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I’ve noticed there’s some confusion of what’s actually happening in some of the scenes in the AvP teaser trailer so I’ve written an article on specific scenes.

Notice here that there’s seven bodies on platforms (and probably an eighth behind the camera) all placed in a circle around a symbol in the floor in the “Sacrificial Chamber”. I noticed that the two bodies nearest the left have (a facehugger?) wrapped around their head and the victims’ skulls look oddly shaped as well. At the end of each platform where a skeleton lays, there’s a circular placeholder (perhaps for an Egg?).

Notice here that there’s seven bodies on platforms (and probably an eighth behind the camera) all placed in a circle around a symbol in the floor in the “Sacrificial Chamber”. I noticed that the two bodies nearest the left have (a facehugger?) wrapped around their head and the victims’ skulls look oddly shaped as well. At the end of each platform where a skeleton lays, there’s a circular placeholder (perhaps for an Egg?).

Here's what the symbol looks like and you'll remember this looks a lot like the Queen Chestburster on the Alien 3 poster. This symbol was most likely crafted by the Predators.

These two figures at the left and right look more like statues (of Predators?) because they are just seated. A lot of people have commented on the green ray of light shooting out of the tunnel ahead. Watching the scene back, it looks more like a ray of light from one of the archaeologist's torches. I doubt it's Predator-related. Here's a comment from Joblo's Set Report:

Large menacing statues of the predators are seen kneeling before a large staircase, spears in hand, at the far end of the chamber.

Look towards the end of the shaft and you'll spot a shadowy figure moving about. Obviously looks more bulky so it's more likely to be a Predator roaming about than a human being. As Savage pointed out in a comment below, there is also a shadow of someone hung from the ceiling right next to the predator shadow.

Here's the entrance to the central hive area and you can make out the Alien eggs covered in the blue lighting up ahead.

Here's, Miller, the chemical engineer who's discovered one of the Alien eggs. What's excellent about this shot is that the torch shines through the egg to reveal a moving Facehugger inside – a reference made to Alien.

In this shot, a Predator is standing on the steps in the “Staircase Chamber” and you'll also remember that the first production still for AvP was taken at the bottom of these steps. Eagle-eyed viewers will have also spotted the sculpture of a predator’s head in the wall at the top of the screenshot.

Here we have a few of the archaeologists at the edge of the egg chamber (in a net or a cocoon?) with many Facehuggers emerging from their eggs. Also note the piece of human equipment in the bottom-left corner of the shot which means either one of them has been to this area before or there's someone else behind the camera's view or they all passed through this area before and the eggs have been laid since.

Here's the new predator mask revealed. This probably means that this is the “Lead” Predator and the mask gives it an important status since the other Predators seen in the teaser have normal masks.

This is the point where the group gets separated from each other. The person behind the falling wall/door is the security team member, Adele Rousseau.

Here's Adele Rousseau in the blurred background watching as a facehugger slowly crawls out of an egg brilliantly created by the effects crew.

Another security team member is about to meet his maker, so to speak. In the blurred background, you can clearly see the Alien behind him but also note the yellow blood on its head. This Alien is obviously identified as the “Grid Alien” because previously, it was perhaps caught in a Predator's net and escaped with the scarring on its head.

Here's three of the team members running towards the steps ahead. It looks as if the middle person is injured and is being helped to run by the other two people. I can't tell who they are for sure but the one on the right looks like Lex and the one being helped to be carried could be Weyland.

Scene Added: I missed this scene first time around. Notice on the right, there’s a Predator standing behind her. This is the where Lex and the Predator team up together which has already been mentioned in set reports. Look at the expression on Lex’s face. Could she be shooting one of her own team members? My guess is that one of them is about to release a Chestburster and she shoots him.

Here's another Predator with a similar mask to the previous predator but the area around the eyes looks different to me. Could it be the same predator as before or a different one but the most noticeable thing is his wrist blades that extend. This Predator is commonly referred to as the "Chopper Predator". Here's a quote from John Bruno (S/FX):

“We have to make the blades there are bigger blades this time so we have to have them pop out in CG.”

This shot has returned to the “Staircase Chamber” with two people on the steps. One is either dead or unconscious and the other is standing over them unaware they are being watched by two aliens, a reference made to Alien Resurrection.

Here's Lex, Weyland and another security team member looking at (a Predator?). Lex is about to through a spear of some kind at it. When it flicks to a closer shot of Charles Weyland, you can make out a body in the netting (between Lex and Charles Weyland below), Could the net be from a Predator Netgun or is it man-made roping? Anyway when Lex throws the spear, in the next frame it looks as if the Predator catches it.

Here's a Predator fighting with an Alien and the scratches on the predator's mask has obviously been caused by an encounter with an Alien and this Predator is referred to as the “Scar Predator”.

This screen has been debated to whether the figure jumping across the gap is a Predator or a team member. From first glance, it looks like a human but could he really jump that far to the other side? On another note, if you look at the frames slowly, you might see movement of someone following him – possibly a predator. Thanks to Rusty Nails for pointing this out.

This is one of the final shots in the teaser trailer and shows an explosion at the whaling station. How the explosion was caused is unknown but here's a quote from John Bruno:

“There’s this great shot with somewhat of an explosion near the end. So, basically in this chase sequence, there’s an explosion … but the Predator just stands there and looks at the explosion as it flies by him.”

This seems to be the most confusing shot for people and has been debated in many forums. Firstly, it shows something grabbing an alien. A lot of people thought that this was a PredAlien grabbing the alien but you can clearly see the armour on the Predator's arm. The next confusing point is whether the Predator is grabbing an Alien Drone/Warrior or a Queen. It doesn't look like a Drone because of the shape of the mouth and teeth and there's no way a Predator could take down a Queen without any weaponry. He'd have a hard enough time with a standard alien which leads me to believe this is an advanced Warrior Alien.

Anyway, that’s my report. I maybe wrong on some of the points and I’m not sure about the locations such as the Staircase Chamber etc. These chambers were listed in Part 1 of JoBlo’s set report so I’m just guessing at which is which. Everybody’s going to have different theories on the teaser trailer and I’ve made a lot of presumptions based on the knowledge I know.

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I don\'t know. The close-up of the predator with the new mask and the one with the long wristblades look like they have different masks to me. I could be wrong because his wristblades are covering up a part of his mask.

  ;D  yo thanks for clearing that up darkness zombie squad lets b real your just human dont make me laugh that hard again u r a funny guy also will there b a nweborn in this or any alien films 2 come long live k and z

  :)  newborn alien is what i ment 2 say sorry long live k and z and also real pred we r forever

Are you serious K? Not even Paul Anderson would introduce the most-hated creature in the Alien franchise into AvP - the Newborn Alien. However, it\'s looking likely a PredAlien will make an appearance.

  8)  hey darkness i asked that question because i herd it from somewhere also i herd that da queen in the movie is in fact a predalien queen  i think its a whole load of crap but people have their own belives some 1 holla at me long live k and z  long live k and z

that thing in the center of those skeletons is the well they go down into with the alien eggs.  And of course the alien queen is down there.  The predators made that well and all, and those skeletons are the predators that got killed by the alien queen.

Is that just a guess or...? The skeletons don\'t look like predators. They look more human.  And as for the rubbish that was reported on PlanetAvP about a Space Jockey and a PredQueen appearing in AvP, it\'s not true at all. There\'s too many complicated points to get from a Facehugger to a PredQueen and Paul Anderson won\'t touch on that. The furthest it will go is to a PredAlien. And as for the Space Jockey, this sounds so fake. In one of the upcoming toys on Spawn.com, a toy is called \"Space Alien\" so people have jumped to the wrong conclusion. I think it\'s just another label for one of the aliens.

You know that shot when that human is jumping across the destroyed bridge? It appears to be someone following him/her if you look closely at that edge behind him. There's some movement there.. Hmm.  Oh, and that pred mask thing I said before, they do look pretty much the same to me in fullscreen slo-mo, but still yeah I agree that some things are different, like between their eyes it looks a bit different.. Hmm.  Ha, PredAlien Queen? F**k no.. :P No way. I'm not going to touch this movie if there'll be a Predalien queen, which I highly doubt.  -Rusty Nails

  ;D   that is so cool this movie will be the bomb of the year cant wait AvP Rocks!!!!

Your dumb it would be cool to see the PredAlien Queen thats part of the Alien Biology. The Queen is the final stage of the life cycle it came out of a predator so thar has to be a queen sooner or later the same with the dog Alien there has to be a dog Alien Queen. dumb ass

In Reply to Rusty Nails: Yeah, someone else commented on that and thought there might be a cloaked Predator lurking somewhere but when I watched it back, it just looks like a team member jumping. In the John Bruno interview, he says:  \"We have [the predator] leaping a 25-foot gap in the Chamber of Gods and while in mid-air he disappears, but the camera still follows him.\"  I don\'t think that\'s the Chamber of Gods and I think the gap on the picture is not 25 foot long.In reply to Vince:No it wouldn\'t be cool to have a PredAlien Queen. Not in the first film at least. The only place where this idea has been introduced is in AvP Extinction. I can tell you right now, people won\'t want a PredAlien Queen.

Hmmm ok..  -Rusty Nails

  ;D     I think it would be neat to see a predalien queen, but only until the sequel.  First they need to introduce the predalien then have it evolve.  What about if they introduced the Empress from AVP 2 Primal Hunt Expcansion pack?

OK guys I wouldnt put it past Anderson to put a Pratorian in the film which is exactly what that last photo could be of. Remember he is a huge fan of the game and I dont think it would make any one mad to add that part of the Alien Life Cycle into the films...

see another thing i dont like about this movie is that its dark.  I think predator is such an amazing movie becuase of the setting and for once i want to see an alien attack somewhere there is light.

What I realy want to see is in this movie is chestbursters

  ;)   you mean you realy want to see some chestbursters. I got ya

yea that would be cool to see some nasty chestbursters in this film

Man I can not wait for this movie, I am so gonna see it the day it hits the big screen you heard  (WORD to your mother)

I find it hard to believe how a Predalien Queen would look like.. Eww, that's just gotta be nasty.. If they were to pull it off sometime, damn they better be creative and convincing about it. But still, I prefer it not to be made.  -Rusty Nails

Do you think the Preds chose for humans to be hosts for the aliens because they would be easier prey than predalien to kill.

  ;D  yo whats up people darkness u r right but it would b cool to see a diffrent type of alien in a sequal a quick question does a predalien get the strength of both alien and pred so its stronger than both holla at me some 1 long live k and z

This is my opinion but maybe the 'yellowish/green' blood on the grid alien is the blood of a predator that encountered it, and maybe got killed. And maybe the last scene at the end of the trailer with a hand grabbing the alien is the encounter i mentioned. Cus when you look at the alien's jaw line (at the last scene) and compare it with the grid alien they look very similar, though this is just my opinion.

in the third screen i think it is a lazer pointer  from one of the humans guns   ???  

K it is not going to be a predQueen  cus i saw the new productin pictures of the AVP toy Queen and it looked cool but it wasn't any PredQueen   ???  

In the shaft photo (4th from the top) u can see a person  dangling from the roof. it's in the shadows and u'll have to reply to see it (in slow mo)..  doubt a pred queen will make an appearance. there is a "hybrid" rumor, so u should be expecting a pred-alien, portrayed in the same sence as that licker monster in resisdent evil. it will be shown as a much harder to kill vairent of ur typical alien. which every body would struggle against.   :-\  

This film is going to be awesome. In the trailer where the coloured girl is pointing her gun at something (an alien?) there seems to be a predator behind her, which could mean the film could have a similar story line as the fiest avp comic where a pred joins forces with the humans. What do u lot think.

In Reply to Savage: Wow, I never spotted that other shadow in the shaft. I\'ve missed a lot of stuff in this teaser that you guys have picked up on. Thanks for telling me - I\'ve just added it in the report.

i was watching Pred 2 the other night, and if you notice, at the end, the preditor that you call the lead one, is acctually there, look very closly to all the masks and he is there. I think you will find that, this was planned. as were the skulls... hint hint

i have a different take on the last couple shots. if you watch the trailer in slow-mo, starting at the picture where Darkness thinks Lex throws a spear at a Predator (i thought it was a tool, crowbar or something, sorry), i was under the belief that the Pred was racing to save the humans from an alien. the next few seconds show the uncloaked Pred sprinting full-tilt towards the humans (and they always seem to prefer to attack from a position of advantage, not a football-style tackle). it looks to me like the Pred tackled the alien somewhere just offscreen or else cut from the trailer. they roll around on the floor in the next few shots, the alien gets the pred on his back, and the pred jams his thumb claw into the aliens throat, as proved by the blood and painfully flailing tail.  think its plausible that the Preds team up with and save the humans, like in the original comic, or just my wishful thinking?

I just pray that they dont't f**k this up cos the worlds been waiting for a new a/p film for years, it better not be cheazy   >:D  

Interesting idea. I watched it again and it looks as if the Predator is just stood still. You can see something hit the predator - the spear and knowing predators, he will have catched it.

  ;D   This movie is going to ROCK!! AVP Rules all!!    >:D   But they didn't put the USCM in this one and I bet you all of the cool people are going to die as usual. Besides those pointless facts. The movie get's a thumbs up and I haven't seen it yet.    ;D  

this is gonna be one of the best they've made in a long time lets make this a Big Hit in the Theaters!   8)  

Hey, King. You're not alone on that comment. I'm praying it won't be cheesie too. I'm keeping a chin up on the movie for now, but the world has been waiting for sure. I still don't understand why they didn't put the USCM in this. After, they are the backbone. AVP is nothing with out Marines the Aliens and Predators and F**K. Know what I mean?

Refrase that. AVP is nothing with out the marines for the Aliens and Predator's to F**k up you know?

Wow, there is a lot of scientists in this movie, I hope there is a lot of cool hunting scenes with the aliens and predators chaseing after them, suposedly that is what the movie is about. I hope its a great horror movie, with a lot of gore, and new weapons.    ;D   Can't wait to see it. Even if the movie is bad, there is gona be a lot of cool kills.    :)  

The predator that grabs the queen or warrioralien is the scar predator(the one with the bug like mask)because if you watch the trailer you can clearly see it.

well,it's either the scar pred or lead pred. I'm not too sure.   :-\  

Hmmm... pic 1 would definately NOT ne predators IMHO, too small and the platforms they are on do look like they are ready for an egg at the foot of the platform. Don't see any restraining bands or anything though so it's possible the victims may have been drugged to keep 'em there. I also agree that the blurred alien in the background shot looks like it has pred blood on it to me. I'm just praying this guy doesn't screw this project up in the same way he did with Soldier as if he does I think it will spell the end of the franchise.

The reason I think that the USCM isn't in it is because if this movie takes place current day, it would mean that we still have the USMC. But if it takes place, say 20-25 yrs. into the future, the USCM could have been formed, and possibly make an appearence in the end and save everyone. who knows, it seems to make sence to me

1 min & 1 sec into the trailer, can anyone see what Adele Rousseau is looking at?

from reading the story boards on foxs site and watching the behind the scenes bit, isnt it meant to take place before alien and predator???  i think its great there is no great marine presence as imho it spoiled aliens, lack of suspense i thought!!  would also like them to maybe solve the space jockey issue as it has bugged me since the first film!

i think the avp movie is going to kick ass i would like to see more pictures of the movie please email me pictures

I think that the end of the trailer where the alien stares down the pred and then the pred grabs its throat are actually 2 different shots. If you watch it in slo-mo, it's actually a fast cut from the shot of the stare-down to the shot of the grab. Also, if you look at the angle the alien head is at compared to the pred, it's physically impossible for the pred to grab it the way it does in the next shot. Either it's a crappy shot that doesn't flow smoothly or it's 2 different shots altogether.  As for new alien types, I think a predalien is all but guaranteed, and a praetorian or the empress would b sweet too, but if they try and throw everything in at once it would likely ruin the movie. It would be great to see 1 or 2 new types now and a couple more in the sequel. I'd especially like to see a predalien queen next time around.  And aliens over preds any day   :D  

To whoever asked it: This film is a prequel to Alien and a sequel to Predator 3.  -Rusty Nails

cheers nails, cleared that one up! the other down side to it tho is surely having discovered the aliens before alien, how come weyland just didnt go back and investigate the pyramids again?? why send a group of people on there way home in alien to a derelict ship when they were discovered on earth before? kind of snags the continuation a bit!

One important screenshot is probably missing... If you look at http://www.yautja.net/ally.jpg there is a predator standing behind Lex. And the predator doesn't seems to be attacking her, he seems much more to be ally with her! Also notice sad expression in Lex face... is she going to shoot somebody from the crew? Maybe somebody infected by alien embryo?

Uh...ever give a thought that the aliens in the temple are wiped out in AVP? Preds self destructing maybe?

If there are no marines like others in say avp. Then God has answered my prayers. Everybody just go see the movie it's going to rock.

hey guys. just one thing i want to give my take on.  i believe the lead predator to be the one in the the regular silver helmet. why u ask? because, all the the set reports report him as having a silver helmet being very huge, very long dreds.  the scar predator i believe is the one you belive to be the lead predator, it is mentioned that way on page one under the costume stuff.  notice very short dreds.  also for the avp toy series we know all know the identies of all the figures except the space alien, which i believe to be a predalien.  what do you think?

  :-\   Maby the Predator called "the chopper Predator", the one with those big wristblade, is Different then the one shown in scene 9. Cause the mcfarlane toys also mention an Elder Predator and i like the theroy of the Grid alien it makes sense. and also the alien at the end could be a space alien a doubt its predalien due to predaliens have matible over ther mouth. the toys also make evident that the grid alien holds some importance

It looks like what ever type of alien that the predator is grabbing is some type of species we have not seen by the shape of the mouth and teeth.... could it be the pred alien maybe even a queen guard the praetorian? who knows........   ???  

  :)   it could be an evloved Alien who knows i guess we have to wait for the film or at the least the Mcfarlane toys. but ihope they put the pred disc in. and that explosion i dont think its from a self-destruct it would have done 10 times more damage.

Hasn't it occured to anyone that the predator's would not attack the human's simply because they were scientists and unarmed just like in the movies or they could just be regarding them as meat for the aliens, either way the humans are f**ked but I don't think they would be hunted unless some of the group has weapons ie guns or knives. They would probably herd the humans to the aliens like sheep unless some of the humans potray warrior courage as to maybe challenge an alien. This human would then be worthy of assistance or a duel. I love aliens and  the predators. All humans must die

  ;D  how can ppl write so much about a movie well for what i have seen of the pics it sure looks like one hell of a movie

Hurray for movie ^_^

To the dude who was talkin about Weyland sending people back to the pyramid to get the xenomorph. I clearly remember reading somewhere that the pyramid is destroyed at the end of the film.

And Aliens f**k shit up for the other races always yo. That shit sneaks up on some poor human. Then it slowly opens its mouth then BAMMMM! that shit bores into the dudes head...that is what is happening to the cryin dude in the teaser. Yeah that one alien is funky lookin...in my opinion the alien in the third movie is the meanest...in all the other movies that shit kills instantly...in three is would chew on the dudes faces and shit before it punched a hole in them...plus it was the coolest lookin bug in all the films...god i wanna see three get remade...with fincher in control...that movie was so stunning in appearance...and for some reason i feel that this will be Paul's first kick ass movie...I dont think he likes the idea of f**king up a franchise that was biuld my Ridly, Jim ,and David...all those dude are the shit...and they made Alien movies

I've seen the trailers,I've seen the pictures,I've heard and read the story lines.Iam feeling kind of like my chest is going to explode!!!! with excitement!!!!!!

ive never played the AvP computer games, only the supernintendo/arcade one. (1) can someone explain what these "Praetorian" aliens are, and (2) is it official that there will be some kind of Pred-alien in the AvP movie?

A praetorian is the royal guard for the queen alien...the word praetorian comes from the praetorian guard which was an elite defense force for the emperors of rome following...uh...I think Calligula. And I hope that they tweak the predalien a bit...the one in the game was in my oppinion a poor design. I think the head structure of the predalien in the game was to short and if i remember correctly it had dread like shit goin on in the back like a predator. I mean cmon...one of the coolest physical features the alien has is its head structure. In my opinion they should lose the dread bullshit and lengthen the head and maybe keep the mandibles...they could push that though...for instance when that thing is hunting they could have it very quickly swing down,then have it use the mandables and snatch a human up instantly and then it holds the dude there in the air only using the extra mouth parts and then you see the inner jaw explode out the back of the guys skulls then the predalien pulls the dude into some near by airshaft or something.    ;)  

I think we may witness a praetorian in this film...kinda wanna kinda dont wanna. I think if they are gonna show us something new they should only show us one thing that is new. so either a predalien or a praetorian

I am so f**king happy I am gonna see a new Alien flick!!!!  I love predator but i like the alien way better.

can you post a link to a picture of the Praetorian? i know they were some sort of elite commando or royal guards for the romans or something, with a broom-bristle crest on their helmet. how would a Praetorian develope differently  fomr a warrior or a drone?

in the trailer seen with the pred at the end of the shaft you can see that the other figure is moving and iwacht that part about ten times corrtect me if im wrong but it looks as if the pred is throwing a person wacht it if you dont believe me

is it posible that that mystery alien could be a young queen. i mean that something that big would not do one big shed like the Other aliens. it would take a few moults to reach its full size. it could actually be an alien from a space jockey. this could explain the space alien figure man i cant wait till this film comes out.

in my opinion i think that a pred alien would b pure horse dung and a pred queen wub b even worse so i hope there r none of these and it better not be really cheesey where the woman falls for the predator or sum sh*t like that i hope all the humans die and predators rule supreme

  :-\   if you look in the net that have it looks like you can see some Pred gear or a helmetor something and the net is to thick to be predator net the one from the 2nd film was made of wire while that net looks like a nylon rope. and i have an explanation for that cool pred mask with the teeth. since the preds have an honer code like the japnesse samuri, the predator could pass down there equipment to there sons or a respected yonger predator. the chopper preds could of recived his equipment from an elder

It would be neat if their was was both an alien queen and a predalien queen. mayby that is the case? But who knows, but it would be interesting to see the both of them in a climatic fight to the death, no?

  ???   that would'nt make it avp it would make it stupid. because wha would the preds be doing just sitting there. and any way in extiction it explains that queens are of a royal genome they could change it but it for the film so there is a predalien queen but that would make it beyound corney

  :)  hanx for clearing up the trailer, I kind of didn't get it at first but its much more clear now. And as a comment about the new pred mask, in Predator 2, I'm pretty certain one of the predators was wereing a mask that looked alot like the mask the lead pred is wearing. So, I'm not positive, but the masks might just be different styles. Thanx again   8)  

i think the predators re the best and those gay aliens a\can kiss my ass    ???  

This movie is gonna be so (sic) The New Predator mask looks f**kin sweet, and the aliens look shit as usual. I hope Mr. Anderson doesn't f**k it up too bad   ???  

i cant wait till this movie comes out im am so excited

Just coz the mask don't look like the Pred in the first movies don't mean it's the lead Pred!  In Predator 2 those that appeared in the ship, nearly all had different masks.  If this is made a prequel to Alien it's gonna wreck everything!  It shouldn't have been set on earth.  I'd prefere it if it had've been the homeworld of both species that had been found, Preds worshiping the xenomorphs.  They'll have to explain how they found out about LV426, where that ship came from.  How the Preds came to build pyramids in the Antarctica.  Thats what's most stupid, the Preds hunt by seeing body heat, "Only in the hottest years this happens", so why build in the coldest place on Earth?  Fools!

is it possible that thats just a bad shot i dont think we'll be seeing a preatorain in tis movie, it looks more like a stunt suit then a preatorian

I can't wait for the movie! The aliens are going to get their butts kicked by the predators!   8)   Predators Rule!   8)  

I'm really impressed to see that mask from predator 2 is being put to good use.  Also remember that guy in the chopper at the end that Danny Glover was reffering to saying "don't worry asshole, you'll get another chance"?  Is there any possability he's in this one as well?  I would just love to see that he gets his!    ;D  

to the dude talking about the preds hunting during the hottest part of the year. maby because its a test of manhood or what ever you want to call it they would have to hunt in the harshest of conditions plus Aliens dont throw off heat they throw of a type of electorpulse or something. and due to humans not being thought of as part of there hunt they did not expect to use thermovision, while were all the other Pyramids are in china, Egypt and South america (Predator 1).  gets quite hot and had human interaction so this is why they had would possibley have thermo. also it is quite possible that that prred was the one in the 2nd film but he proberly was young the. give it 10 years he was of age to go threw the trails. and howq many preds are in this film anyway.

  :)  sorry about the gramma mistakes before. this my sound kinda corney but would they have the preds acctually comunicating with each other and how would they do that threw clicks or roars and if so ihope they dont put subtitles

Who said anything about this being a prelude to Alien. In one sence ofcourse it is, as Alien doesn't occur until we develope space flight as advanced as is seen in the movie. But I don't think this will have Ripleys Great (x A Heap) Grandmother, so will not play at all on the story of Alien.

  :)   yeah new guy reading your comments are cool and intersting but the main thing i am worried about in this movie is that paul anderson is directing! you have got admit that resident evil was a big let down,well for me anyway and also i dont want it to be like the next terminator 3!! because everyone got so syked up for it but when it came out it was shit and a 12,a 12 for gods sake that doesnt do the terminator series justice! maybe im just paranoid but i dont want paul anderson to f**k this up but i do have faith and by looking at the trailer i have sense that it will be good movie to go see P.S huge fan of aliens they better win this time

G,day mates...I was thinkin of things i realy wanna see in this film...first off in the previous alien films there is only two instances where you see the facehugger attach itself to someones face. In ALien it happens to kane and in Alien ressurection(which is shit) when ripley gets it. In the other films it is only implied that the facehuggers gets em. It never shows it. I wanna see mass face huggers connect in this film...based on things i have read my dreams will come true.  Yes Resident evil could have been millions of times better. That movie could have been made well enugh to make one shit them self but Anderson wanted to make a hollywood film.  The reason I am studying film direction and production is because of people like that guy. another thing I wanna see is more than one chestburster sequence(possibly more than one in one scene) I also wanna see the alien in its almost mature form(in between chest burst and adult. Then I wanna see that so called teenage alien drop down behind some mofo. Ofcourse its prolly only a couple feet tall so hes like oh its harmless. Then that shit pounces on him and shredds him up real good and you hear awful screams and shit echoing down the hallways kinda like when rains dies in alien 3.

OOhhh-The excitement is brewing so deepdown inside my chest,Its going to explode with great rage!!!!!.I can't take more!!!!!

  :)   Great pics..... however, I must say that the "advanced" alien warrior looks more like a TOOTHLESS alien warrior who got its face smashed by a pred...

Ok goods....i'm seeing the trailer in double size\large definition, and i see something...the figure jumping across the gap is a human,yellow robes..i think it's raoul bova character..the predator that extract the blades..we're sure that is a predator? The mask is completely different that any other mask seen in the previous films..i think that the alien that fight with the pred in the last scene is a warrior, look the scene in alien resurrection when the two queen kill the third and you see the same extreme open mouth...you think?

sorry....the two drones that kill the third, not the queens...

We're sure is a predator.... there's a pred mask that looks a lot like this one in Predator 2 (the "clan gathering" scene).

O boy this movie is gonna rock! O boy, o boy!! *excitement*

Thanks nemo...another thing that i've seen in the trailer...look at the scene in the "Sacrificial Chamber".. the body nearest the left..i don't think it's a human with facehugger..he have a completely different skeleton and long hairs like rasta and the feet are different...i think they are predators (maybe young pred?)

Aliens Forever!!!!!!! I think this Movie will be a Shame for the real Alien Fans. The Preds are slow and without their Weapons they are NOTHING BUT GREEN,DEAD SHIT. And now Fox is killing a cool franchise by making the Aliens weak enough to be killed by only a hand full of preds.  Gimme a Break!

Anyway,without the Aliencult, the preds have never existed. And most of the Predfans showing no respect for that but talking bad about the Aliens. I say they behave like little kids: Bu

to Ssurodius <i agree with you with all you said it would be cool to see a change in how we see the alien but doesnt it anoy that there are rumours that there a predalien or that the humans team up the predators > i think its call that your studying film direction and production i am trrying to study film studies and media studies for my a levels

to all <the scene that shows what seems to be a predator punching the alien in the face!! that scenne!! you have may picked this up but it is not a hand that punches the alien i believe it is a foot of a predator kick ing the alien away watch the trailer closely you might spot it out write back comments !!!!!!!!!

Yo somebody may have noticed this but if you look closely at the last lil bit of the teaser when it shows the close up of an alien shooting its double jaw out. Look closely frame by frame at the left side of the alien's mouth...you can clearly see the outline of someones head...you can see that it is hair if you look close. wonder if its the same guy that gets f**ked up by "grid head" earlier in the teaser

Hi. OK, if anyone's seen pictures of the upcoming Alien versus Predator halloween costumes, the Alien mask has a "Grid Face", just like the screen-shot. There's green blood oozing from the wounds, which look to have been caused by a Pred net, wristblades, or a knife - even though i doubt anyone with a knife against an Alien would live. Whatever. Just stating the obvious. That's my name! CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, AWAY!!!

Both aliens and predators are formidable opponents. In Predator 2 in the meat factory predator took out 5 highly trained well armed men with virtually no effort at all. Yet aliens are responsible for the destruction of a entire race of the Space Jockeys. I think it balances out pretty well. The only setback for the preds are if one predator comes into contact with multiple aliens at once, but 1 on 1 the alien has no chance at all. Just look at Aliens. Hicks, Hudson and Basquez where able to  take out multiple Aliens but where overwelled in their numbers. So it all comes down to the number of the aliens your are fighting. The only thing is that aliens have no fear other than fire.

thats true, but the marines had heavy automatic weapons to hose down roomfuls of aliens, as long as they stayed out of the aliens reach and didnt run out of ammo. does anyone know why aliens are afraid of fire? and what do they do with the dead bodies they drag off? do they actually need to eat to survive?

they cacoon them...alien directors cut style.  Bret was found with dallas with shit oozin out of him.  I wander what ridley scott would say if we asked what happened to bret when we were not there. I think it was a pretty awful concept very nasty.

in the other films must eat them or some thing. In Alien 3 special edition the beast was definately eating Clemens in the air vent. Blood was pooring out and Golic was trippen  out. Oh and to any abusers out there do not watch Alien films if your trippen and sunk in a K-hole at the same time...I was freaked out and i am a crazy slayer worshiping alcoholic...dude  I wanna see a queen f**k up a human so bad...imagine how sick it would be if bishop was human in aliens...it would be twice as gross...So I wanna see a queen headbite a man(,ust be bad cause there second jaws are the size of a dudes dome piece so were talking watermelon shit exploding.) I would also love to see a chestburster try and attac someone. The chestburster scene n ressurection was so impecably shity. How could David Giler and Walter allow that dude Jean claude van dam(i know his name i am just making fun of french names) It Jeane piere Juenet(I think) that does not matter because that dude is gay and I shal write an evil metal song daming him to hell for all eternity...

Its okay Ssurodius...we are your friends...we agree with you...Just breathe a little bit.   8)  

Word up! I was reading your comments up there and I must say I agree with all that you said. I liked your Predalien idea it sounded pretty killer.  And I also hated Alien 4. Well I am gonna go get wasted now...Happy St. Patties day everyone!!!!

The alien in the last scene looks like a predalien because of the back of the head looks like the predator hair which the predalien has. plus the preds are young preds trying to become an adult pred so maybe those are just the masks they get. at least thats what i heard. sorry if im wrong   :-\     :)     >:D     8)     ???     :D     ???     ;)     ;D     :)  

I think the buildings in the explosion are at the archeaologists campsite because they are in the preds temple under the ice in antartica.

i just hope theres not going to be any f**king teaming up agianst the aliens it will be like the stupid batman vs superman and in the end they just team up my god i hope they dont screw this up with a alliance with the preds and the humans that would suck my balls  aliens all the way!

Preds rule, aliens are just animals (vicious ones). Anyways i hate how alien lovers keep saying preds are gay, and that with a one on one fight an alien will kill it, blah blah blah. The fact is predators are better and more superior. They have weapons because they used their brains to build them, what has aliens done? nothing, when you compare them to pred they are nothing but mindless fools that can't advance in any way. Advancing is part of life and if a race of aliens can't do that and build weapons then too bad, stop complaining as to why preds have weapons, because they worked hard on getting them. In the end, its the smarter race that wins.

Use your mind ..... i always here that crab that the preds are the stronger ones. if somebody ask what is stronger a human ore an alien, you will say the alien. but if this human have a rifle, he have a good chance. and the same it is with the preds. with their weapons they have a good chance to win. but if the aliens get to close, the preds are breakable as the humanrace baby! so, the aliens ARE a weapon.

oh iam to nasty huh? or why is my post taken off? ok,let me say this: i dont like the preds because they are a rip off of the alienmovies and now they become some sort of superhero by their fans.  look at the alienstuff: four movies, 8 oscars (i think), millions of dollars in rentals. and what is it about the preds huh? not one oscar, part 2 was a flop. now the pred only goes one because they do this  stupid movie. they should do an alien 5!!!!!!!!!

i like the aliens. preds i dont care. (they look silly to me).

my words,guys ..my words. Alien is the all time classic and this crossover with the pred is very sad. its taken down a cult. thats the same level like freddy vs jason. its bullshit.

I've seen the trailers,Ive seen the pictures,I've heard the fans,It just makes my chest want to [EXPLODE!!!!]with exitement!!!!    ;D  

A  L  I  E  N   RULES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

oh this will never end. cmon folks, this bad words about the aliens and the preds....i think thats sick. fans should stick together, i like them both.  alien is a classic and the pred is a very cool character.  stay friends people!

Stan Winston received an Oscar nomination for Predator.  Ooh, yes!

...and he GET one for the Aliendesign in ALIENS.  Alien Rocks!

listen aliens are the better race they have evolved and have adapted just like the predators and need weapons to fight its just like with the dinosaurs they survived longer then the human race will ever because they kept it simple and effective we on the other hand are stupid and think technology is the way when its the thing thats going to end us all we destroy the environment with it and ourselfs aliens are cooler

Hey Hey every one just calm down. Now im an aliens fan to but to say that preds suck and aliens will win. I think thats a little over the top. come on guys if ripley can survive in four movies i dont think a preds going to have to much trouble. aliens are cool and everything and they have evolved but think of it this way. say the animals of today might have evolved right just like aliens to survive. there smart, great hunters and all. but humans will always be smarter because we can use our brains to do much more than just try to eat something. our weapons and technology make us what we are today. just like the predators evolve to become effective at what they do (HUNT). so please dont say preds are stupid because they have evolved in a different way then the aliens its survival of the fitest. if technology makes a species stupid then i guess you can through away you computer and tv never use eletric or the toilet. lol    ;)   do you see what im saying that sounds stupid doesn't it.

  ???   man talk about going off topic and like all the comics the preds win the humans survive and aliens die. for the simple fact we know the aliens die because nobody see another one for 150 years. but the preds will probelry die to like in the original AvP and the director has a good chance of F**king up unfourtuantly like he did with Resi.  i mean what the f**k was that thing in the train at the end. but like everybody else hear im hopeing its good. but he would try adding something stupid like that evolved licker in resi .

Man, i\'m both a big fan of alien and predator!! They both rule SF and i can\'t wait till AVP hits the screen!!

  ;D  if you look closley at the net theres actually a human inside it he could have a chest burster or something.

Personally, I like them both. If preds are so weak and dependent on technology, why do they kill with only two knives on their arm, in order to keep honor. If you see predator1/2, they can take quite a bit of damage, the pred in predator2 took a beating from the shotgun and survived. While Aliens throw out their guts when cut. Dont get me wrong, aliens are powerful 2, but I think it would be an even match with pred and alien, hand 2 hand

look both the species rule they are both equally matched no matter wat.they have just evolved differently the aliens are far more hostile than the predators and only want 2 kill and spread and the aliens have technology aswell the have drop ships its in the first movie.

Ok you are right. but i cannot longer stand that foolish talking of the most of the predlovers that the aliens are  stupid, weak,gay and so on. i mean alien is the much bigger franchise.its the ultimate scifi-cult that have allowed the rising of the preds. if fox take this down by making a superpredwillsurviveanithingmovie and the aliens are nothing more than stupid bugs iam off with that rubbish.

i think that  most of the fans (even the alienfans) do still not know what the alien is all about. the alien in the first movie didnt explode outside the narcissus, it needs no air, and it doesnt burn by the driving fire of the ship. so, that is what ridley and giger created. the perfect organism. they are weapons used by the biomechanical space jockeys. in the second movie they went a little bit away from that. the aliens become a antlike character. in the third they go back with the strength of the creature because it can survive hot liquid metal. so it is variable from movie to movie, but the aliens are not weak. with the james cameron version, all that comics and of course avp-games, the aliens have lost to much of their power that giger and scott created. most of the fans  dont remember that. and by far the predfans.............

Ahmen!!!

This is a prequel to Alien and it does lead up to the events in Alien and the other movies.  Sure isn't Weyland and Yutauni in it?  Why else would the company send Nostromo to LV426 if they had a nest on Earth?  Ripley hasn't even left on the Nostromo yet in this movie.  I know, I've read.  If the Preds are testing their manhoods why are they wearing their masks?  It is only in the games that it says Aliens don't give of heat.  Which is stupid coz anything that moves causes friction = heat.  It was just to make the game more of a challege.  The creators of this movie have not though this out at all.   Plus they have a rubbish director in control, meaning this will be the final nail for both franchises, in the cinemas that is.  I hope they'll do a decent job, but I can't see it.    Aliens were not used by the space jockeys.    That space jockey was the only one on that ship, it grew from the chair.  It might turn out to be a Pred ship, if AVP wrecks things as I have predicted.  The Space Jockey was the pilot, was facehugged, he died giving birth to a Queen crashing the ship in the proccess, sending a warning beforehand.    She proceeded to lay eggs, that is where "Alien" comes in.    You may argue that it doesn't have Pred style, but the ship has be complete encased in secreation from the xenomorphs giving it the organic look.  Please be good, Aliens and Predator are too good to be ruined!

I LOVE AVP, SEPECIALY AVP2 , I PLAYED IT EVRYDAY. THIS REPORT IS AWESOME. CANT WAIT TILL AUGUST. PS. SOME COUNTER-STRIKE AND RAINBOWSPER PLAYERS THINK AVP2 IS FOR LOSERS. BUT THEY ARE THE IDIOTS   >:D  

to Darth Gouda: some of your statements are right but with that space jockey thing you are TOTALY WRONG. Ridley Scott himself says that the jockeys use the aliens as weapons. and aliens are NO ANIMALS as some of you think. they are, like the jockeys, a Biomechanical creature, a mix of organic and mechanic elements!!! do you have the complete alien DvDs? so you can check this out at the Audio commentaries. AND NOW TO THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT: if the space jockey ship from the first movie will turn into a predship in avp,  they

If the jockeys used xenomorphs why has that one been killed by one?  The aliens are animals!  They are not biomechanical, as we have seen their acid melts metal.  Giger's designs were for biomechanicals, but that doesn't work in the real world, especially as they chose acid for blood.  Giger's paintings didn't show acid.  I think Scott too may be confused as to what they are.  As I've seen in a doc, he said it was up to Giger to define the Alien.  Nobody really knew what they were, if they were male female or anything.  They've changed throughout all the movies.  I've also heard that the reason they are black is because they have a very short lifespan.  As they age they quickly darken as they are constantly bruised by the quick aging proccess.  That is why in the Dir. Cut we see that the xenomorph has the ability to turn corpses into eggs so that the species will survive.  That scene was legendary even before the Dir, Cut.

hey Darth Gauda gimme a break!  i said that all of my words are exactly true because Ridley Scott said that on the DVDs. So why dont you believe it ?  you ask if the Aliens been used by the Jockeys as Weapon why did they killed this one?  do you have so little fantasie? WHY DO HUMANS USE BIOWEAPONS AND KILL THEMSELVES HUH?????????????????????  Aliens are Biomechanical, and thats it! You may believe it or not. Real Fans know the Truth about that stuff.

IGN has a screen shot of the Staircase Chamber. Here the guy in grey is trying to fend off a predator with a pickaxe. I believe this part of the movie is in between the parts in the trailer where the 3 humans are running down the corridor and the shot where the guy in grey is lying on the chamber floor.

For Dallas: you have a question:"WHY DO HUMANS USE BIOWEAPONS AND KILL THEMSELVES"  becasue...humans are ****king idiots! that's why there is nuclear missle, anthrax, napalm bomb, etc....  AND i believe aliens are VICIOUS animals,not biomechanical like the cyborgs in the movies.  AND maybe you heard it wrong.....AND DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEARD FROM DVD.   >:D  

What I mean is, if the jockeys are beings that grow from their ships how do they manage the xenomporphs?  REAL FANS believe anything, I'm a fan of the movies that's it, not all these rubbish comics that ruin and contradict everthing.  The games are fine, but are sourced mainly on the movies.  I don't believe everything Scott says because his story has changed throughout the years, he isn't even too sure what they are.  REAL FAN, ha!

  ;D  I FINALLY SAW THE TRAILER!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS MOVIE IS GONNA ROCK!!!!!!!!!!! \m/ ^ - ^ \m/ i cant wait it is really fast and really hard to see until you slow it down and the scene at the end with the stare down with the alien and the pred sent chills down my spine i almost peed my pants!!!!!!   ???   I cant wait for dis movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  >:D  You guys argue to much about this subject you should just be excited that this is actually happening its not just a dream any more BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!   :D  

it's all good whit all those story but what i wanna no is what is the male alien who is the match maker of the queen alien the alien in the 3  one i guess!

In the first movie it is stated that the aliens are the most perfect organism. they use facehuggin to adapt to any host specie and the space jockeys were dudes who made this perfect organism to use as a weapon but it was just TOO perfect so they died and the aliens lived.  So the aliens are living weapons the only thing that is seen constantly in the movies is their intellingence they are not stupid animals as most ppl think (predfans): the aliens cut the power in the movie aliens on purpose and they can learn quickly(alien ressurrection: alien pressing button) AND the fact that they learn shows that aliens can be individualistic too so a hand to hand vs a pred depends on how much then alien knows bout combat and how skilled the pred is, if hes a wussy then he'l definetly lose cuz unlike humans and predators who need training to be strong ALL aliens are born with some degree of power which is something many forget but anyway i think the fight is really hard to draw out its pretty even AVP RULES FOREVER!  :)  

When I read the discription of the 14th sceenshot, I couldn't believe it. The predator teams up with Lex. When I first saw that screenshot I thought the predator would blow that bitch's head off.   ???