Aliens Vs Predator

[Eelectro 2]

alien needs a fifth movie to tie up that storyline. predator deserves a 3rd film not based on any alien movies or avp events. avp 3 would certainly be welcomed by me to finish any storyline they plan. but predator definely would need a 3rd film and i still believe that basing it on predator: big game would be the best way to go

 

[Ancracks]

!. Aliens: The ultimate sci-fi movie!! Leaps and bounds above so many sci-fi movies today even though it's over 20 years old.
2. Predator: The movie for badasses!! A childhood favorite that's lost none of its power even though I've seen it over a dozen times.
3. Predator 2: An unbelievable underrated movie. I can understand if it's not as good as the first, but it's a damn good sequel and is still the only predator movie to feature those discs that still today aren't seen on the big screen. I just wish that Fox would get off its lazy ass and release the NC-17 cut of it already.
4. AVP-R: Now this is how you recover from craptacuality (I think I just made that up). This movie is everything the first wasn't. Some say it's a little too fast paced, but it's a helluva lot more entertaining than Paul Anderson's boring crap. Why the hell is he (and for the matter, Uwe Boll and Michael Bay) allowed to keep making movies. But Fox had to be a little B!tch and market this movie on Christmas in between nearly a dozen other movies. Let's just hope that the Unrated Dvd sells well, along with the International Gross, to warrant an AVP3 because the Brothers Strauss have earned my respect.
5. Alien: Now don't get me wrong. I'm sure this is a classic, but it's just...I never liked this movie. I really didn't. I'm sure that's blasphemy to a lot of you but I just never got into this movie. Not like the sequel. Ridely Scott is a great director (Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut should have won Best Picture of the Year if the studio behind it wasn't an A$$hole and forced him to edit it down), but I just didn't like this movie.
6. Alien Resurrection: I'll admit, I actually liked this movie more than Alien. Then again, I'm partial to Ron Pearlman, and I liked alot about this movie. But what pushes this movie down is the last third of it. Seriously, what the F#ck!? I mean, that whole Human-Alien hybrid was totally unnecessary and pretty boring actually. But you could say that numbers 5 and 6 are interchangeable.
7. Alien 3: Now why would I rank a movie this low when it had great acting, a cool setting, and some killer music. Because it ruined Aliens!!!!!!!! Seriously, even James Cameron complained about this movie. Aliens ended perfectly, everyone was gonna go home, and things were just dandy. But noooooooo, Fox had to be the Jackass that it is and warrant this abomination. They killed Hicks, the bastards!!!!!!! I hate these sequel movies where they kill off the main character and that's a major reason why I liked Alien Resurrection as much as I do. At least it brought some justice back to Ripley, even if it was a little F#cked up.
8. AVP: Now this piece of monkey $h!t was completely unwarranted! After more than a dozen years of waiting, tons of comic books, novels, novellas, and fan fiction, Fox decided to be The Little A$$hole that Could, again, and give Paul Anderson, among all the directors in the world, the rights to this franchise. Seriously, what were you thinking Fox!!? WHAT!!!!? My left nut could have crafted a better movie than what that a@@H0le gave us on screen. Even the best parts, the Alien and Predator scenes, felt sluggish and/or underused. How the f#ck do you do that in a movie about Aliens vs Predators. Thank God Fox you pulled your head out of your ass and gave us AVP-R, but you screwed up again with the marketing. Seriously, can't you do anything right for more than ten seconds anymore!!?

 

[Jick]

NC-17 is worse than R?
I thought R was the highest rating for a movie.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I don't think Alien 5 is as neccessary as Predator 3, but I think an Alien 5 (assuming no AvP 3 is made) covering how the Xenomorphs came to be would be nice.

 

[Ancracks]

NC-17 is worse than R?
I thought R was the highest rating for a movie.

Nope. There's NC-17 and then there's X rated.

 

[Spider-Fan]

NC-17 is worse than R?
I thought R was the highest rating for a movie.

R = No one under 17 admitted without parent or guardian.

NC17 = No one under 17 admitted...period.

 

[Cagefighterkip]

I don't think Alien 5 is as neccessary as Predator 3, but I think an Alien 5 (assuming no AvP 3 is made) covering how the Xenomorphs came to be would be nice.

thats a great idea, id dig that. however, id rather see a PRED3 before ALIEN5...

 

[Jick]

Nope. There's NC-17 and then there's X rated.

R = No one under 17 admitted without parent or guardian.

NC17 = No one under 17 admitted...period.

thanks.
I found it, that's how it goes:

G - General Audiences
All ages admitted

PG - Parental guidance suggested
Some material might be unsuitable for children

PG-13 - Parents strongly cautioned
Some material might be inappropriate for children under 13 years of age.

R - Restricted
Viewers younger than 17 require accompaniment of a parent or adult guardian.

NC-17 - Children under 17 are not Admitted.

thats a great idea, id dig that. however, id rather see a PRED3 before ALIEN5...

so would I

 

[jimmylace]

My rankings:

1/ Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)

Gothic, dark, great acting, great dialogue, beautiful cinematography, all around great tone. An alien film SHOULD be nihilistic. Whilst it has it's flaws and is a little too dark for some, it's my personal favourite. I never wanted to see "Camerons Aliens: Part 2"- that wouldn't have been a good movie. I see Alien 3 as "Alien Part 2" really.

2/ Alien

It's a better crafted film than my first choice- it' a classic that will go down in history. An A-class B-movie, amazing concepts that started it all, and the Alien has never looked so good. Edgy for it's time. I personally put this second as the movie is such a slowburner it doesn't really have the rewatch value of the sequels.

3/ Aliens

Lots of people love this movie. It's accessible. It's fun. It's a rollercoaster ride. For my tastes it's just a little too light and some of the acting is pretty wooden- especially the first 30 minutes or so. It hasn't aged too well- what with the eighties hairstyles and minatures. Personally, I think Cameron took alot of liberties given the first movie- the "perfect organism"...strange and alien is pretty much reduced to a mindless bug, sort of detracting from the weirdness of the first one. Still, I don't have too much of a problem as I think Cameron was smart in making the sequel an action movie and not retreading the first one.

4/ Predator

An Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle with a sci-fi twist. Commando goes sci-fi. Whilst it's fairly low-brow it boasts great OTT characterrs. Tight, well-written , a cool concept and Stan Winstons monster design makes this movie a cult classic- and it deserves to be.

5/ Alien 3 (theatrical)

Butchered to bits by the studio- pretty incoherent, but the visuals and mood remain largely intact. I can't help but wonder what Finchers Alien 3 would have been like if Fox had given him a reasonable length of time and money without interference. I think Fincher could have made a serious classic here. Shame.

6/ Predator 2

A seriously strange movie- but it's alot of fun. Early nineties excess abound- the movie may have just a tad too much blood and a tad too much coke...but it's hard not to like.

7/ AvP-R

Awful. Just awful. Non-existent, bland and cliched story, horrible concept, terrible acting and dialogue. I think the directors did a good job with what they had, but the script and budget were pretty much a guarantee that it was going to be abysmal. If anything I'm surprised it was just forgettably awful- in different hands it could have been alot worse. Credit does have to go to this movie for at least trying to restore the tone of the previous movies- it's consistent throughout. ADI have made some improvements over the first one with the creatures, but I still think the creature effects werent great. The Alien has never looked so rubbery. It's really not much, if anything, of an improvement over the first one.

8/AvP

Ambitious if somewhat childish concept. Great sets and scope but terrible acting/dialogue, horrible looking, bastardised predators and absolutely no sense of terror dread or emotion of any kind. I wonder what a better director could have done with Andersons idea? The thing that really destroyed this movie was the characters and PG-13 rating- a movie with Predators and Aliens should ALWAYS be a horror movie.

9/ Alien Resurrection

A serious misfire. This could have been a genuinely intruiging addition to the Alien series but the tone was far too comical, the story; wacky. The simple fact was that the studio chose an unsuitable director who didnt respect the material and neutered the "Ripley as an Alien" idea. It's a better film than AvP- but I dislike it far more due to an awkward tone and the fact that 3 great movies preceded it. Horrible.

 

[SalaciousVC]

Currently The worldwide total is $48,836,076, which is well over its budget,And the movie still has yet to come out in a Handfull of countries

 

[aaron]

its not out here for another two weeks

 

[DOG LIPS]

I'd still like to know what the hell went through their minds when they were discussing the release date and one guy raised his hand and said; "Open this ***** on Christmas!!" "Brilliant!"

 

[TBadora]

I'd still like to know what the hell went through their minds when they were discussing the release date and one guy raised his hand and said; "Open this ***** on Christmas!!" "Brilliant!"

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Jick]

Currently The worldwide total is $48,836,076, which is well over its budget,And the movie still has yet to come out in a Handfull of countries

like mine.
January 11. I still have to see it.

Domestic: $33,956,000 67.6%
+ Foreign: $16,265,237 32.4%
= Worldwide: $50,221,237

 

[fallenAngel]

Alien for me will always be the best. One of my all time favorite movies, still freaky too. Totally unique even after countless other movies have ripped it off.

Aliens and Alien 3 are tied at third for me, (at least currently) I saw the assembly cut (didn't like the ox alien) but it was a lot better. And Aliens is sort of cliche and not quite as good as I remember it from when I was a kid. Though it still is awesome once the first round of Marines die and it becomes a survival movie.

Predator is sort of the same for me. It starts out kind of stupid but gets really cool towards the end.

everything else just ins't really good. And I guess I'm the only person who thought AVPR make the first AVP look like a masterpiece. I mean seriously, Reqiuem was terrible.

 

[Theweepeople]

Currently The worldwide total is $48,836,076, which is well over its budget,And the movie still has yet to come out in a Handfull of countries

First off these movies aren't made by companies just so their worldwide gross gets over the budget. A high percentage of the money made overseas goes to foreign theaters so having a strong domestic gross is very important. If a franchise movie's domestic gross is considerably below the budget there is a slim chance of there being a sequel. This is the one of the reasons why movies like Batman and Robin, Van Helsing, Constantine, Godzilla, and Starship Troopers didn't get theatrical sequels inspite of having great worldwide grosses. It's also the reason there has been little talk of sequels for Superman returns and Ghost Rider which both did well worldwide.

Right now this film is on pace to becoming the second least profitable movie in the aliens and predator franchises. It has to make 10 million more just to outgross alien ressurection domestically and another 100 million to outgross it worldwide. What's really sad is if Fox decides to continue this series they will probably decrease the budget by another 20million and hire another hack director to make a sequel. I'd prefer that they leave the aliens and predator franchises alone for at least 10 years because no self respecting director will want to touch this garbage for awhile.

 

[Timstuff]

Here's what was missing in the AVP movies.

'nuff said.

 

[SalaciousVC]

Here's what was missing in the AVP movies.

'nuff said.

hellz yeah!Marines for AVP3!

 

[Timstuff]

If the Colonial Marines are in AVP3, I might just find myself getting excited about it. Pulse Rifle = one of the all-time coolest movie guns evarz.

 

[DoomRulz]

I'd love to see Dutch vs. Aliens and Ripley vs. Predator. It'll never happen obviously since they are centuries apart, but just imagine the two of them teaming up to fight both creatures.

 

[Timstuff]

Also, I kind of doubt that they'd be able to get Arnold and Sigorney to be in a series that Paul Anderson touched (especially since one of them is governor now.)

Oh well. Colonial Marines vs. Predators could be pretty friggin' sweet none-the-less. I just hope that whoever makes AVP3 would be willing to go the extra mile to re-create all of the iconic props and stuff that were the mainstray of Aliens. The nostaligia of seeing stuff like the Pulse Rifles and Smart Guns recreated would be half of the movie's draw for me.

 

[Hypestyle]

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great special effects, some cool fight scenes..

BUT...
geez, this movie had so many reprehensible moments..

I think this is the first time we get to see a kid get facehuggered and chestbursted..

---the token black guy gets munched on early.. typical..

then on top of that, several pregnant women get to be... incubated, directly.. why pregnant women? The PredAlien doesn't simply lay eggs?

and of course, the entire town gets to be nuked for its trouble.. and the survivors are probably in some government detention cell indefinitely..

I guess Fangoria obsessives got their drool on, but for me it was somewhat disturbing..

Strause Brothers, what were you thinking?!?!?!?

 

[Mike_D202]

I'd still like to know what the hell went through their minds when they were discussing the release date and one guy raised his hand and said; "Open this ***** on Christmas!!" "Brilliant!"

It was me .

I thought it would have been a good idea for the family, after eating some holiday ham to go and watch a holiday ham. I guess I was wrong.

 

[Nightmare]

So i heard its already out of the top 10 at the box office. Horrible time to release it.

 

[Morg]

whoever gave it a 10 is deluded, too short, not enough action and ending pretty much

Spoiler

almost everyone dies-even the Predator