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Wanna See The Predators' Homeworld From AVP: REQUIEM??
Merrick here...
There's a shot of it online now over at Yahoo. We'd seen glimpses of this on recent TV spots, but this is a pretty clear still & (as far as I know) our first ever sharp look at Predatorville. Thought you might be interested.
There are some other new images online as well; many creature shots as well as a look at an agreeably Geiger-esque environment.
CLICK HERE to check 'em out!
The Predator's home world kinda reminds me of Remulak from CONEHEADS. Or, is that just me?
And, YES, I know the title of this article is inherently a spoiler. Wasn't sure how else to point you to the cool image w/o telling you what it was.
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Dec 10, 2007 10:14:52 PM CST
No, I dont want to see this unless Stallone is working a Julius
by savio
Where can I find the skit where Sylvestor Stallone works at an orange julius from SNL?
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Really I am more interested in the Alien homeworld and if they even have a homeworld or were always some kind of biological weapon.
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I fell asleep during the AVP. True story...
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Anyway this movie's probably going to be crap like the last one. Moving on...
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Not even for free.
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I dunno.
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I hated the continuity issues and just overall lack of story in AVP. Not to mention it just plain sucked. This one though...for some reason, I'm really excited about. At least it's R. Seven Pasquale and Reiko are also a plus. I'm gonna see it so....yea.
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The alien movies haven't been any good since 1986. The whole series no longer has any respect.
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Meh, that's it ?? Three giant Tiki heads?? Not much of a world !!!
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dunno how the whole movie will turn out but just based on those images I'm game
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Is it really a spoiler that we get to see the Predators' homeworld? They've mentioned it in several "spoiler free" posts berforehand.
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. . . a poor shadow of what could've been a great franchise revival. Somebody call Ridley and get this shite fixed.
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anybody really cares about this movie,even if it turns out to be good and they show lots of cool stuff,both these franchise's are almost dead now anyway.
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The one that stands for Requiem. It also stands for Rated R.
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Dec 10, 2007 10:49:16 PM CST
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FINAL BATTLE OF EPISODE 2 :ATTACK OF THE CLONE
by spearsi
AHEM...
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Just announced: June 16th 2010, "Aliens vs Predator vs Coneheads: The Battle for Remulak"
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It would have been cooler if the Predator homeworld was a giant trailer park with 4x4 pickup trucks decked out with gun racks.
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I thought this was the Ain't It Compass News site? Where is our Compass news of the hour?
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Where he hypothesized in his AvP review that with the technology they own, the predators must be pretty advanced and civilized to get that far, and that the predators in the movies must be some weekend white trash hillbilly hunter/paintballer that are on vacation looking for cool trophies and skulls that they can bring back home and mount on their office desks or hollow out into coffee mugs.
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EVERY ALIEN WORLD LOOKS THE SAME!!!
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...Why does the Predator homeworld look like it could be the Alien homeworld? Did they hire the same architecht? Maybe interior design is an undiscovered profession universe wide, save for earth, and thats why these fuckers keep coming down, to figure out how we differentiate betweem whose house is whose.
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I'd pay to see that franchise. I'd also be geeked to see "Freddy versus Jason versus Ash versus Captain Jack Sparrow"
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That's right...AVP R might be a good movie. This movie is not made by Paul W.S. Anderson. It is rated R. This movie will have much better Predator designs (no more "football players"). Just because the first AVP sucked, doesn't mean this one will suck, as well. As for the story/script, the Strauses said that there have been MANY changes to the draft that was talked about here. I'm excited for this movie. Oh, and I think the Predator homeworld looks great (you should see the TV spot).
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Now that I want to see. Reiko can arrange it!
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For Oceans 14, they plan to rob a casino in space, so they enlist the help of a Predator. I smell box office gold!
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Aliens Vs Predator vs Ash vs Optimus Prime with flames coming summer 09
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Let us not be divided but our hate for AVP, let it let bring us together and take your family out to see AVPR this Christmas. A movie thats destined to be played on DVDS for many a christmas to come.
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Don't care. Wanna go to sleep.
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Why, was Termincop and Robonator taken? What the fuck is this? There's an alien with a fucking shoulder mounted laser? WHY GOD WHY???
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...and I know this is cliche, but Fox should put the "Alien" flicks on the backburner now....and for the next decade. Then reboot it with a late thirties Christina Ricci as Ripley, avoid remaking "Aliens" because that's been tried way too many times in the past, but at the same time, try to get the story to the point where the shopping mall or religious cult that were proposed for Alien 3 can take place.
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Good one. What else we got?
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Now that id pay to see!
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These movies just can't win...make a shitty PG-13 movie designed to get teenage boys into the theatre, and get ripped on. Pay for the shittiness (despite the fact that AVP seems to have made money) by hiring a new creative team, going for the R rating and releasing a red band trailer, and get ripped on again. It'd be nice to see Scott or Cameron or even a B-list Predator vet like Stephen Hopkins get to helm one of these, but until that unlikely scenario unfolds, I'll be content with the fact that Fox actually seems to have listened to wishes of fans on this one.
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I loved your, "walking out of the movie line!". I could just hear a rimshot in the background as you said it! Great line, very funny!
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stay away bros.
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And as much as I am uberskeptical about avpr...that is a pretty cool predator homeworld pic.
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There you go.
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Even though its not set in the future, but it sure does look cool. I'm in.
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Knock that fucking predalien shit out, for the sake of baby Jesus. Lamest. Gimmick. Ever.
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1. Predators are mammals.
2. Predators are pissed ALL the time.
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Hate them now. Overall though, AvP2 the game was the shit and that's what the movie should be akin to.
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WOW..I finally figured out where the Hip Hop world gets its fashion sense..Aliens and Predators!
Seriously..Predators have the dreads, blinged out with tacky trophies and overloaded with equipment ( bet they have 6 seat headrest flat screens in those ships).
And Aliens? Well..they have the original Grillz...Eat your 18k mouth out Little John...you STILL ain't got no grillz like the mutha fuckin Alien!
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This'll produce some fantastic action figurine statue things that I'll never be able to afford but look cool in catalogues. Are there really heaps of sulky American protesters who stay at home with their arms crossed while the rest of us take in the eye candy and fun at the cinemas? Like, do you reallllly do that on purpose?
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...and saddles the DIE HARD flick with a pansy-ass PG-13? What the fuck?
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It's the name itself. "Predalien". It sounds like something a kid in 2nd grade would make up. Just put two words together, voila! New word!
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Half man. Half bear. Half pig.
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Personally, I'd only be offended if I had any intention of seeing this and you blew a plot point that lessened my viewing pleasure. But since I don't know anyone who wants to see this, I'd say you're in the clear.
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(Spoiler Box) "SPOILER: Wanna see something really cool from AVP: Requiem?" You don't think the same people would of clicked? Prick...
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Is there going to be more than one predalien in this movie? Because if there isn't, one of those stills shows a predator with his twins right through the jaw of the/a predalien - I mean, we know the aliens are never gonna be the last ones standing, but were they that dumb in showing us that? (Ahem...that is, if there's only one predalien in the movie) See what I did there - I respectfully, non-sarcastically repeated the word 'predalien' logically in a few sentences...just to show how fucking stupid it sounds no matter what the context. Check this out, though:
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for citing my Predators are rednecks theory. I stand by it. If all of the Predators are constantly thinking about hunting and collecting skulls there's no way they would have advanced far enough to build spaceships, or even those buildings in that picture. So clearly these guys we see in the movies are not the most respectable members of Predator society. They're just the hicks who like to get drunk and spend the weekend on earth hunting for Jesse the Body meat. I'm sure there are some more pleasant and sophisticated Predators in the Predator cities, but their adventures aren't as interesting.
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come on fuckmonkey- come and tell us how excited you are. We know you are sitting in a steamy pool of your own piss counting down the days until this rancid load of shite gets released.
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I find it impossible to use that stupid fucking word in a sentence without sarcasm. The existence of this film makes me sad.
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a leaky bag of Arse Chunder
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Or I'll fork your ass!
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just out of curiosity.
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He thought he could live life by the numbers; but he wasn't counting on an Alien baby landing on his doorstep!
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Hillbilly Predator Liam Neeson brings backwoods justice to the Alien homeworld after Alien mobsters disembowel his cousin.
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Gotta agree with Kurzinski above, Glover was pretty bitchin and Busey (the guy is just a great nut-job) was fantastically loopy on screen (I think there were a bunch of UV light scenes surrounding Busey that looked pretty cool on the big screen at the time). Before I saw it my brother told me to "look out for the trophy case" at the end of the film but wouldn't tell me what for, I must say it coaxed one hell of a smile on my face to see an Alien skull in there. AVP was a disgrace but I expected nothing less than an abortion from Paul Anderson. And the Predalien... resounding meh. This looks at least entertaining but... I'll just go back to the early films if I want "scary" monsters as opposed to "franchise stars".
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Saw movie - Predator homeworld has asteroid field close to it. Dusty/reddish atmosphere with stormy-looking cloud cover (kind of like Vulcan after global warming). Lots of rock with buildings hewn from rock - blocky design - they don't much go for interior design (except a LOT of Predator trophies and enough weapons to wage a small war. ) Saw few buildings perched on edge of cliff with lava flows running between them, falling into abyss. Wouldn't want to visit but perfect for bad-ass predator.
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except these films have fuck all to do with Bad ass predators.
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Surely someone out there wants to see this film. Where are you, boy?
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Starring Reece Witherspoon as a cost efficiant "minimal makeup required" Predator Queen. Yeehaw!
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...Castrop-Rauxel at sunday morning 3 a.m.
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HTF does this PoS series continue.
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...they would have done the smart thing and based an AvP film off the original comic. Or the novels that span out of it. Or the games. Or, in fact, any story at all that HAD THE FUTURISTIC SPACE-BASED SOCIETY OF THE ALIEN FILMS AS ITS SETTING!These are science fiction stories, not just slasher horrors - why not embrace that more fully? Much as I love Predator (and grudgingly enjoy the 80s cheese of Predator 2), and despite the shit that is Alien Resurrection (and the flawed Alien 3), it's the Alien series that's the heavy hitter of the two, so it makes no sense to me at all that the AvP films are Predator sequels and not Alien sequels, even ignoring continuity issues.AvP was cheesy PG-13 rubbish made by an awful director (who thought packing his film with homages and references to the previous films might somehow rub off some of their greatness on his crappy effort despite his complete failure to understand what made those films great in the first place), and AvP:R may well be better with an R rating and a different creative team, but I still feel it's a complete waste and mistake setting these films on Earth in the modern day. The image of the Predator world looks cool, but I still can't muster a single jot of enthusiasm for this project.
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Those mandibles on the alien/predator hybrid look like they were attached as an afterthought. I still think they should have done a movie of the first AvsP comic that Dark Horse released. It still had that future vibe from the Alien movies, but mixed the Predators in nicely.
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The Predator homeworld looks cool, but it's just a flashback or montage shot in the middle of a film set in Hicksville, Texas or wherever. Now, if there was the possibility that the Predator homeworld might constitute an actual location in the film's story, THAT might pique my interest.
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Imagine it! A group of sweaty, balding middle-aged men kidnap a six year old colony girl and bring her to their spaceship. Before the sick fucks can have their way, an alien rips out of her chest and proceeds to chase them round their paedoship! As if you wouldn't be cheering for the alien as the evil bastards got their just desserts!
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I know nothing about the histories of either species, but is it possible that they are both from the same planet? Maybe they are a biological experiment gone wrong, or were bred for hunting, or were just native, but could explain landscapes, and would also give a reason to why the predators are always hunting - they have to be that way to clear the scourge from their planet?
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Predators go through a rite of passage into manhood by going on a dangerous hunt. Either they survive and return or die on the hunt which is better than returning empty handed. The Aliens were created as a sort of hunting dog/taget to practice on, but got out of hand and were set aside for the best canned hunts. If a someone who didn't have dollar signs in their eyes were to know that....they could make a great arch of movies. But we just get present day Earth crap, u know why? Cause styrofoam sets are fooking expensive.
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Even watered down on TV, it's a million times better than what this crap will be. And I just watched Aliens again...so sad that this will be neither of those...
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Alien VS Predator VS Reiko
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Thanks to those pics, looks like NEITHER.
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You knew it was coming.
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No way could they keep it together long enough to become develop technology.
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I can hardly see shit in these stills.Ridley's Alien looks like it was lit like a tv sitcom compared to this.Anyway..For some reason I always pictured the pred homeworld as more of a neon Maya set up , with lush jungle.As a few have said this looks like Chronicles of Riddick shit ,back again.If anything it looks more like the aliens homeworld.
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our money. I don't think I'll be seeing this in a theater... not after the shitfest that was the first movie, which I also refused to see in a theater. I remember reading some AvP novels and maybe some comics back in the 90's that were damn good... too bad the movies don't use these. I thought the first AvP PC games were good. And yeah, the "Predalien" is old... the first PC game had them in 1999. Dunno if there were any before that...
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Typical. Blah. Nothing interesting. Chronics of Riddick, hints of Alien, bunch of Sci-fi channel stuff. And can nobody acknowledge that tall rectangular buildings are just practical?
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Dec 11, 2007 7:19:26 AM CST
Clear look at the new pred's face and the whole predalien at si
by rameses
If you go to Sideshow collectables , theyve got crystal clear shots of the new preds face.Covered in overdone acid burns and sporting poorly angled dredlocks ,He's shit to be honest .His head patten is especially crap.After the crappy pred face in the last avp film (he looked more like the half reverted chatterer from Hellbound} I heard they were going back to the look of the original ...but theyve even fucked that up.
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...Predator society could be arranged like ancient Sparta. In Sparta, every single male citizen was brought up with no other profession that that of warrior and professional soldier (substitute 'hunter' here for the Predators), meaning that for their society to function they had a massive slave class to run all the industry and agriculture (roughly 15 slaves or serfs to every Spartan citizen, I think). Maybe it's something similar with the Predators. Hmmm, Aliens vs. Predator vs. 300 anyone?!?.......Just kidding. Let's just hope Hollywood doesn't think of that one! :O
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Dec 11, 2007 7:25:14 AM CST
Danny Glover just needs to get Mel Gibson for Predator 3
by spandau belly
and they can both travel to the Predator's homeworld together and destroy them on their own turf.We could have Predator versus Alien versus Lethal Weapon, it would be hysterical! I can't wait to see Riggs dislocate his shoulder to escape from a forcefield or hear a Predator complain about Murtaugh's wife's cooking, or when we find out the Predators support the aparthied and Joe Pesci infiltrates their head base to taunt them about it. The Alien already hooked up with Ripley in Alien 4, so now it can kill Chris Rock and start dating Murtaugh's daughter Rheanne, of which Murtaugh disapproves. Just add Eric Clapton blues guitar and we're set!
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... You know you nerds want it!
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If Predators are as advanced as they seem to be, it would make biomechanical sense to have a set of appendages designed specifically for their technology, so that when a Predator suits up, his hardware is hardwired into his brain. Basic Cybernetics. Then the Predalien would have some sort of perverted version of it, when it came out.
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If they had any guts it would look like Lara Croft's place in Tomb Raider.
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Predator home world king. You know from the old spice commercial? That is the Predator home world.
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Dec 11, 2007 9:06:41 AM CST
What the hell am I looking at? That makes no cohesive sense visu
by junofallon
Anyone else find themselves staring at the photo trying to make out...whatever that was?
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It would seem that a "predalien" is bulky enough to be played by some stiff in a rubber suit. I thought it was 2007 and we could make use of CGI characters.
As for the existence of multiple predaliens, some of these stills look like small chestbursters.
Just please don't include that bright yellow Baby Huey from Alien Resurrection. That has to be the lowest moment of any Alien or Predator film. I laughed out loud when it bashed the queen's face in and she didn't try to move away all.
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IMHO, this is a really really really stupid concept. It ranks right up there with every crappy sci-fi story involving the characters traveling forward in to the planet HTRAE.
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Wait, so you're saying the "Predaliens" are born with shoulder-mounted laser cannons? Fuck, being human now suddenly sucks.
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In the books:
Predators steal all of the technology from the races they've hunted. There are supposedly a few inventive ones but they are few and far between.
Their homeworld is swampy.
Alien series REALLY needs to be separated from Predator and reintroduce the whole Colonial Marine aspect. I'd pay just to see a Colonial Marine bootcamp movie at this point.
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Just read the latest book in the Alien series, Steel Egg. This story recounts first contact with the Aliens years before LV-426. It's mentioned that they were created as a bio weapon for ship to ship fighting and other bits of nastiness.
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Which I don't care to be reminded of. The spiral, nautilus-style architecture recalls the gorilla helmet design. And makes me want to stab my eyes out.
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they just co-opted them...fear them, honor them, kill them..know that they are pretty much the only challenge to them. sport.
any other explanation these movies try to fuck with is crap.
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Echoing that this is Riddick country. I'm mixed on whether I ever wanted to see the Predator homeworld.
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Predator 2 wasn't as expertly directed as the original, but going into the drug fueled urban setting was convincing. It properly expanded on the original without giving too much away, like Aliens.
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Alright, I'll shutup now.
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Here ye, here ye. For those still ignorant or unsure, let there be no doubt that I am Batman is indeed the much ridiculed moviemack (aka the Eeyore of AICN). His trademark slogan, "Generation Dumbass", seals the deal.And if you think that the original PREDATOR was "never anything but schlock", I believe you are sorely mistaken. Sorely.
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arrogant redneck pricks. Fuck them and this shite of a movie.
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LOLIt's funny because it's true.
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And he knows it.
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Um, no. But if you actually read my post, you would have seen how it was directed towards those still in the dark.Bouncingly yours,-Tigger
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Not so much laser cannons, as the interface for the cannon. If Predators have FTL drives, then they can do biomechanicals. Hell, we can almost do it. Wait until your kids are teenagers and they come home from school and ask if it's all right to get Internet connections in their bellybuttons.
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It was raining in every outdoor shot right?
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Anyone remember when Predalien's first showed up in the comics? I think it was about 10 years ago. Also, shoulder cannon on the Predalien? Huh? Looking closely, it just appears to be a loop of exoskeleton, with the standard Alien biomechanical appearance.
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It wasn't released, it escaped! Thank you, that was my contribution.
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I recall enjoying it at the time. My expectations weren't high, unlike for Rocky V, which I also saw at the time, and which took a shit on me. I liked the change-of-battlezone to a heated city, and the little twist on not killing an unarmed person (pregnant cop). I also thought it was neat that a government agency was onto the Predator and it's tricks of "bending light." However, while I liked the climactic battle between Pred and Danny G. I felt there was no way Danny Boy could win.
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I like that idea of sophisticated Predetors, like the Smart Gremlin, sitting down having tea. Not like the Brain bug with the vagina mouth from Starship Troopers.
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So lame that I actually feel sorry for the poor thing now. I mean think about it....part Predator...part Alien...but belonging to neither race. Imagine the loneliness the Predalien must feel! The isolation! Poor thing must be quite neurotic too. Probably has ADD or OCD at the very least. We must be careful here...if the Predalien really starts to sink into drearyville, he might start cutting himself to feel alive. And with (presumeably) acid for blood, this could be very messy. He could ruin Christmas!!! I think we, the entire TB community, needs to have a happiness-intervention for the Predalien. We love you man!!!! You are among friends!!! Chin...err...up Predalien! You are a terrific person and a stand-up guy! You inspire joy-joy feelings in the people around you! You may not have a home on the Alien or Predator homeworlds, but you've got a home here at AICN!!
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HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A MOVIEGEEK AND NOT GET A BONER RE AVP?!?!?!?! I HOPE THIS SUCKS!! THE MORE CAMPY, STUPID, AND VIOLENT THIS IS, THE BETTER!!
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The way I see it, placing an AVP battle on earth was in interesting and cool concept, AVP just F'd it up. Who cares if a hand full of people get caught up in a battle if it's hundreds of feet under Antarctic ice?
But place that battle in a small town in middle America... I love the idea. I think this has the potential of being quite entertaining. Or it could go HORRIBLY wrong. It could serve to be the proverbial nail in the Alien and Predator franchises.
Only one way for me to find out... go see the movie, and I'll do exactly that.
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I just hate all things AVP (well, filmwise, games I can cope with).
I really like first predator but for me it's a movie while Alien is a classic film, and on a different (and superior) level.
Therefore this is just a horrid mutation in my eyes - much like the dumb creature they used to mess up Alien 4.
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we see the Predator home, we see a real predalien. Is there any reason to go see it now?
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I just assumed that the Predator was a kick ass hunter type. The idea of Predators in the civil service with skull coffee mugs and perhaps pin-stripe suits just tickles me enough to really dig it. As for AVP:R, the first one was an unmitigated pile of shit of that there is no doubt but dare I suggest or even hope that this one might be at the very least, a fun couple of hours at the flicks. Guess I'll find out soon enough.
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Great setup, improved fx. I'd say this one will be at least as good as Predator 2. I love how pissed off the Cleaner is when he sees the Predalien. You can almost here him complaining about dumbass trainees.
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The only thing that bothers me is that at the end of the last movie, the Preds didn't see the alien inside their dead comrade. The preds in the pyramid were able to detect lung cancer in Bishop, but they didn't see the alien hiding in there? Flames on Optimus, indeed!
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they brought him in, laid him on a table and left. maybe the next level of respect to a predator fallen by an alien is to hunt and kill what comes out.
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Any new talkbacker who starts off a post with "seriously" or "srsly guys" and then proceeds to irrationally spooge all over the film being discussed is a plant.
S'truth.
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he's like the Blofeld of the Terminator/Predator/Alien universes. he turns up in each one as a crazy guy who would get killed when in reality it was just one of his clones who he sends to monitor his deeds. he's the ONE!!!!!
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Of all the gin joints ,in all the sublevels,in all the colony, bitch walks into mine.
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Since all of these franchises have been run into the ground in one form or another, might as well put them all together. Robocop would be turning his head in the opposite direction, and firing at aliens and killing them with perfect accuracy.
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Further to Verns' Predator theory, I too have much time on my hands. ... Regarding the boring Predator world, I would conclude the species would not be called "predators" (that's the equivalent of calling humans "builders") but would probably be something flimsy and scientific. For the sake of labels, I shall refer to them as 'Stanleys' from here on out.That said, I would like to put fourth my theory of an ecological tornado like Geigers' Alien species and how it could possibly coexist with its' food source and survive without killing itself out house and home.I believe that the Aliens' home moon must be inhabited almost entirely by billions of flying moon krill who reside almost year long (a year on this moon would be 4 days) in the high altitude, feeding on the light debris that is blown into the atmosphere by the high winds common on their small moon.The Aliens, not so long ago, used to resemble something closer to a hairless ALF, however, their volatile DNA structure has meant that years of integration with moon krill DNA has evolved them into the recognisable forms we know today (egg laying, black and blind. Although most specialists hypothesise that the blindness probably equates to generations of moon krill flying into their eyes during hunting...).Most of the time, food is usually just as easy as climbing to 40,000 feet (although it takes 2 years to get there and is the reason for the long claws and agility) and opening ones mouth where the thick cloud of moon krill simply fly in.In the summer day of the year, an Alien can eat enough food to last him 8 years!During the winter day, the Alien must use his sharp teeth, mini-mouth and cunning to feast off the masses of moon krill found frozen to the mountain rock.In the Spring day of the year, the Krill descend en mass to the vast plains to feast on freshly fallen Autmun dust, attracting an Alien free-for-all. It's a spectacular event that entertains hundreds of tourists every year for what has become known as "The Krilling Floor" and is the main income of the Stanley tourist trade.The Stanleys' first stumbled upon this deadly moon in the turn of Earths 17th century and, soon, factions decided to hunt them for their pleasure. Alien activists protested this complete disregard for this perfect ecological wonderment and thus pass laws to ban all hunting of the Tearitongers (the name the Stanleys gave to the Aliens).Determined to hunt the deadliest creature known to Stankind, a few rogue crouponaires went on a 2 year mission and captured 14 Tearitongers & one queen and transported them to international 'waters', Earth, where they like to fight them on occasion without the Earthmen being any wiser. The ingenious cover up plan if all goes to hell (which it frequently does) is to detonate a small nuclear weapon over the crime scene. This receives little-to-no press due to Stanleys occupying high level political seats in all countries (except Micronesia where there are no seats).Welp, there's my morning gone.
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I blame STAR TREK and STAR WARS both. We're always talking about "desert planets" or "forest moons." But seriously. We call it a "forest moon" ... because it looks like the Amazon. We call it a "desert world" ... because it looks like the Sahara. But guess what? THE AMAZON AND THE SAHARA BOTH EXIST ON EARTH, RIGHT NOW. By that logic, some alien visitor to earth that happened to land in, say, Roswell would look around, and say, "Man, look at this desert world." Or in the Amazon, it would say, "Gosh, this must be a forest world." Remember Luke Skywalker landing on Dagobah? Is there anyone, anywhere, who thinks Lucas didn't envision it as an entire planet that looked like the Everglades on steroids? (Never mind that Luke crash-landed without contacting anyone -- and happened to crash-land WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE of his destination. Force, Schmorce -- it's like the planet was so small that it only had room for one hovel, let alone one climate. What is this, SUPER MARIO GALAXY? Even most big-time SF authors do this. I blame Frank Herbert. After DUNE, every alien world was that way. I guess the idea is that readers/audiences would be, you know, confused by having multiple terrains on the same world. I exempt Larry Niven, David Brin, a couple others, for making their alien planets more varied, or at least interesting and worked out in more detail. But overall, this has to be one of the least realistic (and most irritating) tropes in popular science fiction. I am at peace, for I know Vern agrees with me on this.
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at least that's nature, what about Coruscant, apparently nothing but cities!
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...and if you spell it like Geiger, you're probably also saying it wrong. Knock it off.
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Aliens did not wreck the mythos. Go back to rubbing yourself with Mein Kampf and leave this discussion to people without pointy heads.
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other planets in this solar system. They pretty much have one climate each. I think Mercury has two because it turns so slow. Kind of like Helios Prime, you're freezing or you're crispy. And insulting Herbert on this site is probably not a good way to win friends and influence people
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Prime confused, but you know what I mean
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...is Reiko Aylesworth absolutely filthy?
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Jarv's point is that you'll judge a film - for good or ill - sight unseen on a regular basis, just like many people here, but the difference is you act condescending to those who prejudge films in ways which differ from your own.
We all know how you enjoy "slumming it" and pretending that you also have a love for certain crap movies, but knowing you and the stick you have jammed up your ass about all things "quality", I'll bet virtually anything that in your DVD collection all you have is what you perceive to be "quality" films and not one single film you hate. -
Guys, I'm enjoying your banter about what defines a good movie, but surely the key word in this case is 'fun'?
Citizen Kane is a 'quality' film. Lawrence of Arabia is a 'quality' film. AVPR probably isn't going to be a 'quality' film, but I know which one I'd rather sit down in front of with some mates and a few beers... -
so go fuck yourself dipshit. Doc was far more eloquent about my point than I have the patience to be today, but if you fail, once again, to understand it (or are ignoring it- as is your wont), especially after I laid it out nicely without being rude for you in the Doomsday Talkback, then you can go and fuck yourself. Repeatedly, and without lube.
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I'll put my beloved copy of Leprechaun 3 up against any DVD you'll name that you own at least one DVD that fails to meet your utterly arbitrary and pointless standards. Or are you chicken?
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seeing as I know you are a gelded, spineless little cocksucker: I'll put my newly purchased Leprechaun Box set up against a forfeit to be named at a later date that you own more than one movie that fails to meet my utterly arbitrary standards of quality. You don't need to publish the complete list- I'll let you select 20 titles that you believe to be the lowest quality films in your collection.
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Dec 12, 2007 9:41:27 AM CST
Ever notice how the architecture of the future, or alien worlds
by crimson dynamo
always looks like it was all built at once? Unlike real cities, where some buildings were built years before others, and architecture styles change in the intervening years
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here's the link to the TB http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34989Maybe you didn't see it?
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It's not a subtlety. I've explained politely there.
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I do not know how two franchises could devolve into crap. Alien=perfect and Aliens=perfect. Both are sci-fi perfection and scary to boot. Now I would not call Predator 'schlocky' like some have here and it is a great action flick. But, were any of you over the age of 17 in 1987 and saw it in the theatre? If you were, then you know it was just an Arnie vehicle... Better than Commando in '85 or Raw Deal in '86. I saw it over the weekend on TBS, it was great. Predator 2 I saw when '90 when it came out, that was pretty damn good too. Loved Glover and Busey was awesome, like they might have actually a chance. Trophy scene at end was excellent. The alien skull was a treat but what got me were the colonial-era muskets.
For my money, I'd like to see a AvP with humans in mechs or powered armor suits, so the humans would have a chance of wiping out both. Because, given enough time, human would win. Human tech progress would accelerate past the Preds and Aliens are just stagnant. -
Dec 12, 2007 10:30:05 AM CST
We chose given the info we get, and the precedent we know of the
by lost jarv
Exactly. This is why AvP should be way down your to see list
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Is MOM trying to say "Lonesome"?
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and answer the fucking question, or take the bet. When you grow some balls I'll deem you worthy of noticing.
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this is erroneous, and where you fail. You also did say that you thought it would be great- meeting your description of quality. But I can't be bothered to dig it up again. Give up, fuckweasel.
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You're still missing the point: namely that you personally attack people who don't hold to your views when it comes to unseen films.
Also, I suppose Jarv and I win our bet, namely that you don't have any films on DVD that you hate, think are crap or are made by a director you dislike, right?
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...that feeble "patriotic" attack was the lamest thing you've ever pulled. Until you grow balls big enough to admit where you're from, attacks like that are not only meaningless, but also very, very cowardly.
Jarv and I are from different countries and besides, it's a virtual United Nations of people on AICN who despise you from what I gather. -
I'll make it easy on you: instead of 20 DVDs below your standards, why not just make it ten?
I don't even think you fucking have ONE let alone ten. You're one of those insufferable, boring, pretentious twats who ONLY has "quality" CDs and DVDs and books on his shelf, aren't you? It wouldn't do to have people judge you on anything else, now would it?
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How interesting, having a self-confessed friend of Milosevic and supporter of genocide as an acceptable measure in war call me a Nazi.
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Oh, you mean like "Milosevic got a bad rap. He was just trying to defend his country against Muslim invaders."?
Or could you possibly be implying the infamous "There is no such thing as a right-wing dictatorship"?
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M-O-M has had this coming. He has his head firmly inserted up his rectum, and yet spouts constant offensive hypocrisy at everyone else. Don't think he's your mate, he isn't, as soon as you profess to ove a film he deems stupid he'll turn on you like a rabid dog. So go back to your cave and rubbing your crotch with a dog-eared semen stained copy of mein kampf and leave the film arguing to people without pointy heads.
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I am fair, that link does work, you just have to take the spaces out. Try it again.
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...do you? You talk about this talkback being about "the movie discussed at hand" but you will bring up Michael Bay and Transformers in every fucking talkback you possibly can. Your hypocrisy truly knows no bounds.
Your hypocrisy and cowardice is also evident as soon as the discussions beome two-way. We posted a perfectly reasonable movie challenge to you, and you chickened out. This is because you prefer to declare things loudly, but never actually debate things. As soon as it gets too hot, you just bail out like a little bitch. What a surprise.
And now you're defending that fascist AnimalStructure.
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Here is why nothing you ever say will have any validity whatsoever:
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"There is no such thing as a right-wing dictatorship."
"Milosevic got a bad rap. He was just trying to defend his country against Muslim invaders." -
I've debated you and crushed you on numerous occasions. I've got nothing left to prove, maggot.
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Sorry to post off topic (Topic = political flames now, apparently), but Grammaton Cleric Binks inspired me! Incidentally, I have no problem with Herbert's DUNE. The idea of Arrakis being a desert world was basically the concept of the world, and informed everything from the 'worms to the stillsuits. That's completely fine. What I DO have a problem with is the fact that every subsequent author followed his lead, even when there was no good reason for it. DUNE was like STAR WARS: an undisputed classic that, through no fault of its own, has been imitated in the wrong ways.
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