AvP-R

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:17 pm

So would I.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LnQyHC86I8

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:02 pm

That was awsome!

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:44 pm

Well, that was impressive. Thanks, Jim.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:55 pm

Hurry up and release the film!

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:41 pm

I honestly believe it is going to be entertaining.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:52 pm

It has Aliens! It has Predators! It has people dying in horrible manners that would in real life make us cry and beg for our deaths to avoid having to see it! Of course its going to be entertaining! But will it be good?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:16 pm

I'd say it'll be very entertaining. But I'd also say it's going to be very, very, stupid in terms of plot. I don't know why, but I just have that feeling.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:20 pm

I dunno, the basic setup seems simple enough.

Spoiler warnings I suppose... I don't know much, but what I know lies ahead so stop now if surprise is your thing!

What basically happens is that the ship from the first AVP movie crashlands near this town. Most of the Predators are killed in the crash, and some aliens escape and go to town. The remaining Predator/s tries to stop them. Oh, and the Predator/Alien hybrid born at the end of the last movie is here.

I can't really see anything stupid or plot holey in that. Frankly it would be hard to mess it up, though messing simple things up is something Hollywood excels at I guess.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:49 pm

They certainly seem to have gone for more shock value and increased gore over suspense (which the first films of both these franchises had plenty of), but the cinematography certainly looks well handled, and provides a certain 'ambiance'.

The first Predator film had some rather horrifyingly bloody moments, and a good number of suspenseful scenes, so I'm hoping this movie will lean in that direction (where the first AVP leaned less towards gore, and more toward action/suspense).

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:01 pm

I think toning down the gore in the first AVP was entirely a matter of getting a lower certificate. Sad to say that acton movies now have to appeal to the 15/16 year olds because that's where a big section of the money is. Seriously, when was the last time you saw an action movie that didn't pull its punches throughout?

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:40 pm

Saving Private Ryan.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:43 am

True, though it was a war movie rather than an action movie.

Take a look at Die Hard 1 compared to Die Hard 4 though. There's a big difference in gore factor. Hell, in 4 they even cut off his "motherf****r" catchphrase.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:19 pm

It's just a sad fact of the "PC" epidemic and the watering-down of media to the prissiest common denominator - as well as the feeling of people to want to have the media do their parenting work for them.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:42 pm

Graham wrote:Frankly it would be hard to mess it up, though messing simple things up is something Hollywood excels at I guess.

Yeah, well I thought it would be hard to mess up an episode about breaking the Warp 10 barrier.
I think we all know how that turned out....