the info, and I was worried while reading your post that you would give away lots of stuff but you didn't, yay!

Im seeing it on friday, we'll see... 

Revolutions; Cool action, although it all went a little Dragon Ball Z at the end :)

Plot was god awful, so were the last two, but this ignored a lot of previous plot as well.

I prefered it to the 2nd one, mainly since it was a lot more stylish and it had mecha :)

Oh, and the CG was better. 

agree with dragon ball z comment... kept expecting neo to start charging up power and release hyper goku hadoken at smith...

overall, i think it makes the second 2 movies into a decent futuristic scifi film. first movie is definatly the best, and I'm not sure how I feel about it tying into the sequels.

there were too many things that I felt were left hanging in the film's plot and it feels like everything was just thrown together to quickly wrap it up. an example, as it's pretty common knowledge the actor playing the original oracle died part way thru filming, her explination why here apperance is differant seemed lacking in an acual answer...

BUT! I still feel all the action scenes were excellant, and there's nothing absolutly WRONG with dragon ball z-ish things in a live action film, and the mecha battle with robots was awesome. Again, it's an excellant sci-fi film, but I miss alot of the 'bullet time' matrix fighting that had really defined the series.

I feel that the three films will be remembered as a great trilogy, with the first being very awesome, and the next two being a good supplement, but not have the same magic. I'll definatly be buying all three when they eventually come out on a DVD boxset. 

I think part of the problem with missing pieces in the plot is that some info in The Animatrix and Enter the Matrix was not included in the movie. There were several bits explained more fully in the game (the Oracle's shell, and how the Logos got downed for example). 

Just saw this one. I thought it was worth the price of the ticket (7.5 EUR), and, in the end, I actually liked it, though I loathed the start.

The gunfight is one of the worst I have ever seen, but the kung fu was pretty nice. In Reloaded, I think it was just the other way around. Oh, well...

Still, lacked all the innovative stuff that the first part had, and, yes, the plot was crap, and, yes, Keanu Reeves still can't act, and to top it off he was, at times, even worse than usual in this movie. 

lacked all the innovative stuff that the first part had

That's what makes it a sequel and not just a movie with a suspiciously familiar title. 

I just got this on DVD the other day, does anyone know what the native language is? I hate watching dubbed stuff. The options are : cantones, mandarin and taiwanese.