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Alien Anthology D3 Alien3 (1992)  



Blu-Ray (HD/Mpeg4-AVC)
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1544330
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Alien-Anthology-Blu-ray/5090/#Review
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=16880
http://www.dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=2314
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/46163/alien-anthology/?___rd=1



Note: READ all the information presented below (and the other Anthology nfo's),
there's a LOT to digest.  All the movies (both theatrical and Director's Cut versions)
are recoded and 'containerized' with MKV, allowing one to swap the audio/subtitles
around as needed, with each movie recoded to a BD25 sizing (with the original
DTS-HD/MA 5.1, Dolby 5.1, and commentaries included). 

There is a HUGE amount of extras, both HD and SD, for each movie (and TONS of 'combined
extras' as well, on multiple discs), and those have been included as well; it's up to
you, as the movies are a 'mix and match' to get what you want, to go on whatever media
you want.  It's probably a good idea to wait until the entire set (4 'movie' discs and
2 additional 'bonus' BR discs) is posted before deciding what to get, and how to package
it all.

And, in case you haven't figured it out at this point, this is all going to take a
LOT of time. Be patient.  Chill.  No 'Google Fiber' speed here.
  



Original Disc Specifications

Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1, 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
IMDB Reported aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: DTS 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
German: DTS 5.1
(unreported)
English: Commentary 1
Isolated Music


Original Video Size (Theatrical): 16.77GB, 19,468Kb/s 1:54:52 (6892s)
Original Video Size (Workprint): 21.16GB, 19,563Kb/s 2:24:52 (8652s)


Alien.Anthology.D3 (Alien3)


MERGEKIT.AT (Theatrical Cut) (Recoded to BD25 size)
Movie Video Recode Specifications:
Codec: x264 (2Pass)
Container: MKV
Size: 1:1 with Original (*Smoothing Recode*) 1920x816 (MeGUI/DXVA-HD)
Audio:
DTS-HD/MA 5.1 (English Original)
Dolby 5.1 (from DTS-HD/MA 5.1 English Original)
Dolby 2.0 (English Original) Commentary with Cinematographer Alex Thomson, Editor
Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr.,
Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen 
Dolby 5.1 (Portuguese Original)
DTS 5.1 (French Original)
DTS 5.1 (German Original)
Dolby 5.1 (Spanish Original)
Dolby 5.1 (Isolated Music)

Chapters and English SRT subtitles 

BURN TESTED W/ both BD-RE and BD25 (23.7GB)
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MERGEKIT.BT (Theatrical Cut)
All Audio Streams from Original Disc, plus generated, including:
DTS-HD/MA 5.1 (English Original)
DTS-HD/MA-Core 5.1 (from DTS-HD/MA 5.1 English Original)
Dolby 5.1 (from DTS-HD/MA 5.1 English Original)
Dolby 2.0 (English Original) Commentary 
Dolby 5.1 (Portuguese Original)
DTS 5.1 (French Original)
DTS 5.1 (German Original)
Dolby 5.1 (Spanish Original)
Dolby 5.1 (Isolated Music)

Chapters, PGS Subtitles, and English SRT Subtitles
(newsgroup=alt.binaries.blu-ray)





MERGEKIT.AW (Workprint) (Recoded to BD25 size)
Movie Video Recode Specifications:
Codec: x264 (2Pass)
Container: MKV
Size: Video 19.58GB, 18,105Kb/s 1920x816 (MeGUI/DXVA-HD)
7% reduction, 93% of original
Audio:
DTS-HD/MA 5.1 (English Original)
Dolby 5.1 (from DTS-HD/MA 5.1 English Original)
Dolby 2.0 (English Original) Commentary with Cinematographer Alex Thomson, Editor
Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr.,
Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen  

Chapters and English SRT subtitles 

BURN TESTED W/ both BD-RE and BD25 (25.02GB)
(newsgroup=alt.binaries.blu-ray)




MERGEKIT.BW (Workprint)
All Audio Streams from Original Disc, plus generated, including:
DTS-HD/MA 5.1 (English Original)
DTS-HD/MA-Core 5.1 (from DTS-HD/MA 5.1 English Original)
Dolby 5.1 (from DTS-HD/MA 5.1 English Original)
Dolby 2.0 (English Original) Commentary 
Dolby 5.1 (Portuguese Original)
DTS 5.1 (French Original)
DTS 5.1 (German Original)
Dolby 5.1 (Spanish Original)
Dolby 5.1 (Isolated Music)

Chapters, PGS Subtitles, and English SRT Subtitles
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MERGEKIT.CS

Complete (SD/Mpeg2/NTSC) Aliens 1979 CE D2 DVD9
(see http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=11#1 for complete listing)
*No Recode* (processed with DVDRemake to remove the usual 'crud')


(~8.23GB)
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NOTE: The alternate, extended and/or deleted scenes added in the Workprint v. Theatrical
versions of this film are HUGE, better than 1 hour's worth of material, so much so
that it was decided not to include it in this compilation, that one might as well get
the entire 'reto'/workprint cut to begin with.  Several reviews state that it's
virtually a completely different movie.  Of course, one can grab those scenes if one
wants to as a seperate collection simply by grabbing the complete BD and stripping
them off.





NOTE: MediaInfo listing included with most MergeKits




MERGEKIT.D
BD50 DISC - COMPLETE ORIGINAL (~46.41GB)
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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON USENET:

(Note: These listings are for reference perposes only, no gaurantee as to their 
completeness or suitability is implied; in short, let the user beware)




Alien 3 CE D1 NTSC DVD9 (Posted: 19Nov12)
filename: "Alien.3.CE.D1.NTSC.DVD9"
8.73GB
http://nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=1457725&hit=1



Alien 3 CE D2 NTSC DVD9 (Posted: 19Nov12)
filename: "Alien.3.CE.D2.NTSC.DVD9"
8.27GB
http://nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=1457726&hit=1






What IS MergeKit?

Mergekit is all the 'extras' on a BR disc that, unless one downloads the
entire disc image, are the bits usually not included in the mkv or remux,
for whatever reasoning (or lack thereof) of the original poster.

You know, things like the chapters, commentaries, subtitles, full HD audio
streams (like DTS-HD/MA or Dolby TrueHD), or perhaps you have Dolby decoding
but not DTS, or the other way around.

So MergeKit gets you all those 'extras', again without spending the time and 
effort (and download blocks or caps) dealing with the full rip, simply to get
that one small part you feel is missing!

Integral to adding these bits to an mkv is mkvmerge, part of the MKVToolnix
package.  

Other s/w to process things like PGS subtitles (SRT conversion) can be easily
found on various websites.

Also, a Mediainfo text file, listing all the original BR parts, is included
with each MergeKit part.

MergeKits are divided into several parts, an example is below:

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.A x264 Movie

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.B All Audio Plus

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.C All Extras

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.D Complete BD25/50