Posted by 426Buddy
- Dec 19, 2019, 05:17:56 PMIt sounds like an idea that a 10 year old would come up with.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
- Dec 19, 2019, 03:13:41 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 19, 2019, 08:49:46 AMQuote from: El Diablo on Nov 05, 2007, 02:33:04 AM
- The Fox moderator admitted that the film wasn't really meant to have the subtitle "REQUIEM" and that AVP-R really stood for the "R" rating.
https://avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=7915.msg138139#msg138139
I assume this is what Greg was referring to when he said "The real answer we can't give you on record."
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Dec 19, 2019, 08:49:46 AMQuote from: El Diablo on Nov 05, 2007, 02:33:04 AM
- The Fox moderator admitted that the film wasn't really meant to have the subtitle "REQUIEM" and that AVP-R really stood for the "R" rating.
https://avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=7915.msg138139#msg138139
Posted by Kailem
- Dec 19, 2019, 08:40:03 AMI also remember them saying that they intended it to sort of be saying "we're done here" with regards to AVP being set on Earth and knowing that if there was a third one it would have to be set in space. Hence one of the original ideas for the ending being a scene set in the future where we would have seen Predators fighting Aliens on the Xenomorph home world.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
- Dec 18, 2019, 10:04:57 PM- COLIDER: Can you talk just a little bit about the title? What is the Requiem part? Why Requiem? What is that referring to?
Colin Strause: It's kind of 2 things. One it was you know trying to show the more adult theme to the movie...
Greg Strause: The real answer we can't give you on record.
Colin Strause: Also it was supposed to make it more adult which is basically the big thing with the movie. The last one was a little bit more kind of a normal sci-fi where ours is much more of a darker town. I think you saw from that clip it's a lot kind of meaner of a movie.
https://collider.com/the-strause-brothers-interviewed-aliens-vs-predator-requiem/
Posted by Kradan
- Dec 18, 2019, 09:22:18 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 18, 2019, 03:57:53 PM
From what I remember them mentioning, it was a case of they knew they wanted to call it AvPR to capitalize on the R rating and had to find a cool R word for the title.
Hmm, never heard of that !
Posted by SuperiorIronman
- Dec 18, 2019, 07:56:06 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 18, 2019, 03:57:53 PM
From what I remember them mentioning, it was a case of they knew they wanted to call it AvPR to capitalize on the R rating and had to find a cool R word for the title.
I remember something like that. Requiem kind of works, but it needed a title a bit more fitting than what it got.
Posted by 426Buddy
- Dec 18, 2019, 04:59:40 PMQuote from: Stitch on Dec 18, 2019, 04:35:59 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 18, 2019, 03:57:53 PMRevenge. Renegade. Rampage. Raw. Retaliation.
From what I remember them mentioning, it was a case of they knew they wanted to call it AvPR to capitalize on the R rating and had to find a cool R word for the title.
Just off the top of my head, and they're probably more fitting.
I think you've already put more effort into the name than the creators did.
Posted by Stitch
- Dec 18, 2019, 04:35:59 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 18, 2019, 03:57:53 PMRevenge. Renegade. Rampage. Raw. Retaliation.
From what I remember them mentioning, it was a case of they knew they wanted to call it AvPR to capitalize on the R rating and had to find a cool R word for the title.
Just off the top of my head, and they're probably more fitting.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Dec 18, 2019, 03:57:53 PMFrom what I remember them mentioning, it was a case of they knew they wanted to call it AvPR to capitalize on the R rating and had to find a cool R word for the title.
Posted by SuperiorIronman
- Dec 18, 2019, 03:55:50 PMQuote from: PsyKore on Dec 16, 2019, 12:11:52 AM
"Upgrade" might work better as a subtitle if the Predators themselves weren't worse than the originals. Otherwise it should be called "downgrade".
At least it makes some sense in the context of the story, I guess. Unlike "Requiem" which I'm pretty sure the strause brothers chose just because it sounds cool.
Copied from Google;
noun
(especially in the Roman Catholic Church) a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead.
a musical composition setting parts of a requiem Mass, or of a similar character.
an act or token of remembrance.
So basically we're all showing up to watch the people of Gunnison die horribly with Scar's act of getting facehugged spawning the Predalien. Nothing really to do with the film outside of that.
Posted by Samhain13
- Dec 18, 2019, 03:31:18 PMFirst movie was already called The Predator in my language (O Predador). They repeated that with this one. Suprising considering how they love adding pointless subtitles to movies' titles here. Thought they were going to add something like Evolution or whatever.
I would have prefered some type of official subtitle, I never had a problem with stuff like Requiem or Resurrection. Hope if there is a another they find a good title.
I would have prefered some type of official subtitle, I never had a problem with stuff like Requiem or Resurrection. Hope if there is a another they find a good title.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
- Dec 16, 2019, 03:09:34 PMI would love to know why in Germany it was called "Predator Upgrade", meaning who or what were all the deciding factors behind that.
Any fans from Deutschland here who can shed some light on the topic?
Any fans from Deutschland here who can shed some light on the topic?
Posted by PsyKore
- Dec 16, 2019, 12:11:52 AM"Upgrade" might work better as a subtitle if the Predators themselves weren't worse than the originals. Otherwise it should be called "downgrade".
At least it makes some sense in the context of the story, I guess. Unlike "Requiem" which I'm pretty sure the strause brothers chose just because it sounds cool.
At least it makes some sense in the context of the story, I guess. Unlike "Requiem" which I'm pretty sure the strause brothers chose just because it sounds cool.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
- Dec 15, 2019, 08:31:32 PMQuote from: Stitch on Dec 15, 2019, 10:20:21 AM
It makes it awkward when alphabetising things. Lots of programs ignore 'the', so the first and last movies then aren't distinguishable. Apart from by content and quality, obviously.
Very true.
Predator
Predator, The
