Aliens (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[digitalbabe]

Release date: February 10,2014
Purchase link: Zavvi
Price: £14.99
Notes: Confirmed 4K, {param}

*Was to be gloss, but studio decided not to release it that way

The Alien series:
Alien || Aliens || Alien 3 || Alien: Resurrection

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If you would like to express your enthusiasm for buying the other Alien films in this series, please feel free to share your vote here.https://www.hidefninja.com/community/threads/42791/

 

[chunk]

After seeing the unboxing video of MrFurious, I do have the feeling that Aliens IS glossy...

https://www.hidefninja.com/forums/showpost.php?p=921830&postcount=143

Don't you guys think so?

(and hell does the Die Hard 4.0 steelbook look great!)

Thanks for the link, it does look better in the video over what I've seen in pictures, still not great imo but not worth the bother of returning it for me.. so I'll put the SB in a shell and shove it on the shelf... ps, die hard 4 looked great in that video. swings and roundabouts

 

[paulboland]

Just taking photos of today's steels and this is definitely a gloss finish. It may not be the super high gloss finish that appears on jack reacher, but this is certainly not matte, streaky matte, or clear finish. This definitely has at least one coat of gloss, the same as die hard 4 which has been glossed too.

Well if this is Gloss Finish even if its only basic gloss finish it now fits the zavvi listing in description of the steelbook for sale
If that is the case you wont be able to claim
Item not as described

After looking at the Video unboxing its not that bad

 

[ben6212]

I called it at the start of the thread, its independence day all over again

 

[ricster]

I called it at the start of the thread, its independence day all over again

This is a fox gloss finish. This is how THEY do gloss.

 

[kron]

Hmm the pics earlier in the thread made it look full on matte streak city but after seeing it in hand it looks like a kind of matte varnish, it's a bit of a push to call it a gloss finish imo. Weird really they didn't do their usual border and embossing work on this though as the artwork would have suited it better than on Die Hard 4.0 imo.

 

[SlyFondle]

I take issue with the 'gloss' claim on their website. Whether this was misinformation from Zavvi or Fox is irrelevant, it's simply not true.

Now, personally, I don't care. In all honesty I didn't think it would be gloss anyway (no matter what the listing said), when was the last time Fox released a glossy steelbook? Rise of the Planet of the Apes? Predators? Avatar? While I appreciate that gloss is the preferred option to many collectors, most of us know the score by now (not that it excuses the listing).

I do think Zavvi get a lot of flack. They don't help themselves though, that's for sure. Poor customer service, unable to change addresses or credit card details etc. But (99 times out of 100) the quality of the finish, overall design, embossing and so on are nothing to do with them. The fact that some titles are exclusives doesn't mean they have any say over the actual product.

Let's say that Alien 3 is an Amazon exclusive (I know it's not), would all the Zavvi haters bang on about 'another matt-finish Amazon steelbook, sort it out, why did you choose such a poor design'? I doubt it.

Robocop

 

[ricster]

UK - Aliens
Gloss finish

This is what Fox do for a gloss finish. Its not super glossy like aladdin and Jack Reacher. Fox dont do that. Fox do a single coated gloss sheen.

There is blue metallic shine around ALIENS when you apply the correct angle of light. Also the rear art has metallic shine through.

This is a classy steelbook. Very nice. I've taken extra close up photos to show its a gloss finish and the metallic shine.

 

[tommyh84]

So would we call this low gloss as oppose to the high gloss of the likes of Kick Ass 2?

Only thing I'm not liking is it looks quite streaky

 

[earthscope]

I think it looks streaky and if thats classed as a gloss finish then standards have definitely gone way down hill...IMO

 

[Lafar]

This looks pretty awesome but I'll probably wait until it goes down to something like £9 instead of 14.99. I've got a feeling that this won't sell out as quickly as some other zavvi steels.

 

[howiesteed]

As usual ricster awesome pictures

 

[kron]

Great comparison to the German steel ricster - really shows that this indeed does have a suprior finish. However Fox could do with going back to the drawing board on what they consider to be a gloss finish - just compare the finish on Aliens to Avatar's finish for example...now that's what I call glossy

 

[SlyFondle]

So would we call this low gloss as oppose to the high gloss of the likes of Kick Ass 2?

Only thing I'm not liking is it looks quite streaky

It should be called a 'bacon finish'

 

[kron]

It should be called a 'bacon finish'

 

[snooloui]

I don't mind this kind of finish (UK Batman releases, Universal 100th Anniversary editions etc.), not quite full gloss but much better than a poor matte finish.

 

[ricster]

I don't mind this kind of finish (UK Batman releases, Universal 100th Anniversary editions etc.), not quite full gloss but much better than a poor matte finish.

True, and it made the uk batmans better than the us versions.

 

[urbeenjammin]

Awesome back cover! My favorite scene of the movie!!!

 

[lgans316]

To me, this looks less glossier than the Batmans. Time to reserve some lacquer for glossing it as this isn't enough for me.

 

[mnementh]

To me, this looks less glossier than the Batmans. Time to reserve some spray for glossing it as this isn't enough for me.

I'm half tempted to try this glossing malarkey but that would mean opening my SBs

What's the best way to reseal them after

 

[lgans316]

Poly bagging or buying some DIY shrink wrap machine but please be prepared to get a bit of petroleum smell once applied.