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Went to a 45th anniversary showing for the first movie tonight. I didn't realize how used I've gotten to the director's cut - Lambert slapping Ripley, the Alien slapping the cat carrier - good stuff. I don't miss the Dallas/Brett cocoon scene as it removes the urgency of the self-destruct...

Prime 1 teased they'll be making collectibles from the new movie.

Same :lol

How about The Abyss and True Lies? I know TL had a Blu-ray release in Spain several years back, used to have a copy of that one.

Skimmed the Aliens 4K disc. It's not terrible, but it seems like studios have two options for improving detail whenever increasing the resolution of an older, grainier film like this: A. Denoise and sharpen (which, after an aggressive denoise, involves recreating detail or exaggerating what...

Ah, that's a good point. They already cheesed the scale with the OG 1/3 line by a few inches. Still not egregious though, they don't feel terribly out of scale next to other 1/3 pieces. I guess Prime 1 is really just catering to those who expect Aliens to be at least as tall as - if not taller...

That's actually a pretty cool idea for a figure... and box.

No word on Predator to my knowledge.

The new XL line doesn't nullify the old one. Some folks don't like their statues oversized and would prefer truer (or at least smaller) scales, especially if they collect stuff from other movies. Or maybe they don't want an artsy base with miniatures built in. I'm just glad Prime 1 is taking...

Doesn't look bad. I prefer sharpening without denoising, but it's impressive how much detail they were able to retain doing both. Will watch the physical 4K on my TV, that'll be the ultimate test. The first film was less grainy to begin with, wasn't it?

Is it tacky once it dries? Every sealer I've ever used made the model surface feel tackier than it was without.

His right sleeve ought to be snakeskin and his left sleeve leather wraps. Instead they went for black spandex. It's cool this exists, but the design is so much more interesting than what this figure suggests. Hope Iconiq can do justice to it.

No, they show symbols on the screen before each segment of the showcase to tease what the segment will be about (a Superman logo, a facehugger, a white rabbit, etc). For this one, they showed the Adolini flintlock so myself and others thought we'd see the Elder from Predator 2. I'd forgotten the...

'79 Ripley would be a dream. Skipping the '86 version was painful, but necessary. The jumpsuit with all the extra layers is more interesting and smacks of old-school sci-fi design.

What are the odds are of him getting extra gun switch-outs? An M16 would look great and harken to the DVD cover.