Release Date:
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The Skinny: One of the greatest and most terrifying horror movies of all time is looking better than we've ever seen it. (And we've seen this movie about 100 times.) While stuck in a remote Antarctic research station, a 12-man team encounters an alien being that jeopardizes the human race. It's part Invasion of the Body Snatchers part Aliens, and all around awesome.
This Isn't the First Thing: At least on DVD. There have already been two "collector's edition" DVDs released, as well as a version on the failed HD-DVD platform. It was also a video game. They haven't made it into a Saturday morning cartoon, but it's probably in the pipeline. Seriously, who doesn't love exploding dogs and upside-down decapitated heads with spider legs?
The Good: We can't stress the quality upgrade enough, offering up details that fans of this movie will really appreciate; even though it was made in 1982, it still feels very relevant because the story is so smart; Kurt Russell in beard-mode is completely badass.
The Bad: If you don't own a Blu-ray player, then you wasted your time reading this review. (That's all we got.)
Best Extra: They covered everything about this movie in the collector's edition (which was one of the first DVDs we purchased back in the day), so we're happy they moved 'em all over to here. The commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, who offer the best ones in the business, is a must-hear. And they split up the retrospective documentary and spread it out with the picture-in-picture U-control option.
This Isn't the First Thing: At least on DVD. There have already been two "collector's edition" DVDs released, as well as a version on the failed HD-DVD platform. It was also a video game. They haven't made it into a Saturday morning cartoon, but it's probably in the pipeline. Seriously, who doesn't love exploding dogs and upside-down decapitated heads with spider legs?
The Good: We can't stress the quality upgrade enough, offering up details that fans of this movie will really appreciate; even though it was made in 1982, it still feels very relevant because the story is so smart; Kurt Russell in beard-mode is completely badass.
The Bad: If you don't own a Blu-ray player, then you wasted your time reading this review. (That's all we got.)
Best Extra: They covered everything about this movie in the collector's edition (which was one of the first DVDs we purchased back in the day), so we're happy they moved 'em all over to here. The commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, who offer the best ones in the business, is a must-hear. And they split up the retrospective documentary and spread it out with the picture-in-picture U-control option.