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Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Alien3: Special EditionR1

    The Region 1 release of the Alien Quadrilogy has just taken place (December 2003); the Region 4 is out, too. You will be able to buy this 2-disc edition separately (from January 2004), or as part of the Alien Quadrilogy, and you'll get the same thing — the only difference is that the Quadrilogy includes an exclusive ninth disc.

    There are a few differences between the Region 1 and Region 4 versions, and unfortunately they are all in favour of the Region 1. The Region 1 movie disc has:

  • optional changed footage marker for the Extended Workprint
  • separate access to deleted and extended scenes
  • commentary on both versions

    Comparing the 2 disc Alien Quadrilogy version with the older 1-disc Alien Legacy version of this film is much more one-sided than the one for Alien:

    The 2-disc Region 4 edition is missing:

  • theatrical trailer (see the bonus disc)
  • featurette: The Making of Alien3 (22:28)

    The 1-disc Region 4 edition is missing:

  • audio commentary by cast and crew
  • over two and a half hours of interesting featurettes
  • hundreds of photos and shots of artwork

    That's a fairly conclusive win on the extras front to the new 2-disc version. Add to that the presence of the special edition of the film, which is considerably more coherent than the theatrical release, and I'd call this an overwhelming win to the new one.