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Posted by OpenMaw
 - Jan 07, 2018, 05:59:46 PM
Once again I must thank SiL for his amazing "walkthrough" of the original Shane Salerno draft. Still makes me laugh.

I was actually re-reading it, and one thing that I found sad is... Yeah the strause brothers really did make some improvements. One area they seemed to really weaken though was the treatment of the aliens. The fights in the script come off as far more brutal and meaningful.

If they had kept the crash more mysterious (Not showing the events that transpired aboard for one.) And had only four aliens to really cause all the chaos, having Wolf track and hunt down the aliens with diminishing results (Taking more injuries, each fight getting more brutal and desperate. Maybe having a big fight where he's being dogged and stalked by two aliens at once...) I think the film would have been much better in the AVP arena. Alas, we needed to have ten thousand aliens and a "badass" "unstoppable" Predator.


Quote from: SizzyBubbles on Dec 29, 2017, 06:29:33 AM
Improved? No.
I STILL LOVE IT JUST AS MUCH AS WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED  <3 <3 <3

http://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1467/30/1467300907188.png

I still have the special edition dvd with the embossed Chet cover. Love it.

I love the beautiful designs of the Aliens, Predalien, and Wolf. Mainly the aliens, they are some of my favorites.

Lots of love.

L O V E



Posted by SizzyBubbles
 - Dec 29, 2017, 06:29:33 AM
Improved? No.
I STILL LOVE IT JUST AS MUCH AS WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED  <3 <3 <3



I still have the special edition dvd with the embossed Chet cover. Love it.

I love the beautiful designs of the Aliens, Predalien, and Wolf. Mainly the aliens, they are some of my favorites.

Lots of love.

L O V E

Posted by Ultramorph
 - Dec 13, 2017, 02:49:13 AM
Got the Blu Ray two-pack the other day, time to see how bad this looks in hi def!  :laugh:
Posted by DerelictShip
 - Dec 13, 2017, 12:27:27 AM
I would be interested in seeing a well edited version of the film, with significantly more lighting.
Posted by genocyber
 - Dec 12, 2017, 11:04:15 PM
I feel that this film would benefit greatly from a directors cut to re edit certain scenes and fix the lighting issues, since the shots in the trailer looked great compared to what we got.
Posted by DerelictShip
 - Dec 12, 2017, 05:10:02 PM
Absolutely despise AVPR.


Literally attempted to watch it again, in god knows how long, got 5 minutes in, remembered how dark everything was, got frustrated. Turned the t.v. off.
Posted by SiL
 - Dec 10, 2017, 11:22:35 PM
I don't think they filmed it, either.
Posted by SM
 - Dec 10, 2017, 11:09:50 PM
As mean spirited as the film was - that ending would've plumbed new depths.
Posted by OpenMaw
 - Dec 10, 2017, 09:04:58 PM
Though I think the bleaker ending would make more sense... Sorta.

The movie feels like it thinks its being so f*cking clever with the whole "Government is evil" running "theme."
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Dec 10, 2017, 05:50:36 PM
Quote from: GreybackElder on Dec 09, 2017, 10:43:48 PMAn alternate ending to this film would be great!!

It really wasn't much different - essentially, the special forces soldiers that find the survivors just machine gun them all instead of rescuing them. They decided it was too bleak.
Posted by GreybackElder
 - Dec 09, 2017, 10:43:48 PM
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Nov 21, 2017, 09:49:08 AM
That I know of, there's the stuff with the kids, the skinned Predators, the alternate ending and probably at least a couple of other scenes mentioned in the scripts, characters from which are still listed in the film's credits, implying they were filmed and considered for inclusion at some point. In their commentary, the Strauses also talk about filming some Predator POV shots that never made the movie. And I'd assume the original final act where Dallas' kid brother dies exists in some form, as that was supposedly changed after a test screening.

Nothing groundbreaking, but out of curiosity I'd be interested to see whatever they have. As it is, the film's easily the shortest in the franchise, and I remember reading somewhere that it was cut quite considerably for time shortly before release. (Because Fox realised they had a stinker on their hands and just wanted to maximise how many times it could be shown in a day?)
An alternate ending to this film would be great!! But, Honestly I would just love a film where didn't have to adjust my TV everytime I watched it!
Posted by Alionic
 - Dec 06, 2017, 06:46:33 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Nov 20, 2017, 09:42:22 AM
I'd probably buy a re-release with the "right" colour grading on it.

I sincerely hope they release a 4k HDR set of both AVP films. It would obviously help AVPR immensely, but I think the pyramid scenes (I think the current lighting is fine) in the first one would benefit from the details.

Quote from: HuDaFuK on Nov 21, 2017, 09:49:08 AM
That I know of, there's the stuff with the kids, the skinned Predators, the alternate ending and probably at least a couple of other scenes mentioned in the scripts, characters from which are still listed in the film's credits, implying they were filmed and considered for inclusion at some point. In their commentary, the Strauses also talk about filming some Predator POV shots that never made the movie. And I'd assume the original final act where Dallas' kid brother dies exists in some form, as that was supposedly changed after a test screening.

Wow, I never heard about these. Interesting.
Posted by OpenMaw
 - Dec 05, 2017, 05:20:22 PM
Best thing to come out of this review is thanks to SiL's spelunking that lead to that hysterical script play-by-play review.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Dec 05, 2017, 04:04:44 PM
Quote from: SiL on Nov 21, 2017, 12:47:57 PM
and scenes at the high school during the day (scripted, not sure if filmed).

So that was apparently filmed.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Nov 22, 2017, 10:42:57 AM
Quote from: SiL on Nov 22, 2017, 10:08:30 AMWhy must you make me go spelunking into that God-awful script?

:laugh: No one has a gun to your head :P
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