Poll: AvP vs AvPR

[Kradan]

https://c.tenor.com/BlQBF2e1iXcAAAAd/predator2-predator.gif

[BlueMarsalis79]

I don't get it.

[Kradan]

The spear

[choccy milk]

From what I know, Critters are poor man's Gremlins and I wasn't crazy about Gremlins to begin with

Critters was written before Gremlins was released and even had to undergo some rewrites because Gremlins was too similar. At the core, both are derivates of archetypes established in the 50s and the 60s (Fiend without a Face 1959 is an example; a seminal movie, inspired so many things it's not even funny)

What were the people who voted Requiem smoking?

https://c.tenor.com/BlQBF2e1iXcAAAAd/predator2-predator.gif

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Gilfryd]

Paul WS Anderson has the amazing ability to write the exact opposite of what anyone wants to see, but the first AVP gets points for ambition/scale and simple nostalgia - it can't help but remind me of digging into the Alien Quadrilogy boxset as a kid.

AVPR is just vile and worse than one of those Platinum Dunes/Michael Bay produced horror movie remakes. The fact that this is even tangentially related to a film like Alien is unreal. (I like the scenes of Wolf snooping around though.)

[BlueMarsalis79]

Paul WS Anderson has the amazing ability to write the exact opposite of what anyone wants to see, but the first AVP gets points for ambition/scale and simple nostalgia - it can't help but remind me of digging into the Alien Quadrilogy boxset as a kid.

AVPR is just vile and worse than one of those Platinum Dunes/Michael Bay produced horror movie remakes. The fact that this is even tangentially related to a film like Alien is unreal. (I like the scenes of Wolf snooping around though.)

That's exactly how I feel about them both.

[alexpop]

AVP.. no brainer.

[Kradan]

AVP.. no brainer.

Good choice

[SparkyMularkey]

That first AVP film, while far from perfect, is still a really fun, brain-turned-off, guilty pleasure flick. I think it also did a great job of keeping the Predator culturally relevant, at least. It certainly left an impression on me when I first saw it as a teenager.

I can't really say the same for the sequel, despite how cool Wolf is.

[City Hunter Yautja]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1h3T1hIDd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-u8EWKloKw

Haha loved this.