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

DA Gadgets October 22, 2024 Home Theater, Televisions

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One
of
the
things
I
really
love
about

Alien
and
its
sequels
is
their
distinctly
low-tech
take
on
high
technology:
this
was
a
universe
of
interstellar
travel,
cryogenic
freezing
and
other
wonders
run
on
1970s
computer
tech
with
big
clacky
buttons
and
green-hued
CRT
displays,
a
design
decision
that
was
also
carried
across
to
the

Alien
Isolation
video
game.

So
it’s
nice
to
see
that

Alien:
Romulus
is
committed
to
the
retro-futurist
vibe
too
–
so
much
so
that
it’ll
be
released
on
“fully
functioning
VHS
tape”
in
December
with
a
4:3
aspect
ratio
and
a
vintage-style
sleeve.

The
news
comes
via

The
Verge,
which
hasn’t
been
able
to
confirm
how
many
copies
of
the
tape
there
will
be
or
how
much
it’s
going
to
cost.
It’s
clearly
intended
to
be
a
collector’s
item
rather
than
something
you’ll
watch
more
than
once,
if
at
all.

(Image
credit:
20th
Century
Studios
/
Disney)

How
to
watch
Alien:
Romulus
if
you
don’t
buy
the
VHS

The
age
of
the
VHS
officially
ended
in
2008
when
JVC
stopped
making
VHS
players,
but
it
went
into
steep
decline
in
the
1990s
when
DVD
and
later,
Blu-Ray
came
along.
It’s
the
format
I
watched
the
original

Alien
on,
and

Aliens
too,
so
it’s
really
nice
to
see

Romulus
going
onto
the
format
too.

If
you’d
prefer
to
watch
the
latest
Alien
movie
with
more
current
home
theater
tech,
it’s
obviously
going
to
look
much
better
in
its

4K
UHD
steelbook
physical
release
on
one
of
the

best
4K
Blu-ray
players
–
this
is
due
for
released
on
3
December
2024,
along
with
the
VHS
version
(and
DVD
and
regular
Blu-ray).

It’ll
also
obviously
look
better
on
streaming
–
the
date
hasn’t
yet
been
announced
for
it
to
arrive
on
Hulu/Disney
Plus,
but
late
November
or
early
December
seems
likely,
possibly
alongside
the
physical
releases.