Aliens… Predators… SPACE MAIRNES!..
Too much movie goodness.
collapses into drooling heap on floor
The guy they tapped to direct - the two movies they cited of his weren’t very good, were they? I didn’t see Resident evil, but I thought Event Horizon was pretty weak.
About time. Sigourney has been fighting this one for a while. They should have let her die in Alienses (the third one). I wish they would have stuck with the comic book line. The Predator’s designed the Aliens, not the humans.
DaLovin’ Dj
Please make it and don’t feck it up. Pleeeease.
NO!!! No one designed the aliens! God that would suck. Aliens are just evil little creature that utterly overwhelm every planet they touch. If they try to overexplain them it will take away all of the mystique from what is probably the greatest movie monster of all time.
What is needed to make the movie great.
#1 have all three species, Aliens, Preds, Marines.
#2 Since this is the first movie, you can get away with the standard “naughty scientists doing bad things allowing all hell (read: Xenomorphs) loose” storyline.
#3 have the movie be a three hour long Sci-Fi epic. Three hours for three species.
#4 Somehow lure Cameron back to his rightfull place as director of this film. Shoot all others who try to stand in his way.
I always liked the Predator designing the aliens. They could not find a species to prey on worthy of bieng hunted in the whole galaxy (a couple of 20 million per picture humans aside), so they created one. This is how it went in the comic books I am pretty sure. I think they end up having designed them too well.
DaLovin’ Dj
Well remember that there is evidence that the Predators are just a little better armed than the Aliens. Remeber the scene in “Predator 2” where the Predator is looking at his trophies?
However, in hand-to-hand combat, the Predator doesn’t stand a chance.
I cannot see this movie as being anything but a complete fiasco. Crash and burn, baby. Assuming it gets made, and I wouldn’t bet the house on it.
And if the Predators couldn’t find anyone worth hunting, how in the hell did Danny Glover defeat one? I’m sorry, but I could kill Danny Glover with a can opener. I can buy Arnold killing a Predator, sure. If the Predator couldn’t kill Danny Glover, he needed a lot more practice.
“The Predators created the Aliens!” is a perfect example of what happens when the people who write comic books don’t know when to stop painting the picture.
As long as Paul Anderson is involved, this movie will suck. It’s a law of nature, like the sun rising in the east and toast falling jelly side down.
I always thought the Aliens were created by scientists from the Galactic Empire to root out the Rebel Alliance:rolleyes: .
I agree that they shouldn’t explain the aliens as being artificially designed. Somehow cheapens them.
Well, it’s too late to not want them to explain the aliens being created, because in the comic boos and novels this has already happened. So if they go some other route (such as they were all made on one planet, then tranferred to others) all the fans of the comic and book series will pout and whine.
The thing I don’t like about it is that the Aliens series is considered “A” material, while the Predator films are strictly “B”-grade. Putting the two together is why fanboys need to stay in Mom’s basement. “Ok, dude, how about the Terminator v. the Toxic Avenger?” “Duuuude!”
And I agree that making the Aliens a creation of the Predators weakens the mystique of the Aliens. What makes the Aliens scary and exciting is that they are creations of nature. Same thing with Jaws.
Awwwwww, is poor little geek boy throwing a tantrum because the movie didn’t turn out the way HE wanted it.
GROW THE FUCK UP.
And get used to not having things YOUR way, 'cause THAT is what life is REALLY about.
DEAL.
Psst, WSLer. Your issues are showing.
In the AvP comics the Predators would seed planets with Alien eggs, but they were never credited with having created the Aliens.
Also, as they kept a Queen chained up in their ship, it seems like they just happened across them (if they created them, you figure they’d have a safer way of making the eggs than keeping a pissed off killing machine chained up - unless she breaks free, which she does - in the bowels of their ship).
All you have to do to make a blockbuster film is just take the plot of Aliens, move it to a more jungle environment, have Cameron direct, and make the film exceptionally long. Voila, a glorious Sci-fi epic will await you.
And remember, when in doubt, add more space marines. OOH RAH!
Guys, forgive a dumb question here, but am I reading this right? Do I understand correctly that “Alien” the film, made in 1979 was based on a comic book, and so was “Predator”, and that both comic books existed prior to 1979? Have I got that right, or did the comic books come into existence AFTER the film franchises were created?
No, I’m pretty certain the comics came later. There’s been a lot of invented backstory for both series that wasn’t part of the initial thought process.
This is such a non-issue. If you look at the individual strengths of Alien and Predator, you will soon see that Predator could wipe the floor with Alien. Sure, Alien has the poison blood and all, but, duude, Predator has weapons and can make himself invisible!
Of course, I may be completely wrong and know not of which I speak, for which, I apologize
