Today officially marks the 10th Anniversary of 2004’s Alien vs Predator movie: 13th August 2004. How time flies when we’re having fun. Alien vs Predator was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starred Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen and Raoul Bova. Upon its release, critical and fan reception was mostly negative but it grossed over $172 million worldwide. Were you around this community during the release? Remember how excited we all were?
When was the last time you saw the film? Has your opinion changed since the early days?
Hi, had no clue where Bouyetoya was so I looked in the AVP section on he homepage and under the "story" part I saw this;
" As the film takes place in the present day, Paul W.S. Anderson made it clear that he didn't want to contradict the previous Alien films so the story takes place on the Norwegian Antarctic island of Bouvet, far away from any civilization"
That's why I mentioned Norway :-)
However the queen didn't die of being forzen for a 100 years so I think that they could make a AVP 3 useing that queen, I don't think she's dead because I don't think that an alien can be killed by drowning it, never seen an alien die becuase of drowning on the big screen. Many ppl have said that they would like to see an AVP movie in a future setting and many have said that they would like to see the colonial marines in an AVP movie. Personally I agree with those ppl and support the idea.
The traffic control center doesn't even have to be a part of AVP3 but I think it could open up some doors, answearing some questions. They could for example confirm that the company knew more about the Space jockeys/ Aliens than they let on. I think that most issues with canon and continuity can be sorted out in a future setting, many ppl have already thought out ideas on how to make many of the issues work with canon, so why not throw in some stuff here and there as long it doesn't create new issues.
For example, When Charles Bishop Weyland died his brother Sir Peter Weyland ended up takeing over.
maybe that's something that could be mentioned in the movie and resolve one issue among many.
Traffic control would likely be close to the south pole in order to monitor the southern sky (the Nostromo was coming from the constellation of Reticulum - relative to Earth - which is a southern constellation.)
Bouvetoya is nearly 2000km from tha RSA base SANAE IV in Antarctica. It's another 2000km from there to the pole.
But isn't it in antartica, close to Norway? And is there any confirmation on where the space traffic control center is located, I just remember them mentioning antartica in the movie Aliens.
...No, she's one angry b***h :-) The Predators haven't forgotten about her, they've been watching her all along and when the colonal marines are sent in to clean s**t up it soon becomes a welcome setting for the Predators, war/ conflict. For a long long time they have been patiently waiting for the queen to come alive, for the humans to become strong enough to face the aliens...for the ultimate hunt to begin. And a hundred years from now, antartica isn't as cold as it is these days...god bless the ozone layer and let the hunt begin :-D
I think it could work, It could still be on earth, expanding on the story that began there but at the same time it can be set in the future and it would make it possible for us to see the colonal marines in action again.
Hey, I still love AvP too! I just sorely wish that Fox would continue with the storyline that the first film had established and set the franchise as a parallel but separate continuity from the Predator franchise and the Alien franchise, while still maintaining links to the first two Predator films, and the four Alien films. We would have three paths to choose from.
But the realist in me says that with the approach Fox is taking things now, that is not really likely to happen.
Best AVPGALAXY-member, ever.
Well, I've had the both the DVD and the Blu-Ray from the day ithey got released here in Sweden, I first saw the movie with PS3 and an older Plasma TV (LG), and my opinion is that the blu-ray is slightly better but the darkness issue is still present.
These days I use my PS4 and I bought a newer TV, a LG LED TV (47LM620T:ze), maybe it's the combination that removes the darkness issue, cause, the Alien used to look like a shadow before but when I watched the movie again a week ago, I could see the alien very clean. It surprised me because I didn't expect it at all.
Agreed. It brought me a little smile on my face..
Love the tagline, that's brilliant!
<runs for the door>
It will be a cold day in hell before I ever acknowledge another movie that has a xenomorph inside a high school.
I love both creatures but it's obvious that the aliens were favored. I liked AVPR a lot more, still not an award winner but better in my opinion. Though one could argue that the Predator is favored more in that one. I think that's the problem with versus films in general. Two great characters that can never be balanced out in a way that will make fans on both sides happy. Freddy vs Jason..same issue.
Oh, so THAT'S what was happening. I figured there must've been something going on but all I got was bad dialogue and some vaguely dark shapes on the screen.
When the film came out- that's exactly what I got.
A generous 3/5
When things like this happen , most of the time they nuke cities .
We did?
It far exceeded them.
I can tell you a lot of people won't be celebrating that anniversary but then again, I doubt that there will be an anniversary for that since we're getting the anniversary for AvP already. And I'm fine with that.
I'll tell you what might be in store for the anniversary of AvP-R's tenth.. A mass DVD/Blu-ray burning.
EDIT
Oh, right, I said "every". My bad.
When does that happen though? All that stuff is specifically commissioned.
My old script shouldn't be made into a movie, let alone wouldn't -- it's got some serious issues I could never be bothered to fix on account of the whole "It's just fan-fic" thing. I wanted to see if I could write a story that did both creatures justice at the same time -- by all accounts I did. Alas, much of the rest of the script was rather lacking
Well ironically enough Anderson's avp idea was just his own fan fiction for 10 years...
Context.
You're talking about SiL's script getting made as a legit AvP film. Not going to happen. Not through lack of talent - 'cos he is a talented f**ker - but simply because that isn't the way the world works.
Fifty Shades was an original work. Doesn't matter if it started as Twilight fan fic - it's an original story with original characters and no longer fan fic.
You've missed the point. I never said 'Dont try'. I said 'Don't expect your fan fic to get picked up by Fox'. They'll call you when they want you; not the other way round. Rowling and Anderson don't have careers because they wrote fan fic.
lolnope? That doesn't make any sense. I say (paraphrasing) you should try to follow your dreams if you want to be successful (in this instance in a creative endeavor). You say that that's delusional. I cite these two as people who had tried - and succeeded. And you respond that they started out writing fanfiction?
So what if they did? How does that make their success (and I imagine satisfaction) any less real? The person who wrote "Fifty Shades" started off writing Fan Fiction (I think about Twilight) and is now having her novels turned into a movie. I'm sure she gives a shit that people say she started off writing fan-fiction too.
Ultimately, though - from 50 shades lady to Anderson, fanfiction or no, they are living their professional dream. I read on here that you'd like to work to in movies one day - do you? If so, then clearly you tried and succeeded in what you set out to do (at that stage at least); if you don't and have never tried (as you seem to advocate here) then you're never going to work in movies - unless Cameron plucks you off the street to be the next John Connor or something.
Look - at the end of the day, many try, most give up. But some win. Even if they do write fan-fiction. lolyep?
That said...Anderson did get one thing right. He set the movie on the remotest continent of Earth.
Because both Rowling and Anderson started their careers writing fanfic.
lolnope
Even though I'd probably rank it as my 7th or 8th favorite of the franchises, I don't hate it. Part of that is because I had no hype, no anticipation when I first watched it (that same kind of hype led to my colossal disappointment of Prometheus). And consequently I can even find the movie a little nostalgic.
Looking back now there are still some elements I dig about the movie. Like the setting. Antarctica's the most isolated place on Earth, and I liked how the scenes with the abandoned whaling station lit only by the flares/flashlights looked, so I think it was a great setting choice for the ALIEN side of the film. And the ancient pyramids was a link to the continued presence of the Predators in human history, so that was cool for the Predator side of the film. I still like the concept of Predators hunting prey in a constantly shifting maze of a pyramid. The idea of seeing Weyland and his original company was pretty cool (pre-Prometheus retcon). And the fight scenes were decent, at the least.
Finally, it's not AvP: R.
Action in Antarctica? This is soooo cheap. Idea for naive kids.
However - I still prefer much more this weak movie than Prometheus.
At least i can laugh from AVP.
Prometheus is not funny. This is very sad movie about giant squids and bald, agressive guys from space.
Where is this script? I don't think I've had the pleasure.