Forget 4K Blu-ray for Alien: Romulus – get it on VHS instead, physical media fans

One of nan things I really emotion astir Alien and its sequels is their distinctly low-tech return connected precocious technology: this was a beingness of interstellar travel, cryogenic freezing and different wonders tally connected 1970s machine tech pinch large clacky buttons and green-hued CRT displays, a creation determination that was besides carried crossed to nan Alien Isolation video game.

So it's bully to spot that Alien: Romulus is committed to nan retro-futurist vibe excessively – truthful overmuch truthful that it'll beryllium released connected "fully functioning VHS tape" successful December pinch a 4:3 facet ratio and a vintage-style sleeve.

The news comes via The Verge, which hasn't been capable to corroborate really galore copies of nan portion location will beryllium aliases really overmuch it's going to cost. It's intelligibly intended to beryllium a collector's point alternatively than thing you'll watch much than once, if astatine all.

How to watch Alien: Romulus if you don't bargain nan VHS

The property of nan VHS officially ended successful 2008 erstwhile JVC stopped making VHS players, but it went into steep diminution successful nan 1990s erstwhile DVD and later, Blu-Ray came along. It's nan format I watched nan original Alien on, and Aliens too, truthful it's really bully to spot Romulus going onto nan format too.

If you'd for illustration to watch nan latest Alien movie pinch much existent location theatre tech, it's evidently going to look overmuch amended successful its 4K UHD steelbook beingness merchandise connected 1 of nan best 4K Blu-ray players – this is owed for released connected 3 December 2024, on pinch nan VHS type (and DVD and regular Blu-ray).

It'll besides evidently look amended connected streaming – nan day hasn't yet been announced for it to get connected Hulu/Disney Plus, but precocious November aliases early December seems likely, perchance alongside nan beingness releases.

But it's not astir what it looks best on, it's astir what it looks most atmospheric on. What could beryllium much atmospheric than starting this movie pinch nan clunk of nan video cassette subordinate taking this movie in.

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