Which ALIEN design did you prefer out of: AVP & AVPR

[SpaceMarines]

Yeah, the AvP one completely abandoned the biomechanical nature of the previous creatures, but at least it tried to not blatantly look like a man in a suit.

[MadassAlex]

I prefer the AvPR design.

Personally, I feel it was truer to the concept of the Alien creature. Where AvP depicted them as slender - if horrific - avatars of death, AvPR got it right. Their sheer bulk and infantile physical attributes were perfect.

Let's be honest; Giger and Scott were nutjobs to make the Alien as it was. Psychosexuality? Disgusting. Strength and resilience? No-one wants to watch something where the villain might actually win. Intelligence? Not necessary for a drone under the express psychic command of a Queen.

On that topic, the Queen really should've been in Alien. Scott was a complete retard for leaving it out. After all, how cool is the Queen, aight?

[SiL]

God damn, dude, don't scare me like that.

[SpaceMarines]

I prefer the AvPR design.

Personally, I feel it was truer to the concept of the Alien creature. Where AvP depicted them as slender - if horrific - avatars of death, AvPR got it right. Their sheer bulk and infantile physical attributes were perfect.

Let's be honest; Giger and Scott were nutjobs to make the Alien as it was. Psychosexuality? Disgusting. Strength and resilience? No-one wants to watch something where the villain might actually win. Intelligence? Not necessary for a drone under the express psychic command of a Queen.

On that topic, the Queen really should've been in Alien. Scott was a complete retard for leaving it out. After all, how cool is the Queen, aight?

My god! The sarcasm-detector just exploded!

[Huol]

God damn, dude, don't scare me like that.

HES GONE INTO CARDIAC ARREST.

I NEED A CRASH CART IN HERE

[shakermakerman]

I kinda like the direction they went for but it still failed horribly.

They had a direction for this?

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/movies/avp2/productionstills/productionstill36.jpg

i remember pictures poping up when avpr was being made and ppl saying they will look better when they do the colour grading

[TJ Doc]

I prefer the AvPR design.

Personally, I feel it was truer to the concept of the Alien creature. Where AvP depicted them as slender - if horrific - avatars of death, AvPR got it right. Their sheer bulk and infantile physical attributes were perfect.

Let's be honest; Giger and Scott were nutjobs to make the Alien as it was. Psychosexuality? Disgusting. Strength and resilience? No-one wants to watch something where the villain might actually win. Intelligence? Not necessary for a drone under the express psychic command of a Queen.

On that topic, the Queen really should've been in Alien. Scott was a complete retard for leaving it out. After all, how cool is the Queen, aight?

Impressive... you gradually turned my angry face into a happy one!

[Xeros Kore]

The jaw on the Aliens from AVPR were a little bit much.  If they kept the AVP Alien design, just changed the head to what they were in AVPR (GRID) that would have looked better.

I think you might be mixed up. "Grid" was the nickname of the alien in AVP which killed Celtic & Scar, identified by the grid-like marks on its head caused by Celtic's net.

I thought the Queen killed Scar

[SpaceMarines]

I prefer the AvPR design.

Personally, I feel it was truer to the concept of the Alien creature. Where AvP depicted them as slender - if horrific - avatars of death, AvPR got it right. Their sheer bulk and infantile physical attributes were perfect.

Let's be honest; Giger and Scott were nutjobs to make the Alien as it was. Psychosexuality? Disgusting. Strength and resilience? No-one wants to watch something where the villain might actually win. Intelligence? Not necessary for a drone under the express psychic command of a Queen.

On that topic, the Queen really should've been in Alien. Scott was a complete retard for leaving it out. After all, how cool is the Queen, aight?

Impressive... you gradually turned my angry face into a happy one!

Few people have been able to do that.

[scarhunter92]

AvP-R's since it reminded me of Aliens' design which is, IMO, the best one for me. They can hide way better on hive's walls with ridged heads.

[SpaceMarines]

It doesn't even look like an Alien! Hell, it doesn't even look like a living creature; it looks blatantly like a man in a suit!

[Xeros Kore]

It doesn't even look like an Alien! Hell, it doesn't even look like a living creature; it looks blatantly like a man in a suit!

So did the creature in ALIEN ande ALIENS.  Usually the ones in AvP didn't, but that's because it was usually either a puppet or CG for anything but the extreme closeups. 


If we are talking about how the design is presented, then yes, I'd go with AvP for the reasons I just mentioned, as both a puppet and a CG character are able to look more slender than a person in a suit can.  (i voted for AvP because of this)

If it is the ACTUAL design - ie ridges vs dome, tail length, etc, and we aren't considering the effectiveness of the cinematography for hiding the fact that a suit is being used, then I would go with AvP-R

[SpaceMarines]

No, they looked like living creatures, with a distinct biomechanical feel. Couple that up with the great lighting that they used in the film, and it was a seamless effect.

The actual design of the suit? Okay, here you go, but I warn you, it is nauseating:

[OmegaZilla]

No, they looked like living creatures, with a distinct biomechanical feel.

Alien had its bad moments...

But that does not solve the fact that Alien is from 1979, AvPR instead is from 2007. 28 freakin'years of improvement, for what?

[SpaceMarines]

Okay, yes. A few bad moments, but for the majority of the film, it looked living.