What made you a Pred and/or Alien fan in the 1st place?
Me, it was a combinitation of a pic of the 1st alien I saw at about age 6 or 7 and watching AVP.
This was the picture:
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fenc.absoluteavp.com%2Fpics%2Falien.jpg&hash=baba61db75ef92960cd50d82d6f39f9ae1bc5469)
Also, I remember seeing the Alien poster around the same age above and that image stuck in my mind, I even drew the egg for a while.
EDIT:
Also, my grandmother used to run a comic book store and I remember two Alien comics:
Batman/Aliens and Superman/Aliens.
I first saw the predator when I was 9 years old and he became my favorite cuz he had all the gadgets and weapons u can think of! ;D
Listening to "Aliens" from bed when I was a kid as the adults watched it, the Cobra-Alien toy synched the deal. I was a little disappointed when the Cobra-Alien wasn't any of the films.
Just viewing Aliens and Predator the first time when I was around 7 or 8. Watching them at such a young age had an effect on me I suppose and I've been a fan since.
love the first Predator but AVP really got me into the franchise.
The whole movie
Seen all the films since I was a kid. What got me into it was when I bought the Predator SE DVD and played a demo of AvP2. On one Predator mission. Was totally amazed at how great it was.
I had occassionally seen edited-for-TV broadcasts of the first two movies when I was a kid, and then, when the Aliens: Earth Hive novel came out in '92 I bought and read it, and have been hooked ever since.
-Pax
What made me a fan was the first time I saw Aliens, of course when it came out I wasn't aloud to watch it but eventually I did and fell in love with the entire story line. After viewing Aliens I went back and watched the orginal and liked it as well. Predator use to scare the crap out of me espcially when he took off his mask but after you grow up it's not so scary...or is it??? ;D
Saw all alien movies when I was a little kid, loved them. Hence, alien fanboy in general. Plus they're cool :P
First I saw AvP and I thought the aliens were really cool creatures. Then I saw the alien series and then the predator movies. I fell in love with both of them.
I can't remember which one I saw first - I think it was Aliens - and I thought it was brilliant. They have always been my fav movies. The internet just solidified my fandom.
Ha ha mine tops your's all!!!!
At 14 I was at Walt Disney World I was at MGM Studios and went on the Great Movie Ride. Before the ride they show the trailers of the movies on the ride. You know the classic wind howling kinda effect of the Alien trailer?
Anyway on the ride they had Ripley and behind her they had slime dripping from the ceiling. Then farther on they had a really nice Alien anamatronic come out from the wall.
After that it was Alien movies then Predator then AVP. That's my story. Yeah!! ;D
Quote from: Dark_Magician on Mar 10, 2007, 10:37:25 PM
What made you a Pred and/or Alien fan in the 1st place?
Me, it was a combinitation of a pic of the 1st alien I saw at about age 6 or 7 and watching AVP.
This was the picture:
http://enc.absoluteavp.com/pics/alien.jpg
Seeing the movie I am weird i had always loved things that to most girls are gross and scary. But what really got me into it was the pair of Scar and lex, I know im really weird
I became a fan when i first saw Predator. Then i saw Predator 2. Then i heard about Alien vs Predator comics and i read one. Then i wanted to see Alien and i did. Then i saw the rest of the movies and i was hooked. So it was the first Predator movie that made me a fan.
Well, I'd been watching Aliens since I was 5 but it wasn't until I was 10 than I became a fan. I was forced to sit down and watch it all and finally became obsessed. Soon enough I was playing AvPGold, visiting AvPNews - I remember actually lurking the forums until I was old enough to sign up. Then...when I learnt HTML, I made AvPWorld and that led me on a path to here.
the first time i saw aliens and predator, i was like 8 years old, i get pretty scared hahaha, dont know why but i became a fan :D A HARDCORE FAN!!! 8)
The commercials for the fist predator movie.
I was about 7 or 8 at the time.
I dreamed of what the predator was and what he was all about.
The next year I saw the movie and it was everything I expected and more.
The predator is kind of like a hero to me.
Quote from: Nihilus on May 01, 2007, 02:16:46 AM
The commercials for the fist predator movie.
I was about 7 or 8 at the time.
I dreamed of what the predator was and what he was all about.
The next year I saw the movie and it was everything I expected and more.
The predator is kind of like a hero to me.
cute.......
I saw Predator when i was four years old, and i thought that the pred was the coolest thing i saw since batman returns, coincidentally i also the alien movies when i was four, in a FOX tv special that showed all three movies, and i also thought that those aliens were awesome, then i started buying toys, and later had little fights with them, not knowing that an actual Alien vs Predator comic book even existed. 13 years later and i'm still a major fan of these two sci-fi creatuers, THE BEST designs for any costumes EVER.
I became a fan during the summer before I went to the 6th grade. I played avp extinction and when I played the preds, using all there cool weapons and seeing how badass they were, that made me interested in them. After I started watching the movies, I got hooked for life.
I remember my Dad had bought a few brand new Videos from a guy in the local Pub back in 1990 and Aliens was one of them. My mum wouldn't let me watch it because it was an 18 certificate. So one night i snuck down stairs and watched it while everyone was in bed ;D And when i finished watching it i was like WOW! F*CKING HELL! so i watched it again straight away. Then i saw a copy of Alien in a video store and i learnd it was the first movie to Aliens. Again wasn't allowd to watch it so i borrowd a copy off my friends Dad (when i say borrowd i nicked it ;D) and watched it in Private. Been an Alien fan ever since :D it was the second movie that got me hooked. Then wheni saw the first i was blown away.
would anyone belive me if i said i have been a fan girl for less then a month and yet im really obsesed with avp? ???
You've been a member for about five days and you already have 60 posts under your belt, I believe you. ;)
Quote from: fluxcap on May 04, 2007, 04:02:33 AM
You've been a member for about five days and you already have 60 posts under your belt, I believe you. ;)
{grins and glomps him purring}
At first it was watching AvP. Meh, not great, but pretty wicked.
Then I saw the Predator movies, and I thought that the Preds were the bomb.
But one night, this year, Alien Resurrection came on, and I watched it, then Alien 3, then I watched Alien at my dad's. I got hooked onto the Aliens.
Now my older bro and I have fights about who would win all of the time.
This site did the biggest in it, though. Just looking at it, I can tell that it's been up and running for a long time. Which really says: Hey, this site on AvP has been up for a long time, which has to mean something.
So everything came together for me quickly. Thanks to Wikipedia's similar links.
I saw the Alien movies when I was 6-7 years old. I instantly became interested in the creatures and started drawing them. Then came a time when I was around 12 and saw Predator. For me, it was the best movie. I watched Predator2 a year after that.
Ehehe, sadly, I got hooked by watching AvP in theaters. With Ansul, actually! ^-^ That was back before I was nerdy and cool :3 And now I looove Aliens! Though I've never seen any of the Predator movies... T.T I gotta work on that. But actually, I probably wouldn't have gotten into AvP unless Anny had introduced me into the world of Star Wars. Ahh, Star Wars, my introduction into a world of fun!
And so, through Anny I fell in love with Star Wars, then AvP! ^-^ Hooray! Though I'm probably not a 'true' fan to most of you, having not seen any of the other Alien movies except for Alien itself... T.T I feel so inadequate...
Well i became at the age of 7 cause i was watching tv and my mom and sister put in a movie they said i would like it I LOVED IT after that i was obessed with predator i saw his second movie a week later it drove me nuts seeing the net gun.But what really had me hooked was how the predator acted in the first movie hunting them skinning them alive and how he had the collection of skulls on a tree.
For me, it was about 1984/85 (I was roughly ten years old at the time), my mother let me bring the TV into my room to watch a late night showing of a science fiction film I had only heard about in passing. A friend had told me he really liked it, so there I lay in my bed with the lights out and watched ALIEN for the first time.
I have never shit so hard in my life. From the facehuger onwards, I barely breathed.
Hooked ever since.
Seeing a trailer when I was really young for Predator on TV really intrigued me, but buying the first AvP comic is what clinched it. Then, I watched the films and read some more comics, and I've been into it ever since.
I was ten years old and I saw Aliens, after that I was hooked/obsessed.
I first saw Aliens when I was 4 (my dad edited out the swears and made me turn my head at parts) and Alien when I was 6 (same) Alien Resurrection when I was 8 or 9 (same) and Alien 3 at 10 or 11 (same). I like the look of the Aliens and the Stories. Hoping for Alien 5!
- ALIENS ROCK!
what made me a fan was that when I was little my uncle had toys,pictures, and movies of aliens and predators.
One day I spotted an Alien action figure at my uncles house, I didn't know what it was at the time, but I stil thought it was cool. A couple of years later while surfing the 'Nets I stumbled upen an Alien site, watched some clips, saw some pictures, and then I saw AVP (back when I liked it), and then I saw the golden movie. I've been a fan ever since.
I became a Predator fan when I was twelve. I was sick with pnumonia and I couldn't find anything good on TV until I flipped past the scene where Arnie plummets into the water and the Predator follows him. My dad convinced me to keep watching and I was hooked once I saw the Predator; I thought he looked awesome. I still remember exactly what I said when I saw the Predator's face under the mask, "HOLY CRAP! HE'S REALLY UGLY!" ;D I saw Alien about two years later after I bought and played the AvP2 game; the whole time I played the game I had no clue what the"monster bug things" were.
Alien was the first Horror film I ever saw. I was 4 when I first saw it. After that I saw the rest of the films. Thanks to my dad. ;D
my dad drew me a picture when i was real young then i watched the movies and have loved them ever since:)
what mades me a fan?
well ..maybe the fact that i've seen Aliens 335 times and Predator like 200..maybe..i lost the count 1 year ago ???
Because Predator is just so cool-looking.
my mom reportedly watched alien during labor. and if that won't mess you up, i don't know what will.
seriously though, first conscious memory involves me was a child of about 7 kept up at night be creepy thoughts of that chestburster. for some reason, the big alien never bothered me, but the little one gave me the creeps.
My cousin wanted me to watch Alien3 back in the mid-90s as he taped it from ITV the night before. However, he had seen it before and so when I watched it with him, he kept rewinding and fastforewarding it to bits that were more interesting but then he would have to go back as I didn't understand what was going on. It essentially ruined my first experience with the film.
Later that year I put Aliens on VHS at a Bootsale and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is in my Top 20 Best films of all time. I eventually got round to watching the whole saga.
I don't remember the first time I watched Predator but whenever it was on I'd stay up late to watch it.
first alien film I saw was Aliens, then i got hooked. predator was before though. I liked that a lot.
avp and the alien.
Watching bits of Alien3 on TV. I didn't know wtf was going on in the movie, just that the Alien was the most evil looking monster I had ever seen. From there I looked for the other movies. Eventually I came to know that the Aliens had a foe (through the games), the Predator. Watched the Predator movies and I liked them. That's more or less it.
Seeing production artwork from an "upcoming movie titled Alien" in some magazines back in 1978.
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv338%2Fmaledoro%2FAVP%2Ff172c309.gif&hash=7765e753ac9d459a46091927ef6d2891fdfaf619)
I watched Aliens because my brothers mate recommended it, I watched it and it was the best film ever (until I saw alien 3 ;D)
well i first got predator 1 film when i was about 8-9 (15 now) and ever since that i really loved the predator race over the alien race, because the predator was the first one i saw and i think that the alien race is too much built round the queen while the predators go it all alone! :[)
I liked the predator films,but I only became a big fan after I saw avp.
i was added to the fan list when i first boght alien mistaking it for another movie.
I first got interested recently when The Invisible hunter and Alien Freak were chatting about.The very same day I become a member here and I LOVE it.
I didn't really have a choice, Predator 2 was the second movie I ever saw (the first was Backdraft, and stop sn***ering that film has basically shaped my lifeplan) and Aliens (this would have been around 1992-1994) not long after that so I was pretty much influenced before I could make a decision. I grew up idolising Dutch, Harrigan and Hicks and I remember thinking the aliens and preds were the scariest things I would ever see...
My Grandpa was a big Predator fan and he would watch it everyday. My Mom said if I liked that then I would like Alien. She got the Alien Legacy (5 Cassette VHS set) for me and I watched the first one, then I was hooked
Quote from: Vemados on Sep 07, 2007, 05:04:34 AM
My Grandpa was a big Predator fan and he would watch it everyday. My Mom said if I liked that then I would like Alien. She got the Alien Legacy (5 Cassette VHS set) for me and I watched the first one, then I was hooked
your family rocks.
Quote from: The Invisible Hunter on Sep 06, 2007, 07:34:11 PM
i was added to the fan list when i first boght alien mistaking it for another movie.
What movie did you think it was? Just curious.
Quote from: arachnophilia on Sep 07, 2007, 07:35:01 AM
Quote from: Vemados on Sep 07, 2007, 05:04:34 AM
My Grandpa was a big Predator fan and he would watch it everyday. My Mom said if I liked that then I would like Alien. She got the Alien Legacy (5 Cassette VHS set) for me and I watched the first one, then I was hooked
your family rocks.
I agree. I didn't watch Alien 1-3 until last April.
Wow, this is considered an important topic. I feel so honored. Thank you to all who posted!
Said it before, and I'll say it again. I was 4 years old when I watched ALL 6 films. Even my young mind when watching AvP knew it wasn't true to the other films and was a piece of shit.
I was 5-6 years old when I first saw Predator and thats what got me basically hooked into both these franchises.
My dad and I always had a thing for good movies so I got to see alot of cool movies years before any of my friends did.
My dad let me watch Predator and Aliens when I was very young...like six years old.
I even got to see Resurection in the movies when I was in 3rd grade ;D
R.I.P Dad...
Well Its not the best story ever but here I go I saw Alien Resurrection when I was a kid, I didn't understand anything at all just pure violence and gore, anyways I was disgusted for days but I really liked the Alien character and how it put them in a scared position and complicating their life. Then I forgot all about it then comes 2004 and I'm on a train on my way to New Jersey and I spot a news paper and has the ad for AVP, the Alien I remembered but then I saw the Predator at its side I thought the Predator looked cooler. I looked back at the Predator films loved the first one especially when some guy who came over used to think Arnold was the man, then I saw the second one not as good as the first one but had good moments. I was hooked to the Predator. I went back after AVP to see the Alien got hooked with that one to right after I saw Aliens (and I saw the difference with resurrection) then I saw Alien or only part of it I have yet to finish the movie and I saw Alien 3. And thats my story.
I was a big Arnold Schwarzenegger fan and I watched all his movies and Predator was one of my fav. Then I heard there was a second one and got really exited I was disapointed Arnold wasnt in it but I still liked it. Then I heard of Aliens threw a friend and I really like them but they cant beat Predator.
When i was about 9 i was watching Predator on tv and i realized that one of my toys was a Predator-about next year i watched Aliens for the first time and fell in love with it-read up on it and found out both series were connected-the rest is history
for me it was wacthing predator for the first time and i was hooked because he had all the gagdets and cool stuff like that
I first became a pred fan when I was six. I thought all the weapons and the predator's unique look were awesome. I loved the alien life cycle but I just think preds are better.
I first saw Predator when i was 5 or 6 but i first saw Alien when i was 10 wasn't a fan until I was 12 when my friend at summer school told everything about the movies and comic books then i I remembered everything bout the Predator movies and how awesome it was. After that i saw Predator again and i loved it. I saw Alien again as well. I Saw Alien Vs Predator back in 2004 and it was ok. After that i have become a big fan of the series.
because there both gods. the best sci fi creatures around. i first watched alien, then saw pred1 and was like psssshhhhhhhh that thing wooped arnie so it could woop and alien.. then i watched aliens and was like eeeeerr i dont think that pred could bust them up tho.. the i realised there was comics about them both fighting each other.. dream come true. then on im a insane mofo about avp. even tho avp1 was slightly lol dissapointing.
Aliens. saw it when I was really little. did not scare me. just got me excited! Alien 3 scared me. not know though!!! :D
Im a fan because I watched Predator with my brother and Iv been hook since.
As a kid my parents were big Alien/Predator fans. My father even planned to kiss my mom for the first time after seeing Alien at the cinema untill she puked. I watched them with my parents alot. My dad favored the Predator while my mom favored the Alien. Of course I liked the Predator more. Eventully I was hooked. I begged my parents to buy Predator2 and the rest of the Alien films. I got them eventully. I then began collecting some random Alien/Predator comics. Then after a long work trip, my father came home with a present for me and my brother. Aliens vs Predator the computer game. That set off of obsession. I got even more interested in both creatures through the game. Not because I wasn't into it before (which I was completely) but the game was just amazing to play as big fan while a kid. There on I was constantly watching Predator2 and Aliens.
Then came the dispointment of the movie which I had high hopes for. If AvP2 is the same, I will be even more crushed.
(sorry for the life story lol)
Seen first Predator on TV, loved it, taped it, and then saw Predator 2...
Alien movies, watched them in an Alien serial the National TV channel did (RTP) first, the first one, didn't like the pacing, but liked it enough to see Aliens, and liked it, but Alien3 bloew my mind away, with the Puma-like Alien, how it was shot (low camera angles), the sound, the music...
What made me realise I was a fan was these forums, actually... ;)
Next I noticed, i was coming here day in day out to read and participate in the debates...
Now I am hooked...on the movies (AVP made my fandomness come back again - best thing AVP ever did for me...), on these forums, reading everything being discussed from various points of view, various perspectives...Priceless discover...
So, here I am... AVPG rules!! ;) ;) ;)
mainly the predator was one of my dad's fav films, and so were aliens he read some of the novals and books and when i showed him a mag a couple of years ago showing a picture of avp (before the film came out) he tolled me everything he knew which got me interested and its one of the things me and him bonded over.
If any of you guys know about Knoxskorner, then you would know about the Klay world series. I love watching those claymations. The Klayworld movie had a Xenomorph as the villian. Then there's the Boogie monster that had the same sort of blade tail thing(Only he had three tails). After that, I rented Predator(I don't remember why). I starting getting into these two(Even though I barely knew anything about them). I saw AvP at my cousin's house and that's when I became an Alien and Predator fan. I even add Aliens, Preds, and even Space Jockeys in my comedic comics.
What made me a fan was seeing Alien, then I saw Aliens, then Predator, I was then hooked to this day. 8)
i reamber watching Predator before and Pred 2 possible Aliens loved them so much never could find them then AVP came out rebuilt my love of them then watched Aliens on tv and became an adict...
congrats ShadowXeno-you're the 3rd person iv known to know what knoxkorner was besides people on youtube and knoxkorner itself
pred 1 made me a fan cuz i thort it was brill but i was let down with the second. wot made me a fan of alien is me and a mate watched em cuz me were bored n i loved em. thats how i got 2 like the 2 ;D
QuoteWhat made you a fan?
What do you think?THE MOVIES
Quote from: vortep on Sep 19, 2007, 10:42:52 PM
QuoteWhat made you a fan?
What do you think?THE MOVIES
I think thats almost everyone's answer. Don't be so brief.
Well art kind of made me a fan of the alien movies. I think Giger is the only artist I have truly liked; I think his work is amazing and so far ahead of its time.
I don't really know what made me a fan of the Predator movies; I guess it was the whole ethos of the Predator character and its look I guess.
What made me a fan was probably the first two Predator films, they were great back then.
Predator 1 got me hooked on the franchise, the interest in alien and aliens soon followed.(i ignore the others cous they kinda @#$% in my oppinion)
The Movies,of course!
I was lucky to watch every movie as they appeared !
I love them all!!!
So, I was seven years old (1992).
My daddy used to tell me stories about his favourite movies, one of which was of course Predator. I remember thinking about this "Predator" movie all the time, 'cause he just LOVED it.
And one day he says to me - "Predator is gonna be tonight on the telly, you can't watch it cos it's gonna be too late but I'm gonna record it for you". So I drew a small comic book about Predator without even knowing the plot, the look of the hunter etc. (that's true, I swear!) and I went to sleep.
Next day I watched it and BANG!, it just f**ked me up. I'm a fan since. Not a fanboy, though.
Oh, I watched "Alien" when I was four, but I didn't understand a thing and didn't become a fan. So it doesn't count :)
When i was really young i happened to see films my dad watched.
I loved them all from when i 1st saw them
Terminator - 2 years old
T2- 4 yo
Aliens - 6 yo
predator - 7 yo
Predator 1 was the one that got me attention and ever since then i have loved predator
hmm....i think that when i was approximately 14 years old i heard about the PC game called Aliens vs Predator 2....than i came to a nearest shop and bought it....since that time i am a BIG fan of both series..........but i like predator a little more...a little little more ;D
when i was 12 years old i rented the first 2 alien movies, since then ive been a fan. when i was 13 i saw predator on tv, loved it. when i herd the fist avp movie was coming out i though, "AWESOME!" but i was disapionted :P
when I was about 8, my dad,brother and friend of my brother were about to watch Predator on TV but I had to go to my room, so I hide myself under the table and watched Predator ;D :P
as for the Aliens, I saw parts of the second movie (Aliens) and I remember the Hive 'coming alive' and the marines getting slaughterd
and now im a big fan of both , but im more of a Predator fan ;)
I orginally saw the movie was on in the tv guide so
I asked my dad about it and he explained it to me and I was very interested
I never got around to seeing it until a few months later
and I rented out aliens and i loved from start to finish.
Avp becuse it was the first time i had actuly seen alien and predaotrs in action.
Quote from: Hankerson on Mar 12, 2007, 11:53:19 PM
Listening to "Aliens" from bed when I was a kid as the adults watched it, the Cobra-Alien toy synched the deal. I was a little disappointed when the Cobra-Alien wasn't any of the films.
It was a similar situation for me as well. My mom would be like "alright kids times to go to bed. Mommy's gonna watch aliens (and sometimes predator as well). I was always so curious and i kept pestering my mom to let me watch it until my dad finally let me. I was 6 years old when i first saw aliens and predator (which was in 1991) i saw the other films shortly there after. I even got alien vs. predator figures, alien figures, and marine figures and all came with the little comic books. My mom is the one who made me a scifi/fantasy dweeb. 8)
Well, I think that films made me a fan of both creatures ;D
I became a fan when I saw Alien when I was about 12 years. It was scary but at the same time it was so fascinating to me. Later I saw all the other alien and predator movies and the first AvP. I also got games and collectables, I even got a AvP shirt. Right now I can't wait to get those three AVPR figures and see the AVPR movie. I hope it will be like being a fan all over again. ;D
watched them on tv when I was 5 then I started to get into it more
My dad took me to see Predator in the theaters. I didn't really know what I was going to go see. All I knew is that "Conan" was going to be in the movie. Didn't even think anyone could be bigger than him until I seen the predator. I remember he was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Been a fan since. (tear)
I saw AVP and I thought it was good then I watched the originals. Now I won't stop talking about it. :D
Quote from: Sakura on Oct 04, 2007, 09:13:25 PM
I saw AVP and I thought it was good then I watched the originals. Now I won't stop talking about it. :D
Cool
Welcome to the forums BTW ;D
Quote from: ZombieSlayer909 on Apr 04, 2007, 04:05:51 AM
Ha ha mine tops your's all!!!!
At 14 I was at Walt Disney World I was at MGM Studios and went on the Great Movie Ride. Before the ride they show the trailers of the movies on the ride. You know the classic wind howling kinda effect of the Alien trailer?
Anyway on the ride they had Ripley and behind her they had slime dripping from the ceiling. Then farther on they had a really nice Alien anamatronic come out from the wall.
After that it was Alien movies then Predator then AVP. That's my story. Yeah!! ;D
HEY I was that 2 I forgot where but I know what your sayin ;D
Seeing the originals (Alien & Pred) first time round captured my imagination then & Still does. Then with Aliens & Pred 2,truely solidified my fandom to them both.
Aliens has had an interesting ride with the Franchise,though I just look back at the first two films.
AVP wasn`t the huge hit we wanted though it was still entertaining & AVP-R is truely looking awesome :D Cannot wait.
Here`s hoping a Pred 3 & maybe a USCM film sometime in the future,now that would be nice.
lol, i no alot of ppl will feel sory for me after hearing this, but i first became a fan after watching avp, i didnt really no much about eather before i saw that movie, now im a big fan of both creatures.
Aliens started it, then it was Alien, then Predator, then Alien 3, Resurrection, Predator 2 and then it was AVP.(The list is also in the order I watched them in :P)
;) when i was six my dad told my bro that they could watch a scary movie on tv and i heard so i pretended to eat real slow so i could see the tv from where i ate luckily. :o it pownd then i saw aliensand that also pwnd then alien then alien resurrection then avp(i skipped alien three cuz after 2 seconds i realized it sucked >:()so now im OBSESSED
Quote from: pred man on Oct 11, 2007, 07:41:53 PM
;) when i was six my dad told my bro that they could watch a scary movie on tv and i heard so i pretended to eat real slow so i could see the tv from where i ate luckily. :o it pownd then i saw aliensand that also pwnd then alien then alien resurrection then avp(i skipped alien three cuz after 2 seconds i realized it sucked >:()so now im OBSESSED
Two seconds? Watch the entire thing and don't be such a baby about it.
the movies as a kid then latter the DH comics issued from 88-96
after i snuck to see PREDATOR first and then two years latter saw ALIENS i was hooked from that moment on, it grew further when i got a hold of my first PREDATOR and ALIENS comics by DH in 92,
but when i found out about the ALIEN/PREDATOR crossover it was just icing on the cake baby :P
i predator when i was about 4 or something, i was watching it with my dad
i saw alien around the sametime
and if a sequal comes out to the movie, no matter how crap the movie may be,i just have to see right to the end to see what happens
of course neither predator or alien where crap, and seeing both this films at such a young age,and loveing horror/action/gore movies, they just graped me
both amazing
I remember when our local ABC station would show a movie every sunday morning. That was the first time I saw Predator and I was hooked from that day. Saw Aliens on video rented from the video store. Don't remember when. Predator was my first and favorite of the two to this day.
when i was nine i saw alien resurection and later i saw the rest of the alien movies.Me and my freinds when we read the alien vs predator we would go out and play the avp game.I was always the alien. :)
When I Was 8, I Was Looking At My Farthers Movies And I Saw Aliens There, And I Looked At The Images Of The Aliens On The Box And Said "I Got To See This!" (Although My Dad Didn't Let Me See It Till I Was 10) So Thats How I Became An Alien Fan. Now I Became A Predator Fan When My Dad Was Sciming Through The Channels When I was 10 And Saw Predator And Selected It, On The Info Screane It Said Arnold Swarchenegger. Now At The Time I Was A Big Terminator Fan So I Started Watching It.
The pan-out shot in Aliens, when Ripley realises she is surrounded by eggs, and then you see the Queen in all her majesty. When I saw that I realised this was pure movie perfection.
Then the directors cut came along and I loved it even more!
Actually, I got given the toy of the Scorpion Alien made by Kenner back in the 90s. I loved that toy, but when I let my friend borrow it, his dog chewed it to death. That bastard had a queen alien and flying queen too, I can't tell you how close I came to stealing those.
But not long after I started watching the alien films.
As for predator, my parents had a video of it and I took it to my room and watched it on my TV, I was hooked instantly. Though back then I was actually scared of the predator.
Whatching alien at 6 years old pooping myself then afterwords thinking that was cool !
i used to be scared shitless of alien, i hated it. i was scard of it up untill aroun 12-13 years old. then i watched AVP, and it seemed tame, so i borrowd the alien fims thinking they were tame to, i was wrong. i wanted to give them back, but my cuz made me watch them all, so i became a fan. then i stated to wach them all the time
I remember when I was about 7 years old they showed Alien3 on TV. I didn't watch the whole movie (actually I didn't remember any of it), but that scene with Ripley and the alien in the room has been imprinted in my mind ever since. A little after Predator2 was shown, but I had little interest in it. I remember going to the video store and wanting to rent the movies, but my parents didn't let me >:( When I was 13 (a little after i got my PC) I downloaded Predator and was simply amazed...it became one of my all-time favourite characters. Then I watched all the other movies and after that AVP came out. So that's it.
i became a fan
when i was 6
my dad was up 1 night and i couldnt sleep
he let me watch it with him
i was amazed
predator is the best!!!!!!!
Quote from: Predator-S on Oct 24, 2007, 09:34:19 AM
I remember when I was about 7 years old they showed Alien3 on TV. I didn't watch the whole movie (actually I didn't remember any of it), but that scene with Ripley and the alien in the room has been imprinted in my mind ever since. A little after Predator2 was shown, but I had little interest in it. I remember going to the video store and wanting to rent the movies, but my parents didn't let me >:( When I was 13 (a little after i got my PC) I downloaded Predator and was simply amazed...it became one of my all-time favourite characters. Then I watched all the other movies and after that AVP came out. So that's it.
Oh, and I also remember reading an article about AVP2: Primal Hunt. It was before I saw the movies. Then I got really exited and wanted to play the game BAD. So I guess that article and the game itself had a big impact too (:
It was my Mom and dad who got me into the Alien and Pred films. What I can remember is that Alien Resurrection had gotten me into the whole thing. Yes, Alien Resurrection was my first Alien film. Then I watched Aliens years later, Alien, and then finally Alien 3. Predator and Predator 2 came later.
When i was 8 i watched the predator movies and fell in love with them. Then AVP came out and i absolutely adored the preds, eventually leading to obsession :D
Welcome new guys and have fun. :)
I was a fan when I saw the first Predator movie in 2005 (2 years!). Well, I didn't get to see the second, but I loved the Predator fighting Arnold Schwarzenegger and after learning some human languages, it can speak on it's own without the help of the Playback device! (unlike the Concrete Jungle Predator, which uses the Playback device to speak)
What made me a fan...... I have to say I was hooked onto both Alien and Predator since I first saw the movies who knows how many years ago. Been a fan ever since, though the Predator still rules. I may hate Paul W.S. Anderson, but I actually loved his take on the Predators. Gotta love the Celtic Predators mask and the new, longer wrist blades.
I've loved horror and sci fi films since an early age, and I thought Alien was one hell of a good horror/sci fi film, one of the best, and Aliens really made me a fan of the whole franchise, and the predators..well, I fell in love at first read, before even seen what they look like I was a fan.
Right from the first time I read about a film coming up in the next issuse of Fangoria about Arnold Schwarzenegger going against a hunter from outer space.
from that day (july of '87) on I've been obsessed about Predators.
:-*
Quote from: Predgirl on Nov 03, 2007, 06:22:15 PM
I've loved horror and sci fi films since an early age, and I thought Alien was one hell of a good horror/sci fi film, one of the best, and Aliens really made me a fan of the whole franchise, and the predators..well, I fell in love at first read, before even seen what they look like I was a fan.
Right from the first time I read about a film coming up in the next issuse of Fangoria about Arnold Schwarzenegger going against a hunter from outer space.
from that day (july of '87) on I've been obsessed about Predators.
:-*
Well, I've liked the Predators for a while, but not the way you do, just more on a "cool; kickass" level. Their hunting/killing skills are something to be envious of, as is their armor. That's what I like about the Pred. Nothing else.
hmm prolly when i saw the scene where dallas gets kidnapped when i was like 3 ive been obsessed ever since thats like 13 years later
my older brother took me to see predator1 on opening day when i was around 11 years old. then my freinds and i got heavily into aliens and predator from there on out(comics, movies, etc.)
i miss those guys man. havent seen em since highscool. chris/bean if you're out there dudes, send me a pm. this is our glory time. 8)
I saw avp when I was 13. First time I've really ever look at the series and I was expecting it to be real scary...it wasn't. :\
The aliens where okay, but what really intrigued me was the preds. The dreadlocks, the attitude, the weapons. I know most people say that the avp preds sucked, but they're the ones I fell in love with the series with.
Quote from: darcevil on Nov 06, 2007, 03:50:59 AM
I saw avp when I was 13. First time I've really ever look at the series and I was expecting it to be real scary...it wasn't. :\
The aliens where okay, but what really intrigued me was the preds. The dreadlocks, the attitude, the weapons. I know most people say that the avp preds sucked, but they're the ones I fell in love with the series with.
see, i've been watching the predator films over and over like 4-5 times a year since 1988. that's why i was able to look at the avp ones and understand that they were geared towards teens and younger kids. there was no maturity in that film at all. it was like a children's film. they looked like linebackers from a football game too me. there was no grace, no stealth, no sinister brutality. allthey did was charge forward and grunt like the pigs in hannibal.
When I watched Predator in the house of a friend when I was 10years old. In that age I was impressed by the gore and action, then I became a fan of Predator. Then I watched Predator 2 in FOX, I recorded it and watched it over and over and over again xD.
For Aliens, I always liked Aliens, not the others. With the time I watched them and became a fan. When the first AvP was released for PC I was like "OMG Aliens versus Predator!!! I have to play it". After AvP2 (my favorite game) I was officially a fan of AvP. I also have some comics and every movie. Greetings.
-Lycaos "Wolf" Scythe.
I became a fan of Alien because the whole look of the Alien, I saw the first movie when I was 7 and the whole look of the Alien scared me and amazed me, it was just SO cool. I loved the whole inner jaw attack. The whole creature is just so cool, you have to admit. Then abot two years later I saw Predator when I came home and my bros were watching it. Predator was cool because of his weapons and methods, when this two got paired up to fight, LOVED IT! ;D ;D
The movie Aliens did it.
My brother and my cousin constantly watch Aliens and Alien 3 whenever my cousin was in town. I sorta just fell into it. Eventually, I started noticing the little things about aliens. Their movements, motives, gestures, and I became fascinated with them. Everything about them just strikes curiosity and awe in me. I love it.
After watching the first predator movie, I became a fan of the predator. Only reason I actually watched the alien movies, was after I played AvP2, and I wanted to know more about them. Predators are still my favourite, but exploring their extended universe has sort of de-mystified them for me :(
Although, I would LOVE the predator even more if a movie was made that featured a Bad Blood predator. ;D
My old man made me a fan when i was 5. He snuck the tape in the VCR and i been hooked every since. Im 22 now and have almost all the comics most the action figures owned a few of the halloween masks got all the games still from atari AvP to Predator on NES the computer games are the shit as well if anyone here plays them im online sometimes my names HR Pvt Irish anything Predator im on it. Aliens......mmeeehhhh i never really cared too much for until the past few years id have to say ALIENS is my favorite outta that franchise tho. Everytime i watch it and the bugs first attack i just wish some Preds would come out and join the fight. I just hope an pray we get an AvP 3 game and movie after this Requiem.
The first Alien/Predator movie i saw was AVP...
the first time i watched it was August 2006, yes i am a new fan...
i first seen Predator 1&2 september/october this year lol
Alien Quadrilogy 2/3 week ago...
i am pretty screamish lol...well not as much as i used to be...
it was AVP that made me a fan...
what made me a fan was watching AvP,I think, it could have been something else
:-\ ???well i sort of became a fan when i watched PREDATOR when i was about 10 or 11 ??? :-\
this is a sticky topic
i just think it is all so kool
i love sci-fi movies and what made me a fan was that there was movies that took a leap and made it work. Preds have honnor and respect that was what hooked me 8)
Well, I`ve seen the Predator movies first, and i loved them. (I was...8) However i got my first glimpse of Aliens when i was 5, (although not seeing the whole thing) and it scared the hell out of me. Later, when i was ten, on a stormy night, i got some popcorn and watched Alien3. After that, ive seen all the Alien and Predator Movies, including AVP. And now, i humbly await AVP:R. With high hopes.
I am proud Alien/Predator Fan.
Two of the best franchises ever made, if not THE greatest.
Seeing the AVP DVD stand in Woolworths. This was when I was in year 5. Then I begged for it. I got it and borrowed P1 from my friend and then saved up for the brand new Alien Quadrilodgy after watching AVP, it was the first Alien/Predator film I ever saw but compared to the originals it is not nearly as good. Then I went to Colchester's large car boot sale and brought Predator and Predator 2 (Which I had not seen) for £3.50 each brand new, so thank you AVP!
EDIT: But I still hate you Paul Anderson. You ruined two great franchises!
Hahahaha! I remember it all too well.... my dad had Alien 1-3 box set... yes VHS back then baby! well i was just a wee... 6 years old when Alien 3 came out.. Aliens came out the year I was born, do the math! and I was probably only about 7 years old when my dad bought the box set. well the egg on the side creeped me out as a little kid and I had nightmares. So I told my dad about it and at the wee age of 8 years old he showed me the Alien series... starting with Aliens.. I don't why he started with the second. Later on, he showed me Alien one, but he never let me watch Alien 3, I suppose because of where Ripley almost got raped or something.. whatever... 1997 saw us on the edge of our seats waiting for Alien Resurrection. At this point I had finally watched Alien 3 probably around ten, when daddy left me home by myself. I didn't get to see Predator until I was about 12. And that's what started it. I saw Predator 2 soon after and I told my dad, in a comic book and action figure shop one day, that there would be an Aliens versus Predator. I didn't think that Sigourney would be in it, either (and, by joves, I was right). When I was about 13 I started saving my money to buy the full size replica Predator costume in the window of the store called "Another Universe". I never got near the $3200 price tag. I never forgot it either. I went to "Cosmic Comics" and "KB Toys" to buy my large collection of Aliens and Predator action figures. I even found some at the local flea market. I bought a hand me down Queen Alien for $2 and painted it black with my black nail polish because I decided that "it's not shiny enough". It's still sticky. Her majesty now holds her place in an action figured display case. I own comics and avp books and my dad still calls my action figures my "barbies". I'm probably the only woman who goes in Cosmic Comics now... I was also probably the only little girl who played with Predator action figures and glow in the dark Aliens instead of dolls and doll houses... I am convinced if I ever did own real Barbies, they would be covered with slime and dismantled. And that's my A/P love in a nutshell.
I became a fan after seeing Alien Resurrection on AMC or some other movie channel, and have liked them ever since. I know Resurrection wasn't the best film to become a fan from, but I just liked how cool the Xenomorph's looked and how devious and stealthy they were in that move. Especially the part where they killed one of their own to escape. ;D
well i have always loved the sci-fi movies.I guess when i was about 8 my dad showed me the 1st alien.It was an ok movie.I heard that aliens came out behind it and i wished to see that.And the 2 alien movie is what made me a fan on the aliens series.Predator just blew me away on the 1st one,and when he took off his helmet i was amazed by how someone could think of drawling somthing like that.
For Alien, one word - Giger!
For Predator, probably the star power of Arnold.
I feel so lucky that my first Alien film was the original Alien. 8)
I seen Aliens when I was very young and also my friend had some kenner figures so I liked alien stuff back then.
I saw predator when I was a bit older it was only when I turned about 15-16 I really appreciated them all now to this day I watch them on dvd now and again.
plus I love the graphic novels especialy batman vs predator
Quote from: delstuart on Nov 26, 2007, 07:18:14 PM
I seen Aliens when I was very young and also my friend had some kenner figures so I liked alien stuff back then.
I saw predator when I was a bit older it was only when I turned about 15-16 I really appreciated them all now to this day I watch them on dvd now and again.
plus I love the graphic novels especialy batman vs predator
I really like the Batman vs Predator idea concidering Predator 2 was great. Just pretend LA was Gotham and have Batman following skinned bodies around. As much as I like the idea I'd have to pass because the Batman and Predator movies are on different levels and can't be merged together.
Look at the first AvP, it was an all out Alien movie with Predators in it, which the Predators looked rediculous.
when i saw aliens hudson.
i liked his lineWhat do you mean "THEY cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals! ,f**kin' A... ,Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal! Well that's great, that's just f**kin' great, man. Now what the f**k are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man
that was great
Just to be honest I never liked the Alien series :P
But I remeber i walked into my parents room while my dad was watching predator, back then the slightest drip of blood made me sick,and ::) i came in right as predator blew out Venture's chest w/ his canaster. i ran to the bathroom scared s**tless and "got sick".
then i watched it again when iwas 8-9.
iwas hooked, then isaw avp when iwas 11.for the next 2-4 WEEKS i dreamed about the aliens and dreamed about a 2'nd movie.i saw alien,loved it ,saw aliens, never watched the others,it just lost the excitment.Then heard about avpr and i search for any info,found you guys, and here i am.
That's my story.
Quote from: Pvt. Hicks on Nov 26, 2007, 05:55:55 AM
I feel so lucky that my first Alien film was the original Alien. 8)
Yes you are! :) My first was Resurrection, lol.
Nice Question!
It was definitely Alien1. I couldn't see very much from this mysterious creature that started its life as a worm like something bursting out of a humans chest to reach a body hight of nearly 2.5 meter.
I was deeply impressed of this organism with acid running through its veins as a part of self defense mechanism, hunting and killing from hiding in air shafts ... just using its natural given skills.
I've seen many monster-movies with a variety of creatures, but this species was definitely new and fascinating for me, well thought out from the very beginning considering its life cycle and so forth.
Countles days after watching this movie i tried to get a complete picture of this creature by using a pencil, a peace of paper and my imagination.
Yes, i was cought by this creature from this time on.
I have a really bad memory of this really...
I believe Predator was the 1st film i saw of the set. My dad thought it would be a great movie for me + my younger bro to see + yeah, it was a good 1. I have see it many times since.
Next up was prob Alien which i watched with both my parents. My bro skipped out a short ways into it b/c he found it to boring. Shortly after this my parents decided the next best thing to do was watch Aliens.
I was always are of Alien 3 + A: R but never didn't see them until after the first AvP came out in 04. My parents hadn't seen them + i had gotten the general vibe that they were a step below the other films.
Prob the clincher though was when my dad bought me the game AvP - Gold for Christmas 1 year. That was a great game + a whole lot of fun to play (over + over + over...)
Plus it helps that i love Sci-Fi
That's gotta suck for you that you missed some parts at first because the best part of watching the original Alien movie is (duh) the suspense. It's great waiting to see the Alien for the first time and watching the parts leading up to it really help to give you some drama.
Yeah, the original Alien was the one of a kind in the series, all the other ones were either extreme action films or cheap knock offs of the original.
I thought Aliens was always better than the first one and didn't try to copy the first and was different.
I first became a fan when I was in 5th grade, and I went on a trip to montanta, at the airport, I bought a magazine that had the two creatures in it. Soon after that, about a month later (I had read about both of them in the magazine, but had no real interest) there was a trailer for AVP on pay per view, I watched it and I wanted to see the movie, so for X-mas my mom and dad bought me the AVP DVD, which had just come out. I watched it, and loved it so much!!!!!!! After that I went to a DVD rental place, and all they had was Alien Rez. So I was an Alien fan from the start.
Predator 1 with Arnold the whole movie just captivated me, and in the Alien saga i would def have to say Aliens, the whole colonial marines thing was just soo badass. I guess the whole Predator 1 Green berets thing kinda transcended to Aliens as well with the marines...nothing like some grunts fighting against some outta this world shit..
Quote from: Khan on Dec 05, 2007, 06:44:29 PM
Yeah, the original Alien was the one of a kind in the series, all the other ones were either extreme action films or cheap knock offs of the original.
That's what I've always thought, man. The others were just action flicks, and did not rival the original. Alien 3 was close, though. A lot less ridiculous action.
hi there :)..when I was 5 I watched P1 on Christmas. I was so happy 2 see it but i fell asleep and I was verry sad. A month later there it was again but on different tv channel. I watched it and was facionated...Then I watched the Alien 3 movie that was a bit scarry but i coudn't resist. Since then these 2 characters are my favourite. Only bad thing about AVP movie is that it isn't a verry horrorish movie like Alien or Predator, but it still rocks... ;D
it started with alien 1. gigers design of the xeno, the derelict and the space jockey impressed me. great stuff! ^.^ years later, a friend told me of predator 1 and i went to the videostore and bought the vhs. while alien was not just simple horror, predator wasnt simple action. the yautjas weapons, his methods, everything... cruel, brutal and arnold of course. outstanding movie! i bought the comic books, played the games... absof*ckinlutely the best sci-fi franchise today. ;)
later, AvP - the Movie dissapointed me. my fault, to great expectations on it. ::)
I first saw AvP in 2006, was sorta interested but didn't see the original. But this year I saw Aliens, then I saw Predator. Then. Alien, Alien3 *Shudders*, Alien Ressurection & Predator 2.
i think i was about 12/13 and i had dread extensions. i went to school with them in and my older male friends started messin about with them sayin i looked like predator. so i got all like ??? and checked it out. loved it since then haha
lol
Quote from: cyanide90210 on Dec 10, 2007, 10:11:43 PM
i think i was about 12/13 and i had dread extensions. i went to school with them in and my older male friends started messin about with them sayin i looked like predator. so i got all like ??? and checked it out. loved it since then haha
wow- that's one of the more interesting fan based stories on how they discovered the series'
Quote from: Resurrection on Dec 11, 2007, 12:22:44 AM
Quote from: cyanide90210 on Dec 10, 2007, 10:11:43 PM
i think i was about 12/13 and i had dread extensions. i went to school with them in and my older male friends started messin about with them sayin i looked like predator. so i got all like ??? and checked it out. loved it since then haha
wow- that's one of the more interesting fan based stories on how they discovered the series'
just read other people's ones...mine is quite strange i guess haha
Quote from: cyanide90210 on Dec 11, 2007, 01:29:58 PM
Quote from: Resurrection on Dec 11, 2007, 12:22:44 AM
Quote from: cyanide90210 on Dec 10, 2007, 10:11:43 PM
i think i was about 12/13 and i had dread extensions. i went to school with them in and my older male friends started messin about with them sayin i looked like predator. so i got all like ??? and checked it out. loved it since then haha
wow- that's one of the more interesting fan based stories on how they discovered the series'
just read other people's ones...mine is quite strange i guess haha
NAh its more interesting then strange....lol
My dad and I were visiting eachother and he brought Alien mez-itz from mezco and ones from predator. Later i realised how stupid and cartoonish those figures are.
I like the Predator movies because how he hunted throughout the movie. Using infared to see humans body heat to locate prey. He killed only armed people. There strength and cleverness to kill the prey. I like the Alien movies too, but if I had to choice which I am more a fan of, it would be the Predator.
Quote from: cyanide90210 on Dec 11, 2007, 01:29:58 PM
Quote from: Resurrection on Dec 11, 2007, 12:22:44 AM
Quote from: cyanide90210 on Dec 10, 2007, 10:11:43 PM
i think i was about 12/13 and i had dread extensions. i went to school with them in and my older male friends started messin about with them sayin i looked like predator. so i got all like ??? and checked it out. loved it since then haha
wow- that's one of the more interesting fan based stories on how they discovered the series'
just read other people's ones...mine is quite strange i guess haha
And funnier than any others I've heard, lol!
What made me a fan? :) i think- unusual characters and interesting story.
Quote from: Interfa on Dec 15, 2007, 03:43:03 PM
What made me a fan? :) i think- unusual characters and interesting story.
I'll second that.
It's also a story that can grow much more.
Quote from: lambertjr on Dec 16, 2007, 03:57:46 AM
Quote from: Interfa on Dec 15, 2007, 03:43:03 PM
What made me a fan? :) i think- unusual characters and interesting story.
I'll second that.
It's also a story that can grow much more.
So true. Every Alien movie could honestly have a continuation the way they leave it.
Well I saw AVP, but didn't get WTF was going on half the time. Then I watched Alien, and allthough I liked it, it definatly didn't strike me as the best movie ever made. I then watched Aliens and ALien 3 that same day (I rented the 3 of them and Predator 1) and I think it was a combination of them both that really made me a fan. Pred 1 made me a bigger fan, and after watching AVP again, the alien/Predator series became my favourate series ever! I still haven't ogtten around to seeing Alien r or Pred 2 yet, but I know what happens in them.
"AVP" it got me back into the franchise's and helped me remember the creature that were in my memories but couldnt remember them.....
I became a fan ever since I saw Predator at the age of six.Was terrified of it at the time but I was just drawn into the Predators culture.
Quote from: carlp06 on Dec 18, 2007, 09:38:25 AM
I became a fan ever since I saw Predator at the age of six.Was terrified of it at the time but I was just drawn into the Predators culture.
same here but i loved it and liked the action
I saw Predator (1) and continued to see the rest of them (2 & AVP). Both of them were really avrage, but then i began reading the comics, great stuff.
I think that the predator/alien are far the best monsters ever made with a storyline that wasent awfull, and the characters they had, that you could relate too for the culture.
Quote from: chopperbuilder on Dec 21, 2007, 09:32:55 PM
I think that the predator/alien are far the best monsters ever made with a storyline that wasent awfull, and the characters they had, that you could relate too for the culture.
Yeah, agree with you totally there. I love the Godzilla series of movies but the stories in those are just absolutely awful. :P
My dad had a copy of H.R.Giger's Necronomicon... I used to flip the pages and just look at the pictures. I was blown away by "ThePilot"/SpaceJockey. What it could be, how it got in that chair and stuff. I didn't read or understand English at that time and when it said "blablabla ALIEN blablabla" I just thought they meant the word alien and not the movie.
When I was some years older I saw Predator and went totally. Predator was the coolest thing I had ever seen! Later I found out that Giger indeed had designed another iconic movie monster...
I watched Alien 1 and 2 in a row with my dad and thought it was amazing.
After seeing the trophy room in P2 I went and found the darkhorse comics.
Never got my hands on the novels tho...
My cousin told me about Aliens and showed me some comics when is was...ummm...4-6 yers old.
Then one day i watched Predator 2 on my friends house. Damn that was cool back then! Cool monster killing people with all kinds of ùber weapons! Pure AWESOMES back then.
What made me into a fan was that I'am a fan of Godzilla movies and what not. One day my father showed me my first Predator movie. I liked how the creature looked and hunted.
My mum had taped Alien 3 for me when I was 4. Then I saw predator 2 when I was approx 5. After that when i as around 7/8 I rented out the first three alien films fom my local video store and watched them all.
I saw predator 1 on t.v a few years later. During all this buying the figures etc.
I'm a mazzive finatic of both fanchises cant live without them.
(well I can live without Alien 4)
Your mum let you watch Alien 3 when you were 4!?
Yeah but I loved it still do :)
Quote from: Ewins on Dec 25, 2007, 11:28:06 PM
Yeah but I loved it still do :)
You are one lucky guy. I had to wait until I was 13!
when some friends and i were digging through my atic and saw predator 1 and aliens 1+2 scary at age 8 or 9 ( couldnt get enough of Arny getting the snot beat out of him)
8) I saw Alien, Aliens & predator when I was 5 or 6. I love the movies and Aliens is still my favorite movie that and collateral also Black Hawk Down. I played with the toys read the comics and books and played the games. :P
I honestly have no idea. I think it may have been the toys or something, because I know I was into both alien and predator before I saw either movie, like when I was around 7. I think I got an old like two pack with an alien and a predator.
I didn't see the movies for a while after that. First I saw Predator 1&2 and then a little later I saw the alien series (1-3). I was probably 9 when I saw them.
I liked in both films the whole theme,of a faceless enemy,which was not the creatures,but our own species
we all remember in the first Alien film when ripley saw the display on computer screen quote "Crew Expendable " that gave me chills at the and still does.... 8)
A combo of Alien: Resurrection and Predator 2, the first movies I saw in either series. Oh, yeah. Hi, I'm new!
When I was young 4/5, I watched Alien 4 on TV and liked the creature. After that Predator was on TV too followed by the 2nd one. Years later, AVP came out and I decided to watch it and I got totally into both Alien and Predator. I couldn't really understand the story when I was 4/5 then when I was older I rewatch them again. Lol. :D
well i first saw this film when i was very young so
i would have t osay i had to greater appreciation than that i loved it as amonster movie
but as i got older i came to realize the subtext that existed in the aliens universe...the rape of the host forced impregnation the phallic creature bursting forth from it's womb..f**king the chest cavity
all the underlining sexual themes show the incorporeal nature of the human form..the giant vaginA like openings to the spacejockey's ship...a organism overtaking humanity by forced impregnation then phallic chest cavity eruptions
two thumbs up!
Predator.
Was about 12 or 13 when I got a small glimpse of the Yautja picking up the dead scorpion and holding it in his hand. That image stuck in my mind for a while. then my dad finally allowed me to watch and he watched it with me. I covered my eyes when they showed the people skinned. I wanted more when I discovered there was a second movie. Then I went nuts when finding out there was a book. It was AvP: Prey that set my full out ambition for them. After that book, I had to collect the books, movies and comics.
Quote from: Chocolate man! on Dec 23, 2007, 07:24:55 PM
Your mum let you watch Alien 3 when you were 4!?
Sweet :P
i love all things creepy. no matter what movie it is i always identify and root for the monster. i had a hard time in the passion of the christ because they did such a good job of making the devil sooooo darn creepy. as far as the predator is concerned......well as a girl, with the occasional pms, i can think of nothing better than being able to pin your freekin head to a log if you whizz me off. once he pinned arnold to that log i was in love.
When I was around 7-8, my family went to the local Blockbuster and I rented the A:R game on PS1. When my dad saw the cover of the game he said "Haven't seen those guys in a while!" and I asked him how these aliens were different from others I'd seen in different movies. After playing the game, and reading the instruction manual, I became extremely interested by the Alien lifecycle. Luckily for me, my dad was an Alien fan (and Predator fan, but I didn't know about Predators 'til about 2 years after that fateful videostore trip) and he had the first Alien on tape. When we took back the A:R game, We rented the other 3 movies, lol. When I was 10 my dad introduced me to Predator, already having Predator 2 recorded on tape, and got the Alien Quadrilogy for Christmas. I've had Predator on VHS for 5 years, I only got Predator Definitive Edition for Christmas this year!
Predator and Alien have just "always existed" to me. Seen them so young, I don't even remember watching them for the first time. They've just always been. And always been my favorite things. Had all the kenner figs when I was little, played with em. Drew pics (still do) I used to go outside and "hunt" my friends, imitating the predator clicks...I could go on and on. I'll just leave it at that, I love these creatures more than anything else in the world. ;D
I was hooked on Predator the moment I saw it use its active camouflage and the eyes flashed.
Alien, I'm not sure when I got into it but it must have been when I was at the point where I could enjoy a good horror/scary Sci-Fi without having nightmares.
I became addicted when I first watched aliens with my dad when I was five,I thought the alien looked kick**s,the icing on the cake was seeing the queen at the end ;D,that movie inspired me to start drawing,the first thing I ever drew was an alien. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
I have an older brother. It was he who showed me Alien when I was four, which was what made me a fan.
This is a massive conincidence.
I became a fan for the aliens after i saw that same picture Dark_Magician linked lol. I remember i saw it in a school Special effects book when i was 5. That weekend i watched alien and aliens.
I cant really remember how i became a predator fan. i guess at the age of 7 or 8 i bought the movie and loved it and bought the sequal.
When I was still in elementary school my mom and dad rented Alien and I was instantly hooked. I thought the alien was so cool, and still do!!!
i saw some of alien 3 and resurrection on tv and a freind of mine had a toy of an alien, then i saw a poster for avp wanted to see it but saw the others first... then i became an uber a/p fan!!!! :)
Quote from: XENOWARRIOR on Jan 04, 2008, 10:01:24 PM
i saw some of alien 3 and resurrection on tv and a freind of mine had a toy of an alien, then i saw a poster for avp wanted to see it but saw the others first... then i became an uber a/p fan!!!! :)
I have three Alien action figures: one from Alien, another from Aliens, and the third from AvP. I also have two action figures of Corpral Hicks.
All are from Mcfarlane!!! 8)
http://www.spawn.com/toys/categorytype.aspx?categoryid=8
i cant remember how old i was when i first saw aliens i think i must have been about 6 or something
Me and all my mates used to play it in the playground and i drew it all the time lol
then i think i saw predator when i was about 9 or 10 and then i was introduced into a better world, a world with the two coolest sci fi creatures ever made
ahhh memories....
Quote from: AWC 3117 on Jan 04, 2008, 10:33:41 PM
Quote from: XENOWARRIOR on Jan 04, 2008, 10:01:24 PM
i saw some of alien 3 and resurrection on tv and a freind of mine had a toy of an alien, then i saw a poster for avp wanted to see it but saw the others first... then i became an uber a/p fan!!!! :)
I have three Alien action figures: one from Alien, another from Aliens, and the third from AvP. I also have two action figures of Corpral Hicks.
All are from Mcfarlane!!! 8)
http://www.spawn.com/toys/categorytype.aspx?categoryid=8
i have some of those ones and am getting morew they rule! also a3 and ar are not the best movies to start with the first two were better
I saw Predator first LOVED it and then i watched alein oh i was 5
5 years old, I'm home alone and there was that one vhs that my mom never showed me, so I got it and watched. That was the original Alien. I was scared a bit, 'cause the movie is a real shocker for the kid. Then I watched Aliens and said to myself that it's the best damn movie I've ever seen.
My aunt came over one night and my whole family watched the first Predator movie. I was 8 to 9 and I was awe struck, I loved it. My father asked why I loved such a "testosterone filled movie" because of myself being a girl, I guess I surprised him with my liking to it, but he then introduced me to Predator 2, and the Alien movies as well. And that's how it happend for me, I've been a fan ever since.
Plus, when I first saw the movie, I was oddly attracted to the Predator himself, lol I was strange little girl indeed.
I don't remember how old I was, but I remember seeing part of Alien 3 at my aunt's house. I know I had seen the others before then, but I was too young to remember and at that age probably didn't pay much attention anyway. Too busy playing with my alien toys haha.
I was addicted at that point, but only ever got to watch on TV until I was old enough to buy the DVDs, which have been played over and over and over...
At some point it branched off into Predator, then of course AVP, and also the books. Now I'm an Alien fanatic with some Predator mixed in ;D
well i became a fan since i've seen the first predator movie, starring with Arnie, he was my favorite actor back then ;D
The Games
First I saw Aliens, and became an Alien fan.
Then Predator, and became an Alien and Predator fan.
Then I bought and played Aliens vs. Predator 2, and became an Alien vs Predator fan :)
hey everyone just started here so hi ^^
what made me a fan? well...i guess it was the old alien movies which were the first ones that i ever watched and then the predator movies with Arnie. I was always more interested in the scenes with the predator than the ones with the humans lawl.
Iv always been interested in life outside this world so i guess that was what drew me into the whole predator (yautja), alien scene in the first place.
So yeah it was the movies. i havent actually read ANY of the comics, they dont get sold anywhere near me im afraid =[[
so im a comic book virgin
but yeah the movies is what set me off so rawwwr! =]]
Hehe. Everyone just seems to L.O.V.E the Alien movies, but I must say their a bit of a downer for me. I hate scary things and am very easily scared, so when I saw the first Alien film and the end of the second for a school activity when I was about 14/15, I was scared sh*tless. Didn't tell anyone back then of course ;)
Now, how did I become an obsessor? I saw the AVP movie early 2006, for no real reason. I liked it, but I didn't love it. It wasn't until Requim came out that I reaslied how awsomly cool the AVP franchise was. So, I went and bought the first AVP and the rest, as they say, is history :D
I will say this though, AVP is complete canon, which may be why I love it so. Of couse, idiotic action and moron-gore is a vice for me (being an 18 year old female ;D ) but OTP's always get me. Probably for the same reason ;)
Anyway. I just love AVP. AVPR would have been sooooo much better (It was kick ass anyway, but...) if they put Lex in there. Damn, she was so cool 8)
Also, Scar is the bomb. Can't wait to see the original Pred movies, but glad dad has helpfully decided to fund my obsession!!! :o ;D
suprisingly as hell I saw Predator and Alien and aliens on TV when I was a kid and didn't think anything of them..then for some strange ass reason when I bought that (now s***ty) AVP Extinction game for PS2 I got all into it.. then my cousin handed me down AVP2 for computer when it first came out and I was hooked and started getting all into the films and books
Quote from: Angel_Seb on Jan 16, 2008, 07:34:01 AM
..Also, Scar is the bomb. Can't wait to see the original Pred movies...
If you think Scar is the bomb, I wonder what you'll make of the original Predator when you see it...Nuclear bomb ???
just a c/p from my misplaced thread:
probably this topic was already discussed sooooo many times but i just want to know to who am i talking to....
which movie u saw first... w0t movie made u fan to the whole/separate sreies
and how old where u when u saw ur first a/p/avp movie
my first movie was aliens when i was 7 yrs old, sec half, got horrrible nightmares from that on...
next time dare to watched it i was 14 and i got even more scared... from 16 i get addicted to alien series.... interesting i was fan of pred films all along but it never had any impact on me as alien movies did
i also like H.R.Gigers works but that bring me more in past when his poster used to hang above my wc toilet... imagine when i get used to toilet....
First I saw AVP. Then I thought the creature design was cool. So I watched Aliens, and thought: THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN AVP.
After AVP I began collecting too. It's like being dependent in collecting. I can't stop (but it's the best hobby I could have) :P
The AVP PC game Predator demo. Never finished it to this day, either.
when i was littlet hese movies used to be on tv all the time. Especially Alien and Predator 2. But i was too scared to watch them and they gave me nightmares. Then sometime when i was like 9 or 10 years old i saw some of the aliens/predator comic books at a book store and i became very interested in them and decided i wanted to watch the movies. First i saw Alien and liked it so then i decided to rent Aliens which i liked even more and watched over and over again. Then i caught Alien 3 qnd Alien Ressurection on tv and i thought they were ok but i liked the first two more. Then i saw Predator and Predator 2 on tv and eventually bought them all on dvd. Then AvP ama out and i saw it with my friend and then bought it on dvd. Then just recently is saw AVPR with another friend. So thats my story. ;)
I can remember being a fan of Science Fiction Movies for a while, but Predator and Alien took the cake with me.
What turned me on to Aliens was the dark, horror filled future. The atmosphere was just perfect. The aliens were new and impressive killers i think. They seemed both a bit human and animal. they were presented from a feasable scientific stand point of the possiblity of humankind coming a across a race of ETs that are not in least humanlike. These things are the dread of the universe! Aliens however was the bust out flick for me. The colonial marines fighting off the aliens and the rich extended universe that it has behind it. The technology and weapons were also super cool.
Predator, everyones favorite Hunter badass, struck a cord with me as well. He was tall, dangerous, yet a bright individual. What makes him so cool other than the stuff he uses in battle? His honor code. Dont let the stupendous strength and power fool you, this alien is a genius. He is one of the first ET's i saw actually have some cool ass gear.
Now what's making me write fan fics? Well i figured since i wanted to put a spin on the Alien/Predator universe, i thought about writing a fan fic. i just started and am having a blast with it. I just hope that i can make it have some validity in the extended universe. one thing i can say about both characters, they are know for their ruthlessness!
these movies scared me when i was little.
For me, it was when I saw the first Alien movie when i was 5, first ever film i saw.........EVER
i saw a DVD case for the alien quadrilogy, and i thought it was a new horror film. I watched it, liked it, loved it and was a little dissapointed with number 3 and ressurection. but then I watched avp and started to get the picture. been a fan ever since ;D
Back in summer of '04 I was on GameSpy and I saw a banner for the AvP movie and I thought, well this looks pretty cool, think I'll check it out.
Sure enough I clicked on it, liked what I saw, and went out and rented Predator. That was soon followed by seeing Aliens on TV. I should mention that the first Alien movie I saw was A:R. Back then though, I had no clue what it all meant: all I saw was people in space running away from a monster.
Anyway, I saw Predator and Aliens and loved them both. Then I saw AvP and I (am now sickened to admit) thought it was terrific and saw it 3 times ( :(). But after getting more exposure, I realized how much it sucked. Anyway, here I am today and still a loyal fan (PREDATOR FTW ;D).
I became a fan when I bought the Mcfarlane predator 1 figure from the local Suncoast after my dad told me about the movies. However, the thing that really cemented the deal was AVP. I was too young to see it in theatres, but I saw it when it came out on dvd. I still like that movie, even though everyone said it sucked.
I became a fan when my dad bought me a videogame called Aliens vs. Predator and said i would like it. He was right. I then watched aliens which he taped i enjoyed a lot.
Which i did, soon later i see Predator on TV as well and loved it. I then recommend my friend to watch Alien, we all liked it, and about a month later i watched Alien3 and alien 4 on the same night from dvd rentals ;) 2 years later after searching for predator 2 it finally came on TV and i was happy with it.. then i watched the AVP in 2004 and AVP-R on the first day it came out,
thats my life story ;)
Your'e still young. but yea im lot older than you and i still saw them on tape.
Just seeing the originals, especially Alien and Aliens
Quote from: Internecivus Raptus on Jan 30, 2008, 04:19:04 AM
Just seeing the originals, especially Alien and Aliens
If you don't mind my asking, how old are you?
I'm thinking the younger you are, the less likely you are to be familiar with the older films despite them being so readily and widely available.
i first saw predator when i was 7 (1993)
my brother used to bring movies on vhs, predator was one of em. it was pretty cool.
I`m a fan since age 10 i think. when i saw the movie again. there I understood the whole movie lol (that predator was an alien, that dillon tricked dutch to go to that mision, etc)
I`m not much of an alien fan, but the first i saw. was aliens, the robot is cool.
when I heard the avp movie. I was like :o damn! but it sukd alien balls
The first Predator movie, and one of the Aliens video games that came out for PlayStation. I remember I would always watch my cousin play that and just loving all the weapons and gadgets on it you could get. I remember I also read the books when I was like 7 or 8, didn't really know what happened fully, but I remember kinda liking them.
basically the idea of an alien organism that overtakes humanity interested me as i was a young child i was fascinated from the beginning, and as i got older i appreciated the fact that the alien basically rapes humans forcibly impregnating them..the sexual subtext that is involved..the views that are displayed on the human reproductive cycle and humans thinking that they have mastered all.. with disdain..the phallic creature bursting forth and basically f**king the chest cavity..the yawing vaginal like openings in the alien ship..all the undercurring themes and the disease of reproducing is fascinating
I just grew up with it. Born in '82, Aliens was about the coolest thing I had ever seen when it came out on VHS. I had toys galore. My dad wouldn't take me to see Alien 3 in the theater, but he took my brother. :( I eventually was able to see the first 3 on VHS.
I was always into the video games too. I played the side-scrollers, AvP on the Atari Jaguar ( :D), then I got into AvP 1&2 on PC when they came out. Had a blast with them.
Fast forward to today: I'm 25 I've only seen 3 of the Alien series in the theater (Alien: Res, AvP, AvP-R). Aliens is probably the biggest inspiration to my career in art and I have some figures on my desk for inspiration. I joined this forum when I heard they were making a new AvP. It re-sparked my interest in the series and gives me something to do during down-time at work.
My brother watched alien over his friends house and borrowed aliens and so i watched it with him, i loved it and rented the rest. I saw predator a bit before aliens when i was about 8 or 9 over my nans house and soon after that predator 2.
avp about 6 mounths ago
VHS with first Predator about 15(?) years ago and VHS with Aliens about 12(?) years ago... :-\
When I saw A Picture of the Celtic predator i was hooked i got on line every day to look at that picture then when the movie came out my aunt got me into the movies and we saw AVP i was like holy smokes throughout the whole movie i was like daaaaaaaaaaang
I went to See Alien Ressurection at the theater with my parents when it first came out back in 1997 ,now I know that movie is horrible,But I would have never liked Alien if I never saw it :P,Even Before that I had the Kenner toys but I had no idea they had movies :D
Quote from: Garo Predator on Feb 05, 2008, 12:49:00 AM
When I saw A Picture of the Celtic predator i was hooked i got on line every day to look at that picture then when the movie came out my aunt got me into the movies and we saw AVP i was like holy smokes throughout the whole movie i was like daaaaaaaaaaang
I take it you still enjoy AvP?
ooooooh yaaaa ;D
what made me a fan?
well...it was the awesomeness of the Predator.
I watched when I was a little kid. I loved.
then one day I rented Alien. I liked, not as much but still.
Quote from: NoProblem on Feb 06, 2008, 03:07:21 AM
what made me a fan?
well...it was the awesomeness of the Predator.
I watched when I was a little kid. I loved.
then one day I rented Alien. I liked, not as much but still.
Let me tell you something if you saw aliens first before everything else you would be a hardcore alien fan but i saw avp and saw how predator was a bad ass so i fell in love wit him he was freaking awesome.
Quote from: Garo Predator on Feb 06, 2008, 03:16:11 AM
Let me tell you something if you saw aliens first before everything else you would be a hardcore alien fan but i saw avp and saw how predator was a bad ass so i fell in love wit him he was freaking awesome.
You became a hardcore fan of the Predator after watching AvP, and not only that, you thought the Predators were badass? I wonder what kind of fan you would've been if you watched the original Predator first.
Edit: Never mind, you're only 13. It's not your fault. ;)
^^Lol.....
Quote from: Garo Predator on Feb 06, 2008, 03:16:11 AM
Quote from: NoProblem on Feb 06, 2008, 03:07:21 AM
what made me a fan?
well...it was the awesomeness of the Predator.
I watched when I was a little kid. I loved.
then one day I rented Alien. I liked, not as much but still.
Let me tell you something if you saw aliens first before everything else you would be a hardcore alien fan but i saw avp and saw how predator was a bad ass so i fell in love wit him he was freaking awesome.
What Master Chief said. And you're the 1st person who's ever said that about AvP lol
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 06, 2008, 03:53:31 PM
Quote from: Garo Predator on Feb 06, 2008, 03:16:11 AM
Let me tell you something if you saw aliens first before everything else you would be a hardcore alien fan but i saw avp and saw how predator was a bad ass so i fell in love wit him he was freaking awesome.
You became a hardcore fan of the Predator after watching AvP, and not only that, you thought the Predators were badass? I wonder what kind of fan you would've been if you watched the original Predator first.
Edit: Never mind, you're only 13. It's not your fault. ;)
I think i got owned
garo preds not the only one, i liked the preds in avp, not there design but there presence in the movie...
What made me a fan?, well I'm a big sci-fi fan, I like the halo game series, Stargate sg1 and Atlantis, some star trek, any good sci-fi film, and of course the alien and predator series.
I am not bias towards aliens or predators, bother are really good, and both made really good movies, right now tho' I'm in a predator mood, having just re-watched the first predator film, wasn't arnie such an awesome actor?, I also recently took an interest in researching both aliens and predators finding out stuff the movie didn't show, like did you know predators are called "Yautja" in there own language, :P
Quote from: zombiecow69 on Feb 07, 2008, 01:14:57 PM
What made me a fan?, well I'm a big sci-fi fan, I like the halo game series, Stargate sg1 and Atlantis, some star trek, any good sci-fi film, and of course the alien and predator series.
I am not bias towards aliens or predators, bother are really good, and both made really good movies, right now tho' I'm in a predator mood, having just re-watched the first predator film, wasn't arnie such an awesome actor?, I also recently took an interest in researching both aliens and predators finding out stuff the movie didn't show, like did you know predators are called "Yautja" in there own language, :P
Yes, Yes i did :P
Quote from: Garo Predator on Feb 07, 2008, 12:42:56 AM
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 06, 2008, 03:53:31 PM
Quote from: Garo Predator on Feb 06, 2008, 03:16:11 AM
Let me tell you something if you saw aliens first before everything else you would be a hardcore alien fan but i saw avp and saw how predator was a bad ass so i fell in love wit him he was freaking awesome.
You became a hardcore fan of the Predator after watching AvP, and not only that, you thought the Predators were badass? I wonder what kind of fan you would've been if you watched the original Predator first.
Edit: Never mind, you're only 13. It's not your fault. ;)
I think i got owned
LMFAO! :D
i first got into the whole franchise, when i was asking my dad what descent horror films ther were which he had seen and alien came up which i checkd out when i was about 10 and got shit scared out of me and the weird thing was that the xenomorph did'nt scare me it was the music and atmosphere which freaked me out i eventually got the quadrilogy when i was 15 i think and loved it and that really got me hooked on it
and i went to c avp requiem yday and thounght it was great way better than avp god did that suck so bad requiem shud of been a remake of avp but it wasn't which now has ruined the chance to make a perfect trilogy once the third comes out. can't wait to c the final battle on the homeworlds predators to win forsure :)
Quote from: acid18 on Feb 12, 2008, 08:23:42 PM
i first got into the whole franchise, when i was asking my dad what descent horror films ther were which he had seen and alien came up which i checkd out when i was about 10 and got shit scared out of me and the weird thing was that the xenomorph did'nt scare me it was the music and atmosphere which freaked me out i eventually got the quadrilogy when i was 15 i think and loved it and that really got me hooked on it
and i went to c avp requiem yday and thounght it was great way better than avp god did that suck so bad requiem shud of been a remake of avp but it wasn't which now has ruined the chance to make a perfect trilogy once the third comes out. can't wait to c the final battle on the homeworlds predators to win forsure :)
Glad you enjoyed AvP:R. And welcome to The Galaxy! :D
i watched aliens at the age of 3 (no sound though, my dad didn't want me repeating swear words). and ive been hooked ever since :D
oh by the way welcome.
For anyone born in the early 80s in the UK will fondly remember this phrase...
"Aliens will continue after the news."
Got to love the edited for tv versions of Predator and Aliens - where the news would cut the movie in half due to the 9 o Clock news...not to the mention the dubbed swearing.
(Robocop was excellent for this!)
But yeah, I saw Aliens when I was about 11 and it scared me intensely! So much so that I had nightmares for weeks to follow...and then after that, I became sort of mildly obsessed by the alien and things of a similar nature - which makes sense as apparently, there is a clear link between fear and obsession...I guess that's how the brain deals with stuff.
I had both Aliens and Predator taped off the tv on video (remember those? lol) and I watched it so often that I eventually remembered all the adverts...haha.
But yes, Aliens made me a fan...and it all went on from there...
Quote from: Master Chief on Jan 17, 2008, 10:24:23 PM
Quote from: Angel_Seb on Jan 16, 2008, 07:34:01 AM
..Also, Scar is the bomb. Can't wait to see the original Pred movies...
If you think Scar is the bomb, I wonder what you'll make of the original Predator when you see it...Nuclear bomb ???
Actually, now Scar is like the ultimate bomb, and then the Pred from the first movie is the nuclear bomb, and Pussyface is the bomb. XD
Can't really remember. I think it was Aliens that started it. The first game added to the AVP part of it.
Quote from: Weasel on Feb 27, 2008, 04:47:55 AM
Can't really remember. I think it was Aliens that started it. The first game added to the AVP part of it.
Predator must've been pretty significant since you quoted Jesse Ventura in under your avvy :D
Oh yeah, totally.
I become a fan of the Predators because of it's cool movies. I'll explain on how I became a fan. First, I saw Predator and Alien movies in Star Movies when I was still 9 years old (2002), I liked the movies, but never became a fan. But when Paul Anderson made AVP, the movie is good and has more interesting plot. It keeps me more interested than ever. That's how I became a fan of AVP. Until now.
I'm even more of a fan because of this site and the AvP2 game, now. Actually it was this very site that told me that there was a game called AvP2. So I read the AvP2 board and now I own it and it's the best, Alien/Predator game I've ever played. Actually, thinking about it, it is the best game I have ever played in my entire life and I'm only on the Alien level, Surprise. :D
AvP, I saw the trailer when I was 12.
My friends talked about the movies, so I decided to watch Predator. I loved it. My friend told me to see Aliens and not Alien because it only has one alien, and I thought that was good. Then, after seeing those two movies, my mom finally let me see AVP. That was one of the best movies ever. Now she says that I might not get to see AVPR though because the Predalien attacks pregnant women.
Quote from: Krogo on Mar 12, 2008, 06:35:53 PM
My friends talked about the movies, so I decided to watch Predator. I loved it. My friend told me to see Aliens and not Alien because it only has one alien, and I thought that was good. Then, after seeing those two movies, my mom finally let me see AVP. That was one of the best movies ever. Now she says that I might not get to see AVPR though because the Predalien attacks pregnant women.
dont worry man, you aint missin out on much...just a couple of money shots for gore hounds.
I first saw Alien when I was 5 years old and it scared the hell out of me, and I've been hooked ever since!
Quote from: Krogo on Mar 12, 2008, 06:35:53 PM
My friends talked about the movies, so I decided to watch Predator. I loved it. My friend told me to see Aliens and not Alien because it only has one alien, and I thought that was good. Then, after seeing those two movies, my mom finally let me see AVP. That was one of the best movies ever. Now she says that I might not get to see AVPR though because the Predalien attacks pregnant women.
Don't worry though The Baby's Fate is never shown on screen,Just Chestbursters with CGI Gore
i became a fan when i was 6. i remember watching the first alien movie, it gave me nightmares but i couldn't stop watching it. you know its one of those that scares you but you gotta keep watching it.
ah, how I became a fan.......well I consider myself a fan since I saw the population trailer from AVP-R :D But it all began a long time ago before that,when I was around 6 I went to my Parents room and they were watching PREDATOR (since the part when Mac stars shooting at the Predator) and I was amazed at it!, it was like nothing I ever saw til that moment(mostly cartoons), something invisible that killed people (I make it sound as less than it was :P) and when I got to see him in the cleaner kit part(whatever)and then when he took his Bio Mask, I was, like I said, AmAzEd!. The whole movie was something unveliabalbe. It had a really strong impression on me. some time later(don't know how much) I saw PREDATOR2 again with my dad, again, not completely and it 'AmAzEd!' me even more. then I forgot about them...... :-\.........until I one day, I was twelve and I went to see a movie and there was this really big poster saying: "ALIEN Vs DEPREDADOR"(it's in spanish, im from Peru, a spanish speaking country) and it all came back, I loved the Predator and even thought I never had seen an Alien movie, I somehow knew about him since I was Little(I remember seeing the power loader scene in A L I E N S, but it was the very ending, so I didn't caught my attention that much, even so I tought that the Alien was a freaking amazing creature!) so I saw this movie as an oportunitie to go see a movie with my dad and watch my first Alien movie. I loved the movie when I saw it, I just regret not realizing that the chestburster at the end was a 'Predalien' chestburster. It made an impact on me for the last monthor so(together with no more or less than Freedy vs. Jason) and then I forgot about it :(. I saw the movie(AVP) some times after that and I liked still, but nothing special. so, one dayI was surfing Wikipedia and somehow I found a link to the Wikipedia page about AVP and I readthere was a sequel coming out, and I got exited about it, but the something in the trailer and the 'Store Fight Scene' preview on IGN, triggered somethingin me that made me love the movies, maybe it was just the prescence of greatness in wich it was presented. and got me waiting for several months until christmas. I saw It on oppening day and althought I liked it more than AVP(I didn't liked it that much anymore), I tought that AVP was better. But the Impact It had before seeing it remained and made want to see the originals, I bought PREDATOR and A L I E N and they 'AmAzEd!' me. I got A L I E N S for my birthday and it's the one that I like best. I ordered the NECA figures(the predators still not here :'() and I registered here. I can't find PREDATOR2 anywhere :( and I only find ALIEN3 and Alien:resurrection in the quadrilogy. but im looking forward to see them. and that's the whole story and thanks for reading so far if you had.
Damn, I'm impressed, that's quite detailed. Good on you man!!
I started buying the action figures in kindergarten because I thought they looked cool. My dad loved the original Alien because it was marketed so vaguely, then when you saw the movie, you went in blind and were smacked in the face with gallons of innovation. After seeing how obsessed I was with the figures, he let me see Alien while my mom was out of town for a couple of days.
I loved it and I've been a die-hard alien fanatic ever since.
When I was about 4 or 5 my grandmother show me the first alien and predator movie. Once when I saw the ALIENS movie me and my brother were acting out the movie it was very embarassing but it was fun back then. When I heard the first AVP movie that it was coming out I started writing stories about them and I still writing about them today.
Well i just don't have a clue what got me interested, hmm let me think. Well for one thing i am a predator fan, hate the Alien. I watched the Alien franchises first when i was small, i'm used to gore me, i just hate it when the facehuggers jump out of the eggs, made me jump too. So when i heard of this Allien vs Predator movie i decided to watch it, at first i wnated the Alien to win, bit then a while later i just clicked, and then i wanted the predator to win. Since then i am a huge fan of the Predator frachises and the predators themselves.
what made me a fan.... well, i saw Aliens as a kid and scared me to death, in my teens i read the first AVP novel and i loved the idea and went out and started getting all the comics
My mom had just gotten her root canal and was still affected by the gas. I knew she couldn't say know so I asked her if I could see Predator. She said yes so I went to the store and rented it. I was young and a very mentally fragile person. The effect the movie had on me was profound. I was hooked from there on
Quote from: Hunter-Slayer on Apr 13, 2008, 10:25:42 PM
My mom had just gotten her root canal and was still affected by the gas. I knew she couldn't say know so I asked her if I could see Predator. She said yes so I went to the store and rented it. I was young and a very mentally fragile person. The effect the movie had on me was profound. I was hooked from there on
Sounds rather dramatic. How did it affect you?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 13, 2008, 10:35:53 PM
Quote from: Hunter-Slayer on Apr 13, 2008, 10:25:42 PM
My mom had just gotten her root canal and was still affected by the gas. I knew she couldn't say know so I asked her if I could see Predator. She said yes so I went to the store and rented it. I was young and a very mentally fragile person. The effect the movie had on me was profound. I was hooked from there on
Sounds rather dramatic. How did it affect you?
I was very sheltered from the world and maybe because of that I was a very bloodthirsty person who feared pain. If I don't sound like A serial killer I don't know what was. But basically I ran around my house pretending to shoulder cannon my brother and scream "Your one ugly mother Fu**er" Needless to say my mom took better care of her teeth
Lol, I'm sure she did. That's definitely interesting. I wonder what the Thomas Brothers would have to say about that.
I dunno but it probably wasn't what they would expect haha.
I saw Alien 3 when i saw 5 years old in 1992. My dad took me to see it because he thought the movie was monster movie and i love the old school monster movies when i was a kid. After that i love it. Alien 3 is a masterpice and the Director cuts was good but not wans't good as the normal version. After i saw Alien 3, i saw Alien, Aliens, Predator and Predator II.
haha. I think the only alien movie that came out in my lifetime was alien resurrection. Pity me :-X
i was being sly and watching alien 3 in bed when i was 6
i cried because the dog died :'(poor dog
Quote from: Hunter-Slayer on Apr 16, 2008, 03:57:00 PM
haha. I think the only alien movie that came out in my lifetime was alien resurrection. Pity me :-X
That makes two of us ;)
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 16, 2008, 05:01:20 PM
Quote from: Hunter-Slayer on Apr 16, 2008, 03:57:00 PM
haha. I think the only alien movie that came out in my lifetime was alien resurrection. Pity me :-X
That makes two of us ;)
Aliens and Alien 3 came out in the theater in my lifetime, but I was too young to go see them. I saw Resurrection in the theater though...with my family. :P My whole family are big Alien fans.
I saw Resurrection in the theater in 1997 but i feel alseep because i was too tried at time. My mom even told me after the movie that she was gald i was sleep or i would get nightmares.
Quote from: Ratchetcomand on Apr 17, 2008, 03:47:03 PM
I saw Resurrection in the theater in 1997 but i feel alseep because i was too tried at time. My mom even told me after the movie that she was gald i was sleep or i would get nightmares.
When I went and saw it, the theater messed up and some caution lights on the walls were circling while it was pitch black in the theater. I swear I thought it was part of the movie! Then everything came back on.. power outage or something. I was about 15 or so.
I was 6 when i saw the movie. I had no clue what was going on then i took a nap. My mom took me to see it because she didn't find a baby siter at the time.
What made you an Alien fan?
well... the way H.R. Giger made a whole different world, and the creature itself, best damn sci fi creature in the world IMO. Plus the whole darkness of all the movies kinda made it different so thats what made me a fan.
oh and how vicious and sneaky the alien is, is beyond me.
loved it ever since i first saw it ( which was a long long time ago when i was 5 or 6)
sorry to say but we already have a sticky thread for this:
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=806.0 (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=806.0)
;D
All so young when watching horror movies, good on ya.
When i was 9 and i watched Aliens and i saw the Queen Alien . I was like that is so cool :o. So now im mad about them ;D
i didnt even like Alien until aliens then i hated it after A3 then i liked it again after Alien ressurection thats my story !
"Alien", made me a fan. Acid blood, chitaneous exoskeleton, metallic teeth and clawz, barbed tipped tail, powerful inner jaw, like Ash said, "the perfect organism", a reproductive killing machine who stalks the shadows.
Now that I think about it, the biggest Alien/Predator events for me were:
#199? - Seeing Aliens and Predator on tv - this was how I was introduced basically to the creatures.
#1998 - When Alien Resurrection came out in my country - I remember reading in SFX about the production and was hyped as hell for that movie.
#2001 - The release of AVP2 for PC - great game that again got me obssessed with aliens and predators.
#2003 - The Alien Quadrilogy - best DVD set ever.
#2004 - AVP - I was very hyped about this movie, visiting AVPGalaxy for pics and news info, but that was a big disappointment.
#2007 - the relaunch of AVPGalaxy, and the buildup to Requiem, only to be letdown again, but I enjoyed the movie.
I became metalist and start to like dark "things".
Then i saw movie Alien then Aliens.
And after all i think.
That Aliens are good so i became fan.
I was always facinated by monsters and gross stuff when I was little guess I was morbid... I first saw Aliens when I was 8 and fell in love since then. While other kids watched power rangers and barney.... I watched blood bathed aliens... 8)
I just saw Aliens and fell in love with the franchise. I remember me pretending to be Hicks fighting hordes of aliens as a little kid lol.
Quote from: Private Hudson on Apr 24, 2008, 01:34:08 AM
I just saw Aliens and fell in love with the franchise. I remember me pretending to be Hicks fighting hordes of aliens as a little kid lol.
that basically sums up why im an aliens fan ;D
Quote from: wolfboy22 on Apr 26, 2008, 03:00:57 AM
Quote from: Private Hudson on Apr 24, 2008, 01:34:08 AM
I just saw Aliens and fell in love with the franchise. I remember me pretending to be Hicks fighting hordes of aliens as a little kid lol.
that basically sums up why im an aliens fan ;D
I used to do that when I was little too. ;)
Quote from: Lord-Naraku on Apr 28, 2008, 04:06:01 PM
Quote from: wolfboy22 on Apr 26, 2008, 03:00:57 AM
Quote from: Private Hudson on Apr 24, 2008, 01:34:08 AM
I just saw Aliens and fell in love with the franchise. I remember me pretending to be Hicks fighting hordes of aliens as a little kid lol.
that basically sums up why im an aliens fan ;D
I used to do that when I was little too. ;)
Same here too :)
I pretended there were eggs on the Betty, causing an outbreak on Earth. I was usually Ron Perlman's character, alongside the rest of the Alien Resurrection cast, fighting hordes of aliens. My fantasies had to be canon to the films. :P
I'm pretendeing that was dutch because i put mud all over my body. I pretended that i was dutch takeing down Godzilla lol.
Quote from: Ratchetcomand on Apr 30, 2008, 07:23:16 PM
I'm pretendeing that was dutch because i put mud all over my body. I pretended that i was dutch takeing down Godzilla lol.
Priceless Ratchetcomand Priceless... :D :D
Quote from: Ratchetcomand on Apr 30, 2008, 07:23:16 PM
I'm pretendeing that was dutch because i put mud all over my body. I pretended that i was dutch takeing down Godzilla lol.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call dedication round here. Good on ya bud ;)
It was a idea i had when i was little. I thought if Dutch can take down a Predator then he should take down something stronger.
Lol, and now you realize Godzilla is a far cry from a Predator :D
I had Played Predeator Concrete Jungle when i was about 9 and my parents told me there was a movie so I saw it. Was into it ever since.
I seen the Franchise out of order. First i saw AVP Then Alien Resurection Predator 2 Alien 3 and Predator then Aliens and alien and now AVP R
You play Predator Concrete Jungle when your 9? How old are you because the game came out almost 3 years ago.
for me it was when i wanted to get alien vs predator. my mom, being very overprotective said i had to watch all the alien movies first. i'me glad she did, now i'me a huge aliens fan.
Quote from: PredatorX on May 13, 2008, 04:00:33 PM
for me it was when i wanted to get alien vs predator. my mom, being very overprotective said i had to watch all the alien movies first. i'me glad she did, now i'me a huge aliens fan.
Wow, you've got a cool mom. :D
Quote from: Ratchetcomand on May 03, 2008, 12:23:26 AM
You play Predator Concrete Jungle when your 9? How old are you because the game came out almost 3 years ago.
I was thinking the same thing, he said he was nine when he played concrete jungle and then after that he watched the film and then he said the first one he saw was AVP, So i'm guessing he's about 12 maybe 13.
Quote from: PredatorX on May 13, 2008, 04:00:33 PM
for me it was when i wanted to get alien vs predator. my mom, being very overprotective said i had to watch all the alien movies first. i'me glad she did, now i'me a huge aliens fan.
You're mothen is a smart woman ;)
when i watched aliens for the first time
AVPR made me a fan.
AVP made me a fangirl.
Lol, fangirl?
IV BEEN A FAN SINCE I SEEN PREDATOR 2 BUT AFTER AVP I KINDA FORGOT THEY EXSITED UNTIL I SAW THE FIRST AVPR TRAILER. ;D
Quote from: Da-Wolf on Mar 25, 2008, 09:39:01 PM
ah, how I became a fan.......well I consider myself a fan since I saw the population trailer from AVP-R :D But it all began a long time ago before that,when I was around 6 I went to my Parents room and they were watching PREDATOR (since the part when Mac stars shooting at the Predator) and I was amazed at it!, it was like nothing I ever saw til that moment(mostly cartoons), something invisible that killed people (I make it sound as less than it was :P) and when I got to see him in the cleaner kit part(whatever)and then when he took his Bio Mask, I was, like I said, AmAzEd!. The whole movie was something unveliabalbe. It had a really strong impression on me. some time later(don't know how much) I saw PREDATOR2 again with my dad, again, not completely and it 'AmAzEd!' me even more. then I forgot about them...... :-\.........until I one day, I was twelve and I went to see a movie and there was this really big poster saying: "ALIEN Vs DEPREDADOR"(it's in spanish, im from Peru, a spanish speaking country) and it all came back, I loved the Predator and even thought I never had seen an Alien movie, I somehow knew about him since I was Little(I remember seeing the power loader scene in A L I E N S, but it was the very ending, so I didn't caught my attention that much, even so I tought that the Alien was a freaking amazing creature!) so I saw this movie as an oportunitie to go see a movie with my dad and watch my first Alien movie. I loved the movie when I saw it, I just regret not realizing that the chestburster at the end was a 'Predalien' chestburster. It made an impact on me for the last monthor so(together with no more or less than Freedy vs. Jason) and then I forgot about it :(. I saw the movie(AVP) some times after that and I liked still, but nothing special. so, one dayI was surfing Wikipedia and somehow I found a link to the Wikipedia page about AVP and I readthere was a sequel coming out, and I got exited about it, but the something in the trailer and the 'Store Fight Scene' preview on IGN, triggered somethingin me that made me love the movies, maybe it was just the prescence of greatness in wich it was presented. and got me waiting for several months until christmas. I saw It on oppening day and althought I liked it more than AVP(I didn't liked it that much anymore), I tought that AVP was better. But the Impact It had before seeing it remained and made want to see the originals, I bought PREDATOR and A L I E N and they 'AmAzEd!' me. I got A L I E N S for my birthday and it's the one that I like best. I ordered the NECA figures(the predators still not here :'() and I registered here. I can't find PREDATOR2 anywhere :( and I only find ALIEN3 and Alien:resurrection in the quadrilogy. but im looking forward to see them. and that's the whole story and thanks for reading so far if you had.
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 18, 2008, 03:57:51 PM
Lol, fangirl?
Yep, fangirl. And a Rabid one at that XD
What changed to make you a fangirl?
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 19, 2008, 03:37:15 PM
What changed to make you a fangirl?
You wont like it...
Scar and Lex... Checketh mah sigeth...
What does OTP stand for?
I saw aliens when I was 6.
I saw Pred. in the same year.
Two years later I saw Pred 2.
I got excited on seeing the alien skull in P2.
BOOM! I saw the game in a store.
Then I saw Alien 3 and Alien:R when I was 9.
And then I became a fan before the movie.
When I saw the first trailer for AvP I could not believe my eyes!
when i was 5 or 6 i saw the ending of Aliens, then i remembered that title to memory for ever. Then I watched Aliens only that It was a sequal so i saw alien. Then I saw ressurection on tv so in turn i finally saw alien three. Then I got giddy when i heard about avp then I learned about P so i saw number 1 I only saw 2 after hearing about the game.
I grew up watching the alien and predator movies because a couple of my friends were really into them. I didn't understand the movies very well but the action was great and the toys were too. Years later when I started getting into horror movies, I checked out the first Alien movie again. It was great. I loved it and I heard a lot of opinions that the second was even better so eventually I got around to watching it again as well. At first I like the original better, but the more I've watched it, the more I love it and it's quickly become my favorite in the AVP universe. Aliens is what transformed me into somethig more than a casual fan.
for me it was when i was 6/7 i was round my uncles my mum and auntie were shopping and mum came back with the bull alien toy, started with the toys because they were awesome, but didnt really have any idea what they did then i soon saw aliens and predator and that was it, tracked down the rest of the films, got really hyped when AR came out loved it till i realized it werent that great but was fixed on it
I saw Predator at such a young age and it stuck with me, I formed a connection with the character itself and its hole mythos. It was the first movie that I saw that had a creature/monster/alien of any kind. It was the first movie that scared me, but I then thought he was just the coolest thing ever! :)
what made me a fan was watchinng avp and getting hooked on alien i bought the dvd's of alien and got shit load of books and panitngs
I became an Alien fan after I got curious about AVP, I thought the Aliens were cool in AVP, but when I saw Aliens, I was in awe. Alien and Aliens made me want to be an ACTUAL Alien...
Quote from: X-Rex on Jul 16, 2008, 03:37:44 AM
I became an Alien fan after I got curious about AVP, I thought the Aliens were cool in AVP, but when I saw Aliens, I was in awe. Alien and Aliens made me want to be an ACTUAL Alien...
LOL
I became a fan at six years old when i got my first action figures. The flying Alien Queen and Cracked Tusk Predator.
Quote from: X-Rex on Jul 16, 2008, 03:37:44 AM
I became an Alien fan after I got curious about AVP, I thought the Aliens were cool in AVP, but when I saw Aliens, I was in awe. Alien and Aliens made me want to be an ACTUAL Alien...
When I saw AvP I wanted to be a Predator...when I saw Predator, I HAD to be lol
I remember watching ALIENS with my mom when I was a little kid, because I remember being so confused that bishop could survive being torn in half (being young not realizing he wasn't human).
I think I was around five or six, I'm now twenty three, so thats been a long infatuation.
I asked her why she let me watch that movie when I was younger and she said I was on this GI JOE kick and we got in some argument because I was convinced that GI JOE couldn't die, so she set the rules straight with ALIENS
way to go ma
Predator didn't ensue until sixth grade or so
Quote from: rocknweird on Jul 17, 2008, 04:05:56 AM
I remember watching ALIENS with my mom when I was a little kid, because I remember being so confused that bishop could survive being torn in half (being young not realizing he wasn't human).
I think I was around five or six, I'm now twenty three, so thats been a long infatuation.
I asked her why she let me watch that movie when I was younger and she said I was on this GI JOE kick and we got in some argument because I was convinced that GI JOE couldn't die, so she set the rules straight with ALIENS
way to go ma
Predator didn't ensue until sixth grade or so
I bet you love your mom. :D
Quote from: rocknweird on Jul 17, 2008, 04:05:56 AM
I remember watching ALIENS with my mom when I was a little kid, because I remember being so confused that bishop could survive being torn in half (being young not realizing he wasn't human).
I think I was around five or six, I'm now twenty three, so thats been a long infatuation.
I asked her why she let me watch that movie when I was younger and she said I was on this GI JOE kick and we got in some argument because I was convinced that GI JOE couldn't die, so she set the rules straight with ALIENS
way to go ma
Predator didn't ensue until sixth grade or so
Your mom advocated watching Aliens...could she teach my mom about that? lol
yeah I love my mom she pretty much rules
she even took me out of school early to see the first screening of jurassic park 2 when it came out
I wish my mom was more like yours. She's a real stick in the mud.
I grew up watching some horror and action films anyway and I saw Aliens when I was fairly young. I fell completely, totally and, most importantly, stupidly, in love with Bishop :-\
Then as I grew up more, I started to really and properly notice the rest of the film - just how the Aliens were so unique and scary.
How it was all a great world, and one that didn't seem so "sci-fi", it seemed very plausible.
Why'd you fall in love with Bishop lol?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 23, 2008, 09:51:12 PM
Why'd you fall in love with Bishop lol?
I was young. I discovered hormones. He was nice *shrugs* ;D
I remember I must have liked him on sight though 'cos I remember asking my dad why Ripley was rude to him (when he sat beside her at the table and she realised he was a synthetic). I remember just scoffing at the fact the last one she met tried to kill her, I was thinking, "but that's no reason to take it out on Bishop. He's nice....."
My grandpa started me out by letting me watch Predator. ;DAliens kicked in after i rented AVP.
I was baptized into the fires of Predator. It was one of the first movies i saw. Aliens was introduced to me when my dad was like lets have a michael biehn marathon
I saw Aliens on the fourth of July when I was about five years old. Love at first sight.
Saw Aliens when I was in 1st grade, I remember it kicked so much ass and then I found out that it was a sequel. I saw Alien and instantly fell in love with the franchise. I believe I saw Predator in second grade.
Seeing the movies "Aliens" and "Predator 1 & 2" for the first time in the same night then seeing "AVP" and "AVPR" got me hooked for life
Quite the onslaught, nice! :D What were you feeling after all that?
I decided to watch an Alien movie when i was 12 and have been hooked ever since.
Quote from: Predalien King on Aug 14, 2008, 10:08:14 PM
Seeing the movies "Aliens" and "Predator 1 & 2" for the first time in the same night then seeing "AVP" and "AVPR" got me hooked for life
God you must have not been able to sleep that night.
Quote from: T-180 on Aug 14, 2008, 11:37:21 PM
I decided to watch an Alien movie when i was 12 and have been hooked ever since.
Welcome T-180.
I saw Predator2 first then 1 then Alien alenis
Im feeling pretty amazed at both species of alien
predators are space ninjas lol
Alien and Aliens. And then as the comics eventually came out - that's when I got hooked. Alien 3 made me into a believer... and I have been one ever since, even though everything has been rolling downhill on skidmarked slopes and then, finally, taking a deep plunge into a reeking bucket packing an extra pungent mix of walrus and hippo feces, old Indian food and diapers marinading in a dumpster (note: plus 90 degrees outside), concentrated skunk zest, carcass and rotting milk.
I never cared much for the Predator movies (they were cool and all, but other than that - meh!), and I have never been a big fan of the AvP comics (the only thing in the AvP franchise I like is AvP2 the PC game), so when FOX announced that they were going to shoot an AVP movie (and a 2nd after that), I wasn't excited at all - I was bummed 'cause I knew that they would mess everything up.
The first three Alien movies is what my fandom is all about.
well to be honest im more of an alien fan than a predator fan i mean predator 1&2 were good films but i think the alien films are much better.and why i am a fan of the alien films is cause alien and aliens were two of the first 18 certificate films i ever saw and they just blew me away to be honest,aliens in particular i love that film it is what got me into films
December 2007: The cover of AvP caught my eye at my local library, so I rented it. I watched it and it didn't strike my fancy very much, so I let it go. Around January of this year, I rented it again and watched it, and it seemed much better (this time around I was a bigger Predator fan). I watched Predator, P2, and AvP-R, bought some of Neca's toys, explored the search bar on Google, and found some AvP/Predator/Alien related forums. And here I am!
You were a bigger Pred fan and that allowed to enjoy AvP more? That's amazing.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 25, 2008, 10:51:39 PM
You were a bigger Pred fan and that allowed to enjoy AvP more? That's amazing.
Yeah, but that was before I found AvPGalaxy, and read the books. Now I know how ridiculous the Predators acted in AvP.
Ya, makes sense. I was the same way.
MMmmm...
I read the books because of AVP. And I love them. I have all 4 (yes, even the movie version) books, all the comics and the Alien/Predator page to page art book.
All because of AVP. I am a huge AVP fan.
wait have you even seen the originals, I haven't met anyone or heard of or even read of anyone liking AVP more than the originals. AVP is alright i guess, they could have done much more which makes me so angry
Quote from: Sgt. Johnson on Aug 29, 2008, 12:12:05 AM
wait have you even seen the originals, I haven't met anyone or heard of or even read of anyone liking AVP more than the originals. AVP is alright i guess, they could have done much more which makes me so angry
The origional Predator movie I love, the 2nd was alright. I've seen Alien, and let me tell you: scared the absolute shit out of me. Even the last 20 minutes of Aliens that I've caught is bleh. I'm sure its a brilliant franchise, but I just can't watch it.
I hate to admit it, but even after AVP I lie it bed and think "God, I hope I never meet a face-hugger" XD
I watched Alien and it was to grown up for me to really get or enjoy but i was fascinated by the alien.
Then i went to see Aliens the summer it was out with my parents and Newt helped me enjoy the story since i was close to the same age. Aliens Made me an alien fan
when predator came out i remember being a lot more interested in the background and story of the predator because he was humanoid and i loved the look and the weapons and such.
AVP could never make me less of a fan even if i was shocked a movie would be talked about and hyped for 15 years and be such a f**k up.
i still think they need to get the actor who played Darth Maul in a predator suite and cgi his legs or something so he looks taller.. or make a smaller set stand him on a box or something.
3rd times a charm I hope
Alien got me into it, and right after I saw it I say Aliens. Two excellent movies back-to-back, how could I not be won over? ;D
Konami's 'Aliens' game actually got me into it. I loved that game and spent a tremendous amount of money on that thing almost every day after school. I eventually checked out the movies; I watched 'Alien' first and was quite on edge, especially by in contrast to the game, how dark and menacing the first film was. I then watched 'Aliens' and was filled with an equal amount of apprehension. But I loved every minute of both of them.
Those films were such a thrill. And the directors, Scott and Cameron, did an incredible job. The Aliens in those films were actually intimidating, and they didn't even need to be on the screen to be intimidating. You also felt for the characters and could imagine yourself in that situation. 'Alien' and 'Aliens' make 'Resurrection' and the 'AvP' movies look laughable in comparison - there's absolutely no substance in those films, which is a shame.
i became a fan after seeing alien, and predator they just were awsome and i couldnt get enough so i continued watching them and waited for the figureines and designs so i could make my own shit
When did you see Alien and Predator, Nathan? I bet you only got into them after watching AvP. ;)
Quote from: Master Chief on Dec 11, 2008, 09:19:54 PM
When did you see Alien and Predator, Nathan? I bet you only got into them after watching AvP. ;)
Tee-Hee
Around 1993 or so, a friend told me about 'Alien' and 'Aliens' while we were on the bus going home from summer camp. I was 9 years old.
They sounded AWESOME, and my parents bought me my first Kenner 'Aliens' action figure, the Snake Alien.
Somehow I convinced my mother to rent 'Alien' for me. It was the first R-rated movie I'd ever seen, and somehow it didn't scare the shit out of me or scar me for life.
I've been hooked ever since.
For me I think the thing that interested me the most at first was the Alien itself, how it looked, how it acted, and what it was capable of.
My father is a sci fi fan, grew up watching them , the rest is history
I guess its in the blood ;)
Nice, Fox is spreading into our blood.
Speak for yourself, I use protection.
Blood thinners? Really Chief, I thought your Spartan blood was pure as it was :D
Quote from: Parler on Aug 25, 2008, 10:26:35 PM
December 2007
A newer fan huh? Wecolme then since it better now then never.
When i was 4 years old i watched Predator for the first time it scared me so bad that i ran under the kitchen table LMAO!!! then I watched Predator 2 I became a fan of Aliens when i was six years old in 1992 when the kenner Aliens and Predator action figures came out and after watching Alien 3 then Aliens and Alien then later Alien Resurrection
I saw Alien 3 when I was 10 or 11 in 1992 when it was released. There was this life size statue of an alien in the cinema foyer. Around the same time, they were showing Aliens Special Edition on tv.
Quote from: Commander Griker on Dec 22, 2008, 05:08:00 AM
When i was 4 years old i watched Predator for the first time it scared me so bad that i ran under the kitchen table LMAO!!! then I watched Predator 2 I became a fan of Aliens when i was six years old in 1992 when the kenner Aliens and Predator action figures came out and after watching Alien 3 then Aliens and Alien then later Alien Resurrection
Lol, what was it about Predator that scared you?
I became a fan after seeing Alien 3. The first time I saw the dog collapse, convulse on the floor, and the chest burster rupture out, it terrified me for months. But it made me curious to understand the Alien as best as I could. These creatures inspired me, and captivated me.
Inspired to you do what? Rape people? ;)
It all feeds a part of our psyche.
Aliens and predators are both powerful creatures, shown how they are potrayed in the mediums in which they exist.
Haha, no not rape. I mean it inspired me to well, draw, to write, to create. Its one of the driving motivators in my art work and in my writing. Hell Im trying to get dark horse to check my Alien writings (especially since their latest ones are pretty lame) but Ive gotten rejection since they didnt ask for my work (has to be solicited). So now I just put my writing out there and hope someone reads it. But all of it stems back to the first time I saw that poor dog die from rupturing, and the fear and horror it instilled in me.
...
This makes me want to re-try the Alien franchise even less...
*goes off to find her dog and make sure he's OK*
Quote from: gameoverman on Dec 22, 2008, 06:13:38 PM
It all feeds a part of our psyche.
Aliens and predators are both powerful creatures, shown how they are potrayed in the mediums in which they exist.
Alien more so, b/c the creature's physical design is so unique.
I liked it when i was 9.I played the game at 10.I watched the show at 12.I luved it at 13.Im a fan at 14.
What show?
He might mean watching the movies on TV.
Im a hardcore fan but look at these guys
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg61.imageshack.us%2Fimg61%2F2953%2F73264124ea4.png&hash=659e8a130dd76301e6e2c7de27d35c851703c0cd)
Haha, that's awesome! Where was that taken?
Wow. That is awesome.
A group like that would "liven" up any party :D
i have loved the escapism for science fiction for eons,but for me the predator movies are the best, special fx predator technologies are amazing my fav predator movie has to be reqiem purely for the reason you see the predator homeworld and you have this troubleshooter type predator this guy can wrestle 2 predators at once, in one scene but it's the predator gadgets that will always amaze me
Everything about Predator is great and I think that's why I've become a fan.
Went to see Alien 3 in theaters and that planted some interest. But it wasnt untill I saw Alien and Aliens afterwards that I became a big fan
Seen all the films since I was a kid, but AVP really got me into the franchise.
I saw Predator and Alien 3 at a friends house when i was 7 and it had me hooked.
I was around 9 and my dad picked me up one of the older alien figures from a flea market and gave it to me. I fell in love with the design and asked to see the movies. I loved Alien and loved Aliens even more! I then watched Aliens every day for the rest of the school year.
I didn't see Predator, P2, A3 or A4 until around the time I saw AVP came out, when I really got hooked on the franchise.
I think im one of older fans over here reading the responses. Anyway, to correct myself from my previous post, i didnt see A3 in theaters, i got to know it when it was all around the media while it was in theaters
My very first encounter with the alien franchise was the teaser trailer for "Aliens" way back, even before A3 came out. It seemed the scariest thing ever, and being very young I didn;t even wanna see it cause thought its way too scary
Aliens was such a big hit that the franchise became an icon, everyone knew what alien is wheter he'd seen the movie or not. Kind of like with Batman or Superman.
Then the first, legendary AVP comic book came out and it was just mind blowing. I must've read it a hundred times and joined the AVP fanclub
I was born and raised in Europe, and as some of you may know, Alien 3 was a big hit there. So when it was in theaters it was all over the place, in every magazine, movie show etc. It seemed really big and scary as hell.
Immediately after it was released on VHS I rented it and saw it, and I think for me that was THE scariest movie ive ever seen by that point. Also, its prequel became something of a legend - ive only seen the teaser and after seeing A3 I was thinking "damn, who were those people in EEV and what they are survivors of? what kind of nightmare did they go through?"
I saw Aliens some time later and Alien I saw much, much later in 1997 which is good because I was old enough to "get" the movie
I first got to know the characters when I played AVP when I was 10 or 12 or something. My dad had the Alien movies and I saw something from Predator on TV too before playing this game but I never knew anything about the franchises. The AVP game got me really interested.
I'm really an Alien fan. I like Predator a lot but I'm not a fan of it. I love Alien because the thing looks amazing, the movies are great and... Well, I just love it! :D
Quote from: BrokenTusk on Mar 16, 2007, 02:50:00 AM
love the first Predator but AVP really got me into the franchise.
Same here. But i like alien because i saw it with my mom. She liked aliens so that's when i started liking alien more than predator. whan i saw predator i didnt like it because when you see the camera on him it's like red green blue.
I got into Aliens & Preds when i first watched "Alien" when i was younger i loved it,and i saw Predator round a friend of mines it was a brilliant film! :D
Predator made me a fan because it was one of the "scary" movies I only got to watch when the parents were out. Then I finally got to see Aliens on its first television premier. I looked at my brother's Predator comics and my cousin's Aliens comics. Finally I ran onto the first series of AVP comics and became obsessed. The movies are good but the comics are much much more interesting. I am quite successful in my Aliens, Predator, and AVP comics collection. Other crossovers as well. The sad part is, when I was a kid, I was on a farm 30 minutes away from the nearest comic shop. So getting my own copies while I was young was a big problem. My very first Predator related comic that I bought for myself (not given to me by brother or cousin) was Tarzan vs Predator 4 of 4. For some reason I loved it and now have the graphic novel as well. Anyhow, I'm glad I found this sight. I love it.
Quote from: avp85comiccollector on Feb 19, 2009, 03:40:27 AM
Predator made me a fan because it was one of the "scary" movies I only got to watch when the parents were out. Then I finally got to see Aliens on its first television premier. I looked at my brother's Predator comics and my cousin's Aliens comics. Finally I ran onto the first series of AVP comics and became obsessed. The movies are good but the comics are much much more interesting. I am quite successful in my Aliens, Predator, and AVP comics collection. Other crossovers as well. The sad part is, when I was a kid, I was on a farm 30 minutes away from the nearest comic shop. So getting my own copies while I was young was a big problem. My very first Predator related comic that I bought for myself (not given to me by brother or cousin) was Tarzan vs Predator 4 of 4. For some reason I loved it and now have the graphic novel as well. Anyhow, I'm glad I found this sight. I love it.
Cool! i became a fan through the comic books. My first intorduction to aliens was the teaser trailer for Aliens which was the scariest thing ever for me, and then the very first AVP comic book which to this day I think is just a masterpiece of comics. Perfectly captured the vibe of Cameron's movie, and also very successfully incorporated Predators into it
I saw Alien for the first time in 2007, and just HAD to see the rest of the films! (Still haven't seen AVPR, though)
What are you waiting for?
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 20, 2009, 07:46:50 PM
What are you waiting for?
Waiting for it to premier on one of the basic cable channels. I don't have HBO.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 20, 2009, 07:50:13 PM
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 20, 2009, 07:46:50 PM
What are you waiting for?
Waiting for it to premier on one of the basic cable channels. I don't have HBO.
LOL Give me your address and you can have my copy ;D
haha...good luck with giving it away.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 20, 2009, 07:50:13 PM
Waiting for it to premier on one of the basic cable channels. I don't have HBO.
Patience, something that many people don't have.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 20, 2009, 07:41:19 PM
I saw Alien for the first time in 2007, and just HAD to see the rest of the films! (Still haven't seen AVPR, though)
There are "alternate means" of watching a video you know ;)
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 20, 2009, 08:30:09 PM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 20, 2009, 07:41:19 PM
I saw Alien for the first time in 2007, and just HAD to see the rest of the films! (Still haven't seen AVPR, though)
There are "alternate means" of watching a video you know ;)
I know, but I don't want to put any money towards it. From what I heard, it is't worth it. :)
My "alternate means" involves no money.
How would Nightmare Asylum's personal conscience feel after your "alternate means" of viewing the film? You know, if he was a straight arrow. :P
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 20, 2009, 08:47:14 PM
How would Nightmare Asylum's personal conscience feel after your "alternate means" of viewing the film? You know, if he was a straight arrow. :P
His personal conscience would feel guilty. Wait, why is he talking in third person point of view?
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 20, 2009, 08:47:14 PM
How would Nightmare Asylum's personal conscience feel after your "alternate means" of viewing the film? You know, if he was a straight arrow. :P
Psh, life's too precious to be a straight arrow.
So how many banks have you robbed, people have you killed, and puppies have you kicked?
Oh nothing like that. Geez, even I draw the line somewhere. You give me no credit Chief.
0, 0, and 0 for me.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 20, 2009, 09:01:08 PM
Oh nothing like that. Geez, even I draw the line somewhere. You give me no credit Chief.
haha...I guess the puppies question was a bit much. 8)
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 20, 2009, 07:50:13 PM
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 20, 2009, 07:46:50 PM
What are you waiting for?
Waiting for it to premier on one of the basic cable channels. I don't have HBO.
The movie sucks. But the costume was alright. :-\
I just want to see it so I can see every A/P movie and so I know what people are talking about.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 22, 2009, 11:31:54 PM
I just want to see it so I can see every A/P movie and so I know what people are talking about.
You haven't been tainted yet. Don't watch it.
Quote from: Pvt. Hicks on Feb 25, 2009, 03:41:06 AM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 22, 2009, 11:31:54 PM
I just want to see it so I can see every A/P movie and so I know what people are talking about.
You haven't been tainted yet. Don't watch it.
LOL, i agree with hicks. Unless you wanna see a teeny bopper movie with predator and mutant predator...oh, and there are aliens there too but not much of a threat, theyre just being shoved aside easily, so
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Feb 22, 2009, 11:31:54 PM
I just want to see it so I can see every A/P movie and so I know what people are talking about.
So do it.
Hmm, once I accidentaly watched the wrong tape and that tape was... Aliens :P Once watched, I was amused by what I saw... Then I watched all the parts and in some years the AvP was released... I became a super huge fan xD
Quote from: Awgustas on Feb 26, 2009, 04:01:40 PM
Hmm, once I accidentaly watched the wrong tape and that tape was... Aliens :P Once watched, I was amused by what I saw...
Amused? Not the word I would have used, but OK!! ;D
Quote from: Awgustas on Feb 26, 2009, 04:01:40 PM
Hmm, once I accidentaly watched the wrong tape and that tape was... Aliens :P Once watched, I was amused by what I saw... Then I watched all the parts and in some years the AvP was released... I became a super huge fan xD
Amused? What was funny about it?
I'm sure he meant pleased.
You sure?
I agree with the Chief, how would anyone find ALIENS funny?
Quote from: CanadianHero67 on Feb 27, 2009, 11:51:31 PM
I agree with the Chief, how would anyone find ALIENS funny?
Depends on your mind set. When I have my AVP marathons (all the Alien, Pred, and AVP films in a non stop marathon) I'm up for 15 hrs straight roughly. I make it funny. Like firing at the screen like I'm there, or using sock puppets to critique the movie... and getting into an arguement with them. I get pretty out there, and no I am not on drugs or alcohol. I'm just this insane on my own.
You need ritalin.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 28, 2009, 01:35:23 AM
You need ritalin.
Nah, sleep is the key. Weird thing is, when I'm awake for a long time, I get extremely hyper. Seems weird, but then I eventually crash.
That's not healthy dude. Work on those sleep patterns! Try going to bed earlier.
Quote from: dachande89 on Feb 28, 2009, 12:25:59 AM
Quote from: CanadianHero67 on Feb 27, 2009, 11:51:31 PM
I agree with the Chief, how would anyone find ALIENS funny?
Depends on your mind set. When I have my AVP marathons (all the Alien, Pred, and AVP films in a non stop marathon) I'm up for 15 hrs straight roughly. I make it funny. Like firing at the screen like I'm there, or using sock puppets to critique the movie... and getting into an arguement with them. I get pretty out there, and no I am not on drugs or alcohol. I'm just this insane on my own.
I now have the weird urge to make a sock puppet theater...
Based on Aliens??
I got drawn to this community because I watched Alien, got freaked out for 2 weeks, then watched Aliens, then watched Alien3 and Alien:R and concluded they were crap, and went abck to watching Alien and Aliens. Eventually bought AvP2, which led me to Dedit, which led me here.
Did you watch Alien 3 Assembly Cut?
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 01:34:59 PM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 12, 2009, 01:20:26 AM
Did you watch Alien 3 Assembly Cut?
Assembly Cut?
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Quote from: Vulhala on Apr 12, 2009, 01:48:26 PM
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 01:34:59 PM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 12, 2009, 01:20:26 AM
Did you watch Alien 3 Assembly Cut?
Assembly Cut?
http://www.funnyforumpics.com/forums/GTFO/3/gtfo15ht0.jpg
I take it from that pic the 'Assembly Cut' isn't the most popular thing in the Aliens franchise.......
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 02:16:07 PM
I take it from that pic the 'Assembly Cut' isn't the most popular thing in the Aliens franchise.......
The opposite actually. It's considered by quite a few of us on here to be far superior to the Theatrical Cut of the movie.
Do you have the Quadrilogy set? If so, then you already have the AC ;D
And the pic was for shits and gigs dude ;D
Quote from: Vulhala on Apr 12, 2009, 02:19:07 PM
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 02:16:07 PM
I take it from that pic the 'Assembly Cut' isn't the most popular thing in the Aliens franchise.......
The opposite actually. It's considered by quite a few of us on here to be far superior to the Theatrical Cut of the movie.
Do you have the Quadrilogy set? If so, then you already have the AC ;D
And the pic was for shits and gigs dude ;D
Oh right, sorry. I dont ahve the quadrilogy set, I bought eahc of them indivdually, as they dont sell the quadrilogy set where I live. But, what is 'Assembly Cut' then?
I'm gonna chime right in here on the answer to the assembly cut of Alien 3.
Kinda like Vulhala's avatar the Alien comes from an Ox not like his sig..a dog ;)
(sorry couldn't resist)
Its a much better version then the theatrical cut. If you can rent it from Net Flicks or somewhere...get it :)
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 02:27:13 PM
But, what is 'Assembly Cut' then?
It's basically an extended version of the film, with a slightly different beginning sequence. If you click here (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/alien-movies/alien-3/deleted-scenes/) there is a section on the site with some more details on it mate :)
BTW, where do you live, if you don't mind me asking? ???
EDIT: Damn Darwinsgirl, you type fast!! ;D
I live in Ireland, (but like i said in the "What the hell are you?" thread, I'm Scottish. Anyway, lets jsut say, this place is very, 'limited'. If you catch my drift.
And thanks for the link, I'll check it out now.
E1: Ok, I checked out that link you had in your post. And it seems, the version I watched was the 'Assembly cut'. Now that explains alot.
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 02:37:52 PM
I live in Ireland, (but like i said in the "What the hell are you?" thread, I'm Scottish. Anyway, lets jsut say, this place is very, 'limited'. If you catch my drift.
Too many white people?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 12, 2009, 05:26:59 PM
Quote from: Lone Warrior on Apr 12, 2009, 02:37:52 PM
I live in Ireland, (but like i said in the "What the hell are you?" thread, I'm Scottish. Anyway, lets jsut say, this place is very, 'limited'. If you catch my drift.
Too many white people?
Lol, no. Nvm it anyway lol. Lets just say, for me, it doesn't match up to Scotland.
Haha, so it IS too many white people then! Coz of all of you...tea-sipping, crumpet-eating UKers!!! ;)
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 12, 2009, 05:42:30 PM
Haha, so it IS too many white people then! Coz of all of you...tea-sipping, crumpet-eating UKers!!! ;)
LMFAO!! I don't think I've eaten a crumpet in my life lol. You got me on the tea though. The entire British empire was built on cups of tea ;D
Crumpets are tasty. But I can't help myself when it comes to stereotyping UK folk with tea :P
Quote from: Vulhala on Apr 12, 2009, 05:46:00 PM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 12, 2009, 05:42:30 PM
Haha, so it IS too many white people then! Coz of all of you...tea-sipping, crumpet-eating UKers!!! ;)
LMFAO!! I don't think I've eaten a crumpet in my life lol. You got me on the tea though. The entire British empire was built on cups of tea ;D
Amen to that. I mean, I'm Scottish, but I still like tea lol. So, who has tried haggis?
For me, the first Predator film did it. I was about 3 or 4 when the first Pred film came out on tape and my parents got it and I saw it and I was just hooked. Then I saw Pred 2, got the AVP comics, the toys, all the games and been following ever since. I've been into it since at least p2 or 93.
What made me a fan?
The Alien. Simple as that.
I love the creature, it's life cycle, how dangerous it is, how intelligent it is, and how elegant it is.
I was about 10 or 11 when my dad bought Alien 1-4 on VHS, and I ended up watching them. I found Alien slow, but awesome (I appreciate it a hell of a lot more now), and I loved the other 3. Now that I have a growing education in film, I appreciate them a lot more on different levels.
Also, I remember my dad buying predator soon afterwards. I watched that, and was captivated by it. 3 years later I cought Predator 2 on TV. ;D
What made me a fan?
The Predators and especially Grid. Before, I wasn't that much of a fan of the Alien franchise but when they combined the two flicks it suddenly made me, you can say, interested of knowing the Aliens abilities and how the came to life.
3 simple words that made me a fan:
"Predators... Aliens... EPIC."
Aliens did it for me. There was something about the aliens that I liked even though when I saw AVP a few months earlier I was rooting for Scar. A few days later Fox Movie Channel just happened to be showing the first three I watched them and I was hooked. Love those Ripley/Newt scences in Aliens.
I had had a respect for Sigourney Weaver as an actress anyway. Saw her in Prayers for Bobby and Baby Mama, I only watched that one because I like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I remember seeing the A:R and the Aliens figures as a kid (young kid too, A:R came out when I was about 2 so yeah I was young) and I remember seeing the A:R video game. You know just flipping through. Could've been at the front of the rack, I have a wondering. I have to observe everything.
Also this question may sound incredibly dumb but why did they release toys for Aliens and A:R if they're both rated R? I mean with Aliens I can understand because the PG-13 rating was just becoming noticeable and people, with the except of the PG-13 rated films, still saw there being three ratings, 'G', 'PG', and 'R'. A:R is the main thing I'm curious about. I could ramble for hours with nothing but these type questions but I get bland and annoying after awhile.
Aliens A:R-Fan stole what I was gonna say!
Quote from: AliensA:R-Fan on Apr 26, 2009, 02:53:27 AM
Also this question may sound incredibly dumb but why did they release toys for Aliens and A:R if they're both rated R? I mean with Aliens I can understand because the PG-13 rating was just becoming noticeable and people, with the except of the PG-13 rated films, still saw there being three ratings, 'G', 'PG', and 'R'. A:R is the main thing I'm curious about. I could ramble for hours with nothing but these type questions but I get bland and annoying after awhile.
Aliens as a creature appeal to children because they're vicious and violent. That's always marketable to kids, especially young boys.
Okay. Makes since to me now. I was the same way. I saw the Planet of the Apes remake when I was six and fell in love with it so that about the aliens makes sense to me.
The creatures, let's start with them. They have such originality and both are still unique concepts. They look great, are both freightening in different ways and were well thought out and designed by geniuses of the industry.
The movies are of course not held up by the creatures alone. Arnold was the reason I watched the action sci-fi classic 'Predator' initially as I am a big Arnold fan and though I am more of a Predator fan than an Alien fan, I also loved Ridely's 'Alien' and Cameron's 'Aliens', which I only saw because of Cameron's 'Terminator', which also featured Arnold.
Alien 3. Ive seen it when it just gor released on VHS and thought its cool as hell. From then I watched the other two movies and then years later went to see Resurrection in theaters.
As for Predator, i saw it one day on VHS when I was like 11 and home alone for the night. I thought its just the regular Arnold Commando type of a movie. I was scared shitless watching it very late at night and loved the mystery of not seeing the creature till the veeery end and the tension. Great stuff
The thing that got me into it was when i was 10 and i watched alien 2 at a mates house and whas like! AAAAAAH! it was so scary at the time....
then the next day i went shoping with my parents at asda and they had the toys on sale, my mum got me the drone that explodes when you press a button on his back, the next week i went back and got the gurilla alien that squrtid water out his mouth.
Quote from: GrimyGhost on May 15, 2009, 02:39:25 PM
The thing that got me into it was when i was 10 and i watched alien 2 at a mates house and whas like! AAAAAAH! it was so scary at the time....
then the next day i went shoping with my parents at asda and they had the toys on sale, my mum got me the drone that explodes when you press a button on his back, the next week i went back and got the gurilla alien that squrtid water out his mouth.
Awesome. I still have the gorilla one too, the bull alien, the flying queen, and the boar.
damn, mine got tossed in the bin, girlfreind doesn't like em watching her sleep, lol.
did you ever have the king Alien? it was a bright green one with wings, i had it..... i also had a pred that was a see-thru red color with a scopion imprint on its chest.
Quote from: GrimyGhost on May 15, 2009, 05:11:27 PM
damn, mine got tossed in the bin, girlfreind doesn't like em watching her sleep, lol.
o.o seriously?
sad but true man, got one left and its a 12inch drone on a platform with 2 rubber fachuggers, cost like £35 so no way was that going in the bin.. 8)
WTF dude, just put them somewhere else. Hell, pack them away if you have to.
Quote from: GrimyGhost on May 15, 2009, 05:11:27 PM
damn, mine got tossed in the bin, girlfreind doesn't like em watching her sleep, lol.
Shit man, that blows.
Quote from: GrimyGhost on May 15, 2009, 10:39:36 PM
sad but true man, got one left and its a 12inch drone on a platform with 2 rubber fachuggers, cost like £35 so no way was that going in the bin.. 8)
Yeah, its amazing what Kenner came up with at the time! Scorpion Alien etc :D
Here are pics of all of them - http://www.jamescamerononline.com/AliensMerch.htm (http://www.jamescamerononline.com/AliensMerch.htm)
Quote from: JamesCameronOnline on May 16, 2009, 05:20:22 AM
Yeah, its amazing what Kenner came up with at the time! Scorpion Alien etc :D
Here are pics of all of them - http://www.jamescamerononline.com/AliensMerch.htm (http://www.jamescamerononline.com/AliensMerch.htm)
Oh wow, look at em...Rhino Alien :D :D :D
Basically AVP introduced me to the monsters...but I didn't catch on until 2006/2007 (I originally though Aliens and Predators were giant monsters...like Godzilla...yeah.... :P) Then the movie Alien and Aliens truly made me a fan.
Lol, giant monsters? Well, what matters is you came around in the end. ;)
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 16, 2009, 05:01:20 PM
Oh wow, look at em...Rhino Alien :D :D :D
lol yeah, that one takes the cake!
Ive been a fan of Alien/predator since i was about 5 years old when i first saw predator! From then on always been a huge fan of Alien/Predator! I think it is such an awsome storyline and franchise..its the greatest thing on earth, I love it!
For myself I believe it was the Alien Movie, I watched it in 1988 I believe, I was around 9 then. Loved it and then I found out there was Aliens which was made two years prior to 88 so I watched that, and fell in love. Then in 89 came Predator, and fell in love with that movie. I was so amped for these movies. Started reading the comics in 1990 (Which they came out pretty continouesly up untill 95 and then they stopped making the comics as much. Nonetheless Predator 2 was my fav movie, and Aliens being my fav Alien movie.
I became a fan of Aliens/Predator when I first saw ALIEN when I was 8. Now my mother was pretty cool back then, because she would sneak me into R rated movies and let me see them. Alien was the one R rated movie that scared the shit outta me! Then I saw ALIENS, then ALIEN 3, then ALIEN RESSURECTION. THEN I played the game AVP2 and I saw the Predator and I went CRAZY!!! I thought, *I HAVE TO SEE EVERY PREDATOR MOVIE!!! IF I DONT I WILL EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!* And so I saw Predator and Predator 2 ;D ;D ;D
And so, When I heard about an AVP movie, I was ecstatic! When I saw the trailer, I SCREAMED for about 10 minutes... I am a die hard fan boy of both species I own every movie, (even AVPR even though I didn't like it much) I adore both species with a fire that will never be extinguished! (Even though I like Aliens more...) ;)
honestly, what got me hooked was the movie predator with arnold swartzinagear (i have no idea how to spell his last name :P) then i whatched the sequel then the ALIEN series thats when the merchandise rolled in... i bought TONS of figurines, action figures and other crap like that. some breaking the 50$ barrier ;D. and then avp came out and well, you get the picture...
Well, first my grandma introduced me to the first Alien,(I know, my grandma!) but I couldnt realy see the alien that well, and so I just forgot about it.After that I saw the predator movie, and then played AVP - Extinction, and the game got me hooked, and when the AVP movie came out, I was 10 and we went to see it in theaters, and i remember after it was over, me and my brother arguing who won, the aliens or the predators.lol ::)
Well first I saw the first two alien movies and predator 1/2. Then i read an AvP comic book and have been hooked ever since.
Then alien skull in Pred 2 really got me interested which led to the comic book.
Been a huge fan of both since a kid. The horror, the suspense, the action, need I say more. The comics brought me to a new level, seeing them fight each other with great stories. AVP SNES kept the enthusiasm going, along with continuing AVP comics, Alien comics and Predator comics. I became I fanatic after I bought AVP for PC, great game, would be amazed if anyone in this forum would disagree. My craze is at a level that pretty much nothing can lower it, even the AVP movies. Sorry fans out there, they did entertain me, but they really didn't stay to form enough for me.
Actually, I only became a fan after playing AvP 2.
I had heard about the movies when I was around 8 years old, and they were those forbidden fruits you would see in the store and your parents would always wag their fingers at.
I especially remember the VHS cover of Predator 2. I love that shot of the city with the red backdrop.
When I was around 11, my mother took me to Target and I saw the game Aliens vs. Predator for the PC. The box mesmerized me and I begged her to let me give it a try.
When I played it, I fell in love with the franchise. I have seen all the movies and love them. Well, 5 of them.
Well I liked 7. AvPR is complete s**t, the other 2 are a bit better, and the rest are gold.
Well, I saw AVP when I was 9, and I loved it! That was until I saw the original films, starting with Alien. I moved on to Predator, then saw Aliens. I watched Predator 2 (but I never finished watching it :/), then the rest of the Alien films.
Watch it. It's great.
IDK. I didn't seem as good as the first. And it had useless porn.
But it was nice. Yes, the first one was better, but this one is not that bad...
It wa spointless. I cant stand pointless sex in movies like that. Unfortunatly, that was one of those.
Actually it was the only scene I didn't remember. Why the hell do you bug on that one scene so much? Just watch the movie.
I'm not. But I'll watch it. I never said I wasnt.
You hardly even see anything in that 'porn' scene, as you say.
Quote from: Kyuubi no Kaiju on Jun 20, 2009, 07:06:41 PM
It wa spointless. I cant stand pointless sex in movies like that. Unfortunatly, that was one of those.
Who cares, Terry Heigel has a nice rack.
what made me a fan of predator and aliens?
well i first saw predator when i was 4 and from then i loved the movie and everything about the franchise, from the comics to the toys, and arnold was in it which was another bonus cuz im a big arny fan. as for the alien, i saw it i think when i was around 6 or 7 and it was aliens i saw first and like predator i loved everything about it.
Welcome to AVP Galaxy Prisoner19 :)
Hello Prisioner 19! Welcome to the galaxy!
Ummm, this isn't the "Greet new members" thread. :P ;)
...don't be that guy.
I saw predator when I was six and predator 2 nine. When AVP came out, I was like wtf is Aliens? So I got to the video store and got all four alien. Its funny I'm a bigger Alien fan than Predator fan.
Quote from: Kyuubi no Kaiju on Jun 20, 2009, 07:06:41 PM
It wa spointless. I cant stand pointless sex in movies like that. Unfortunatly, that was one of those.
Once you get passed that one scene, the rest of the movie is great! Double the Predator action of the original. Really all you see is that couple in the pent house jumping up and down on each other for about 5 seconds before the Jamaicans break in... and you should see what followed the Jamaicans.. ;)
WTF? I never saw that scene!
Probably because your parents made you close your eyes. ;)
LMAO! :D
Um avp actually got me hooked,no one say anything.
Quote from: predatorfandrc90 on Jul 02, 2009, 08:58:34 PM
Um avp actually got me hooked,no one say anything.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i could say plenty ;D lol
Well do'nt.
I know that was a joke ;D
Quote from: predatorfandrc90 on Jul 02, 2009, 08:58:34 PM
Um avp actually got me hooked,no one say anything.
If you're under 20, that's no surprise. Considering the hype it got, it's what brought the franchise to the attention of most young folks.
First movie I saw was Aliens at age 5. It was also my first rated R movie. Good parenting I tell you.
AvP was the first movie i saw out of the Alien and Predator franchise and i was hooked after that, i watched all the alien movies after that and then both the predator ones and and then i remember being really excited about going to see AvPR haha ;D
Hay avp was mine to i saw avpr on the first day it came out and i bought all the other movie's.
Well the first movie i saw was avp and thats what got me into Alien and Predator.
Predator 1 and Aliens. This two movies, mostly. The other movies come and second place and the AVP 2 and AVP 2: Primal Hunt PC games. ;)
Seeing Predator. My brother was a huge Arnie fan (he also recomended Commando: not that great) and he showed it to me. It was 2005, and after seeing it, I tracked down all the other movies and go hooked.
Quote from: wolfpredator416 on Jul 03, 2009, 12:35:32 PM
AvP was the first movie i saw out of the Alien and Predator franchise and i was hooked after that, i watched all the alien movies after that and then both the predator ones and and then i remember being really excited about going to see AvPR haha ;D
hmm, interesting. So from that perspective, how did you like avpR? Im asking cause it was such a different movie in every possible way. AVPR seemed like a big CGI blockbuster while avpR seems like a low budget canadian slasher
I saw ALIENS, and that was that. I was hooked. ;) It was the only one I saw out of sequence.
Quote from: JamesCameronOnline on Jul 08, 2009, 01:33:17 AM
Quote from: wolfpredator416 on Jul 03, 2009, 12:35:32 PM
AvP was the first movie i saw out of the Alien and Predator franchise and i was hooked after that, i watched all the alien movies after that and then both the predator ones and and then i remember being really excited about going to see AvPR haha ;D
hmm, interesting. So from that perspective, how did you like avpR? Im asking cause it was such a different movie in every possible way. AVPR seemed like a big CGI blockbuster while avpR seems like a low budget canadian slasher
It wasn't Canadian...
It was filmed in BC, but it's not a Canadian film.
Quote from: Chris P on Jul 09, 2009, 12:29:37 AM
I saw ALIENS, and that was that. I was hooked. ;) It was the only one I saw out of sequence.
same after i saw aliens i was hooked and i always loved the first predator
;D good question what made me a fan was one day i was board and i was flippin through channels and i saw the predator unmasked and i was like whoa thats one ugly mofo and bought it on dvd and ive been a fan since than
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 10, 2009, 12:00:45 AM
Quote from: JamesCameronOnline on Jul 08, 2009, 01:33:17 AM
Quote from: wolfpredator416 on Jul 03, 2009, 12:35:32 PM
AvP was the first movie i saw out of the Alien and Predator franchise and i was hooked after that, i watched all the alien movies after that and then both the predator ones and and then i remember being really excited about going to see AvPR haha ;D
hmm, interesting. So from that perspective, how did you like avpR? Im asking cause it was such a different movie in every possible way. AVPR seemed like a big CGI blockbuster while avpR seems like a low budget canadian slasher
It wasn't Canadian...
It was filmed in BC, but it's not a Canadian film.
Wasn't there a clause in the contract though, that in order to film it there they had to hire a certain percentage of Canadians for behind-the-scenes type jobs? Like effects, lighting, make-up etc? Not that that would make it a Canadian film of course, but it would have given it a certain amount of Canadian input.
It's only a Canadian film if it's 100% as such, meaning it's written, directed, and produced by Canadians and stars Canadian actors.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 10, 2009, 12:00:45 AM
Quote from: JamesCameronOnline on Jul 08, 2009, 01:33:17 AM
Quote from: wolfpredator416 on Jul 03, 2009, 12:35:32 PM
AvP was the first movie i saw out of the Alien and Predator franchise and i was hooked after that, i watched all the alien movies after that and then both the predator ones and and then i remember being really excited about going to see AvPR haha ;D
hmm, interesting. So from that perspective, how did you like avpR? Im asking cause it was such a different movie in every possible way. AVPR seemed like a big CGI blockbuster while avpR seems like a low budget canadian slasher
It wasn't Canadian...
It was filmed in BC, but it's not a Canadian film.
I know, I was just being sarcastic.
the over all design of the alien in the first movie sparked my intrest
My Dad seen the movie Predator on cable years ago. He got a kick out of it and later rented the movie for me to see on VHS. I was hooked after that and have been ever since. I have such a cool Dad. Thanks Dad! 8)
the marines with all their firepower got me into the movies, that and the first AVP movie ;D
I was 9 years old,it was the year 2004 and at my friend's house. He was playing avp1 the pc game as the predator. He seemed to fall from a canyon (i thought he dropped from space) and i figured he was some kind of creature from space(which he obviously was) and when he just ran around like crazy killing humans, i started to find this whole alien with blades on his wrist that can go invisible fascinating,AND EXITING! he then started at level one to show me the invisibility thing better. But what was really interesting was the wrist computer and the funny alien noises it made, he further showed me the spear and the glowing green blood and the way predators heal. He then later showed me pics of aliens and preds, i couldn't look closely enough for long so i kind of had both alien and predator images in one inside my head and ended up drawing a predalien at school without knowing what i was doing! i also tryed building a predator out of bionicles. And at a dvd store i told my dad im a fan of predator, he then said "well then lets rent this one".
it was predator 2 and i loved it. And i watched aliens at some point and liked it alot too.
Its interesting when you think about it...
Most fans here have dads that showed them either aliens or predators.
Most fans have watched it at a young age.
Most fans drew pictures of it.
Most fans had played with the toys.
And thought it was amazing when they watched the movie/s.
ALLOT of similarities in how we became fans indeed.
There are only so many ways :P
I was a fan the first time I saw Predator. Then when I heard there was a second one I went nuts. I loved the Alien movies of course. What really thrusted my interest was when my dad bought me the first AvP pc game. I was on cloud 9 with that game.
I was 6 yrs old, And my mother made me watch aliens in an attempt to scare me ( Guess I made her mad) and I loved it, then went on to predator the next night... same story basically.
Great parenting.
first time I watched Predator it was probably a year or so before Predator2 was released. I had no idea what I was watching, it was on VHS and I just thought it was another Arnold action movie. By the end I was in awe by the creature. I remember thinking to myself how amazing it was that somebody had actually created such an amazing creature for this movie. I had always been into horror movies early on and here was this awesome looking creature doing gruesome shit! It was love at first screening. And then I saw Predator2 within the next year (I think I was 8 or 9 at the most) and that was that, I would love the Predator forever. Aliens had pretty much the same effect, but I didn't even get into any of those movies until after the first two Predator films. Things might be a lil different if I'd watched the Alien movies first.. but I'm still content.
Quote from: Jangerweil on Jul 31, 2009, 05:28:24 AM
I was 6 yrs old, And my mother made me watch aliens in an attempt to scare me ( Guess I made her mad) and I loved it, then went on to predator the next night... same story basically.
ha, that's funny. Your mom was trying to punish you while my mother would make me watch horror movies with her so she didn't have to watch them alone! I, too, was young, I think about 6 when she and I first watched John Carpenter's 'Halloween' together. I'm not mad though, she pretty much started my whole horror/scifi obsession. Thanks, mommy.
My first contact with the Alien was actually via the Necronomicon and some of Giger's other works when I was about 8 years old. I was big into art and drawing at the time, and during a search one day at my library, I stumbled across this large book with some of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen and have yet to see an equal to since. What truly captivated me was the pictures of the Alien itself and the sheer beauty of it. Shortly afterwards, I found out my parents were huge fans of the original Alien and so when Aliens hit the big screen, we went and saw it. Needless to say, I have been simply enthralled by the Aliens ever since.
You first saw the Necronomicon when you were 8, wow. Did it make any sense to you?
At that age, obviously some of the more..um..sexually oriented elements remained a mystery, but it was the imagery as a whole that captured my attention. From that point on, I tried recreating the biomechanical aspects of Giger's work in drawings, trying to emulate the smooth curves of bones, flesh, and metal into the same seamless visuals that he managed to make, but I could never quite get them up to snuff.
Quote from: saeytan2 on Aug 03, 2009, 09:15:33 PM
Quote from: Jangerweil on Jul 31, 2009, 05:28:24 AM
I was 6 yrs old, And my mother made me watch aliens in an attempt to scare me ( Guess I made her mad) and I loved it, then went on to predator the next night... same story basically.
ha, that's funny. Your mom was trying to punish you while my mother would make me watch horror movies with her so she didn't have to watch them alone! I, too, was young, I think about 6 when she and I first watched John Carpenter's 'Halloween' together. I'm not mad though, she pretty much started my whole horror/scifi obsession. Thanks, mommy.
I know that exactly. I mean I wasn't 6 but my mom was watching Aliens on TV and I was like 'Change it! Change it!' and she told me that if I was so scared of it why didn't I go to my bedroom and watch something else. So me and my lazy self sat down and watched it. And I saw AVP in January and loved it yet when I watched Aliens and like a second of Alien), I was terrified of the thing that I enjoyed two months earlier. Also AVP:R came as a major dissapointment considering that I loved AVP.
I grew up watching the Alien films in particular, so I will always view the Aliens as the superior organism, sry pred fans... :)
Pred Killer...is that a Ricky Nelson pic in your sig? If so...your younger then most fans ;)
Aliens..(imo) are the best ;) ;D
Quote from: Darwinsgirl on Aug 16, 2009, 01:46:11 PM
Pred Killer...is that a Ricky Nelson pic in your sig? If so...your younger then most fans ;)
Aliens..(imo) are the best ;) ;D
-High fives- And no that is Trent Reznor. Who pretty much
is Nine Inch Nails.
Quote from: Pred Killer on Aug 16, 2009, 02:49:24 PM
-High fives- And no that is Trent Reznor. Who pretty much is Nine Inch Nails.
Wow...he sure resembles a young Rick Nelson (with hair dyed black)
My Dad rented Alien for me and my brother when I was probably about 7-9 years old. It terrified me, but it also has left a lasting impression that continues to this day. I also finally figured out that one joke in Spaceballs.
well i became a predator fan becasue of arnold and danny glover but moslty the govenator and 4 aliens i saw alien 4 and i thought it was kool the way the aliens looked then i saw aliens and the marine thing was awsome and ripley was in ghost busters but what really got me intrested was the pc game Alien vs. predator 2 i beat it and i decieded 2 watch all the movies and it wasted a few hours but im a fan now
I watched alien, but predator got me hooked
Watched the first avp movie when i was 9 and i got obsessed over it so i read the books and saw the movies and I've loved alien ever since
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When I was around 2.
So basically, I became a fan at age 2.
Wow.
when i saw the first commercial for the kenner action figures and caught a glimpse of the queenie
My dad bought Predator one day and I absolutely loved it and then I watched Aliens and fell in love with it too, also the Kenner Alien and Predator action figures. :)
I can't really remember what made me fan, but I do remember my that my uncle had shit-load of Alien figures and posters, PC wallpapers on his room.
I guess it was a combination of seeing Predator and seeing a bunch of commericals for the ALien action figures. I ended up watching the Alien and Predator films and playing with the figures. Man I remember being so excited to see Predator action figures! (Made by Kenner at the time)
What made me a fan was when i saw predator at the age 6 and i just fell in jove with the movie
I was about 8 when my mother let me watch Alien.
I fell in love with the aspect of a creature that was so adapted to survival, and, let's not mince words here -- looked that bad-ass! Soon after I saw the first, I saw its sequel, which just drew me into it all the more.
The culture, feral nature and technology of the yautja/predators appealed to me, but they appeal to me far more in their representations in novels than the actual films. I like to see things from their perspective. Everyone knows about humans. Humans' stories have been told countless times and bore me, with the exception of those colourful fellows in Aliens. It's the monsters that attract me to it all!
Watched 'AvP' at a friends house back in '04; thought it was incredible. Rented 'Alien'; scared the living hell outta me. Bought the Quad, feel in love with all four. Bought the Pred boxset, feel in love with the two. Played 'Predator: Concrete Jungle'; my fate was sealed.
The rest is history. ;D
I was a fan before I saw the films, oddly. As a small boy, I would gaze up at the top video shelf, and marvel at the four Alien VHS tapes - each one imprinted with a stonking great 18 rating.
Naturally, my parents would not allow me to watch these movies at such a tender age; and so I would ask them to describe just what the titular creature looked like. The only answer I got was 'It has a mouth inside another mouth.' Looking back, I realise that I spent the majority of those days attempting to form a picture of the Alien in my mind, with most of my conclusions looking more like the Dark Overlord from Howard The Duck than anything else.
And when the day finally came, and I was able to watch Alien, I was not disappointed. True, it wasn't nearly as scary as I though it was going to be; but I still found it to be a fascinating film.
Then came the sequels. Aliens quickly became one of my all-time favourite films, and I enjoyed parts 3 and Resurrection immensely (the latter of which I still think is good - and not the loathsome abomination many here believe it to be).
Right now, I can't wait for the opportunity to see a whole new standalone Alien film up on the big screen! Here's hoping Ridley can scare audiences using the same creature he used 30 years ago all over again.
As for the Predator films... well they're both good. I'd even call the first one very good. However, I did find the original to be somewhat overrated upon viewing it for the first time.
I guess you can't call me a Predator fan then.
when i was about 7 or 8 seeing the awsome predator in the first movie
with arnald. i just thaught that the predator was the coolest
thing in the world.
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You don't need to put "reply". People will reply regardless. ;)
my dad. he was an alien and pred fan when i was very young. watched them growing up. he bought me every toy and bought every one of them for himself. I don't remember i time i didn't love all those movies. except aliens: res. i was older and new a bad movie when i saw it. collected the comics for years. main resone i hate the avp movies. i know how good they should have been. but they went cheap insted of good.
also loved Big Trouble in Little China, growing up. just saying.
what made me fan was i saw the first of both movies along time ago and thats how i got hooked hehe
Watching Aliens then rapidly saw the others
Seeing the first AVP then having friends that liked the franchises as well. :)
Yea at first it was jsut me and my uncle then friends started getting into it...my unlce is a super freak with this stuff...he has all kinds of props from every movie and collectors items and etc.
Quote from: Bevo2506 on Nov 26, 2009, 04:20:34 PM
Yea at first it was jsut me and my uncle then friends started getting into it...my unlce is a super freak with this stuff...he has all kinds of props from every movie and collectors items and etc.
Any pictures of these items, would be interesting to see them :)
Quote from: Alien³ on Nov 26, 2009, 08:24:47 PM
Any pictures of these items, would be interesting to see them :)
Yea Ill try...i get to see him like 3 times a year...ill see if i can visit like during christmas...but thats a promise ill get some pics......
Quote from: Bevo2506 on Nov 26, 2009, 09:33:02 PM
Quote from: Alien³ on Nov 26, 2009, 08:24:47 PM
Any pictures of these items, would be interesting to see them :)
Yea Ill try...i get to see him like 3 times a year...ill see if i can visit like during christmas...but thats a promise ill get some pics......
I look forward to that.
I first saw aliens when I was a kid and did not get into it because the movie scared the shyt out of me. However they did fascinate me over the years until Predator came out and I was blown away. Everything about the Predator got me.
But overall my dad takes credit for getting me into Predator since he is a huge arnold fan and made me watch the movie almost daily when I was younger. Watched it so much that it grew onto me... ;D
Ive been a Alien vs Predator Hardcore fan sense i was like six when i first watch Predator for the first time and then watching Predator 2 later on in the years, it was like my idol and i remember i started climbing trees cause of those movies lol and the first Alien movie i watched was Aliens, and i was like what that's hella cool these guys shootin up these ugly crazy looking creatures but never really cared for the alien franchise until Resurrection came out that got me into it more that's when i rented Alien and Alien 3 i know so out of order? lol but eventually got more into both of the species, that's when i started to buy the A and P comics then AVP finally hit the big screen the movies i got to say weren't the best but what can you say it is an Alien vs Predator movie so we just got to deal with it lol but now this site has open more doors for me about the Franchise and looking forward to learning more. PREDATORS ALL THE WAY! ;D
Interesting story. As a side note, you do know there is a period key, right? ;)
Period key *chortles*
heh-heh... "key"... heh-heh...
I saw Alien on TV in 1985 when I was 9 and my parents were not paying attention. I begged them to take me to Aliens a year later but they would not because of "R" rating. But I did get to sneakily watch it and Terminator in 1986 or 1987 when we had our first VCR! The fact that it was forbidden fruit back then made it all the more sweeter when I finally got to feast my eyes on these flicks! I remember my buddies telling me about how their dad/uncle let them see Predator and Robocop in the theater and I was so jealous!
8)
Just because Aliens are so badass. ;D
Me... 7 years ago, when i was 7, i picked up a figure of a warrior alien from alien resurrection. My Dad got it for me and i played with it lot my Dad then sat me down and let me watch alien. It scared the crap out of me and i loved it. The next day i watched aliens and that blew me away, i went to school the next day and everyone was talking about, Pokemon and all i could think about was alien.To this day i love those films and have a lot of collectable items (most notably a lifesize 25th anniversary alien head with all the films and bonus discs in. An alien poster "in space no one can hear you scream" etc. and a limited to 500 cloaked predator bust). All that because of a 50p toy, sometimes life surprises you doesn't it.
Quote from: Geraint95 on Dec 27, 2009, 04:01:24 PM
Me... 7 years ago, when i was 7, i picked up a figure of a warrior alien from alien resurrection. My Dad got it for me and i played with it lot my Dad then sat me down and let me watch alien. It scared the crap out of me and i loved it. The next day i watched aliens and that blew me away, i went to school the next day and everyone was talking about, Pokemon and all i could think about was alien.To this day i love those films and have a lot of collectable items (most notably a lifesize 25th anniversary alien head with all the films and bonus discs in. An alien poster "in space no one can hear you scream" etc. and a limited to 500 cloaked predator bust). All that because of a 50p toy, sometimes life surprises you doesn't it.
would you mind posting some pics of that lifesize 25th anniversary alien head?.......... please?
when i was a kid my dad had the alien movies and the predator movies my mom owned. One day i watched them when i was like six and just continued to watch them over and again until i fell in love with it all. At one time become completely scared of aliens and had never ending nightmares about them but that still didn't stop me from watching the movie or reading the books over and over again. Sometimes they still do scare me but i don't care i'm a big fan and nothing is going to scare me away from them. ;D I only had one nightmare about the predator.
i m a fan since i was 3 years, old i saw my firts alien movie (aliens), with my brother he was 13 years old, and i cant belive even today that a 3 years old child see aliens and like it, then i saw predator at 4 years, i what made me a fan from aliens was the history of ripley, and of predator the cool weapons.
Movie "Predator".
Later, that was AvP games and movies...
I like stealth games, first of them who gave me that knowledge is Tenchu (little later comes "la grande" MGS); from then, playing as Predator in AvP is an imperative 8)
I'd heard of both the Alien and Predator films for a while, but hadn't been interested (or old enough, according to my parents) to watch them until last year. But it wasn't until my friend made a video called "Xenophilia - mind obsession" on youtube that I got hooked. I saw the Predators and just went "wow", basically. Since then I've bought the Predator quadrilogy, and plan to get the Alien one soon enough so then I'm equally familiar with both storylines/canons etc. I'm also planning a Predator costume, heh.
Said video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhR3pof_hjk
This vid looks amazing, awesome... great... No wonder that it pushed you in abyss of fascination ;)... Welcome in dark side of mind...
Your friend did good job.
I guess what made me a fan was when my parents took me to see Aliens to try and scare me and all i could say was that was the coolest movie i have ever seen.
Me and my brother always watched predator 1 when I was 5 and he liked it for the commando squad and I liked it for the predator tearing people apart, then I saw pred 2, I always thought the predator was just so real looking and it has always facinated me, I was already in love b4 the games came out.
Aliens, I just really liked the way the aliens went about life because there not evil in there own way to a lifeform like us that needs a partner to proagate they seem evil but its just their way of life they don't know anything else.
They just breed, grow and dominate.
I look up to that and that's why I am a fan.
Im sure this goes for most people on here, but the first in both series hooked me instantly on the franchises. Im an artist and gigers designs are a huge influence on my style. love the avp comics and video games, but the movies are among my most disappointing movie experiences ever. cheers to rebooting both franchises on their own, long overdue
My inability to sleep after my first time seeing A L I E N.
Same story as me, then.
For me it had to be all the subtle sounds that the predators made. The clicks and what-have-you. It was probably the voice recording as well.
As for the Alien franchise, my uncle got me to watch the 3rd movie, I was totally hooked after that...I like Alien 3 =P
Haha. Well, my mom gave birth to me while watching the 1st Predator movie in the hospital. So, I've been a fan ever since. :P
For Alien I'd say it was because I watched it with my dad when I was but a young boy. :)
Growing up in the 90's I was a big Arnold fan when he ruled the Box Office, I was familiar with T1 and T2, but when I seen Predator on video I was blown away. The creature looked so cool, for its time. I was hooked! Then seen Predator 2.
Around 1997 when Alien Resurrection came out, I seen it. At the time I couldn't pass judgement on it compared to the previous ones, because I didn't see them. Then my Dad rented Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and I really loved them. Aliens the most. I really liked the concept of the Space Marines and was familiar with Michael Biehn from T1.
When I was young, first I saw Predator and then Aliens. But what really kicked it all off was when I was at a local arcade and I saw Capcom's beat em up, Alien vs. Predator. I played a great game which got me into a great universe. Been a fan ever since.
I remeber sitting at home, playing the Sega system as you do. My parents had Aliens on in the back ground, i couldnt keep my eyes off it. Ever since then i've been hoping n praying more movies, games n books would come out.
Predator is my fav, with the cool weapons n code of honour
The original alien got my attention as a child but the movie Aliens really grabbed my attention. I had to watch it over and over. I was content with aliens until Predator came out and I juggled between the two up until Predator 2 came along. The whole trophy scene blew my mind. Ever since I've become a AVP junkie. I've owned every game, every movie and a wide array of comics, art work, scupltures and novels.
Still don't have a favorite though, It just depends on my mood I suppose.
I first saw ALIENS when i was 6 years!!! and i went crazy!! then i saw PREDATOR when i was 9 and i went crazy again!
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 02:37:10 AM
I first saw ALIENS when i was 6 years!!! and i went crazy!! then i saw PREDATOR when i was 9 and i went crazy again!
At least your fingers wont get munched off. lol. XD
j/k
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 02:37:10 AM
I first saw ALIENS when i was 6 years!!! and i went crazy!! then i saw PREDATOR when i was 9 and i went crazy again!
At least your fingers wont get munched off. lol. XD
j/k
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
No??? You are joking with me right??
Unfortunately, I'm not. Lol. I wish I was.
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 03:10:30 AM
Unfortunately, I'm not. Lol. I wish I was.
God you have to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
I'm certain that I'm supposed to ban you for that...let me check with the council. :o
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 03, 2010, 03:18:21 AM
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
I'm certain that I'm supposed to ban you for that...let me check with the council. :o
I really hope your joking. Lol O_O
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 03, 2010, 03:18:21 AM
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
I'm certain that I'm supposed to ban you for that...let me check with the council. :o
No!! Dont be mean! give him a chance!! i mean its not so bad.Well actually it is!! but he has to see it!!!!!
He can stay...for now. ;)
Any particular reason why you haven't seen the movie yet, Buwx?
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 03, 2010, 03:29:50 AM
He can stay...for now. ;)
Any particular reason why you haven't seen the movie yet, Buwx?
Yeah!!! why???? i need to know why!!!! i mean is a classic!
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 02:37:10 AM
I first saw ALIENS when i was 6 years!!! and i went crazy!! then i saw PREDATOR when i was 9 and i went crazy again!
At least your fingers wont get munched off. lol. XD
j/k
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
*looks at beating stick*
I'm contemplating hitting you over the head with this.
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
You...
...
haven't...
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Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
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NOOOOOO!!!!! That's not true!... That's impossible! NOOOOO!!!
*In Luke Skywalker Voice*
Quote from: Corporal Lewis Hicks on Feb 03, 2010, 04:32:46 PM
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 02:50:02 AM
Yeah.. unfortunately I haven't even seen the first Predator. >_<
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NOOOOOO!!!!! That's not true!... That's impossible! NOOOOO!!!
*In Luke Skywalker Voice*
YES!! that`s impossible!!!!!! How could yo not seen it!!
Holy f**king hell... EVERY SINGLE recent post was a response to me not seeing Predator. O_O
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 03, 2010, 03:29:50 AM
He can stay...for now. ;)
Any particular reason why you haven't seen the movie yet, Buwx?
I haven't seen it becauser I've never had a chance to. Lol. my latest attempt at buying it failed due to jerky shop-keepers. >_<
Then watch it on tv.
I usually don't watch tv. But next time I decide to flick through channels I'll keep a look out for it... or I'll get it on demand whenever its on.
WELL then rent it on dvd! or something is a classic!! besides it has 20 years!!!!
Quote from: Buwx on Feb 03, 2010, 08:43:21 PM
Holy f**king hell... EVERY SINGLE recent post was a response to me not seeing Predator. O_O
Don't worry. I was just giving you a hard time. ;)
Lol. I figured.
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 09:46:49 PM
WELL then rent it on dvd! or something is a classic!! besides it has 20 years!!!!
And if I get the chance to, I will do so. lol.
There are other ways of watching and obtaining movies besides renting.
Just putting that out there.
I'm picky the way I watch movies. Lol. If it's any random movie I don't care HOW I watch it; but with something like Predator, I NEED to watch it at night, in the dark, and on my Flat-Screen TV. Otherwise the feel of the movie is spoiled for me. But I'm just a weird freak. XD
Yes...you are a weird freak. ;)
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 04, 2010, 12:16:37 AM
There are other ways of watching and obtaining movies besides renting.
Just putting that out there.
Like borrowing them from friends?
Yup, that's one of them.
I was 11 years old and watched Alien on the tv for the first time I never saw the end and spent the night in my mums bed scared the shizzle out of me....... My friend hired Aliens for my 14th birthday and after watching this it was only then that I watched Alien in full I never thought they could top this creature then BANG out came PREDATOR with my fave action hero Arnold when the pred took of that mask I was hooked.... novels, graphic novels, games, nothing has ever came close since and probably never will.
PS there's nothing like the sound of an M41A pulse rifle on full automatic
My father was a fan of Predator and I use to watch it with him when I was 5 or 6 years old. Then I saw Aliens around 8 or 10 years old and I fell in love with the way the Aliens hiss. I never forgot how their upper lip would quiver and then the slim would pour out. Me and my sisters after that would try to mimic the upper lip quiver. It's still a family joke 'till this day. I think it's one of the first films to get me into the action/thriller/killer genre.
wen i was a kid i loved aliens and predator along with other action films like die hard, terminator etc
wen i got older i saw the sequels and also watched the original classic alien
Became a fan when I saw Alien. After that, Aliens vs Predator, which got me into the Predator franchise.
The first A-P movie I saw was Predator, I became a fan of Predator cause he has some mad weapons and sills. I also like their origins,rules and looks. And my most fav predators are smiley from AVP civilized beasts and that pred from turnabout. ;D
When I was like 7 or 8 I watched Predator with my cousin while his parents were out, even though he wasn't supposed to watch it. After that I kinda forgot about it until AvP came out which made me buy the Predator series and got me into the Alien series as well.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 04, 2010, 12:16:37 AM
There are other ways of watching and obtaining movies besides renting.
Just putting that out there.
like downloadin off psn if u av a ps3
Age Of 6 i saw ALIEN Rescurrection and were amazed :)
I started to watch all alien movies and were stright away Born Fan.
Then i found AVP2 demo... this way i found predator and become fan of AVP.
played AVP2 multiplayer 2 years and then lost my cd key... :(
News of new game got me so exited i had to punch myself to find out were i just sleeping :D
This way i can honestly say i am waiting for AVP even more i ever had waited Halo,Tf2 or MW2(fail)
When i found this site,i said...
"i am home"
The first film I saw was Alien3 when I was about 6 and I lived in the middle east, I had to walk back home from my friends house on my own and I almost sh!t my pants lol I was a fan ever since plus Sigourney Weaver having been in the Ghostbusters films totally sold it for me.
The first time I saw Alien. At that age I didn't understood much of the plot, but I liked the creature design, so here I am many years later still talking about it :P
Im a teenager so I saw the first alien movie in 2005 then i saw the rest of the alien franchise. Then my friend told me to watch avp so i watched that then all the pred movies! So ive been into to aliens and predators since i was about 9.
Oohh boy flashbacks when i was flippen channels when i was 6 i seen the aliens queen i had like an ephifeny or something cuz i made my mother get the movies and than i had nightmares all time ohh good times
Quote from: Master Chief on Feb 04, 2010, 01:01:27 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 04, 2010, 12:16:37 AM
There are other ways of watching and obtaining movies besides renting.
Just putting that out there.
Like borrowing them from friends?
Or... you know, like, prostitution. Offer your body in return for Predator.
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;D ;D It's kinda looong story. I watched the first Alien movie when I was like 4-5 years old (maybe a bit older - I cannot recall my exact age XD) - it was on TV and me and my whole family watched it. I cannot recall much from that time but I remember some scenes that scared the hell out of me - the egg chamber scene, the chestburster one, then in the end where the alien was the shuttle with Ripley. I was so shocked back then - I used to have nightmares for a long time and to be afraid of dark places. ;D Years later, I decided to watch the whole Alien series (it was last year actually - yeah, I know a bit late). Then I watched the Predator series and the AvP ones - and I got fascinated with the whole franchise. ;D Both the alien and the predator are amazing creatures with a lot of ideas put into their creation - so I became a great fan to the whole thing ^^
seeing the movie Aliens wen i was like 8 or so on TV or VHS notshore in the late 80's and being freaked out and loving every second of it's sci-fi action horror all in one bad ass movie got me hooked
i just wish James Cameron would to more movies like aliens and terminator 2 intense action packed films
avatar was good but it was a diffrent style tho
Lance Hendrickson - i have always would like to see James Cameron do an other 1 after ridley scott does his prequel to the first film
from a interview for SEGA AVP3
I saw the predator movie on TV and I thought the idea of an invisible monster was cool(I only saw part of it and never actually saw the predator, I thought it was some sort of invisible monster) and Alien, I just thought the Design was amazing and its life cycle was an interesting concept.
i saw predator 1 and predator 2 on late night TV i was maybe 12 at the time and liked them both
they played them hear but they rated it AV AdultViolence not R18+ because they can't show R rated stuff on TV but anyway that's what got me hooked on the predator movies
When i was a kid my dad would take us down on a friday night to rent a couple of movies on vhs (well it was the 80's) one night it was predator.
Needless to say the movie rocked and even today its still is one of the best.
I was a fan from opening day for Predator 1! Yup, I saw that sucker opening day! I admire the Predator's sense of honor. They just seem like regal creatures to me, they seem to carry themselves a certain way and I dig that. I personally LOVED Predator 1 and 2 (even though many don't like part 2). And I love the fact that if you best one in hand-to-hand combat among their brethren, you get paid some serious street cred! Preds are just sick and badass, and I love them for it!
For the Xenos, I became a fan after watching the 2nd one. I didn't see the first Alien until after the 2nd but damn, I flew outta my seat watching Aliens! It scared the crap outta me as a kid and I loved it. I loved how just damn lethal and dangerous the Xenos were, no matter what you tried to do against them. They were just beyond deadly.
Quote from: Yautja Noble on Feb 26, 2010, 12:39:52 AM
I was a fan from opening day for Predator 1! Yup, I saw that sucker opening day!
Wish I was you. *bows*
Became fan of Alien from the creepyness and mysteriouness of the whole conecpt of them
Fan of Predator because of the cool high tech weaponery and the whole "Honor" thing
I still wonder on what kind of environment it take to for a creature to evolve the way that the Xenomorph's did.
Became intruged by ALIEN after going to Disney World MGM there is a movies through the years ride and ALIEN just happens to be one of the parts; the alien was so cool, I couldn't help but find out more. Than I bought a couple AVP comics.
Been a fan ever since I saw the Derelict Ship.
growing up through in the early 90's, seeing these films were one thing. but ive been a rabid comic collector all my life.. seeing the avp comics casted my devotion to these worlds in stone..
I became an Alien fan by playing Alien Trilogy back in the day on the PS1 :P
Then I watched the films and I was hooked.
For Predator, I turned on the TV once and Predator was on. Pressed the on button and heard 'I ain't got time to bleed'.
yeah Alien Trilogy was insane back then... good stuff... wish they would bring it to psn
I bought quite a few of the toys when I was little because I thought they were awesome (and because my parents would also buy them for me). I don't remember what age I was, but they did let me see Aliens at some point.
And, even as a little kid, I really enjoyed the movie. I didn't get some of the scary parts because I was fairly young (and probably a little ADD :P), but after I saw that movie, I became a fan of the series.
Though it would be a good many years before I actually delved into it. My parents didn't really let me go much further because the other movies were scarier and had more profanity to them.
A wee game called AVP2
when i was about 9 i saw alien vs predator the 2004 movie, i liked the movie because of how it maked sense in the world and that's when i became a huge Predator fan!
Made sense in the world, what?
What made me a fan? I became a fan of predator when i was 6. My dad came home and he had rented Predator 1.
I have to admit, even before the debut of Alien vs. Predator I found a fondship in the H.R. Giger ALIEN and the Derelict ship. Perhaps it was something about me loving dinosaurs when I was younger. I don't know, but the Alien unlocked a tiny gothic side to me, where I started to learn more about the species as if it were real. I started studying the effects of colonies from ants and termites, hives from bees and nests from hornets. I was fascinated, loving the entire idea of this Perfect organism that Ridley Scott and Giger had created, as if they were some twisted yet prideful Ominous Gods.
Then Alien vs. Predator, PG-13, was released. Going to see that, I then saw a threat to the Perfect Organism, something called the Predator >:(
I'd say the biggest threat is poor directors. *cough, Strause Brothers, cough, cough*
I was thinking Paul Anderson.
my mum let me watch aliens when i was between 6 and 8 years old i was BLOWN away, its such a fascinating creature never seen anything like it before or since....
I was soon running around the house in army fatigues using a ghostbusters p.k.e meter as a motion tracker and a toy machine gun as a pulse rifle lol ;D
i became a fan the first time i saw aliens,my dad had the dvd and i watched it one night. i LOVED it
loved the aliens and the marines,bought a loadda toys and i became a fan of pred when my grandma bought me the first predator and the first alien. the first alien kinda scared me but i liked it as much as aliens
i then bought pred 2 at 12 and i liked that and then bought the other 2 aliens movies. i watched avp and thought it was okay,not the best and then i hated avpr.
;D well i first saw aliens when i was 10 and it was my fav movie ever ;)
me it would have been the predator movies because they are big and all the weapons like the plasma cannon and when i first saw the Aliens movies i love them ;D
Used to sleep at my Grandma's house when I was like 5. She freakin' loved Aliens, Predators and Scooby Doo. Seriously.
Quote from: ScoobySnax on Mar 25, 2010, 09:31:43 PM
She freakin' loved Aliens, Predators and Scooby Doo.
I smell a crossover. :o
:D Gunna' have to photoshop that sometime... ;D
I had a preference for scifi and horror as early as 4th grade (I'm 36) because my grandparents liked thrifting and there was alway tons of paperbacks for as little as 5 cents at the stores.
I simply remember liking Alien from the first time I saw it because it hit so many of my genre sweet spots. The space jockey scene left the deepest impression. Well, that and those tiny ass panties since they seemed damned impractical!
Predator was a little different because my family rented the vhs tape years after its release and I had no idea what it was about. I totally believed it was a war flic and remember being super shocked and sad after the captive was shot in the head. I was so hoping Arnie et. al would be able to free any other hostages & then the pred shows up and the film became the ultimate twofer ;D
When i was like 11 AvP was coming out, and my friend was like man this is gonna be good as, but i was like what the hell is AvP, so he explained the movie to me and i was oh cool, everyone was saying alien was gonna win as was i, but then one day i went to my uncles house and in the video cupboard i found Predator 2, i watched it and was hooked, i loved the predator, the thing that was coolest i think was his mask and vision, when i got back to school the next week i told everyone about predator and told them how much he owned, as the years went pass i studied the creatures and the films and still love em till this day,
i watched p1 and a1 and a2 but alien vs predator (old one not this new one) game hooked me and then i started to love this 2 great aliens
Quote from: ScoobySnax on Mar 28, 2010, 06:46:47 PM
:D Gunna' have to photoshop that sometime... ;D
Imagine it... The team catches the Alien and the Predator only to reveal that under the masks there were Tom Woodruff Jr. and Ian Whyte...
That would be priceless!!! :D :D :D
i saw alien wen i was 3 i love the shit ever sens :D
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 08, 2010, 10:34:06 AM
Imagine it... The team catches the Alien and the Predator only to reveal that under the masks there were Tom Woodruff Jr. and Ian Whyte...
That would be priceless!!! :D :D :D
Velma: (reaching for two dudes as they escape the crime scene)"But the REAL mastermind behind this scheme is... Collin and Greg!"
Shaggy: "Huh? But Why? I thought it was Tom and Ian?!"
Velma: "Nope, they were using Tom and Ian to steal the fans money and ruin th-"
The Strauss: " 'N we woulda gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you medling kids!"
I'd watch it :D
the first movie i watched was AVP and then i got more interested in these two characters!
first i watced Alien 3,then Aliens and then Alien Ressurection.
unfortunately they all where in Spanish,so i didn't understand a thing.after awhile,i finaly got those movies in english and in the correct order!
and only then i watched Predator and Pradator 2!
so probably what made me a fan was the........................ALIEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i don't know what is it,but those two characters have something,that i can't forget them.......
I remember seeing the advertisements for Predator on the t.v. and went and watched it at a drive in theater. i later saw aliens in the theater before i ever got to watch alien. the avp scenario i first discovered in a Dark Horse comic book of short storys ... I have been hooked on all three every since.
Quote from: PredatorSniper on Apr 10, 2010, 04:41:11 PM
I remember seeing the advertisements for Predator on the t.v. and went and watched it at a drive in theater. i later saw aliens in the theater before i ever got to watch alien. the avp scenario i first discovered in a Dark Horse comic book of short storys ... I have been hooked on all three every since.
Wasn't
Aliens a year before
Predator I?
Yup.
Aliens - 1986
Predator - 1987
yeah but i saw it in a drive in theater that was way behind the times. or maybe it was a re release or something but i remember seeing them in that order ... i had never thought about the release dates untill you brought it up. wow i feel old now
The year was 1992 or 1993.
I rented Alien / Aliens ... and was terrified to no ends.
I rented Predator and was fascinated.
i can't narrow it down much i was hooked from the 1st glimpse of the predator.everything about the predator rules from the code of the hunt to the trophies WE collect,and the tools we use to do it with! :)
i happened to catch a glimpese of the dog alien butchering the guy in the air vent when my dad and some friends were watching on TV, i was mortified (nightmares followed). it wasent until i discovered the predators when AvP came out, i saw them beat the aliens (kindoff) and i saw them as my heros, and that the aliens werent invinseble. then i saw the rest of the series. blew my mind.
I saw the trailers for AVP and i thought it was just another horror movie but then i got interested...I learned about predator earlier so i started to research aliens and then i fell. Hook. Line. Sinker. I was lucky as i saw all the original movies before AVP 1 and 2.
Was raised on Schwarzenegger movies, Terminator and Predator. With Alien, found an Aliens VHS one rainy day when I was in the single numbers. Watched it. Loved it.
Well lawd have mercy. I distinctly remember refusing to watch Alien for the longest time. Oh Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection were fine, but oh no, not the first one. But I digress, I must have seen Aliens when I was 7'ish.
AVP was the first thing. Then I devoured anything in the franchise and was hooked.
I don't remember exactly how I grew to love them. However I grew up on Schwarzenegger movies and I think i first watched Predator when I was 11 or 12. I started collecting some of the comics and relished the day Kenner FINALLY made predator figures!
Alien-wise, I saw the commercials for the Kenner figures and started to collect them. THEN I saw the movies because i was disappointed the characters didn't exactly match up when comparing the little comics (that cam with the figures) to the movie.
I saw alien ressyrection when i was verry little . A few yers after my mom bought me an alien queen for my birthday . And i fell in love with it . And finally seing avp .
well,i became a fan when i first saw the villain picture i always wanna see,the alien,its very good looking,then later on avp,hehe i love the action parts grid vs celtic,queen vs scar,chet vs wolf,6 vs 2 elites,dark vs predalien,chopper got stabbed(yay)i dont like chopper that much,to many skulls,more like a tribe leader than a pred
You all like avp.
Good god :P ::)
Quote from: alien5454 on Apr 29, 2010, 09:22:52 AM
A few yers after my mom bought me an alien queen for my birthday . And i fell in love with it .
So lucky.
Guess you've found a way to sterilize her, right? ;D
AVP.
There are 4 major movie franchises comprising basically the top of my catalog of taste. The absolute pinnacle is Star Wars. But closely following, are these three: Alien, Predator, Terminator. All three introduced to me by two of my cousins around the age of 7 or 8. ... So that would have been around '91-'92. I'm big on sci-fi but I'm also big on the macabre. I was always a monster fan since as far back as I can remember... started with the classic monsters... and dinosaurs... dragons. If it was to be feared, I did not fear it, but embraced it. Might have something to do with too much emphasis placed on Halloween as a holiday when I was young... Idk.
Point is when I first saw Aliens I was an instant fan. Alien itself didn't work for me because a kid that age doesn't really have much attention span for a film with so little action. I then discovered Predator through the older brother of my 2 cousins, who owned a copy of the full graphic novel of the original Batman Vs. Predator, and loved the creature's design instantly. After later renting the original and seeing the epic Arnold Vs. Pred fight for the first time around that age... well that sealed the deal. Instant fan again. To me at the time it was more like Terminator Vs Predator, because I had also just been introduced to that concept as well.
{EDIT} I need to add something... I understand when very young fans denote AVP as their beginning. But I seriously hope there are as few adults as possible that would follow suit. As much as I love the concept of AVP, the AVP movies themselves were both terribly disappointing to me.
I agree with you; I'm very glad that my introduction to the series was with Alien.
Quote from: SpaceMarines on May 08, 2010, 04:28:32 PM
I agree with you; I'm very glad that my introduction to the series was with Alien.
Mine was too. Unfortunately I was introduced through the Predators via AvP, so... :-\
I was introduced to Predator through Predator. Man, I've had some good luck with this.
I was introduced to Predator via Terminator 2. See, during the 90's Arnold was a huge star and I wanted to see his films, so after Terminator 2 and then The Terminator (I originally seen the sequel first) I watched, Commando, Red Heat, Conan and Predator. Predator really stuck out for me. The action, setting, characters, etc.
I won't say Predator is his best movie anymore like I used to, but it's definitely my favourite.
My parents where watching a movie in the lounge and I asked if it was scary, they said it wasn't. This movie was Aliens, and I stayed up all night that night. The Smartgun from the Aliens movie is what made me a fan, absolutely loved it, loved the sound, everything. Then I played Alien Trilogy on Sega, which was the bomb btw... I was like 5-6 at the time of this :P Then I went to a comic book store to look for Alien Comics and I came across the AvP comic, which lead me to watch the movie Predator, ever since then I have been barracking for the Predators.
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 09, 2010, 01:51:04 AM
I won't say Predator is his best movie anymore like I used to, but it's definitely my favourite.
Why? Predator is the best movie, so it can be his best too.
Predator 2 made me the fan I am today! That movie just got me hooked straight on it's release date on VHS (My dad was a fan of the first one, but he couldn't take me to cinema to see the 2nd one because I was too small... 3 or 4, so I saw it first time on VHS).
After that I went back and enjoyed Predator 1 also very much... but Pred 2 is it for me man XD
and well... the AVP thing revived it when I was older... I mean during the hype of AVP 1 just before it was released and there was a lot of marketing going on... I was full of enthusiasm about it... then I saw it and well... you know the story ;) I stayed with the Pred franchise
But thanks to AVP I went back in movie history and watched the Alien movies and became a fan of Cameron's Aliens... the rest were not so much my thing but I like the xeno design in the first Alien and so on and so forth...
P1 MADE ME FAN AND IM PROUD OF IT
Alien ( of course)
Pred 1
Alien
AvP (it made me think of alien and predators as a single franchise/universe)
When i was 4 years old my brother started playing the 1999 classic AVP video game on PC. ever since then i have been hooked and started watching the movies. probably the main reason I got hooked was because there was so much violence and the way both species were such killers. :)
Quote from: DarthVenom on May 08, 2010, 08:44:39 AM
There are 4 major movie franchises comprising basically the top of my catalog of taste. The absolute pinnacle is Star Wars. But closely following, are these three: Alien, Predator, Terminator.
This is exactly the same for me.
I became a fan because of Alien but it didn't hook me on the Franchise. That happened after watching Freddy vs Jason and looking into crossovers. I saw the game AvP Extinction for Xbox and checked it out. Started watching the Alien series and was hooked.
I was scared shitless by Alien and Aliens when I was a kid, I became a little obssessed with the movies to be honest - mainly because the creature design just blew my mind.
I always liked Predator - and still watch it fairly often, it's a simple but great movie. I remember watching Predator 2 on vhs and seeing the Alien skull, I went nuts. When the internet started to get popular I was always checking movie website for AvP rumours.
Played all the games, the first AvP had me hooked for ages, some amazing levels, the Nostromo like level from the Alien campaign brings back memories - I can even remember a moment where you encounter a guy with a flamethrower in the vent!! :-)
The realisation that AvP movies would be crap (after seeing the first) hit me quite hard.
But I'm really excited about the new Predators and Alien films, that's what really got me into being a fan again.
When I was 6, my cousin show me Aliens and I was immediately crazy about this movie. Then I saw Alien and Alien 3 and It was Done. I discovered Predator in 1990 with the Beginning of AvP in the Dark Horse Comics and the release of Predator 2. I was 7.
In 1997, I was really enjoyed by Resurrection. I know that a lot of fan don't like it but he reminds me those strange stories from the comics with scientists and experiments. I found it really cool. I 've also found it visually very impressive. The designs are great and Darius Khondji has done such a great job on the photography. Really graphic. It has a unique identity.
Avp Movies don't exists in my world.
Predators looks really great. I think Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal have done a great movie. It has everthing it needs to be such. Great ideas, cast, visual designs, SFX and apparently great soundtrack. I really think that Fear will definitely be Reborn.
I'll have to say what made me a fan of the alien was the design and life cycle. I never in my life as well thought that the original Alien would scare me. I had been exposed to jaws and I said to myself nothing can be scarier than that! I was wrong and that same night I saw Aliens that made me a full on fan. The same happened with Predator. Scared shitless and the design, especially the face, I AD NEVER SEEN AN MF like that before.
AVP didn't really kill it for me, I was young and didn't understand that a great movie is. As soon as I viewed it again when I was 11 I realized. Hey, what happened? I used to love this movie now it feels like crap? So thats what happened with AVP. When I saw AVPR I had that little kid mentality where blood/guts = good movie. Boy was I wrong AND f**kING DISSAPOINTED!!!!! AVP (the first) though has sort of become a cult favorite of mine. Its not as bad as most people say but its still not a good movie? no, its a decent one.
AVP game made me shit bricks from the awesomeness ;D
I remember seeing AVP then Aliens and Predator.
Truthfully, it was watching the Predator in it's armor + mask. Looked so awesome, I think started watching Alien Ressurrection with my father, and being only a child at the time, I thought that movie was freaky. :S
what made me a predator fan was because of my dad he was the person who showed it to me predator when i was like 6 or something it was great !!
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on May 28, 2010, 11:20:06 AM
Quote from: DarthVenom on May 08, 2010, 08:44:39 AM
There are 4 major movie franchises comprising basically the top of my catalog of taste. The absolute pinnacle is Star Wars. But closely following, are these three: Alien, Predator, Terminator.
This is exactly the same for me.
same for me too.
I first watched both Alien and Predator when I was about 6 or 7 and I've just loved it ever since.
All the classy fans, like ChristianSoldier.
God brought you to us, SiL. It has all been foretold.
Not the first time He's committed evil.
;)
SiL be Heaven sent, you sinner!
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jun 22, 2010, 06:19:29 PM
SiL be Heaven sent, you sinner!
I may be going to Hell, but at least all my friends will be there :D
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on May 28, 2010, 11:20:06 AM
Quote from: DarthVenom on May 08, 2010, 08:44:39 AM
There are 4 major movie franchises comprising basically the top of my catalog of taste. The absolute pinnacle is Star Wars. But closely following, are these three: Alien, Predator, Terminator.
This is exactly the same for me.
Wow me too..lol for real. Just gota switch it to: Predator, Alien, Star Wars, Terminator.
My uncle (who lived in the same house as i) used to always watch the alien/predator movies. My mom would always tell me not to go in the room when he was watching him since i was 3. So it was always this mysterious thing to me. I first saw predator and went crazy. Now im 15, my entire bedroom is dedicated to the Alien and predator genre (hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise), and i watch the movies a few times a week.
Dude, no double posting.
Back around '93, i started to collect the Aliens action figures that were out. I gradually got more and more for christmas and birthdays. I became so interested that I wanted to see the Alien movies but they were rated R and my mom was pretty strict about watching movies. So finally my uncle went and bought all three movies (Alien: Resurrection wasn't out yet) on VHS and convinced my mom to let me see at least the first movie. So we all spent the night at my uncle's place and watched the first Alien late at night. It was one of the most exciting things for me ever and I loved it. Then a couple weeks later I was able to see Aliens and a few months after that my cousin rented Predator and the rest is history...Now at 24 years old I love the two franchises as much as when I was 8.
Quote from: Argman50693 on Jun 25, 2010, 07:03:44 PM
(Alien: Resurrection wasn't out yet)
What about when it came out? ;D
Haha well my cousin took me to see A:R back in '97 when I was 12. Being a 12 year old fanboy I thought the movie was great. I actually saw it again a couple nights ago and although it wasn't an outstanding sequel, I don't really despise it as much as most others do. I also used to hate Alien 3 because everyone else did and so I figured I should too lol. But as I got older and watched it again, I never really saw how its such a terrible film. It had great cinematography, the musical score was arguably the best in the series, the alien looked great (excluding the outdated CGI sequences) and the characters were quite memorable IMO. Yeah sure, it didn't have badass space marines with Pulse Rifles and Smartguns shooting up the place like most would expect from an "Alien 3". But it was still a good film in itself. ( *sigh* I know someone's gonna read this and pull his or her hair out)
Predator = The Predators and the comics and books that followed.
Aliens = The Colonial Marines.
When i was five i used to watch my dad play AVP on his PC. It was there i started to like Aliens and predators (although i was really scared when i watched him play) We also had the alien series on VHS which i watched later on :)
Watched predator.. couldnt believe what i saw,then i watched aliens,then alien.Then pred2.then i was spent.i would draw for hours.aliens killing preds,preds killing aliens.then avp2 the game.. oh my dear god i spent a good percent of my ife on that game,considering it was my first online game to was even better.
Id host a game where i was the only pred and have marine and corps hit it off.id just jump in every now and then and make a wonderous mess of things ha. aliens/predators all the way.
wen i was 9 my dad and i rented it right before a serious car crash in front involving airlifts-and i watched that then had seen the pred on a game box and i bought avp2 and fell in love with both, i was always playing it on recess and i was always the pred
When I first saw the Alien films I just loved them ever since. 8) 8) 8) 8)
Aliens are the best. IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM.
In space, no one can hear you scream.
No one can listen to the sound of your bones as they crack.
No one can see your inner body reduced to dust.
No one can clean the blood that sprays from your body as it is slowly mutilaqted.
In space, no one can live.
No one.
I believe I first became an AVP fan when I watched some of the movies, when I was around eight or nine.
When i first saw AVP. then i saw Aliens and thats when i became a fan.
My dad loves alien and predator so since i have memory i have been watching this movies...
Seeing Aliens at a young age and predator and all the other movies at random times on tv...and I just have a great admiration for fictional, sci-fi genre's and monster movies.
Before watching Alien and Predator I was already a big Monster Movie fan. One day I asked my mother, what other good monster movies are there? She mentioned Alien and from that point it all began.
when i bought a glow in the dark predator toy from a garage sale when i was little then a queen alien toy. the predator had an alien head chest plate thing going on ever since i have been a huge fan. i even got my last name in the yautja font tattooed down my side i love it.
seeing the predator rise out of the water chasing what i thought was the terminator way back in 1993 when i was a little kid. if something scarred the terminator it had to be badass!
I just decided to rent Alien, at random. It was love at first site. I then watch predator quite abit after i had watched teh alien series and love it as well. Somewhere in between i saw avpr, And started bleeding from my eyes.
My brother and i grew up watching the predator and predator 2 and i played the avp arcade games a couple of times 8)
I was a navy brat, lived in alot of different places, but when we lived in Italy we either watched shows in Italian or watched the handful of videos we had which included Terminator 2 and Predator. That's how I became a fan of Predator, however the Alien films are a funnier story. When I was younger I wouldn't watch the Alien movies, the alien scared the crap out of me, but at a later age I bought the quadrilogy set and had a pizza filled night with a side of acid blood and Sigourney Weaver! Good times... :)
I became a fan when i first played AVP gold edition. It was a great game besides its old graphics (which were "high tech" back in the day ;D) I have only just recently begun to watch the movie's. Is AVPr really that bad?
- A Predator
- A predalien
I'll admit that it had one good scene (crashed ship), a good interpretation by Ian whyte and a decent (not surely perfect) Predalien Design.
After watching The Terminter (first) when I was seven, I immediately went over to the video store and bought Predator on VHS. Watched it in my bedroom with the door locked, life changing experience...lol
Of the Predators (I don't like Xenoes to much)? I remember when I was really young and my brother, my 2 cousins, and I rented a movie called Predator. I recognized Arnold S.'s name so I thought it might be okay. I then saw the heat vision mode of the Predator for the first time and then seeing the Yautja warrior in full was incredible I thought he looked so cool and badass. Over the years after I gained more knowledge and now I am a Yautja junkie.
AVP and Predator
playing ALeins extermination at an arcade
Never could beat a level of that game. >:(
You run out of ammo to easily.
shoot sum extra ammo and you will be fine or use flamethrougher
Ya but I always play with my friend and I find myself saving him a lot.
When I was a kid and watched the 1st movie... 3 things stuck with me
The dreadlocks
The Crab face/Pussy face
and the cloaked mode
I got heavier into Predator last year after watching AVPR and absolutely LOVING it... yeah, that's right... I love it. 8)
Quote from: Forever Knight on Jul 30, 2010, 11:17:53 AM
When I was a kid and watched the 1st movie... 3 things stuck with me
The dreadlocks
The Crab face/Pussy face
and the cloaked mode
I got heavier into Predator last year after watching AVPR and absolutely LOVING it... yeah, that's right... I love it. 8)
First time I heard this in long time besides from myself.
Quote from: InfamousYautja on Aug 01, 2010, 01:46:29 AM
Quote from: Forever Knight on Jul 30, 2010, 11:17:53 AM
When I was a kid and watched the 1st movie... 3 things stuck with me
The dreadlocks
The Crab face/Pussy face
and the cloaked mode
I got heavier into Predator last year after watching AVPR and absolutely LOVING it... yeah, that's right... I love it. 8)
First time I heard this in long time besides from myself.
Yeah man, Wolf Predator blew me away. He just took the awesomeness of the Predators I knew growing up and took it to an entirely new level. What I loved about AVBPR was that it took place in a normal town... I've wanted that to happen for so long and even with Aliens in the mix too. Loved it. The Teen angst was fun aswell, even made it more watchable for my siblings who now LOVE the franchise and checked out the other movies. Hell, I took 'em with me to go see PREDATORS too.
Did you enjoy Predators?
Well, I loved predators.
I think my first introduction to the series was when my Dad kept on bragging about how scary the first movie was. He said that when he saw it in theaters people were throwing up and running out of the room, and that afterwards he (at 18 or so) couldn't sleep for weeks. So I got curious. Then one day he bought the 20th anniversary edition of Alien and I watched it, scared to even look at the cover because of what he had told me. So he pops it in. All hell breaks loose. I literally shit my pants at the end part where Ripley has to get to the dropship, and my knuckles were white. I was hooked.
From there, I watched the rest of the films. Aliens and Alien 3 warranted much of the same reaction as Alien, and Resurrection was terrible IMO. But I will always remember watching Alien for the first time, expecting to be frightened and ending up being terrified.
Then, in 2004, I heard about a film coming out by the name of Alien vs. Predator. I said "yay Alien!", but had never heard of this predator creature. So I bought P1 and P2, and watched them. Suffice to say I adored them as much if not more than the Alien series, and from that point on have been an avid fan.
However, for several months in 2009 to 2010 my interest wavered. Then I heard about the AvP 2010 video game, and my excitement was fueled once again.
I had nightmares as a kid of Anytime. I didn't realise how much it scared me until later on in life lol.
Then I remember watching P1 and P2 100 times with my best friend at the time as a pre-teen.
When AVP came out I was excited. Friends at the time who went to see the movies with me had never seen any Aliens or Predators movies and had no idea what to expect.
Well i saw alien when i was a little kid. I had never seen such a movie.
So of course i was scared to death :P.Time passed by and when a person asked if i want to see alien i did not dare to look.
But when i was 10 years old i saw the first predator movie.
And i loved it. The Alien Technology cloaking device. The Hunter, the warrior and the killer at the same time. And the honour in it ways. Like how he puts his mask of to Arnold. I did not see you and now i do. So now you get to see me. I watched it over and over and over again.
But Aliens. No way (that is what you get when one is shocked in awe :P)
A little time later i rented predator 2, although the movie was very different in style, also an alien with honour.
And at the end at predator 2 when i saw the trophy room with the alien skull.That is when my interest in Alien began.
And i loved all the alien movies The fast evolution process, facehugger, chestburster, adult.
So thanks to Predator 2 i started to be a alien fan too.
And i love avp (what we call alien and predator riverdance lol :P) and avp-r i just love the predalien.
And predators 2010 well that was a light in the Alien and predator darkness since avp-r.
When I was a little kid, my mom and dad took me on vacation. I remember being so bored at each location we went to, but in this really nice hotel's arcade, there was Alien vs. Predator. I played the crap out of that game. I probably spent all of my allowance plus the extra vacation money my parents gave me on that machine. I always couldn't wait to get back so I could play it more and more.
Then later that year in the video store, I noticed the characters I'd played had their own movies. I even found some Aliens and Predator comics. I guess I've been hooked ever since.
That was... 17 years ago.
My mum introduced me to the about 2 years ago a tv program was on about the top 20 scariest movie monsters. Alien was number 1 and Predator was number 2 they showed some clips from both movies. My mum turned away from the screen saying she didn't want to see it was disgusting. After I made you tell me the brief outline of both films when she saw them in the Cinerama years ago. My curiosity was peeked so I jumped onto the net and looked at the AVP wiki page to find out all I could.
Saw Predator when I was a little kid. Add in some predator toys (also a terminator and quad-alien for them to fight), plus an AvP game at a local bowling alley arcade (toss in the gameboy game (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/Greyfox159/random/HNI_0040.jpg) for good measure), and I was hooked. I'm a sucker for sci-fi, and something about a high-tech society of honorable hunters gets to me in a good way.
I think I have to give the credit to my older brother for my Alien obsession. I vaguely remember him watching 'Aliens' that he rented on VHS, might have been around '95 - the image of the queen alien and the general dark ambiance of the film left an impression on me. Then I think I caught 'Alien' on TV, and being pretty impressed by the chest-burster scene and the shape of the fully grown alien.
Alien3 was the clincher though, we had it on VHS and I'd watch it religiously - to this day I can recite pretty much the whole dialogue. The music did it for me also - best soundtrack of the series.
Oh, and at one point I owned this weird winged-alien toy...who I lent to a mate and never seen again!
I didn't eat spahgetti for a long time after watching that Chest Buster scene in ALIEN.
I remember always thinking the Androids in ALIEN and ALIENS were full of milk. lol.
I always been a Predator fan ever sense around 5 years old when i saw the movie for the first time. Predator was like my fav. movie hah and i watched Aliens before i watched Alien but i got to say how can u not take your eyes of those pulse rifles hah just awesome huge fan of both franchise even better together ;)
Are all of you kidding saying AVPR was great ?
AVPR was just an awful piece of... Ok I don't even have words for this
What made me watch Alien was Sigourney Weaver ( because I fell in love with her ), and also I saw Alien Resurrection first... So I couldn't say it betrayed alien because for me it was alien.
Then I watched the first 3, and as I had never seen horror movies before... This was great. I shall never forget Ripley I think :D
About Predator, I loved the first one, didn't see 2, and well I Avp and Predators are not exactly good movies
I saw Predator at 5 years old, it was awsome, I was instantly a fan. Then I secretly saw Alien on HBO, it scared the shit out of me, but I liked it. So I've been a fan sence then.
AVP and Aliens got me liking the series ;D
When I was about about 11, I was at the Naval Exchange with my mom because she wanted to buy a movie. I noticed this really cool statue of a thing with 4 fangs and another thing with a spinal-cord looking tail, lashing out at eachother. Above their heads it said AVP, and I asked my mom, "What is AVP?". She answered with a grin, and said, "AVP is a movie about different types of things in a war against eachother." She of-course at first said it in a more complicated way, but I asked her to dumben it out for me. So that day we bought the movie AVP, after 30 minutes of me begging. Once we finally got home, we watched the movie. As soon as I saw the scene where the 'Celtic Predator' fought 'The Nethead' Alien, I knew I was going to love this movie for the rest of my life. After I saw the movie, I read more into it and found out numerous games had been made!(Aliens vs Predator Extinction, Aliens vs Predator PC, etc.)So I saved up weeks and weeks of allowance and bought a PS2, and the video game Aliens vs. Predator Extinction. I played it for a couple weeks and got bored of it. Within the range of 2 years I was an AVP expert with all of the AVP games, and I knew everything!! So that, is how I became a fan of AVP.
Well, I am not big supporter of avp movie, but listening to your story, I am grateful it made you a fan and brought you to this site :) Welcome to the galaxy.
I was around 10 or so when my Dad told me about it although I can't remember why he did.Watched the first one and instantly took a liking to it and so I bought Predator 2 which I enjoyed just as much as the first.Then Aliens vs Predator came out and after I saw that I decided I might as well watch all the Alien films as well.
Quote from: Kinyo on Oct 01, 2010, 04:19:15 AM
When I was about about 11, I was at the Naval Exchange with my mom because she wanted to buy a movie. I noticed this really cool statue of a thing with 4 fangs and another thing with a spinal-cord looking tail, lashing out at eachother. Above their heads it said AVP, and I asked my mom, "What is AVP?". She answered with a grin, and said, "AVP is a movie about different types of things in a war against eachother." She of-course at first said it in a more complicated way, but I asked her to dumben it out for me. So that day we bought the movie AVP, after 30 minutes of me begging. Once we finally got home, we watched the movie. As soon as I saw the scene where the 'Celtic Predator' fought 'The Nethead' Alien, I knew I was going to love this movie for the rest of my life. After I saw the movie, I read more into it and found out numerous games had been made!(Aliens vs Predator Extinction, Aliens vs Predator PC, etc.)So I saved up weeks and weeks of allowance and bought a PS2, and the video game Aliens vs. Predator Extinction. I played it for a couple weeks and got bored of it. Within the range of 2 years I was an AVP expert with all of the AVP games, and I knew everything!! So that, is how I became a fan of AVP.
So AvP got you into the franchises. Do you still like it as much?
I snuck in the living room as my Dad was watching these movies and have been a fan ever since ::)
I saw these movies when I was a kid. Then Years later I re-discoverd them. Its a little bit on the nostalgic side. I'm a huge horror fan.
Quote from: RDdaNINJA on Oct 03, 2010, 03:57:01 AM
I snuck in the living room as my Dad was watching these movies and have been a fan ever since ::)
Is that all you snuck into the living room to see him watch? ;)
I have always loved AVP since i was little, growing up with it and all my mates watching it and having models and i will forever to this day wish i was a runner!!!!!!
man when i was 10, I can NEVER NEVER forget when the predator whispered ( anytime .. ) to dillion. and when he first came out of the water looking at cloacked arnie.
iam 26 today and still a fan of predator, always will be.
I think i was about 5 when I first watched predator. My dad and my brother suggested I watch it. It completely blew me away. I've watching, drawing, collecting anything predator since.
I remember watching Predator when I was younger and just loved the whole mystery, tech and just the whole look of it, been collecting what I can since. Any new Predator film is such a buzz just see where they can take it next
What made me a fan was when the three predators in avp where killing the aliens tats wat made me a fan
Quote from: predator98 on Oct 29, 2010, 09:19:42 AM
What made me a fan was when the three predators in avp where killing the aliens tats wat made me a fan
What movie were you watching?
Flashback scene.
Those Predators kill, or at least, push back.. 4 aliens I believe, before getting covered.
It looked to me that the Pred with the Spear got knocked over by the first Alien, a bunch of the Aliens were shot though.
I got into the series through AVP.
For me it started about 6 years ago watching Predator on late night ITV2 here in the UK. It was so engrossing I ended up watching it two further nights in a row as they kept on re-running it.
Sometime after that I watched Alien for the first time on channel 4 and back then it scared me almost as much as the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
After some web research I found I discovered the AVP franchise and the fanboyism began...
The love of science fiction fused with cranium tingling action made me a Predator fan back in the day, but the scar/lex pairing got me hooked to the AVP world!
I saw Alien, then I saw Predator months later, loved them both.
The ITV premiere of Aliens, back in 1990. Scared me half to death but I couldn't stop thinking about it. Serendipitously Trident comics started their Dark Horse run soon after. I saw the first issue on sale in a newsagent and that was it. Hooked!
The story of Machiko living and hunting with the Predators pulled me into the comics/Omnibus portion of AVP. I am always interested in a good female hero/anti-hero (Ripley from Aliens, Alice in RE) story.
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Shit your right! I've wasted my life! The world is such a big and beautiful place and I've never noticed! Maybe I go and meet girls. Perhaps I'll cure cancer. Thank you SO much for helping me see the light! Can you help me spread the message? What do I have to do? Is it as simple as looking up geeky sites, spending hours reading all the threads and laughing at all the people living in the fantasy world then registering an account so I can tell them that their wasting their time? Do I do this across all forums? Surely theres a quicker way, so I'm not wasting my time in reality....
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
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Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
The pot calling the kettle black.
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Ha, you make me laugh. I was a Sergeant in the Army Cadets with command of my own squad, I was nearly crushed by a tree and stalked by a bear. I've been White Water Rafting down the Ottawa River. I've was in a canoe for 9 staright hours once. I've been on the Rugby team. I had my birthday celebrated on the same night as the gradaution party! I've played guitar infront of a huge audience and have had my poetry admired by many! When you can top that let me know.
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Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
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It's papa troll for you AvPG.
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
And that made you a fan? You're a person of contradiction, my friend :D
Trolls and logic are like AvPR and awesome.
They can't mix.
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDRq2PpjkQ# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDRq2PpjkQ#)
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
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You assume that just because one is a fan of science fiction that they dont read non-fiction books? Or volunteer? Pffft. The only ludicrous joke here is you.
I guess we shut him up. That reply of mine works everytime. ;)
But everyone else pitched in too, no one fights alone. ;)
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Quote from: Geronimo on Nov 15, 2010, 01:50:02 AM
I guess we shut him up. That reply of mine works everytime. ;)
But everyone else pitched in too, no one fights alone. ;)
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I kinda want him to come back though, only because I wish to do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzlKu5cus8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzlKu5cus8#)
Quote from: Geronimo on Nov 14, 2010, 07:06:00 AM
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Ha, you make me laugh. I was a Sergeant in the Army Cadets with command of my own squad, I was nearly crushed by a tree and stalked by a bear. I've been White Water Rafting down the Ottawa River. I've was in a canoe for 9 staright hours once. I've been on the Rugby team. I had my birthday celebrated on the same night as the gradaution party! I've played guitar infront of a huge audience and have had my poetry admired by many! When you can top that let me know.
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Quote from: Pn2501 on Nov 15, 2010, 02:31:06 AM
Quote from: Geronimo on Nov 14, 2010, 07:06:00 AM
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Ha, you make me laugh. I was a Sergeant in the Army Cadets with command of my own squad, I was nearly crushed by a tree and stalked by a bear. I've been White Water Rafting down the Ottawa River. I've was in a canoe for 9 staright hours once. I've been on the Rugby team. I had my birthday celebrated on the same night as the gradaution party! I've played guitar infront of a huge audience and have had my poetry admired by many! When you can top that let me know.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H300ppJmer0/TJAzumK2LyI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ucqO1DvAkxw/s320/MiddleFingerSmileyLOL.jpg
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I take that as a great compliment. ;) He does some cool s**t!
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Oh my God. Talking to each other about common interests?
We should be castrated and shot!
:D
I became a fan through a Halloween Party when I was like maybe 5 or 6. This was a very long time ago, and I remember it like if it was yesterday! We watched all four films last night and went to the store the next day to purchase these films to watch them myself. I was just completely amazed the first night I watched it, it was just so much fun and great to watch these films at the age of 6! Imagine that, it was a great experience and I remember some part when I bought them I had a huge conversation over this with the cash register guy. That's as much detailed as I can get. Bottom line is, I became a fan by watching it at a Halloween party probably surrounded by tons of people who didn't shut up!
I was introduced to Alien when I was 9 and Predator when I was 13. When I was younger I liked Predator more because I liked the ruthlessness that he has when he kills and I thought both films were awesome. Over the last couple of years that's changed. I like Aliens more now because I think they're more scarier and a lot more cooler than Predator.
These days I like them both but I prefer Aliens. The Aliens movie made me even more of a fan than ever and I like Predator 2 more than the first one.
Quote from: Pn2501 on Nov 15, 2010, 02:31:06 AM
Quote from: Geronimo on Nov 14, 2010, 07:06:00 AM
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
One thing that I noticed about the movie Predators, is if they're supposed to be so much bigger than the normal predators, than why are the two actors in the berserker/classic fight both the same size. With as much fuss that everybody seems to make about continuity and realism, this faux pas seems pretty retarded. Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Ha, you make me laugh. I was a Sergeant in the Army Cadets with command of my own squad, I was nearly crushed by a tree and stalked by a bear. I've been White Water Rafting down the Ottawa River. I've was in a canoe for 9 staright hours once. I've been on the Rugby team. I had my birthday celebrated on the same night as the gradaution party! I've played guitar infront of a huge audience and have had my poetry admired by many! When you can top that let me know.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H300ppJmer0/TJAzumK2LyI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ucqO1DvAkxw/s320/MiddleFingerSmileyLOL.jpg
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Bear Grylls is the f**king man.
Quote from: Geronimo on Nov 15, 2010, 01:50:02 AM
I guess we shut him up. That reply of mine works everytime. ;)
No that reply makes you sound like an ignorant pretentious busy body.
Being a kid right around the time of Predator 2 and Alien 3, I was bombarded with a massive heap of merchandising that no child could avoid. The AVP comics, the Aliens toys, the video games etc. It was just so attractive to someone of my morbid curiosity. I didn't really become a "fan" until I was a freshman in high school I think, when I watched the entire Legacy VHS collection in one sitting. Really blew me away. Sure, I had seen bits and pieces of all the Alien/Pred movies growing up, but I hadn't properly appreciated or absorbed them till that time. I had really reaffirmed my enjoyment of the Predator side of things with the release of Predators this year. Having seen it in theaters and having had a blast made me go back and really discover how fun the first two pictures were, and to a lesser extent, the crossover films.
It's nice to see the next generation of Sci Fi fans! My nephew is 14 and got into the AVP games and Alien comics, even though he has not seen any of the films.
Where as my daughter is almost 9 and has watched Predator 2 and AVP on regular tv. It was funny, when Keyes shot the Predator in the meat locker she jumped up and yelled "yes"! When the Predator got back up, I said "yes" lol. She was very confused. I let her choose once between Predator 2 ( tv only) and a Disney princess movie and she chose Predator 2. ;D I won't let her watch any of them on video, but the edited versions on TV are ok.
Quote from: TheMonolith on Nov 15, 2010, 02:36:01 AM
Quote from: abstruse on Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
Oh well, most scifi fans are just people whom others consider to be nothing but geeky jokes. That's why they form their own society; no one else will tolerate them. Get out and read a nonfiction book or volunteer, or something. You and all these forums are a ludicrous joke. People need to get out of their fantasy miasma and into reality.
Oh my God. Talking to each other about common interests?
We should be castrated and shot!
Nah, this person is probably just bitter because now he has to work for one of us "geeky jokes" ha ha.
Quote from: AliceApocalypse on Dec 21, 2010, 02:54:11 PM
It was funny, when Keyes shot the Predator in the meat locker she jumped up and yelled "yes"!
Do you mean when Keyes tried to freeze the Pred or when Harrigan shot the Pred up with the shotty (after that is when he gets up)? I think it's cut when aired on TV but Keyes doesn't look too good after using the liquid nitrogen :)
What made me a fan? Alien 3 in early 1993. The creature was extremely terrifying, more than any other due to the lack of eyes and being seen only briefly, and either in the mist or in low light. I found the creature to be extremely well designed but at the same time very repulsive - the shining dome reminded me of some big bug's back, and its squealing sounds added to the terror. And overall, the movie was filled with dread, with rescue coming way too slow, and being stranded in an old, basement like, dirty facility with this thing running around
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Which one?
Edit: Oh, the reply I was replying to seems to have vanished.
Predators made me a fan. Falconer was the source... someone told me if I luv badass hunters with birds, I must see the movie... I really liked it. Then I watched predator 1 and 2, and hooooly, I loved them! I am in love with da franchise since that summer day I watched predators.. though funny, I like the originals much more now.. hehe. But the whole trilogy is awesome. I have known alien saga much earlier, liked it, but I wasn't a fan. But now, I have to watch the avp movies so I have watched every movies of both franchises!
I saw the original 1999 AVP game by Rebellion at a Costco store when I was like 6 or 7 and really admired the Alien's design, but was too afraid of horror movies at the time. My interest in them grew as I found a VHS copy of Alien in the same store on the same day, my mom even told me what happend in the first movie, but that still didn't dispel my fear of horror movies obviously cause I was 6 or 7. Eventually, I dropped my interest in the franchise until I was in 8th grade and I saw a picture of the Alien Legacy DVD set on a coupon book or catalog that my mom had while we were at Burger King and my interest in the AVP franchise was renewed to this day. :)
I can't remember if I posted in this thread or not? My oldest memory of the series when I was four or five when I was at my Aunt's house and the last part of Aliens was playing. I also remember watching both Predator movies as a kid as well and thought they where pretty cool. As a kid I was never a fan back in the early and mid 90's (I was more a JP and Godzilla kid at the time) and I think it was around 2001 or 2002 when I got the chance to play AVP on my PC. I knew about the series for ages and I give the game a shot. I really enjoy it and I remember renting the Alien PS1 games as well.
Then I remember going to blockbuster to rent Alien 1-3 and enjoy them, and I found my old A:R vhs copy as well. I give that a chance as well and enjoy that too. I don't think it was until 2003 when I became a fan of the series when was 12 where my friend at summer school told everything about the movies and comic books. I also forgot how much I loved the Predator movies where at the time and I later rent AVPE on the PS2 sometime in Early 2004. I enjoy it and I still remember seeing AVP when it came out on my field trip at my Summer School back in 2004. I enjoy AVP until I re-watch the movie again in 2007, and was totaly bored by it. Then in 2006 when I hear that they where making a AVP2, I re-discover the series once again and became a bigger AVP geek then I was before.
The rest is history :).
Quote from: Hellspawn28 on Jan 12, 2011, 05:29:03 AM
I can't remember if I posted in this thread or not? My oldest memory of the series when I was four or five when I was at my Aunt's house and the last part of Aliens was playing. I also remember watching both Predator movies as a kid as well and thought they where pretty cool. As a kid I was never a fan back in the early and mid 90's (I was more a JP and Godzilla kid at the time) and I think it was around 2001 or 2002 when I got the chance to play AVP on my PC. I knew about the series for ages and I give the game a shot. I really enjoy it and I remember renting the Alien PS1 games as well.
Then I remember going to blockbuster to rent Alien 1-3 and enjoy them, and I found my old A:R vhs copy as well. I give that a chance as well and enjoy that too. I don't think it was until 2003 when I became a fan of the series when was 12 where my friend at summer school told everything about the movies and comic books. I also forgot how much I loved the Predator movies where at the time and I later rent AVPE on the PS2 sometime in Early 2004. I enjoy it and I still remember seeing AVP when it came out on my field trip at my Summer School back in 2004. I enjoy AVP until I re-watch the movie again in 2007, and was totaly bored by it. Then in 2006 when I hear that they where making a AVP2, I re-discover the series once again and became a bigger AVP geek then I was before.
The rest is history :).
Your upbringing in a/p sounds similar to mine except I saw the end of Predator 2 and started out with the pred movies
Same here; I was also into Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, and Godzilla. I think the majority of all AVP fans were once into dinosaurs; Aliens are so very similar to them.
Quote from: predxeno on Jan 12, 2011, 05:38:55 AM
Same here; I was also into Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, and Godzilla. I think the majority of all AVP fans were once into dinosaurs; Aliens are so very similar to them.
So AvP fans and not just alien fans?
How does the predator remind you of a dinosaur or Godzilla?
Just asking.
No, I was just saying that dinosaurs and Aliens are somewhat similar and that may be a factor. It's just a trend; I've read a few instances where members posted that they were once into dinosaurs.
But a lot of people are into Dinosaurs, I however don't see an alien as such a thing however there are maybe one or two similarity's to a dino i guess. They do look prehistoric a little bit.
PS: however when I look at it, i get the idea of a snake mixed with a man. I really don't know why.
Predator 2 got me hooked.
What made me a fan was when i watche alien resurrection...
Not the best movie but i kinda liked it.so i watched alien 1 and it was after that i was stuck "_"
Slash had gotten me and some of our friends to get the AvP game, and the rest explains itself.
You know this guy?! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_%28musician%29)
seeing predators at the cinema made me a fan.
I grew up watching Predator with my dad. From there I spread out and watched the other movies, around the time the first AVP came out. I like these movies but I'm not the most hardcore fan I must admit.
Parents. Dad in particular.
the films the books the games the collectibles! i even got a alien head costume with a pop out inner jaw
Quote from: Xenomorph x on Feb 03, 2011, 11:43:55 PM
the films the books the games the collectibles! i even got a alien head costume with a pop out inner jaw
Awesome!! ;D
i first saw alien wen purebreed alien pestered me to watch it, enjoyed them ever since.
Pestering people is the best way to get things done. :P
Unless you're an Egyptian...
I was 6 years old when I saw the Alien vs Predator poster on the front door of the movie rental place. I thought predator was a robot :D I studied them ever since and am still learning new things.
Like most of the same here, my first contact with the alien was at the age of six or seven watching the first one after 11 pm under the living rooms table. Strange thing about this was the movie cured me from having problems falling asleep as a child. After this neither horror movies and games have become my fafourite ones, the alien really has become a part of my whole life.
Interesting how many of the AVP fans here got interested in the franchise by coming into contact with it during our childhood.l
Now I don't feel like such a bad mom for letting an 8 year old watch P1, P2 and AVP :-[
The AVP movies were like kiddie movies and the Predator movies were more action-like than horror. At least you didn't show them Alien yet, that could be really traumatizing for kids. Though if they did see it, you could probably use EU to help calm their fears by giving them hair spray and say that it wards off Aliens for a little while like in Aliens Labyrinth.
Quote from: predxeno on Feb 28, 2011, 04:28:53 PM
Though if they did see it, you could probably use EU to help calm their fears by giving them hair spray and say that it wards off Aliens for a little while like in Aliens Labyrinth.
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Hey, we're talking about calming a hypothetical kid's fears. Don't diss the methods used to try to help them just cause you don't consider them "canon". ;)
Who said anything about canon? ;)
No one, just seemed like the kind of thing many people here would say about my method, tho. ;)
Quote from: predxeno on Feb 28, 2011, 04:28:53 PM
The AVP movies were like kiddie movies and the Predator movies were more action-like than horror. At least you didn't show them Alien yet, that could be really traumatizing for kids.
Nope, going to wait until she is at least 10 lol. Seriously though, Alien films are scary (which is why they are awesome) so it depends on how her threshold develops as to when she will see an edited for tv Alien movie. I don't want her having nightmares, but she does prefer action/scary over kiddie movies. She loves Predator 2 btw, she even picked watching that over a Disney Princess movie lol.
Quote from: AliceApocalypse on Feb 28, 2011, 04:57:56 PM
She loves Predator 2 btw, she even picked watching that over a Disney Princess movie lol.
Your Daughter is... lovely.
Agreed, she sounds like a great kid to have. :D
Quote from: AliceApocalypse on Feb 28, 2011, 04:57:56 PM
Quote from: predxeno on Feb 28, 2011, 04:28:53 PM
The AVP movies were like kiddie movies and the Predator movies were more action-like than horror. At least you didn't show them Alien yet, that could be really traumatizing for kids.
Nope, going to wait until she is at least 10 lol. Seriously though, Alien films are scary (which is why they are awesome) so it depends on how her threshold develops as to when she will see an edited for tv Alien movie. I don't want her having nightmares, but she does prefer action/scary over kiddie movies. She loves Predator 2 btw, she even picked watching that over a Disney Princess movie lol.
Give your daughter 2x props for me.
When I first saw Alien a while back I was traumatized lol :laugh:
Sounds a bit extreme.
Quote from: delsaber8 on Mar 01, 2011, 07:02:01 PM
When I first saw Alien a while back I was traumatized lol :laugh:
I don't blame you, I was raised with the films since I was 3, then in later years I have a nervous break down from somthing unexpected in my life, watch alien the next night, suddenly I became deathly afaird of xenomorphs when I was 12 all the way to 15 years old.
Although i was traumatized i still watched the films. Call me crazy, but even being scared to death I still love the films.
Don't fear them anymore now though.
First hearing the movie predator and i wasnt interested at first, but then i watched avp and i loved the aliens and thats wat happened
When my Dad and me watched Predator 2 when I was 4 and fell in love with the Predator movies the next day my Dad bought the 1st Predator on tape and watched it over and over and over and over again haha! The Alien movies I just recently got into I saw a clip of it when I was little just last week I got Alien Aliens and Alien 3 at walmart for a $10 set. Havent watched Alien 3 yet or Ressurection. But so far there pretty damn good!
Aliens. LET'S ROCK!!!
Back in the late 80's I had that door poster of the warrior coming through the door... watched the first two movies, already a fan of Predator... then got into the Dark Horse Comics around 1990... started buying models, posters, magazines and anything thing else I could get my hands on. I used to go to this store in Houston,TX called Third Planet. It was small narrow place with creaky wooden floors and had movie posters covering the 12' high ceiling. The place was filled to the brim with comics, toys, masks, memorabilia, etc. It had a very distinctive smell. It was like a tradition to go there and look for Alien and Predator related treasures.
It started with gaming.
My Uncle gave me Alien vs Predator 1999 and it was one of the best games ever.
I watched the Alien and Predator movies short after finishing the game. And also played Alien vs. Predator 2 + Primal Hunt.
And that is the beginning of a wonderful love story :)
Now I'm on a big search to the Alien plushes for a fair price.
I saw the DvD of AVP in a store catalogue. The front cover looked awesome. I even made it my desktop background even though I knew nothing about it.
I was curious so I did some research.
I found the existence of both the predator and Alien franchises.
I borrowed them from a DvD rental store and loved them.
This was in 2007. I haven't been a fan for nearly as long as most of you guys.
And it was only until I came to this site last year that I slowly lost my fanboy n00b outlook on the franchises, and began to appreciate it. Like how awesome Alien was and how shit AvP was. All that stuff.
The movie Alien resurrection started it. I do like predator but it can't compete with the xenomorphs ftw ;D
Then it's grown from there on books, action figures etc....
A combination of what I had heard, and the fact that being raised mormon I wasn't allowed to watch R rated movies so I always really wanted to see both Alien series and Predator series. I think the first movie I watched was Predator 2 but was followed closely by predator and aliens/alien. I just liked the premise and have come to appreciate what was done in both sets of films. Not to mention that I consider the Xenos and the Preds to be some of the coolest designed space aliens ever created. They just look too bad ass.
What does being a mormon have to do with watching R-rated movies?
It's banned in their religion. Or rather extremely frowned upon. Aside from the bible and book of mormon they got their own set of guidelines. It's pretty straight-edge.
I became a fan of the Alien movies when I was two years old.I watched them a lot and wasn't scared of them.
How does a two-year-old even comprehend these movies? You're barely self-aware at that age.
I really didn't know what was going on but just watched them for the heck of it. Then, when I was in 2nd grade, I started to understand and got scared of them. In 5th grade, I watched them again.
Your parents actually let you watch scary movies when you were that young? :o
I actually just walked in on the movie and they didn't notice till about the end. Then the next day, I watched the first two again because those were my favorite.
...Many years ago, Gigers Alien ruled my nightmares...because my mom used the first Alien film as a means to motivate me to go to bed when I was 3 years old.
Then the action figures soon came out, I was terrorfied at first but grew balls and asked for them. (First time mom ever spent 100 bucks worth on action figures for me when it wasn't a holiday or my birthday. She tells me now she thought it'd keep me in line.)
Then she introduces me to the Predator...I was terrorfied when I first saw him. (I was a total chicken back then, I'd dive behind the couch if I thought anything gory or scary was going to happen.)
But then one day when we're grocery shopping, I see a comic book...Aliens Vs Predator: Booty. And depcted inside, the Predator was killing the Alien and the Predator was a hero in the end. So guess who I latched on to.
But as time went on and I got braver and braver and watched all the alien films, eventually got into Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc, The Alien and the Predator remain my 2 favorite sci-fi horror icons. And I hope in my future career as an Actor/ Drector I'll have the chance to participate in or create my own Alien and Predator films. (And play the Predator, even if its only as a double or background. I'm 6'2 I can't compete with KPH.)
Your mom used AVP as a way to discipline you to go to bed? Does that sound inhuman to anyone?
The figures? No. The movie? Hell yes.
Yeah, I was referring to the movie. No offense, but what kind of a mother uses her child's worst fears to scare him into going to bed; he probably won't even sleep, not with the fear of an Alien hiding in the closet.
Says he became braver and braver. Maybe they toughened him up. Aha!
Or maybe they could have kept him up for 2 years until he eventually became too tired to be afraid anymore like another little boy I'm thinking of.
Yourself? ;D
Yes.
I watched predator when i was 6. And I absolutely loved it. I liked the predators gadgets and weapons and really liked action films back then. When I was 8 I brought a comic book AVP Duel and I read it like a hundred times and I liked that at the end when a predator teams up with a human to take down the Predalien. (showing that heartless bloodthirsty monsters have respect and feelings.)
lol, I've heard mixed reactions over moms use of Alien.
and yes, I think its because of that I was a total chicken shnit for a long time. (refused to play any games that were even a little bit creepy. I wouldnt even play past the first level of Tomb Raider 1.) Wanna know how long it took me to get through AVP (1997)? I never finished playing any of the campaigns until about 3 years ago.
It wasn't till I met my best friend in middle school where he got me into survival horror games. (I was watching and playing some dark games and movies by then, but noithing that really counts as survival horror.)
But look at me now! I'm striving to go to Japan and learn how to make films in their style, and I've been writing my own And and Predator film where it's all psychological horror and I have every intension to make the film disturbing, but good.
What made me a fan was seeing the 2nd Alien film for the first time when I was in 8th grade. I was hooked on everything alien since that movie. Then I heard about AVP coming out and that caused me to go and buy all the Alien films, plus the predator movies so I'd know what was going on. My queen chestburster I got for christmas one year was when I knew I was addicted ;D
Born -75. alien 8th passenger out 1979 in the movies. i can't remember exactly when it was in the early 80s but that is when i saw Ridley scotts Alien 1 the eight passenger for the first time thorugh TV and from that time onwards i was more or less intrigued subconsciously or more by the xenomorph and biomechanoidlike entity of the perfect bioweapon and horror monstrosity of the era.
must have bee like 7 or 8 i think. Yeah i saw the movie while up late but i'm bloody glad i did. it intrigued me into hr giger arh+ art books, alien comics and games and movies. most of my allowance in the day went into aliens konami 1990 coin up. the good ole arcade days, eh?
k. but i been a fan one way or the other. one can't help life situations with a lot of things turning up all the time but there's still a facehugger watching over my pc tower.
i really love that other aliens fans are together and can share our interests through a site like this.
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Fate conspired to make me an Alien/Predator fan.
I think it was about 1988-89, I was reading an issue of Detective Comics and there was a page of all the weeks latest comics. One picture showed Dark Horse's release of "PREDATOR - Based on the hit Schwarzenegger movie!" The picture of the Predator had me chomping at the bit, so I rushed to the local video shop where my Mum was working at the time, grabbed a copy of Predator on VHS, eagerly watched it and was hooked forever!
The next week, I was at the local library, saw a copy of ALIENS - Book One on the shelf, jaw dropped at the awesome Alien design, took it out, read it, loved it. Conveniantly enough, ALIENS the movie was playing on ITV that Saturday night. I was converted immedaitely! lol Even stranger, the following week ALIEN was showing on Sky Movies. I didn't have Sky Movies at the time but begged my mate to stay up till 3am to record it on tape for me! lol I was now an official Alien fan!
Then the following month, the UK ALIENS magazine appeared on my local newsagent shelf, featuring weekly chapters from ALIENS - Book Two, (what would become known as) Predator - Concrete Jungle and Aliens Vs Predator. Wait a minute...ALIENS VERSUS FREAKING PREDATOR!!!! A match made in heaven.
So there you have it, fate guided me towards these two fantastic beasts and I've been in there grasp ever since.
I saw ALIEN when i was around 6 yrs old and i never forget jumping out of my seat when the Facehugger came out of the
egg!! The rest is history!! I was a big fan. Still to this day i think Alien is one of the best Sci/Fi horror movies of all time but i also love the other Alien movies and Predator franchise!
Quote from: genozide on May 06, 2011, 08:01:25 PM
must have bee like 7 or 8 i think. Yeah i saw the movie while up late but i'm bloody glad i did. it intrigued me into hr giger arh+ art books, alien comics and games and movies. most of my allowance in the day went into aliens konami 1990 coin up. the good ole arcade days, eh?
The good ole arcade days indeed {sigh}
Hey Xeno Killer, srry if I took ur name first, looks like we both have good tastes though ;D, Just watched predator and its just as good as when my dad first showed it to me, when i was like 6
I loved movies in general from a very young age, I grew up on Star Wars, I loved movies that had sci-fi fantasy elements to them, with Aliens in them. I renember having to nag my mother to watch the Alien movies when they came on tv (Alien and Aliens had been out a few years previous before I was born). When I finally watched the first movie, I shit myself, it scarred the life out of me and I coulnt sleep at night, it was a film that actually made me afraid of the dark and I had to have a night light :P :D
Its a film I kept going back too for the thrills, just loved it and I think to this day its the best sci-fi horror movie made. Predator was shortly after if not about the same time, same, Loved it, never scarred me as much as Alien, but still didnt like the gory aspects of it. It was probally the 2nd Predator movie that scared me the most when I was younger.
Quote from: Space_Dementia on May 19, 2011, 12:20:32 PM
When I finally watched the first movie, I shit myself, it scarred the life out of me and I coulnt sleep at night, it was a film that actually made me afraid of the dark and I had to have a night light :P :D
That makes 2 of us m8 :laugh: . Except that it was the second one, "Aliens" that did the trick for me. Saw it for the first time on television when I was 6 and the following three years I was afraid to go in to rooms where the lights was off. So if I wanted to make a sandwich I had to ask my mother to go and turn the lights on in the kitchen before I would go there :-[
Now that I think about it, I knew nothing of the Predator movies until after watching AVP.
A lot of people have never heard of the Predator franchise until after hearing about AVP.
I think I was lucky. Right after mom showed me Predator when I was a id, the Predator toy were released, and soon after is when I discovered that AVP comic, and then aliens and Predator were being marketed together on tv.
Really, it was watching avp a couple times. Then I watched aliens and then I was hooked. 8)
Sort of the same for me but I played the Game AVP extinction and loved it. I then heard the movie was coming out, I saw the Movie and was hooked as well.
I got pulled into the Alien franchise after watching my uncle play "Alien Trilogy" on the PS1 when I was about 6 or 7 , the soundtrack and sounds just were so creepy to me I loved them
Quote from: predxeno on May 25, 2011, 07:07:15 PM
A lot of people have never heard of the Predator franchise until after hearing about AVP.
Those people must be living under a rock then :P. I knew about Predator long before AVP.
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Quote from: predxeno on May 25, 2011, 07:07:15 PM
A lot of people have never heard of the Predator franchise until after hearing about AVP.
Those people must be living under a rock then :P. I knew about Predator long before AVP.
I must have lived under rock :(
I had never heard of Alien/Predator until I was at Blockbuster and found Aliens vs Predator Extinction. At first I didn't like it, but the more I played it, I liked it more. I then discovered there were movies.
Quote from: delsaber8 on Jun 05, 2011, 08:07:47 PM
Quote from: Hellspawn28 on Jun 05, 2011, 03:49:58 AM
Quote from: predxeno on May 25, 2011, 07:07:15 PM
A lot of people have never heard of the Predator franchise until after hearing about AVP.
Those people must be living under a rock then :P. I knew about Predator long before AVP.
I must have lived under rock :(
Me, too. :(
Quote from: Hellspawn28 on Jun 05, 2011, 03:49:58 AM
Quote from: predxeno on May 25, 2011, 07:07:15 PM
A lot of people have never heard of the Predator franchise until after hearing about AVP.
Those people must be living under a rock then :P. I knew about Predator long before AVP.
Maybe we are just form different generation. I grew up on Predator films. But today kids... only Pokemon and Twilight saga :D
Unofficially when I was eight I caught my parents watching Alien during the face hugger attack scene and slowly backed out of the room. Some time later in 1998 I found Alien toys from KB Toys and got Gorilla Alien. The next year I got Mantis, Rhino, and Bull (never did get Snake and Warrior :(). My parents said I was too young for the movie (I wasn't aware there were even sequels until 2000).
Officially however way back in late 2003 I saw a poster for Alien vs. Predator at a movie theater when I went to see The Haunted Mansion. I thought to myself "wait, is this real?" 'cause you know this was after Freddy vs. Jason and I never got to see it despite not knowing anything about them at the time save for Jason being from Friday The 13th. I remember seeing an Alien vs. Predator promosional thing in a GameStop way back in 2001 I think (might have been for AVP 2) and thought "Alien is fighting off evil versions of the Sand People from Star Wars?" In my defense I was ten and never heard of Predator. Anyway I tried to make sure I wouldn't miss this versus flick so over the course of 2004 I watched all six Alien and Predator movies. After seeing AVP I became an official fan of the franchise.
I saw AVP and was hooked! I knew it was the right topic for me, so I watched every movie. I bought the game and got really excited. i preordered it and gamestop ripped me off. They didnt give me any codes for masks or maps!
i knew of the franchise, and after i saw the first avp i looked into it, and then i became a fan, but the more of a fan i became, the more i started disliking the first avp movie. now i just like it for what it is :)
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I've been a fan since the first time I saw the side art for Konami's Aliens arcade when I was very young. For awhile I thought it was just a cool game and I'd always bug my mom for quarters to waste in it when we'd go to the mall. I'd never make it very far but I just thought it was all so cool - the alien design, the taglines '57 years later... this time it's WAR!'. Thats when it gets strange though.
One night I had a dream that I was looking at a poster in the window of our local video store which was called 'Movietime Video'. The poster was the image of the egg floating above that mesh design - the poster for the original Alien movie. I must have just remembered it unconsciously from having seen it before I was old enough to really know what I was looking at. I was really little at the time, I wasn't even born until 2 years after the first movie came out so I must have really seen that poster hanging in the store at some point. Either way I woke up so excited because I knew it had to be real, that there was a movie based on that game I had been playing.
The next time my mom took me to the video store I found Aliens and watched the ever loving f*** out of the VHS I recorded of it. At some point in time I realized it was a sequel and found the original at the same store. I've been in love with the franchise ever since. Was soooooo let down when Alien 3 killed off all my beloved characters and it's really been nothing but downhill since then but Prometheus has my hopes high :)
I still remember the first time I saw an Aliens comic book. It was Dark Horse Presents Aliens with that amazing, scary ass Bisley cover. I freaked. I remember I got in trouble bugging my mom because she refused to buy it for me but eventually relented. After that I was just Alien CRAZY. The video games, the comic books, the action figures, the novelizations... I even developed my art talent learning to draw them. I know every line of the first two movies by heart, and the first Predator.
It really doesn't matter to me how bad the movies ever got, nothing will ever stop me from being an Aliens fan. If I could trade realities I would gladly shift over to the Aliens universe, even if it would mean my certain death! Hopefully not by face raping though :-[
I think I had seen a few pictures of Aliens before I discovered it, but I never though much of it.
in 2007 I saw the DVD of AVP in a shop catalogue. The front cover looked really cool. The alien looked really cool and so did the pred. I thought the pred might be a human in a suit/body armour
I then made that image my desktop background.
I probs did some research on what it was about and learned about the other movies.
I rented them all. Loved Alien and Aliens. Was disappointed by Alien 3, but didn't mind A:R. I loved Predator too.
I then saw the AvP's and loved them.
Then I came here, and unwillingly was convinced that the AvP's were total garbage. At first I resisted claiming my love for them, but time on this site opened my eyes up to their flaws.
I'm not gonna lie, when I first came to this site I thought all the users were just a bunch of argumentative know alls who loved to disagree and beat down anything and everything ........ but then I learned.
Without a doubt I would not be a proper fan nor would I know shit about these franchises had I not come here.
My aunt was hugely into the Alien films and when I was little I spent a lot of time at her house. I was about nine the first time I saw Alien (mostly from beind the safety of the sofa, I might add) but I was fascinated from that moment on. If something scares me, I have to find out as much about it as I possibly can so I bombarded my aunt with questions about the film and all I got was a telling off for hiding behind the sofa and watching 'grown up' films when I shouldn't have been.
And when I was old enough not to get scared, I watched Alien and Aliens properly and boom, an obsession was born. I remember me and my friends getting fake ID's so we could go see Alien Resurrection when it came out cuz we were only sixteen and it was rated 18 and being hugely disappointed because it just wasn't as good as Alien, even though it's not a bad film. I just love the aliens, especially the queens. There's something so terrifyingly beautiful about them.
As for why I got into Predator, I have to say one thing: Arnie. Arnie is from Austria. My family is from Austria originally. We love Arnie. So when we saw the film my family was like 'HE IS FROM AUSTRIA! THIS IS COOL!' but I was like 'OMG that monster is effing AWESOME - and Arnie is cool and covered in mud, WICKED.' It didn't scare me unlike the Alien. I just thought it was massively awesome. I doodled crappy, out of proportion Preds for months after seeing it.
Then AvP came out and I couldn't quite believe how awesome the concept was, even if it could have been slightly better executed. The following summer a friend gave me a bunch of old Alien and Predator comics and lo, the obsession was rekindled and now here I am.
I first became a Alien/Predator fan after reading the crossover comic when I was around five. I loved it so much, that I was hooked ever since.
I come across the Kenner Alien figures in the Argos catalogue in the mid-90s as a young 'un. Then they put ALIEN on telly one night when I was about 12... so I stayed up and watched it ;D
When I was younger my dad showed me some pictures of the xenomorphs and i ended up watching aliens. Then I seen AvP and thats where I found the predator. Watched the predator movies and well, here I am! Loving Aliens and Predators!
That first iconic poster of the Egg, that just hooked me and then after i saw the first film, i just remember thinking "that was amazing".
Years later and whilst doing my degree, i got to actually write a 1500 essay on the openning 5 mins of a film....guess what i chose. It's amazing looking back, from a media student's persective, the little, small, minor details that the opening 5 minutes of Alien actually contains and what that constructs as an overall, for lack of a better word, discourse to the viewer. Abolsutlely phenominal piece of film history!
Every now and then when me and my sisters would go round my dads house, we would rent an Arnie film and buy some fish and chips. Anyway that's where I watched Predator and was scared sh*tless by the skinned bodies and the stalker-type nature of the Predator.
Went round my buddies one day when I was about 7 years old and he had Aliens on, right when the marines first come in contact with the Xenos. Asked my dad to rent that, so we did and I loved it.
Then it was the AVP PC game that bought the two together. My dad loves both films too so he came home one day with a demo of AVP and I played the crap out of it. Bought it, never played marine cause I used to get too scared (LOL) and my love for AVP grew from there.
The alien series means a lot to me. It made up my childhood, really. First watched Alien Ressurection when I was about seven or so, and was hooked. It was the TV version, so my aunt took me to get the real one. YES, ressurection is one of my fa orites, haters gonna hate and all that. Shortly after, I watched all of the rest, and fell in love with Xenomorphs.
I bought action figures, books, spin off, whatever I could get my grabby little hands on. Even watched the Predators series. When AVP started coming out, I was so f**king happy. I don't care if it was a shitty plotline to you, I got to see more Xenomorphs. At one point, me and my fiends thought we were xenomorphs. XP wechissed and climbed things and swam like the drones in AR, for a/year or so. Even my cousins got in on it, thinking Predators were hunting us. We had imaginations. Ha.
Anyways, duh, that ended. But I'm still a diehard fan today. Aliens to me, is like a lullaby to kid. Familiar and comforting.
Quote from: XenomorphX5 on Jul 24, 2011, 12:12:32 AM
YES, ressurection is one of my fa orites,
Welcome to the club, man. ;) ;D ;D
what made me a fan was watching avp when i was 9
What made me a fan? Funny story behind it...
It was AVP3 video game released in 2010, i saw some videos of it before it was released and looked pretty decent,when i started playing it of course i wasnt a proper fan, in june to early july 2010, Predator was on tv and i watched it and loved it, then I got the NECA battle damaged wolf figure...and then it started...plus on my birtday on august 13th, my mum gave me a Predator Quadrilogy boxset including predator, predator 2, AVP and AVP:R
My dad bought me Aliens when I was 7, good god what was he thinking.
My daughter has watched the edited for tv versions of Predator, Predator 2 and AVP. She's 9 (bad mom, I know). She likes the action movies, what can I say?
AVP is PG-13 so you're not all bad. ;) :D
I'm surprise that AVP010 got people into the series.
I've already seen the alien movies but when I seen the preview to AVP it made me want to watch the predator movies.
Quote from: Master on Jun 06, 2011, 07:33:07 PM
But today kids... only Pokemon and Twilight saga :D
Pokemon is the last generation, it's Ben 10 and Twilight now. Anyways, just seeing people not knowing about Alien or Predator until AVP or Predators does make me feel bit sad. I still remember seeing the end to Aliens on TV when I was like three or four years old.
Oh my. It's been such a long relationship.
As far as the Alien franchise goes... It really started with this figure: http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=4060&figure=aquaalien (http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=4060&figure=aquaalien) the Aqua Alien a figure i picked up back when Alien Res. came out. But i actually just got the toy cuz i though it was a SWEET creature! So because of my interest in the creature, my mom rented me the 4 Alien films to watch! :D After watching the first 2 then, i did remember seeing bits and parts of them back when i was waaaay younger (but my parents wouldn't let me watch the whole thing cuz i was to young. so i was likely shooed outta the living room). But i have always loved the creatures in monster movies since i was little soooooo that prob why they let me see the alien parts.
My love for the Predator franchise started out similar. While i remember seeing bits and parts or the origonal Predator while my parents watched it... i didn't get into it till i became an alien fan. Cuz i discovered that the two beasts intertwined with the AvP comic n' game.
...and so i've been a slut for everything Alien, Predator, n AvP ever since! And NOTHING has been able to top it yet!
what made me a fan was when i saw AVP for the first time when i was about 7 years old i prefred the predators and have always thought that "celtic" predator was the coolest
The design, the dedicated fanbase, the entertainment, just a great franchise. I love the Alien franchise. Have ever since I watched the first movie.
The whole design of the alien and the life cycle pulled me in right away. it was undeniably the coolest thing i have ever seen in a horror/sci fi film. it's one of those things where like, you have nightmares as a kid because of them but you can't stop watching them because they are so darn fascinating.
what got me into the franchise was when i read the first AvP comic when i was 14 that sucked me into right away. :laugh:
First off, I was raised in Sci-Fi conventions and Aliens, so Aliens is a haunting part of my childhood. Then, while I didn't see the entirety of the Predator movies as a child, I knew of them and the toys, I think I might have owned before- I think it was Shaman/Hippie. Then years after not seeing much from either of the franchise, AvP brought me back for awhile, but I didn't become much of a fan. Then sometime this year, it just snapped for no reason, I got into the whole Predator and some Alien fandom. I think the reason I drew back to the Alien/Predator thing was because I'm reliving the monsters that haunted my childhood.
The first Alien movie i ever saw was Alien3. I became in love with the whole visual style of the movie. And ofcourse the Xenomorph design itself. Also the soundtrack is just perfect. Later i started watching the other alien movies and i just love everything about the movies. Especcialy the first 3. I do still like the 4th one tbh unlike many others. I think the story was quite interesting and the practical effects where well done. Also loved how they reintroduced some of the sexual aspects of it. I started watching Predator movies after i first saw AvP in the Theater. I like the movie but the original 2 Predator movies are so much better. Now i've seen the movies countless times and i even love them more 8)
Quote from: Snowdog on Sep 18, 2011, 10:34:25 PM
The first Alien movie i ever saw was Alien3. I became in love with the whole visual style of the movie. And ofcourse the Xenomorph design itself. Also the soundtrack is just perfect. Later i started watching the other alien movies and i just love everything about the movies. Especcialy the first 3. I do still like the 4th one tbh unlike many others. I think the story was quite interesting and the practical effects where well done. Also loved how they reintroduced some of the sexual aspects of it. I started watching Predator movies after i first saw AvP in the Theater. I like the movie but the original 2 Predator movies are so much better. Now i've seen the movies countless times and i even love them more 8)
It's strange to see that Alien 3 got you into the series. Most people tend to dislike Alien 3.
Most people tend to dislike it because they've seen Aliens and they didn't like that HIX 'N NOOT WERE KILD. Without that factor...
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Sep 19, 2011, 04:02:06 PM
Most people tend to dislike it because they've seen Aliens and they didn't like that HIX 'N NOOT WERE KILD. Without that factor...
True, I suppose if you hadn't seen the first two films you would not know just how disappointing the third one was.
Quote from: delsaber8 on Sep 19, 2011, 04:06:56 PM
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Sep 19, 2011, 04:02:06 PM
Most people tend to dislike it because they've seen Aliens and they didn't like that HIX 'N NOOT WERE KILD. Without that factor...
True, I suppose if you hadn't seen the first two films you would not know just how disappointing the third one was.
The one thing i really love about Alien 3 is the fact that nobody is safe. I don't really know if i would have liked it if Hicks and Newt did survive (Don't get me wrong i absolutely love te characters). But i love to see things happen differently then most hollywood pictures.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Sep 19, 2011, 04:02:06 PM
Most people tend to dislike it because they've seen Aliens and they didn't like that HIX 'N NOOT WERE KILD. Without that factor...
Well, yeah. It was needed for the film granted but I'm the guy who thinks that there wasn't much point in making A3 to begin with.
Wasn't much point in making Aliens, either.
Aliens logically flowed from Alien though. Alien 3 was only possible by way of a completely "out-of-left-field" angle.
My dad made me a fan he stuck them on once and i would always ask for aliens or predator on all the time I think I was about 7 or 8 I remember when i was in primary 5 the teacher wanted us to write a story and read it to the primary 1's and 2's well mines wasnt allowed as I copied the predator movie and done my own comic to read to them the teacher said it was to scary :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: kinghorn316 on Sep 21, 2011, 06:28:21 PM
My dad made me a fan he stuck them on once and i would always ask for aliens or predator on all the time I think I was about 7 or 8 I remember when i was in primary 5 the teacher wanted us to write a story and read it to the primary 1's and 2's well mines wasnt allowed as I copied the predator movie and done my own comic to read to them the teacher said it was to scary :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
That reminds me of a time back in grade five I wrote a story about aliens and I had to read it in front of the class. I attempted to make it look like a chestburster was coming out of me.
Quote from: Snowdog on Sep 18, 2011, 10:34:25 PM
Also loved how they reintroduced some of the sexual aspects of it.
What do you mean reintroduced?
Quote from: delsaber8 on Sep 19, 2011, 03:58:10 PM
It's strange to see that Alien 3 got you into the series. Most people tend to dislike Alien 3.
Alien 3 also got me into it in early 93. Still love it
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Quote from: Snowdog on Sep 18, 2011, 10:34:25 PM
Also loved how they reintroduced some of the sexual aspects of it.
What do you mean reintroduced?
The 2 alien sequels weren't that sex orientated if you know what i mean. I liked the opening scene with the penis looking chestburster and coming out of the foreskin :laugh: Also the big vagina ripley gets sucked into near the end of the movie before she got into the hyve. It had some cool moments 8)
well i grew watching horror movies i became of fan of predator after my ciosin showed it to me.
I became a fan of aliens in middle school, im still a fan to this day.
I come from a family of alien and predator fans and I was always intrigued by them (I wasn't allowed to watch them so the forbidden fruit effect) also playing alien trilogy on ps1 it was (and still is) one of the most terrifying games I have ever played.
I walked into my dad watching Alien Rez when I was 6-7. I was terrified at first but since I was scared of it, I wanted to see it so...... well I didn't cause I was scared :laugh: but than I saw Predator and I couldn't stop watching it... than I saw Aliens vs Predator and I loved that! so I eventually saw Alien , Aliens etc and. well. A day doesn't go by without me watching , drawing and/or playing Aliens , Predator and Aliens vs Predator. I am more of a predator fan but who doesn't like a xenomorph every now and then?
i became a big fan of the franchise becasue it was a great move the way the predator stalks his prey and they way he exacutes his kill was excellent they made him a real hunter and i think alien was just as good weaver and arnold made both movies what they are to day there both good hands down
I became a fan of Alien immediately after seeing for the first time a few years back. It instantly became my favorite movie, since everything about it was so perfectly done.
I watched horror films since i was..well one or maybe two but one the films i do remember and enjoyed was Aliens, it was very awesome and i have liked the films series ever since except the avp films. While sort of like alien rez i too think that is not a good film due to far farfetchedness and continuity problems.
Wow my first post, so what better a topic ;) I am a young film director and Alien/Aliens is such a huge influence on why i chose the career i did. I have watched the movies hundreds and hundreds of times ;)
I remember watching the first Alien film when i was v young, maybe 6 or 7. I was blown away at every aspect of the film. The story, the acting, the characters, the set's, the thought behind the Alien. I think this was one of the first times in a film they really put a lot of effort into giving the creature life and character (same goes for predator but less so). Laying eggs inside of you, the alien eating it's way out of your chest, acid for blood! i mean that's thought and detail. That's why the "Alien" has to be one of the greatest villan's/creatures in film history. I loved Alien and thought wow how can you beat that?
Fast forward a couple years later and i am sitting down watching Aliens(The second film)/the directors cut with my dad. My Dad is a real hard bastard but on this occasion he let me stay up and watch Aliens with him. I remember waking up the next day only being about 9 or 10 and i said to myself lying in bed "What the f**k did i just watch last night". If i was blown away by the first one i almost had a convulsion after watching this one.
As film making goes one of the hardest things is creating a sequel as good as the first. I can think of a few exceptions....Terminator 2, The Empire Strikes Back , The Godfather Part 2 and ...........ALIENS! I take my hat of to James Cameron because of the circumstances he was under. If you've watched the making of the movie you no what i am talking about. He just took it to the next level. I still think Alien is better shot and the art direction is better. But Aliens just oozes soul and character. It's so fast paced compared to the first film. I mean really they're two different genre's....the first being a horror/slasher and the second being a bare knuckle action film. The first two films are just incredible and i could blab on and on about how good they are. I remember watching Aliens for the first time like it was yesterday the memory is etched in my mind!
As i was reading some of the post's on this topic i was shocked to see many of you took interest in the franchise due to AVP. I feel AVP,AVP2 and even Resurrection put a blotch on this fine series of films. If i could invent a time machine i would go back and stop them from ever being made........and all the new star wars films........Terminator 3,Terminator Salvation......oh and the Matrix sequels ;)
Saw Predator when I was 10, from beginning to end, total adrenaline rush. Saw Alien and Aliens when I was 11, Alien scared the life out of me and every second of Aliens mesmerized me. It all came together for me when Dark Horse comics put the two against each other, the first series was the end all be all and from that point till now, I can't get enough of Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs Predator.
I remember when I was younger, AlienS would come on TV & the facehugger scene would scared the sh!t out of me. I didn't even know what movie it was, I just remembered the "spider things". Ever since then, I've been in love.
1st rank: A1+A2
2nd rank: A3, P1-P3
3rd rank: AVP(with ridiculously designed PA scene at the end)
crap: AVPR, A4
What made me rewatch the films...
1. Cameron's chestburster (pushing itself out the body, nice flow to it)
2. Predators cloaking device
3. (for me being able to watch and enjoy as one big screenplay (instead of the fanboy whining-this-and-that-from-Scott's-view-sucked-about-Cameron) Alien+Aliens
4. Jonesy the cat <3
5. The sets, definately the sets (as also seen in the SE (quadrology? the 9 dvd-set I mean) dvd's of Alien, Aliens and (albeit being not a good movie after all) Alien 3). Resurrection gives me a big 'meh...' feeling about that
6. Did i mention the sets?
I became a fan when i saw AvP and i just fort how badass those guys were
Quote from: Nethead25 on Jan 04, 2012, 10:46:36 AM
I became a fan when i saw AvP and i just fort how badass those guys were
avp is not a good example to see these beasts at their bests though, Alien, Aliens, Predator and Predators are the best films.
Predator 2 is pretty good too (Thats what I think)
I became a fan in 1979 ate the age of 19, while watching on TV a show called "Premiere " every week it showed new upcoming movies, and that night it showed "Alien" ... A couple of day's later I went to nearest city.. and there where the first posters, showing the gridded floor and the Alien egg.... still 1 month till it came out... I went to Bookstore and found the novel... Did read it.. and was completely overwhelmed... Finally the day of the Movie premiere arrived... went into theater..and Lived one of the most terrifying moments in my life...I was completely overwhelmed when seeing the "Space Jockey "..cause its not mentioned in the novel... after movie was finished I noticed i only had eaten 4 pieces of popcorn and my can of cola was still closed...i went home like in a dream ... and tried to draw what i had seen on screen... That week I visited the movie 4 more times...
Since that week the movie never did get out of my head... till this day I think every day 3 or 4 times at it... I visited H.R. Giger exhibitions ...dd buy his books... and around 1981 , I started drawing the first designs and concepts of a story, of what happend before Nostromo arrived on that Alien planet... ( I turned the drawings now into 3d renderings and posting them in my Alien World thread...)
My dad got me into aliens, every night he come back home from work and watch horror films
So one night my dad was watching alien, my dad seems to watch it many times
I didn't want to watch it because it look scary as shit
so then I decide to watch it with him , it scare the crap out of me
After I watch it again and still scare but after that I really like it
So I kept watching it again and again
that when I became a fan
my dad is still a fan
I was about 9 and my parents rented AVP and the face huggers creeped the sh** out of me. Then I rented alien and fell in love with the whole idea
I first saw Predator 1 several years ago.
Interestingly enough the first time I even saw anything to do with the alien series was the alien trilogy game for the sega saturn. I still play that game to this day.
It wasn't until recent years that I actually watched alien and aliens and fell in love with them both. Alien 3 was incredibly disappointing, boring, and in some cases just too deep! Sorry to those that like it but I found it a very bland ending to the trilogy. Alien Resurrection on the other hand I just can't really call a film...
Not long after getting into the films I played the avp games. The thing is i'd seen and heard of the first game in 1999 but never played it. I was always more into Half life in those days!
I liked and still like avp2 but not really 3. I think it's graphically brilliant but apart from that slightly boring; in comparison to avp2. I mean for example in avp2 you actually start off as a facehugger and have to facehug someone, then grow into an adult. In the third game you just start as an alien adult and the plot isn't as interesting as 2; it felt very linear. The level design was quite bland, whereas in 2 I enjoyed walking around the observation pods; it was like walking around the Nostromo, which I suppose was the idea. ;D I've never seen any of the avp films and I dunno if I really care to. I think Predator and Aliens are great standalone films but as a combined franchise nahhhh.
I am very skeptical about modern films in this day and age but I might just give Prometheus a go. I just hope the emphasis isn't on graphics but on story, acting and plot. That's one of the things I liked about the first 2 Alien films, well that and the believeable set designs!
Alien series: The art direction, visuals, direction, acting and tension and mystery of alien hooked me and stil lgrips me to this day. the film never gets old. i like the fact that ridley scott wanted it to feel like a WW2 submarine and use futuristic elements but wanted them to appear primitive and raw. The film isnt celebrated enough to be honest. before i saw aliens i thought how can they top alien? is this going to be another haunted house kind of story which mimics and copies alien. but cameron decided to go in another direction which worked. he has the same visual eye as Ridley Scott. the film blew me away. thats what i liked about the alien franchise, each film has its own genre and mythology and doesnt try to replicate the previous. aliens 3 is amazing on paper, especially the novelisation but just failed, not because of Finch but because 20th century fox basically bullied him throughout production. Finch could ave made a masterpiece. Alien 4 is a fun enjoying film in its own rights but even the writer (now directing the avengers) said the people who made it did it wrong, cast it wrong (apart from weaver), produced it wrong, filmed it wrong.
predator series: the predator blew me away as a kid. i grew up with it and its alwasy going to be one of my favourite films. even introduced me to two nasty jokes lol fans will understand what i mean. predator 2 was amazing and doesnt get enough praise. glover pulled off a great performance. predators could have been better but its still an okay film.
i didnt like the black guy who went native. he was like Robin Williams if Robin williams was still stuck in jumanji
one of the last sci-fi films that used practical effects
AVP series: i loved the comics and novelizations and even the original games. i loved the unproduced script which would have made a great film. but 20th century fox has been run by idiots these days and handed over control to Paul WS Anderson (uwe boll in disguise) and ruined it for me.
i first saw Predator when i came out and i got hooked and saw predator 2 then i heard about avp so i watched the alien movies. so predator made me a fan
My gran was an action junkie and when she looked after me and my brother as kids we were introduced to the 80s/early nineties action flicks and Predator was one of them!!! I got in trouble in school because at registration I'd shout out "GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!" when my name was called!
I grew up in a very strict, religious home. My Parents became born again Pentecostals long before I was born. In this particular faith, your whole life revolves around church and reading the Bible. We weren't allowed to have TV or go to the movies, or go to the public pool, play organized sports, listen to anything other than Christian music, or spend the night at friends' houses that didnt go to your church. No, we didnt have snakes there. One day, I remember I saw Arnold Schwarzenegger in a World Guinness Book and I was amazed because he was so big! From that point on I was fascinated by him and learned all about him. Now, every once in a while I could go to my uncle's house, who didnt live like we did. I would go to his house and stay up all weekend watching TV, mainly his Arnold movies. Somehow, I came across Predator in his VHS collection. I loved it. Everytime I went over there I would watch it with my cousins. Then, I went to a local bookstore one day and was walking through the comics, and was surprised to see that they had Predator comics! I began collecting them and kinda hid them from my parents because sometimes they had "bad language". As I grew older my parents eased up on the whole radical religious stuff, but it used to be HELL. Thank God I found salvation in Predator.
Quote from: walker31 on Feb 11, 2012, 03:39:32 AM
Thank God I found salvation in Predator.
Not in Terminator?
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Quote from: OmegaZilla on Feb 11, 2012, 07:12:29 PM
Quote from: walker31 on Feb 11, 2012, 03:39:32 AM
Thank God I found salvation in Predator.
Not in Terminator?
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That's just mean :laugh:
That was good! Didnt even occur to me when I wrote that! mr. jokey joke maker! :laugh:
What made me a fan?
Good question, and i will answer you. I used to watch the first Alien movie when i was about 10 years old. It was screened after a Star Trek VI as Science Fiction TV double bill advertised in one Disney magazine. Yes, i still can´t believe it - but it is the truth.
Damn that scary, but soon after these creepy experience i watched Predator and it happened. It was not more frightened, now it was fascinating!
Thats basically it.
Most kids had Star Wars--I had Alien. I was either four or five at the time, when I looked up from my Jurassic Park coloring book to see an ad for Alien on the Sci-Fi Channel. It looked like the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. I managed to remember the day it was on and begged my parents to change the channel to Sci-Fi--and after much whining they complied, but, alas, I had missed most of it and only saw the last act. No matter--that was enough to galvanize my love of all things Alien. I somehow found out that our neighbor owned the trilogy on VHS, and innocently knocked on her door, asking to borrow it. I can still recall perfectly the nervous double take she gave, considering these were R-rated films and I was barely out of kindergarten. "Do you have your parents' permission?" I lied and said, "yes." Victory. I took the boxset home and duped it in our VCR, and then proceeded to watch all three of them nearly every day for what must have been a couple of years. I cannot begin to estimate how many times I've seen the original trilogy--to paraphrase Ripley in Alien³, "You've been in my life so long, I can't remember anything else."
You were lucky. It's amazing your neighbour didn't call your parents after the visit.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 15, 2012, 02:29:25 AM
You were lucky. It's amazing your neighbour didn't call your parents after the visit.
They found out later, and didn't care :P
I started when i watched Predator when i was 5
Quote from: Cvalda on Feb 15, 2012, 02:35:09 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 15, 2012, 02:29:25 AM
You were lucky. It's amazing your neighbour didn't call your parents after the visit.
They found out later, and didn't care :P
You're extremely luck then lol. My mum would've flipped had I been you.
My baptism by fire to the predator franchise begun when i was 8 years old, i watched a tv-taped VHS entitled 'predator 1 kids DO NOT WATCH', naturally first time they popped out to the shop for any length of time i stuck it on and low and behold was hooked (and mentally scarred lol) for life.
Quote from: Cvalda on Feb 15, 2012, 02:12:02 AM
Most kids had Star Wars--I had Alien. I was either four or five at the time, when I looked up from my Jurassic Park coloring book to see an ad for Alien on the Sci-Fi Channel. It looked like the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. I managed to remember the day it was on and begged my parents to change the channel to Sci-Fi--and after much whining they complied, but, alas, I had missed most of it and only saw the last act. No matter--that was enough to galvanize my love of all things Alien. I somehow found out that our neighbor owned the trilogy on VHS, and innocently knocked on her door, asking to borrow it. I can still recall perfectly the nervous double take she gave, considering these were R-rated films and I was barely out of kindergarten. "Do you have your parents' permission?" I lied and said, "yes." Victory. I took the boxset home and duped it in our VCR, and then proceeded to watch all three of them nearly every day for what must have been a couple of years. I cannot begin to estimate how many times I've seen the original trilogy--to paraphrase Ripley in Alien³, "You've been in my life so long, I can't remember anything else."
That's the most amazing AvPGalaxy story I ever heard.
I first saw Alien when I was 7, or something around that age, when I came downstairs at night, after my brothers where asleep, to watch TV with my parents.
One night I go down there was a film, just starting called "ALIEN" I sit down and watch it with my parents, I was terrified when it got to the facehugger scene and the rest of the film. I had nightmares that night but the next day, I go downstairs and "ALIENS" was on the TV, I watch that, knowing how scared to death I was of the 1st film, but a I watch it. Nightmares persist. The third night, I go down and watch the TV premiere of "ALIEN 3". Why I decided to watch another one of these films, after being scared shitless of the other films, I don't know, but I loved everything about the movies, even though they scared me and gave me nightmares for weeks, to the point in which my parents had to wake me up and tell me its a dream.
They where like nothing I had ever seen, but so addicting in a way, the design, sets, actors and the alines themselves, what a fascinating thing. I never thought I would be hooked for life.
I can't remember when I first saw Predator, maybe before Alien, but it wasn't scary, just amazing, you just wanted to look at the creature itself, it was an amazing design, so threatening and the idea of it beating up Arnie and easy killing these other massive scary guys, made it such an ultimate enemy.
But to the eyes of a kid, it was a scary, bad ass monster and still is.
I was a Predator Fan before i discovered ALIEN, Saw Predator 2 and fell in love, plus the backdrop of LA being what it was interested me as at that time in life I felt LA would look like that before 2000.
I discovered the ALIENs later, when my brother rented ALIENs and of course i watched as it had Marines as i was a Marine's son, I think i prefer Predator and the USCMC to the Aliends though
I first saw ALIENS when i was like 4-5, i like it i was amazed with the strangue and bizare creatures in it, and with the history of ripley and newt, then i discovered ALIEN 3 and ALIEN RESURRECTION, love them, personally i felt in love with the alien XD, then i saw ALIEN and my brother introduce my the PREDATOR i like 2, then i saw PREDATOR 2 and i like it alot, start watch them, again and again and again
Fan?! Hah! I eat Xenomorphs for breakfast. I harvest the eggs and let my cats play with and eat the newborns. Don't worry, my cats are pretty tough, they went to boot camp with R. Lee Ermey!
H.R. Giger and Syd Mead. The rest is o.k. but I doubt Alien would have been a hit without Giger. Mead is more interchangeable with other artists, like Ron Cobb, but he's still one of the greats.
I became a fan after wacthing avp when I was 9. I remember begging my mom to let me watch it cause I use to see displays of alien costumes at a cinaplex and think "damn those things are cool" and when I eventually did see it I got hooked, after that I watched Aliens in a motel room and got even more hooked :) I love the alien and predator franchise and I'm pretty sure I always will :D
My dad had seen the original Alien when it first came out; I didn't know that it was connected to the Aliens franchise (this was when the original action figure series was being hyped on television). I had always loved the xenomorph design, but I had never found time to actually get into the franchise.
Then in about late 1998, I saw the tpb of Superman vs. Aliens in a local Borders. It struck me as such a bizarre combination, so I went ahead and read it. Lo and behold, the artwork and story was blown away, and soon, I was looking at the other Aliens graphic novels that they had (this was when they were packaged as individual stories, not omnibuses). Reading AvP: War, I then became hooked on the Predator franchise as well, though Aliens always remained my favorite.
I was 5 and Dad was watching a movie on tv. I asked 'whats this?' he said 'Alien..you might get scared.'
I sat down,as soon as the facehugger got on kane i was scared. Once the chestburster scene happened I ran to my bed.
few minutes past and I heard Dad calling out 'come here! come here! wanna see the alien?'
I was too scared lol
But from that moment I was obsessed,I could not shake what I saw and wanted to see it again. After I saw the whole movie I was a fan for life.
mum wasnt too happy though.
I grew up in Milwaukie OR where dark horse comics is located and they have statues of Alien and Predator in town, so when I saw the movie at like age 5 I was hooked, I even got to see Alien 3 in theater. Alien and Aliens have been my favorite movies since the first time I watched them and have been a major part of my life since then.
I sat up with my dad when i was 5 years old and watched aliens, i was blown away and also left a little bit spooked lol and have been a huge fan ever since.
Avp got me into the alien franchise but now I despise both avps.
When my parents showed me Alien for the first time. I thought the Xenomorph was so cool, it quickly became my favorite creature in a movie. After that, I saw the other Alien movies and then the Predator movies. Then Avp, which disappointed me greatly.
I actually became a fan quite recently. My dad loves violent video games, and when I was at his house one day, and he happened to purchase Aliens Vs Predator (2010). I watched some Pred gameplay, and I decided to give the Xenomorph a try. I instantly became hooked, and several movie purchases later, I loved the Yautja too. I watched all the movies (Except Alien3) and my favorite is Aliens Vs Predator.
Just out of curiosity, how old are you?
what made me a fan was...when i first saw the movie i thought the humans sucked...aliens were to easy to kill...predators are the best option becouse it only takes three to wipe out a whole clan..but in avpr apparently it takes one hellova fighter to take out a clan...thats why im a fan of predators. ;) ;)
Quote from: demonickitty on Jun 14, 2012, 04:06:05 AM
what made me a fan was...when i first saw the movie i thought the humans sucked...aliens were to easy to kill...predators are the best option becouse it only takes three to wipe out a whole clan..but in avpr apparently it takes one hellova fighter to take out a clan...thats why im a fan of predators. ;) ;)
This is why people need to see the Alien films first.
So true. It's so depressing to read through these comments that I had to cease and desist.
I'm a new fan. In the last few weeks I watched "Alien" for the first time. Growing up I never really was into Sci Fi. I was always into Horror. Recently, I started reading about "Prometheus" and thought "what the heck, I'll give it a go".
"Alien" did something that no Horror film has done to me in forever. I literally jumped out of my skin :o...twice. Towards the end I was on the edge of the couch just wondering if she was going to save Jones and what her next move would be.
I haven't gotten that much into a film in forever.
Now I'm casually going through all Alien/Predator/AVP films and I'm hooked for life. ;D
For a long time I had been afraid of actually seeing any of the movies because when I was six I saw a similar horror movie, with a similar monster that uses human hosts for its life cycle. I was terrified to the point of being mentally scarred from it, so I've had nightmares of it for many years to come. When I described it to my mother, she said it sounded like one of the Alien movies. And, so, there. I knew what franchise to avoid for the rest of my life! ;)
Then, when I turned 13, I discovered I had actually watched some rip-off with bad reviews. I felt terrible to actually be scarred from a rip-off... almost ashamed. So I decided to give one of the Alien films a chance, as I found the hype to be unusually high. Alien 3 was on TV, and I ended up enjoying it to my surprise. That's what started my general interest.
What made me a fan? Finally seeing the '79 movie a month later. Sure I was frightened quite a few times, but I was almost speechless after. It was like the most amazing thing I'd ever seen in my life. In fact, I did manage a cheesy whisper of "wow!" And I might add, it literally changed my life. And when I finally saw all of the movies, that's when I decided I'm going to make a movie like this one day. And there, the creativity you see in me today was born.
Oh! And those nightmares finally stopped too. I guess because a certain fear had been conquered. Any nightmares I've had post-Alien films have been far more tolerable, to the point that I've actually used them as inspiration for scenes in my movie project. :D
Now the Predator movies on the other hand, I can't remember when I saw the first movie. But I know I've seen them all, including the abomination AVPs, but they were just meh to me. I could honestly care less about predators. :P
I was 4 when I saw the first predator movie at my neighbor's house and instantly fell in love with the idea of predators and then for my fifth birthday my grandpa got me all the alien and predator movies and I watched them back to back for 4 days straight. I am 14 now and my passion for this topic has only grown and I remember when I was little I would wish that one of them would take me and raise me to be a hunter mostly because I had a rough childhood. I love these series and I can't wait for the next movie to come out if they make one.
For me the hook was the mysteriousness in ALIEN that has slowly faded since then.
ALIENS sort of kept the mysteriousness but at the same time it did nothing to expand it.
ALIEN3 has a great score if you ask me and it always makes me want to go back and watch the Trilogy again.
A:R was a popcorn b-rated sci-fi flick with a big budget.
I liked the Predator movies but don't care for them as I with ALIEN but I still don't want to see them getting ruined in AvP movies or other terrible shit. As far as I am concerned the Xenos have gotten terrible treatment ever since the comics.
The alien planet and the future technology depicted in Alien caught my attention quickly. The futuristic scenes were considered to be fascinating at that time. (The computer in Alien looks like it's running DOS). I liked those type of movies. Then the movie started to show the horror and the gore unexpectedly. I felt as if I was lured by George Lucas who turned out to be the bogeyman. It was the first time I watched a sci-fi and horror theme in one, especially with the gore of that calibre. The chestburster scene remains vivid in my memory to this day. I was amazed when I found out that this movie was made way back when my parents were young.
My cousin rented Aliens on the same day. I didn't know the title so I didn't realize that it was the sequel and I didn't know that it was going to be another horror with gore movie. I was just fascinated by the sci-fi scenes (although I see more impressive technology being shown in the Discovery Channel nowadays). And then I saw the aliens and thought, "oh oh." While I was thinking that this movie was too much for me, the queen put the scary level even higher. I wanted to leave and yet I couldn't take my eyes off the tv. The punctured and puking android scene is another scene that remains vivid in my memory. I liked how this movie had more powerful and numerous aliens and humans.
These movies remain as the standard for horror and gore to me. If the heroes in the other movies don't look like they can handle the aliens, then those heroes are nothing to me.
Predator is similar to Alien and Aliens in a way thay they start mysteriously. I had no idea what those movie were going to be about or who they were going to face against. And then the horror came like a tidal wave. Although a predator looks less scary than an alien to me, the predator has more impressive technology and fighting skills than the humans do in Alien and Aliens. I especially enjoyed how the predators handled the aliens. I'm going to watch my AvP dvd again.
I'm a big fan of alien since i have 4 years old.
Big fan of Predator since i saw predator 1 after that i was hooked on the predator.
My dad showed me Aliens when my mom bro and sis were out of town and I loved it! So that leeched me onto the Alien franchise. My Neighbor and I too his dads copy of Predator when we were like 10 from his dads closet and were so hooked to the whole Predator action figure line out at the time as well, as the that whole movie, that the two of us have loved every film that the Predators have been in ever since. Also Prometheus is the the shiz I hope it becomes a trilogy!
I saw what the alien looked like and looked at the predator comics and was obsessed with it for a while and now I'm just a big recreational fan owning damn near all the alien/predator shit.
it all started for me when I was 5 years old...
My parents made the mistake of letting me watch Aliens at that age... it gave me reoccurring nightmares!
My parents took me to a child psychiatrist, who did nothing but tell them they were bad parents for letting me watch that movie at such a young age.
By older brother, told me they were chocolate monsters, and then I "stopped having nightmares." but I have been obsessed ever since.
Predator followed shortly after... I was a fan of both franchise independently before the AVP series started up (I hated the AVP movies, but love the comics/books/games).
Guess it scarred you in a good way ;)
I was 12 years old, hanging out at my best friend's house watching tv. Let's see, I'll just script it for ya.
Best Friend: "Look at this!" [shows Amaterasu Aliens VHS movie]
Amaterasu: "I bet it's another one of your dad's stupid movies.."
[Amaterasu & Best Friend watch the first attack/ambush in the hive]
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Best Friend's Dad: [laughing at us]
--
Then after that we just watched it over again to just deal with it.. :laugh:
ALIEN³ made me a fan of the Alien franchise- SUE ME! It came out the year I was born, so I'm kind of attached to it. >:(
Anyways, I remember seeing the "Candles in The Wind" scene from 3, on old faithful VHS- way before DVD, (the part where the Alien rears up and screeches.) Now I don't know about anyone else, but this scene terrified me as a kid. I was always checking the doorways of my house and got freaked by candles for weeks. :D
There is no shame in liking Alien³.
Yep, liked Alien3 a lot.
It was unique and returned to the "having to use your wits" theme because they had no weapons. I also liked the new alien, the characters, and of course Alien3 has the best line in the saga...
"f**k!!!!"
What made me an even bigger fan is when I had my all my friends over for a AvP movie night back in '09. C:
How'd you manage to keep them around? :P
Quote from: DoomRulz on Sep 14, 2012, 05:18:22 AM
How'd you manage to keep them around? :P
We were like one of those groups of kids who all met one by one in 4th grade and eventually just all hung out together. C:
Quote from: First Blood on Sep 13, 2012, 08:00:17 PM
There is no shame in liking Alien³.
Of course not. Its what got me into the franchise, and despite plotholes, its a great movie and terrific ending to the saga
I made one of my guy friends a fan. ;D
Quote from: StrangeShape on Sep 14, 2012, 04:23:16 PM
Quote from: First Blood on Sep 13, 2012, 08:00:17 PM
There is no shame in liking Alien³.
Of course not. Its what got me into the franchise, and despite plotholes, its a great movie and terrific ending to the saga
I'd choose it over Aliens any day of the week.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Sep 14, 2012, 06:31:26 PM
Quote from: StrangeShape on Sep 14, 2012, 04:23:16 PM
Quote from: First Blood on Sep 13, 2012, 08:00:17 PM
There is no shame in liking Alien³.
Of course not. Its what got me into the franchise, and despite plotholes, its a great movie and terrific ending to the saga
I'd choose it over Aliens any day of the week.
But it's awesome. :P
Quote from: Amaterasu on Sep 14, 2012, 06:33:39 PM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Sep 14, 2012, 06:31:26 PM
Quote from: StrangeShape on Sep 14, 2012, 04:23:16 PM
Quote from: First Blood on Sep 13, 2012, 08:00:17 PM
There is no shame in liking Alien³.
Of course not. Its what got me into the franchise, and despite plotholes, its a great movie and terrific ending to the saga
I'd choose it over Aliens any day of the week.
But it's awesome. :P
Which is why I would choose it over Aliens.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Sep 14, 2012, 06:45:28 PM
Quote from: Amaterasu on Sep 14, 2012, 06:33:39 PM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Sep 14, 2012, 06:31:26 PM
Quote from: StrangeShape on Sep 14, 2012, 04:23:16 PM
Quote from: First Blood on Sep 13, 2012, 08:00:17 PM
There is no shame in liking Alien³.
Of course not. Its what got me into the franchise, and despite plotholes, its a great movie and terrific ending to the saga
I'd choose it over Aliens any day of the week.
But it's awesome. :P
Which is why I would choose it over Aliens.
Indeed. ;D
I can't really choose between Aliens and Alien 3. While Alien for me is a perfect film in its own right and can be enjoyed on its own. Once I watch Aliens, however, I feel the need to watch Alien 3 afterward, so I can get that sense of closure. While Aliens is definitely the better made film, I consider Alien 3 to be its equal.
Alien 3 was more in line with the first I felt. It has that sense of horror and dread the first one did. Aliens had that, but less so than A3.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Sep 14, 2012, 07:20:32 PM
I can't really choose between Aliens and Alien 3. While Alien for me is a perfect film in its own right and can be enjoyed on its own. Once I watch Aliens, however, I feel the need to watch Alien 3 afterward, so I can get that sense of closure. While Aliens is definitely the better made film, I consider Alien 3 to be its equal.
True.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Sep 14, 2012, 07:20:32 PM
I can't really choose between Aliens and Alien 3. While Alien for me is a perfect film in its own right and can be enjoyed on its own. Once I watch Aliens, however, I feel the need to watch Alien 3 afterward, so I can get that sense of closure. While Aliens is definitely the better made film, I consider Alien 3 to be its equal.
My thought exactly. For me theyre both tied for the first place, even tho Alien is perfect for me as well. The whole trilogy is just so great as one piece, but Aliens and Alien 3 both focus on and deal with Ripley's emotional journey
Quote from: DoomRulz on Sep 14, 2012, 07:37:58 PM
Alien 3 was more in line with the first I felt. It has that sense of horror and dread the first one did. Aliens had that, but less so than A3.
Here I have to disagree, from visual style, pacing, buildup and on and on, Alien and Aliens are much more like siblings, then Alien and Alien 3. Alien 3 strays away from both in many ways. The only thing it has in common with first is idea of one alien and no weapons. But as oppose to the first two, absence of the beats would not change the main story, its primarily a dark drama. In A3 for the first time the audience is ahead of the character, the pacing is conventional etc. But the fact it moves away from the first two doesnt mean anything good or bad, just sayin
I remember watching a russian version of Aliens that I accidentally downloaded.
I was aware of Predator and AvP before, but it was Aliens that actually made me a fan.
That, and AvP2 (the PC game).
Quote from: Deadmeat on Sep 18, 2012, 04:58:26 PM
I remember watching a russian version of Aliens that I accidentally downloaded.
I was aware of Predator and AvP before, but it was Aliens that actually made me a fan.
That, and AvP2 (the PC game).
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That game rocked. ;D
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Sep 14, 2012, 07:20:32 PM
I can't really choose between Aliens and Alien 3. While Alien for me is a perfect film in its own right and can be enjoyed on its own. Once I watch Aliens, however, I feel the need to watch Alien 3 afterward, so I can get that sense of closure. While Aliens is definitely the better made film, I consider Alien 3 to be its equal.
Indeed. A great end to the trilogy IMO. There's a sad but happy ending to it reminds me on how I felt after watching the original Alien.
Quote from: RagingDragon on Sep 20, 2012, 06:05:09 AM
Quote from: Deadmeat on Sep 18, 2012, 04:58:26 PM
I remember watching a russian version of Aliens that I accidentally downloaded.
I was aware of Predator and AvP before, but it was Aliens that actually made me a fan.
That, and AvP2 (the PC game).
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That game rocked. ;D
Hell yes 8)
There's just so much in the game that's amazing.
I've played it again and again, and all I can say is DAMN, the creators did a great job.
I became a fan of the Alien Franchise actually through my good friend Jack; this was back in sixth grade and he had watched Aliens one weekend with his cousins I believe and told us how cool it was. I think I read the novelazations of the Dark Horse comics first before actually seeing the movies. I know I got into the series around the same time I read the novelazations; buying the Alien toys (first one was the Scorpion Alien) and then watching the movies.
One weekend my friend Ken and I rented Aliens and I'm not going to lie I was a little hesitant to watch it at first because at the time I hated scary films and thought Aliens was going to scary boy was I wrong; then I watched Alien my same friend Ken recorded it off of USA and after he watched it lent me the tape. Then one weekend we watched Alien 3. In 9th grade Resurection came out so my group of friends and I went and saw it during the afternoon showing on Saturday of it's opening weekend.
Predator 1 and 2 I watched because of the AvP comics/novels.
I remember seeing Alien and Aliens growing up but the Kenner toyline is what got me into the series. Batman vs Predator comics as well.
I became a fan when I watched ALIENS on opening night in 1982. I was amazed by the queen and totally terrified. And I remember when the VHS came out, I was afraid to be in the same room with it! Lol.. .. That was e beginning of my fascination.
Aliens was '86. Although I think Alien 2: On Earth was '82 :P
Originality
I was looking for a new video game. I saw the 1999 AVP for PC on the shelves at age 10 and I became instantly curious. "What is this cool game about?" I wondered this to myself while admiring the bad ass creatures on the back of the box. I was able to convince my dad to get me it and I quickly became addicted to the game. Then I started becoming addicted to all the original Alien and Predator movies as I learned more about the AVP universe. :laugh: I've been a huge AVP lover ever since. ;D
Aw, when I laid my eyes on my first predator and alien, they blew my mind. The thing that I liked about the alien was that it had a dinosaur-like appearence, and the predator's wrist blades and masks.....wow. I loves these guys since I was a little kid. ;D ;D
Pacific Rim, you know that movie that coming out this year that looks awesome. Basically I heard NECA was making the figures for Pacific Rim, then I looked to see what else they made and I found out they made a lot of awesome Predator figures, then I looked more into Predators stuff and the rest is history.
That's a unique way to get into the series.
The design of the aliens, they were so cool to me when I was little.
I still think they are cool now, but I enjoy reading up about them and the theories as much as just watching them on TV c:
Quote from: GET TO THE CHOPPA! on Feb 20, 2013, 04:21:40 AM
Pacific Rim, you know that movie that coming out this year that looks awesome. Basically I heard NECA was making the figures for Pacific Rim, then I looked to see what else they made and I found out they made a lot of awesome Predator figures, then I looked more into Predators stuff and the rest is history.
Quite the story, very nice.
Sadly the first avp movie(im young give slack ok) but i favored the aliens over predators. i own more pred stuff because thats easier to find for me but alien will always be te best to me
Alien Ressurection was the movie tht got me into it cause i was 6 years old and my parents were watching it and i was suspose 2 be sleeping but i heard the sfx of the alien and just had 2 look first time I ever saw an alien and it was the most awesome thing ever, afterwards i rented it almost every time untill my neighbor had alien 1-3 and i watched all of them religiously and I've been a fan ever since true stry. :) :D ;D
I think I've replied to this before, but oh well.
I thought the Aliens looked cool as hell, and I loved Michael Biehn. The Aliens stealthy descent to snatch people off the floor, and the saliva dripping while the secondary jaw quivered haunted me as a little kid.
Aliens was also one of the last movies my mom and I watched together before she left us, not to make it all sad we are good now, but I think that had something to do with it.
I remember seeing snippets of the AvP hype as a kid, and the Aliens just astonished me. At first, I thought the predator was a rogue human in a suit, but oh boy, was I wrong. :P
Years later, I was a fan of the Terminator series. The thriller theme of the series felt similar to that of "Predator" and "Aliens", so I got ahold of movies of each series. I'm currently trying to finish up on the Predator series.
BTW, I first started off watching AvP:R as a kid, then saw AvP 1, Alien 3, and Predator a year ago. Then came the rest of the "Alien" movies, including Prometheus.
I became a fan when I was younger because my dad loved the movie predator. So when AvP came out we were there cheering on the Predators!
Having night terrors from the Alien Queen ripping Bishop in half started major fears at age 9/10, got over them three years later. Now I look back and kinda laugh, but that scene always scared the sh!t outta me.
Predator started around age 12 and just loved everything about how the predator looked and fought. It even inspired a bait and wait trap outside my bedroom window one summer trying to get something. It was a big rock tied up on a rope with a stick holding the rock rope up hidden in a pile of food. Nothing happened, just a fallen rock when I woke up.
What were you after, a mouse?
At least a raccoon sized animal buddy.
True. Why were you after it anyway?
The first time watching Predator + imagination + drive + being young = FUN!
I bought the alien trilogy vhs set at a garage sale and watched the first one with my dad when I was ten. I knew I was hooked!
When the Alien Qua-trilogy aired on T.V. while I was about 10 at the time (was prob in 2004) and after seeing many times, the unique look of the alien design - I had become very fascinated with it. My first film that I saw with a Predator involved was AVP. Right after seeing it I knew I wanted to add it to my DVD collection, and when going back to watching for the first time the original Predator, I bought the Predator 2 movie with only seeing the trailer because I knew I'd heavily enjoy it which I did from start to finish!
I enjoy all the action scenes in the original Predator, Aliens, Predator 2 etc as well as the final showdown in AVP R between the hybrid Alien and Wolf Predator (though seemed better than the AVP one).
Definitely one of the best fan series!
I remember seeing bits of Alien 3 (mostly the bait-and-chase at the end) way back when I was a kid. Seriously, I was way too young to be watching that, what were my parents thinking... But my memories of it were patchy, I didn't really even realise until I saw the film again much later. The first film from the franchise I remember taking note of was Predator. Again, I was only young, but I've always been an Arnie fan, so obviously I loved it.
I caught Alien Resurrection at some point when I was still young, I remember me and a bunch of my pre-teenage mates watching a copy I'd recorded from the TV late at night and laughing at all the ridiculous blood and guts. I can't remember if that was before or after I saw Alien 3 again (old enough to remember it this time). Much later I finally saw Alien and Aliens when I bought all four films on VHS.
AVP I saw in the cinema and basically hated it. I didn't get to see Predator 2 for years as it's never on TV in the UK, but I finally watched it when I borrowed the DVD from a friend while I was at university. AVP:R I saw at a friend's house, also at uni, and loathed with a passion. Predators I caught on DVD, and Prometheus I saw in the cinema.
I guess it was Predator and Alien 3 that kicked of my love for the series. Probably why Alien 3 remains one of my favourite entries to this day (I prefer the Assembly Cut now though).
A good old friend of mine told me: "Hey do you know Alien vs Predator?" and I was like : "What?" . After I watched the first movie at 6 yrs old I was fascinated and kept drawing preds/aliens. After that I looked up for games and here we are!
When I realized all 10 films were part of one story chronologically.
I saw Alien when I was eight, traumatized and made immune to scares in horror films in one night. Obsessed ever since.
Quote from: The1PerfectOrganism on Jan 26, 2014, 03:24:23 AM
I saw Alien when I was eight, traumatized and made immune to scares in horror films in one night. Obsessed ever since.
Glad I am not the only one,only mine was Aliens end with the Queen ripping Bishop in half :o
I can't remember when I saw the rest honestly but I do vividly remember two things: asking my Dad "It's not going to be one of those stupid looking bobble-head aliens with big eyes is it?" He only smirked.
Later on but nonetheless at a young age I remember watching Aliens on tape, recorded off ITV and I remember specifically "Burke, it was Burke!" and then Sighing as it cut to adverts even though it was able to fast-forward.
I loved both and didn't see Alien3 until much later when my Dad bought me the Alien Quadrilogy off ebay and then it took forever to arrive or so it seemed. I loved Alien3 as my Dad always put on the Assembly Cut anyway.
Saw the Alien3 Theatrical on TV and felt stuff was missing.
Seen Resurrection the next week, hated it even at 11 I understood how poinient Ripley's sacrifice was in Alien3 and though t Resurre tion ruined that. I don't remember specifically seeing Predator or 2, they never left the same impression.
Makes me wonder if I ever have a family, how'll I'd introduce these films to them, if at all.
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Jan 26, 2014, 04:13:37 AM
Makes me wonder if I ever have a family, how'll I'd introduce these films to them, if at all.
Simple, you say, "time to watch a movie guys!" Put the movie in the DVD/Bluray player and start watching.
Quote from: The1PerfectOrganism on Jan 26, 2014, 04:05:51 AM
I loved both and didn't see Alien3 until much later when my Dad bought me the Alien Quadrilogy off ebay and then it took forever to arrive or so it seemed. I loved Alien3 as my Dad always put on the Assembly Cut anyway.
Your father is a smart man! 8)
Um, it was mostly the comics, I remember getting a ton of the comics as a kid. My dad once rented me Alien 3 when I was a kid, and gave me a Bull Alien toy to play with on our way to Georgia to visit my grandparents. He also salvaged a copy of Predator on VHS for me when someone at his work tried to throw it away. My mother took me to see AVP in theaters, and in high school I read a lot of the paperback novels, along with a mass of fan fiction that I wrote. I guess a lot of my interest comes from my dad who was a casual fan of both series.
Was very young, maybe 8 or 9 (I am 28 now). My mom went to the library and I guess they were selling used books for cheap. She got me the original trade paperback to Aliens: Book One. The cover was all beat up but I was hooked. Lots of imagery to remember in that one.
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Watched Alien when I was a kid and it was terrifying. The surrealness, suspense and masterful directing of Alien and Aliens movies made me a fan of them. With Predator, it was the never-ending high-tech gadgets, the jungle setting, the cruel and calculated stalking by the predator... list goes on.
I can't think of 1 movie franchise that comes close to these 2 movies.
The commercial for the alien toy in 1979 that my Ma would not allow me to have because it would give me nightmares. So naturally that got me interested even more. And then the alien toy egg they sold at toys r us. Finally saw alien when I was 14 and got really hooked on the franchise after the alien burst out of Kane-best movie scene ever.
It was the summer of '93 I think, and I was at a family gathering with my folks at my step-dad's cousin's lakeside house (Flathead Lake in Montana). Jack busted out a VHS copy of PREDATOR and a few kids and I watched it and were enthralled. Looking back on that first viewing I don't remember the profanity, I don't remember the gore, I remember Arnold being awesome, and the PREDATOR himself blowing my mind. For a while that was the only time I'd ever seen the PREDATOR, and for the next school year I drew the poorest depictions of him until I got my first AVP comic (issue #1 of AVP: War).
Quote from: bloodheart on Feb 08, 2014, 06:05:52 PM
The commercial for the alien toy in 1979 that my Ma would not allow me to have because it would give me nightmares. So naturally that got me interested even more. And then the alien toy egg they sold at toys r us. Finally saw alien when I was 14 and got really hooked on the franchise after the alien burst out of Kane-best movie scene ever.
Looking back it still amazes me how then hardcore gory R movies were marketed to little kids, but hey, a lot of them became diehard fans who stuck around for good
I remembered watching Aliens when I was around six or seven. Never got scared, I was hooked. Parent's didn't really approve of all the language in the movie but I never repeated any of it. I loved the look of the xenos and started drawing them and what not. I started looking for comic books and got them when ever I could then in the early 90's the Kenner toyline dropped. It all went down hill from there. I've been a fan ever since.
I think it was the "monsters" as a kid, and the love of scary movies. I never got scared from watching these movies even with all the gore. I couldn't understand why my friends of the same age would get scared or why their parents never let them watch them. lol
I've been a fan of Aliens and Predator since the 80's and became a hardcore fan of the series after the first AVP comic in 1989-1990 and ever since then, I've been hooked on the series
My mother took me to see Aliens when I was a kid, opening night, line around the block... been hooked every since.
Quote from: Lord-Naraku on Jul 16, 2014, 01:58:18 PM
I think it was the "monsters" as a kid, and the love of scary movies. I never got scared from watching these movies even with all the gore. I couldn't understand why my friends of the same age would get scared or why their parents never let them watch them. lol
Same here man. I grew up watching movies like Jaws and Jurassic Park. I was obsessed with monster movies and dinosaurs. That was my shit back than. :laugh: My friends parents would never let them watch them with me or the people I would try to show the Alien movies to they wouldn't want to watch them because they were either too scared or mostly because they don't watch any films beyond the early 2000's. I discovered the movies when I was 12. My friends told me I had to watch the first Alien. They were just like, "You have to see this." Ever since I've seen the first Alien I was hooked.
On an odd note, I had a dream last night about holding down a facehugger and a nearby farmer got a pocketknife and cut it up, with acid going everywhere but not melting anything. ???
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Aug 09, 2014, 12:19:35 AM
On an odd note, I had a dream last night about holding down a facehugger and a nearby farmer got a pocketknife and cut it up, with acid going everywhere but not melting anything. ???
wow.. I have yet to dream of aliens... I am not a true fan, lol.
Quote from: Mr. Sin on Aug 09, 2014, 12:33:29 AM
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Aug 09, 2014, 12:19:35 AM
On an odd note, I had a dream last night about holding down a facehugger and a nearby farmer got a pocketknife and cut it up, with acid going everywhere but not melting anything. ???
wow.. I have yet to dream of aliens... I am not a true fan, lol.
The end of the dream had Judah Friedlander as a police officer crawling on the ground then questioning me :laugh:
Jurassic Park themed dreams are my favorite ;) Actually have had JP dreams of watching the movie (sometimes in a completely different format/themes/scenes) with self thought deleted/extended scenes. Maybe this is a glance into another dimension of another universe?
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Aug 09, 2014, 01:12:18 AM
Quote from: Mr. Sin on Aug 09, 2014, 12:33:29 AM
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Aug 09, 2014, 12:19:35 AM
On an odd note, I had a dream last night about holding down a facehugger and a nearby farmer got a pocketknife and cut it up, with acid going everywhere but not melting anything. ???
wow.. I have yet to dream of aliens... I am not a true fan, lol.
The end of the dream had Judah Friedlander as a police officer crawling on the ground then questioning me :laugh:
Jurassic Park themed dreams are my favorite ;) Actually have had JP dreams of watching the movie (sometimes in a completely different format/themes/scenes) with self thought deleted/extended scenes. Maybe this is a glance into another dimension of another universe?
Holy crap. You need to write them down and get universal to make them into a movie if they are awesome.
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Aug 09, 2014, 01:12:18 AM
Quote from: Mr. Sin on Aug 09, 2014, 12:33:29 AM
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Aug 09, 2014, 12:19:35 AM
On an odd note, I had a dream last night about holding down a facehugger and a nearby farmer got a pocketknife and cut it up, with acid going everywhere but not melting anything. ???
wow.. I have yet to dream of aliens... I am not a true fan, lol.
The end of the dream had Judah Friedlander as a police officer crawling on the ground then questioning me :laugh:
Jurassic Park themed dreams are my favorite ;) Actually have had JP dreams of watching the movie (sometimes in a completely different format/themes/scenes) with self thought deleted/extended scenes. Maybe this is a glance into another dimension of another universe?
How much of the latter do you remember?!
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 11, 2014, 11:40:19 AM
How much of the latter do you remember?!
Let me dust off the subconsious memory files...
Part I: Dr. Grant and I are walking thru a glass sealed walkway near a jungle forest with the large electric fences up. A T-Rex stands up above the fence and knocks it down with a huge, threatening roar. We run down the walkway into a basement complex. There, it seems like an aquarium with Raptors sneaking out the corner of the facility. Then we go thru a trap door into the jungle confronting the Rex. We jump in a truck (?) and speed off into the nearby desert.
Part II: DELETED SCENE from JP: Nedry is talking to Hammond about the "debugging 3 million lines of code" speech then drifts into how far in debt he is and Hammond wants nothing of it. Muldoon in the distance is watching the GPS of the vehicle and has a laugh when he hears Hammond tapping his cane instead of listening to Nedry.
Part III: ALTERNATE SCENE from JP: Instead of the group proceeding into the lab (baby raptor scene), they walk outside and bash Hammond for what they have seen already. After Hammond insists that they calm down and give the facility a chance, they agree to disagree then go thru a few places before finally the lab and look at the cryo chamber before descending into the actual lab.
When I was a little kid one night I got up from my bed and went to my parents room, I noticed that they were watching something so I looked at the TV screen and I saw the chestburster scene :D It left a huge mark in my memory and a few years later I rented Aliens and watched it with my cousins... good memories ::)
Are you sure it was the chestburster..?
Quote from: Darwinsgirl on Oct 24, 2014, 02:05:28 AM
Are you sure it was the chestburster..?
Yes I can clearly remember the scene ;)
I found out the first AVP game I ever played . This + the first Predator movie really got me into the universe .
I couldn't even get past the 3rd level (or the queen hive,was that it?) . Loved it at that time but now It's just pure shit .
Here it is , anyway , found it on Kongregate :
Spoiler
http://www.kongregate.com/games/didinko/aliens-vs-predator
First there was Alien and xenomorph seemed to me as a perfect opponent, perfect killer and it was so well done. So, what's the word, beautiful (in a way). Geiger did a real masterpiece. Alien is awesome. The whole movie was great. And then came Predator and I was instantly thrilled by his skills and calmness. I suppose Predator is a true hunter. Love lasts till this day. What is curious I was never repelled by Alien or Predator. Don't get me wrong I would run faster than French during the war if I met any but I also admire both of them.
Quote from: Randomizer on Oct 24, 2014, 06:43:06 AM
Spoiler
http://www.kongregate.com/games/didinko/aliens-vs-predator
Haha. What's this - fan-made? Looks it.
Quote from: Randomizer on Oct 24, 2014, 06:43:06 AMI couldn't even get past the 3rd level (or the queen hive,was that it?) . Loved it at that time but now It's just pure shit .
Solution - stand in the corner and spam the Smart-Disc.
Oh , I already finished the whole game by now . ;) That problem was when I first played it but still , it was a bit of a challenge.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Nov 06, 2014, 03:26:30 PM
Quote from: Randomizer on Oct 24, 2014, 06:43:06 AM
Spoiler
http://www.kongregate.com/games/didinko/aliens-vs-predator
Haha. What's this - fan-made? Looks it.
Yes , it is . I can not imagine releasing this on consoles . :laugh:
It actually reminded me of something of the browser games from around when AvPR was released. Made me chuckle.
when i became a fan when i saw aliens i loved that i seen it when i was 10 years old also when i was 7 i saw the alien on the avp movie case i love the alien and predator games toys posters comics and movies.
Growing up my mom and sister had introduced me to horror movies. It was a blast during the winters that we would have snowstorms (which kinda looked forward to), it resulted in my sister, her friend, and i watching horror movies. We'd watch pretty much any obscure horror movie we could find.
I kept adding to my collection of horror films through the years. I filled up one binder full (126 movies ranging from Night of the Living Dead all the way up to modern horror).
Cut to my senior year of high school. One weekend we had a free Starz trial and they were showing Alien. (I had remembered that over the years of my childhood my mom would rent Alien 3. It was my first experience then. I watched it repeatedly and thought it was really cool creature film. I dug the design of the Runner in Alien 3. And I had watched Alien: Resurrection as well, and didn't mind it all that much.) That Starz trial was the first time I had seen the first Alien film. And thought it was really fantastic. It was a little slow moving. However now it's something I've grown to appreciate it.
After that first viewing of the first film, it all clicked. I admired and loved the special effects. It was one of the best creatures that I had seen. And I wanted to have the series as part of my collection. Since it helped showcase that horror use to have cool creatures that were done practically (another film that has fantastic effects is John Carpenter's The Thing.) But I was basically hooked on everything in the franchise (Alien, Predator, AVP, and now Prometheus)
Seeing alien and predator made me realize that even though its stated as a movie,they make logical points stating that it can be real creatures especially the alien since almost every thing the alien does and has is right here on earth.
It was me first looking at the xenomorphs that made me a fan.
I saw the first Pred when I was young and it just hooked me. I remember buying the KB Kenner press in the 90s and beyond and of course followed AvP thru comics to film.
I was about 12 at the time and my mom had rented Predator, was hooked ever since, it is one film I can say for sure I have watched the most.
August 5th, 2005. Watched AVP from on-demand with my Time Warner DVR box while taking a break from setting up my second-ever PC and getting a bite with some Chinese food.
First time ever I actually sat through a movie and didn't do anything else.
As for what made me a fan:This is one of my favorite short stories. (http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/dangerous_game.pdf) Seeing that in Sci-Fi form without the pretext of B-movie cheese from the first two movies is how I became hooked.*
Movie ended, ate a few bites of my orange chicken then rushed onto my new PC to look up anything at all about what I just saw.
*Not knocking the first two movies, which were classics. I also do not put AVP on a pedestal, since it has its garbage moments too. However, the first two movies were both clean-cut without much extra thought to them, easily digestible, watch and carry on. I like to watch a movie or read a book and be able to ruminate and organically tangent in my mind on more after finishing it. That's what gets me reeled in.
EDIT: I was too unintentionally ambiguous; apologies. "First two movies" is in reference to the first two Predator movies.
Carry on.
Quote from: Tarak'ha on Mar 28, 2015, 07:34:48 PMHowever, the first two movies were both clean-cut without much extra thought to them, easily digestible, watch and carry on. I like to watch a movie or read a book and be able to ruminate and organically tangent in my mind on more after finishing it.
What about the whole unexplored backstory of the Jockey on the derelict in
Alien? I fail to see how that's less interesting to theorise about than anything in
AVP.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Mar 29, 2015, 02:16:11 PM
Quote from: Tarak'ha on Mar 28, 2015, 07:34:48 PMHowever, the first two movies were both clean-cut without much extra thought to them, easily digestible, watch and carry on. I like to watch a movie or read a book and be able to ruminate and organically tangent in my mind on more after finishing it.
What about the whole unexplored backstory of the Jockey on the derelict in Alien? I fail to see how that's less interesting to theorise about than anything in AVP.
I'm not an Alien fan because I enjoy exploring villains and villainous creatures that have more sentience than a nearly robotic hive mind. This is perhaps also why I am a big fan of Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan, but I digress.
I doubt a Xenomorph would have given Harrigan his spared life and a small trophy token. Nor A Xenomorph would have spared Alexa (And go so far as to mark her) despite that she is fundamentally not one of them (they were actively trying to kill her, actually). Those are examples of sentient free will. Xenomorphs do not have the free will to choose. Predators do.
EDIT: As for the Engineers/Jockeys, I am neither a fan or an anti-fan of them. Prometheus was so-so with me, probably because as I mentioned above, I'm not an Alien fan.
Also because Engineers look just like Humans. If the very beginning scenes are to be believed, then the Engineers created Humans or lend some genetic material for Earth's ecosystem to do the rest. That means on some fundamental level, Engineers and Humans are the same.
Ergo, that means there's nothing to discover and there would be little to none fundamental disconnects between the two species that would equal great stories and conflicts. I'm not into Humans with Rubber Foreheads.
EDIT Two: My initial post was ambiguous on what I meant when I said 'First two movies'. I apologize for the confusion and I made the note on my first post in this topic.
Quote from: Tarak'ha on Mar 29, 2015, 10:58:54 PMI'm not an Alien fan because I enjoy exploring villains and villainous creatures that have more sentience than a nearly robotic hive mind.
Which is literally what
Prometheus shows the Jockey to be...
Aliens made me a fan of the Alien franchise. Even though my favorite film is Alien, I found it too scary to watch when I was younger, finally getting around to watching it when I was around eleven or twelve years old. I have remained a huge fan of the first two films since then, and I still quite like Alien 3. I don't like Alien: Resurrection as much I a used to, but I still watch it whenever I watch the other three. I really like Prometheus. I think it's a good film, but a film that left much to be desired. While the characters are under-written and come off far less realistic than anyone from the first three Alien films, I find the blow is softened by the superb visuals and promise of future films in the series. Even though it's not a movie, Alien Isolation is a game I love so much that I will probably play every time I finish watching Alien, and then continue on watching Aliens after beating the game.
Predator is what made me a fan of the Predator franchise. I've never liked Predator 2 very much, but I found enjoyment out of watching it and still do. I much prefer Predators, which I really enjoyed and still do, but Predator still remain my favorite of the franchise.
I'm not a big fan of AVP: Alien vs. Predator or AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem, but like the weakest films of the Alien and Predator franchises, I can still find enjoyment to be had out of these two, more so the first film than the second, which I consider to be weakest out of all the films.
Quote from: Hennex on Mar 30, 2015, 10:45:50 PM
I'm not a big fan of AVP: Alien vs. Predator or AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem, but like the weakest films of the Alien and Predator franchises, I can still find enjoyment to be had out of these two, more so the first film than the second, which I consider to be weakest out of all the films.
I don't think many of us came to franchise because of the AvP films. I think most of us who like the concept enjoy it due to the games and comics more than anything. That's where I stand, anyway. AvP Classic holds a very special place in my heart and 2 only solidified my love of the community and the series.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2015, 11:30:02 PM
Quote from: Hennex on Mar 30, 2015, 10:45:50 PM
I'm not a big fan of AVP: Alien vs. Predator or AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem, but like the weakest films of the Alien and Predator franchises, I can still find enjoyment to be had out of these two, more so the first film than the second, which I consider to be weakest out of all the films.
I don't think many of us came to franchise because of the AvP films. I think most of us who like the concept enjoy it due to the games and comics more than anything. That's where I stand, anyway. AvP Classic holds a very special place in my heart and 2 only solidified my love of the community and the series.
My brother did, although he doesn't quite like them as much as he used to. I could watch the first film on it's own where as I only ever feel like watching the second film when I watch all the other films. But I do agree I probably only like them because of the concept I got from the games. I do like the fact the 2010 game used some elements from the first AvP movie.
I didn't mind some of the concepts from the first film. And I enjoyed seeing Rebellion explore them a little. But the film still isn't right to me. I'm hopeful we'll see a proper one though!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 30, 2015, 11:38:30 PM
I didn't mind some of the concepts from the first film. And I enjoyed seeing Rebellion explore them a little. But the film still isn't right to me. I'm hopeful we'll see a proper one though!
Maybe with the new Alien and Predator films coming out in the next few years, Fox will revive AvP and really try to get a good movie out there. I wouldn't mind if there were some elements from Prometheus in it either.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Mar 30, 2015, 07:36:38 AM
Quote from: Tarak'ha on Mar 29, 2015, 10:58:54 PMI'm not an Alien fan because I enjoy exploring villains and villainous creatures that have more sentience than a nearly robotic hive mind.
Which is literally what Prometheus shows the Jockey to be...
You apparently didn't read the rest of my post, which is okay. I expect that.
Thank you for your candor regardless.
I first got into Alien and predator when AVP came on tv i only watched the part when the facehugger was coming out and the guy shoots it with a pistol then my mum turns the tv off ( i was 8) i fell in love with it the following year Alien on VHS was being sold in a car boot sale i bought it and in the same year AVPR came on tv. Then me and my brother were watching die hard and predator 2 came on tv but my brother kept flicking to both movies and when i said i wanted to watch it he would say"Predator is better then this one" i just stayed quiet.Then i saw the poster for predators on the bus (my dad was driving it) and in the same year AVP the game came out.After seeing all the poster for aliens and predator i was like i need to watch this so i borrowed my cousins two predator dvd(the trilogy was not out) then i watched all the alien movies on the computer (2010 i think it was) it was recently in which i wanted to get into the community so i have made my own youtube channel and i hope to be part of A,P or AVP movie (AVP came on TV it was a OK movie i respect it and i think a lot of people my age got into the series by AVP)
Uhm, my mom kind of 'forced' me to watch Alien.. she loved the film ever since it came out x: She also made me watch all the sequels and that's how I got into Alien ~
Quote from: Medusa on Jul 13, 2015, 06:06:57 PM
Uhm, my mom kind of 'forced' me to watch Alien.. she loved the film ever since it came out x: She also made me watch all the sequels and that's how I got into Alien ~
At least you enjoyed it! A lot of stuff my parents forced me into I didn't enjoy.
The design and idea of the Alien is what made me become a fan. I love the bio mechanical look of the big chap and was always interested in its life cycle. The movies are absolutely amazing in terms of characters, plot, design, and execution. Never could get into predator as it always seemed to be less imaginative than the original alien. It's a good design but it doesnt really fit my tastes. The Idea of it just being an Alien hunter that hunts things for sport to be much less interesting than a parasite that grows inside of another living beings body. The predator is just too humanoid and acts too much like a person who hunts other animals for sport.
I became really interested in the alien series again when I was in a comic store and I found a neca alien warrior and big chap which I decided to buy and loved the look of them. Ever since I have been collecting alot of alien merchandise and figures.
First of all I saw Predator 1 when was a kid, maybe 6-7 years old, then were Aliens 1-2 and Predator 2 was recently out. I liked movies, but wasn't fan yet. BTW Alien side already was better. All changed in '99 when Rebellion's AvP game was out. It detonated all AvP charge I had so I became a fan since 1999. Primary I chose Pred side, coz it's so cool that you have all those gadjets and abilities. :D AvP2 game made a top effect and at those years I formed as "adult" fan an completelly and for ever chosen Alien side. My top character is Predalien. Maybe that's the main reason I like AvP movies ;D
I miss the old days of AvP and AvP2. So much of my time as a teenager was spent on those games! I can remember waiting for my energy to recharge in AvP whilst I sat reading Prey at my PC. :laugh:
If you like the Predalien you should stick your head in this thread! http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=53164.0
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Sep 01, 2015, 07:30:36 AM
I miss the old days of AvP and AvP2. So much of my time as a teenager was spent on those games! I can remember waiting for my energy to recharge in AvP whilst I sat reading Prey at my PC. :laugh:
If you like the Predalien you should stick your head in this thread! http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=53164.0
Wow! Haven't seen it yet, but now I payed a visit ;) thanx for link!
I came across predator 2 one day when i was young and i really loved the predator.The trophies, thermal vision, predator mask...They all were awesome.After that i watched all the movies of predator i could find.After a while i also started reading the comics.Didnt like them back then.But now i am reading them all.
I would like to shlay the first Alien film. Amazing design for the alien, and the movie itself was phenomenal.
Well, here's my long boring story of how & why I'm a fan. Let's rewind back to the 80s. My dad was a big movie freak (still is) & specifically for Action flicks. Well beings as my dad was an Arnie fan, it didn't take too long for Predator to come into my life. Thought it was awesome. Scared me as a kid but still loved it. My dad is also a huge comic nerd (still is) & he had a lot of the Dark Horse Alien, Predator & Terminator comics which of course I got right into so my first introduction to the Alien was in comic form hadn't seen the movie yet. Then there was the day Alien decided to air on TV. I saw a commercial for it & freaked out, I had to see it! Of course being at a pretty young age my parents wouldn't let me stay up that late to watch it BUT my dad was still nice enough to tape the movie for me so I could watch it the following day.
That's the "How" moment. My first viewing of the movie is my "Why" because of a total accident on my dad's part. So I'm sitting there watching the tape the next day, completely enthralled in what I'm seeing, my mind was blown the whole time, I'm scared but kept on making myself watch & then we get the Air Duct scene. I don't think I had even been as tense in my life as I was during that with Lambert screaming that it was right there & Dallas goes down the ladder, quickly turns and SCREEEEE.. BUT here's the accident. The video footage froze on that image for a few seconds, rewound a few seconds back, & replayed that Screee part one more time to send me in total horror before the TV went to snow. The tape had run out before the movie was over. My dad didn't check the tape to see if there was enough room for the whole movie but man was that ever an accidental effective way to scare the living shit out of me & I've been a super fanatic ever since. That's my boring story.
That actually a damn cool story! I'd have been so bummed out at having missed the end of the film but for it to drop out at that exact moment is just perfect timing!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 16, 2016, 04:10:49 PM
That actually a damn cool story! I'd have been so bummed out at having missed the end of the film but for it to drop out at that exact moment is just perfect timing!
Thanks man! It's a memory to me as if it happened yesterday haha Forever burned in my mind it was to have the movie drop out right there. I actually thought the snow was part of the movie just signifying Dallas was killed until I realized the VCR was rewinding the tape haha I was definitely bummed I didn't get to finish it at that moment but I was still very satisfied/terrified with what I got to see until I got around to renting the movie. I think it was fate or almost meant to be that I was going to be a super fan for these movies. My love has never faltered but only grown since that first fateful 80s evening watch & abrupt stop :)
How long was it until you finally got to see the movie in full?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 17, 2016, 08:42:51 AM
How long was it until you finally got to see the movie in full?
I hate to admit but a couple years after that initial viewing. My parents were long split up by the time of that first viewing & I bounced
a lot between the 2. While my dad didn't care if a 4th grader was sitting there watching Predator & RoboCop, my mom back then
wasn't keen on renting me horror flicks so I waited until a few years later & rented that on some birthday year. So yea during the absence
on not getting to see the movie it was back to the Dark Horse comics which I'm a really huge fan of & still read through them fairly regularly
& playing with the Kenner toys.
Sorry to hear that mate.
Which of the comics were you reading before watching the film? Any particular one stand out in your memory?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 17, 2016, 10:40:47 AM
Sorry to hear that mate.
Which of the comics were you reading before watching the film? Any particular one stand out in your memory?
Ah it's all good man, just had parents with weird ethics haha
For comics at the time my dad had Book 1 & 2 and Earth War as well on the Predator side, Concrete Jungle,
Big Game & Cold War. Those ones I think will always stand out to me & be my "fond memories of" type deal.
That's one reason I was getting excited for Neil's Alien 5 as to me the concept art was like seeing my life long
dream of those particular comic stories finally maybe being turned into a movie haha I also think the story 'Labyrinth"
could make a fairly decent movie too. I liked how that one delve more into how the Alien ticks. One downside
for me when it came to Prometheus was my conception of the Jockeys was from going off how Dark Horse
was treating them in that what ended up being just a helmet type thing in Prometheus was their actual head
in comic form so I was a little disappointed they turned out to just be 10 foot versions of us basically. Anti-Climatic for me haha
I got interested in the Xeno after I saw Aliens in the theater when it first came out. I got interested in the Predator when I first saw it on VHS(I think). My interest in the Predator Exploded when somebody explained the parallels and similarities between the Predator and Humans as hunters. That somebody had years and years of experience hunting many different species. As I grew up and went hunting myself, I began to realise I could relate to what the predator was about . The PC games are what really pushed me over the edge. There still is nothing like the first two. It was always a "hunt" that brought a sense of terror with it.
Well, my very first encounter with the alien was very early in the age of 10 back in 1994! It was when the original Alien aired on TV and I managed it to get my mother let me watching it ... ;D
Oh, I freaked out on several occasions! It was very intense and scary ... but also so interesting! So I could stand it (and seeing Ash freaking out and spitting "milk" was so funny, I just laughed and that helped me getting through the whole film without shitting my pants :D ) ... and got several nightmares within the next couples of days - always watched around my room at night, expecting the alien lurking in the dark all the time ;D
2 or 3 years later, both Aliens and Alien³ ran on TV and I really enjoyed them, especially Aliens! That film actually made me a fan of the franchise (although it was the film that made a franchise out of Alien at all) ... Alien³ was not as good as I expected after the two great first installments, but still nice to watch (and hell, I remember when the guy fell into the huge fan - I laughed :D ) But the real great deal was: just after those 2 films they also showed both Predator and Predator 2 as double feature just a week later! So I expected first just another Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick (in the manner of Commando or Red Heat) but then I saw skinned corpses hanging on trees and thought "Wow, those rebels are really sick f**ks!" - That's what the film made so good - you totally expect something different first ... but after the mysterious cloaked entity was showed the first time it was clear that it would be really interesting now! And hell, what a fun to watch! The guy who played the Terminator was punched and kicked through the mud like a punching ball ;D never saw THIS again in another Schwarzenegger film! Great deal ... and with Predator 2, it was nice to see what kind of mess the Predator would do in a large city like L.A. - just perfect to me back then! But the biggest deal was at the end, when Danny Glover entered the Predator's ship and the camera moved over his skull collection and ... well, you probably know what happened then ... I totally freaked out again! :D That was the magic moment, I was both at once - Alien AND Predator fan (since I always thought after the scene in Predator 2, that both are somehow connected in the same universe) ... so it was just logical to me to expect an Alien vs Predator movie some days - well, the 2 PC games came earlier ... ;) I also remember, back in 1997 I stumbled upon Alien Trilogy for PC and it was just a must have to me and picked it up ... as I discovered and enjoyed the good old FPS games (such as Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Quake, Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Star Wars: Dark Forces and such) back in those days 8), so it was just a logical option ;)
A couple of years later I watched Alien: Resurrection on TV, but it was not the same anymore ... I was just confused and disappointed ... Well, that's the magical moment, when a youngster learn, that new doesn't automatically mean better at all! ;D
Instead of I got the 1999 AvP game for PC from a friend and enjoyed this much much more (even when Half-Life and Unreal Tournament were the better games back then :D ) ... followed a couple of years later by it's great sequel ... Then in 2003 the director's cut of Alien ran in the cinemas ... It was a nice experience, watching this classic on the big screen! And it was 9 years since I saw it the last time at all ;)
Around christmas in 2004 I went to an electronic and media store ... well, in the first instance I was about getting The Seven Samurai on DVD - but then I watched around and easily put the Samurai back ... and instead of picked up all 4 special edition DVDs of the Alien movies ;D Well, the heart knows what it wants ... ;) And the next big deal was, that in all of those DVDs were free tickets for the upcoming Alien vs Predator movie (along with bonus DVDs containing sneek preview and making of materials for AvP) - So I took 3 of them each (tickets and preview DVDs), gave them to 2 friends of mine (one of them got 2 preview DVDs and passed it to another friend of his later) and we all went into the film later ... the 4th ticket and preview DVD I kept for myself and they now lay in my AvP/AvPR double feature DVD box ... :D
These were the wild first 10 years of me becoming a fan ;D
I first got exposed to the series watching the first and second AVP movies (please don't kill me) several years ago and the Predators in general always stuck out to me the most, then I watched the first two and eventually the third. Though it wasn't until recently my interest was rekindled anew, now I've been trying to get my hands on any Predator related stuff I can find, namely the comics. There's just something I find so engaging, entertaining and fascinating about Predators and the universe they inhabit (I guess to lesser extent this includes the Xenomorph).
Now here I am.
Regardless of the quality of the AvP films, they did introduce new people to the creatures that have since found the better films.
I think "Everything Wrong with Mortal Kombat (2011 Reboot)" or something like that got me into the franchise. On one of the sins, he said that they really went all out with the Predator gimmicks. That made me interested, and I never got out of Predator.
I watched AvP:R as a kid and really liked it, even though I see all of it's flaws now.
Quote from: Serpent/Slayer on Jun 20, 2016, 02:10:30 PM
I watched AvP:R as a kid and realy liked it, even though I see all of it's flaws now.
I think it may have been AVP that introduced me as well.
I watched Aliens and enjoyed it so it got me into watching the other Alien films. Then after I watched AVP I watched the predator films which I also enjoyed.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 31, 2016, 08:21:20 AM
Regardless of the quality of the AvP films, they did introduce new people to the creatures that have since found the better films.
Yeah, Im starting to notice that. Its amazing even AVP:R drew some fans in
Quote from: StrangeShape on Jul 02, 2016, 07:47:58 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 31, 2016, 08:21:20 AM
Regardless of the quality of the AvP films, they did introduce new people to the creatures that have since found the better films.
Yeah, Im starting to notice that. Its amazing even AVP:R drew some fans in
I think because it was released recently and thus young fans that were born after approximately 1990 watched it(and use the web more then the older lot)this is my opinion.
It all happened in the mid-90s. Got Alien Trilogy for the PS, loved it and then saw the movies from TV.
Before seeing the movies, I actually thought that Ripley was a guy (since she has that Alien 3-look in the game). :-[ And I was surprised that the first movie of the trilogy didn't take place in the colony (like in the game). :laugh: Of course, the second movie was all that I was expecting and wanted at the time. ;)
And of course, many sleepless nights followed, fearing that a chestburster would pop out of me. :o
I think that's how it got started, more or less. :)
Quote from: StrangeShape on Jul 02, 2016, 07:47:58 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 31, 2016, 08:21:20 AM
Regardless of the quality of the AvP films, they did introduce new people to the creatures that have since found the better films.
Yeah, Im starting to notice that. Its amazing even AVP:R drew some fans in
It did for me. I knew the two iconic monsters were iconic before I knew they came from separate series.
Then again, it sort of tainted my perception later on...
Quote from: Xenomania on Jul 12, 2016, 02:19:44 AM
It all happened in the mid-90s. Got Alien Trilogy for the PS, loved it and then saw the movies from TV.
Before seeing the movies, I actually thought that Ripley was a guy (since she has that Alien 3-look in the game). :-[ And I was surprised that the first movie of the trilogy didn't take place in the colony (like in the game). :laugh: Of course, the second movie was all that I was expecting and wanted at the time. ;)
That is brilliant! I will never get over that game - still have my original Sega Saturn copy! - but hearing the story of actually coming in via the game and finding the films unlike the game is great! Thanks for sharing that.
I never played Trilogy, always wanted to though.
Would be pretty awesome if they decided to do a collection of all the old Alien games in one package. Pretty sure you could fit the whole lot on a single Blu-ray these days!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 12, 2016, 08:09:30 AMThat is brilliant! I will never get over that game - still have my original Sega Saturn copy! - but hearing the story of actually coming in via the game and finding the films unlike the game is great! Thanks for sharing that.
No problem. ;)
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 12, 2016, 08:48:14 AM
I never played Trilogy, always wanted to though.
Would be pretty awesome if they decided to do a collection of all the old Alien games in one package. Pretty sure you could fit the whole lot on a single Blu-ray these days!
I was surprised we never saw some of them emerge on the various marketplaces. It must be down to rights issues, with developers and publishers closing down.
You should grab a copy, HuDa. There're copies aplenty on eBay.
Firstly ... long post ahead. You've been warned.
I was a young boy when the original movie came out in 1979. Too young to see it but my elder brother saw it at the cinema. He had the (original) book of Alien and the Alien Movie Novel Photo Book (very rare but he still has it) and I would secretly devour all those incredible and horrific images.
So essentially I knew what the creature(s) looked like and most of the plot too thanks to these books before ever seeing the film itself.
My brother would tell in me in minute detail about this utterly terrifying film and my imagination would run wild knowing exactly the imagery involved. Back then (pre Aliens) the mystery about the Xeno was truly terrifying. He would tell me that the Xeno was able to read your thoughts and it was indestructible. That the idea for a sequel would be that the Alien didn't die but would eventually get inside the Narcissus and kill Ripley.
Oh and he once made me sit in the dark and listen to the original soundtrack too. Scared the crapola outta me. My brother, bless him, loved to torture me (that's what brothers do).
Oh the nightmares I had. This utterly hellish looking creature that could read your mind, had acid for blood, a tongue that shoots out with metal teeth, is 9 feet tall, indestructible, has no eyes and is virtually out to kill you viciously.
I eventually saw the move when I was around 11 or 12 years old on TV (censored to pieces because back in the 80s they cut the crap out of everything for general TV). It was scary but I must admit after years of build up my first thought was `ah that wasn't as scary as I thought'.
That was me in denial though :-)
So reality is I've been a fan since reading those books back in the very early 1980s.
I still remember the sheer thrill and surprise seeing the trailer for Aliens in the cinema. I had no idea they had even made a sequel (this was pre internet and also in Australia we knew jack shit about anything ... hahaha). And I got to tell my elder brother about it and he was like ... what? What? WHAT???
Hahahahaha.
The books introduced me to Ron Cobb and HR Giger. Those two influenced my drawing style a lot as a young teen. I think I would surprise my school mates (and teachers) by being able to draw biomechanical creatures and the Xeno to almost perfect detail.
I'm a huge fan of most popular sci-fi like Star Wars, Trek, etc but Alien holds a very special place in my heart even after 35 years!
That's a great story. I really wish I could relive that horror and fascination from childhood again.
Alien was the first scary sci-fi space movie that I watched. I didn't expect nor was I prepared for the horror while I was watching the earlier part of the movie. It was mainly because I hadn't associated a space movie with horror before. When I saw the chestburster, I thought, 'what the hell is that!' This is probably how I'd react if this was real. Predator also started that way. I was thinking of it as one of those jungle war movies until the sci-fi and horror part appeared unexpectedly. I liked how the game started out the same way. When I saw both the xenomorphs and the predators appear in the same trailer, I was like, 'yes!'
I saw prometheus, then my brother showed the part in Aliens during the hive ambush
Quote from: Bughunt on Aug 06, 2016, 01:04:39 PM
I saw prometheus, then my brother showed the part in Aliens during the hive ambush
Have you watched Alien and all of Aliens since? Watch them so you may complete your journey to the dark side. :D
I first watched Alien in 1983 I believe it was, on a beta video, my dad would bring a movie or 2 every week, he was really into action movies like Conan with Arnie, Rambo, etc and horror movies..
He left the tape lying around the house so me and my older bros decided to watch it..I wasn't scared after watching the movie as much as I was creeped out especially from the beginning parts of the movie, I still remember the part where they're walking to the Derelict ship. I remember after watching it I had to get out of the house to get that eerie scenery out of my head.
Than after watching Aliens...I became a fan for life. I liked Aliens more for a while but became a hardcore Alien fan afterwards because of it having a more adventure and terror mood to it, which I like mire than action. Aliens has that too, just a bit less.
Dan Hedaya's performance in Alien Resurrection is what finally won me over and made me a big fan.
My fascination with the creatures from both films made me a fan, as well as Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of the Ripley character.
My love for Blade Runner and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, since Alien is a mixture of the two. And also that I have always been passionate about the monsters of the Universal and the slashers. The fantastic characters, in general. So I was destined to fall in love with Alien and Predator.
Quote from: SamuelDL on Nov 17, 2016, 07:21:22 AM
My love for Blade Runner and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, since Alien is a mixture of the two. [...]
I don't see the see the correlation. Please, open my eyes.
The Konami Aliens arcade game of all things.
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Can't wait for NECA's set!
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Quote from: Master Chief on Nov 17, 2016, 05:11:50 PM
Quote from: SamuelDL on Nov 17, 2016, 07:21:22 AM
My love for Blade Runner and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, since Alien is a mixture of the two. [...]
I don't see the see the correlation. Please, open my eyes.
Alien is basically The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in space: a group of people who enter unknown territory and gradually are murdered by a monster (literal in one and metaphoric in another). Ridley Scott himself has recognized that the film was a direct influence. And what she has of Blade Runner is the cyberpunk essence: dirty and dystopic future with retrofuturist technology, where companies are the ones that control everything in the shadows. For me it's the perfect mix of both films.
Quote from: Lonely Universe on Nov 18, 2016, 12:51:06 AM
The Konami Aliens arcade game of all things.
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This is too cool!! Would love to have a mini arcade to put on my shelf as I actually like that game.
Quote from: SamuelDL on Nov 18, 2016, 02:16:56 AM
Quote from: Master Chief on Nov 17, 2016, 05:11:50 PM
Quote from: SamuelDL on Nov 17, 2016, 07:21:22 AM
My love for Blade Runner and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, since Alien is a mixture of the two. [...]
I don't see the see the correlation. Please, open my eyes.
Alien is basically The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in space: a group of people who enter unknown territory and gradually are murdered by a monster (literal in one and metaphoric in another). Ridley Scott himself has recognized that the film was a direct influence. And what she has of Blade Runner is the cyberpunk essence: dirty and dystopic future with retrofuturist technology, where companies are the ones that control everything in the shadows. For me it's the perfect mix of both films.
Thanks! I can see that.
Quote from: Lonely Universe on Nov 18, 2016, 12:51:06 AM
The Konami Aliens arcade game of all things.
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Can't wait for NECA's set!
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How long did it take you to see the films after playing that?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Nov 20, 2016, 06:34:33 PMHow long did it take you to see the films after playing that?
I was only 9 or 10 years old & didn't know they were movies consciously, but then dreamed of my mom taking me to the video store & finding them. I woke up seeming to remember the poster art being a real thing & the next time my mom took me to the video store I searched them out irl. I must have seen a trailer on TV or something & forgot until I played that arcade. Needless to say I was soooo happy.
I didn't know for sure that Alien & Aliens were a part of the same series so I played it safe & rented Aliens first, then Alien a little while later.
I already knew it was my favorite thing ever but when I happened across my first Aliens comic book the deal was sealed. I didn't think anything that cool could actually happen. It was the Simon Bisley one & my mom refused to buy it for me but I eventually found a copy. I've collected Alien stuff ever since.
Alien Resurrection made me a fan, although it wasn't the first Alien film I saw.
Quote from: Scorpio on Nov 20, 2016, 08:05:21 PM
Alien Resurrection made me a fan, although it wasn't the first Alien film I saw.
I remember that was the first Alien film I saw. I couldn't make much sense of it since I wasn't familiar with the source material but I do recall just loving all the guns and gore. Plus Ron Perlman made me laugh.
I would be willing to do hypnosis in order to forget Alien Resurrection. I think it's one of the worst sequels ever.
Probably the first two movies and the Kenner toys when i was a kid. I was watchin horror movies when I was 2. That sleek sexy reptilian bugness just stood out to me. Now I love Predator as well but I've always loved Aliens more.
My first exposure was Aliens,
Lol begged my mom to buy because the cover art looked awesome; boy it was epic.. (2003)
I was 7 years old; love you mom!
Fell in love with Alien '79 year later :laugh:
the first AVP movie. I had a comic book with an ad for it in there and it piqued my interest at 11.
me? I was fascinated by the aliens and immediately after seeing alien I realized that there were unlimited possibilities for breeds and I have been using literally all of my spare time learning all about them and plotting a full breed chart of every known possibilities for a xenomorph. they are Extraordinary creatures that I want to see a lot of in future movies and games.
I always thought a Mosquito Xeno would be horrifying.
That just reminds me of Eric Red's Alien 3 script too much for me to ever consider the idea with anything but ridicule and disdain :P
My first exposure to the franchise was via the old first-person 'Aliens' game on the Amstrad when I was about 8 years old. It was an old cassette game, the type where you could set it off loading then go away and have your tea for half hour and it still wouldn't be ready. The game was incredibly ambitious for its day but we had no idea what was going on. Switching the viewpoints of the different marines was cool though and boy was it scary. I can still remember the motion tracker sound effect now...
This weird gaming experience led to me eventually watching Aliens just to try and figure out what the story behind the game was. I caught a showing on ITV and missed about the first hour. But jesus what a ride, and I remember being immensely proud of my young self that I predicted Hicks would be the one to survive.
After that it was Alien 3 on home video, then Alien a few years after that. I was still too young to watch Resurrection at the cinema so AVP remains my first theatrical experience.
Oh, nice. I saw 'ALIEN' and 'ALIEN 3' each on their opening nights. I'd actually forgotten I'd seen 'ALIEN 3' when it was released until I found my old free complimentary ticket to the movie. Normally, such tickets are surrendered at the door but somehow I managed to keep mine. I did attend the session with a large group from the Melbourne Science Fiction Club, so that may have influenced the outcome.
I may have seen 'ALIENS' on opening night too, but I can't justify that claim. There's a good chance I may have (The MSFC would often receive such promotional tickets) and I did see the movie with a group of friends from that club. A club I've been a member of for over 30 years, now.
All the movies since then, I've just attended standard theatrical sessions. So, yeah. I have at least seen all the movies at the cinema the first time I've watched 'em. Some of them on opening night.
Right now, I'm thinking if I get the opportunity, I might head north to Sydney for the 'ALIEN: Covenant' opening night. I think that would be fun. That is, if I can get tickets.
-Windebieste.
Quote from: windebieste on Feb 21, 2017, 03:12:34 AM
Oh, nice. I saw 'ALIEN' and 'ALIEN 3' each on their opening nights. I'd actually forgotten I'd seen 'ALIEN 3' when it was released until I found my old free complimentary ticket to the movie. Normally, such tickets are surrendered at the door but somehow I managed to keep mine. I did attend the session with a large group from the Melbourne Science Fiction Club, so that may have influenced the outcome.
I may have seen 'ALIENS' on opening night too, but I can't justify that claim. There's a good chance I may have (The MSFC would often receive such promotional tickets) and I did see the movie with a group of friends from that club. A club I've been a member of for over 30 years, now.
All the movies since then, I've just attended standard theatrical sessions. So, yeah. I have at least seen all the movies at the cinema the first time I've watched 'em. Some of them on opening night.
Right now, I'm thinking if I get the opportunity, I might head north to Sydney for the 'ALIEN: Covenant' opening night. I think that would be fun. That is, if I can get tickets.
-Windebieste.
I saw Aliens on premiere night here in Adelaide way back in the mid 80s - won tickets from a local radio station. I still have some of the gifts given out that night. See the link below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKHzT6djq40/?taken-by=waynepsaila (https://www.instagram.com/p/BKHzT6djq40/?taken-by=waynepsaila)
While I was vaguely aware of the franchise from a young age, it wasn't until I caught a bit of Predators on TV late at night and played the 2010 AvP game that I became a true fan of the franchise.
The first predator movie made me a fan however I really loved aliens it also brought me into avp.
I don't recall if I posted anything yet in this thread. So figured may as well contribute even if I may have already done so.
Growing up I remember the first Predator always playing on WGN or other channels during the weekends. Whenever it was on, my dad and I always would turn it on. It was one of our great movie experiences ill always remember.
Then it was followed by Predator 2. It fueled my passion for the sci Fi genre.
In the summer leading up to AVP, I remember commercials playing 24/7 on G4 originally TechTV. And on AMC they were always playing the Alien films. I had seen pieces of Aliens. But fondly remembered ALIEN from a family movie night. So I was able to watch the Alien films with a fresh perspective. This time everything clicker and been a huge fan of the frsnchises since.
My Dad & Uncle were massive Aliens fans since my Grandpa took them to see Aliens in the theater when they were kids, so my dad wasted no time getting me into the movies. I don't remember exactly when I became a fan because of how young I was introduced to Alien but my earliest memory of my fandom was my Uncle giving me the Kenner Queen Alien figure (Who immediately started slaughtering my star wars toys :D ) when I was 5 that still sits on my shelf today with my massive collection of Alien figures, movies and games, as my favorite piece!
When I was in 4th grade, I was supposed to do an assignment on studying if aliens were real. Accidentally I stumbled upon a picture of a xenomorph. I clicked on the link and it took me to a website containing all the AVP lore (Xenopedia). I bookmarked it and spent a few days reading about it and studying it (instead of school). After a few weeks I became a total AVP geek from all of the current films at the time. Over time I just became even more immersed into the franchise. Now I'm here.
I first saw the first Predator movie when I was 6. I loved it. Then on Tv, I saw Alien, and my mom said it was a classic. So i gave the first Alien movie a shot, and whoa... That's some good stuff. My brother had the two AvP games for the PC. I asked him "Why are these two characters from different movies are in the same game?" He said they're both from the same universe. It was no crossover or anything. These two warriors crossed paths somewhere in the galaxy and fought to the death with the badass colonial marines in the fray. I played as the Alien in AvP 2 campaign. You think after knowing all that I knew back then, wouldn't make me a fan of both, the Alien and Predator? It was quite the thrill for me. I thanked my mother for Alien, and my brother for the games.
I first watched Alien when I was 12, and I have loved the franchise ever since.
there's just some things you have to love because they are badass and cool.
predators
cheese burgers
navy warships
american muscle cars
vikings
Quote from: Prez on Feb 21, 2017, 06:09:26 AM
Quote from: windebieste on Feb 21, 2017, 03:12:34 AM
Oh, nice. I saw 'ALIEN' and 'ALIEN 3' each on their opening nights. I'd actually forgotten I'd seen 'ALIEN 3' when it was released until I found my old free complimentary ticket to the movie. Normally, such tickets are surrendered at the door but somehow I managed to keep mine. I did attend the session with a large group from the Melbourne Science Fiction Club, so that may have influenced the outcome.
I may have seen 'ALIENS' on opening night too, but I can't justify that claim. There's a good chance I may have (The MSFC would often receive such promotional tickets) and I did see the movie with a group of friends from that club. A club I've been a member of for over 30 years, now.
All the movies since then, I've just attended standard theatrical sessions. So, yeah. I have at least seen all the movies at the cinema the first time I've watched 'em. Some of them on opening night.
Right now, I'm thinking if I get the opportunity, I might head north to Sydney for the 'ALIEN: Covenant' opening night. I think that would be fun. That is, if I can get tickets.
-Windebieste.
I saw Aliens on premiere night here in Adelaide way back in the mid 80s - won tickets from a local radio station. I still have some of the gifts given out that night. See the link below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKHzT6djq40/?taken-by=waynepsaila (https://www.instagram.com/p/BKHzT6djq40/?taken-by=waynepsaila)
Those are awesome! Do you remember what else they gave away?
I have all the old comic books and was obsessed throughout my whole childhood lol
Loved the suspense and mystery of Aliens/Alien.What happened on LV-426!?? Why did a space Jockey ship land there? What happened to those engineers!?! The list of questions goes on and on and that's part of the Allure of the franchise to me. Not to mention the design of the creature itself. Simply Alien in every sense of the word. I love how action oriented the Predator was. There was something mysterious and fascinating about a super advanced Alien race that reviled in the hunting and killing of man. Loved the Dicotomy of the Predator! How could something so advanced with technology be so "primative" at the same time. Very cool!
I gradually developed my taste for Ridley Scott's original Alien. What made me a fan was Aliens, the movie, on vhs.
I first saw Aliens in Canada on First Choice/Super Channel back in the late 1980s.
I become a fan when i bought AvP Requiem for my PSP. I thought the Aliens were cool, but i got to play as Pred. After that i browse some game about AvP and Movies and since that i have become an Alien fan.
Became a fan after playing AvP Classic in 1999 and watching Aliens and Alien 3 shortly after.
What put you onto the game?
Alien Resurrection. In 2 days it will be exactly 20 years since I first saw it. I was sixteen at the time. Such great memories.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 29, 2017, 01:52:43 PM
Quote from: Prez on Feb 21, 2017, 06:09:26 AM
Quote from: windebieste on Feb 21, 2017, 03:12:34 AM
Oh, nice. I saw 'ALIEN' and 'ALIEN 3' each on their opening nights. I'd actually forgotten I'd seen 'ALIEN 3' when it was released until I found my old free complimentary ticket to the movie. Normally, such tickets are surrendered at the door but somehow I managed to keep mine. I did attend the session with a large group from the Melbourne Science Fiction Club, so that may have influenced the outcome.
I may have seen 'ALIENS' on opening night too, but I can't justify that claim. There's a good chance I may have (The MSFC would often receive such promotional tickets) and I did see the movie with a group of friends from that club. A club I've been a member of for over 30 years, now.
All the movies since then, I've just attended standard theatrical sessions. So, yeah. I have at least seen all the movies at the cinema the first time I've watched 'em. Some of them on opening night.
Right now, I'm thinking if I get the opportunity, I might head north to Sydney for the 'ALIEN: Covenant' opening night. I think that would be fun. That is, if I can get tickets.
-Windebieste.
I saw Aliens on premiere night here in Adelaide way back in the mid 80s - won tickets from a local radio station. I still have some of the gifts given out that night. See the link below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKHzT6djq40/?taken-by=waynepsaila (https://www.instagram.com/p/BKHzT6djq40/?taken-by=waynepsaila)
Those are awesome! Do you remember what else they gave away?
I am not 100% sure, but I have a 3D ALIENS blue button from 1986 (via eBay) that could have been from premiere night(s). I also have a couple ALIEN3 promotion buttons as well from 1992 (again, from eBay).
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 28, 2017, 11:40:25 AM
What put you onto the game?
The demo of the game was included on a PC Gamer magazine disc. There was 1 level for each species, the levels were a bit different from the final game actually. Also, I had just received a Voodoo 3 graphics card so everything was running super smooth.
Voodoo! Old school. :laugh: I still love and play Classic every now and again.
Firstly, the ALIEN novelisation.
Then 'The Book of ALIEN'
Then the film itself.
The soundtrack LP
Then Giger's ALIEN
Then the Photo Novel
The MPC model Kit
First VHS tape I bought was ALIEN
First DVD I bought was ALIEN, upgraded to a DVD player only because of ALIEN and its deleted scenes.
Blu Ray player I bought because of Prometheus I think. (Didn't do 3D though)
Basically different presentations of ALIEN have usually instigated the move to the next best way of viewing film.
My fan adoration of ALIEN goes right back to the very start, loving the story even before I knew what anything in the film looked like. I read the book and pictured the Nostromo and the crew in a completely different way, and obviously also the alien itself. Seeing the The Book of ALIEN hooked me into the complexity of the visuals that went into making it.
On Sunday the 11th of July 1982, when I was very young, I sneakily watched Alien when it was first broadcast on UK TV. I was also there opening night for Aliens.
I had never seen anything like it. I was bought up on the 'Star Wars' movies and one of my favourite shows was 'Star Trek' – it was all very bright and full of adventure. There were heroes and baddies and cute bleeping robots.
Then darkness. The universe was suddenly a dangerous and scary place to be.
And I loved it.
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 09, 2018, 03:02:59 PM
On Sunday the 11th of July 1982, when I was very young, I sneakily watched Alien when it was first broadcast on UK TV. I was also there opening night for Aliens.
I had never seen anything like it. I was bought up on the 'Star Wars' movies and one of my favourite shows was 'Star Trek' – it was all very bright and full of adventure. There were heroes and baddies and cute bleeping robots.
Then darkness. The universe was suddenly a dangerous and scary place to be.
And I loved it.
Yeah, but what time? ;)
Yeah, but what time? ;)
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9:30!
Believe it or not, I found the ad for it on youtube:
haha We have the date and time that our beloved Alien became a part of your life! That's awesome!
And I saw Aliens on the 29th August 1986 at the 7:20pm showing on opening night. I've still got the ticket stub somewhere!
Saw Alien in the theater when it was first shown. I was a minor but I think the ticket collector was too sleepy to care.
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 09, 2018, 08:00:11 PM
QuoteYeah, but what time? ;)
9:30!
Believe it or not, I found the ad for it on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJd6FgsSvI
I absolutely love that you know it to that specific a detail. Mine was the day before my 5th birthday so I cheat with remembering the day. :P I think I might have to use that video for this evening's post on the socials.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 10, 2018, 08:31:13 AM
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 09, 2018, 08:00:11 PM
QuoteYeah, but what time? ;)
9:30!
Believe it or not, I found the ad for it on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJd6FgsSvI
I absolutely love that you know it to that specific a detail. Mine was the day before my 5th birthday so I cheat with remembering the day. :P I think I might have to use that video for this evening's post on the socials.
I remembered it was a Sunday night and it was the UK premier, and I also remember being fascinated by the announcer saying '... and it know's you're afraid', but everything else was a bit vague. It wasn't until I was browsing random Alien videos on Youtube that I came across that one completely by chance and the memory dropped like an anvil.
I was only 11 years old so I had to sneak a portable television into my room - it was an old ugly plastic thing with a dial to tune it - and it was black and white, which only enhanced the shadows. I think I was partly scared of my mom catching me watching it.
That's a cool memory to have of watching it! I had to tape mine off Sky Movies Classic when I was around 11/12. I'd already seen Aliens and Alien 3 but not Alien until then. I remember checking the old TV Guide so often, looking for it on.
Very cool memory!
Quote from: monkeylove on Jan 10, 2018, 01:26:20 AM
Saw Alien in the theater when it was first shown. I was a minor but I think the ticket collector was too sleepy to care.
I was born the year it came out so I wasn't as lucky, however, my dad did take me to see
Predator in the theaters when it was released in June 1987.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 10, 2018, 12:43:03 PM
That's a cool memory to have of watching it! I had to tape mine off Sky Movies Classic when I was around 11/12. I'd already seen Aliens and Alien 3 but not Alien until then. I remember checking the old TV Guide so often, looking for it on.
It's a great memory, and it really enforces why I love the film so much. I used to have the film on VHS, but I actually got through three copies of it as I played it so much it wore out the tape, or it'd get tangled up in crappy video machines. Now I've got it on DVD and Blu-ray I'm no longer as worried!
With Aliens, my favourite memory is my mate's dad, who took us to see it, choking on his snack when the facehugger slams up against the glass, and the row of lads behind us taking the piss out the film right up until the moment they find the colonists in the cooling ducts and the ensuing chaos - nothing but complete silence for the rest of the movie, with a single 'Jesus Christ!' when Bishop's chest explodes back on the Sulaco.
I also remember buying Alien 3 on VHS in 1993 and getting a two-for-one voucher to visit the Alien War experience at the Trocadero in London - that was an amazing experience. The great thing was, my VHS copy of the film wouldn't work so I had to take it back to the shop but I didn't take the voucher, so when I got the replacement I got another voucher. Then I was given
another voucher by someone else who had bought it but wasn't bothered about going, so I went in there three times. It was amazing, huge shame it got flooded out.
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 10, 2018, 02:31:22 PM
I also remember buying Alien 3 on VHS in 1993 and getting a two-for-one voucher to visit the Alien War experience at the Trocadero in London - that was an amazing experience. The great thing was, my VHS copy of the film wouldn't work so I had to take it back to the shop but I didn't take the voucher, so when I got the replacement I got another voucher. Then I was given another voucher by someone else who had bought it but wasn't bothered about going, so I went in there three times. It was amazing, huge shame it got flooded out.
I am so flipping jealous. Any time anyone says they got to go to Alien War I just hate them so much. :laugh: Three times. You bastard. :laugh: I've done the new Alien: Escape in Madam Tussaud's but it just doesn't compare to what I've heard and seen of War. Have you had a chance to do that?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jan 10, 2018, 02:58:39 PM
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 10, 2018, 02:31:22 PM
I also remember buying Alien 3 on VHS in 1993 and getting a two-for-one voucher to visit the Alien War experience at the Trocadero in London - that was an amazing experience. The great thing was, my VHS copy of the film wouldn't work so I had to take it back to the shop but I didn't take the voucher, so when I got the replacement I got another voucher. Then I was given another voucher by someone else who had bought it but wasn't bothered about going, so I went in there three times. It was amazing, huge shame it got flooded out.
I am so flipping jealous. Any time anyone says they got to go to Alien War I just hate them so much. :laugh: Three times. You bastard. :laugh: I've done the new Alien: Escape in Madam Tussaud's but it just doesn't compare to what I've heard and seen of War. Have you had a chance to do that?
I haven't, but we are going to London for my son's 11th birthday in February and we're staying two minutes walk from Tussaud's, so we might have to sneak away for a few minutes!
Alien War was great but it was the kind of thing where once was enough - the first time is thrilling and really frightening, but the second and third times you know what to expect and it loses it's edge a little, but it really is a great time. The third time we went in it was after lunch and I'd had a couple of drinks, and I took a tumble as we were running through all this gas. I took two other people down with me, it really added to the scares because there was something coming up behind us. Still, there's a lesson there; don't drink and run through a collapsing atmosphere processor.
These days I'd expect to take part instead of being ushered through, and it felt like we were being herded through at speed so you couldn't appreciate the sets, and it was bloody freezing down there, too! Still, it was really good and I'd have gone again given the chance.
Quote from: monkeylove on Jan 10, 2018, 01:26:20 AM
Saw Alien in the theater when it was first shown. I was a minor but I think the ticket collector was too sleepy to care.
I'm so fascinated with people who were in the original audience when it first came out. And by fascinated, I mean extremely jealous ;D
I grew up in a scifi/horror household and, luckily, Aliens and Predator were on the list of films that were played year round (others being Critters, Killer Klowns, etc.) Over the years I forgot about them both and it wasn't until I picked up an AVP omnibus by chance (the first one) that my interest was piqued again. Watched and liked both AVP movies...continued with the franchise since then.
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 09, 2018, 08:00:11 PM
Yeah, but what time? ;)
9:30!
Believe it or not, I found the ad for it on youtube:
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I remember that showing on TV, back when a first screening on terrestrial TV was a big thing, VHS was just starting to make an impact in 1982 but hiring films cost £7 a night and buying a tape cost about £80. I remember recording it at the time, and I've still got the tape somewhere.
My first experience with The Alien Films was maybe 1997/98 when my oldest brother had a VHS boxset Of The Alien Trilogy with a making of Alien Resurrection. I was curious after seeing the Resurrection trailer so I watched the making of video. Ron Perlman was the presenter and I wasn't too interested in seeing the fourth film. But a clip was shown from Aliens where Ripley and Hicks were kicking in the floor grate to get to Newt before the Aliens and I thought " Is that Kyle Reese?" Being a massive Terminator fan I put the Aliens VHS in and sat back. 2 hrs later I was making my own colonial marine armor out of cereal boxes and making my own pulse rifle. If I had the correct paint and resources it would've been a great piece of fan prop work if I do say so myself. I then watched Alien 3 and of course I was disappointed with the deaths of Newt and Hicks but I still really liked the film. I then ventured to Alien and it scared the shit out of me even more so than The Exorcist, The Omen or Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I've been obsessed ever since.
For me it was Predator on TV, i was waaay too young (maybe 5 years old, lol the irresponsible family i got) and was genuinely terrified ! But at the same time fascinated, and this only kept growing as i was too, leading me to this day and gladly being part of this forum !
For the Alien franchise it's a bit more messy, because i saw the films in complete disorder : the first half of Aliens on cable TV when i was like 8 (watched it with my brother but he kicked me out 'cause his goddamn football match was about to begin !), Alien 3 next, taped on VHS, probably 1 or 2 years after Aliens first half lol, then Alien taped on VHS about 1 year after that, and finally the second half of Aliens taped on VHS and Alien Resurrection with the official VHS on sale at the time.
I don't know why, but VHS tapes have a mysterious, scary feel to them compared to DVD/BR. Scary movies seemed scarier, that is. Anyone else got that feeling?
Definitely the first one, but strangely enough that and second were the only ones I saw in the movies. The rest I saw on videos or disks.
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Jan 16, 2018, 04:15:09 AM
I don't know why, but VHS tapes have a mysterious, scary feel to them compared to DVD/BR. Scary movies seemed scarier, that is. Anyone else got that feeling?
Maybe it just feels that way as it was a part of our youth.
Quote from: FiorinaFury161 on Jan 16, 2018, 04:15:09 AM
I don't know why, but VHS tapes have a mysterious, scary feel to them compared to DVD/BR. Scary movies seemed scarier, that is. Anyone else got that feeling?
I know what you mean; it probably only means something to people who remember the VHS days. That's why I think Alien: Isolation hit me so hard, the fake VCR flickering and tracking just put me right there, back in the 1980s.
Yeah i agree VHS have an old creepy/rusty feel, probably linked to our memories, at the time where rewind took time and image quality wasn't always there lol
As soon as DVD became popular I never looked back. I don't get the nostalgia.
Quote from: Scorpio on Jan 16, 2018, 01:12:13 PM
As soon as DVD became popular I never looked back. I don't get the nostalgia.
Yes me too ! DVD are 1000 times better of course, quality-wise it doesn't even compare.
Quote from: Scorpio on Jan 16, 2018, 01:12:13 PM
As soon as DVD became popular I never looked back. I don't get the nostalgia.
It's just the nature of the thing, the big clunky cassettes and the whirring machine and belts, kind of like the machine belongs on the Nostromo. It's the nostalgia that does it for me, really.
Now I DVD and Blu-ray everything I no longer have any cassettes - they ended up with a movie memorabilia collector in Scotland - but I wish I'd hung on to my original Alien and Aliens copies, and the Star Wars ones, especially when they were released in 'As They Were Meant To Be Seen' widescreen releases in the early 1990s. I'd never watch them, I don't even have a player anymore, but it'd be nice to have them as part of my meagre collection.
hm, I think it was my initial first glimpse of the alien tbh - I've always been one for the weird and wonderful and as a kid I loved dinosaurs/dragons - and I'm pretty sure after viewing aliens and then alien for the first time is what's informed most of my life in terms of my fascination for monsters / eldritch etc and why most of my characters / art / stories tend to reflect that.
the xenomorph is without a doubt my favourite Sci-Fi monster.
and from that it was only inevitable I'd view the other movies (even ugh, requiem, which is as awful as it was built up to be) and thus get sucked into both franchises - aha, I'm now the proud owner of all the current alien comic omnibuses, most of the AvP comics (digitally) and a few xenomorph figures to sit on my shelf c:
I do hope they'll make another AvP game one day - in the vein of AvP2010/AvP2, I had a lot of fun there and its sad to see it pretty much dead now (also RIP me I lost my save file and all my skins/rank progress with it aha cx )
At school for a presentation one of my friends did the Predator as their topic, and he brought a figure (A few days later I found out it was the Scar Predator) which he entrusted me to hold while he did something, I was immediately fascinated by the creatures design and everything about it was amazing. I went home and did some research on the Predators and eventually found the Aliens, I have been a huge fan ever since.
Quote from: farsightblogger on Jan 16, 2018, 02:42:03 PM
Quote from: Scorpio on Jan 16, 2018, 01:12:13 PM
As soon as DVD became popular I never looked back. I don't get the nostalgia.
It's just the nature of the thing, the big clunky cassettes and the whirring machine and belts, kind of like the machine belongs on the Nostromo. It's the nostalgia that does it for me, really.
Now I DVD and Blu-ray everything I no longer have any cassettes - they ended up with a movie memorabilia collector in Scotland - but I wish I'd hung on to my original Alien and Aliens copies, and the Star Wars ones, especially when they were released in 'As They Were Meant To Be Seen' widescreen releases in the early 1990s. I'd never watch them, I don't even have a player anymore, but it'd be nice to have them as part of my meagre collection.
I hear you. I lost mine when they were accidentally included in a goodwill donation. They weren't supposed to be. I don't care what anyone says, it was betrayal of the highest order. :laugh:
The only reason I'm hanging on to my Alien quadrilogy and original predator dvd's is due to the grain removal the blu-rays of Predator and Aliens went through. I prefer a clean picture, but if I ever want to experience those movies as they were, I still can.
Quote from: Huggs on Mar 16, 2018, 11:17:06 PMThe only reason I'm hanging on to my Alien quadrilogy and original predator dvd's is due to the grain removal the blu-rays of Predator and Aliens went through.
I don't think Aliens had any serious grain-removal for the Blu-ray. At least, not so far as I remember reading in reviews.
Also the first Predator Blu had plenty of grain, but on the flipside, no special features. The later one that had the big DNR controversy had a bunch of bonus stuff.
Probably the setting that Alien takes place in. I don't think there's much like it in film at least. Plenty of monster rip offs, but the design of the world and setting it takes place in, is unique enough visually that easily grabbed me. Also, the setting the movies take place in you can seriously kind of get lost in story wise from the implication. The films themselves are somewhat self contained but the implications of the setting they live in are enormous. I think the lack of what they show of the world leaves so much up to the imagination that it kind of grabs your imagination. Or mine at least. It's a pretty unique world when it comes to science fiction.
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Quote from: Huggs on Mar 16, 2018, 11:17:06 PMThe only reason I'm hanging on to my Alien quadrilogy and original predator dvd's is due to the grain removal the blu-rays of Predator and Aliens went through.
I don't think Aliens had any serious grain-removal for the Blu-ray. At least, not so far as I remember reading in reviews.
Also the first Predator Blu had plenty of grain, but on the flipside, no special features. The later one that had the big DNR controversy had a bunch of bonus stuff.
Didn't Cameron say they went through and really cleared up the picture in aliens for the Blu-ray? I seem to remember him making a big deal about it. I know it wasn't bad originally, but I think he was really proud of what they did for the Blu-ray. It does looks rather good.
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Yep, he did. Just skimmed through an article over at bluray.com.
Quote: "It's spectacular. We went in and completely de-noised it, de-grained it, up-rezzed, color-corrected every frame, and it looks amazing. It looks better that it looked in the theaters originally. Because it was shot on a high-speed negative that was a new negative that didn't pan out too well and got replaced the following year. So it's pretty grainy. We got rid of all the grain. It's sharper and clearer and more beautiful than it's ever looked. And we did that to the long version, to the 'director's cut' or the extended play."
What made me a fan was Aliens. It was the first one I saw. I was a kid and watched it with my dad. Needless to say I was obsessed with it ever since and right around the time Alien3 hit theaters. Alien3 actually over the years has become my favorite of the series. But back then it tore me up how all the characters died off. After Alien3 I started reading all the comic stories and just loved every bit of it. I remember being in school doodling xenomorphs in my notebook to pass the time.
Anyways, all these years later here I am. Still frequently watch the movies from time to time. I collect figures, read comics still...not a lot changed. It all really started with my dad and me sitting down one day to watch a random movie that happened to be the start of my obsession.
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In 1986 I was 14 and Aliens was my first horror/R rated flick.
I didn't sleep for 3 days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1AGWXNmLZQ&list=PLC7dvyCVmQjLGhIoYcqNcT122NwgmOeGY
Enjoy!
Had brief exposure to the Aliens franchise but wasn't really into it until AVP (2010) launched. I got it on console and loved playing full games of infestation and whatever else the game had to offer.
H.R. Giger. I came across his Necronomicon as a fairly small boy, certainly before I was thirteen. I was a precocious and rather odd and sickly child. At ten my art teacher gave me a volume of Salvador Dali, once she realised I had a taste for the uncanny I never really looked back.
I did not understand the phallic and other sexual references (which is an entirely inadequate way to describe the horror of Giger's work, I tried liminal e.g. Dionysus but now prefer to leave its actual nature obscure) but nevertheless found the Alien deeply disturbing and fascinating at the same time. I suspect such references are ''hard-wired'' into the human mind and ''Necronom IV'' and the Alien summon very ancient, nebulous, deep-running fears. Charles Lamb's essay on ''Witches and Night Terrors'' is an interesting look at archetypal fears from an early nineteenth-century perspective.
Alien was actually the first movie I watched, that people considered to be scary.
So I thought: Well, someday I have to give those horror movies a try.
In the end, this movie is one of the least scary movies I watched, but Alien made me pay attention to horror or at least scary movies and back then I fell in love with those type of movie.
This was rather one of the major influences Alien had one me.
But the aspect that made me a fan of Alien, the Alien universe and Ridley Scott movies was actually a misfortune.
When I started the movie and the camera began to fly through the corridors of the Nostromo, somehow my headphones were deactivated.
In the first couple of minutes there was nothing but silence, obviously because I couldn't hear anything due to technical reasons. Normally, there is this silent and creepy music, but I heared absolutely nothing. I sat there and stared at this smooth camera movement, being prepared for a jump scare the whole time.
Back then, I haven't seen this good camera work before and I just thought wow.
Furthermore, my knowledge about scifi movies was awkwardly limited to StarWars and stuff, so I associated SciFi with heroic and fast action.
This kind of slowed down, detail-focused storytelling was absolutely new to me and I realised: I love it.
Finally, this good damn work on Alien didn't only make me love Alien, it also made me aware of other retro movies like BladeRunner and all the fantastic movies from Stanley Kubrick.
Giger.
When I was 7 years old my mum showed me Predator, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection around the same time she took my brother and I to watch Alien vs Predator. My obsession had begun.
Soon after this I snagged me some Kenner Aliens figures (Flying Queen, Gorilla Alien, Scorpion Alien, Cougar Alien, Giant Face Hugger) and No. 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 11 of the Dark Horse comics of this line at a boot sale.
A bit later my older brother got Aliens versus Predator 2 on computer. We played the crap out of that game.
For me, it started with a friend from school telling us about how he had seen Aliens. We would have been about 9 or 10 years old. A month or so later he got his hands on the VHS of Aliens and four of us sat down to watch it. Life was never the same again!!
Alien followed a couple of months later and then Predator.
Saw Alien 3 in the cinema on it's original release and have now seen all the films in the cinema at some stage or other.
My mom loved scary movies. We watched Alien on HBO sometime in 1987. I was 6. I was also terrified, and each evening was a nightmarish paranoia when the lights went out until I was probably 13. It didnt' stop me from renting the original Alien a few weeks after seeing Aliens lol. I couldn't even watch the trailers or Kenner commercials without my heart rate skyrocketing. The original CBS broadcast terrified me so badly I couldn't even stay in the living room while my mom watched it again. I listened from my bedroom haha. I surrounded myself with the property though. I saw Predator when it first came out on VHS. The tension that builds after the guerillas got wiped out hooked me. The Predator and Alien designs are still some of the best in cinema. That certainly helped.
One day I saw a meme with the Alien and thought that it would be a good idea to watch the Alien films. It was 2 years ago. Then I was a fan of horror movies and watched a lot of movies. I watched all the Alien movies. From the very first movie I loved this cinema universe so much. Then I found out about the AVP crossover and after that I found out about the Predator. I watched all the movies. In the end, I became a fan of predators. AVP universe inspired me for a long time, it became my main interest. Fantasy has always been interesting to me. Aliens, magicians and witches, monsters, I love it all. These films were an amazing discovery for me. They combine the elements that I love in movies. Horror, aliens, action, big muscles and fishnets. I do not have a story about how I watched these films in childhood, there is no nostalgia here. I learned about these films through memes and now I'm here.
So, believe it or not AVP is what brought me in...
I remember leading up to the moves release they had marathons of the Alien series and Predator series.
I saw Alien, both Predators, A:R before the release. (Finished the rest after)
But being a kid and seeing the Alien tail pierce the Chopper was so fascinating. Seeing the queen chained up, captured by the Predators, Aliens running loose, the flashback scene. It was all so cool and just seemed such an open world for interpretation.
Absolutely, was hooked from that viewing forward. To this day Alien and Predator are my favorite franchise's ever. Love the creativity that can be done with them.
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So, believe it or not AVP is what brought me in...
I remember leading up to the moves release they had marathons of the Alien series and Predator series.
I saw Alien, both Predators, A:R before the release. (Finished the rest after)
But being a kid and seeing the Alien tail pierce the Chopper was so fascinating. Seeing the queen chained up, captured by the Predators, Aliens running loose, the flashback scene. It was all so cool and just seemed such an open world for interpretation.
Absolutely, was hooked from that viewing forward. To this day Alien and Predator are my favorite franchise's ever. Love the creativity that can be done with them.
DAMMIT! You stole my thoughts! ;D
AVP (2004) was the first movie in both franchises that i watched (first cinema experience was Covenant). And i loved it and it still has special place in my heart because it made me fell in love with those creatures. I remember being very surprised realising that it was not universally loved and i still hardly can stand seeing somebody critisizing it. And it was first movie that introduced Queen to me and i remember watching Aliens later and thinking something like: "Oh look! It's a Queen!".
In a way AVP(2004) is the reason I became a fan even if it was disappointing... it got me interested on the concept of AVP, which I was not aware existed before watching it, leading me to Alien-Predator games. Which I enjoyed much more thus making me look forward to next installments of the series.
July 2007 (I believe), My Dad and Mom bought the Alien Quadrilogy.
Watched Alien, one night, Aliens the next, Alien³ the next- then School week, then Resurrection.
Can't remember what I thought, only that I loved the first three a lot,
and Dad bought me H.R Giger's Alien soon afterwards.
This picture in a magazine in 1992. I was four years old, and it 100% sold me.
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Possibly the most iconic image of the entire franchise.
I saw Alien on cable TV in the early 80s and was both horrified and fascinated by it. By the time Aliens was released in 1986, I was already a big fan and saw it on opening day.
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I didn't have much parental supervision as a child.
I watched them early also, with supervision though. For my recollection, read the last page.
Did you have any idea what you were in for at the time?
It's a big secret why I became a fan. You'll never guess.
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Found them on accident. Watched them because I wasn't supposed to.
Haha, understandable.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Aug 05, 2019, 11:30:30 PM
It's a big secret why I became a fan. You'll never guess.
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Ha ! You'll never guess what made ME a fan.
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Paul W. S. Anderson
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It's a big secret why I became a fan. You'll never guess.
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Ha ! You'll never guess what made ME a fan.
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Paul W. S. Anderson
Heck it was due to his movie that I found out AVP was a thing, which led me to play AVP2, thus making me get into the series.
I remember getting an influx of fans following AvP's release. We all come in at different places. :)
Then that's probably the best thing that came from the film. Introducing fans to the franchise. I wonder down the road how many will be introduced from Prometheus.
2 or 3.
Give or take a couple. ;)
I honestly don't know how much exposure Prometheus is going to maintain over time. Even AVP isn't just a film franchise, it's maintaining a pretty decent videogame history as well. And the original films are well known, as are the games. Sometimes I wonder if the prequels won't just slide under the radar and be doomed to some kind of niche status.
The Prequel series brought a great deal of people onto AVPG.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Aug 16, 2019, 01:40:58 AM
The Prequel series brought a great deal of people onto AVPG.
While they're still relatively fresh yes. But down the road, I don't suppose it will be so.
Yeah, if the final entry isn't considered a classic down the line.
I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic, and I honestly think it's the end of the prequels under Disney.
If Disney's smart, and usually the company thinks long term- it isn't.
Seeing alien for the first time back in 1981, I was only 5 years old and I sat there at 11am in the dark all alone. I loved every minute of it. It wasn't the case of what you could see, rather the case of what and where your imagination took you. The movie alien gave you the ingredients, all you had to do was put them together and see what your imagination came up with.
I don't remember the time I saw it at, only my age- my memory was never that good.
Watching Predator when I was around 5 years old, it was one of my father's favorite movies back then, and all my older cousins liked the movie. I remember being terrified at first, before future rewatches and also Predator 2 made me a fan. Alien came later, when I was around 8. And my first contact with the AvP concept was the super nintendo game.
The first movie I saw was Alien³. But what made me a fan were the first two films. Especially Ridley Scott's Alien & Giger's art. The funny thing is that I saw them in the following order: Alien³ - Aliens - Alien :laugh:
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I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic .
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I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic .
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Quote from: Kradan on Nov 14, 2019, 02:28:51 AM
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I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic .
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Don't make me do more memes with her.
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I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic .
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Don't make me do more memes with her.
She is illuminati
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Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 14, 2019, 03:43:04 AM
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Quote from: Huggs on Aug 16, 2019, 01:54:53 AM
I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic .
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Don't make me do more memes with her.
She is illuminati
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I doubt it. She'd have to understand how the world really works first, before she could hope to control it. ;)
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Quote from: Huggs on Aug 16, 2019, 01:54:53 AM
I doubt covenant will ever be considered a classic .
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Don't make me do more memes with her.
She is illuminati
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I doubt it. She'd have to understand how the world really works first, before she could hope to control it. ;)
Yeah definitely :laugh:
Back on topic.
Did you guys seriously disgrace yourselves with such a shameful display?
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 14, 2019, 03:31:22 AM
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Having said that, this is legitimately one of my favourite gifs on the entire internet.
My father got me to watch aliens as a small child. Then I avoided it like the plague till I was about 13 remembering it as just boring and gory. My older cousin Jeremy had all the alien movies up to that point in DVD and the two predator movies on vhs. I must have watched them back to back dozens and dozens of times.
I think most of us experienced the (R rated) series first as a youngin' funnily enough.
Well, I was 4 but it was PG-13 AvP for me. Ironic, isn't it ?
I don't get the irony? lol
Well, you said that :
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Dec 31, 2019, 07:50:20 PM
I think most of us experienced the (R rated) series first as a youngin' funnily enough.
I indeed experienced it being pretty young but it's felt ironic to me that in my case the first one was the movie which arguably is most suitable for kids 'cause it's the least gory one.
Ah, totally get you now.
Quote from: Kradan on Jan 01, 2020, 09:28:19 PM
Well, you said that :
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Dec 31, 2019, 07:50:20 PM
I think most of us experienced the (R rated) series first as a youngin' funnily enough.
I indeed experienced it being pretty young but it's felt ironic to me that in my case the first one was the movie which arguably is most suitable for kids 'cause it's the least gory one.
I'd argue the 2nd is the more suitable than the first. Alien has plenty of Gore, but that aside, Gore is just a visual that's replaced after a millisecond.
Chap is a big ol' rape monster who's stalking and killing everybody in the dark. The horror is not reigned in by Hudson freakouts and cool shootouts/set pieces. The atmosphere is completely different. It's dark, it's dirty, and it's cruel.
He's referring to the first he viewed, AVP 2004, not the original Alien.
Ah. Well heck, you could watch avp right after veggie-tales.
The second one though, I wouldn't count on nap time going over very well.
Haha I'd think not.
I saw the first Predator movie when I was 6 or 7 years old. Then I saw Predator 2 soon after it.
when I was a kid Aliens was one of those 'grown up' films I was allowed to stay up and watch on TV. it had a HUGE effect on me. I kinda saw them as these weird ant like creatures that freaked me out. and the setting on LV426 was so evocative and atmospheric.
as I got older I caught up on the movie series, got into it in a big way including getting into the novels with Wilks/Billie etc (I had NO idea of the retconning going on there!). as time goes on you realise that the movies really stand up and age superbly well.
I drifted away from being a super fan for a bit, but I think it was since the prequels came out I've got back into the franchise as a whole in a BIG way. (including Predator but I will always be more on an Alien guy). it's one of my favourite sci fi universes because it always seems grounded and realistic, plus the horror elements of course. the EU is obviously a mixed bag with some really lame stuff but also some great ideas which expand the universe well.
Quote from: Gemini on Apr 15, 2020, 07:19:36 PM
I drifted away from being a super fan for a bit, but I think it was since the prequels came out I've got back into the franchise as a whole in a BIG way.
Its interesting how different things affect different people. For me the prequels did the opposite, stained the mythology for me to such point I can never enjoy it as much as I did before. I always loved the Lovecraftian idea of aliens being some natural but very ancient species. The idea of them being created in a cave by flamboyant British butler crushes my entire view on aliens. Theyre not as terrifying anymore, theyre not as exciting or fascinating. Creatures aside, because movies are primarily stories, I was disappointed with characters and story of Prometheus and completely let down by a Netflix original sort of feel of the Covenant which felt like a dime a dozen
on demand slasher/modern monster flick. Im recently trying to recapture that spark and revisit the first three movies and the beginnings of the mythology, but not sure with those prequels in existence if the series can ever be looked at the same way. Then again, I guess the same could be said about Resurection and AVP:R
But I also realize some of those films that repelled me from the franchise actually made others fans, so I mean no offense to anyone. I'm just being old ;P
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Quote from: Gemini on Apr 15, 2020, 07:19:36 PM
I drifted away from being a super fan for a bit, but I think it was since the prequels came out I've got back into the franchise as a whole in a BIG way.
Its interesting how different things affect different people. For me the prequels did the opposite, stained the mythology for me to such point I can never enjoy it as much as I did before. I always loved the Lovecraftian idea of aliens being some natural but very ancient species. The idea of them being created in a cave by flamboyant British butler crushes my entire view on aliens. Theyre not as terrifying anymore, theyre not as exciting or fascinating. Creatures aside, because movies are primarily stories, I was disappointed with characters and story of Prometheus and completely let down by a Netflix original sort of feel of the Covenant which felt like a dime a dozen on demand slasher/modern monster flick. Im recently trying to recapture that spark and revisit the first three movies and the beginnings of the mythology, but not sure with those prequels in existence if the series can ever be looked at the same way. Then again, I guess the same could be said about Resurection and AVP:R
But I also realize some of those films that repelled me from the franchise actually made others fans, so I mean no offense to anyone. I'm just being old ;P
Why not both?
Meaning?
Quote from: StrangeShape on Apr 16, 2020, 05:37:00 AM
Its interesting how different things affect different people. For me the prequels did the opposite, stained the mythology for me to such point I can never enjoy it as much as I did before. I always loved the Lovecraftian idea of aliens being some natural but very ancient species. The idea of them being created in a cave by flamboyant British butler crushes my entire view on aliens. Theyre not as terrifying anymore, theyre not as exciting or fascinating. Creatures aside, because movies are primarily stories, I was disappointed with characters and story of Prometheus and completely let down by a Netflix original sort of feel of the Covenant which felt like a dime a dozen on demand slasher/modern monster flick. Im recently trying to recapture that spark and revisit the first three movies and the beginnings of the mythology, but not sure with those prequels in existence if the series can ever be looked at the same way. Then again, I guess the same could be said about Resurection and AVP:R
But I also realize some of those films that repelled me from the franchise actually made others fans, so I mean no offense to anyone. I'm just being old ;P
I totally understand what you are saying, and I can empathise. the idea of the Alien as something just utterly other, utterly outside our comprehension, or perhaps something horrific that just happened to evolve elsewhere.. so chilling in a deep way.
the first movie was a very enigmatic one. you had no idea how the space jockey race fitted in with the xenomorph. it's like you were just seeing the tip of the iceberg and your imagination filled in all the gaps. you didn't even have an idea of how that xeno fitted in with it's
own race. how intelligent was it?
so yeah, I can understand how all we've learnt since then kinda scuppers that. but I think overall we've gained more than we've lost. in terms of keeping the franchise alive and expanding the universe.
I mean, you could even apply what you are saying to everything from
Aliens onwards to some degree. as soon as we learnt about the Queen they just become more like animals or bugs.
luckily Alien Ressurection we can kind of ignore or separate out, because it's set so much longer after the other movies.
I do sometimes wonder how Alien would be remembered if it was just that first movie.. it wouldn't be the big franchise it is today.. still a big movie I am sure, but more of a standalone cult horror thing.
I do think that Prometheus, for all the info it gave us, still tried to maintain a lot of mystery. that was what actually infuriated a lot of people! so they are kind of damned if they do, damned if they don't. Covenant was more explicit. I am sure you have all been through the David creating the Aliens debate- for me I am happy that he may have just recreated them but I know others disagree. and I know that's kind of having my cake and eating it..
Quote from: Gemini on Apr 18, 2020, 11:34:05 AM
I totally understand what you are saying, and I can empathise. the idea of the Alien as something just utterly other, utterly outside our comprehension, or perhaps something horrific that just happened to evolve elsewhere.. so chilling in a deep way.
the first movie was a very enigmatic one. you had no idea how the space jockey race fitted in with the xenomorph. it's like you were just seeing the tip of the iceberg and your imagination filled in all the gaps. you didn't even have an idea of how that xeno fitted in with it's own race. how intelligent was it?
And just the idea, since it was found on a fossilized ship on a distant cold planet, that means it could have been there even million upon millions of years. The emphasis was on an idea that it was an ancient species from who knows, whatever anyone can imagine when, and that those poor bastards from Nostromo awoke it giving it a new host. That was very appealing to me. It wasn't even so much the unknown origins since I just assumed it's a species, but the very idea of it being there way before maybe even Earth was formed and it being sort of suspended in animation on this rock and awaken by a small crew of unsuspecting truck drivers. I liked that idea. And not seeing their home world, which would be worse than hell, or knowing how long ago those things existed and how many worlds they infected. The very idea of it just being a recent (in relation to the saga) experiment made in a cave by an android who could star in some over the top flamboyant California show is the worst thing those things could be turned into, in my opinion of course. To me. I don't condemn anyone who isn't bothered by it, but I am. I mean, I'm not losing any sleep over it because the mythology was damaged heavily beginning with Resurrection for me, but this just made the whole thing completely unappealing to me. When I saw Resurection in 97, it took out almost everything I really loved about the films, all the common elements that tied an otherwise very different 3 films together (as to what they are, its in a Resurection related thread somewhere). The pool was pooped in and it ruined it all for me. The Directors Cut of Alien back in theaters in 2001 made me rewatch the original and be in awe again, reigniting my passion for the mythology, learning to ignore A:R as separate story. And now Covenant ruined it even more than i could ever imagine anything ruining aliens that much. Its hard to stay away tho, and for the past few days Im rereading books and gearing up to watch the trilogy for the first time in over 3 years. Used to watch them at least once a year every year since 2001
Quoteso yeah, I can understand how all we've learnt since then kinda scuppers that. but I think overall we've gained more than we've lost. in terms of keeping the franchise alive and expanding the universe.
Well the mythology might have been dead and forgotten and stopped at AVPR I know.
QuoteI mean, you could even apply what you are saying to everything from Aliens onwards to some degree. as soon as we learnt about the Queen they just become more like animals or bugs.
Well I always assumed it was a species and also assumed eggs get laid so that didnt change anything for me. Well, to be fair tho, I started with Alien 3 but still.
Quoteluckily Alien Ressurection we can kind of ignore or separate out, because it's set so much longer after the other movies.
AND it doesn't feature the main character who still remains dead. Its main protagonist is an 8th genetic crossover of Ripley and alien genes that most resembles Ripley in the outside physical appearance
QuoteI do sometimes wonder how Alien would be remembered if it was just that first movie.. it wouldn't be the big franchise it is today.. still a big movie I am sure, but more of a standalone cult horror thing.
Probably like The Fly, high up there in the pantheon of horror classics. Maybe even as high or respected as Blade Runner. It's still gets the respect and recognition it deserves, but in those days classics tend to get forgotten and lost in a by gone pop culture unless made relevant today, either by video games, remakes spinoffs or sequels. I think if it stopped at 3 as 3 intended it to, the whole triogy would have been very highly regarded.
QuoteI do think that Prometheus, for all the info it gave us, still tried to maintain a lot of mystery. that was what actually infuriated a lot of people! so they are kind of damned if they do, damned if they don't. Covenant was more explicit. I am sure you have all been through the David creating the Aliens debate- for me I am happy that he may have just recreated them but I know others disagree. and I know that's kind of having my cake and eating it..
Prometheus I didn't dislike, just expected more from Ridley Scott, at least visually, and it was ok but an average come and go scifi film. In my opinion of course. Covenant...eh, its cheap looking production and feel as if its a TV movie..I mean Alien was by design simple story but made great by terrific feel, designs and visuals. Covenant is also a simple monster story but without any striking visuals, designs or feel. Thats outside the origins given to alien which ruin everything for me. the whole theory that David just recreated an aien would be less painfull, but I do realize its just a fan theory not the intention of the film
I saw Aliens when I was around 6 years old and I immediately fell in love! Everything about the Alien franchise seems to excite me, from the music and atmosphere to the architecture and themes! And the most incredible thing is that I've been equally obsessed with insects and parasitoid wasps in particular for even longer but never made the connection between the Xenomorph and these critters untill my teenage years. I love every single movie in the franchise, even the more questionable ones. I will never forget organising watch marathons with friends during the weekends back in late 90s! We would sit down and rewatch all the Alien movies back to back on VHS... Good memories!
Growing up I was a huge fan of Rocky, Terminator, and Schwarzenegger in general. So when I watched predator, you have to understand I watched Apollo Creed and the Terminator get absolutely clowned by this thing. That was reason enough to get invested, the books and comics sealed the deal and I played concrete jungle religiously, completing every mission, getting every skin, 100 percenting the game because I found it so fun.
Alien was different and more recent. My dad never liked the film but he introduced me to it out of curiosity. I think he didn't get the same cat and mouse feel from it I did the first time around. It was so unique, like the predator it was terrifying and at the same time awesome. I still very much enjoy Alien. Aliens, slightly dissapointed me. Now its an unfair critique, but all the individuality of the alien was stripped away for a hive like film. Don't get me wrong I loved it and enjoyed it, I still love xenos today, it just felt less personal now. That spark of individuality was redeemed when I played Alien Isolation, even though there were multiple Aliens it felt much more claustrophobic and similar to the original. I know many will disagree and that's fine, but I prefer one Xeno to many as a threat and hope maybe they can do a more limited species if they ever make another decent Alien film :)
I think I awkwardly deleted my initial post in this thread. :laugh:
I got into both Predator and Alien at a really young age thanks to having two older brothers. I was around 4 or 5 years old (so in1994 or 1995) when I first saw Predator. Skinned bodies and shootouts were fine, but my mom tried to kick me out after the p*ssy jokes. I snuck back into the room shortly after and when she realized none of the scenes fazed me, she accepted my weirdness. ;D
My mom and grandma caught onto my Arnold obsession so they actually got me Terminator and Terminator 2 for Christmas shortly afterwards.
I saw the Alien films a bit out of order though. Started with Aliens, which I watched around the same time as Predator. Then I watched Alien 3, followed by Alien...
Got to watch Alien: R in theaters where I awkwardly ugly cried because the Queen was bitch slapped into oblivion and then cried again at Newborn's death.
Quote from: Tichinde on Jul 21, 2020, 11:33:26 PM
Growing up I was a huge fan of Rocky, Terminator, and Schwarzenegger in general. So when I watched predator, you have to understand I watched Apollo Creed and the Terminator get absolutely clowned by this thing.
I like that description :)
Quote from: Tichinde on Jul 21, 2020, 11:33:26 PM
I still very much enjoy Alien. Aliens, slightly dissapointed me. Now its an unfair critique, but all the individuality of the alien was stripped away for a hive like film. Don't get me wrong I loved it and enjoyed it, I still love xenos today, it just felt less personal now.
I feel that Alien Queen kinda takes that place of "personal, individual Xeno". Fight between her and Ripley feels very personal
Quote from: PredBabe on Aug 04, 2020, 04:52:02 AM
Skinned bodies and shootouts were fine, but my mom tried to kick me out after the p*ssy jokes.
:D
Quote from: PredBabe on Aug 04, 2020, 04:52:02 AM
My mom and grandma caught onto my Arnold obsession so they actually got me Terminator and Terminator 2 for Christmas shortly afterwards.
Oh man, what awesome grandparents !
Quote from: PredBabe on Aug 04, 2020, 04:52:02 AM
Got to watch Alien: R in theaters where I awkwardly ugly cried because the Queen was bitch slapped into oblivion and then cried again at Newborn's death.
I always find Newborn kinda cute
The first one I saw was Aliens. I was about 12 or 13 I think. It was on TV one night and I stayed up late to watch it. It made a huge impression on me (I saw the first one at a later date). I became friendly with a lad at my school who was also a huge fan and he lent me the VHS of the Special Edition which I watched over and over.
Not long after I found issue one of the comic series. I'm in the UK and we did comics differently back then. Here comics often had three stories in them. For some reason the UK edition started with Nightmare Asylum. It had The first part of that, the first part of Predator Concrete Jungle and the first Alien Vs Predator one shot.
I don't think I'd seen Predator when I got that. Much like Aliens I saw that on TV on a Saturday night. Loved it. Borrowed the second one from a school friend.
I can't say I really liked any of the Alien or Predator movies that came after the second ones. Nor did I like the first AvP movie (I've not seen the second and have no intention of doing so).
Earlier this year I attended a cinema showing of Aliens and it was just spectacular. I also showed it to my daughter who loved it (she wasn't too keen on Predator though)
As a side note I'm a huge DC Comics fan and absolutely adored Batman Vs Predator as a kid. I need to get a new copy of that actually.
In think that about covers it.
(I also love Star Wars, James Bond, the films of James Cameron, and rock and metal music. I'm also an artist)
Quote from: PredBabe on Aug 04, 2020, 04:52:02 AM
first saw Predator. Skinned bodies and shootouts were fine, but my mom tried to kick me out after the p*ssy jokes. I snuck back into the room shortly after and when she realized none of the scenes fazed me, she accepted my weirdness. ;D
My daughter was 8 when I let her see P2 on TV, falsely believing it would not be as gory. She didn't even blink at the skinned bodies either lol so I let her watch AVP next. At least you still enjoy this, mine decided that "sci fi is so boring" as a teen :-\
Quote from: AliceApocalypse on Aug 31, 2020, 02:38:14 PM
Quote from: PredBabe on Aug 04, 2020, 04:52:02 AM
first saw Predator. Skinned bodies and shootouts were fine, but my mom tried to kick me out after the p*ssy jokes. I snuck back into the room shortly after and when she realized none of the scenes fazed me, she accepted my weirdness. ;D
My daughter was 8 when I let her see P2 on TV, falsely believing it would not be as gory. She didn't even blink at the skinned bodies either lol so I let her watch AVP next. At least you still enjoy this, mine decided that "sci fi is so boring" as a teen :-\
It amazes me now when I think how young I was when I already could quote these movies. By 8 I knew every frame of T2 and Robocop by memory. Having said that, I wont let my kids watch any of those at that age ;D
AVP is relatively safe for a teen/preteen, she was 12 when I let her see it. Robocop and T1 were a bit more disturbing though, so she didn't get to see those lol. T2 wasn't so bad for a preteen/teen, but she really doesn't have an interest in Sci Fi sadly.
T2 gave me nightmares when I saw that when I was around 10. :laugh:
I only ever saw the TV edits of some of the R-rated movies that really stuck with me as a kid. The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Robocop, Starship Troopers, etc. I actually saw all of those before I ever rented Alien and its sequels, which didn't happen until I was in middle school.
The moment in T2 when the T-800 cut the skin off of his arm to show the Dysons what he was was one of those pivotal moments that really engrained itself in my mind as a kid. The brain bug in SST and its big brain sucking moment was another. :D
Yeah, Terminator 2 scared the shit out of me as a kid as well :laugh: I even "swore off" action movies for a while... until my teenage years, though, when I would binge them with friends.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Oct 13, 2020, 04:21:49 PM
The moment in T2 when the T-800 cut the skin off of his arm to show the Dysons what he was was one of those pivotal moments that really engrained itself in my mind as a kid. The brain bug in SST and its big brain sucking moment was another. :D
The moment I remember from T2 was the furnace stuff. But I honestly can't recall why that gave me nightmares. I totally get you with Troopers though! That gave me some nightmares too. All the flying body parts. :laugh:
My overriding memory of the first time I saw T2 was the bit where Robert Patrick kills the dog, and then being really confused when it wasn't on the video. I guess it must've been on TV around the time the Special Edition came out.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 25, 2020, 10:11:19 AM
My overriding memory of the first time I saw T2 was the bit where Robert Patrick kills the dog, and then being really confused when it wasn't on the video. I guess it must've been on TV around the time the Special Edition came out.
Yeah, you might have seen a special on TV or a laserdisc perhaps?
Quote from: StrangeShape on Nov 29, 2020, 06:38:44 PMYeah, you might have seen a special on TV or a laserdisc perhaps?
It was definitely on TV. Most likely the television premiere of the Special Edition, because it would've been around that time and I also remember the smiling scene. But it was so long ago (and I was so young) that I've no idea if it was advertised as such.
Looking back, I was a kid and I think the first movie I saw was Predator on T.V which was cool, and I think it was through my best friend that I learned of Alien and managed to get a VHS and watched that and I remember that back then that movie scared the shit out of me... and yet I didn't just cease to see it like I would with a ghost horror movie, there was something fascinating about it to me (and at this point I'm just desensitized from all my viewings) .
I remember then that there was either a T.V marathon or we did a Blockbuster marathon where I saw all the other Alien movies, which was maybe a year or more before I heard the AvP announcement for theatres so this was all pre-AvP movies.
Everything else just kinda fell into place from there.
I became a fan of the Alien movies probably because of my fascination with the series' world-building and visuals.
Whether it was the "used-future" design language, or the darkly fantastical aesthetic of the aliens themselves, imagery of the first two films strongly resonated in my mind - the reason I drew my own takes on different Gigeresque monsters or Weyland-Yutani spaceships for many years.
I was introduced to the whole universe through AvP, so naturally I had to check out the Predator series too - which already kinda won my heart by default with connections to childhood favorites (Terminator 2's Arnold and Jurassic Park's Stan Winston). And they're just good fun.
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Dec 23, 2020, 07:07:37 AM
I was introduced to the whole universe through AvP,
Comic, game or the movie?
The movie.
The Space Jockey made me a fan. Ever since I was a kid, I've wondered what that thing was, and I'm not kidding about it. In fact, the anticipation for Prometheus made me even more of a fan, and somehow I still am.
I've probably told this story here before, but years ago. Back in 2007 (I was 13 at the time) I hadn't seen any of the films, but had heard my friends talking about this AVP movie that they thought was really cool. I went to the local video rental place with my dad to rent it, and my dad basically told me to put it down and to get Alien instead. :D Took it home that day, watched it with him, and was just absolutely hooked. Had to go rent Aliens and Alien 3 immediately after, and wound up catching Alien: Resurrection on television, before I eventually bought myself copies of the films.
The hype a few years later, while anticipating Prometheus (and, before that, 'Untitled Alien Prequel') is to this day unlike pretty much any excitement I have ever felt for a film.
I was brought into the franchise by Alien³, thanks to my father in the 90s (I'm 34). After that, I saw Aliens and finally Alien, and there I fell in love, which climaxed with my discovery of Giger🤘😎✊
I continue to be a fan for five major reasons:
1) The original movie is still a perfect storm gem, no matter what (^^)
2) Despiste of the good the bad and the ugly, I like the prequels. It's like another dimension that works fine as its own thing.
3) The Space Jockey is still a mystery, well kinda, but still.
4) There is nothing that cannot be the victim of a future retcon.
5) I can enjoy whatever I want, which is what many here do, without losing my mind...well kinda 🤣🤣🤣
For a blast from the past:
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on May 16, 2009, 08:40:00 PM
Basically AVP introduced me to the monsters...but I didn't catch on until 2006/2007 (I originally though Aliens and Predators were giant monsters...like Godzilla...yeah.... :P) Then the movie Alien and Aliens truly made me a fan.
I was twelve at the time. I don't even remember how I came across AvPGalaxy - though it was likely the site's articles - but I'm sure joining and being active ~2009-2014 solidified my fandom. Crazy to think I had only been familiar with the movies for like 2 or so years when I joined when they're now the movies I know the best.
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Dec 26, 2020, 07:18:47 PM
Crazy to think I had only been familiar with the movies for like 2 or so years when I joined when they're now the movies I know the best.
Yep, same. I joined up in 2009, so just two years after my own introduction as well.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Dec 26, 2020, 06:45:15 PM
The Space Jockey made me a fan. Ever since I was a kid, I've wondered what that thing was, and I'm not kidding about it. In fact, the anticipation for Prometheus made me even more of a fan, and somehow I still am.
It was the nightmares that Aliens gave me for 5 years that made me a fan, but the Space Jockey was the thing that got me into the Expanded Universe. A real diverse to learn more about it and the comics were that way.
The only thing about Space Jockey I remember thinking before the prequels was that he was a peaceful pilot who was unfortunate enough to find Alien eggs somewhere and certainly not as human-hating as RS portrayed Engineers
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Dec 26, 2020, 07:24:07 PM
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Dec 26, 2020, 07:18:47 PM
Crazy to think I had only been familiar with the movies for like 2 or so years when I joined when they're now the movies I know the best.
Yep, same. I joined up in 2009, so just two years after my own introduction as well.
OMG, do you mean your introduction was Requiem ? :D
I'm kinda opposite - I was a fan as long as I can remember myself but joined AVPG only about 2 years ago. But I was checking site's news page regularly as early as Isolation coming out in 2014. Uh, Google Translator was very handy back then
Quote from: Kradan on Dec 28, 2020, 01:49:58 PM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Dec 26, 2020, 07:24:07 PM
Yep, same. I joined up in 2009, so just two years after my own introduction as well.
OMG, do you mean your introduction was Requiem ? :D
Nope. ;)
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Dec 26, 2020, 06:49:22 PM
I've probably told this story here before, but years ago. Back in 2007 (I was 13 at the time) I hadn't seen any of the films, but had heard my friends talking about this AVP movie that they thought was really cool. I went to the local video rental place with my dad to rent it, and my dad basically told me to put it down and to get Alien instead. :D Took it home that day, watched it with him, and was just absolutely hooked. Had to go rent Aliens and Alien 3 immediately after, and wound up catching Alien: Resurrection on television, before I eventually bought myself copies of the films.
The hype a few years later, while anticipating Prometheus (and, before that, 'Untitled Alien Prequel') is to this day unlike pretty much any excitement I have ever felt for a film.
Requiem's marketing was moving full steam ahead as I was getting into all of this, but I actually didn't bother seeing AVPR until three years after its release in 2010, on its cable TV debut in the US. And that still remains the one and only time I saw the movie.
I hadn't even seen/heard of the Space Jockey when I first watched, but I was of course endlessly fascinated by it afterwards. It is still such an absolutely haunting, striking image, and even now I am able to see it independently of any of the further exploration of the Engineers that came in the prequels (which I am also pretty intrigued by, as an alternate take with different creative intentions).
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 28, 2020, 01:13:24 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Dec 26, 2020, 06:45:15 PM
The Space Jockey made me a fan. Ever since I was a kid, I've wondered what that thing was, and I'm not kidding about it. In fact, the anticipation for Prometheus made me even more of a fan, and somehow I still am.
It was the nightmares that Aliens gave me for 5 years that made me a fan, but the Space Jockey was the thing that got me into the Expanded Universe. A real diverse to learn more about it and the comics were that way.
Now you don't need the expanded universe to learn about the Space Jockey, which personally makes me feel a tad sad.
While we're on a side subject of joining AVP Galaxy, despite being a fan of Alien since 93 I joined in mid to late 2000s under a different name which I didnt like so I switched to this one. It was hyperdine droid or something like that. AVPR dimmed my interest but rewatching the first AVP 2 years later for the first time since seeing it in theater resparked my interest again and I joined this town to talk to fellow fans
I like Alien because it does not show much of the alien. Alot is left to the imagination.
It's a funny thing to be a fan of something for that reason when you view it so many times you basically have it all memorized.
It's an appreciation of the method. Obviously the effect is drastically less, but it was still masterful the first time.
Fair view..
Wow this thread makes me think back to when I first saw both.
My first time seeing predator was back when I was about 7 or 8 and something about it just stuck with me and been a fan ever since.
As for Alien I was in 4th grade and our assignment was to make a poster board presentation about something that peaked our curiosity. So I thought I would do one on one of the big questions "are we alone" or basically do aliens exist. So i checked out a book from the library and one of the chapters was "aliens in cinema" and that's when i saw my first still of Alien. After that I made it a mission to rent and watch all 4 and the rest is history.
Being friends with
@BlueMarsalis79 means I dont really get a choice in being a fan lmfao. (The good news is it worked out because now Alien³ is genuinely one of my favorite movies.)
The first time I ever saw Predator, I was maybe 8 or 9 and we had just gotten satellite tv. I was flipping through the channels and my Dad saw Predator and said "Oh Predator. go to that. you'll love it." So I turned to that channel and it was the moment when the Pred takes his mask off and roars at Dutch. Terrified me then, but we came back to that channel because it had a repeat showing, and my Dad and I watched it through from the beginning. He was explaining to me the action and how smart Dutch is at the end. A couple of years later I saw Alien and Aliens at a friends house. I don't think I've loved a movie more than when I first saw Aliens. Been a fan ever since.
I actually saw "Predator 2" before "Predator". I think I was 11 or 12, at an age when I started to develop interest in movies heavy in gore and violence but one that I wasn't strictly allowed to see..."officially". I saw Pred 2 on some evening "weekend movie" special on a long forgotten TV channel. I was blown away by the concept of an alien hunter coming to Earth to collect human trophies with advanced weapons. After that I just had to watch the first Predator.
As for "Alien"... I think I was 13 when I first saw it. On a rental VHS tape from the now defunct Blockbuster. The chest burster scene had me jumping out of my seat. Few movies can do that to me but Alien did. And Aliens was such a cool sci-fi action movie. Alien 3 and 4 I had more hazy memory on when I first watched those, as to be honest, I wasn't very impressed with either of those sequels.
Alien can't show much of the creature because its genre is horror. But with the creature revealed, any sequels can no longer use horror, so the second one used action.
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When Scars stare at Lex.
The symbolism and undertones of the original film. A giant metaphor for rape. Phallic images everywhere.
The symbolism and undertones of the original film. A giant metaphor for rape. Phallic images everywhere.
My earliest memory was seeing some ALIEN kenner toys from my neighbor I didn't know it was part of the alien series at the time when I was 4 or 5. I watched the first Predator movie roughly around that time.
Then I watched spaceballs which was my first time seeing a chestburster. Then my aunt wanted to show me where that scene originated from and that's how I got into ALIEN. I was at least 6 when I saw ALIEN and ALIENS, I remembered I cried myself to sleep I was so terrified and my aunt then refused to show us ALIEN 3 after that. Then I saw Predator 2 a year later from a baby sitter.
Didn't get back into the Alien and Predator series until I became a preteen. which was around the early 2000s. Watched Alien 3 on TV, loved it at the time (before I rediscovered all three alien movies on a recordable VHS tape from my aunt. Now I am pissed that Hicks and Newt were killed in Alien 3 along with Ripley). Then I rented Alien Resurrection from Blockbuster. My middle brother then introduced me to AVP2 and I become a devoted Alien/Predator fan ever since.
Quote from: xenotaris on May 17, 2023, 02:01:20 AMWatched Alien 3 on TV, loved it at the time (before I rediscovered all three alien movies on a recordable VHS tape from my aunt. Now I am pissed that Hicks and Newt were killed in Alien 3 along with Ripley).
I think you had it right the first time tbh.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on May 17, 2023, 08:39:49 PMQuote from: xenotaris on May 17, 2023, 02:01:20 AMWatched Alien 3 on TV, loved it at the time (before I rediscovered all three alien movies on a recordable VHS tape from my aunt. Now I am pissed that Hicks and Newt were killed in Alien 3 along with Ripley).
I think you had it right the first time tbh.
Well I still like ALIEN 3 I just hate seeing Newt, Hicks, and Ripley getting killed off that's all.
Quote from: xenotaris on May 17, 2023, 11:08:39 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on May 17, 2023, 08:39:49 PMQuote from: xenotaris on May 17, 2023, 02:01:20 AMWatched Alien 3 on TV, loved it at the time (before I rediscovered all three alien movies on a recordable VHS tape from my aunt. Now I am pissed that Hicks and Newt were killed in Alien 3 along with Ripley).
I think you had it right the first time tbh.
Well I still like ALIEN 3 I just hate seeing Newt, Hicks, and Ripley getting off that's all.
Did it upset you?
I think the third movie was the first one I did not watch in the theater. I didn't remember reacting to what happened to Newt and Hicks, but I found the movie dreary. Later, I imagined that they could have set it in something like a space city, with all protagonists alive and involved in political intrigue, and then found out later that one script--by Gibson--was supposed to offer similar.
From there, I had a similar reaction to the rest of the features.
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 17, 2023, 11:09:38 PMQuote from: xenotaris on May 17, 2023, 11:08:39 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on May 17, 2023, 08:39:49 PMQuote from: xenotaris on May 17, 2023, 02:01:20 AMWatched Alien 3 on TV, loved it at the time (before I rediscovered all three alien movies on a recordable VHS tape from my aunt. Now I am pissed that Hicks and Newt were killed in Alien 3 along with Ripley).
I think you had it right the first time tbh.
Well I still like ALIEN 3 I just hate seeing Newt, Hicks, and Ripley getting killed off that's all.
Did it upset you?
Yes, it upset me. Its now the reason why I jump to the Dark Horse Earth War Alien comics after I am done with ALIENS.
Quick question, does everyone here really like ALIEN 3? I'm just wondering because I don't want to upset people who do. Just to make it clear I am a HUGE fan of James Cameron's ALIENS, the Dark Horse Comics, the ALIEN RPG, and AVP 2/Primal Hunt
Uh-oh :o
Quote from: Local Trouble on May 18, 2023, 03:38:24 AMUh-oh :o
What? Are those unpopular opinions on this forum because I came from scified and the majority of people there were pretty much ALIEN only fans?
No, it's not unpopular. You'll just find people have come to like and appreciate Alien 3 a lot more over the years. But all opinions are welcome here, as long as folk can talk about the differences in them with respect.
There will be people who are not nice about not liking Alien 3, and tell you you're wrong,
But like what you like. Most people don't care what specific things people like.
Quote from: ralfy on May 18, 2023, 03:06:20 AMI think the third movie was the first one I did not watch in the theater.
You know, I had you pegged as a cheeky 20-something this whole time.
Quote from: xenotaris on May 18, 2023, 03:48:45 AMI came from scified
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Yes I am aware Scified.com is a dying website.
It's not so much that, as it is, the place has had a bit of a reputation from dot one.
It used to be a Prometheus fansite/promotional website before they started branching to other scifi movies
Quote from: xenotaris on May 18, 2023, 03:26:31 AMQuick question, does everyone here really like ALIEN 3? I'm just wondering because I don't want to upset people who do.
Calm down pal. You are among friends here. It's perfectly okay to ask questions. Also all movies have fans, AVPR included :)
Quote from: xenotaris on May 18, 2023, 03:48:45 AMscified
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I take it some former SCIFIED users migrated over here?
Everyone's welcome. Except former IMDb board members of course
I think the IMDB discussions are still in filmboards.com, but Avast keeps blocking it.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on May 18, 2023, 12:15:48 PMIt's not so much that, as it is, the place has had a bit of a reputation from dot one.
Whats Dot One?
In guessing either a typo of day one or a strange portmanteau of day dot/day one, which both mean the same thing.
Correct.
I'm a little dense but what sort of reputation? Other than it was a Prometheus fan promotion site.
From my experiences being on the site for 11-12 years now. On the Alien Forums, most of the people I had encountered in the beginning were either ALIEN First moviers, general alien fans like myself, or AVP fanboys. Gradually the AVP fanboys slowly died out on the website as some of the ALIEN first moviers evolved in Alien Prequel Fan Theorists.
I think the only users that keep the Alien Forums alive is Big Dave, Thoughts_Dreams, and myself (Xenotaris).
My mam ruined my ability to sleep for the next 8 years by letting me watch Aliens with her when I was 5.
Absolute terror became an obsession.
I was hooked the first time I saw Predator when I was 12 a few years after it came out. I remember sitting on the couch with my Dad watching it. I was awe-struck. My Dad said he had been watching me and knew I was hooked on the Predator.
What he didn't know is how serious I would get into it. The Predator universe. I'm currently self-publishing my first original fiction, but 10 years from now, I want to legally write at least one Predator or AvP novel. I know that's a long shot but publishing companies when you fork over 2-3k will provide you an agent to help distribute your books to higher end places and get you noticed more. They basically have contacts and negotiate for you, but it only works if your writing is good enough for publishing warehouses to take you on. Which is why I'm waiting until 10 years later. 10 years worth of publishing my own works to really amp up my writing.
Anything is possible.
Quote from: Exposedoldgregg on Sep 13, 2023, 12:01:52 PMMy mam ruined my ability to sleep for the next 8 years by letting me watch Aliens with her when I was 5.
Absolute terror became an obsession.
I have a very similar story! :laugh: Except it was my Dad, and the nightmares only lasted 5 years until he forced me to sit down and watch the film again. But this - absolute terror became an obsession - is absolutely spot on for me.
for me it was actually alien 3. ;D ;D ;D
I also knew the predecessors and thought they were really good, but I was a horror and science fiction fan in general and the focus wasn't yet on Alien.
Unlike many others, I thought it was a smart decision to have just a single alien instead of hordes of them.
When the film came out in 1992, I was disappointed at first, but then I realized that the film was merciless and had the most aggressive alien, with what I thought was the most elegant design. Not so well implemented in the film but still cool.
I watched it several more times in the theater and eventually became a fan of Alien 3 and the entire franchise. The assembly cut made all of this even stronger.
Since then, the topic of ALIEN has stuck with me and I think that of all the well-known brands that have been messed up in some way, Alien has remained the best. :o 8) ;D
Even if the alien designs in some films were no longer that good (Alien 4, AVP-R,) and in most comics they were downright crappy, I think that the alien itself is the greatest film creature of all time and will never be topped.
As for Predator, I saw the first film when it came out on video and thought it was great.
After Alien, the design was the best there was to date.
I liked the sadistic arrogance of the hunter who turned the tables and hunted people.
I liked the second part just as much as the first and the design was great here too. only the ending was weak
Although I have to say that the code of honor introduced here is nonsense and doesn't suit the predator at all.
Anyone who thinks about it a little more closely will recognize it.
After that, nothing good came out of the Predator universe for me personally. With the further films and explanations came more and more inconsistencies in his behavior and existence. That's why I'm still limiting myself to the first two parts at the moment.
avp films, games and comics as a fun change is nice, but I would have left both of them their own universe and not done any crossovers.
Honestly Alien 3 is probably the one I rewatch the most these days.
Quote from: Blackdawn on Sep 13, 2023, 10:45:31 PMI was hooked the first time I saw Predator when I was 12 a few years after it came out. I remember sitting on the couch with my Dad watching it. I was awe-struck. My Dad said he had been watching me and knew I was hooked on the Predator.
What he didn't know is how serious I would get into it. The Predator universe. I'm currently self-publishing my first original fiction, but 10 years from now, I want to legally write at least one Predator or AvP novel. I know that's a long shot but publishing companies when you fork over 2-3k will provide you an agent to help distribute your books to higher end places and get you noticed more. They basically have contacts and negotiate for you, but it only works if your writing is good enough for publishing warehouses to take you on. Which is why I'm waiting until 10 years later. 10 years worth of publishing my own works to really amp up my writing.
Anything is possible.
I wish you luck.
I just hope that if you write a novel about AvP that the aliens won't be further degraded as stupid, mindless enemies. just like AvP-R and especially Steve Perry and his daughter did in their novels. The predator doesn't want to fight against a stupid creature, he can do that when he hunts people.
Quote from: xenotaris on May 19, 2023, 10:54:45 AMBig Dave
Holy shit I'm pretty sure I've seen his posts screencapped. If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he's like ralfy x100.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 16, 2023, 07:43:05 PMQuote from: xenotaris on May 19, 2023, 10:54:45 AMBig Dave
Holy shit I'm pretty sure I've seen his posts screencapped. If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he's like ralfy x100.
Gonzo man! lol I used to have a Scified account over 10 years ago and I definitely remember that dude. He wrote his walls of text with a passion :laugh: mostly theories about the Engineers and stuff.
remember bigdave. wonder if he is still there.
Well he should come here.
pls no
I miss BigDave he hasn't posted anything for a long while
For me I'm kinda embarrassed to admit it but I was 6 the first time I watched Predator (1987) and I didn't think it was all that, at the time I was just more into stuff like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars", it wasn't until about a year ago that I decided to rewatch Predator because I had remembered my Dad telling me how big of a fan he was when it came out.
So there I am, watching the Predator film and not expecting much to have changed since the last time I watched it because in my head I just thought, "I didn't like it back then, I doubt it would have gotten better now" Boy was I wrong, I fell in love with the franchise and went on a spree of Alien and Predator movie watching marathons but the exact moment when I realized this was something I want to be apart of? When Billy Sole is standing there and he admits that's he afraid. Felt like a life-changing experience, and when he's all like "We're all gonna die" I felt like I was included in that collective "we" and I was put immediately in a fight or flight mode.
One of my favorite movies of all time and one of the best franchises out there
It hurts that beyond Alien and Predator, there isn't much else that is in that vein. The Thing is amazing.
I remember being aware of the films from popular culture at the time but not necessarily a fan. For example TV might reference or parody bits of the films so I had a general sense of what they were about. But my interest really peaked when the 1993 VHS trilogy was released so I really started doing my research about then, and constantly drawing the aliens at about that age too. I was still too young to watch them obviously and wouldn't end up seeing them until about 1995 when I was 8. So those few years of curiosity and anticipation before then really did reinforce that mentality of being a fan. Predator 1/2 I probably watched a year after that and naturally really enjoyed those. Through the eyes of a kid Pred 2 seemed like the ultimate sequel lol. But my real love of Pred grew when AVP Classic first came out and I swiftly went out to buy a copy of the novel AVP: Prey.
What made me a fan ofthis franchise was the creature design I love unique alien designs in my Sci fi(massive star wars fan who also loves halo) but also the other designs such as the retro futurism of everything wich iind incredibly unique as most Sci fi makes everything high tech so the opposite was great. I'm also massively in love with all the colonial marines equipment Sci fi military stuff really sticks with me and I enjoy the aesthetic a great deal
There was always something forbidden about the Alien films. It beckoned.. asking you like Kane to the egg and then the facehugger of fandom leapt on my face and produced a love in my heart that has lasted decades. I even tried to shake my passion for the films once, and it did not take, the Chestburster is firmly coiled in my heart.
The Predator films was different. I found the aesthetic of the biomask with the dreads so beguiling, that I one day got my own. I always root for the Yautja, though I know his fate is to perish in a shroom of nuclear boom.
Both franchises were introduced to me by my elder sibling. They made me watch Aliens and Predator, and I am eternally grateful.
Quote from: E. Shaw on Mar 31, 2024, 08:31:03 PMI found the aesthetic of the biomask with the dreads so beguiling, that I one day got my own.
Mask or dreaded your hair?
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Mar 31, 2024, 08:46:43 PMQuote from: E. Shaw on Mar 31, 2024, 08:31:03 PMI found the aesthetic of the biomask with the dreads so beguiling, that I one day got my own.
Mask or dreaded your hair?
Mask. It was Scar's Biomask Delux with dreads attatched and underneath Pred face w/mandibles.
They also had a Grid set with hands and head. Oh how I wanted one.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 31, 2024, 09:25:14 PMThey also had a Grid set with hands and head. Oh how I wanted one.
I had that too. The place you looked to see and breath was at the inner jaw. Such a great affordable Xeno costume.
Alien series hit all the right buttons. To me the used but functional future was a great aesthetic choice. It showed things that LOOKED functional and lived in. The Alien is the best sci fi creature design ever. Ripley was a great character. She was somehow a badass female character that made me NEVER question her as being a female lead. It never even occurred to me like it does in some of these more forced mary sue roles because she was so much more human. She isn't good at everything, and struggles with many things, but always gets the job done.
The settings were also unique. I remember the first three movies setting of Acheron/Nostromo, Acheron/LV426/Hadley's Hope and the Sulaco, and Fury 161 like I do the worlds and bases of Star Wars.
Those first movies to me, just did everything well. Even Alien 3 stroke a chord because I like depressive films. Can't be happy go lucky all the time, occasionally gotta get smacked on the dick to realize life isnt fair.
Then Prometheus came out and ruined everything.