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post #151 of 234
7/16/06 at 8:56am

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I'm sure there was a bit showing a Predator standing on top of an Aztec pyramid, or did I imagine it?

It was there but then the Predator blew the place up...so you can see why an Aztec/Predator movie just wouldn't work.

Bruce
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post #152 of 234
7/16/06 at 9:01am

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You know, I never really thought about it, but the Predators really are sore losers aren't they? Gotta have the last laugh. Sad, really.
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post #153 of 234
7/16/06 at 9:31am

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I'm sure there was a bit showing a Predator standing on top of an Aztec pyramid

There was a bit with an underground pyramid, but I chalked it up to a desperate attepmt to add suspense by refrencing Lovecrafts Cthulu mythos by having weird creatures in the artic. Instead of other dimension creepy crawly, we got aliens. This is the main part of the plot that made absolutly no sense to all the other movies preceding it.

As oposed to "robot Vs. Aztec Mummy", in which explorers of a tomb find a mummy that's all kill crazy, so they have to find a way to stop it. How do they do it? With a Robot of course! What did you think, a p.o'd Daschound?
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post #154 of 234
7/27/06 at 10:37am

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Originally Posted by Steve Christou




Yeah Kate's great, I don't usually keep the same sig for so long, but I'll give her another week than send her packing. htf_images_smilies_smile.gif


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Steve

Oh man that’s just wrong just make sure you place garlic all around your bed, unless you Kate, sucking you dry!
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post #155 of 234
7/27/06 at 11:56am

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Kate can suck me dry any time Andy. So which of the Alien flicks has the best digital sound than? Alien? Aliens? More Aliens? Alien's Revenge? Alien - Lost in New York? Alien vs Jason? My Alien Ex-Girlfriend? Aliens of the Caribbean? My Big Fat Alien Wedding?
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post #156 of 234
7/27/06 at 12:36pm

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Alien Prada Returns: Dead Missions Last Stand

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post #157 of 234
1/15/07 at 10:51am

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First image from http://www.avpgalaxy.net/index.php

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post #158 of 234
1/15/07 at 12:41pm

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In the words of Borat....Niiiiice.
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post #159 of 234
5/7/07 at 8:31am

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Maybe this should go in a separate thread, but when Alien Vs Predator Unrated came out, was there some special Best Buy only edition - that came with some sort of bonus comic book? I have been trying to located the Alien Vs Predator Unrated with the slip case, but can't find it anywhere....
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post #160 of 234
8/6/07 at 7:35pm

Re: Alien vs. Predator 2 in the works

Cast

Reiko Aylesworth
Shareeka Epps
Gina Holden
David Hornsby
Johnny Lewis
John Ortiz
Steven Pasquale
Ariel Gade
David Paetkau
Juan Riedinger
Rainbow Francks
Sam Trammell
Kristen Hager
Meshach Peters
Ty Olsson
Ryan Robbins


Storyline

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
The storyline of AvP2 still hasn't been officially released - however, it's clear that the film takes place in a small town where aliens and predators cause mayhem. The film is also set in present time - most likely straight after the first film.


Release Date

AvP2 was originally set for an August 2007 release, however it has since been pushed back to December 2007. It's apparently still to be decided. Currently, the US release is December 25, 2007 and the UK release is January 4, 2008 according to IMDB.

Rating

Fox chairman Tom Rothman confirmed in September 2006 that AvP2 will be rated R; it will be very hardcore. Both of the directors have also stated that AvP2 will be R rated many times over the last few months.

source:

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/avpmovie.php?section=movieavp2
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post #161 of 234
8/6/07 at 7:40pm

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That sounds awful. really. terrible premise.
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post #162 of 234
8/7/07 at 3:11am

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I like that image, Predator looks very much like the Pred in Predator 2, but yes that premise sounds like it lacks courage and scope to say the least.
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post #163 of 234
8/7/07 at 11:22am

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Originally Posted by Russell G
That sounds awful. really. terrible premise.
Maybe but it can't really be any worse than the first Alien Vs. Predator.

EDIT: I will say that despite the premise, I'll blindly hope for the best since it's R rated (at least if it sucks, there will be some decent gore) and I'd like to see the lovely and talented Reiko Aylesworth in something good other than 24.
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post #164 of 234
8/7/07 at 11:32am

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Sounds like it can be made on the cheap, like TV movie cheap.
Hey, maybe we can get a bad TV series out of this? FOX can call me if they need help.
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post #165 of 234
8/7/07 at 12:20pm

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I understand that they want to make this on the cheap but you would think stuff like "Sin City" and "Sky Captain" would convince them that making virtual versions of appropriate settings such as an alien planet or spaceship can be as cheap as filming in some town.
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post #166 of 234
8/7/07 at 12:56pm

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This franchise seems like the kind where the Sci Fi Channel will start doing cheap sequels a couple of years from now lol.
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post #167 of 234
8/25/07 at 12:53pm

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An R-Rated trailer has just been released... and I do stress R-RATED!

http://moviesmovies.ign.com/movies/v...qthighwide.mov
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post #168 of 234
8/25/07 at 1:06pm

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I can't believe that I'm going to say this but that looked pretty cool.
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post #169 of 234
8/25/07 at 1:59pm

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I see why you stressed the "R" rating of the trailer. If the movie turns out like this trailer, this may make up for the last movie for me.
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post #170 of 234
8/25/07 at 3:43pm

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Requiem Impalement Op II in B minor
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post #171 of 234
8/31/07 at 10:56am

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Jeez, there's more gore in the trailer than in the entire first AvP movie. While it looked interesting it makes me think they're just throwing gore up against a wall hoping something will stick.
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post #172 of 234
8/31/07 at 1:22pm

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It's still written by Shane Salerno (the worst screenwriter in Hollywood) so even if they go nuts with the gore it's still probably gonna be better than "AvP" but worse than all the other movies at best.
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post #173 of 234
8/31/07 at 2:57pm

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I will say that the woodsy atmosphere in the trailer looks great, almost as forboding as the jungle in Predator.
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post #174 of 234
8/31/07 at 4:28pm

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The setting isn't really incongruous with the "Predator" films but it's still all wrong for an "Alien" film.
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post #175 of 234
8/31/07 at 5:16pm

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I don't understand why this film needs to be set on Earth at all, I know that i'd love to see a full-scale war between the two species on some other world or even one of their ship's.

These films aren't being creative enough with regards to the environment.
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post #176 of 234
8/31/07 at 9:41pm

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I don't understand why this film needs to be set on Earth at all, I know that i'd love to see a full-scale war between the two species on some other world or even one of their ship's.

These films aren't being creative enough with regards to the environment.

It's not a matter of creativity.

It comes down to something that can be represented by a single symbol:

$

It's cheaper to film in Vancouver or Prague than to build a bunch of expensive sets. The previous film had some sets but a good chunk of it took place in real-world environments (the boat, the outdoors, the abandoned town, etc.) whereas going the sci-fi route requires you to build sets for pretty much everywhere a scene could take place.

Recent movies like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" and "Sin City" prove that doing such visuals can be done relatively cheaply by doing virtual sets via bluescreen and greenscreen but I suspect that hack producer John Davis isn't interested in that because it's somewhat unproven and ambitious and crapping something out in Prague or Vancouver is just less of a headache.

But yeah, as long as Shane Salerno is writing this and John Davis is producing it you can expect another crappy movie. This R-rated trailer is like a desperate attempt by Fox to say "we're sorry we skimped on the gore last time, so here's lots!" but gore shouldn't make or break a movie. Ideally "AvP" should be rated R but I do think it could work as a PG-13 if it was really well written and directed and similarly I know better than to think a hard R is gonna save a crappy script.
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post #177 of 234
9/1/07 at 1:05am

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Oh boy, I just watched the trailer and I've got a bad feeling about this movie.

I appears the script may have been written on a napkin after a brief meeting of the newest brain-trust at a cheap hamburger joint. "You know that movie Critters? We could just kind of replace the "Critters" with lots of Predators and Aliens, then call in the Army and everyone can shoot it out."

I agree with the Inspector:
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I don't understand why this film needs to be set on Earth at all, I know that i'd love to see a full-scale war between the two species on some other world or even one of their ship's.

These films aren't being creative enough with regards to the environment.
No need for this to take place on Earth what so ever. Cheap sci-fi sets can be found all over the desert; I don't think they paid much for the sets on Pitch Black.

It really is all about the two fighting each other. The basic premise is so very cool; the ultimate hunter versus the ultimate prey. I was disappointed with AvP for the lack thereof. Five minutes of the two fighting each other just didn't fulfill the promise of the movie's title. That being said I did enjoy AvP for what it was. I guess having never read any of the aforementioned comic books, my puerile enjoyment must have come from not having any knowledge of what it wasn't.

Now the sequel appears to have several battles between the two, but now it appears the writing, talent and production values have fallen off the scope.

P.S.

Steve Christou

You sir, are having entirely too much fun here. You will remove yourself immediately and shall not return hereto without first obtaining a shrubbery.
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post #178 of 234
9/1/07 at 6:03pm

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Yeah, but "Pitch Black" took place largely outdoors with in a pretty standard-looking desert setting. After all the elaborate designs seen in the "Alien" and "Predator" movies (like the stuff Giger did in "Alien", the interior of the ship in "Predator 2" etc.) you really can't just finally give people the homeworld of either one and try to cheap out and tell them its just a big desert.

It would certainly take a director with a lot of vision and an amazing production designer but the tools are there to do it economically but Davis seems to want it cheap, fast and easy.

But hey, the guy has arguably made nothing but awful movies for 20 years (with his last overwhelmingly-liked movie being the original "Predator") so obviously he's found his niche by making movies like "Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties" and "Daddy Day Care".
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post #179 of 234
9/6/07 at 6:48am

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i am not a horror movie or a gore fan. however, predator and alien(s) have always been special properties for me.

i saw the trailer and i see hope. i think this has promise. i didn't think avp was the best movie ever, but it definitely wasn't the worst either. based on the trailer this new one (minus the creative sets) seems on par with the previous properties.

something additional that stuns me is the fact that they are going to really release this on christmas. wow. i actually think that this bodes well as far as releases go. i can't think of a terrible movie that was actuallly released on christmas.

optimism is key here and i am no organic optimist.
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post #180 of 234
9/6/07 at 10:04am

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Originally Posted by Diallo B
something additional that stuns me is the fact that they are going to really release this on christmas. wow. i actually think that this bodes well as far as releases go. i can't think of a terrible movie that was actuallly released on christmas.
That's more of a marketing move than anything else. Every other studio will putting out their Oscar hopefuls at that time and 20th Century Fox will be aiming at the 18 to 34 male market that won't have many movies to see.

That being said, the movie looks like it could be good. Hell, if there's one thing that's good in the movie, it'll be better than the first one.
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