I'm new to the forum so I thought I'd share my opinion here first. I don't have the time nor patience to read through all of the 117 pages of this thread so please forgive me if I repeat something someone else has already said.
Since Predator hinted that Aliens and Predators were part of the same universe I have been deeply excited and interested in the whole concept. My hopes were forfilled with the release of the AVP, AVP 2 and Primal Hunt on pc. The games were dark and really had the feel of the original movies. Since then I had long expected a film, but had to wait so long.
I hate Fox for allowing Paul W.S. Anderson to create the first film. That man (in my opinion) also ruined the Resident Evil films, which I had been a fan of the game from a young age. I feel like he took other peoples ideas and tried to make them his own. As a fan, I want to see what a game would look like in real life, not someone elses idea with different characters and different stories. I felt that AVP the movie was doomed the moment it was set on Earth, in the ice, in a pyramid. Who builds pyramids in the ice anyway?? I believe the should have stayed true to the games and introduced the Predator into the Alien world. The Aliens in the film were no where near as scary as they should have been.
That said I think the lads who directed AVPR done a better job. It's just a shame they did it as a follow on from the first movie as I believe if they had directed the first one, it could have been a much better picture.
I am so looking forward to the new game. I think it has the atmosphere that all AVP fans crave, with better graphics than previous titles. And hope that if they do make an AVP 3 film, it is better than it's two predecessors.
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