Ok, finally saw AvP today...

[Dajistano]

I'm glad I used my free ticket that came in the Predator SE DVD.

[bonedust]

people wanted some great cinematic event from a movie that is on its 3rd sequal and a movie that is on its 6th sequal, combined. how did anyone expect that was going to be earth shattering?

anyhow, i though tit was mindlessly entertaing and didnt hate it at all. the predator suits were bad, and the 'men in alien costume' fight scenes were horribly transparent...none the less, i was entertained.

if i want to be dazzled by something ground breaking, ill go get a lap dance at the gay bar. errr, nevermind.

[Spore]

The movie suffered from the whole "More is less" syndrome... it was filled with the needlessly grandios useage of 2 great creatures in a simplistically mundane story-line.

Still, it was okay... to have on in the background while I was working...

I bought the DVD to finally watch it and saw what I had expected... Hollywood delivering to fans what they had been crying for even though they didn't know any better... and Hollywood will continue to do so as long as crap produces a financial gain.

Oh, and that glimpse of the Pred/Alien hybrid... holy fuck... I thought the Human/Alien hybrid in Resurrection was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen... guess I was wrong.

[bonedust]

Originally posted by Spore:
Hollywood delivering to fans what they had been crying for even though they didn't know any better...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">truer words have never been spoken...

[StV]

MAM,

I really enjoyed it.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">...don't sweat it, lots of people did and so did I.

...who gives a flyin' shit what Jor thinks, anyway? [img]wink.gif[/img]

[classic]

when i saw it in theatres i found it kind of boring and walked away a little dissapointed. but i decided to buy it on dvd anyways and after i watched it i really like it. so i dont know why i had such a change of heart but i did

[Biomechanoid]

I've seen it five times now! Cheese is good!

I know some fanboys that got pissed off about it, and they look to me as some kind of Alien expert (which I'm not), and were dumbfounded when I told them I liked the flick for what it was.

As a pre/sequel crossover, it's what I expected. Consider, you have to ignore everything you think you know about Aliens before you watch this movie. In fictional chronology, this event takes place perhaps hundreds of years before the Nostromo is constructed or Eleanor Ripley is born. However, humans have already killed two Predators in the last few decades, and that's safe to keep in mind when watching this film.

To take apart Spore's points:

1. Already addressed. Resurrection is about a thousand years from now.

2. Predator technology exists here, why not have it backlit? The only movie premise that had me despising lit scenes was Pitch Black. I cannot accept that that much starlight was shining on them all that time, especially when it started to rain...

3. You are correct. Predators aren't that smart. Danny Glover beat one, so did the governor of Cali. As I've had to explain time and time again, Predators are intergalactic hillbillies. They hunt trophies. They wear skullets. Their teeth are funky. They have some advanced hardware, but they're no more sophisticated than your average backwoods West Virginian.

4. Multiple open-ended sequel setups. She's badly wounded and may not survive...or she might march her royal ass all the way to the South African coast line. She'll have seafood on the way, maybe have some dophins with chestbursters open the next film...who cares, right?

5. Most hosts don't continue to be such a threat as a well-armed Pred might be, either. Maybe they did sense the hybrid and wanted it dead as well. Maybe they just wanted the girl, and Scar was in the way. Again, who cares?

6. It should have grid marks on its left shoulder, too.

7. Again, forget Res. How else would they get the queen loose anyway?

8. Well, now you're just nitpicking... Most films that are supposed to take place in the sub-artic have this flaw. But the audience wants to see the drama written on a character's face despite the reality that it would be blistering and falling off in frosty chunks if exposed for that kind of duration. And that's a swell spear. Beats the hell outta the pea-shooter they gave Glover. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Andyman]

2. Predator technology exists here, why not have it backlit? The only movie premise that had me despising lit scenes was Pitch Black. I cannot accept that that much starlight was shining on them all that time, especially when it started to rain...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Listen folks, this is a factor ALL movies have to get around. If the scene take place where there's no light...we won't see it. Get it? Virtually all movies and TV shows have to deal with it. Either you pretend there's ambient light or you make a light source.

Someday I'm going to make a light accurate movie that takes place entirely in a deep cave. It shall be the cheapest movie ever made.* [img]wink.gif[/img]


<font size="1">*or a very expensive radio script</font>

[Biomechanoid]

Originally posted by Andyman:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. Predator technology exists here, why not have it backlit? The only movie premise that had me despising lit scenes was Pitch Black. I cannot accept that that much starlight was shining on them all that time, especially when it started to rain...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Listen folks, this is a factor ALL movies have to get around. If the scene take place where there's no light...we won't see it. Get it? Virtually all movies and TV shows have to deal with it. Either you pretend there's ambient light or you make a light source.

Someday I'm going to make a light accurate movie that takes place entirely in a deep cave. It shall be the cheapest movie ever made.* [img]wink.gif[/img]


<font size="1">*or a very expensive radio script</font></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Of course, but don't call it "Pitch Black." I bought everything else in that scenario up until the storm broke. Ambient light from the waning horizon, fiber-optics, a low orbiting moon, the cave bugs, the occasional lightning flash - maybe... Anyway, what was my point...?

[Joranthalus]

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seriously, the dumbest movie i've seen in a long time. just... plain... dumb.

No offenset to those of you who enjoyed it... except Steve, as much offense as possible to Steve...