Alien vs Predator trailer

Berandor · Mar 12, 2004

No, you see, the trailer looks alright... that's the deviousness behind it. But then it hits you with the full force of a Huge quicksilver-filled greatsword - the director is Paul W.S. "not P.T." Anderson. The movie can only suck.

Chain Lightning · Mar 12, 2004

And based on that, people are predicting the movie is gonna suck?

I can't speak for everyone else, but .... no, not based on that. I base my expectations that its going to suck mostly on what I've heard the story plot is about. However, even then I was still optimistic. I was thinking, " well, it may still manage to be cool despite my distaste for its premise...."

Then I also heard about certain things from the set through friends of friends that work in the industry. None of it was too.....nice......

[note: which again, like I said....could be nothing or could be something. Sometimes people just complain on a set when things get rough. And things will always get rough on a set. Or sometimes they complain because truly...things have gone totally south......

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Still, it may still be okay. But I doubt it more and more as time goes by.

But then it hits you with the full force of a Huge quicksilver-filled greatsword - the director is Paul W.S. "not P.T." Anderson. The movie can only suck.

And there yah go.

Actually, to be fair....in Anderson's defence, I personally don't find any of his movies to suck too much. None of them suck as bad as "Dreamcatcher" or "Musketeer". But then, none of them are excellent either. He's like a student that always gets a " C- " grade. Okay, sometimes a "D+" ( as with the movie "Soldier" ).

I wonder, is it fair to say that? After all, he didn't write the scripts of the movies he's directed. Actually, I do blame him...ha ha ha.....I found "Soldier" to be a pretty good script and his excecution of that script....to be rather poor.

I figure AVP will end up around the same realm as "Resident Evil". That's what I'm expecting. And to be clear....not based on the trailer. Just what info has been released about the film.

Shadeus · Mar 12, 2004

Krug said:
I'm sure they're going to have a scene where

a facehugger infects a Predator, and you have the ultimate predator, the alien-predator mix...

Heh, spoiler tags from a trailer...that's kind of funny.

shouit · Mar 12, 2004

I wished they would have stuck with the comic book and just done an adaption of that. That was pretty cool.

Altalazar · Mar 18, 2004

Ashrem Bayle said:
Some people....scratch that....most people on these boards are cynical pessimists.

*shrug* The trailer looked pretty cool to me.

I agree (though I haven't seen the trailer, so I can't comment on it).

I hate going into movies with all sorts of expectations. I like to go in with a blank slate, and it is what it is. Maybe it will be great, maybe not. No sense getting all upset about it.

Now a movie that I DO have high hopes for, notwithstanding the above, is Ender's Game! Great director, and the writer of the book is writing the script (with help from others).

Ferret · Mar 18, 2004

Ashrem Bayle said:
Some people....scratch that....most people on these boards are cynical pessimists.

*shrug* The trailer looked pretty cool to me.

Ah I'm not alone. I do however have the deficit of only seeing about the first 30 minutes of the second film.

Bass Puppet · Mar 19, 2004

For myself, I'm going to pay to see this with an exceptional low outlook. This way, I won't be too dissappointed if it blows corn nuts and very relieved if it's decent.

John Crichton · Mar 19, 2004

Bass Puppet said:
This way, I won't be too dissappointed if it blows corn nuts and very relieved if it's decent.

Hmm.

Okay, I'll bite. What are "corn nuts?" Seriously.

Heretic Apostate · Mar 19, 2004

Crichton: Corn nuts are a type of food that is generally available at movie theaters.

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Everyone else: What IS the plot supposed to be? So far, all I know is (1) it has Aliens, (2) it has Predators, and (3) at some point, the movie takes place on Earth.

That's it. There's got to be more known, right?

John Crichton · Mar 19, 2004

Heretic Apostate said:
Crichton: Corn nuts are a type of food that is generally available at movie theaters.

Really? Do they go by another name, too?

Heretic Apostate said:
Everyone else: What IS the plot supposed to be? So far, all I know is (1) it has Aliens, (2) it has Predators, and (3) at some point, the movie takes place on Earth.

That's it. There's got to be more known, right?

I'm sure there is a script review somewhere. Check IGN.com and aintitcool.com if you really want to know. But honestly, does it really matter what the plot is? All I really want to see is the 2 races fight each other. For a really long time.