The Alien Quadrilogy is a nine-disc boxed set devoted to the four Alien films. Although previously available on DVD as the Alien Legacy, here they have been repackaged with vastly more extras and with upgraded sound and picture. For anyone who hasn't been in hypersleep for the last 25 years, this series needs no introduction, though for the first time each film now comes in both original and "special edition" form.

Alien (1979) was so perfect it didn't need fixing, and Ridley Scott's 2003 director's cut is fiddling for the sake of fiddling. Watch it once, then return to the majestic, perfectly paced original. Conversely, the special edition of James Cameron's Aliens (1986) is the definitive version, though it's nice to finally have the theatrical cut on DVD for comparison. Most interesting is the alternative Alien 3 (1992). This isn't a "director's cut"--David Fincher refused to have any involvement with this release--but a 1991 work-print that runs 29 minutes longer than the theatrical version, and has now been restored, remastered, and finished off with (unfortunately) cheap new CGI. Still, it's truly fascinating, offering a different insight into a flawed masterpiece. The expanded opening is visually breathtaking, the central firestorm is much longer, and a subplot involving Paul McGann's character adds considerable depth to story. The ending is also subtly but significantly different. Alien: Resurrection (1997) always was a mess with a handful of brilliant scenes, and the special edition just makes it eight minutes longer.

The Alien Quadrilogy offers the first and fourth films with DTS soundtracks, the others having still fine Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation. All four films sound fantastic, with much low-level detail revealed for the first time. Each is anamorphically enhanced at the correct original aspect ratio, and the prints and transfers are superlative. Every film offers a commentary track that lends insight into the creative process--though the Scott-only commentary and isolated music score from the first Alien DVD release are missing here.

Each movie is complemented by a separate disc packed with hours of seriously detailed documentaries (all presented in full-screen with clips letterboxed), thousands of photos, production stills, and storyboards, giving a level of inside information for the dedicated buff only surpassed by the Lord of the Rings extended DVD sets. A ninth DVD compiles miscellaneous material, including an hourlong documentary and even all the extras from the old Alien laserdisc. "Exhaustive" hardly beings to describe the Alien Quadrilogy, a set that establishes the new DVD benchmark for retrospective releases and looks unlikely to be surpassed for some time.

The idea of intelligent beings from other worlds visiting Earth has been with us for a long time. THE UNEXPLAINED: EXTRATERRESTRIALS examines the many and varied concepts people have regarding the existence of extraterrestrial life.

Narrated by Jeri Ryan (Star Trek, Voyager), this program features stunning visualizations, state-of-the-art animation, and interviews with the top experts in the field of science, technology and UFOology—including a talk with Jill Tarter (the real-life inspiration for the book and film Contact). Initially broadcast on The Learning Channel, UFOs & Aliens includes clips from Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Orson Welles in his War of the Worlds prime. Based on factual evidence and explored with flair, this collection provides an entertaining and exciting examination of UFO sightings, alien encounters, and our efforts to contact and communicate with potential extraterrestrial life and interstellar space. Making Contact What happens if contact with alien life is firmly established? This program takes an extraordinary new look at the state-of-the-art in the search for extraterrestrial life. Alien Life Forms People all over the world claim to have had close encounters, and thousands believe they have been abducted by aliens. This program consults the experts and considers the possibilites. Saucer Tech Ion propulsion, zero-point gravity, antimatter, annihilation, gravity manipulation - this program takes an entertaining look at at the known and the unknown.

James Cameron takes another foray into the depths with a new deep-sea documentary. Following the shipwreck of Ghosts of the Abyss, Cameron focuses his abundant energies on where life is not powered by sunlight. These implications are taken a bit further, thanks to some dandy effects, on how life may develop in the ice-covered waters of Jupiter's moons. Some of the newly seen creatures are truly amazing: a fish with feet, shrimp that can swim between boiling hot steam and icy currents. Plus there's a cute creature that looks like something from an animator's portfolio: an albino octopus with fins. Like Ghosts, this film is significantly different on DVD. Both were presented in IMAX 3-D but are only 2-D on DVD; however, also included are extended versions, doubling the original's 45-minute run time. The added footage gets you more in-depth coverage of the crew and the missions. Cameron is also an expert host, showing his enthusiasm for the project ("I love this stuff!") while letting his younger scientist co-stars lead the way. (Ages 6 and older)

Area 51, AKA Dreamland or Groom Lake, is the most mysterious "top-secret military test facility" in the world. New technologies vital to United States national security are developed here. Insiders claim that even recovered spacecraft of extraterrestrial origin are studied and test flown at Area 51.

Many strange stories speak of government involvement with alien technology and the recovery of alien spacecraft while other stories speak of incredible underground bases and exotic "new world order" technologies designed for global "mind-control" warfare. However, recently obtained government documents now reveal a connection between US military "black budget programs" and alien technology at Area 51.

In a three-year investigation, a German film crew dove deeply into the secrets of "Dreamland" and Area 51, interviewing top scientists and security personnel who worked inside Area 51 and claim to have seen what can only now be described as alien spacecraft of extraterrestrial origin.

This program presents the facts about these amazing discoveries and includes stunning film footage of the remarkable flight maneuvers of these mysterious alien spacecraft secretly recorded during test flights at Area 51.

Studies show that almost 20 percent of Americans believe in UFOs. And, as the much publicized Heaven's Gate incident pointed out, some of these people will go to extreme lengths in the name of their belief. UFO CULTS AND GROUPS traces the history of Heaven's Gate and compares it to another UFO group, the Unarius Academy, looking for insight into this growing phenomenon. Why do people join these groups, and why do some abandon all logic and reason in doing so? Interviews with former and current members of the groups offer a first-person view of what they are like, and point out the vast differences among them. Some are truly cults, which indoctrinate members and force them to embrace new beliefs and behaviors, while others are simply people joined together by a common interest. From the tragedy of Heaven's Gate to the remarkable number of people who belong to UFO groups of all descriptions, this is a thought-provoking look at a "fringe" belief that may not be as far from the mainstream as most think.

In the year 1980 the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and use them for body parts. A highly secret military organization is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization is named SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) and operates from a secret location beneath a film studio. They also operate a fleet of submarines and have a base on the moon as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs. UFOs can be destroyed in space by Interceptors which are launched from Moonbase. If one gets through it can be attacked in the Earth's atmosphere by a high altitude aircraft launched from one of the submarines. If a UFO also avoids this and manages to land it can be tracked and destroyed by a number of Mobiles (armored vehicles) which are deployed throughout the world.

After decades of research and discovery on the cutting edge, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell presents an elegant scientific explanation for psychic phenomenon - The Quantum Hologram. Based on the latest research in quantum physics, this program brings to the general public information previously known by only a few research scientists in the world.

Learn the details of a secret psychic experiment conducted by Mitchell on the Moon during his mission on Apollo 14. Watch as he candidly describes a personal experience of psychic and spiritual transformation that was triggered by his Moon landing aboard Apollo 14 and which led to the discoveries presented in this program.

Dr. Edgar Mitchell became the sixth man to walk on the moon and later founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences to find answers to many of humanities great mysteries such as psychic phenomenon.

Now presenting the most spectacular UFO film footage ever caught on camera during the 10 year period that is the 1990s, which has been hailed as the greatest decade ever for videotaped evidence and proof of an Alien presence in our skies. See the details of each filmed event as it occurred, bringing you face to face with those who witnessed and captured these UFO events on film and video tape for all the world to see. Includes an unprecedented collection of film and video footage of UFOs in flight, interviews with researchers, eyewitnesses, experiencers, and the best-known, most credible UFO authorities in the world today. Ultimately your perception of reality will be turned inside out by the facts presented in this award winning program.

Winner of 2 EBE Awards! Peoples Choice Award & Best Film / UFO Related Theme - International UFO Congress Film Festival. Produced by Italian UFO investigator Georgio Bongiovanni. Presented for the first time in this investigative film is the discovery of a hidden symbolic language or meaning, a "cosmic code" in the crop circle formations which began to appear in a whirlwind of mystery in the early 1980s and continues to this day with stunning geometric complexity, grandeur and beauty. This film demonstrates how the Crop Circle phenomenon can no longer be explained away simply as the creation of anonymous artisans because of the size and complex design of these formations and the frequency with which they appear. In the end what we may discover can only be called a miracle.

What really did happen at Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947? Did a UFO crash there? Were alien bodies recovered and autopsied? At last, we now know the answers. Colonel Philip Corso, who worked at the Pentagon in military intelligence for 30 years, provides explicit information about how the U.S. government came into possession of a crashed UFO and how every eyewitness was intimidated into denying it ever happened. Corso claims that he personally seeded alien technology into the American industrial complex. Witness the government cover-up story of the 20th century.

There are many clips taken from multiple cameras/sources and angles and impossible to fake. Keep an open mind - you may be witnessing the real deal. It's a shame that so many people are willing to deny the evidence in front of them.

Also - to answer an earlier question from a reviewer: why are all the videos taken by amateurs and appear shaky? It's because without the aid of a stabilizing device such as a tripod it is impossible for any human being to hold a camera on full zoom perfectly straight (try it sometime if you don't believe me). The wobble is unavoidable.

Technologies of the Gods brings convincing evidence that ancient civilizations utilized high-tech engineering methods equal to, if not superior to our own and that these technologies were being applied on a world-wide level.

It has long been suspected that the Great Pyramids, Stonehenge, and the Mayan temples could not have been built using the primitive technologies attributed to those peoples by the orthodox academic view which states that primitive civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt and India emerged from the stone age just over five thousand years ago.

In Technologies of the Gods breakthrough researches, writers and engineers take a look at real evidence—largely ignored by the academic establishment—which shatters the orthodox scenario for the dawn of civilization on Earth.

Now featuring the complete works of Martyn Stubbs and The Secret NASA Transmissions in this special four disk collectors set. Includes "The NASA Transmissions Part 1 & 2, The Raw Footage and Martyn Stubbs Live at Leeds University, England. This set of programs presents the history of UFO sightings by NASA Astronauts and the facts around an independent study to monitor and video tape UFO activity from the Space Shuttle during flights in Earths orbit. Featuring extraordinary footage of space-based UFOs filmed during Space Shuttle and Mir missions, interviews with key participants, plus 90 minutes of 'raw footage’.

UFOS: The Footage Archives is the largest collection of authentic and historic UFO films ever released to the public and features the 400 best original UFO film and video clips fro over 31 countries on four continents, 1950-2000, in this unique DVD edition.

Includes stunning UFO film clips from the USAF's Project Blue Book Archive. Gulf Breeze, Mexico City, official NASA footage from the Gemini, Apollo, and Discovery missions, and virtually every UFO clip that has ever appeared in any news program or documentary film! All clips are professionally assembled in chronological order with the individual statistics including time and location for easy historical reference and viewing enjoyment.

See for yourself why UFOs: The Footage Archives has become a primary resource for UFO researchers and the international news media. UFOs caught on camera proves that there is an Alien presence in our skies.

Boldly going where no scientists have gone before... The Debate! The Conclusions! The Wonder! Scholars, theologians and scientists came together at the University of Wisconsin for an all-day, mind-blowing discussion on the questions of "God, Man, and E.T."

Their conclusions will shock and amaze you!

Captured in spectacular cinematic style, packed with stunning imagery, computer animation and a classical music soundtrack, this series of programs is the result of that historic event and compelling, wide-ranging discussion. It features:

Dave Flynn - "The Mars/Earth Connection: Cydonia in Ancient Science and Mythology." Dave Flynn, well-known mythologist in the Christian community, and expert on Cydonia / Mars anomalies and Biblical teachings, occult mythology, and zodiacal and processional phenomena.

Dr. Michael S. Heiser - "No Room at the Inn? Can the Judeo - Christian Worldview Accommodate an Intelligent ET Reality?" Mike Heiser, Ph.D., received his degree for the University of Wisconsin, has taught biblical studies/theology and does translation work in a dozen middle-eastern languages. Author of the "The Facade", a novelization of UFOs, ET the Paranormal and The Bible Code Myth.

Richard C. Hoagland - "The Gods of Cydonia: the Case for Ancient Artificial Structures in the Solar System" Richard C. Hoagland - Former CBS Science Advisor for Walter Cronkite, and a former NASA consultant to the Goddard Space Flight Center, is Founder and Principal Investigator of The Enterprise Mission.

Dr. Hugh Ross - "Does ET Have a Home? The Probability for Life's Existence Elsewhere in the Universe." Dr. Ross received his degree from Cal Tech and is a leading figure in the Intelligent Design movement and has authored several books.

Dr. Paul Nelson - "If ET Called, How Would We Know It?" Dr. Nelson received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Philosophy.

Ancient myth and esoteric lore from around the world tell frightening tales of humanity's suffering through destructions by fire and flood, legends of catastrophe so extreme and so pervasive that now we tend to discount them as imaginative exaggerations. Dr. Paul LaViolette thought so too, until he discovered an ancient "time-capsule cryptogram" written in the stars that relates a galactic cause of these events.

Based on 14 years of doctoral and postdoctoral research, Dr Paul LaViolette explains how this scientifically advanced message combined with ancient esoteric lore alerts us to a cyclical cosmic disaster, one that could reoccur today, virtually without warning.

This program weaves shocking accounts from ancient legends together with stunning scientific data to reconstruct the details of a horrifying tragedy that plagued mankind for endless generations with periods of persistent darkness, frigid cold, searing heat, and mountainous floods, from which only a few survived.

The story related in Earth Under Fire will be something you will teach your children and your children's children for generations to come.