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We Were At The Prey Premiere! Here’s Our Early (Spoiler Free) Thoughts!

Alien vs. Predator Galaxy staffer Adam “RidgeTop” Zeller and frequent collaborator Mikey were at the San Dan Diego Comic Con premiere of Dan Trachtenberg’s new Predator film, Prey. And here’s what they have to say on the film.

You can also check out other early reactions that hit Twitter following the premiere here.

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  1. Lionhart
    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Aug 04, 2022, 01:38:01 PM
    Quote from: PredatorvsAliens on Aug 04, 2022, 01:10:41 AMwatching movies at home will always be the better option in my opinion
    there is always that ahole who dont turn off their phone
    or people talking in the middel of the movie
    and dont get me started on the ticket prices and what the candy cost

    so i say home is the best place to watch movies.

    I kinda agree.

    Most definitely.
    You could also build a home theater and get a better enjoyment without those aholes "who dont turn off their phone
    or people talking in the middle of a movie"
  2. Prez
    Quote from: Highland on Aug 04, 2022, 11:48:25 AM
    Quote from: Prez on Aug 04, 2022, 12:59:11 AM
    Quote from: Highland on Aug 03, 2022, 07:32:09 AMNot sure if it's been mentioned but I just watched the preview on Disney + for Prey.

    It's going to stream in 4K, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.  8)

    Super pumped, my viewing of this at home will be better than the cinema could have provided.

    I'm curious @Highland and this is no slight on you either... do you prefer the home viewing as it's superior quality vs cinema or just the experience as a whole?

    Personally even the best home system for me doesn't offer me the same `escape' experience going to the movies does.

    Either way like you I'm super pumped for tomorrow night's viewing at home :-)

    Both. Home viewing on a high end large OLED and a surround system is better than the Cinema, since I have everything set up to focus on my seat and the contrast and brightness is higher in quality. 

    Unless you're sitting in a proper IMAX cinema, you won't get that deep black and sharpness.

    The cinema is about the experience of the movies, but I think at this point in time the right gear has caught up and even surpassed it in some areas.

    The last time I remember being wowed by a movie at the Cinema was actually Prometheus in 3D. 

    Fair points. That setup sounds nice. I'm slowly building my own (I've got a beautiful OLED TV but it's a bit small at 55"). Sound system and a good quality 4K player is next.


    Quote from: PredatorvsAliens on Aug 04, 2022, 01:10:41 AMwatching movies at home will always be the better option in my opinion
    there is always that ahole who dont turn off their phone
    or people talking in the middel of the movie
    and dont get me started on the ticket prices and what the candy cost

    so i say home is the best place to watch movies.

    Fair points as well.
    I agree that I get really annoyed with the talkative types in cinemas (luckily I get time during the week to see films at quieter times). Also we've got some good cinema deals locally so we're not forking out $AUD21-25 for a ticket rather $AUD10-12.

    Candy prices? Yep. Will never forgot filling up a bucket or assorted sweets and getting told it was close to $30  :o
  3. Highland
    Quote from: Prez on Aug 04, 2022, 12:59:11 AM
    Quote from: Highland on Aug 03, 2022, 07:32:09 AMNot sure if it's been mentioned but I just watched the preview on Disney + for Prey.

    It's going to stream in 4K, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.  8)

    Super pumped, my viewing of this at home will be better than the cinema could have provided.

    I'm curious @Highland and this is no slight on you either... do you prefer the home viewing as it's superior quality vs cinema or just the experience as a whole?

    Personally even the best home system for me doesn't offer me the same `escape' experience going to the movies does.

    Either way like you I'm super pumped for tomorrow night's viewing at home :-)

    Both. Home viewing on a high end large OLED and a surround system is better than the Cinema, since I have everything set up to focus on my seat and the contrast and brightness is higher in quality. 

    Unless you're sitting in a proper IMAX cinema, you won't get that deep black and sharpness.

    The cinema is about the experience of the movies, but I think at this point in time the right gear has caught up and even surpassed it in some areas.

    The last time I remember being wowed by a movie at the Cinema was actually Prometheus in 3D. 

  4. PredatorvsAliens
    watching movies at home will always be the better option in my opinion
    there is always that ahole who dont turn off their phone
    or people talking in the middel of the movie
    and dont get me started on the ticket prices and what the candy cost

    so i say home is the best place to watch movies.
  5. Prez
    Quote from: Highland on Aug 03, 2022, 07:32:09 AMNot sure if it's been mentioned but I just watched the preview on Disney + for Prey.

    It's going to stream in 4K, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.  8)

    Super pumped, my viewing of this at home will be better than the cinema could have provided.

    I'm curious @Highland and this is no slight on you either... do you prefer the home viewing as it's superior quality vs cinema or just the experience as a whole?

    Personally even the best home system for me doesn't offer me the same `escape' experience going to the movies does.

    Either way like you I'm super pumped for tomorrow night's viewing at home :-)
  6. Highland
    Not sure if it's been mentioned but I just watched the preview on Disney + for Prey.

    It's going to stream in 4K, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.  8)

    Super pumped, my viewing of this at home will be better than the cinema could have provided.
  7. El Diablo
    Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Aug 03, 2022, 05:40:53 AM
    Quote from: El Diablo on Aug 03, 2022, 04:58:45 AMJust got back from the premiere in Westwood. We had an absolute blast and got to meet Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro and Alec Gillis afterwards. I still think this should have been a theatrical release. The energy in that theater tonight was incredible. What a crowd pleaser.

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    Nice! I wanted to go to this. Did you get tickets or just show up?

    We were guests of a friend who was invited by the Disney/Hulu folks. The line fiasco at the Comic-Con event was unpleasant but some who couldn't get in were offered this instead.
  8. Mike’s Monsters
    Quote from: El Diablo on Aug 03, 2022, 04:58:45 AMJust got back from the premiere in Westwood. We had an absolute blast and got to meet Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro and Alec Gillis afterwards. I still think this should have been a theatrical release. The energy in that theater tonight was incredible. What a crowd pleaser.

    https://i.postimg.cc/4mzJd9Zd/03511-D2-E-1005-43-D8-AB32-A1051968-FD8-B.jpg

    https://i.postimg.cc/8J91FdjF/06-AE5600-4-B81-41-B3-B625-CC6-E9093-C0-C1.jpg

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    Nice! I wanted to go to this. Did you get tickets or just show up?
  9. El Diablo
    Just got back from the premiere in Westwood. We had an absolute blast and got to meet Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro and Alec Gillis afterwards. I still think this should have been a theatrical release. The energy in that theater tonight was incredible. What a crowd pleaser.

    https://i.postimg.cc/RVYqg7Dc/03511-D2-E-1005-43-D8-AB32-A1051968-FD8-B.jpg

    https://i.postimg.cc/Fzs1BDvx/06-AE5600-4-B81-41-B3-B625-CC6-E9093-C0-C1.jpg

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  10. Some Facebook guy
    Thanks for your kind words Mike. I love this franchise, it means a lot to me. And there are times in my life where it has felt you guys kept it alive. I grew up as a kid obsessed with predator, I've wanted this sort of film for many years. And even though I'm yet to see it, it ticks that many boxes for me that I just know I'll love it. (Big the revenant fan here)

    I supposed it just gets on my nerves the way some people behave. Super critical and negative about anything and everything and it's honestly got exhausting now. Rather than be excited by the prospect of a decent predator film for once they want to try and bring it down with negativity. It's such a shame. I suppose that's what happens when you get too many hit and miss films. People go into herd mentality and think everything after will be bad and dismiss it.

    You guys have always had a sound judgment in your critiques imo. That's how I know I can trust you guys with what you're saying.


    Thanks for the review and making me smile the other day. Hearing it was kickass was like the best present all year. Looking forward to hearing Aaron's take on it this week.

    Peace out.
  11. Mike’s Monsters
    Quote from: Some Facebook guy on Jul 25, 2022, 04:39:31 PMGetting really tiresome having to defend AvPgalaxy on Facebook. The amount of trolls trying to make out you guys got paid is nuts. One does have to wonder at this point, are they actually predator fans? I find it hard to believe they have never heard of AvPGalaxy if they are. And if so they'd know to trust your judgement. I'm not saying we all should like it just because you guys did. But in many ways you guys have kept this franchise alive.

    But the toxic train is really starting to bug me now. We finally get a great film by the looks of things, and people are already trying to write it off, all because of a female lead.  It's really sad how toxic things have gotten.

    I dread to see how terminator and alien would play out, if it came out now..

    We appreciate you!

    I personally make these videos and praise what I love to push back against all of the negativity we see online these days. I try to make an entertaining, but honest piece of visual content that will inform other fans how someone like them may have be able to view the media.

    I also absolutely understand that not everyone thinks like I do, and won't vibe with what I make or have to say. The ones who can discuss it like adults are worth and deserve my time. The trolls are just jealous that they aren't in my shoes, doing what I do, or are just very angry people that should go to therapy so they can stop being so hurt by a woman being in their Predator film. Especially when it is about what a Predator looks like. Or anything of the sort in their favorite franchises.

    Thank you for speaking for us!
  12. azamultic
    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jul 25, 2022, 03:37:25 PM
    Quote from: Kradan on Jul 25, 2022, 02:04:22 PM
    Quote from: happypred on Jul 25, 2022, 01:25:24 PMthe two Loonies shooting each other

    Hey, I felt something when that happened !

    Me too actually. First of two times in this film, second one being Nebraska sacrificing himself. That's not much for a whole movie though.
    Same here guys! The only good thing out of the last movie is Loonies, still love Shane Black style of friendship. And also loved Nebraska in that movie same way loved Dillon in original.
  13. Some Facebook guy
    Getting really tiresome having to defend AvPgalaxy on Facebook. The amount of trolls trying to make out you guys got paid is nuts. One does have to wonder at this point, are they actually predator fans? I find it hard to believe they have never heard of AvPGalaxy if they are. And if so they'd know to trust your judgement. I'm not saying we all should like it just because you guys did. But in many ways you guys have kept this franchise alive.

    But the toxic train is really starting to bug me now. We finally get a great film by the looks of things, and people are already trying to write it off, all because of a female lead.  It's really sad how toxic things have gotten.

    I dread to see how terminator and alien would play out, if it came out now..
  14. BlueMarsalis79
    Quote from: ouroboros on Jul 24, 2022, 07:45:46 PMif this is good (and I really hope to god it is) then it'll be the best Alien or Predator movie in arguably 30 years (Not particularly looking to diss any of those entries from that period but they all have some pretty huge flaws and in my opinion are tonally way off from the original movies). My question to the guys who have seen it would be: what's been done by Dan Trachtenberg and crew so successfully here that other films in the series' have failed to do? Is there any sort of lesson to be learnt that might see better Alien films being made in the future? 

    In thirty years exactly.  ;D
  15. ouroboros
    if this is good (and I really hope to god it is) then it'll be the best Alien or Predator movie in arguably 30 years (Not particularly looking to diss any of those entries from that period but they all have some pretty huge flaws and in my opinion are tonally way off from the original movies). My question to the guys who have seen it would be: what's been done by Dan Trachtenberg and crew so successfully here that other films in the series' have failed to do? Is there any sort of lesson to be learnt that might see better Alien films being made in the future? 
  16. Mike’s Monsters
    Quote from: Yautja888 on Jul 24, 2022, 07:16:29 PMThey're not paid just overhyped ,after the stupid parody The Predator was you just need a predator hunting and getting trophies and everyone will feel so much joyin comparison.Soon they will get back to their senses and say Predator 2 is way superior than Prey.

    Maybe wait until you see the movie to know if we were overhyped. I said this has been a Predator story I've wanted for my entire life as a fan, and I got it. So I think that it may be that I just liked the movie, and a little more than the very fantastic Predator 2 with it being what I've wanted for a very long time.

    It seems like people are taking the comments of it being as good, or the best sequel the wrong way. It doesn't make Predator 2 a bad movie, it doesn't lower it's quality. Predator 2 is still amazing, but Prey is it's own movie and story that I can absolutely say I loved. Is it a bad thing if the movie is as good; or maybe better than Predator 2? That's super silly to me if people think that a new movie in our franchise can't be as good as what we got before. And if you watched the video, I said Predator 2 is my favorite Predator movie. Just some things for you to think on.
  17. Yautja888
    They're not paid just overhyped ,after the stupid parody The Predator was you just need a predator hunting and getting trophies and everyone will feel so much joyin comparison.Soon they will get back to their senses and say Predator 2 is way superior than Prey.
  18. GreybackElder
    Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Jul 24, 2022, 03:32:17 PMOne of these days I need to post it somewhere but I had this pitch of a samurai ghost story where said samurai survives a brutal battle, finds he can't cope with the loss, and said ghost (the Predator) having followed him back home. Think a guy going nuts but there's one actual monster.

    I've always wanted to see a period piece with Predator vs samurai. It just makes sense. 3 sparks was one of my favorite short stories in the "if it bleeds" predator anthology.

    I love the concept of a warrior haunted by his victim or his past and it's a predator who has become obsessed with its prey. I can just imagine it. The samurai sitting in front of a fire, hearing the voice of his most recent enemy. Or the samurai is resting and he hears his house door open and the sound of footsteps along the floor. Slowly driving him towards insanity. Sign me up.
  19. frasermaxx
    Cool spoiler free review guys, great job and envy you guys as you got to see it on a big screen:) Anyways can't wait to watch it on streaming. Just a few queries though don't need details or spoilers a simple yes or no will do:)
    - Is the infrared vison the classic one or something new?
    - Is the music bombastic and primal like Alan Silvestris?
    - Are there any spine rip or trophy making scenes?
    - Is the medikit used?
    - Do the mandibles close:)?
  20. CANNON
    Love this, great discussion and comparisons. Thank you for the reaction video!

    This has exponentially built my anticipation for the film and I can't wait until the 5th.


    Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Jul 24, 2022, 03:32:17 PMOne of these days I need to post it somewhere but I had this pitch of a samurai ghost story where said samurai survives a brutal battle, finds he can't cope with the loss, and said ghost (the Predator) having followed him back home. Think a guy going nuts but there's one actual monster.

    I would love that. Sort of like the great Kurosawa's, 'Throne of Blood' meets predator.

    Great idea.
  21. SuperiorIronman
    One of these days I need to post it somewhere but I had this pitch of a samurai ghost story where said samurai survives a brutal battle, finds he can't cope with the loss, and said ghost (the Predator) having followed him back home. Think a guy going nuts but there's one actual monster.
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