Quote from: Thatguy2068 on Sep 16, 2023, 06:34:54 PMQuote from: Acid_Reign161 on Sep 12, 2023, 09:16:58 PM'Aliens vs Predator' works as a video game and a toy line. It doesn't work as a movie (and I'd argue doesn't even make a particularly good comic book either).
As a kid, I loved the Alien Trilogy. I loved both Predator movies.. played the hell out of the Kenner Alien and Predator toys and imagined all kinds of scenarios... but every official crossover has just left a sour taste. The sole exceptions being 'Alien vs Predator' on Atari Jaguar, the 90s arcade game (just for its whole Kenner-esque appeal) and the collectible card game (which has awesome photoshopped images showing exactly what we all actually wanted in an AvP movie)
I disagree, it can work for a movie it just have to be does right, the first AvP was ok, but was restricted by the stupid decision to make it a PG-13, and the less said about AvPR the better.
You just need the right people.
It *could* work as a movie, yes... but not in its current format (which I believe will only ever work for comic books and games) - it doesn't matter who you get to direct, how good the budget and writers etc, it will fail as a movie if it tries to emulate the comics and games.
For a movie, I believe they need to completely overhaul the format; it needs to focus on the human characters instead of using them as a plot device to get the two monsters together. I'd say it should switch from the action genre to horror. One Alien, one Predator (no fodder), equally matched, with both having the upper hand or retreating appropriately - to achieve this, I'd strip back the predator tech to be in line with 'Prey'. The humans may not even realise they are dealing with two separate creatures right away. It needs a claustrophobic future setting (Alien universe), and use that setting to play into each creature's strengths. They need to drop the whole 'space velociraptor' depiction of the xeno and make it a smart, calculating intelligent bipedal creature again... and the story has to make more sense than "monsters fight, who will win?"