Poll
Question:
Whats your fave movie out of the whole franchise?
Option 1: Predator
votes: 164
Option 2: Predator 2
votes: 45
Option 3: AvP: Alien vs. Predator
votes: 29
Option 4: AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
votes: 25
Option 5: Alien
votes: 203
Option 6: Aliens
votes: 305
Option 7: Alien³
votes: 51
Option 8: Alien Resurrection
votes: 8
Option 9: Predators
votes: 12
Option 10: Prometheus
votes: 2
Option 11: Alien: Covenant
votes: 4
Option 12: The Predator
votes: 1
What do you think is the best Alien or Predator movie. Mine would be....Well its a tough decision between Aliens or Predator.
How novel.... ::)
Predator 2 bishes!
Aliens. I just love that movie. It had great characters, great plot, great quotes, and has a person who you just want to get the *bleep* kicked out of him. It was just an awesome movie. And very hard to top.
Agree with what the man said.
Off topic:
In Space, no one can hear you scream, except Chuck Norris. <----- LOL
PREDATOR. With the best fictional creature ever IMO, great plot, great characters and full of memorable quotes, it was a great experience watching this classic movie for the first time... still is!
I can't really decide, but it has to Alien for overall quality. It pretty much started the whole sub-genre, which includes Predator (ie: nasty alien wreaks havoc). Also, the predator's design is partly inspired by Giger's creation - ie the biomechanical look.
ALIENS!!!!! my favourite movie of all time ;D
Predator.
Love the action. It's a better stand-alone film.
PS. Who the hell voted for AvP?
Aliens - great action and great story, basically started the franchise...
(Whoever voted AvP could I ask why?)
Okay, i'll admit it. I voted for avp. Not for the movie. The movie was very disapointing. I picked it because it had both aliens and predators. I would really pick Aliens or Predator but couldnt decide. So i picked AvP, but know this, i was really disapointed with it. The only thing that made Avp worth watching was because it had Aliens and Predators in it.
Did you get dissapointed because a single alien killed two preds in the 'begining' of the fun stuff in the movie?
Wait, who voted for Res? Seriously. who voted for Res?
I almost voted for Res!!! But Aliens is my favorite.
Best sequel EVER!!!
Who the hell voted for Alien resurrection? Whoever voted for it, please tell me why. I would like to know.
It does'nt really matter who voted for Resurrection, everyone's entitled to their own opinion...
I just want to know why.
I want to know why too.
Alien Resurrection was the first alien movie I've seen. thats why i became alien fan.
Who voted for AvP? No, seriously, who voted for that?
First page...
Its hard to choose but alien resurrection is my favorite even though i like predators more than aliens.
Aliens, it had a great story, characters, and for its time great special effects. Id like to see another alien movie from Cameron.
avp cus its got both
I will NEVER, EVER, EEEEEVVVVVVEEEEERRRRR, understand how ANYONE will EVER like avp better than the originals.
Quote from: Predboy on Jun 26, 2007, 11:47:53 PM
I will NEVER, EVER, EEEEEVVVVVVEEEEERRRRR, understand how ANYONE will EVER like avp better than the originals.
{pats him on the head} there there its not ment for you to understand koko ^-^
Gotta understand; AvP appeals to the MTV teens who like fast plots, not characters, and a total absence of both logic and brain power! The other films were well-crafted films that took their time and delivered the goods; AvP just got there and DID it.
Quote from: SiL on Jun 27, 2007, 12:10:36 AM
Gotta understand; AvP appeals to the MTV teens who like fast plots, not characters, and a total absence of both logic and brain power! The other films were well-crafted films that took their time and delivered the goods; AvP just got there and DID it.
what is with you i dont even like mtv i liked the characters in avp! Dont just assume something when your not even one of those "mtv teens" i liked the other films too i just like haveing aliens and preds in one movie it conventent!
Alien/predator fan newbies will never understand.........its sad....its just plain sad.... :'(
Quotei liked the characters in avp!
What about them did you like? What was there to like?
Everyone was one-dimensional ET fodder (apart from Weyland who was one and half dimensional) with all the personality of a door frame.
Not having a go - I'm genuinely interested as to why you liked them, cos I really didn't pick up anything in the characters to empathise with. Cept maybe Miller.
Predator, cause of all the alien and pred movies it was the first one I saw. Aside from that there were the characters- all of whom were cool, the creature- who is the coolest fictional creature ever imagined, not to mention arney.
The only character I wanted to live was Quinn. I'm like "please don't die please don't die please don't die" *predator swings wristblades* "Dammit".
Oh and Weyland.
i thought quin was going to be safe cause i thought he was fully covered in snow at the time and both celtic and grid just walked passed him, i was like "Kickass, Anderson that's an awesome nod." The Scar killed him and then I was like "Well, you had me there for a sec."
And for the best movie, I would have to say Predator, this movie for me beats all of them by a landslide, maybe not Aliens Predator beats Aliens...barely.
QuoteAlien/predator fan newbies will never understand.........its sad....its just plain sad....
Says the guy condescendingly, who rates AvP a 6 or 7 out of 10.... ::)
Quote from: SM on Jun 28, 2007, 12:03:28 AM
QuoteAlien/predator fan newbies will never understand.........its sad....its just plain sad....
Says the guy condescendingly, who rates AvP a 6 or 7 out of 10.... ::)
its just your opion it not like it matters anyways
Quote from: White Ookami on Jun 28, 2007, 01:38:30 AM
Quote from: SM on Jun 28, 2007, 12:03:28 AM
QuoteAlien/predator fan newbies will never understand.........its sad....its just plain sad....
Says the guy condescendingly, who rates AvP a 6 or 7 out of 10.... ::)
its just your opion it not like it matters anyways
Nothing can be further than the truth of this fact.
What...?
Quote from: SM on Jun 28, 2007, 02:29:08 AM
What...?
That no one gives a **** about someones opinion, there is always going to be someone talking trash about someone else's opinion, then the cycle will continue over, and over again.
Which is exactly what she said...
Quote from: SM on Jun 28, 2007, 02:43:08 AM
Which is exactly what she said...
In
your opinion. ;)
Which does matter, gosh darn it!
Im glad I helped...I think
Quote from: SM on Jun 28, 2007, 12:03:28 AM
QuoteAlien/predator fan newbies will never understand.........its sad....its just plain sad....
Says the guy condescendingly, who rates AvP a 6 or 7 out of 10.... ::)
You got a point there, however i rated it a 5. i said it should have been a 6 or 7 but, i changed my mind. It should be a 5.
I would have to say the first predator film it brought the sespense of horror though it had action with a dab of vicious gore.
Ok i change my mind people ill go with Predator 2 so people can get off my back about avp...
Well, i dont mind if you like avp. I just dont like it. Though it may be hard to accept. There are people that like avp.
QuoteOk i change my mind people ill go with Predator 2 so people can get off my back about avp...
Oh good, now I can ride you for giving in to peer pressure.
ha, ha, ha,ha!
White ookami gave into peer pressure! ;D
I hate it when people give in to peer presure. There isnt anything wrong with likeing avp. Its just a little weird though.
Quote from: Its Game Time on Jul 02, 2007, 05:09:36 AM
I hate it when people give in to peer presure. There isnt anything wrong with likeing avp. Its just that you should be shot repeateadly in the face with a .50 cal handgun
I fixed it
Nice one dachande, but I do agree with game time on this one.
thats a very difficult but also very easy question.....why easy?.....because there are only two films which you can choose...but which one is it?....thats the dificulty of the question :))..of course that i think "aliens" and "predator" movie at all......but i choose "predator"
i say the first predator he was quite smart and would have suceeded if dutch didnt know how to make that trap:(
My Fav. Film From Eaither Universe Is Aliens. But What Is Your Favs.? ???
Aliens all the way!!!! ;D
predator 2 or alien 3 for me
Predator 2 or Aliens.
The hell...Predator 2...lol.
ALIENS.
I know its just peoples opinions, but why do most people like Predator 2 better than Predator 1? I thought Predator 1 was 2 times better than Predator 2.(I'm not saying I hate Predator 2)
Quote from: Private Hudson on Oct 22, 2007, 11:20:10 PM
I know its just peoples opinions, but why do most people like Predator 2 better than Predator 1? I thought Predator 1 was 2 times better than Predator 2.(I'm not saying I hate Predator 2)
No Predator 2 Was Better Because It's Set In The Near Future, Beter Storyline, And Plus Bill Motherf*****g Paxtons In It.
^ true about the awsomeness of Paxton and the near future part, but I think Predator 1 had a better storyline to it...plus Arnie!!!!! ;D
Well This Is The Order In Witch I Like Them(Of Coarse Excludeing AVP-R):
1.ALIENS ;D
2.Alien3 :D
3.ALIEN RESURECTION :)
4.PREDATOR 2 8)
5.(Beleave It Or Not)ALIEN VS. PREDATOR :o
6.Alien :(
7.Predator >:(
There You Go. I Will Be Waiting For Your Replies.
Quote from: Private Hudson on Oct 22, 2007, 11:37:02 PM
^ true about the awsomeness of Paxton and the near future part, but I think Predator 1 had a better storyline to it...plus Arnie!!!!! ;D
Eh, Predator's storyline was kind of basic, IMO, though it worked very well. I like Arnie, but the film centered too much on him and not enough on the Predator. I still like it, though I consider the sequel to be better than the original.
Quote from: Private Hudson on Oct 22, 2007, 11:20:10 PM
I know its just peoples opinions, but why do most people like Predator 2 better than Predator 1?
It's not "most" people. Some people prefer 1, some prefer 2.
My favorite A/P movies are Alien Ressurection, Alien 3 theatrical cut, Predator 2, and AvP. Am I doing this right? ;)
#1 PREDATOR
#2 ALIENS, ALIEN
#3 PREDATOR 2, ALIEN3
#4 AR
1. Predator 2, Aliens
2. AVP, Predator
3. Alien3, A:R, Alien
On The Other One I Didn't No How To Get Polls. On New Years Day The Results Will Reveal The Best One. So May The Coolest One (Aliens) Win. hapy new year
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Predator
....the rest
Predator 2 was to Predator what Die Hard 2 was to Die Hard.
Quote from: The Cleaner on Oct 23, 2007, 04:18:02 AM
Quote from: Private Hudson on Oct 22, 2007, 11:37:02 PM
^ true about the awsomeness of Paxton and the near future part, but I think Predator 1 had a better storyline to it...plus Arnie!!!!! ;D
Eh, Predator's storyline was kind of basic, IMO, though it worked very well. I like Arnie, but the film centered too much on him and not enough on the Predator. I still like it, though I consider the sequel to be better than the original.
I liked it when the movie focused on the human characters, it made you wander what it was that was killing them off one by one.
Predator 1 and Predator 2 all the way, both films rocked.
aliens for me.I love the queen vs Ripley part.
w00t! Alien vs. Predator all the way!!! ;D ;D ;D
i havent gotten 2 c many of the other movies(atleats not recently), but the awesome-ness of watching aliens and pred go at it(well...grid and preds really), i think, is better than almost any of the movies with just 1 or the other(aliens was really good to)...
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Predator 2
Alien 3
Alien vs Predator
Alien: Resurrection
In order:
PREDATOR
ALIEN
ALIENS
PREDATOR 2
ALIEN 3
AVP
ALIEN-R
8)abada abada that's all folks
Alien or Predator. I'll happilly watch either.
predator 2 just made me stair at the screen, that is such a classic movie, that comes number 1 for me, then if i was to choose a second, it might be aliens (the second movie that is).
AVP-R
Aliens
Who voted for A:R !!??!!?? :o :o
Predator 1
Quote from: Its Game Time on Apr 11, 2007, 12:57:17 AM
What do you think is the best Alien or Predator movie. Mine would be....Well its a tough decision between Aliens or Predator.
Same here.
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 25, 2007, 10:08:27 PM
w00t! Alien vs. Predator all the way!!! ;D ;D ;D
i havent gotten 2 c many of the other movies(atleats not recently), but the awesome-ness of watching aliens and pred go at it(well...grid and preds really), i think, is better than almost any of the movies with just 1 or the other(aliens was really good to)...
:o
predator for me its just an amazing idea and a great film
and i don't see how you could chose avp over avp:r
Aliens
I've always wondered what this sites fave movie is. :)
Alien :).
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
A L I E N
Alien
P R E D A T O R
Really tough call. Predator.
ALIEN.
A L I E N
For me,it's A tie with Alien And Aliens
Predator
definetly Alien.
A L I E N
Who put AVP? Everybody, get your torches and pitchforks.
Aliens
Aliens and then Alien. Very close.
Alien.
Predator 2 & Alien damn so hard to choose :'(
I couldn't decide between Prdeator and Aliens...
Big Predator fan, but I had to choose Aliens.
I'm my answer would vary day to day between Alien, Aliens and Predator.
I chose Predator though. Even though I recognize Alien as the best film, its not really one I sit down and watch a lot. Aliens isn't far behind alien.
That said, I find predator to not only be an awesome movie, but its easy to just throw on and watch, and not only is it a cool movie but it provides for quite a few laughs too.
Aliens, closely followed by Predator.
ALIENS.
Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Mar 18, 2008, 06:45:44 PM
Who put AVP? Everybody, get your torches and pitchforks.
ya I know. They could have at least put AVPR.
Anyway I think this topic belongs more in the genral AVP chat
Alien. I find Aliens has a flawed premise, and Predator recycles the sci-fi/action motif of Cameron's film. None of the others are worth my mention.
Aliens, probably cause it was the first I saw of any of them.
My avatar's.
S.E.E.D....
just kidding.
A L () E N
Predator 2, my fav pred movie.
AL(i)ENS
Alien.
I'm not suprised Aliens is winning. ;)
I voted Predator, purely because I watch it more than Alien. I like them the same, but Alien is definitely the better film.
Predator is just more watchable. :D
Aliens
But Alien is a better movie.
I must admit, I was the one that picked A:R only because I watch that the most.
I think I'll go with Alien overall though...
My favorite is Predator. It's an overall kick-ass movie to watch anytime of the week. Like Eidotemit stated, it's cool to watch and has some good laughs in it. I would have to say that Alien is my second on the list.
Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Mar 18, 2008, 06:45:44 PM
Who put AVP? Everybody, get your torches and pitchforks.
Quote
Torches, check. Pitchforks, check. >:( Let's start the mob! :D
A L I E N S
but Predator closely behind
A L () E N S
followed closly by:
P R E D A T O R and A L I E N
Even most Predator fans'll vote for Aliens. Most Alien fanatics will vote for Alien cause one Alien killed 5 people and didnt get owned by a Colonial Marine or a Predator.
Thats not the point at all ^
The original movie and alien 3 aliens didn't die straight away because the crew of both places were not well armed.
Alien and Predator ;)
Aliens.
Mine's definitely Predator. It was the movie that got me interested in either franchise and it's a classic in its own right.
Quote from: Private Hudson on Mar 25, 2008, 11:32:07 PM
The original movie and alien 3 aliens didn't die straight away because the crew of both places were not well armed.
Just because those Aliens survived to the end isn't the reason why they're liked better as movies.
Quote from: Horhey on Mar 25, 2008, 11:01:11 PM
Most Alien fanatics will vote for Alien cause one Alien killed 5 people and didnt get owned by a Colonial Marine or a Predator.
Wow, way to totally misread the majority of the Alien fanbase. Where does this ridiculous assumption come from, anyway?
Quote from: Uncanny Antman on Mar 26, 2008, 03:44:04 PM
Quote from: Horhey on Mar 25, 2008, 11:01:11 PM
Most Alien fanatics will vote for Alien cause one Alien killed 5 people and didnt get owned by a Colonial Marine or a Predator.
Wow, way to totally misread the majority of the Alien fanbase. Where does this ridiculous assumption come from, anyway?
The few Alien fanboys that go 'ALIIIIIIIENNNN ARE TEH SHIZZZZNEEEETTTTT'
Quote from: DoomRulz on Mar 26, 2008, 03:47:22 PM
The few Alien fanboys that go 'ALIIIIIIIENNNN ARE TEH SHIZZZZNEEEETTTTT'
Yeah, that tends to happen a lot 'round here. :o
If I had to be more specific, I guess Horhey has encountered a lot of people who beat on AvP:R due to the Aliens' portrayal. Can't say I blame them though.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Mar 26, 2008, 03:52:20 PM
If I had to be more specific, I guess Horhey has encountered a lot of people who beat on AvP:R due to the Aliens' portrayal. Can't say I blame them though.
Only because people keep misunderstanding the complaint, no matter how many times it's spelt out.
Few Alien fans are annoyed at the fact that, "OMFG, teh Aliens lost!"
...the matter is if the Aliens were portrayed in a manner in keeping with what we've seen of them in the past. Or at least, that's the case for the over-15 Alien fans, as far as I'm aware. :)
Quote from: Uncanny Antman on Mar 26, 2008, 03:55:21 PM
Only because people keep misunderstanding the complaint, no matter how many times it's spelt out.
Few Alien fans are annoyed at the fact that, "OMFG, teh Aliens lost!"
...the matter is if the Aliens were portrayed in a manner in keeping with what we've seen of them in the past. Or at least, that's the case for the over-15 Alien fans, as far as I'm aware. :)
And I do agree, b/c it's the same complaint people like myself have about the Predators in AvP. So fair's fair.
Which is your favourite movie from the list anyway?
I voted Aliens.
I don't mind if the Aliens lose, they need to! Or esle they'd spread like wild fire.
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 26, 2008, 04:33:25 PM
I don't mind if the Aliens lose, they need to! Or esle they'd spread like wild fire.
Heh, a fanboys dream come true. (no that's not a stab at you)
Predator 2, holy crap whats with all the Aliens?!?
I'm going with Alien3. I appreciate more than the others on it's artistic level and the music
alien 3. it wasnt very good at first, but the more i watch it, the better it gets. alien close behind
I'm going to pretend AvPR doesn't have any votes...
Quote from: War Wager on Apr 01, 2008, 01:24:35 AM
I'm going to pretend AvPR doesn't have any votes...
or AVP.......... :P
People actually voted for Alien vs. Predator + Human Girl?
What a sad, sad world we live in. :(
Quote from: The Chibi Kiriyama on Apr 01, 2008, 07:14:00 AM
People actually voted for Alien vs. Predator + Human Girl?
What a sad, sad world we live in. :(
:D :D :D Nice title lol
If anyone is wondering who voted A:R, you can probably guess...
No idea.
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v
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Using my incredible detective skills, I have figured out that War Wager voted for Resurrection! :o
I knew he voted for a:r. Its april fools.
Lol, yeah ok then. :)
Why that movie?? :-\
Why not?
Truth be told, ever since AVP my respect for Resurrection has been rising. Outside of the last sucktastic bit, it's like Aliens if someone had a very sarcastic take on Cameron's film.
Quote from: Horhey on Apr 01, 2008, 09:52:25 PM
Why that movie?? :-\
Theres lots of reasons but I've went over them before. Even made a thread about it I think.
.................aliens.........is NOT that great........
I'm pretty sure A:R will have just 1 vote for a long time to come. :)
Quote from: War Wager on Apr 02, 2008, 10:43:02 AM
I'm pretty sure A:R will have just 1 vote for a long time to come. :)
Well One thing is for sure,I definitley have SOME respect for Resurrection,If I never saw Resurrection in Theatres As A little Kid,I wouldn't have gotten into A/P For a Long time to come....... :P
Quote from: Predator Queen on Apr 01, 2008, 11:53:47 PM
.................aliens.........is NOT that great........
You are wrong.
A L I E N S
Alien 3
I'm sorry for all of those that hate its guts, but I had to vote for AVP. I think it really showed the two franchises in a great light.
2 votes for A:R?! Who was that? I need to shake their hand.
hey War Wager, can I ask you why do you like A:R so much, just curious, it's the only movie in both franchises that I haven't seen. :-\
QuoteBecause it's different from the rest. A lot of people hate it because it's not dark, claustraphobic or scary like the others. Out of all the movies I probably watch this the most, it's the most entertaining. Heres why I love it:
Story: Slightly far-fetched, but I think it sells it. Having Ripley be cloned and having no memories of the events before has a sad element to it. Also having her have Alien DNA inside her makes her character all the more interseting.
Aliens: Had one of my favourite designs (and yes I quite like the brown colouring ). They look the most 'alive' and the most vicious to me. I like how the showed extreme intelligence and how they could swim, spit acid etc. Their inner jaws seem to make noises of their own too.
Weaver: Created a really watchable character, you are kind of on edge on whether she is good or evil. Her connection to the Newborn was really strange and creepy, interesting to watch.
Score: Love it, just love it.
In quality, it's not the best of the bunch but it's the most fun to me. Alien3's depressing tone for example doesn't really want me to keep watching. I'm not trying to make people like it, I'm just one of the few people that see it for what it really is. Bash me all you like, but Resurrection is a great addition to the series to me. Because it's different...
well thanx :P
Sorry all predator fans.
ALIENS.
Action, sometimes and fear + good story.
Aliens ;D
It will always be Aliens, first movie out of the franchise I saw and got me hooked ever since.
Alien has more votes than Predator... :o
It looks like that AVPGalaxy has a biger fanbase of Alien then Predator.
To the best of my knowledge, most people here are in the UK, where Alien in general is popular. Predator is more American-based in terms of fans.
I think Alien is more popular in UK because the first 3 movies where made in UK.
No, it's just that the UK is more sophisticated that the US. ;)
(obvious joke)
Predator
Predator2 even that im a Alien fan
Quote from: Ratchetcomand on Apr 28, 2008, 12:52:32 AM
It looks like that AVPGalaxy has a biger fanbase of Alien then Predator.
Game over man, game over!
ALIENS! Obviously! 8)
ALIENS IT WILL BE ALWAYS MY FAV
Quote from: Ratchetcomand on Apr 28, 2008, 12:52:32 AM
It looks like that AVPGalaxy has a biger fanbase of Alien then Predator.
Or people like the movies more. Like, I'm a predator fan, but Aliens is my favorite movie.
At any rate, I've always figured that this site has a larger percentage of alien fanbase. (Personally I'm not on any 'side' per say)
It's the Predator folks (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=1000.450;topicseen)
I think the Predators are cooler but i like the Alien movies more.
omg, 10 people in here voted for the avp ones, I understand if you like them but c'mon.
You just answered your own query.
Predator IF there is a man on this earth better suited to destruction then Arnie then you show him to me
I love PREDATOR 2! :)
A L I E N (although I almost chose Alien 3 for the hell of it...............almost)
ALIENS. All the way. 8)
Predator gets my vote.
Predator is good. I like the final battle.
Ya, seeing Arnie be manhandled is always fun ;D
I find it sad that out of all the movies, people voted AvP.
Quote from: The Wolf on Jun 22, 2008, 10:38:11 PM
I find it sad that out of all the movies, people voted AvP.
What?!?!?! I can't believe that! How lame!
Quote from: The Wolf on Jun 22, 2008, 10:38:11 PM
I find it sad that out of all the movies, people voted AvP.
I find it even more sad that people voted for AvPR. :P
My vote goes to Predator. ;D
Aliens because it is the best of best. ;D As much as AVP or AVP-R are awesome to me because they have both creatures and the Predator movies rock, nothing can challenge ALIENS!
Quote from: Predboy on Jun 30, 2008, 12:03:28 AM
Quote from: The Wolf on Jun 22, 2008, 10:38:11 PM
I find it sad that out of all the movies, people voted AvP.
I find it even more sad that people voted for AvPR. :P
My vote goes to Predator. ;D
That is sad. :-\
Quote from: CanadianHero67 on Jun 30, 2008, 12:12:23 AM
Aliens because it is the best of best. ;D As much as AVP or AVP-R are awesome to me because they have both creatures and the Predator movies rock, nothing can challenge ALIENS!
There we go! ;D. That's the correct choice. A L I E N S! That movie takes the title of world's most favourite. :D
Quote from: The Wolf on Jun 22, 2008, 10:38:11 PM
I find it sad that out of all the movies, people voted AvP.
Yeah I know, right? It's like Yellow Alien said, let's get the pitchforks and torches.
It's a close tie between Alien and Aliens, but I think Alien takes the cake ;)
A L I E N S. It has the suspence of Alien and the Action of Predator(X20000). It is obviously the greatest movie of both franchises.
Obviously eh? Guess I missed something.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jun 30, 2008, 05:53:50 PM
Obviously eh? Guess I missed something.
Nope, you're right. It was the best. :D
I prefer Aliens, it had more action to it...Alien is my second favorite, I depise Alien3 and Alien 4 as well as AVP and AVPR...
Alien 3 closely followed by Predator, then Alien. I like A:R a great deal, just because I'm open to change. It's different, but interesting and entertaining. I have respect for AvP because that was the movie that got me into the series. The only movie I don't like is AvP: R.
Predator: Love Arnie, great action, some horror elements, great characters.
Predator 2: What got me into the whole franchise, love Danny Glover, amazing actors, amazing actors, more rememberable lines, love the predator's design.
Alien: My favorite alien movie, but a little too slow for me and is not one of those movies you could just pop in the dvd player and watch.
Aliens: IMO the most overrated alien movie of all time, I love it, but it's not my favorite, probably my fourth favorite, but not favorite. Loved the design, but I just can't see it as my favorite movie.
Alien 3: Like it just as much as ALIEN for the same reasons.
Alien: Resurrection: IMO everything after the water scene just went to shit hole. I love the alien designs though.
AVP: Eh, I liked the fight sequences.
So my vote goes for . . .
PREDATOR 2
AVP-R: Same with AVP, but I also loved the designs of both species.
My favorite movies are well,
Its kinds of a tie between Predator and Aliens, Thens it would be, Predator 2, Alien 3, Alien then Alien R, and then AvP. AvPR...well, its just AvPR, not even worthy to be put on the list.
Yet you're willing to rank AvP on there.
Yes, watching avpr has made me realize AvP isn't really all that bad of a film. Its funny, how you think one movie is completly terribly, not getting any worse, and then the sequel turns out to be even worse, making you realize the other isn't bad. It makes me laugh sometimes.
Aliens - 10/10
Alien - 10/10
Predator - 10/10
Alien 3 - 9/10
Predator 2 - 9/10
Alien Resurrection - 8.5/10
AVP - 6.5/10
AVPR - 3/10
I've been rewatching all the Alien, PRedator and AVP movies this week (I have the flu) and this my verdict:
1 - Alien 10/10
2 - Alien 3 9/10
3 - Aliens 7/10
4 - Predator 6/10
5 - Alien: Resurrection 5/10
6 - Predator 2 5/10
7 - Alien vs. Predator 4/10
8 - Alien vs. Predator: Requiem 1/10
Alien 10/10
Aliens - 10/10
Alien³ - 8/10
Alien Resurrection - 8/10
Predator - 8/10
Predator 2 - 8/10
AvP - 7.5/10
AvP-R - 4/10
Aliens
I think AvPgalaxy's favorite movie is The Dark Knight.
Haha, one would think so :D
Predator 2, but it was a tough choice.
lol no votes for resurrection. Alien 3 FTW.
I voted for A:R at one point. Thats no joke.
At least you came to your senses :D
Quote from: War Wager on Aug 27, 2008, 07:34:43 PM
I voted for A:R at one point. Thats no joke.
I truly think you're the only vocal A:R fan 'round here.
I can't believe people are voting for AVPR s**tfest.
If A:R has no votes then AVP and AVPR should have minus ;D
No way, A:R is still the worst of either franchise.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 27, 2008, 09:15:13 PM
No way, A:R is still the worst of either franchise.
Hell no! A:R kicks ass comapared to AVPR and AVP.
At least the AvP movies tried something different. A:R was an unnecessary sequel, preceded by another unnecessary sequel.
Ok insults to A:R I can tolrate but insults to Alien 3? Hell no. Alien 3 is an awesome film, with great characters, story, acting, music and it has the best ending in the series.
Quote from: Private Hudson on Aug 27, 2008, 09:10:20 PM
I can't believe people are voting for AVPR s**tfest.
Maybe AVPR is better than you think
I liked it too
ALIEN 3......Thanks!!!!!
alien3 is my favorite alien saga movie
the story and the characters are great
and the music.....
is awesome
did you saw the extended edition.
is better than the original
I always watch the Assembly cut, it is near perfection.
Quote from: Harkus on Aug 27, 2008, 11:18:18 PM
Ok insults to A:R I can tolrate but insults to Alien 3? Hell no. Alien 3 is an awesome film, with great characters, story, acting, music and it has the best ending in the series.
Yet it had a dumb beginning, followed by an even dumber beginning.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 28, 2008, 12:28:16 AM
Quote from: Harkus on Aug 27, 2008, 11:18:18 PM
Ok insults to A:R I can tolrate but insults to Alien 3? Hell no. Alien 3 is an awesome film, with great characters, story, acting, music and it has the best ending in the series.
Yet it had a dumb beginning, followed by an even dumber beginning.
Get over Hicks and Newts death, reliase the beauty of the film then come back and show me your enlightened self, don't worry i'll wait ;)
Quote from: Harkus on Aug 28, 2008, 12:33:36 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 28, 2008, 12:28:16 AM
Quote from: Harkus on Aug 27, 2008, 11:18:18 PM
Ok insults to A:R I can tolrate but insults to Alien 3? Hell no. Alien 3 is an awesome film, with great characters, story, acting, music and it has the best ending in the series.
Yet it had a dumb beginning, followed by an even dumber beginning.
Get over Hicks and Newts death, reliase the beauty of the film then come back and show me your enlightened self, don't worry i'll wait ;)
The deaths, plus the magical laying of an egg followed swiftly by one facehugger which somehow impregnated Ripley AND the dog ::)
Oh I see, you haven't seen the Assembly Cut. Watch that then I'll debate with you about it being good or not. Until you have I don't see the point.
Alien Resurrection still has no votes? That is by far nowhere near the worst of all the movies.
Apparently it is according to the votes.
Hell with it then. I changed my vote to AR. It is definitely not the worst out of all the A/P/AVP movies. In fact, it's quite good.
I like A:R
a lot and I'm very vocal about it as DoomRulz said, but seriously, choosing that over one of the orginals is blasphemous. :) The only reason I choose it once was because I hadn't seen
Alien in donks.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 27, 2008, 09:24:18 PM
At least the AvP movies tried something different. A:R was an unnecessary sequel, preceded by another unnecessary sequel.
A:R was unnecessary I'll give you that, and I would have prefered they left it a trilogy. But it is a decent movie when you really look into it and it is an orignal piece.
AvP looked very much to the comics while
AvPR has the orginality of a processed sausage.
Quote from: Harkus on Aug 28, 2008, 12:44:11 AM
Oh I see, you haven't seen the Assembly Cut. Watch that then I'll debate with you about it being good or not. Until you have I don't see the point.
Ok then Harkus, I've finally watched your precious Alien 3 SE, and it's...well, here are my thoughts.
Well, after joining this site in January and hearing all about the good and the bad, I've finally seen both versions of Alien 3. In sum, I'd describe them as such: theatrical-->bad, assembly cut-->tolerable.
The only redeeming things in the film to me were the runner which I think is the best alien seen on screen since Kane's Son in terms of viciousness and intelligence and the chemistry b/w Ripley and Clemens was well-played out. The alien itself was nicely rendered, but every CG shot of it was flat out plastic. Especially seeing it on the ceiling; it looked like a giant red jelly bean.
The theatrical cut just didn't make any sense to me. I felt as though I was watching random scenes spliced together until the last 30 minutes of the film when the inmates and Ripley decide their going to make a final stand. Then things became interesting. The assembly cut made a little bit more sense b/c there were more scenes which added to the film. For example, in the theatrical cut, there's no explanation as to how the runner was freed from it's chamber after the inmates trapped it in there; come to think of it, I don't remember a scene in the theatrical trailer detailing it being caught in the 1st place. The assembly cut though explained all of this.
Though some things remained unanswered, just like the OP pointed out: 1) how in the eff did ONE facehugger impregnate TWO hosts and b) can someone please explain to me how Ripley's DNA is gotten a hold of for Alien: Resurrection when she threw herself into a pit of molten lead?
Even after watching the Assembly Cut, I still see this film as an unnecessary sequel. Fincher did a solid job with the directing, despite what I've read about all the shit he had to put up with.
Toss up between Pedator and Aliens.
Still Predator for me.
I'm going with Alien3. It just shocked me lot more than the others. Aliens comes close in second.
A L I E N
Hell yes, ALIEN, an all-time classic. Epic genius.
I think it's safe to say that the people in this particular forum like aliens best.
I've always loved the predator character more, but that's porbably because I saw Predator first, out of all those movies. Besides, my cousin had seen the movies a long time ago, and he hyped the shit out of them. Too bad, that when I started watching Predator movies, he had already watched them to boredom, about five times each.
Quote from: EEV2650 on Oct 31, 2008, 08:54:26 AM
I think it's safe to say that the people in this particular forum like aliens best.
You mean The Dark Knight?
Quote from: The Wolf on Nov 08, 2008, 11:45:57 PM
Quote from: EEV2650 on Oct 31, 2008, 08:54:26 AM
I think it's safe to say that the people in this particular forum like aliens best.
You mean The Dark Knight?
So true. So sad.
ALIENS are just cooler. I can see why.
Cooler? maby but Predators are badasses. haha
I vote Aliens. f**king awesome movie.
I think Alien is best, artistically and technically. There isn't many this kind of achievment, when it comes to horrormovies.
Agreed. The only movie I think compares to Alien in terms of execution is Jaws.
Wow - you're telling me that A:R has only one vote while both AVPs have seven each?!? That was...unforseen... ???
No one talks about A:R much these days.
A L I E N S
I know it's popular but for good reason. I find it to be the best action sci-fi movie ever made. I'm pretty typical then I guess, huh? ;)
Quote from: Promus on Dec 04, 2008, 03:55:21 PM
Wow - you're telling me that A:R has only one vote while both AVPs have seven each?!? That was...unforseen... ???
I changed my vote to AR. It doesn't deserve to have no votes.
Quote from: Cellien on Dec 04, 2008, 06:18:56 PM
A L I E N S
I know it's popular but for good reason. I find it to be the best action sci-fi movie ever made. I'm pretty typical then I guess, huh? ;)
W/e floats yer boat dude :)
I changed my vote, I'm torn between most of them!
I replaced my vote and voted Predator2 because its far better than both AvP movies.
Hm, I think it's on par with AvP:R. The cheese factor is the result.
Oh man, A:R looks so lonely with just one vote...
What the hell, it's my 2nd fave anyways.
2nd? Surprising, since you're the only chap 'round here who had a sig with it featured :D
Quote from: DoomRulz on Dec 07, 2008, 10:50:41 PM
Hm, I think it's on par with AvP:R. The cheese factor is the result.
Even with the cheese factor at the same level its far better than AvPr.
Not really. Whenever I think of that opening shootout sequence in P2, I go ::)
Predator
Quote from: DoomRulz on Dec 09, 2008, 11:59:00 PM
Not really. Whenever I think of that opening shootout sequence in P2, I go ::)
Its not as cheesy as embarrassingly fake Aliens wiggle around and getting thrown by a Predator. But to each his own I guess.
No argument there. At least the gangbangers were shooting back at the cops :P
Cant choose.Mini Maini mini mo!Choose AVPR.
Eck!
Quote from: Raptor Mistikan on Dec 31, 2008, 03:46:12 AM
Cant choose.Mini Maini mini mo!Choose AVPR.
Your reasoning fails you.
ALIENS. No debate. 8)
Overrated...
Go ahead, rape me avpg.
I wouldn't say it's overrated, but it's not the best of the series.
Quote from: The Wolf on Jan 04, 2009, 05:28:26 AM
Overrated...
Go ahead, rape me avpg.
8) No. Do your homework.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jan 04, 2009, 08:22:11 AM
I wouldn't say it's overrated, but it's not the best of the series.
Its between ALIEN and ALIENS for most people. I find ALIENS is like ALIEN but with more suspence and action, therefore I like it more.
It's between Alien and Alien3 for me.
Mine's still Predator; always will be.
Quote from: Chris P on Jan 04, 2009, 09:21:28 PM
Quote from: The Wolf on Jan 04, 2009, 05:28:26 AM
Overrated...
Go ahead, rape me avpg.
8) No. Do your homework.
Do my homework? Suck my draygon, its my opinion.
Haha, no thanks. Not for that. 8)
But what I meant was: You can't say something as "classic" as ALIENS is overrated. It is like saying whoever invented the remote was a retard.
You see? You can'r diss the classics, wether it "IS" your opinion or not. 8)
Um...what? Aliens is overrated to an extent. It's a terrific action film no doubt about it, but it got rid of any and all mystery that surrounded the Alien that was in the first movie.
Quote from: Chris P on Jan 09, 2009, 02:15:12 AM
Haha, no thanks. Not for that. 8)
But what I meant was: You can't say something as "classic" as ALIENS is overrated. It is like saying whoever invented the remote was a retard.
You see? You can'r diss the classics, wether it "IS" your opinion or not. 8)
You sure you don't want my draygon? :-*
Doomrulz pretty much just spat out my thoughts. I'd think more prefer ALIEN. :-\
Quote from: The Wolf on Jan 09, 2009, 11:23:40 AM
You sure you don't want my draygon? :-*
:-X no. Pretty CERTAINLY, NO. kinda nasty dude.
:D
Quote from: The Wolf on Jan 09, 2009, 11:23:40 AM
Doomrulz pretty much just spat out my thoughts. I'd think more prefer ALIEN. :-\
Me as well. Alien was way better.
A L I E N Best!
Whats all with this Alien is the best thing? I mean, sure Alien was good but the movie somewhat boring and not very suspenseful at all. :-\
Quote from: AVPVT Extinction on Jan 10, 2009, 03:35:14 PM
Whats all with this Alien is the best thing? I mean, sure Alien was good but the movie somewhat boring and not very suspenseful at all. :-\
Compared to "ALIENS" no. ;)
I like Alien 3 the best.
And Aliens IS overrated.
Quote from: Kriszilla on Jan 10, 2009, 06:02:07 PM
I like Alien 3 the best.
And Aliens IS overrated.
Why do people say it's over-rated? Tell me how it is in any way over-rated.
Keeping in mind that overrated means:
to think that something is better, stronger, more valuable etc than it really is
Quote from: Chris P on Jan 10, 2009, 08:20:54 PM
Quote from: Kriszilla on Jan 10, 2009, 06:02:07 PM
I like Alien 3 the best.
And Aliens IS overrated.
Why do people say it's over-rated? Tell me how it is in any way over-rated.
Keeping in mind that overrated means: to think that something is better, stronger, more valuable etc than it really is
You just answered your own question.
Quote from: AVPVT Extinction on Jan 10, 2009, 03:35:14 PM
Whats all with this Alien is the best thing? I mean, sure Alien was good but the movie somewhat boring and not very suspenseful at all. :-\
Coming from a big DBZ fan. haha
Quote from: Chris P on Jan 10, 2009, 08:20:54 PM
Quote from: Kriszilla on Jan 10, 2009, 06:02:07 PM
I like Alien 3 the best.
And Aliens IS overrated.
Why do people say it's over-rated? Tell me how it is in any way over-rated.
Keeping in mind that overrated means: to think that something is better, stronger, more valuable etc than it really is
It's overrated mainly b/c, for me, the mystery creature we saw in Alien, all of a sudden became another generic, run-of-the-mill, screaming space bug. Aliens had a big scope yes and was a great action movie, but Alien was the film that really breathed new life into a generic genre.
Quote from: The Wolf on Jan 10, 2009, 08:49:03 PM
Quote from: AVPVT Extinction on Jan 10, 2009, 03:35:14 PM
Whats all with this Alien is the best thing? I mean, sure Alien was good but the movie somewhat boring and not very suspenseful at all. :-\
Coming from a big DBZ fan. haha
Whats wrong being a DBZ fan?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jan 10, 2009, 09:44:20 PM
It's overrated mainly b/c, for me, the mystery creature we saw in Alien, all of a sudden became another generic, run-of-the-mill, screaming space bug. Aliens had a big scope yes and was a great action movie, but Alien was the film that really breathed new life into a generic genre.
Yeah, but that isn't being overrated, that's just another way to view the idea, in this case the ALIEN. In the end it is only one's opinion, but I wouldn't say it was overrated. It was by far better than A3 and 4. Everyone seems to be on either ALIEN or ALIENS.
ALIENS still had suspence, and it showed more about the ALIEN.
When comparing ALIEN to ALIENS, it is two seperate ways of viewing and knowing the ALIEN as a living organism and its life story. In ALIEN, the Alien was shown to be very smart, cunning, stealthy and independant. In ALIENS it showed the ALIENS in a mor military tactic sense of mind, more of becoming one to serve a higher power. We also learned of the ALIENS life cycle more closely; introducing the Queen and all.
So overrated? No. I would say "
Different".
My favorite movie and always will be Alien 3. Though Aliens and Predator were great movies, but they weren't dark and gritty like what Alien 3 delivers. So yeah...
Quote from: The_Undertaker on Jan 14, 2009, 01:37:06 PM
My favorite movie and always will be Alien 3. Though Aliens and Predator were great movies, but they weren't dark and gritty like what Alien 3 delivers. So yeah...
Amen to that bro.
A tie between Aliens and Alien with Predator close behind. Aliens had a great feel, you could just see moving shadows and the atmosphere and the feel of isolation was so great. And of course, the characters were brilliant.
Alien is a masterpiece in a different way. Lack of knowledge, mystery and the sense of haunted house in space and isolation really plays on this movie.
Predator builds all the way to the end. When you watch the movie the first time youre so eager to see whats in those trees and the tension is very carefuly constructed. Plus, Predator's design kicked major ass
Hard one,the best two are defo Predator and Aliens though.
Though my vote went to Predator.
It is a close tie between Aliens and Predator 2, but I think Predator 2 takes the cake.
The original Alien for me.
Aliens!
BTW, why you guys like "Alien" so much? There isn't like much action or something... It's still cool for me though, but I don't understand how it can be your favourite of the all franchise ;D
Quote from: Awgustas on Mar 24, 2009, 04:00:04 PM
Aliens!
BTW, why you guys like "Alien" so much? There isn't like much action or something... It's still cool for me though, but I don't understand how it can be your favourite of the all franchise ;D
For me it's the horror factor more than anything. Plus the whole idea of "First Contact" going terribly wrong, and instead of having the opportunity to benefit from it, actually coming up against something so terrifyingly vicious and evil that we wouldn't have a hope in Hell against it, which made me think "f**k! Maybe it won't be like Star Trek after all!"
As much as I love Aliens, Alien made me think more.
Quote from: Awgustas on Mar 24, 2009, 04:00:04 PM
Aliens!
BTW, why you guys like "Alien" so much? There isn't like much action or something... It's still cool for me though, but I don't understand how it can be your favourite of the all franchise ;D
It's not about action, it's about horror which it has in spades. I like it because the film is perfect to me; there isn't a single thing I don't like about.
Definitely the first Predator. Awesome concept and the suspense of seeing hints of this creature flashing its eyes the whole movie sets up for something huge and when the final face off between the Pred and Arnold takes place at the end it's just epic.
Alien: 10/10
Aliens: 10/10
Alien3: 10/10
Alien Resurrection: 8/10
Predator: 9/10
Predator 2: 8.5/10
Alien vs Predator: 7/10
Aliens vs Predator- Requiem: 7/10
My vote goes to Alien 3 for it's bleak, dark, uncormfortable apocalyptic atmosphere, and the viscious Runner Alien
For me best is Predator...
Alien - 8/10
Aliens - 10/10
Alien 3 - 9/10
Alien: Resurrection - 6/10
Predator - 10/10
Predator 2 - 9/10
AvP - 7/10
AvPR - 5/10
Predator and Aliens rock! ;)
WWell, for me its Alien tied with Aliens. I cant decide which one. One day I prefer the first one, another the second. Love A3 as well
Alien 3 ,with its ending was my favorite film to watch ... still though I love the whole alien series and Predator series. Oh and once my AVP script gets sent in... AVP will be the best also.
'Predator', but only just over 'Aliens' because I am an Arnold Fan.
Great action film. Its amazing how they gave so much information about the Predator in such little exposition.
I love everything about predator and alien! Im a die hard fan of the whole franchise, but im a life predator fan!
LoL A:R got 1 vote. That's too funny, Movie had potential though, but crapped on it with that embarrasment of a newborn.
The whole franchise is the best..you rock alien/predator!
Alien 9/10
Aliens 10/10
Alien 3 9/10
Alien resurrection 8/10
Predator 10/10
Predator 2 9/10
Avp 9/10
Avpr 8/10
Quote from: Millzy_55 on May 27, 2009, 03:52:16 AM
The whole franchise is the best..you rock alien/predator! my fav movie would be predator!
Alien 9/10
Aliens 10/10
Alien 3 9/10
Alien resurrection 8/10
Predator 10/10
Predator 2 9/10
Avp 9/10
Avpr 8/10
Alien 10/10
Aliens 10/10
Alien 3 8/10
Alien resurrection 5/10
Predator 10/10
Predator 2 10/10
Avp 9/10
Avpr 9/10
Aliens
Mainly because of the looming presense that the Queen has over most of the film. From the moment they mention her... you know she's coming.
Quote from: TJ Doc on Jun 06, 2009, 04:17:08 PM
Aliens
Mainly because of the looming presense that the Queen has over most of the film. From the moment they mention her... you know she's coming.
Agree with that. I remember hearing "so who's lying those eggs" and "something we havent seen yet" for the first time, and like you said - you know its coming. And it was such a creepy cool thing not showing her till the very end and mentioning her much earlier. Your imagination and terror goes wild
It all comes down to Aliens and Predator , but it looks like in the end aliens stole the title. it is a great movie too; great action, killer suspence, its no wonder after all these years no movie comes to surpase this masterpiece.
And as for predator, congratulations for making second place! My hat is off to both these contenders for holding the standard for sci-fi pictures for more than 20 years. ;D
Never mind Alien is second.
Lol. :D
Can you guess my favourite?
I hope not. :-/
Quote from: Alien³ on Jun 14, 2009, 04:12:11 PM
Can you guess my favourite?
Maybe Alien 3? I dont know I'm just guessing. Probably got it wrong.
Quote from: Alien³ on Jun 14, 2009, 07:31:11 PM
Quote from: Cal427eb on Jun 14, 2009, 07:30:01 PM
Quote from: Alien³ on Jun 14, 2009, 04:12:11 PM
Can you guess my favourite?
Maybe Alien 3? I dont know I'm just guessing. Probably got it wrong.
Quote from: EEV2650 on Jun 14, 2009, 04:14:58 PM
Quote from: Alien³ on Jun 14, 2009, 04:12:11 PM
Can you guess my favourite?
AVP?
AVP?! Shame on you.
Alien 3 was correct. How did you know?!
Lucky guess. Always guess the third choice. Like C on multiple choice. Thats how I passed the CRCT.
QuoteLucky guess. Always guess the third choice. Like C on multiple choice. Thats how I passed the CRCT.
So it was a guess, even though it's splattered across my avatar, sig and name?
Sarcasmz. Cal427eb haz it.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jun 14, 2009, 08:29:37 PM
Sarcasmz. Cal427eb haz it.
Serious about the multiple choice thing though. ;D :D ;)
A L I E N Hands down. It just instilled a feeling of unstoppableness. Even though AL()ENS follows extremely close behind it. SO FRUSTURATING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE!!! >:( >:( >:(
Alien and Alien 3
I don't know. I think Alien, Aliens, and Predator were great. I guess Aliens.
I know I am known on these forums for liking Aliens a lot more than Alien, but now that I think about it, with Aliens, JC tried to scare me. He did not. in Alien, Ridley Scott's brilliant tactics scared the shit out of me, and for that, I still choose Aliens. LOL. I just like it a lot more. I guess I just like mindless action more than well-thought out scare tactics. Hey, wait a sec, 2 people voted for Alien Rez!!! You two may want to watch your back.
It`s a tie between Predator and Alien`s (which are the most popular, I must have good taste...XD)
I love Predator because of the mystery, the suspense, the the music (Oh how I love the music...). And, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Badass plot, Badass cast, Badass effects, = Badass movie.
Alien`s, because therearefreakinaliensflyingeverywhereomgWTFRiplyawsomeplotexplosionbestsequileverSigourneyWeaver
wowhotcoolspectacjuloaromg. That`s why I like it, nuff` said.
Jericho-
Quote from: Jericho on Jun 25, 2009, 05:36:40 PM
It`s a tie between Predator and Alien`s (which are the most popular, I must have good taste...XD)
I love Predator because of the mystery, the suspense, the the music (Oh how I love the music...). And, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Badass plot, Badass cast, Badass effects, = Badass movie.
Alien`s, because therearefreakinaliensflyingeverywhereomgWTFRiplyawsomeplotexplosionbestsequileverSigourneyWeaver
wowhotcoolspectacjuloaromg. That`s why I like it, nuff` said.
Jericho-
Same here a tie between Aliens and Predator
There were all good film's but i really loved predator two.
Mine would be Predator or Aliens they are both great movies
I voted for Predator because the original movie started my interest in Predator. I like the follow-up Predator 2. I also like AvP and AvPR as well for personal reasons. The movie Aliens was great and I thought that the Power Loader was cool! 8)
Going to have to go with ALIENS on this one...though I have a very strong affinity for both ALIEN and PREDATOR. I also have big soft spots for PREDATOR 2 and ALIEN 3, though they're definitely not candidates for favorite overall.
The other films are enjoyable in some way or form, but are far from being the best examples what both series have to offer. Though I guess the Alien, Predator, and AvP franchises are considered separate from each other. Honestly, I think ALIEN:Resurrection is probably my least favorite film in all of the franchises just because the film was completely and totally pointless.
Predator, Predator 2, Alien, Aliens, Alien3
Damn, seriously, their all equally as damn good.
After re watching the originals.. the AvP films piss me off.
Probably a tie between Aliens, Predator and Predator 2, and I didn't wnat to give in to peer presure, so I voted for Predator 2.
The only part that could use improvement was how the Predator was killed, Oh well...
Wasn't that bad. He was very wounded already and dueled to the death. I thought it was a very honorable way too go. Just with Harrigan was a little more mangled up. Broken arm or something.
Hm, wouldn't have believable methinks. A Harrigan would was that badly beaten down might have seemed like he'd be too weak to really fight back.
The Smart Disc is what did it all. That and the Shotgun. The only thing that kept Harrigan going was his strength. He didn't actually use it on the Predator, he used it to keep pushing. The Disc & shotgun made the damage.
this is bullshit.. making me choose between Predator, and Aliens... I only chose Predator because I've always been, and will remain, a bigger fan of the predator species than the aliens... but which is the better film... A L I E N S. without a doubt.
Alien - It displays the most biologically perfect, not to mention possibly most powerful, incarnation of the Alien itself besides the Queen.
For me this is my ranking from best to worst and hopefully Predators and the Alien Prequel will be high up there in the near future.
1. Aliens
2. Predator
3. Alien
4. Predator 2
5. Alien 3
6. AVP-R
7. Alien Resurrection
8. AVP
Mine in order.
1) - Alien
1) - Aliens
1) - Alien3
1) - Alien Resurrection
2) - Predator
3) - Predator 2
4) - AvP: Alien vs. Predator
5) - AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
well i like aliens but it dont hav the terminator in it arnold is invincible acept wen he the bad guy but that dont count dammit but wen he good he always getting beat up by ppl smaller then him example terminmator 2 and 3 and commando they way smaller then him wtf how he get beat up
Aliens.
ALIENS is a great movie even if i am predator fan i agree its a great movie but i also love Predator 1 movie its so cool too see predator in jungle in high ground playing with US Elite special forces.And that sweet death at the end predator laughting ;)
Predator is my all time favorite movie, and Aliens would be my second.
hard to say i thought aliens was really good but i have to go with
P R E D A T O R
Time to make myself an outcast to the community!:
My favorite is probably AvP-R. I find it to be the "scariest" of the movies. Its definitly darker, and its quite abit more intense. After that, I'd probably say Aliens, then AvP(I love the comic elements of it, and Grid is a beast).
Oddly enough, my least favorite movie is probably Predator(and don't be fooled by my profile picture, I'm an equally big Predator fan as I am Alien fan). Predator is the only movie of the 8 thats ever put me to sleep <_<(in my defence, I had commentary on......)
Get 'im!
Too tired...
/flee
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 31, 2009, 03:06:42 AM
I find it to be the "scariest" of the movies.
I ... buh ...
QuoteIts definitly darker,
Only literally speaking!
Quoteand its quite abit more intense.
...engh? Whaa?
QuoteOddly enough, my least favorite movie is probably Predator
You are never, ever, allowed to make a comment on the movies ever again. Ever. You have hereby revoked your own right to do so. May God have mercy on your soul.
All I'm saying is Aliens leaping through windows onto unsuspecting civilians and double headshots are pretty intense 8)
Aliens was great though.
Should I mention Alien used to be my least favorite movie?...no, I lost commenting rights already... ;)
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 31, 2009, 03:16:24 AM
All I'm saying is Aliens leaping through windows onto unsuspecting civilians and double headshots are pretty intense
Double headshots are retarded immature horseshit and jumping through windows is something Jason does, not an Alien. Crashing through the ceiling and wasting marines, that's intense. Jumping through a window is what the bogeyman does.
QuoteShould I mention Alien used to be my least favorite movie?
I'm not surprised. You're AvPR's target audience.
Eh, I grew up on Jurassic Park, "guy-in-rubber-suit" special effects are horrid to me <_< I love it because its a classic though. And I love Predator for the background Predator info(and the movie is great till Dutch is the only one left, then I find it alittle boring).
Um, anyway...
I grew up on Jurassic Park as well. I personally don't think it holds a candle to ALIEN or ALIENS in terms of narrative innovation, creature design or tension, though. Rubber suit or not, I'm not thinking about that when watching ALIEN movies because they're so effective at making the situation believable.
Don't get me wrong, I love the movies, and your right, the story and feel of the movies is fantastic. And I love the Alien creature and whatnot, but I don't find Alien to be scary whereas I do find AvP-R to be scary.
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 31, 2009, 03:21:05 AM
Eh, I grew up on Jurassic Park, "guy-in-rubber-suit" special effects are horrid to me <_<
The velociraptors were done in part with men in rubber suits :)
QuoteI do find AvP-R to be scary.
How. This just buggers my mind.
How. I saw the movie with a mother of two who's had nightmares from
kids' movies, and she never so much as
flinched through the entire film. She was almost falling asleep by the time Wolf and Chet smacked down.
How is the movie in any way anything
resembling scary. What bits? Have I missed something in my half a dozen viewings? What was scary? When were they even
trying to be scary?
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 31, 2009, 03:30:03 AM
Don't get me wrong, I love the movies, and your right, the story and feel of the movies is fantastic. And I love the Alien creature and whatnot, but I don't find Alien to be scary whereas I do find AvP-R to be scary.
What you find scary is certainly up to you.
AvPR's idiot Aliens, incompetent Predator and poor characters prevented me from caring. In every
ALIEN move, there was a distance from any kind of assistance that contributed to the atmosphere. Complete isolation, where you and a very few others are being stalked by something ghostly and vampiric with all the ferocity of a wild animal and none of the impatience.
AvPR's Aliens were more like velociraptors than actual Aliens. Wolf was a generic action hero rather than a Predator. It failed to give fans what they wanted in terms of creature behaviour, which is a massive part of what made them scary in the first place.
QuoteHave I missed something in my half a dozen viewings?
You're a stronger man than I, good SiL.
Quote from: MadassAlex on Oct 31, 2009, 03:46:23 AM
You're a stronger man than I, good SiL.
I've tried watching it many more times, but could never get past the first ten minutes.
AvP-R is terrible. It's probably one of the biggest letdowns in a movie ever, for me. The trailer rocked, the movie blew phace out its arse. I own it on Blu-Ray and it collects dust. I have no desire to watch that trash. Definitely not scary, in the slightest.
I said I was about to alienate(lol) myself with my post =3 but yea, I know the velociraptors were done with suits(some of them, like the hunter getting ownd), but the T-rex attack was stunning @_@ a real t-rex wouldn't look anymore realistic then that did.(in my opinion of course) But all in all I just didn't find Alien scary, whereas I found the darkness and brutality of AvP-R to be scary. But, opinions opinions.
Yeah, I have no beef with someone liking a bad movie, but a bad movie is a bad movie. :) I like the movie Hackers. I know it's terrible, but I don't care... I like it.
:)
My problem comes more from the fact that someone actually exists who fits the audience the Bros Strause was aiming for. You have no idea how depressing that is.
<_< 19 year old male demographic for the win I suppose. Though, nomatter how much gore they have, nothing can excuse the acting...I like the intensity though.
I'd say Predator, because I've grown up watching it and even now after multiple views over the years, I can still watch it again and again. Alien and Aliens are great to, but you can't beat a childhood classic..
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 31, 2009, 04:58:01 AM
<_< 19 year old male demographic for the win I suppose.
Please don't lump me in with people like you! :P
QuoteThough, nomatter how much gore they have, nothing can excuse the acting...I like the intensity though.
But what intensity? Everything was so half-assed there wasn't any. It was just a bunch of random shit that happened.
Quote from: megachu17 on Oct 31, 2009, 03:06:42 AM
My favorite is probably AvP-R. I find it to be the "scariest" of the movies. Its definitly darker, and its quite abit more intense.
You make me sad.
Don't hate me because of what I am!
I don't think being an AvP-R fan is a choice...I think your born this way! I deserve rights too!!
Wow that was insensitive, anyway, opinions opinions. =)
Yes, opinions. This forum would come to a screeching halt w/out the many many opinions.
I certainly don't watch AvP:R regularly, but I bought the Blu-Ray and I don't regret the decision. It's a fun, brainless that I like to watch when I'm bored.
How could you like AVP.R when you can't even see whats going on? I mean, its basically a dark blank screen with Predator and Alien sound effects. I'm talking about the DVD version, don't know if the Blu-Ray is lighter or not..
I guess coz I can see what's going, imagine that :o
I'm still glad to see you defend AvpR, Doom.
Till death do us part!
I ve always wondered what everybody likes i chose ALIENS
Everyone likes Aliens. haha
Aliens, Then Predator
Quote from: MadassAlex on Oct 31, 2009, 03:07:43 AM
Get 'im!
I'll grab my pitchforks while you get the torches!
I selected Alien. For me, this is a perfect film. It has a great plot, breathtaking visuals, and amazing acting. Every character felt real and relatable. You actually care for them and want them to live, with the possible exception of Ash. The scares were excellent, and they continue to make me jump after the fourth or fifth viewing. The mystery and mythos behind it is gripping and interesting. The suspense doesn't stop. There are no moments were it lets you relax and think "okay, they're safe for now" until the very end, and that's because the creature was blown out of an airlock. The Alien itself is one of the most terrifying creatures to ever be imagined. It just gives me this special "feeling" that few films have been able to. That is why it is my favourite of the Alien and Predator films.
Switched to 'Predator'. It ticks all the right boxes.
Quote from: War Wager on Nov 23, 2009, 04:01:06 AM
Switched to 'Predator'. It ticks all the right boxes.
Whatchu switch from?
I'd bet Resurrection.
+1.
'A:R' is kind of a mixed bag. To put it bluntly I'd rather watch it over any of the other Alien movies. It's my favourite. But I don't think it's not "better" than any of them, infact it's clearly the weakest of the series. It is a bad Alien movie.
But now you'd rather watch Predator. You've done yourself a good deed. :D
Aliens Is The Best!
Mine:
1. Aliens
2. Predator
3. Alien
4. Alien 3
5. Predator 2
6. AVP
7. AVP:R
8. A:R
Aliens is leading with 104, with Alien in second with 51.
PREDATOR 2
Alien
High-five, my man.
*holds hand up for high-five*
*slaps hand before Gwonam*
You have made a powerful enemy today, my friend. A powerful enemy.
*glares at Skinner*
I seem to be... watching your every move today.
For me it is a tie between Predator and Alien followed by Aliens
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 18, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
Thats what i dont understand. Every website of aliens, predator i go on always says that they hate predator 2 etc. What is wrong with predator 2 i absoloutley loved it!
Quote from: Blades on Dec 18, 2009, 04:23:35 PM
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 18, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
Thats what i dont understand. Every website of aliens, predator i go on always says that they hate predator 2 etc. What is wrong with predator 2 i absoloutley loved it!
C'mon! :D
Not every site, not every user.
I personally love P2 this same way like P1.
I just don't say anything about AvP:R (*censored*). No... I Can't... ;)
Yeah, I always thought that Predator 2 was a pretty good film. Not great, but it was entertaining enough.
Alien.
Closely followed by alien 3
Quote from: Blades on Dec 18, 2009, 04:23:35 PM
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 18, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
Thats what i dont understand. Every website of aliens, predator i go on always says that they hate predator 2 etc. What is wrong with predator 2 i absoloutley loved it!
I don't hate any of those movies.
Besides, that post is nearly 2 years old. Opinions change... :p
Really hard choice between alien, aliens, and predator, but I had to go with the first one.
Quote from: Blades on Dec 18, 2009, 04:23:35 PM
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 18, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
Thats what i dont understand. Every website of aliens, predator i go on always says that they hate predator 2 etc. What is wrong with predator 2 i absoloutley loved it!
I've been wondering that for a long time. I always thought Predator 2 was as good as the original.
Quote from: The Demon on Dec 23, 2009, 01:48:53 AM
Quote from: Blades on Dec 18, 2009, 04:23:35 PM
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 18, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
Thats what i dont understand. Every website of aliens, predator i go on always says that they hate predator 2 etc. What is wrong with predator 2 i absoloutley loved it!
I've been wondering that for a long time. I always thought Predator 2 was as good as the original.
Yeah, man! High five!
Quote from: Blades on Dec 18, 2009, 04:23:35 PM
Quote from: War Wager on Mar 18, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
It's kinda hard for me to choose, although it's definitley not AvP, AvPR, Predator 2 or Alien3.
Thats what i dont understand. Every website of aliens, predator i go on always says that they hate predator 2 etc. What is wrong with predator 2 i absoloutley loved it!
I certainly don't hate it, but it's cheesy. Fun, but cheesy. Not as good as the first though.
Alien is a work of art. The way that the music and the visuals both human and alien work together is masterfull. One of the first gritty science films that still has the power to shock people with its unique beast., Superb acting, very original script and monster and wonderfull directing from the great sir Ridley Scott make this film a genuine classic.
Aliens hands down- nuff said 8)
i like avp in this one even though scar used the acid from the blood of the alien and mark on her arm well i though it burnt through the predators armor soo...it was kinda wierd but i like hoe you know your gonna see a sequal when you se the chestburster it was a thrill loved it
For me predator.
Its hard to decide between "Aliens" and "Predator" but ide have to say Predator bc I've loved that movie since I was 5
Five, OMG :o
You're the man ;D
Haha thanks....lol...I've always loved them so that's why I'm here and I'm covered in avp tattoos.
Im new here but went with alien, predator is an extremely close 2nd
Welcome m138jewski
Love' that avatar. Where did it come from?
Predator 2
Predator. I was born to it...literally.
In my country, me too :) Predator ftw!
Quote from: 08yeyinde on Jan 25, 2010, 11:24:55 AM
In my country, me too :) Predator ftw!
For the win indeed! ;D
Predator 2's barely more popular than the AvP films, this makes me sad.
Meanwhile Res has 2 votes, this makes me smile.
And I happen to know at least one of those two votes is a sympathy vote.
Oh boy this is tough.
Aliens gets the edge over Predator just slightly.
How the f**k is Predator not the number one movie here?! f**k any of the Aliens' films. Predator simply rules! The greatest film of all time.
Quote from: If It Bleeds on Jan 29, 2010, 07:41:15 PM
How the f**k is Predator not the number one movie here?! f**k any of the Aliens' films. Predator simply rules! The greatest film of all time.
Calm down dude!!! I think that Predator is best one too, but doesnt mean that everyone have to agree with us
Quote from: If It Bleeds on Jan 29, 2010, 07:41:15 PM
How the f**k is Predator not the number one movie here?! f**k any of the Aliens' films. Predator simply rules! The greatest film of all time.
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Perdator :)
Aw come on guys.. two rules:
1.
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He can't possibly be serious.
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Jan 30, 2010, 10:49:08 PM
Quote from: If It Bleeds on Jan 29, 2010, 07:41:15 PM
How the f**k is Predator not the number one movie here?! f**k any of the Aliens' films. Predator simply rules! The greatest film of all time.
How the f**k can someone be so ignorant and close-minded?!
Or, he has an opinion. And an extreme one at that.
Quote from: Puks on Jan 30, 2010, 11:18:47 PM
Aw come on guys.. two rules:
What's rule three, don't feed them after midnight?
Oh, for the love of god, NEVER after midnight! :(
QuoteWhat's rule three?
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I love ALIENS and PREDATOR!!!! Those are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 02:51:52 PM
I love ALIENS and PREDATOR!!!! Those are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same to me , so the choice was for me AVP. Blame me for it. I am ready ::)
Quote from: psychonaut25 on Feb 05, 2010, 02:56:20 PM
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 02:51:52 PM
I love ALIENS and PREDATOR!!!! Those are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same to me , so the choice was for me AVP. Blame me for it. I am ready ::)
I have no intention to blame you, just understand you. Although a combination of A and P in AvP was not very successful in my opinion... ;)
But it's only my opinion... ;)
Quote from: keylight-di on Feb 05, 2010, 03:03:38 PM
Quote from: psychonaut25 on Feb 05, 2010, 02:56:20 PM
Quote from: nico_celtic on Feb 03, 2010, 02:51:52 PM
I love ALIENS and PREDATOR!!!! Those are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same to me , so the choice was for me AVP. Blame me for it. I am ready ::)
I have no intention to blame you, just understand you. Although a combination of A and P in AvP was not very successful in my opinion... ;)
But it's only my opinion... ;)
It is because there were only "teenage" predators and no "real" ones. But I think it was a fresh move to restart predators. In AVP2 it was a waste of potential.
Alien. Masterpiece in cinematic history, and a great horror story.
Exactly; Alien is my favourite film.
PREDATOR
predator and aliens
Predator with Aliens being a very close second.
crazy didnt expect predator to lose so badly on the pole...
Alien. Shit was SO cash.
Quote from: CANNON on Feb 10, 2010, 03:51:05 AM
crazy didnt expect predator to lose so badly on the pole...
It's coming second.
Hell, it's in front of
Alien.
Even though I am more interested in the Alien universe, I would chose PREDATOR - a classic and entertaining popcorn action-flick.
ALIEN
But I knew Aliens would get 1st place
Alien is more legendary than Predator...... c'mon !
Quote from: D0wNF411 on Feb 12, 2010, 04:50:15 PM
Alien is more legendary than Predator...... c'mon !
Yeah, but Predator has the "Get to the choppa!" in it :P
Quote from: maddriver on Feb 12, 2010, 04:53:45 PM
Quote from: D0wNF411 on Feb 12, 2010, 04:50:15 PM
Alien is more legendary than Predator...... c'mon !
Yeah, but Predator has the "Get to the choppa!" in it :P
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Not this!!! Not there!!! NOOOOO :o
I really hate this picture. Probably because he is smiling. >:(
(*hate, hate, hate....grrrrrrrrr....*)
Yes I know. It's sick. It looks gay. BTW, I want to know who the hell was drawing this??? ??? ??? ???
p.s. 100th post...
My fav is predator and predator 2 as a tie!
Id have to say alien 3 it wasnt the best that was not the poll but it was my favourite bucause the runner
its between aliens or predator
Alien. All the mystery and suspense.
Back when it was still the "Perfect Organism"
Quote from: HitmonTom on Mar 01, 2010, 07:21:20 PM
Alien. All the mystery and suspense.
Back when it was still the "Perfect Organism"
This.
Quote from: Asian Assassin on Feb 23, 2010, 11:59:23 PM
its between aliens or predator
Indeed, it is. I voted
Predator I, but I could flip-flop between the two.
Extremely under-rated are both
Alien 3 &
Predator 2.
As you can see..With AVP and AVP:R , the Predator 2 is much more respected..
Quote from: Quick N Slick on Mar 05, 2010, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Asian Assassin on Feb 23, 2010, 11:59:23 PM
its between aliens or predator
Indeed, it is. I voted Predator I, but I could flip-flop between the two.
Extremely under-rated are both Alien 3 & Predator 2.
I agree completely.
Predator. It's the movie I watched most, and I still haven't seen the three alien movies. But hey, if they only made the AVP movie have better characters, stronger Predators, and more vicious Aliens, it would be perfect for the storyline and the setting. But they turned it into dogshit.
Quote from: Maverick62897 on Mar 07, 2010, 09:07:07 AM
Predator. It's the movie I watched most, and I still haven't seen the three alien movies. But hey, if they only made the AVP movie have better characters, stronger Predators, and more vicious Aliens, it would be perfect for the storyline and the setting. But they turned it into dogshit.
I hope you know there's 4 Alien stand alone films.
Aliens and first pred
Predator I would say,and then Aliens
AvPR has more votes than AR. I... right. :'(
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Mar 14, 2010, 06:59:36 PM
AvPR has more votes than AR. I... right. :'(
Thats probably because a bunch of kids were introduced to the franchises by the AvP movies. So naturally its going to hold more value to them.
Quote from: HitmonTom on Mar 14, 2010, 11:55:30 PM
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Mar 14, 2010, 06:59:36 PM
AvPR has more votes than AR. I... right. :'(
Thats probably because a bunch of kids were introduced to the franchises by the AvP movies. So naturally its going to hold more value to them.
Why is the same sentence allways here...About kids and AVP and so...I know many people who liked AVP, and are NOT kids, not even teenagers. It's very unwise to throw all AVP fans in the same place.
It wasn't meant as an insult.
I was saying since AvP is relatively new, a lot of a younger generation of posters were introduced to the movies through that movie. And thus that movie would have a certain sentimental value.
Whereas if you were older your probably grew up with one of the older movies.
I never said everyone who like AvP was a kid.
Pretty soon Predators will have to be added to the list.
Been wondering how I'm going to do that. Can't put it after Predator 2.
Yeah you can. I'm sure the movie doesn't contradict anything that happens in Predator 2.
Can't add an option after P2 I mean.
Oh.
I guess we'll have to make a new thread I suppose.
And dispose of 328 votes! :o
I think its appropriate, so yeah.
I think the new movie deserves the disposal of 328 votes. haha
ghost busters ::) lol
"Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown!!" :D
id say predator 2 is the best cuz that preds kicks ass with style has he best wepons and also that pred is the most youneek out of all the preds he looks diffrent and acts diffent and i liek diffrent :D
Hmm... tough choice. My favorite movie has to be either Aliens, Alien 3, or Predator.
Okay, I've been hearing this a lot lately, and I'd like it explained. Many people have said that they rate Alien3 as good, or better, than Alien. I would like to hear some reasons, because for me, 3 doesn't come close to holding a candle to the original.
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Mar 21, 2010, 01:21:32 AM
Okay, I've been hearing this a lot lately, and I'd like it explained. Many people have said that they rate Alien3 as good, or better, than Alien. I would like to hear some reasons, because for me, 3 doesn't come close to holding a candle to the original.
Opinions my good man. Opinions are the reason. Personally, i have Alien3 second, after Alien, mainly because it made the Alien a one creature destructive force, whereas Aliens made it cannon fodder for the most part. Not saying Aliens is a bad film by any means, the action, pacing, story, and charaters are all great. But you could replace the Aliens in the movie with anything else and not much would change.
I know it's opinions, and I'm not getting mad at anyone. It's just I'd like to hear some reasons; I'm always interested in getting a glimpse at the insanity. I also agree with you about Aliens, but I still like it more than 3.
Quote from: Maverick62897 on Mar 07, 2010, 09:07:07 AM
Predator. It's the movie I watched most, and I still haven't seen the three alien movies. But hey, if they only made the AVP movie with better characters, stronger Predators, and more vicious Aliens, it would be perfect for the storyline and the setting. But they turned it into dogshit.
It's true. Of all the scripts, AvP had the best. But since it's finished, nothing can change it. I just wish that they would make another AvP film in the same setting and story, except better in everything you said that should be improvised.
AvP had the best script? Really?
You guys have very odd standards.
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Mar 21, 2010, 01:21:32 AM
Okay, I've been hearing this a lot lately, and I'd like it explained. Many people have said that they rate Alien3 as good, or better, than Alien. I would like to hear some reasons, because for me, 3 doesn't come close to holding a candle to the original.
Like Dachande said, we all have different opinions on the film we like the most. I prefer Alien 3 over Alien just because it has a more darker tone, a more vicious Alien that just the prisoners just for the heck of it, and because its more interesting characters than the first one. If you don't like my opinion, than just fine by me because I don't like every other person's opinions as well.
The Assembly Cut of Alien 3 also has the best story of the original trilogy; at least it does aside from that clusterfu#k of an opening.
And as a third and final act, it works brilliantly.
Quote from: Death Machine on Mar 21, 2010, 06:32:03 PM
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Mar 21, 2010, 01:21:32 AM
Okay, I've been hearing this a lot lately, and I'd like it explained. Many people have said that they rate Alien3 as good, or better, than Alien. I would like to hear some reasons, because for me, 3 doesn't come close to holding a candle to the original.
Like Dachande said, we all have different opinions on the film we like the most. I prefer Alien 3 over Alien just because it has a more darker tone, a more vicious Alien that just the prisoners just for the heck of it, and because its more interesting characters than the first one. If you don't like my opinion, than just fine by me because I don't like every other person's opinions as well.
I didn't say I didn't like your opinion, I was just curious as to your reasoning. I completely understand where you're coming from, and though I do disagree with it, it is reasonable.
Strangely enough... I just do not know. :-[
Alien for me.
Predator And Aliens Are My Favs..
Aliens is the best movie ever. Well, almost.
Aliens it was close to Alien but the first one was a little slow I mean H.R Gigers alien was like slow. It made it scarier but Aliens win cause of the Marines.
The two which get badly under-rated are Predator II & Alien III. The two which stand above all the others as the greatest of the great are Predator I & Aliens.
Quote from: Quick N Slick on Mar 31, 2010, 07:35:37 AM
The two which get badly under-rated are Predator II & Alien III. The two which stand above all the others as the greatest of the great are Predator I & Aliens.
My thoughts exactly. Though don't ignore Alien was pretty damn good too. Still prefer Predator and Aliens to it though.
I will never argue P2 is an underrated movie. It's decent at best.
Quote from: ScoobySnax on Apr 02, 2010, 01:52:02 AM
Quote from: Quick N Slick on Mar 31, 2010, 07:35:37 AM
The two which get badly under-rated are Predator II & Alien III. The two which stand above all the others as the greatest of the great are Predator I & Aliens.
My thoughts exactly. Though don't ignore Alien was pretty damn good too. Still prefer Predator and Aliens to it though.
Absolutely.
Alien is no more than a half-rung below its successor &
Predator I. It's the third-ranked of six films for mine, but stands on its own plain.
Meh, I don't really like Aliens that much at all. Completely raped the creature... on the flipside, it had Colonial Marines and all the epic win that follows their asses & elbows -- and the Queen. Those are its saving graces.
I've been waiting ages for that post ^
How did Aliens rape the creature? ???
I mean, this time they have guns... it's natural that a monster can show weaknesses to something.
It turned the "perfect organism" into a giant space ant. They just weren't as interesting.
^Yeah.
...f**k James Cameron.
They have all the traits of the first Alien. And kicked the shit out of the Marines if I'm not wrong.
My favorite film has to be
Alien 3 followed by
Alien. I'm not going to deny that, in terms of actual film,
Alien is better (however,
Alien 3, film-wise, is still better than all the others, excluding
Alien). The reason why I prefer the third is because of what ti did with the creature: I love its representation in
Alien, as a ghostly, unstoppable monster, but in
Alien 3 it was a
killing machine, which I prefer just slightly over the former's description.
QuoteThey have all the traits of the first Alien. And kicked the shit out of the Marines if I'm not wrong.
They don't really have all the traits. In
Alien, it was an unknown, unstoppable terror from the stars, and it seemed wholly unable to be killed. In
Aliens, they were space lions which could be easily killed if you had a gun, and whose only possible way to be threatening was if it was placed against unarmed opponents or attacked in large numbers.
QuoteThey have all the traits of the first Alien. And kicked the shit out of the Marines if I'm not wrong.
Yes, but they were TURNED INTO GIANT SPACE ANTS.
Quote from: severen76 on Apr 03, 2010, 03:18:08 PM
^Yeah.
...f**k James Cameron.
Thing is though, I can't help but really enjoy
Aliens. I know they simplified everything about the creature, but then I remind myself about just how awesome Winston's Alien Queen was.
:-\
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 03, 2010, 03:19:44 PM
They have all the traits of the first Alien. And kicked the shit out of the Marines if I'm not wrong.
the alien was turned in some stupid space bug
They aren't stupid. On the contrary, they are highly intelligent, as the first Alien was. I bet if Ripley got one of those rifles from Aliens she would have killed the Alien way easier.
Alien share with Ants only the gerarchy type. For the rest they don't resemble ants at all and still kick people's ass.
Quote from: TJ Doc on Apr 03, 2010, 03:22:15 PM
QuoteThey have all the traits of the first Alien. And kicked the shit out of the Marines if I'm not wrong.
Yes, but they were TURNED INTO GIANT SPACE ANTS.
Quote from: severen76 on Apr 03, 2010, 03:18:08 PM
^Yeah.
...f**k James Cameron.
Thing is though, I can't help but really enjoy Aliens. I know they simplified everything about the creature, but then I remind myself about just how awesome Winston's Alien Queen was.
:-\
I saw Aliens when I was really young, even before I saw Alien. I think because of this I never really found the queen that good of a design, sure I thought it was cool like everything else in that film when I was little.
I guess I just never learned to appreciate it. Also I prefer the Egg Morphing idea to the queen.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 03, 2010, 03:03:19 PM
How did Aliens rape the creature? ???
I mean, this time they have guns... it's natural that a monster can show weaknesses to something.
Slow and calculated-->Alien
Fast and dumb-->Aliens
The Alien that killed Dietrich was also slow and calculated. So did the Alien which killed Ferro and Spunkmeyer.
And they weren't dumb. They took down the electricity and took on surprise the Marines in the famous scene of 5 meters etc.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 03, 2010, 03:03:19 PM
How did Aliens rape the creature? ???
I mean, this time they have guns... it's natural that a monster can show weaknesses to something.
I can't exactly put my finger on it, but the Aliens seemed far less intelligent than Kane's Son. Maybe it was the zergrushing into sentries, then only backing away after (what sounds like) dozens of them having been shot to ribbons. Granted, they cut the power and came from the f**king walls, but still... in
Alien, I found it hard to fully estimate how intelligent the creature actually was. After seeing
Aliens, I had a pretty good idea (somewhere between us and primates), which was a bit of a letdown. I liked the mystery that shrouded it in
Alien. Much of it was revealed in
Aliens. And I didn't like that.
Not a very good reason, I know. :p
SiL said it best in an older thread, check this.
Quote from: SiL on Oct 07, 2008, 01:01:13 AMIn 1979, we had a psychosexual biomechanical nightmare the likes of which the world had never seen. We had something that was alien. Incomprehensible. It acted in mysterious ways, you couldn't pin a behaviour on it. Its mannerisms and actions were a perversion of humanity and nature. There's even implied rape, or at the very least, some form of horrific mutilation never seen since.
In 1986, oh wait, it's a giant f**king termite.
The Alien's personality was completely changed. It went from dark and mysterious, to a terrestrial insect on steroids. It went from something creepy and unknown, to cannon fodder. It became the ants from Them!. It became the freakin' antithesis of what the original filmmakers had set out to achieve. Where once they tried to make something unique, Cameron set out to make something mundane and derivative.
Aliens is more or less Alien with just more Aliens if you ask me.
Like Terminator 2 is Terminator with 2 Terminators instead of one.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 03, 2010, 04:40:27 PM
SiL said it best in an older thread, check this.
Quote from: SiL on Oct 07, 2008, 01:01:13 AMIn 1979, we had a psychosexual biomechanical nightmare the likes of which the world had never seen. We had something that was alien. Incomprehensible. It acted in mysterious ways, you couldn't pin a behaviour on it. Its mannerisms and actions were a perversion of humanity and nature. There's even implied rape, or at the very least, some form of horrific mutilation never seen since.
In 1986, oh wait, it's a giant f**king termite.
The Alien's personality was completely changed. It went from dark and mysterious, to a terrestrial insect on steroids. It went from something creepy and unknown, to cannon fodder. It became the ants from Them!. It became the freakin' antithesis of what the original filmmakers had set out to achieve. Where once they tried to make something unique, Cameron set out to make something mundane and derivative.
I think all of SiL's posts should be archived for future reference.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Apr 03, 2010, 04:40:27 PM
SiL said it best in an older thread, check this.
Quote from: SiL on Oct 07, 2008, 01:01:13 AMIn 1979, we had a psychosexual biomechanical nightmare the likes of which the world had never seen. We had something that was alien. Incomprehensible. It acted in mysterious ways, you couldn't pin a behaviour on it. Its mannerisms and actions were a perversion of humanity and nature. There's even implied rape, or at the very least, some form of horrific mutilation never seen since.
In 1986, oh wait, it's a giant f**king termite.
The Alien's personality was completely changed. It went from dark and mysterious, to a terrestrial insect on steroids. It went from something creepy and unknown, to cannon fodder. It became the ants from Them!. It became the freakin' antithesis of what the original filmmakers had set out to achieve. Where once they tried to make something unique, Cameron set out to make something mundane and derivative.
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+10 internets to SiL.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 03, 2010, 04:42:56 PM
Aliens is more or less Alien with just more Aliens if you ask me.
It's anything but. Aliens was action whereas Alien was horror. Alien was slow paced and kept you on the edge of your seat whereas Aliens is more fast paced and it's a popcorn film.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 03, 2010, 04:42:56 PMLike Terminator 2 is Terminator with 2 Terminators instead of one.
I also disagree. T2 improved on everything the first film had and didn't have to bastardize anything from the original film. It had a better story, better effects, and was more fun yet also managed to stay intelligent in its plot.
To each its own.
I don't think the Aliens were much different apart design-wise.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 04, 2010, 12:46:57 AM
I don't think the Aliens were much different apart design-wise.
Design wise they weren't,
behaviorally they were.
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Apr 04, 2010, 01:45:11 AM
Design wise they weren't, behaviorally they were.
No, the phisical appearence changed a lot. The behaviour on the other part not so much IMHO.
To each its own.
Thanks for the attention.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 04, 2010, 12:46:57 AM
I don't think the Aliens were much different apart design-wise.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 04, 2010, 01:22:39 PM
No, the phisical appearence changed a lot. The behaviour on the other part not so much IMHO.
What planet are you on, Zilla?
Quote from: TJ Doc on Apr 04, 2010, 01:25:30 PM
What planet are you on, Zilla?
What basically I said is that
apart from the design, which changed, they weren't much different from the first. Did I write something strange or grammatically uncorrect? ???
If so tell me, it would be appreciated :)
With those two posts I quoted, you contradicted yourself. Or was that a mistake?
Well then. With this post:
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Apr 04, 2010, 12:46:57 AM
I don't think the Aliens were much different apart design-wise.
I meant that the only true changes were in the design. I should have written "apart from the design" instead of "apart design-wise".
Thanks again, I have much more to learn about English and all of its aspects. ;D
Here endeth the lesson. :)
In my view aliens and predator are equal.
i say predator 1 is best i just love dutch billy and ofc old painless
Damnit! >:(
its definitely Alien!!
because this movie changed my thinking and scared the shit out of me.......... :)
The only competition for me is Aliens OR Predator.
???
Predator #1 i know a lot were disappointed in AvP and AvP2 i am 1 of the few who loved both of course its because its predator.to this day i still cry at the end of predator when my hero dies
I consider Alien to be far, far superior to every entry in both franchises. However, Aliens is my favorite. I just think Alien is a better movie. Does that make sense?
I have much love for Predator as well.
Quote from: StarBeast79 on Apr 14, 2010, 05:16:15 PM
I consider Alien to be far, far superior to every entry in both franchises. However, Aliens is my favorite. I just think Alien is a better movie. Does that make sense?
Makes perfect sense. Alien is my favorite in the series. Aliens is a much more fun film than Alien, though. Both are cinematic masterpieces, though for completely different reasons.
Buuuut, IMO, both movies come after the Tremors series :P.
Alien 3. I hold Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Predator in very high regard, almost equal but Alien 3 just about beats them as my favourite. Probably because I find it the most human, and emotional of all the films.
Tough choice between Predator and Aliens...wen with Predator.
Aliens/Predator.
Yeah... also went with Aliens. Predator is a close second... of course. You know in all honesty I think many forum polls are pointless from the beginning. A lot of the time it's something like this... gigantic landslides that everyone saw coming right from the start.
Now what's funny to me is that I think Resurrection had some real potential... I mean it built a lot of potential as the movie progresses, and then there's just this point where they friggin' lost me. Not lost as in "i don't get it", lost as in "ok... this just got stupid".
A L I E N
High five! *holds hand in air*
You've got a long wait.
I can do it!
*sits and watches*
ALIEN!
*suddenly bursts in and high-fives SpaceMarines*
... yeah.
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Quote from: Hive Tyrant on May 08, 2010, 11:29:57 PM
ALIEN!
*suddenly bursts in and high-fives SpaceMarines*
... yeah.
Yeah, boy!
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
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Quote from: Chris Redfield on May 16, 2010, 10:58:02 PM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/avpvtextinction/WTF.jpg
you will be more satisfied if you don't ask.
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
Is AvPR honestly your favorite film with aliens and/or predators? I can understand why some people like the movie, but why would anyone enjoy it more than classics like
Alien,
Aliens and
Predator is beyond me. :-\
Quote from: Puks on May 16, 2010, 11:53:09 PM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
Is AvPR honestly your favorite film with aliens and/or predators? I can understand why some people like the movie, but why would anyone enjoy it more than classics like Alien, Aliens and Predator is beyond me. :-\
I believe you forgot Alien 3, sir.
Alien 3 is a classic? When did this happen?
Cult classic.
Looking at the score, I just realized there were 14 people on this site who's fav movie was AvPR.
Fourteen people who liked AvPR more than Alien, Aliens or Predator. Or A3, for that matter.
Disturbing.
Alien
The movie that introduced me to either franchise, and holds a large place in my memories.
QuoteCult classic.
A classic for people who belong to cults.
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
*deep breath*
Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPxGmTGarM
Quote from: Simbobs12345 on May 17, 2010, 12:56:04 AM
Alien
The movie that introduced me to either franchise, and holds a large place in my memories.
Same with me. I couldn't sleep for about a week after seeing that.
I absolutely love Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and I really like Predator. (Alien ressurection was a disgrace and Predator 2 was meh) but for some reason I really loved AVP-R. I don't wan't to go in depth.
For me, I think Alien: Resurrection is ten times better than AVPR. Even though both of them are a disgrace to the franchise, but A:R is more entertaining to watch.
QuoteFor me, I think Alien: Resurrection is ten times better than AVPR.
Quote from: Chris Redfield on May 18, 2010, 11:18:26 AM
For me, I think Alien: Resurrection is ten times better than AVPR. Even though both of them are a disgrace to the franchise, but A:R is more entertaining to watch.
You're too generous. 100x is more appropriate I think :D :D :D
Quote from: Chris Redfield on May 18, 2010, 11:18:26 AM
For me, I think Alien: Resurrection is ten times better than AVPR. Even though both of them are a disgrace to the franchise, but A:R is more entertaining to watch.
QFT. At least in A:R the aliens were actually competent, for the most part.
And at least there were People we can call actors. And good ones.
f**k Resurrection and everything about it. Yes, I will choose Requiem over it. Resurrection was so damn "out there" that I cannot get into it.
I feel the same about AvPR.
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 18, 2010, 03:11:45 PM
f**k Resurrection and everything about it. Yes, I will choose Requiem over it. Resurrection was so damn "out there" that I cannot get into it.
Agreed.
But avpr is still bad :( sorry guys
Oh, it's bad, yup. Both movies are. But I think Requiem is the lesser of the two evils. Seriously, between the cloning story and that f**ktarded thing at the end that's supposed to be an Alien...right.
It's not supposed to be an Alien.
I'm agreeing with you, doofus. I'm just emphasising your point. ;)
Quote from: OmegaZilla on May 18, 2010, 03:42:46 PM
It's not supposed to be an Alien.
So what do you call it? A hybrid? Doesn't seem like a popular term around here.
It is what it is, a creature with a much greater part of human dna than usual infused into an alien being, with the result of an effective Hybrid. It is supposed to be horrible, it is supposed to look like an abomination - because it is an abomination, an abomination to all ethic and human laws. There's a deep metaphor behind the newborn.
Still the creature stopped all possible Alien sequels until AVP came out. Like it or not AVP sparked interest in both franchises again.
More like they made Rodriguez and Scott think - "Oh Christ, someone needs to clean up this godawful mess."
That may be the truth in a way, but it still gave them intrest.
Quote from: TJ Doc on May 18, 2010, 09:29:32 PM
More like they made Rodriguez and Scott think - "Oh Christ, someone needs to clean up this godawful mess."
Quote from: TJ Doc on May 18, 2010, 09:29:32 PM
More like they made Rodriguez and Scott think - "Oh Christ, someone needs to clean up this godawful mess."
No guarantee of either one of them cleaning anything up.
Well said, I don't like how Scott is talking about redesigning early stages of the lifecyle. Just cut ADI out and hire guys that will make it look your way.
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 19, 2010, 04:31:05 AM
Quote from: TJ Doc on May 18, 2010, 09:29:32 PM
More like they made Rodriguez and Scott think - "Oh Christ, someone needs to clean up this godawful mess."
No guarantee of either one of them cleaning anything up.
Sure, but that still probably went through their minds.
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 19, 2010, 04:31:05 AM
Quote from: TJ Doc on May 18, 2010, 09:29:32 PM
More like they made Rodriguez and Scott think - "Oh Christ, someone needs to clean up this godawful mess."
No guarantee of either one of them cleaning anything up.
No guarantee of
Rodriguez cleaning anything up.
I must comment though, the BS really managed to f**k up big time if they made us so jaded we (you guys) don't even have faith in Riddles.
It has nothing to do with the Strauses.
Scott was never immune from making a shit film before or after them.
^ QFT
Riddles is good no doubt, but he's not perfect.
The man made Alien. I think he's proved he can make a competent Alien film. Even if it's not a guarantee, he at least deserves a bit of faith, which many seem to not be giving him. If this was before the AVP films, we'd be crying bloody tears of joy, not doubting the man.
Ridley Scott has yet to make a film that I don't like, I have big faith in him. :)
Quote from: Drago-Morph on May 21, 2010, 10:31:09 AM
The man made Alien. I think he's proved he can make a competent Alien film. Even if it's not a guarantee, he at least deserves a bit of faith, which many seem to not be giving him. If this was before the AVP films, we'd be crying bloody tears of joy, not doubting the man.
Past performance is not a reflection of future results. This is basic.
Quote from: DoomRulz on May 21, 2010, 06:27:37 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on May 21, 2010, 10:31:09 AM
The man made Alien. I think he's proved he can make a competent Alien film. Even if it's not a guarantee, he at least deserves a bit of faith, which many seem to not be giving him. If this was before the AVP films, we'd be crying bloody tears of joy, not doubting the man.
Past performance is not a reflection of future results. This is basic.
Not a reflection, but an indication.
OK, OK. Personally, I think we should hold all judgements about these movies until we see them. Niether of the directors has any guarantee that they will make these movies good. Heck, they could both deal the finishing blow to both series, making all of us here cringe in the horrifying muck they keep trying to feed us.
My heart screamed Ressurection.
Aliens, son.
Quote from: Abomination on Jun 01, 2010, 08:48:00 PM
My heart screamed Ressurection.
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How can avp 1 and 2 have more than ressurection. *Stares at teenage noobs*
Because they're marginally better in some ways.
:D
What? I think they are. Said it before and I'll say it again: the cloning and new alien idea were too much for me to handle.
:D
Whateva!
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jun 02, 2010, 01:03:36 AM
What? I think they are. Said it before and I'll say it again: the cloning and new alien idea were too much for me to handle.
But you
can handle the throat embryos?
Yeup!
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jun 02, 2010, 01:03:36 AM
the cloning and new alien idea were too much for me to handle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HAUzVJPM2g
15 members have for favorite "Requiem" ? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Strange world.
Don't look at me, I voted Predator!
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jun 03, 2010, 03:25:37 PM
Don't look at me, I voted Predator!
Are we sure?
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You're doubting me? Really?
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This is exciting!
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Holy crap, your bandwidth is exceeded! :o
I hate Photobucket. Well, I can still see the image.
I followed it to its source, and he is very excited. :D
I'm building up my own GIF database.
I can't believe that certain people actually voted for AvP or AvP:R as the best movie... this world truly has gone to dogs...
Yer I mean even if someone likes it you would of thought they would still like the originals more.
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 03, 2010, 11:16:15 PM
Yer I mean even if someone likes it you would of thought they would still like the originals more.
Exactly! I mean I learned to accept AvP 1 for what it is and even find it entertaining at some points, but I would never look at it as the best movie of the franchises only because it's got Preds & Aliens in it together.
wow, i know A:R whas a bad movie but i still can't belive AVP:R beat it
Quote from: Basher917 on Jun 04, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
wow, i know A:R whas a bad movie but i still can't belive AVP:R beat it
I can
So your favourite movie in the WHOLE franchise is avp-r.
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 11:08:39 PM
Quote from: Chris Redfield on May 16, 2010, 10:58:02 PM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/avpvtextinction/WTF.jpg
you will be more satisfied if you don't ask.
^ Right here
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 04, 2010, 08:14:59 PM
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and most the time they stink.
Charming.
I'd like to think the AvP's will be left behind when the newer flicks come out, but you just don't know.
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 04, 2010, 08:10:49 PM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 11:08:39 PM
Quote from: Chris Redfield on May 16, 2010, 10:58:02 PM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on May 16, 2010, 10:56:06 PM
AVP-R..... now how many death threats am I going to see???
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/avpvtextinction/WTF.jpg
you will be more satisfied if you don't ask.
^ Right here
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Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 04, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 04, 2010, 08:14:59 PM
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and most the time they stink.
while
others stink more than normal
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 04, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 04, 2010, 08:14:59 PM
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and most the time they stink.
Yours,basically?
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;D
Quote from: XenoVC on Jun 05, 2010, 05:38:09 AM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 04, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 04, 2010, 08:14:59 PM
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and most the time they stink.
Yours,basically?
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee49/sarahpupssars/burn.jpg
;D
oooohhhhhhhhh
Play nicely children!
Quote from: XenoVC on Jun 05, 2010, 05:38:09 AM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 04, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 04, 2010, 08:14:59 PM
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and most the time they stink.
Yours,basically?
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee49/sarahpupssars/burn.jpg
;D
Ow that hurt (https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.testfreaks.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fsarcasm.jpg&hash=8a8bc74a9241c41e7933ee102affb50d78fc15a7)
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 05, 2010, 06:50:28 AM
Quote from: XenoVC on Jun 05, 2010, 05:38:09 AM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Jun 04, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Jun 04, 2010, 08:14:59 PM
Kinda bad but were all aloud are opinions ::)
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and most the time they stink.
Yours,basically?
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee49/sarahpupssars/burn.jpg
;D
Ow that hurt http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sarcasm.jpg
oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh
Aliens, with Alien and Predator a hair behind it.
I have changed my vote to Alien 3. Edit: I changed it back
My favorite movie has to be Alien since it gave me more scares and it gave me a creature that I can love for.
Predator because it did not take itself too seriously.
P R E D A T O R
I can't pick I just love them all.
I really love the Alien films but I also like the predator films too. ::) ::) ::)
If I had to pick in a life and death situation I would have to go for ALIENS. I've seen that one so many times I can watch over and over again. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
ALIENS ARE SUPERIOR.
Always, AVPR. All I wanted was monster on monster violence, and it delivered.
Quote from: Noir-Gojira on Jul 07, 2010, 04:06:11 AM
Always, AVPR. All I wanted was monster on monster violence, and it delivered.
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Hey, if I wanted to watch a good movie, I'd steer clear of both franchises :P
Quote from: Noir-Gojira on Jul 07, 2010, 04:22:53 AM
Hey, if I wanted to watch a good movie, I'd steer clear of both franchises :P
Does... not... compute... AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH-!
Spoiler
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Quote from: Noir-Gojira on Jul 07, 2010, 04:22:53 AM
Hey, if I wanted to watch a good movie, I'd steer clear of both franchises :P
ZING!!
Predator.
After careful consideration, I changed to AVPR.
^Your sig made me lol
Quote from: Abomination on Jul 07, 2010, 10:38:21 AM
After careful consideration, I changed to AVPR.
That means AvP-R is now beating AVP
And I don't understand. It was good movie.
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This page has been painful to read. Now I need ice-cream.
I finally saw AVPR! It is not as bad as I expected, but it wan't a good movie, either. I would say enjoyable, and worth watching when its on tv. So, here's my order:
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Alien vs Predator
Alien Ressurection
Alien 3
Predator 2
Aliens vs Peedator Requiem
Good for you! What kept you?
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 07, 2010, 08:47:57 PM
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Alien vs Predator
Alien Ressurection
Alien 3
Predator 2
Aliens vs Peedator Requiem
Secret hatred discovered? ;D
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 07, 2010, 08:48:56 PM
Good for you! What kept you?
I was waiting for it to go on TV. And last night it premiered on TV, so I watched. I'm glad I had such low expectations, because that made me enjoy the movie more than I would have.
Quote from: XenoVC on Jul 07, 2010, 10:16:36 PM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 07, 2010, 08:47:57 PM
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Alien vs Predator
Alien Ressurection
Alien 3
Predator 2
Aliens vs Peedator Requiem
Secret hatred discovered? ;D
Oops...:(
And, one thing about AVPR. It was one of the few films that actually scared me. No, it wasn't the Aliens that scared me. Or not even the Predator. The thing that scared me was the Pizza Guy with the Predator gun. I have a fear of Pizza Delivery Men now. What if I order a pizza, and the guy pulls out a laser gun :(
Do the pizza folks in your area have a taste for violence?
That's why I always go and pick my pizzas up rather than getting home delivery...
The only thing i can think that was scary in AVP:R was that i paid 10 bucks to see it in a movie theater...
Quote from: SM on Jul 07, 2010, 11:57:59 PM
That's why I always go and pick my pizzas up rather than getting home delivery...
I just stopped eating pizza altogether.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 08, 2010, 12:21:15 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 07, 2010, 11:57:59 PM
That's why I always go and pick my pizzas up rather than getting home delivery...
I just stopped eating pizza altogether.
O_O Pizza is my favorite food! But oh well, everyone has their own opinion. And yeah, I also pick up my pizzas. That was just a "what if" statement. :)
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 07, 2010, 11:12:05 PM
And, one thing about AVPR. It was one of the few films that actually scared me. No, it wasn't the Aliens that scared me. Or not even the Predator. The thing that scared me was the Pizza Guy with the Predator gun. I have a fear of Pizza Delivery Men now. What if I order a pizza, and the guy pulls out a laser gun :(
firing lazers huh, kinda like.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0vj_AJzjw
About the video... :o :-\ :( :o :'( ??? ??? ??? ??? :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :( ??? :o :o :o
8)
Quote from: Ticou on Jul 07, 2010, 11:58:43 PM
The only thing i can think that was scary in AVP:R was that i paid 10 bucks to see it in a movie theater...
That reminds me of getting the Aliens box set. I had to pay for Alien Ressurection :'(
AVPR.
I don't get why no one seems to like it...
Although, the reason I like it so much could be that I had a dream of Xenos swimming, then I woke up, and I watched AVPR for the first time, and the Xenos swam the exact way I drempt they did.
I believe I have slight powers of seeing the future.
Did you see Alien Resurrection?
Ah...shit...Sorry, but I mean Resurrection, not AVPR... I went a bit stupid there, hehe. ::)
Wait now that I think about it Aliens and Predator 2 are tied for me.
My list is
1.Predator 2/Aliens
2.Predator
3.alien resurrection
4.Alien 3/ Alien
5.Avpr
6. Avp
Im seeing Predators tommorow so thatll probably be my new favorite!
Soo, I think it's time for a mod to remake this with Predators as an option. Although I haven't seen Predators yet, no matter how good it is, I know it won't be my favorite. Just because the Alien is my favorite of the two species, an Alien movie (Alien) has to be at top :P But I have a feeling Predators will be pretty high on the list.
If Predators is out, how come it isn't on the list of available options up there?
There are still those who haven't seen it.
True. I guess it's better to wait until its released all around the world. It's already out here, but I don't get to see it until tomorrow.
I think that they should start 2 whole new polls, one for Predator films and one for A/P films.
There's already one for Predator films. Check out the Pred films section.
Hence why I said to start 2 new polls. One for "AvPG's Favourite Movie" and "Favourite Predator Movie", with Predators added on the options.
No, the OP just needs to edit the current polls. Or a mod.
Yeah, but I don't think editing would be a very good idea. The numbers wouldn't be as accurate, since a lot of people wouldn't go back and change their answer if their opinions did change. Take into consideration people who left the site...
I was going to say it's a waste of time since who is going to vote Predators their favourite - but then people have voted for the AvP flicks so....
Predator
It's pretty appalling that the AVP's actually had votes.
Imagine that, damn these opinions!
Damn them to hell.
Especially given the choices on offer...
Quote from: SM on Jul 16, 2010, 02:51:01 AM
Damn them to hell.
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shouldn't this poll be reset? it's not fair for people who have already voted but want to change to predators. not me, but some people surely.
Aliens. because its cool to see them take over a planet. well not exactly, but a majority of the planet.
PREDATOR!!!!!
I had to go with AVp-r even tho most of it was bad acting and stuff they didnt make the predator a pussy like the GILL guy in avp (celtic got cocky :'( )
There is another one on my side.
Still not the same circumstances... getting self confident against a beaten up half dead guy without weaponary, and his last ace in the sleeve lost is utterly not the same as playing tough guy with a creature which is death itself and can break out of the net with its blood anytime, as I see.
Aliens, Predator is a very close second.
A L I E N. As much as I respect and love Aliens, James Cameron made a horror movie into a action movie which worked really well but the Alien in ALIEN and the whole concept of the creature revolved around horror not action. Which is why I love Alien 3 so much. It brought the series back to its roots which was a Destopian setting where shit goes from bad to worse just like in the original.
Quote from: Crazy Joe Devola on Jul 22, 2010, 07:07:09 PMWhich is why I love Alien 3 so much. It brought the series back to its roots which was a Destopian setting where shit goes from bad to worse just like in the original.
Like in
Aliens? :P
Alien 3 is on a whole-nother level. I mean they kill off Newt and Hicks in the first 5 mins.......ruthless.
Quote from: Crazy Joe Devola on Jul 22, 2010, 07:07:09 PM
A L I E N. As much as I respect and love Aliens, James Cameron made a horror movie into a action movie which worked really well but the Alien in ALIEN and the whole concept of the creature revolved around horror not action. Which is why I love Alien 3 so much. It brought the series back to its roots which was a Destopian setting where shit goes from bad to worse just like in the original.
Well we already saw that in the original, so why bring it back to that. Why didn't they develop the movie into a totally new direction, like Cameron did. Bringing something fresh into the franchise. Looking at Alien 3 I felt like, well it's good and all, but I've seen the same thing only better before.
I may get some heat for this but my favorite was AVP. I just liked the Antartica enviroment of it better then any of the others. Also cause Scar is one of two of my favorite Predators (the other being Wolf). The Alien franchise is good I guess but I just have never been much of a Xeno fan though. I will admit though they are kind of cool. ;)
What sets Alien apart from the Predator is the horror. Which is why it is so good. I love Aliens but the Alien is supposed to be a horror monster not a action driven one like the Predator. That is why if they did AvP right they would contrast each other perfectly.
Quote from: Crazy Joe Devola on Jul 22, 2010, 09:42:36 PM
Alien 3 is on a whole-nother level. I mean they kill off Newt and Hicks in the first 5 mins.......ruthless.
Never liked Newt, but i did like Hick's. More than Ripley.
How can one not like Newt?!
Monsters with no heart.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Jul 23, 2010, 02:01:24 PM
Monsters with no heart.
That's me!!!!!
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Quote from: #6.0 on Jul 22, 2010, 11:06:14 PM
Quote from: Crazy Joe Devola on Jul 22, 2010, 09:42:36 PM
Alien 3 is on a whole-nother level. I mean they kill off Newt and Hicks in the first 5 mins.......ruthless.
Never liked Newt, but i did like Hick's. More than Ripley.
Same here, she seemed like a generic innocent.
Newt didn't bother me. Never cared that much for her either.
She was the thing that made Ripley so believable and identifiable, without Newt the movie would lose a lot of its depht.
Alien. The only movie that stayed true to its roots and still looks good to this day.
How can it stay true to any roots if it was the first movie that actually itself IS the root?
:O PARADOX!!!
*flees*
Quote from: Tangakkai on Jul 25, 2010, 01:32:19 AM
How can it stay true to any roots if it was the first movie that actually itself IS the root?
I was going to ask that myself...
:D :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk
Funny how people who hate Alien 3 because it killed Newt ( and Hicks ...) loved the Gibson script were Riply is coma'd early on.
They're the heartless ones. Newt was needed for Aliens thats it.
Quote from: The PredBen on Jul 25, 2010, 01:47:06 AM
Funny how people who hate Alien 3 because it killed Newt ( and Hicks ...) loved the Gibson script were Riply is coma'd early on.
They're the heartless ones. Newt was needed for Aliens thats it.
I don't hate Alien 3 for that anymore, but it was a stupid move. They were important characters that helped Ripley grow so it felt like a slap in the face.
I personally thought it was a great move...symbolised the mercilessness of the alien.
The first film already did that in much better form.
I love alien3 though the first watch I loathed it and proffered rez but that was probably I wasn't fully into it since I was texting someone, so on the second watch a few months after the first watch I made sure I was fully invested into the movie and I loved it. Obviously not as much as the first two but still love it.
I honestly don't know what I like more, Aliens or Predator. I can't vote if I don't know. D:
Predators, the new movie was great and almost Know one voted for it. And stop ripping on AVP AND Alein reserection.you people like the classics And want other movies to be like them. You CANTMAKE MORE MOVIES LIKE THE CLASSICS so move on and stop bickering
Quote from: Celtic Predator 2782 on Jul 26, 2010, 05:46:07 PM
Predators, the new movie was great and almost Know one voted for it.
It's just been added to the poll.
QuoteAnd stop ripping on AVP AND Alein reserection.you people like the classics And want other movies to be like them. You CANTMAKE MORE MOVIES LIKE THE CLASSICS so move on and stop bickering
People, stop demanding quality films and just accept the lacklustre shit you're given, that way we can get MOAR!
I Ment shut up and move on. you didn't like the movies i got the message once
Quote from: Celtic Predator 2782 on Jul 26, 2010, 06:24:37 PM
I Ment shut up and move on. you didn't like the movies i got the message once
Just shrug and repeat yourself
"Haters gonna hate".
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Jul 26, 2010, 06:25:54 PM
Quote from: Celtic Predator 2782 on Jul 26, 2010, 06:24:37 PM
I Ment shut up and move on. you didn't like the movies i got the message once
Just shrug and repeat yourself "Haters gonna hate".
Not without my reasons. You feel the same for AVPR and explain yourself well.
I was talking in general. Some people hate A:R just because ZOMG TEH NIUBORN CRITTERZ WAS JOST STOOPID I MEAN IT SUXX or TEH ALIENS WERS THE COLOR OF SHIT BOOOS!.
Your reasons are more.... sharp I guess.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 25, 2010, 01:39:20 PM
The first film already did that in much better form.
Except A3 killed off people that 1) the audience had come to like a great deal and 2) that Ripley had come to love.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Jul 26, 2010, 06:37:27 PM
I was talking in general. Some people hate A:R just because ZOMG TEH NIUBORN CRITTERZ WAS JOST STOOPID I MEAN IT SUXX or TEH ALIENS WERS THE COLOR OF SHIT BOOOS!.
Your reasons are more.... sharp I guess.
Well, those aren't my reasons for disliking the movies, though I do consider the Alien design a drawback, but it didn't sink the movie to me.
WHAT DID
Quote from: Celtic Predator 2782 on Jul 26, 2010, 06:53:53 PM
WHAT DID
Not gonna re-iterate my whole review here. Have been doing that since signing up, but in short: everything.
Quote from: AintGotTime2Bleed on Jul 26, 2010, 06:41:24 PM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 25, 2010, 01:39:20 PM
The first film already did that in much better form.
Except A3 killed off people that 1) the audience had come to like a great deal and 2) that Ripley had come to love.
And nobody on the Nostromo was likable?
They were likeable, but they didn't have an entire previous movie to establish a relationship with both the audience and Ripley...
Didn't have the chance. Fair point, though.
Not they didn't have a chance so much as they were just filler. Everyone knows the name Wierzbowski but damned if most people know what he looks like.
Wierzbowski wasn't on the Nostromo.
Anyways, this is his face.
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QuoteEveryone knows the name Wierzbowski but damned if most people know what he looks like.
Nor does anyone care esepcially. But in case they do look for the white dude with the flamethrower.
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Jul 27, 2010, 02:23:41 AM
Wierzbowski wasn't on the Nostromo.
Anyways, this is his face.
http://www.wierzbowski.net/Sightings/Images/dinnerspot.jpg
Was this the one killed by the ammo bag?
Quote from: SM on Jul 27, 2010, 02:26:14 AM
QuoteEveryone knows the name Wierzbowski but damned if most people know what he looks like.
Nor does anyone care esepcially. But in case they do look for the white dude with the flamethrower.
Oh I don't know. The man seems to have a cult following of sorts :P
Quote from: First Blood on Jul 27, 2010, 02:28:09 AM
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Jul 27, 2010, 02:23:41 AM
Wierzbowski wasn't on the Nostromo.
Anyways, this is his face.
http://www.wierzbowski.net/Sightings/Images/dinnerspot.jpg
Was this the one killed by the ammo bag?
No that was Crowe. The 'Ski got stunned by the blast and then taken by an Alien while Hicks wasn't looking.
Quote from: First Blood on Jul 27, 2010, 02:28:09 AM
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Jul 27, 2010, 02:23:41 AM
Wierzbowski wasn't on the Nostromo.
Anyways, this is his face.
http://www.wierzbowski.net/Sightings/Images/dinnerspot.jpg
Was this the one killed by the ammo bag?
I think that was Crowe.
EDIT: Damnit, SM! Beat me to it.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 27, 2010, 02:28:50 AM
Quote from: SM on Jul 27, 2010, 02:26:14 AM
QuoteEveryone knows the name Wierzbowski but damned if most people know what he looks like.
Nor does anyone care esepcially. But in case they do look for the white dude with the flamethrower.
Oh I don't know. The man seems to have a cult following of sorts :P
He has his own site!
http://wierzbowski.net/ (http://wierzbowski.net/)
^ OMG that's...I am at a loss for words. :D
QuoteOh I don't know. The man seems to have a cult following of sorts
My "anyone" was a broad "anyone". Of course the fanboys care about the 'Ski!
Apparently there was a song called Theme to Wierzbowski. Can't find it anywhere, though. :(
Aliens followed by Predator.
and..... AVPR..... yep I said it. I love having the war take place in a suburban town.
gotta be alien :)
Predator 2
I don't mind being an oddball.
Quote from: Gurei on Aug 04, 2010, 05:15:57 AM
Predator 2
I don't mind being an oddball.
Why would you be? Predator 2 is a good movie, and quite nice sequel. It's just natural to love it. And it has Gort!!!
Quote from: Gurei on Aug 04, 2010, 05:15:57 AM
Predator 2
I don't mind being an oddball.
P2 is very underated.
I've said it before Predator 2 and Alien 3 are the Rodney Dangerfield's (they get no respect!) of the franchises.
Quote from: PREDLLIT on Aug 04, 2010, 07:45:18 PM
I've said it before Predator 2 and Alien 3 are the Rodney Dangerfield's (they get no respect!) of the franchises.
A:R would also qualify.
Agreed.
The only actual movie I didn't enjoy was Alien Ressurection.
Quote from: SpaceMarines on Aug 04, 2010, 05:18:55 AM
Quote from: chazo136 on Aug 04, 2010, 01:33:35 AM
gotta be alien :)
Good man.
lol well its true isnt it? alien was the original before any of the other movies from what im aware of, and was the most scary :)
Predators gets three votes? LOL tied with A:R I didn't think it would move pasted the "0" votes stage. Not that it was bad ... Just 'cause most already voted ... Must be some new members.
i hated A:R it ruined my love for the aliens.
A:R was decent.
And my vote , Alien 3 , is doing good!
Obviously, I chose Aliens ;D
I'm surprised how high AVPR is. I mean, sometimes, a movie is just so stupid it prevents me from enjoying the action. Which wasn't that great in the movie either.
Quote from: Forever Knight on Aug 04, 2010, 07:01:53 PM
Quote from: Gurei on Aug 04, 2010, 05:15:57 AM
Predator 2
I don't mind being an oddball.
P2 is very underated.
Bullshit, the cult following on that movie is one in a million.
If only I could change to Predators...
Predators is my favorite movie.
-alienhunter14
I never said that.
Thats why I asked ;) I thought before in "some" thread you said a lot of the hate was undeserved therego underrated guess I was wrong :)
I din't think all the hate is deserved, but there are too many fanboys that say "avpr is teh bests!!!" for it too be underrated.
Oh, all of it is deserved. All of it.
I think it's all about perspective. The general consensus is that the series can't get any lower, no? But did we not think the same of the first AVP? And now we regard it to be terrible, but a film next to Requiem. And what about Alien 3? Now a sizable portion of the community regards it as at least on par with Alien and Aliens.
My point is that no matter how bad it gets, it can always get worse, and all of this complaining only challenges Fox to make it worse.
Or challenges them to not make a terrible film. It's not like Fox is going out of their way to screw us over as fans; they're simply trying to make as much money as they can. They seem not to realize that better films tend to earn better at the box office.
Okay:
Everything about AvP:R is horrible. Just thinking that it is "inspired" by one of my favorite franchises makes my stomach churn. It is part of a rotting pile of terrible movies, and it should never be referred to as anything less than horrible. I could barely even laugh at this movie. A catastrophe, and a witch to be burned.
F**king terrible.
Ugh. I have a feeling that this will become another festival of people just saying all there is to hate about that film. And considering how much there is to hate, it could go on for a while. As entertaining as that is, I don't think this is the place for it.
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
The atmosphere and set design were fantastic.
There were many deep philosophical themes, and the few characters that were developed were quite interesting.
A guy writes his opinion and this is what happens.
This thread is based on preference.
My favorite movie was either Alien or Aliens.
You could mean anybody's opinion in this whole thread, to whom are you referring to?
Quote from: Space Sweeper on Aug 23, 2010, 07:50:14 AM
one of my favorite franchises
You don't like the predator franchise? :o
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
Weaver's performance was top-notch.
The Creature design was well-though out and brought to life (in closeups!)
The music and Fincher's eye are great.
The depressing tone was the best of the series. It was wonderfully dark and gloomy.
Charles Dance.
Quote from: MrBrokenTusks. on Aug 23, 2010, 11:17:48 AM
Quote from: Space Sweeper on Aug 23, 2010, 07:50:14 AM
one of my favorite franchises
You don't like the predator franchise? :o
Well I like it, but not nearly as much I do Alien.
I thought I already mentioned which fanbase I was more interested in. :-\
Yeah I knew you preference though I didn't know the gap between them was that big.
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
Quote
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
Meh...Alien 3 was a great ending to the series, and that's where it should have stopped. Sure, it wasn't as good as the first two, but really, what third film in a series is better than the first or second? Of any series, really? I mean, for what it was, I absolutely adored Alien3 and thought it was a great ending to my second favourite franchise of all time. Until Ressurectum.
A3 was OK at best. But I was quite content with Aliens' ending. If I wasn't a member of this site, I likely would never have bothered with A3.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 24, 2010, 12:08:53 AM
A3 was OK at best. But I was quite content with Aliens' ending. If I wasn't a member of this site, I likely would never have bothered with A3.
I don't see why people hate it, really, besides some obvious plot holes.
I don't hate it. Never said I did. Just think it wasn't really needed.
Neither was Aliens, for that matter.
Indeed. But Aliens didn't erase what Alien established, i.e. killing off established characters.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 24, 2010, 01:49:24 AM
Indeed. But Aliens didn't erase what Alien established, i.e. killing off established characters.
Because there was only one...
Really? Coulda sworn Hicks and Newt were two different people.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 24, 2010, 01:52:09 AM
Really? Coulda sworn Hicks and Newt were two different people.
No, I meant that Aliens could only have killed off one character from
Alien, who happened to be the main character.
Why would they do that?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 23, 2010, 11:59:27 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
The ending of Aliens, when viewed as an ending to the series, was horrible. The series was about a group of genocidal face-raping penis monsters and you want to end it with the main characters going home with their happy go-lucky family? That would be completely unfitting. Alien 3 was the perfect end to the series.
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 24, 2010, 02:17:54 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 23, 2010, 11:59:27 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
The ending of Aliens, when viewed as an ending to the series, was horrible. The series was about a group of genocidal face-raping penis monsters and you want to end it with the main characters going home with their happy go-lucky family? That would be completely unfitting. Alien 3 was the perfect end to the series.
Couldn't agree more.
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 24, 2010, 02:17:54 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 23, 2010, 11:59:27 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
The ending of Aliens, when viewed as an ending to the series, was horrible. The series was about a group of genocidal face-raping penis monsters and you want to end it with the main characters going home with their happy go-lucky family? That would be completely unfitting. Alien 3 was the perfect end to the series.
It was a fitting end to Ripley's arc. The Aliens themselves could have went other places instead of the Alien 3 rehash debacle. Unfortunately, FOX rushed their way through several scripts before demanding a Ripley-centred one, which forced them to make massive leaps in logic in order to justify her return. They didn't seem to be able to think of a good way to keep the Aliens - in the original script, an egg grows in Bishop's guts, and in the later Ward script with Ripley, the egg is just there, as it is in the final movie. The other scripts were equally silly. If a sequel hadn't been rushed then it would have been great.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 24, 2010, 02:04:10 AM
Why would they do that?
You said that Aliens didn't kill of established characters from Alien, and I said because there was only one left to kill off...
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Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 23, 2010, 11:59:27 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
The ending of Aliens, when viewed as an ending to the series, was horrible. The series was about a group of genocidal face-raping penis monsters and you want to end it with the main characters going home with their happy go-lucky family? That would be completely unfitting. Alien 3 was the perfect end to the series.
Um, yes? The Aliens are defeated, end of story. Why do we need more?
Well I might not be getting your reasoning for thinking alien3 was un needed right but if I am aliens was also unneeded.
Ok, here's what I meant to say initially. Aliens picked up where Alien left off, and continued the story in a logical manner. It didn't have to do anything so extraordinary that made you think WTF. Time passed, a colony was established, facehuggers starting hatching, bingo, Alien colony. Then the Queen dies, and Ripley, Hicks, and Newt escape.
AAAHH, BUT WAIT!!!! The Queen magically laid an egg in a part of the dropship she was never inside of in the first place, and now, TWO facehuggers are loodr, not just one!
What?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 24, 2010, 10:24:56 PM
Ok, here's what I meant to say initially. Aliens picked up where Alien left off, and continued the story in a logical manner. It didn't have to do anything so extraordinary that made you think WTF. Time passed, a colony was established, facehuggers starting hatching, bingo, Alien colony. Then the Queen dies, and Ripley, Hicks, and Newt escape.
AAAHH, BUT WAIT!!!! The Queen magically laid an egg in a part of the dropship she was never inside of in the first place, and now, TWO facehuggers are loodr, not just one!
What?
Fair enough, but
something had to be done to end the series. For you see . . .
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 24, 2010, 10:20:47 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 24, 2010, 02:17:54 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 23, 2010, 11:59:27 PM
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 23, 2010, 08:00:37 AM
You're right. Who wants to join me in complimenting Alien 3?
I'll give credit where it's due, but the film wasn't needed. Aliens was good enough.
The ending of Aliens, when viewed as an ending to the series, was horrible. The series was about a group of genocidal face-raping penis monsters and you want to end it with the main characters going home with their happy go-lucky family? That would be completely unfitting. Alien 3 was the perfect end to the series.
Um, yes? The Aliens are defeated, end of story. Why do we need more?
. . . the ending of
Aliens was just
too happy. Think about the subtance in the franchise, think about the creatures. A series that's supposed to be terrifying and sad (evidenced by the fact that
everyone dies) should not have a happy ending. It's a complete blindside. You're in a room painted dark blue, except one of the walls is hot pink. That's how well the ending of
Aliens fits with the series.
Alien 3, while delivering a blow to the fans by killing off Hicks and Newt, brought the series back to where it was supposed to be; somber, dark, and depressing, with more than a hint of hopelessness. That's why I love everything about the film, even the death of Hicks and Newt. It works for the series on so many levels, whereas the ending of
Aliens is now fixed from unbecoming series end to excellent setup for a powerful beginning to the rightful finale of the series.
But yeah, the opening of
Alien 3 made about as much sense as a priest at a strip club.
Aliens is my first favorite predator is my second favorite movie from the series.
Quote from: Drago-Morph on Aug 24, 2010, 11:00:45 PM
. . . the ending of Aliens was just too happy. Think about the subtance in the franchise, think about the creatures. A series that's supposed to be terrifying and sad (evidenced by the fact that everyone dies) should not have a happy ending. It's a complete blindside. You're in a room painted dark blue, except one of the walls is hot pink. That's how well the ending of Aliens fits with the series. Alien 3, while delivering a blow to the fans by killing off Hicks and Newt, brought the series back to where it was supposed to be; somber, dark, and depressing, with more than a hint of hopelessness. That's why I love everything about the film, even the death of Hicks and Newt. It works for the series on so many levels, whereas the ending of Aliens is now fixed from unbecoming series end to excellent setup for a powerful beginning to the rightful finale of the series.
But yeah, the opening of Alien 3 made about as much sense as a priest at a strip club.
Not everyone died. If that were the case, Aliens would never have been made. I agree that Alien 3 took the series back to what made it good in the first place, but that opening act is just so absurd that it's hard for me to really get into it, despite what other strengths the film has. If there had been a proper explanation as to where the second hugger came from, I'd be happy.
Second hugger? There was but one what came from the egg.
Why would the series end after Aliens was so successful?
Quote from: SM on Aug 26, 2010, 12:32:38 AM
Second hugger? There was but one what came from the egg.
Weren't there two in the AC?
Quote from: SM on Aug 26, 2010, 12:32:38 AMWhy would the series end after Aliens was so successful?
Yeah yeah, money talks :P
QuoteWeren't there two in the AC?
It was either two huggers or one hugger laying two embryos.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Aug 26, 2010, 12:36:28 AM
Quote from: SM on Aug 26, 2010, 12:32:38 AM
Second hugger? There was but one what came from the egg.
Weren't there two in the AC?
Technically yes, but not so you could prove it on screen.
Like I said: a proper explanation was needed.
No more than the theatrical cut.
Always makes me titter so when people rave about the special edition as if it magically fixes the TC's faults - when here's an example of it creating another one. ;D
This why is I don't give A3 that much credit lol
Quote from: SM on Aug 26, 2010, 12:56:09 AM
No more than the theatrical cut.
Always makes me titter so when people rave about the special edition as if it magically fixes the TC's faults - when here's an example of it creating another one. ;D
I don't think it created another one...either way, its present in both.
Predator
Aliens Definatly
Predator 2 ;)
Aliens. I just enjoyed it more. Not to take away from Alien of course.
Predators
Aliens.
I actually cant say. I`ve always like Predator 2 over the original, but Predators just blew it out of the water. And I`ve always liked Aliens over any other Alien movie. Even over the original. But I cant pick a fav. :-\
Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Mar 18, 2008, 06:45:44 PM
Who put AVP? Everybody, get your torches and pitchforks.
O_O when I first joined it was my fave movie....
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Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Mar 18, 2008, 06:45:44 PM
Who put AVP? Everybody, get your torches and pitchforks.
O_O when I first joined it was my fave movie....
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Your in a Harem I wouldn't be pointing fingers on who has horrible taste...
It's an internet Harem; that makes it alright.
And I couldn't help it I was young and stupid and naive!... and I'm a fan girl I am allowed to get away with shit like that anyways...
I suppose I can let it slide...
But only because of your past dinosaur obsession!
Quote from: Predator Queen on Oct 03, 2010, 04:37:16 AM
And I couldn't help it I was young and stupid and naive!... and I'm a fan girl I am allowed to get away with shit like that anyways...
You can't get away with that. Even a fan girl must face our wrath!!!
P R E D A T O R
I don't even remember voting in this. It says I voted for Predator, but if I got to vote again it would be for Predators.
Quote from: Spartan113 on Nov 02, 2010, 03:54:59 AM
I don't even remember voting in this. It says I voted for Predator, but if I got to vote again it would be for Predators.
You can change your vote.
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Quote from: Spartan113 on Nov 02, 2010, 03:54:59 AM
I don't even remember voting in this. It says I voted for Predator, but if I got to vote again it would be for Predators.
You can change your vote.
I don't see where, bro ???
I think the person who created the poll didn't allow people to re-vote.
;D-- PREDATORS -- ;D
All of you should see all the movies first, then vote.
How do you know they haven't?
Quote from: AVP UP on Nov 07, 2010, 07:46:10 PM
All of you should see all the movies first, then vote.
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Quote from: DoomRulz on Nov 08, 2010, 12:42:23 AM
How do you know they haven't?
Because we didn't vote for
Predators. ::)
WHY DID I HAVE TO VOTE FOR AVPR?!
*Thunks head on table*
Quote from: SpacePredator on Nov 08, 2010, 06:00:54 AM
WHY DID I HAVE TO VOTE FOR AVPR?!
*Thunks head on table*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2Nu2aTPP0#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2Nu2aTPP0#ws)
:D
Quote from: Spartan113 on Nov 06, 2010, 04:52:00 PM
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Nov 02, 2010, 05:29:57 AM
Quote from: Spartan113 on Nov 02, 2010, 03:54:59 AM
I don't even remember voting in this. It says I voted for Predator, but if I got to vote again it would be for Predators.
You can change your vote.
I don't see where, bro ???
I think the person who created the poll didn't allow people to re-vote.
I think it got messed up when Predators was added.
To the four who voted for AR.............happy christmas!
The choice between Alien and Predator is hard, but I have to go with PREDATOR.
My favorite for repeat viewings, strangely, is Alien 3. I love the visual element and was immediately taken aback by its dark tone. I was always able to overlook many of the complaints most fans have with it, and when I got the Qad box, was simply amazed at how much more of a film the work-print version was. It still holds a place in my heart, likely because that was really my era of exposure ('91-'92, when I was about 6).
Every movie movie was great ( f avp 1,2) but between predators and predator probrebly the origanal predator was a little off. 8)
AVP-R Loved the wolf hunter and his relentlessness to kill everything.
Hey dude, i think your caps lock is on.
Quote from: STAGIN 26 on Jan 13, 2011, 01:44:02 AM
I LOVED AVPR MAINLY BECAUSE U GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL PREDATOR MOST OF THE FILM AND NOT JUST SHADOWS AND LIGHTS, GO BACK AND WATCH THE OTHER FILMS AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IN 1 AND 2 YOU ONLY GET TO SEE THE PREDATOR AT THE END OF EACH FILM FOR LIKE ONLY 15 TO 20 MIN.
There's thing called build-up, or suspense if you like. Haven't seen too many movies have ya?
Quote from: STAGIN 26 on Jan 13, 2011, 01:44:02 AM
I LOVED AVPR MAINLY BECAUSE U GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL PREDATOR MOST OF THE FILM AND NOT JUST SHADOWS AND LIGHTS, GO BACK AND WATCH THE OTHER FILMS AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IN 1 AND 2 YOU ONLY GET TO SEE THE PREDATOR AT THE END OF EACH FILM FOR LIKE ONLY 15 TO 20 MIN.
The Predator is meant to be an invisible hunter, stalking its prey, killing them silently before they knew what happened to them. It makes sense that you don't see it.
Plus, if it very common to not show monsters until the end of the movie, or in a very dramatic fashion. It adds to the suspense, and if done correctly, like in the original Predator, greatly aids the plot.
Quote from: STAGIN 26 on Jan 13, 2011, 01:44:02 AM
I LOVED AVPR MAINLY BECAUSE U GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL PREDATOR MOST OF THE FILM AND NOT JUST SHADOWS AND LIGHTS, GO BACK AND WATCH THE OTHER FILMS AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IN 1 AND 2 YOU ONLY GET TO SEE THE PREDATOR AT THE END OF EACH FILM FOR LIKE ONLY 15 TO 20 MIN.
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You know, that image doesn't seem all that stupid...
Nothing stupid about it
Quote from: STAGIN 26 on Jan 13, 2011, 01:44:02 AM
I LOVED AVPR MAINLY BECAUSE U GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL PREDATOR MOST OF THE FILM AND NOT JUST SHADOWS AND LIGHTS, GO BACK AND WATCH THE OTHER FILMS AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IN 1 AND 2 YOU ONLY GET TO SEE THE PREDATOR AT THE END OF EACH FILM FOR LIKE ONLY 15 TO 20 MIN.
HEY MAN I'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA HOW ABOUT INSTEAD OF WATCHING MOVIES YOU JUST LOOK AT PICTURES OF PREDATORS. MAYBE YOU CAN PUT THEM TOGETHER AND MAKE A FLIPBOOK. THEN YOU'VE GOT MOVING PICTURES OF PREDATORS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'D ALL BE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES I GUESS, BUT THAT WOULD BE OKAY, BECAUSE PREDATORS ARE PRETTY COOL. YOU COULD JUST HAVE YOUR FLIPBOOK AND FLIP THROUGH THAT FOR TWO HOURS OR MAYBE THREE AND THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN AVPR.
Don't encourage him.
Figured he had a hearing problem.
I checked his posts the last four he made where all in caps XD
Quote from: Sharp Sticks on Jan 13, 2011, 03:59:25 AM
Figured he had a hearing problem.
Still. We don't need more trolling.
Understood.
Predator fanboy right here!!!
who the hell voted for the avp's anyway? i mean i like them but i would choose any of the alien and predator movies over them any day.
The Alien and Predator movies definitely had way more scare factor than the AVP films.
I voted Aliens.
I think Alien is one of the greatest movies ever made. Aliens is great too, the special edition is even better! Alien 3 I can live without, Resurrection is just too dumb to not enjoy.
I like Predator as well. That's one of the ultimate guy movies. Predator 2 is an underrated sequel. Predators... eh, it could have been cooler.
The AVP films... just no.
Alien had wonderful suspense, Aliens was a perfect sequel, Alien 3 is mediocre, Alien: Resurrection just made the series look pathetic. Predator great action in the jungle, Predator 2 was a great sequel, Predators wasn't bad, but nowhere near the first two. And AvP and AvP:R were ok in there own right, but compared to the others pathetic. I would have to say Alien was my favourite.
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Great gif.
Anyway, for me it's neck and neck between Alien and the Aliens Special Edition. Both perfect in their own ways. Anything else can go sit on a pyramid.
Oh, and Predator. Predator is one of the best films ever made.
Not reading the whole comments i'm always wondering why the second one is the preferred one. Sure it's full with action, great suspense, good charakters. But i'm always missing the horror part. It's more a panic movie then a horror movie in my opinion. And please don't forget: MY opinion, not having in mind to blame everyone elses.
Probably because Aliens has Ripley reaching out to other humans like Newt; that's one of the reasons I like it better than the first movie.
Quote from: predxeno on Feb 27, 2011, 06:38:25 PM
Probably because Aliens has Ripley reaching out to other humans like Newt; that's one of the reasons I like it better than the first movie.
I think the first movie is a bit too slow but I love action so that might be why I like Aliens better.
^Same here.
I prefer the first, but absolutely lover the second as well. I watch them about equally, but the first one is my preferred movie. One of the only films to ever really scare me.
For me its a tie between Predator and Predator 2. Predator 2 is what I grew up with and what got me into it but Predator is just to damn cool! Third is Aliens as its a fantastic movie and Alien isnt half bad either!
"Yipie ki yay motherf**ker!"
Aliens. Followed by Alien, Predator, and Predator 2.
AVP WAS GOODS ALSOZ!!!
So was AVPR.
So was AVH.
Wish I could change my vote. ???
Aliens.
Predators.
Quote from: Sharp Sticks on Mar 16, 2011, 04:19:03 AM
So was AVH.
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And don't get me started on the sociopolitical brilliance of Inseminoid.
I've found Creature's commentary on US/USSR tensions to be quite fascinating.
Hm ... I don't like to pick favorites. But, I'd have to say I think Alien 3 is my favorite, followed by Aliens.
Quote from: Sharp Sticks on Mar 17, 2011, 03:49:29 AM
And don't get me started on the sociopolitical brilliance of Inseminoid.
Judy Geeson truly
is the pinnacle of interstellar horror.
P.R.E.D.A.T.O.R IS the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Has to be Alien 3 for me, the lighting, direction, style, atmosphere, Music...I love it. Was a hard choice because their all very good in their own way, Aliens be one of the greatest sequels ever (Alongside T2), but it was Alien 3 that did it for me.
It appears to be Aliens.
Quote from: Sharp Sticks on Mar 17, 2011, 03:49:29 AM
And don't get me started on the sociopolitical brilliance of Inseminoid.
So glad I'm not the only one who's seen this! If ever I'm discussing late night b movies I always bring up that this had a woman LAYING EGGS.
The pinnacle of sci-fi if you ask me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0DFvWLXv9U# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0DFvWLXv9U#)
and then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brEzYdLrPws# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brEzYdLrPws#)
Aliens it's the kind of movie that as a kid made me want to make up stories about soldiers (Marines in the films case) fighting some sort of monster(s).
My favorite movie is AVP. It tells us a lot about the predators and how they met the aliens. It also tells about human and predator relationships. Finally it puts the two most deadliest creatures in the universe against each other.
AvP? Really? D=
There are 20 votes for AvPR, PBA. That's nothing shocking. :P
I can't see the results because I haven't voted, and I've been here since 07. :P
Quote from: AVPmaniak on Jun 24, 2011, 05:47:02 PMIt tells us a lot about the predators and how they met the aliens.
Really?
There is zero indication in AvP of how the Predators ran into the Aliens.
Actually, I change my mind. I like Predatos better than Predator 1, but its still better than Predator 2.
i chose predators. in my opinion, the predator series, have just becoming better for each movie. but i will rank every movie, because i actually love most of them.
1.predators
2.AVP
3.predator2
4.predator
5.Alien
6.Aliens
7.Alien:Rez
8.alien3
9.aVP:R
ALIEN. I like Predator, awesome film I know the most quotes from, but I rewatch ALIEN on dvd whilst the other films are starting to gather dust now, including Predators.
Thats not to say I dont like them, I just find ALIEN more rewatchable for some reason. ???
Aliens of course ;)
I seem to switch between Alien, Aliens and Predator right now I'm in the ALIEN phase. :D
Quote from: Purebreedalien on Jun 24, 2011, 06:11:40 PM
I can't see the results because I haven't voted, and I've been here since 07. :P
you can just click on "show results" you know :P
I have a huge amount of love for the first two Alien films, but Predator 1 & 2 are easier to re-watch and are fun time and time again. I literally never get tired of Predator 1 & 2 and I can quote every line. Where as with Alien and Aliens, I find I need to be in the right mood (I can still quote everything from them though, heh).
But honestly, it's like choosing your favourite child... but I go with Predator.
Quote from: AvatarIII on Aug 25, 2011, 02:01:45 PM
Quote from: Purebreedalien on Jun 24, 2011, 06:11:40 PM
I can't see the results because I haven't voted, and I've been here since 07. :P
you can just click on "show results" you know :P
...I knew that. >_>
Quote from: Purebreedalien on Aug 25, 2011, 05:18:49 PM
Quote from: AvatarIII on Aug 25, 2011, 02:01:45 PM
Quote from: Purebreedalien on Jun 24, 2011, 06:11:40 PM
I can't see the results because I haven't voted, and I've been here since 07. :P
you can just click on "show results" you know :P
...I knew that. >_>
Or you can click on Alien. I hear that works better. :P
Personally I love all the movies, even Alien Resurrection. Well, up until the Newborn shows up anyways. So glad it got the painful death it deserved. Anywho...
1. Aliens
2. Predators
3. Alien
4. Alien 3
5. AvP R
6. Predator and Predator 2
7. AvP
8. Alien Resurrection BN (Before Newborn)
100,000,001. Alien Resurrection AN (After Newborn)
1. Predator
2. Aliens
3. Alien
4. Alien 3
5. Predator 2
6. Predators
7. Alien Resurrection
Aliens and Predator can go 1 and 2 or 2 and 1 there some what of a tie in my eyes as for AvP and AvP R they dont even make my list.
I didn't vote on any of them, I honestly can't choose 1 favorite, I love them all of different reasons but I can't choose just 1.
ALIENS and PREDATOR are one of my favourite movies of all time so it's hard to narrow those two down to one. I probably watch Predator more though for a couple of reasons; Arnie, Story, Anytime, Classic, Epic, Classic...'nuff said. ALIENS, of course, is still an ingenious formed by James Cameron.
It is extremely hard for me but if I have to choose than it would be Predator 2. I don't know why I just love it for some reason but I do like.... well I love all of them it's just so hard :'( but I'm not a huge fan of Predators. I'm really not sure why too. But Predator 2 is the best (I think it's the best) , although my stomach churns every time he aids himself :P
For sure it would be the original out of them all: ALIEN.
I really should come back and read more answers later, because I don't know why anyone would respond for Resurrection or AVP:R. Actually, I could say the same for AVP and Alien3, since there are 4 or 5 other good movies in this franchise. PREDATORS sounds good but I haven't seen it.
Quote from: StayFrosty on Oct 29, 2011, 11:32:33 AM
I don't know why anyone would respond for Resurrection or AVP:R.
Opinion being the easiest of the answers.
Quote from: StayFrosty on Oct 29, 2011, 11:32:33 AM
For sure it would be the original out of them all: ALIEN.
I really should come back and read more answers later, because I don't know why anyone would respond for Resurrection or AVP:R. Actually, I could say the same for AVP and Alien3, since there are 4 or 5 other good movies in this franchise. PREDATORS sounds good but I haven't seen it.
alien 3 wan't bad
people just love nit picking the f**k out of that movie because they want it to be just like aliens.
this is why in some ways i consider aliens overrated compared to the other four films
Alien for sure.
Quote from: deimos-remus on Nov 21, 2011, 04:54:43 AM
Alien for sure.
Same here. After Alien it would be Predator 2 aand........I know, shame on me...AVP1
Quote from: psychonaut25 on Dec 02, 2011, 11:25:26 PM
Quote from: deimos-remus on Nov 21, 2011, 04:54:43 AM
Alien for sure.
Same here. After Alien it would be Predator 2 aand........I know, shame on me...AVP1
Good for you! Be proud to like AVP1!
Actually, if you put Aliens and Predator in there then that's the complete list of my favorites...
Alien 3. The sheers balls of it to kill Hicks and Newt adds to the ongoing futility of Ripley's battle against the Alien and her living on borrowed time. Yes it has it's flaws but I love the look of the film and the depressing tone Fincher sets.
Predator comes in at a very close second though
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Dec 08, 2011, 02:26:48 PM
Alien 3. The sheers balls of it to kill Hicks and Newt adds to the ongoing futility of Ripley's battle against the Alien and her living on borrowed time. Yes it has it's flaws but I love the look of the film and the depressing tone Fincher sets.
Predator comes in at a very close second though
But her battle
wasn't futile...she won, and her fight with the Alien was concluded, at least for that trip, anyways. I agree that the film has some beautiful direction, though.
I meant the futiility of her trying to escape her nightmare. Thats just my interpretation of it anyway
21 people voted for AVP:R.
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Quote from: AlexVelez on Dec 27, 2011, 03:51:49 AM
21 people voted for AVP:R.
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I am one of them...
Each time someone vote for AvP-R, there is a kitten who commits suicide.
Quote from: EEV-2501 on Dec 27, 2011, 09:19:05 PM
Each time someone vote for AvP-R, there is a kitten who commits suicide.
And an orphanage is set on fire.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Dec 27, 2011, 09:50:58 PM
Quote from: EEV-2501 on Dec 27, 2011, 09:19:05 PM
Each time someone vote for AvP-R, there is a kitten who commits suicide.
And an orphanage is set on fire.
C'mon guys it's not that bad ;D
Although it should be called: Aliens vs Predator requiem but most scenes involve dopy teenagers with stupid girl problems.
Quote from: fry1236 on Dec 28, 2011, 04:31:28 AM
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Dec 27, 2011, 09:50:58 PM
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Each time someone vote for AvP-R, there is a kitten who commits suicide.
And an orphanage is set on fire.
C'mon guys it's not that bad ;D
Although it should be called: Aliens vs Predator requiem but most scenes involve dopy teenagers with stupid girl problems.
Please, do not menton AvP:R again....;please, please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZQKV1mTAtA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZQKV1mTAtA#)
I liked Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
High Five ;D
I truly love AvP-R. Not being sarcastic or trollish.
I don't mind people who like AVP-R so much as those who are determined to put it's quality above those of the other films.
Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Dec 31, 2011, 06:32:32 PM
I don't mind people who like AVP-R so much as those who are determined to put it's quality above those of the other films.
↑ I conquer.
That's 'concur' ;)
Its hard for me to decide but if i did have to choose one it would be Predator ,as that film really got me into the franchise plus i prefer the Predator to the Alien,i really like the Predator trilogy as a whole and Alien and Aliens are both fantastic films too.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jan 01, 2012, 03:21:09 PM
That's 'concur' ;)
Damn my holiday spelling !!
Quote from: mrdecepticonleader on Jan 01, 2012, 06:26:02 PM
Its hard for me to decide but if i did have to choose one it would be Predator ,as that film really got me into the franchise plus i prefer the Predator to the Alien,i really like the Predator trilogy as a whole and Alien and Aliens are both fantastic films too.
I've heard rumours there might be another one ;D
Aliens for me. It was the best out of the 4 :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMBztOSdg4#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMBztOSdg4#ws)
This is the scene that made Aliens sooooo good for me ;D
Voted Predator. It was the beginning of my favorite movie species, and Kevin Peter Hall did such an amazing job as the Predator.
Quote from: fry1236 on Jan 05, 2012, 02:17:08 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMBztOSdg4#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMBztOSdg4#ws)
This is the scene that made Aliens sooooo good for me ;D
That's one of the scenes that really turn me off. Cool and campy - sure! But other than that, no. Too much cheese for me. Doesn't fit the Alien universe I like.
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Quote from: fry1236 on Jan 05, 2012, 02:17:08 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMBztOSdg4#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMBztOSdg4#ws)
This is the scene that made Aliens sooooo good for me ;D
That's one of the scenes that really turn me off. Cool and campy - sure! But other than that, no. Too much cheese for me. Doesn't fit the Alien universe I like.
Dude, what the hell are you smoking? :-\
And while I am more of an Alien fan, I think it depends which genre of movies you prefer. Action fans tend to like Predator more, horror fans tend to like Alien more.
Aliens is my favourite Alien movie and predator is my favourite predator movie. the avp films were bad, though the first one had potential.
I think both films had potential but unfortunately were poorly executed.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jan 16, 2012, 04:07:52 PM
I think both films had potential but unfortunately were poorly executed.
it's the same shit over and over again about poor execution of great potential....oh, please...
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Quote from: DoomRulz on Jan 16, 2012, 04:07:52 PM
I think both films had potential but unfortunately were poorly executed.
it's the same shit over and over again about poor execution of great potential....oh, please...
That pretty much sums up most of fandom, you know.
For that matter, AVP did have a lot of potential, but less than perfect execution.
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Quote from: DoomRulz on Jan 16, 2012, 04:07:52 PM
I think both films had potential but unfortunately were poorly executed.
it's the same shit over and over again about poor execution of great potential....oh, please...
That pretty much sums up most of fandom, you know.
For that matter, AVP did have a lot of potential, but less than perfect execution.
Agreed, i'm not a fan but i know when something had potential, all it needed was some decent character development and good pacing, not to mention a good tense atmosphere. People in the avp films are just cannon fodder, you don't care when they die.
In alien and aliens, you really wanted these people to survive, good twist in the first film when the main character is killed half-way through the film.
Aliens by far the best
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Aliens by far the best
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Absolutely! that is my favourite film of the bunch. James Cameron knows how to make great films.
When I saw the queen alien for first time
I was scare, very scare
Couldn't sleep
It was the first alien film i saw and i watched it while was very young, the queen vs ripley fight was awesome and cleverly done.
Alien everytime i watch it i catch something new. Looks beautiful on Blu-Ray Btw
Predator good action, and its about the hunt
predator was the best, in my opinion
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Alien everytime i watch it i catch something new. Looks beautiful on Blu-Ray Btw
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I dont get it AvP wasn't that bad but predator 1,2 are better, but i wouldn't say its the most worst movie ever made.
Quote from: Pred-man201 on Feb 23, 2012, 08:17:00 AM
I dont get it AvP wasn't that bad but predator 1,2 are better, but i wouldn't say its the most worst movie ever made.
That dishonour goes to AVP-R but AVP is next followed by Alien Rez.
None of them even remotely qualify as 'worst movies ever made', though I do think AvPR is preeetty bad.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Feb 23, 2012, 09:49:31 PM
None of them even remotely qualify as 'worst movies ever made', though I do think AvPR is preeetty bad.
I meant within the franchise as a whole.
I'll go out on a limb and say Requiem is one of the worst movies ever made
If anything, Predators is my least favourite film out of all of them. At least I got some entertainment out of the AVP films, whereas Predators made me want to gouge my eyes out with a fork.
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 23, 2012, 10:05:51 PM
I'll go out on a limb and say Requiem is one of the worst movies ever made
Me too. It's not
The Room, but it's damn awful.
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I'll go out on a limb and say Requiem is one of the worst movies ever made
Me too. It's not The Room, but it's damn awful.
It's no Anaconda
The first Anaconda wasn't that bad. Could've used more action but it wasn't horrible.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 25, 2012, 02:17:33 AM
The first Anaconda wasn't that bad. Could've used more action but it wasn't horrible.
They made more than one?!!!
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 25, 2012, 02:18:50 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 25, 2012, 02:17:33 AM
The first Anaconda wasn't that bad. Could've used more action but it wasn't horrible.
They made more than one?!!!
Scary, isn't it?
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 25, 2012, 02:18:50 AM
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 25, 2012, 02:17:33 AM
The first Anaconda wasn't that bad. Could've used more action but it wasn't horrible.
They made more than one?!!!
....yeah! but don't panic, you don't have to see them. :laugh:
Currently watching The Rock. 10/10 Cage, Connery and melting faces.... what more do you need?!!!
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 25, 2012, 02:11:35 AM
It's no Anaconda
Which doesn't even by a shadow of a chance even remotely half-qualify as one of the worst movies ever made.
Worst movie ever made is by far Maximum Overdrive
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Feb 25, 2012, 07:37:02 PM
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 25, 2012, 02:11:35 AM
It's no Anaconda
Which doesn't even by a shadow of a chance even remotely half-qualify as one of the worst movies ever made.
It does to me.... just awful..... awful
You gotta see a load more movies, then.
Jon Voight. I mean.
I'm surprised predators got a low vote, it was quite a decent film that easily surpasses the AVP films and A:R.
it had mixed to positive reviews but a lot of the public has agreed that it was a better sequel. I enjoyed it.
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Feb 26, 2012, 08:30:21 AM
You gotta see a load more movies, then.
Jon Voight. I mean.
I'm a fan of Jon Voight in general he was the better part of the movie
Predators was pretty good, for me apart from character development and Lawrence Fishburne being criminally underused it was a solid fun movie
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 02:22:39 PM
Quote from: OmegaZilla on Feb 26, 2012, 08:30:21 AM
You gotta see a load more movies, then.
Jon Voight. I mean.
I'm a fan of Jon Voight in general he was the better part of the movie
Predators was pretty good, for me apart from character development and Lawrence Fishburne being criminally underused it was a solid fun movie
I agree there, fishburne was underused but his character was unique.
as for character development, there was some as some or all the characters were quite likeable but you did kinda know who was going to die. Hanzo despite being mute for most of the film was badass.
Hanzo was my favourite, plus the scene where he fights Falconer with the samurai sword was epic (but still could have been better)
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 04:21:38 PM
Hanzo was my favourite, plus the scene where he fights Falconer with the samurai sword was epic (but still could have been better)
That is one my favourites as well, Billy didn't even last that long or even wound the predator in the first film.
My only gripe with that seen was how clumsy the Predator looked, surely seeing him use some form of sword perhaps instead of the ridiculously long wristblade would have looked better, only a minor gripe though
I sort of agree there since it would be quite hard to use a wrist attached blade skilfully in a sword fight.
I think it didn't help, the Super Predators were a bit too bulky aswell, I understand that they aer supposed to be bigger and badder than the Predators we know but still, I wasn't a big fan of their overall look
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:09:31 PM
I think it didn't help, the Super Predators were a bit too bulky aswell, I understand that they aer supposed to be bigger and badder than the Predators we know but still, I wasn't a big fan of their overall look
The worst case of bulkiness was in AVP, i don't mind their size to be honest since like other creatures in real life, there different types of the same creature.
I understood Beserker being bulky, but Falconer should have been slimmer and more agile (this is just my opinion) yeah AvP had the worst, short fat clumsy idiots
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:16:29 PM
I understood Beserker being bulky, but Falconer should have been slimmer and more agile (this is just my opinion) yeah AvP had the worst, short fat clumsy idiots
The AVP predator faces look crap as well, they had humanish eyes and their face was not very scary.
Scar looked awful. I remember the first time I saw Predator and he took his mask off, I s**t myself plus he looked completely badass
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:22:00 PM
Scar looked awful. I remember the first time I saw Predator and he took his mask off, I s**t myself plus he looked completely badass
I was glad to see crucified having the classic predator face.
Yeah he looked pretty good, another minor gripe was his inclusion to just show how strong Beserker was, the fight could have been a little longer
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:30:38 PM
Yeah he looked pretty good, another minor gripe was his inclusion to just show how strong Beserker was, the fight could have been a little longer
It does not show how strong berserker was because crucified was severely weakened after being tied up there for days and tortured as well, the fight would have gone on longer had crucified been in tip top condition.
True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:38:22 PM
True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Danny is cool, he was in dusk till dawn as well, one of my favourite vampire films.
He's awesome in anything, Desperado he's good. Dusk til Dawn's my favourite Vampire movie
He is the main star of machete, i haven't seen it yet sadly.
I haven't either, I've been meaning too since I watched Planet Terror the other day
Should be good and its about time he got a lead role since he has been acting for decades.
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:38:22 PM
True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Feb 27, 2012, 03:09:46 AM
Quote from: Novak 1334 on Feb 26, 2012, 05:38:22 PM
True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't even like aliens which most of us believe was the best in the series, same with predators only predator was the best but predators was a decent sequel in my opinion. predators would be a love it or hate type of film.
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True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't even like aliens which most of us believe was the best in the series, same with predators only predator was the best but predators was a decent sequel in my opinion. predators would be a love it or hate type of film.
I'm actually in the middle, the film was no
Aliens and I actually prefer the first AVP over it in terms of originality and story satisfaction.
Predators suffered from being over-reliant on
Predator, the wasting of Danny Trejo and Laurence Fishburne's great performances and characters, underdeveloped Predators who die too quickly and easily, a woefully misguided tribute to
Jurassic Park III in the form of Classic Predator against the Supers, not enough expansion on the Predators after all the years of waiting for it, complete lack of use of its new ideas, wasted potential in regards to an Alien jungle planet, and for being a movie that could have been told with one Predator in it.
On the plus side, unlike the previous movie in the franchise the film had actual actors and actual, well-written characters in it, the cast interaction was fun, the human side was well done, the Predator masks were cool, and there were a lot of cool things tried out for the human cast. Plus, it's really quite entertaining, and after the soul-sucking misery of
AVPR I'm not surprised everyone regarded it as the Holy Grail upon it's release.
My thoughts on Predators are best summed up this way: Human side good, Predators side bad.
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True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't even like aliens which most of us believe was the best in the series, same with predators only predator was the best but predators was a decent sequel in my opinion. predators would be a love it or hate type of film.
When did I say I didn't like Aliens?
Not everyone thinks Aliens is the holy grail of science-fiction action films. I for one don't think it is. If you ask me, either Total Recall or District 9 fit the bill a bit better. Within the Aliens franchise, I prefer the first film over any of the sequels.
By the way, I voted for Predator 2. ;D
Quote from: QuantumSheep on Mar 01, 2012, 02:48:28 AM
Not everyone thinks Aliens is the holy grail of science-fiction action films. I for one don't think it is. If you ask me, either Total Recall
Good choice with Recall. Im madly in love with Goldsmith's score from it. My holy grail of scifi is the first 2 Terminators and the Alien trilogy
There's a Total Recall releasing later this year, apparently set entirely on Earth. If anything, I don't think remaking an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is a good idea.
Quote from: QuantumSheep on Mar 01, 2012, 03:09:53 AM
There's a Total Recall releasing later this year, apparently set entirely on Earth.
Is it? Sidetracking the thread a little, but Verhoeven's franchises have some curse on them. His excellent Robocop ended up as kiddie Tv show and straight to video movies, Starship troopers also ended up with direct to video cheap sequels, so did Hollow Man. Total Recall also had an awful TV series spinoff. Poor guy's work always gets reduced to crap
Don't remind me of the Starship Troopers sequels. They were almost painful to watch.
The second one was.
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True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't even like aliens which most of us believe was the best in the series, same with predators only predator was the best but predators was a decent sequel in my opinion. predators would be a love it or hate type of film.
When did I say I didn't like Aliens?
Either in this thread or another, it may have been another mod, but i am or was sure it was you, i got nothing against those who hate aliens at all, we all have our different tastes in films and opinions which i respect. :)
QuoteDon't remind me of the Starship Troopers sequels. They were almost painful to watch.
Right there with you mate, although while the third one is a little better, its still kind of sucked and was too outlandish.
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True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't even like aliens which most of us believe was the best in the series, same with predators only predator was the best but predators was a decent sequel in my opinion. predators would be a love it or hate type of film.
When did I say I didn't like Aliens?
Either in this thread or another, it may have been another mod, but i am or was sure it was you, i got nothing against those who hate aliens at all, we all have our different tastes in films and opinions which i respect. :)
I've never said I don't like Aliens. I have a gripes about it which are more directed towards James Cameron as a director and a writer but the film itself I enjoy.
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True, again its not a major issue. I think that's my main downpoint with Predators, some things weren't explored as much as they could have been. The positives severely outweigh the negatives though, plus putting Danny Trejo in anything is a win for me
Positives? What positives?
The weak script? The endless references to Predator? The weak acting? The under-sized Predators? No offense, but I'm not sure we watched the same film.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't even like aliens which most of us believe was the best in the series, same with predators only predator was the best but predators was a decent sequel in my opinion. predators would be a love it or hate type of film.
When did I say I didn't like Aliens?
Either in this thread or another, it may have been another mod, but i am or was sure it was you, i got nothing against those who hate aliens at all, we all have our different tastes in films and opinions which i respect. :)
I've never said I don't like Aliens. I have a gripes about it which are more directed towards James Cameron as a director and a writer but the film itself I enjoy.
I see, though James cameron is quite a good director but i hear he is hard to work with and sometimes has a hair-trigger temper, some people actually had t-shirts with "you can't scare me! i work with james cameron" on the set of abyss :laugh:
Its not about that. DoomRulz strongly believes Cameron is just another Michael Bay and is terrible director and writer and designer
Do I now? This is interesting.
Quote from: StrangeShape on Mar 01, 2012, 06:57:38 PM
Its not about that. DoomRulz strongly believes Cameron is just another Michael Bay and is terrible director and writer and designer
Michael bay is not the worst of the worst though, uwe boll has that dishonour. :laugh: they actually clashed over who is better as well. The rock was one the only films i liked by him.
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Its not about that. DoomRulz strongly believes Cameron is just another Michael Bay and is terrible director and writer and designer
Michael bay is not the worst of the worst though, uwe boll has that dishonour. :laugh: they actually clashed over who is better as well. The rock was one the only films i liked by him.
Meh, for me Bay is an embarrassment to Hollywood entertainment. Pyrotechnics, explosions and thats it. Not only as a storyteller (its even silly imo to put that adjective in the same paragraph as Michael Bay's name), but as an action director. His action sequences make me fall asleep. Nothing but explosions, not great choreography, no layers, no emotional content behind them. Hes the one who gives action movies a bad name, and makes people think that action movie automatically equals a dumb movie with shooting, no depth, no character depth etc, just action. But again, this is offtopic
Aliens followed by Alien Vs. Predator
well opinions are something that everyone is entitled to but AVP in a lot people's opinion sucked and is no were near Aliens in terms of brilliance, AVP is just as bad as A:R or perhaps worse.
That's what you think, Hellraiser94 evidently does not agree with you. ;)
Quote from: Nero the Jackal on Mar 05, 2012, 01:05:13 PM
well opinions are something that everyone is entitled to but AVP in a lot people's opinion sucked and is no were near Aliens in terms of brilliance, AVP is just as bad as A:R or perhaps worse.
Your point being? He thinks what he thinks.
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well opinions are something that everyone is entitled to but AVP in a lot people's opinion sucked and is no were near Aliens in terms of brilliance, AVP is just as bad as A:R or perhaps worse.
Your point being? He thinks what he thinks.
My point being is even some die-hard fans know how bad the film was although the first one had some potential which is why its even more disappointing.
He can think what he wants, i never said otherwise.
AVP-R is by far the worst....of course that depends on how prometheus will turn out since that could end up being bad but because its directed by scott then it has a decent chance of turning out good.
Speaking of AVP-R, there is one person i know who thinks its one the best films in the franchise and pretty much ever. How crazy is that?
Welcome to subjectivity.
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well opinions are something that everyone is entitled to but AVP in a lot people's opinion sucked and is no were near Aliens in terms of brilliance, AVP is just as bad as A:R or perhaps worse.
Your point being? He thinks what he thinks.
My point being is even some die-hard fans know how bad the film was although the first one had some potential which is why its even more disappointing.
He can think what he wants, i never said otherwise.
AVP-R is by far the worst....of course that depends on how prometheus will turn out since that could end up being bad but because its directed by scott then it has a decent chance of turning out good.
Speaking of AVP-R, there is one person i know who thinks its one the best films in the franchise and pretty much ever. How crazy is that?
It's not crazy at all. The internet is rife with opinions. Get used to it.
already of aware of it thank you very much but one must indeed have a strange taste in films to find the bad acting, cardboard people etc etc to be great and avp-r is not one of those "so bad its good" films, its simply bad.
and i am used to opinions but there are also opinions of opinions.
Aliens it's where it all began for me.
Aliens. Closely followed by Alien and then Predator. The rest suck ::)
And for the people who voted requiem... ???
Quote from: Sinister Serenity on Jun 11, 2012, 10:14:36 AM
Aliens. Closely followed by Alien and then Predator. The rest suck ::)
And for the people who voted requiem... ???
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Lol, poor guy. :D
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Quote from: Sinister Serenity on Jun 11, 2012, 10:14:36 AM
Aliens. Closely followed by Alien and then Predator. The rest suck ::)
And for the people who voted requiem... ???
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But I have to agree that I can't imagine anyone that likes AVP:R ....
I do.
Did I just rock your world so much that it's spinning like a top?
So...with Prometheus now out, would now be a good time for a new poll? This one is already unreliable as it is, since it was made before Predators came out, and there is no option to change votes.
Your best best is to contact a mod directly.
im sorry but who voted for avpr even the last allien movie was better than avpr....seriously
Quote from: demonickitty on Jun 14, 2012, 04:22:34 AM
im sorry but who voted for avpr even the last allien movie was better than avpr....seriously
Most of its votes we're probably a joke.
Which makes it even more sad.
Quote from: demonickitty on Jun 14, 2012, 04:22:34 AM
im sorry but who voted for avpr even the last allien movie was better than avpr....seriously
I would happily choose AvP:R over Res. I haven't watched the latter, in oh gosh...I think 11 years at least.
AR certainly isn't a great movie, but I find it to be worth watching occasionally simply because I'm very intrigued by a lot of the concepts it presented. I feel like a lot of things should have (and could have) been done better, and I view it as kind of separate from the first three movies, but its not completely unwatchable. The failed clone scene and the Newborn alone make it worth checking out at least every once in a while.
Aliens and Predator are awsome for me to hard to pick so im going to pick both but ill vote for predator since i like pred more :)
If I would have to make a list of all the movies from the three franchises it would look something like this:
1 - Alien
2 - Alien³
3 - Prometheus
4 - Predator
5 - Aliens
6 - A:R
7 - Predator 2
8 - Predators
9 - AVP
...
100 - AvP:R
Oh a list, good idea.
1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Alien3
4. Predator
5. Prometheus
6. Predator 2
7. Predators
8. A:R
9. AVP
10. AVP:R (Still in denial)
Oh and page 69!!
Hurr..
ALIEN series:
Alien
Aliens/Alien³
Prometheus
Alien Resurrection
PREDATOR series:
Predator
Predators
Predator 2
AVP series:
AVP: Alien vs Predator
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator Requiem
ALIEN series:
Aliens/Alien 3
Alien
AVP
PREDATOR series
Predator
Predator 2
ALIEN series:
1.Aliens
2.Prometheus
3.Alien
PREDATOR series:
1.Predator
2.Predator 2
3.Predators
AVP series:
1.Alien vs Predator (AVP)
2.Aliens vs Predator 2:Requiem (AVPR)
1. Aliens
2. Alien: Resurrection
3. Alien
4. Alien 3
I am not a fan of the preds but I may say
Pred 2
Preds
Pred
but overall I like all 3 equally.
Quote from: Sinister Serenity on Jul 17, 2012, 07:19:14 PM
Oh and page 69!!
"my gamertag is PIMP69" (with the 360 music in the background) ->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuQlwC4SiwI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuQlwC4SiwI#ws)
Alien and Aliens are the best.
1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Alien 3
4. Alien: Resurrection
1. Pred
2. Pred 2
3. Preds
As for AVP and AVP-R they dont deserve to be rank in either list because in my eyes they are both trash and not worthy. Which I know A3, AR, P2, and Ps are not the greatest either but I can rewatch them and enjoy them more then both AVP movies.
I picked AvP for the idea behind it, not the actual movie. If only they could make 1 more Avp movie that was the best blend of Alien, Aliens, Predator 2, and Predators. That would be the best and greatest AvP movie ever and possibly redeem the whole AvP series. Then again few people would watch another AvP movie after what happened with AvP Requim
Alien 3
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Predators
Predator 2
Alien, cant get more creepy or suspenseful then that :)
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Predator
4. Alien 3 (SE only. Theatrical sits below Prometheus)
5. Predator 2
6. Prometheus
7. Predators
8. Alien: Resurrection
9. AvP and Requiem (only watched the latter once, I don't remember it well)
Aliens and Predator are soooooo close in my mind.
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Alien 3
4. Prometheus
5. Predator
6. Predator 2
7. Alien Resurrection
8. Predators
10. Alien vs. Predator
11. Aliens vs. Predator Requiem
Oh and my list is
1.Alien
2.Aliens
3.Predator
4.Prometheus
5.Predators
6.Alien 3
7.AVP
8.Predator 2
9.Alien Resurrection
10.AVP:R
Aliens
Predator
Alien
Predator 2
Alien 3
Prometheus
Alien Resurrection
AvP
AvP:R
My order:
Aliens
Alien
Predator
Alien Resurrection
Predators
AVP
AVP:R
Alien3
Predator 2
Quote from: wataru on Oct 13, 2012, 03:20:29 PM
My order:
Aliens
Alien
Predator
Alien Resurrection
Predators
AVP
AVP:R
Alien3
Predator 2
You hate Predator 2 that much? I feel so sorry for you, having no joy in your life :'(
Anyways:
Aliens
Alien
Predator
Predator 2
AVP
Predators/Prometheus
...
Alien Cubed
...
AVPR
Haven't seen Resurrection yet.
Predator
Alien
Predator 2
Aliens
Alien 3
Predators
AVPR
AVP
Alien R.
I'd have to split the franchises up as other have.
Alien Franchise:
1) Alien
2) Aliens
3) Alien 3/ Prometheus
4) Alien Resurrection
Predator Franchise:
1) Predator
2) Predator 2
3)Predators
Finally many, many miles away...
10,247) AVP
10,248) AVP R
;)
I'll remake my list now.
1. Predator
2. Alien
3. Alien 3
4. Aliens
5. Prometheus
6. Predator 2
7. AvP: R
8. Predators
9. AvP
10. Alien: Resurrection
Quote from: DoomRulz on Oct 16, 2012, 11:00:00 AM
I'll remake my list now.
1. Predator
2. Alien
3. Alien 3
4. Aliens
5. Prometheus
6. Predator 2
7. AvP: R
8. Predators
9. AvP
10. Alien: Resurrection
You like Requiem more than Predators?
Interesting.
Well, they're tied for me. I'd sooner choose Requiem over Predators because Predators actually took itself seriously and thought it was doing something good for the series.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Oct 22, 2012, 11:20:59 AM
Well, they're tied for me. I'd sooner choose Requiem over Predators because Predators actually took itself seriously and thought it was doing something good for the series.
So, for actually trying to make something good for the series, you mark it lower than Requiem. Not sure I understand you\, mang.
My list would be...
1.) Predator
2.) Aliens
3.) Alien
4.) Predators
5.)Prometheus
6.)AVP
7.)A3/A:R
8.) AVP:R
I think what he's trying to put down is that it tried and failed. Whereas AvPR never really tried. It was more than happy to be crap.
Quote from: SiL on Oct 22, 2012, 11:44:59 AM
I think what he's trying to put down is that it tried and failed. Whereas AvPR never really tried. It was more than happy to be crap.
So trying and failing is worse than never trying at all?
Quote from: SiL on Oct 22, 2012, 11:44:59 AM
I think what he's trying to put down is that it tried and failed. Whereas AvPR never really tried. It was more than happy to be crap.
Pretty much.
Someone ban predxeno. He obviously created 21 extra accounts.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Oct 22, 2012, 12:13:54 PM
Quote from: SiL on Oct 22, 2012, 11:44:59 AM
I think what he's trying to put down is that it tried and failed. Whereas AvPR never really tried. It was more than happy to be crap.
Pretty much.
So, again - Trying and failing(in your opinion) is worse than never trying at all?
In this case yes because it spent too much time ripping off the previous films. I honestly didn't get the sense that the writers put much thought into their script which is a shame because the idea of a game reserve didn't seem so awful.
To be fair, AVPR did the same thing (ripping off the previous films). I've only seen Predators and AVPR once each (both in 2010, I believe), and I wouldn't mind seeing Predators again at some point. AVPR, on the other hand...
Quote from: DoomRulz on Oct 22, 2012, 01:19:20 PM
In this case yes because it spent too much time ripping off the previous films. I honestly didn't get the sense that the writers put much thought into their script which is a shame because the idea of a game reserve didn't seem so awful.
Well, OK, it ripping off P1 too much in your opinion is one thing, but change the answer man. Trying and failing is A LOT better than never trying at all.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Oct 22, 2012, 01:22:45 PM
To be fair, AVPR did the same thing (ripping off the previous films). I've only seen Predators and AVPR once each (both in 2010, I believe), and I wouldn't mind seeing Predators again at some point. AVPR, on the other hand...
But again, AvP:R made no bones about the fact that it was stupid. That much is evident from the opening sequence on the Predator vessel when a Predator for whatever reason, blows a hole in his own ship's hull. Predators attempts to pass itself off as legitimate successor to the previous Predator movies.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Oct 22, 2012, 02:43:11 PM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Oct 22, 2012, 01:22:45 PM
To be fair, AVPR did the same thing (ripping off the previous films). I've only seen Predators and AVPR once each (both in 2010, I believe), and I wouldn't mind seeing Predators again at some point. AVPR, on the other hand...
But again, AvP:R made no bones about the fact that it was stupid. That much is evident from the opening sequence on the Predator vessel when a Predator for whatever reason, blows a hole in his own ship's hull. Predators attempts to pass itself off as legitimate successor to the previous Predator movies.
Come on, Doom! When is it ever OK not to try? You and I have talked about your aspirations a bit, would you say that, even if you failed, you're glad you tried? What about trying to get with a lady friend? Isn't always better to try and fail, then never try at all? That goes for everything in life....but not of a Predator movie...?
I'm not sure I understand the parallels between courtship and a sci-fi film.
Predators barely tried. It was presenting itself as a new fresh take on the series and yet, it couldn't come up with one bit of originality to save its life. The film couldn't go 30 seconds with paying some kind of useless homage to the previous movies.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Oct 23, 2012, 10:40:13 AM
I'm not sure I understand the parallels between courtship and a sci-fi film.
Predators barely tried. It was presenting itself as a new fresh take on the series and yet, it couldn't come up with one bit of originality to save its life. The film couldn't go 30 seconds with paying some kind of useless homage to the previous movies.
I agree, but still way better than
AVPR though
Ah well. To each his own.
My favorite is ALIENS. It was the first one i seen in Theatres and it is a nice combination of action and horror.
Alien is my fav...and I'm a bit surprised to see it in third position.
My order from best to worst:
1.Predator
2.Aliens
3.Predators
4.Predator 2
5.Alien
6.AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
7.AvP: Alien vs. Predator
8.Alien Resurrection
9.Alien³
Number 1 and 2 are a tie if were talking seperate franchises.
You're the first person I've seen to rank AvP:R ahead of Alien 3. Don't make that wildly known, haha.
lol yea AvP:R would be dead last on my list.
Aliens
Alien
Predator
Predators
Aliens Resurrection
Predator 2
AVPR
AVP
Alien 3
I could see how some people don't put AVPR dead last. When I first saw Alien 3 I was so mad and insulted as a fan that I was ready to field goal kick a panda like it was a nerf football. From my perspective when I first saw Alien 3 it disgraced the characters and almost made it seem like the first two movies had happened for nothing. >:( AVP and AVP R were bad. The only differences between AVP and AVPR is that in AVP there was no passable acting and in AVPR the Predator and Predalien were better actors than any human being with a line. That's sad when creatures that can only grunt, growl, and nod but can't speak have more personality than you do. Alien 3 dead last instead of AVPR? That's like arguing which one stinks more. As far as I'm concerned they both belong in the dumpster. In the end Alien 3 just ticked me off a lot more at the time.
Alien is the best, by a long, long, long way.
Shouldn't the poll be redone to accommodate Prometheus? I'd also list them by release date.
I don't know if this is different from when I last posted buuuut
Genuinely enjoy
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Predator 2
Guilty pleasure
Alien Resurrection
Genuinely disappointing
Predators
Prometheus
Could care less about
Alien 3
AVP
AVPR
#1 aliens
#2 alien
#3 avp
#4 resurrection
#5 alien3
(ps f**k avp:r) :-\
My favourite movie in the series is still Aliens vs Predator: Requiem. :o
Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Feb 26, 2013, 07:49:17 AM
My fovourite movie in the series is still Aliens vs Predator: Requiem. :o
:-X
Aliens followed very closely by Alien.
They're the movies that got me interested in this universe and the xenomorphs c;
Speaking of favourite films, Aliens is playing in theatres on the 25th here in Canada 8) fluxcap and I are going together ;D
Quote from: DoomRulz on Mar 06, 2013, 03:53:27 AM
Speaking of favourite films, Aliens is playing in theatres on the 25th here in Canada 8) fluxcap and I are going together ;D
Holy shit, you're right.
I've gotta see about going to this.
Gotta love them Most Wanted Mondays.
I have a feeling I'm outta town that day. :(
So double check, geez.
Just finished re-watching Predator with wifey (her request - she rules!), and I just feel like I had to update my favorite A/PROM/P/AVP list, as if anyone cares:
1 - Alien
2 - Alien 3
3 - Predator
4 - Prometheus
5 - Aliens
6 - A:R
7 - Predator 2
8 - AVP
9 - Predators
10 - AvP:R
Alien
Aliens
Predator 2 / Predator
Alien 3 / Alien: Resurrection
Alien Vs. Predator
Predators
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem / Prometheus
Where's Rocky???
Punching yer face.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 28, 2013, 03:08:46 AM
Punching yer face.
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Quote from: PredalienXenomorph on Feb 26, 2013, 07:49:17 AM
My favourite movie in the series is still Aliens vs Predator: Requiem. :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5mLjKI968g# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5mLjKI968g#)
1. aliens 2. alien 3.alien 3 4.alien resurrection 5. avp 1 6. prometheus 7. predator 8. predators(adrian brody version) 9.avp:r
Aliens, for the sake of it being a wonderful action movie, setting the bar for quality action and sci-fi movies, and the emotional conflict it presents.
Then comes Alien, Predator, Alien 3, and Prometheus.
Alien 3 is my overall favorite (meaning the ACut). If we were going on historical reasons then its obviously A L I E N followed by Predator. Much questioning goes to the six people who voted for A Rez and even more to the 22 who voted for AVP2! SERIOUSLY?!?!!?!
Everyone has different standards. Imagine that.
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:08 PM
Everyone has different standards. Imagine that.
Well I have been saying this whole time, but there is always exception to any rule.
AVPR technically lacks quality of movie from beloved franchise. Sure, there will always be rotten apples mixed in fresh bunch, but you see my point right?
Quote from: DoomRulz on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:08 PM
Everyone has different standards. Imagine that.
No. Not possible.
Is my reply getting deleted? WTF?
BTW I will say again but there is always an exception to any rule.
Everyone has different taste argument is no exception to this rule.
It wasn't deleted amigo. The site was moved to a new server so there will be some hiccups along the way. Same thing happened to me :)
Eeyup. Now I know what happened to my discussion in the "Alien or Predator" thread. ::)
I find it illogical that everyone has the same taste. Especially on this site. You have the Alien lovers, Predator fans, and the AvP radicals.
Quote from: jedi9061 on Jul 26, 2013, 10:53:39 PM
Eeyup. Now I know what happened to my discussion in the "Alien or Predator" thread. ::)
I find it illogical that everyone has the same taste. Especially on this site. You have the Alien lovers, Predator fans, and the AvP radicals.
Yep. And we're all fanboys for something, at least to a degree.
Aiens! Followed closley by predator and alien ;)
I'd love to claim something other than Aliens, but the truth is that's my number one favourite movie of all-time, so it was always gonna be my pick.
Perhaps slightly more controversially, my second place would go to Predator. Sorry, Alien, you're a masterpiece, but you just can't match the balls-out hilarity of Arnie and the boys tearing up the jungle.
My favorite Alien/Predator/AvP movie lists changes from time to time. Alien and Predator remain on top of their respective lists and there is no question for me between the two AvP films. The three lists for me are as such:
ALIEN FILMS
1. Alien
2. Alien 3
3. Aliens
4. Prometheus
5. Alien Resurrection
PREDATOR FILMS
1. Predator
2. Predators
3. Predator 2
AVP FILMS
1. AvP
2. AvP: R
Now there's the matter of combining the lists. Remember, just because a movie is lower on the list, it doesn't mean that I hate it. I just like the other films better.
THE GREAT
1. Alien
2. Alien 3
3. Aliens
4. Predator
THE GOOD
5. AvP
6. Prometheus
7. Predators
THE OKAY
8. Predator 2
9. Alien Resurrection
THE BAD
10. AvP: R
I would have chosen "Prometheus" but, for some reason it was not listed.
My personal list
1-Aliens
2-Predator
3-Alien
4-Predators
5-Alien vs Predator
6-Alien Resurrection
7-Predator 2
8-Alien 3
9-Alien vs Predator Requiem
Aliens will always remain my favourite since it's the first movie I saw from the series, in fact it might be the first horror movie I ever saw not counting Blue Monkey ;)
aliens is my favorite because it had more aliens in it more deaths and more action.
alien is by far better than predator but aliens, alien 3 And redirection were not as good. Predators was by far the best predator movie.
I have to go with Aliens it's the first alien movie I saw.
1. Alien (1979) - 10/10
2. Aliens (1986) - 10/10
3. Predator (1987) - 9/10
4. Prometheus (2012) - 8/10
5. Alien 3 (1992) - 7/10
6. Predators (2010) - 7/10
7. Predator 2 (1990) - 6/10
8. Alien: Resurrection (1997) - 5/10
9. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) - 4/10
10. AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requieum (2007) - 2/10
Obviously Aliens is the best, compare it to all the others.
Quote from: Swank on May 10, 2015, 04:14:05 PM
Obviously Aliens is the best, compare it to all the others.
I would say that Alien is a bit better than Aliens, but both are fantastic.
I'd say Alien and Aliens are both equally brilliant but in different ways. One of the things that makes the sequel so good is the fact that it's different enough to make a direct comparison difficult. Although Alien has the benefit of being the progenitor. It came up with all the iconic concepts while the sequel just followed on from them. But that's not to say Cameron brought nothing new to the series.
Personally, I prefer Aliens, but I'd never claim it's the better movie.
I might argue Aliens did the most damage to the franchise though, because it's just been copied and imitated so poorly so many times.
Looks like I'm going with the consensus and Aliens. I watched Alien when I was twelve or so and it honestly scared the bejesus out of me. For years. My mum was absolutely livid that my dad had shown the film to me!
Then a couple of years later dad showed me Aliens (he did love his action films, bless him!) and it blew me away! All these years later it still does :D
I must have seen Predator at around the same time and loved that too, but Aliens wins for sheer, downright epic-ness.
Sorry, but.... Aliens ;D
1. Alien (1979) - 10/10
2. Aliens (1986) - 10/10
3. Predator (1987) - 10/10
4. Prometheus (2012) - 7/10
5. Alien 3 (1992) - 5/10
6. Predators (2010) - 6/10
7. Predator 2 (1990) - 7/10
8. Alien: Resurrection (1997) - 2/10
9. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) - 5/10
10. AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requieum (2007) -3/10
Predator 1 and 2, naturally.
For the Alien series I'd say the first two, obviously.
Alien 11/10
Aliens 10/10
Prometheus 10/10
Alien 3 7/10
Alien Resurrection 7/10
AVP 7/10
AVP:R 5/10
1. Alien (10/10)
2. Aliens (10/10)
3. Predator (10/10)
4. Alien 3 (9/10)
5. Predator 2 (9/10)
6. Prometheus (7/10)
7. Alien vs. Predator (5/10)
8. Alien Resurrection (5/10)
9. Predators (3/10)
10. AvPR (2/10)
Alien 1 - 4, Predator 1 - 2 I love equally.
Prometheus, AVP and Predators have grown on me a lot.
AVPR.......... may take a little while longer. :P
Predator
Aliens
Predator 2
Predators
Alien
AVP
AVPR
Last 2 Alien movies were pure caca IMO.
This is a tough one especially for the first two....Actually mainly for the first two as I really, really like the first two. :D
Predator
Alien
Predator 2
Aliens
Predators
AVP
AVP:R
Still need to get around to finishing 3 and AR.
I honestly struggle to understand how anyone can rate any of the films lower than Requiem :laugh:
Alien, Aliens and Predator almost equally. I pick the first one, from Ridley Scott.
It's a tough choice for me between Alien & Aliens. They're both pretty much tied for me for different reasons. I guess if it really boils down to it I have to go with Alien as that was my introduction to Sci-Fi/Horror in general & is what got me into creature movies.
Alien. Predator. Aliens. Predator 2. End transmission
Awwwwwww, no love for Predator 2. I actually really liked it.
Predator 2!
Alien '79
Alien and Alien 3 hold up the best IMO.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Nov 12, 2016, 09:45:40 PM
I honestly struggle to understand how anyone can rate any of the films lower than Requiem :laugh:
As atrocious as AVPR is, there isnt a movie that I hate, absolutely hate more than Resurrection (and Terminator Salvation)
Quote from: Scorpio on Dec 24, 2016, 11:21:14 PM
Alien and Alien 3 hold up the best IMO.
As far as their look, both how the image holds up and how they manage not to reveal the era they were made in? I agree, Alien and especially Alien 3 did quite a good job (sans the compositing), storywise/construction? I always give Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 an equal share of praise. Love em all three to death equally
Alien for me
Quote from: Xenomorph Carrier on Dec 21, 2016, 06:28:49 PM
Awwwwwww, no love for Predator 2. I actually really liked it.
I can't say I dislike any of the Predator films but I think Predator would always edge it out for me.
Mine would have to be AVP-Requiem i know its a controversial choice but having grown up watching the Alien and Predator films on tv/vhs AVP-R was the first opportunity i had to see a Alien/Predator film on the big screen and i went and saw it opening day and i loved it and it's been one of my favorite films ever since
Alien all the f*cking way, baby!
Predator I love that movie.
I'm legitimately surprised that Resurrection ranks lower than AVPR, a movie almost zero redeeming values.
I would choose Aliens any day, even if I was a predator. I just love the feeling, setting, characters and the ALIENS! But my favorite pred movie is the first, obviously.
Quote from: aliensetta on Apr 17, 2007, 04:49:10 PM
Alien Resurrection was the first alien movie I've seen. thats why i became alien fan.
That's a totally fare comment. People really bashing Alien Resurrection? it was bad yes. Well ok yeah it does deserve a good bashing in most parts. But come on it was nowhere near as bad as AVPR.
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My personal favourite is still Alien. It set everything up for what was to come. It was the only movie out of the series that gave me the shits. The chest Burster scene was on another level in movies. That scene was done so well. I would however say James Cameron did a fantastic sequel which worked really well with almost every character you didn't want to die. The Queen battle at the end was truly a masterpiece.
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Can the various polls here be updated with the newer films?
I would also suggest listing the films by release date, there's no reason to discern any kind of straight timeline anymore.
My favorite films are:
ALIEN
ALIENS
ALIEN 3
PREDATOR
PREDATOR 2
PREDATORS
Aliens is my favorite film of all time. I actually enjoy good quality nightmares based on that film..
ALIEN. Hands down. Defined the genre, and as Dan Obannon says, closed the book on it. It had everything it needed. Aliens is fantastic, among the best sequels in movie history, took what Alien did and made it better, took it further, expanded on Ripley and gave us awesome new beloved characters. But Alien started everything and was a true innovation. Predator is awesome, but without going into loads of detail, sci-fi horror kind of trumps sci-fi action for me. Beyond that, none of the films really contend for 1st place (though I love them all for their own reasons...except AVPR and Ressuraction 😑😑)
Voted Alien 3. At one point, the second one was my favorite, but as I got older the third one just resonated with me more.
Favorite Movies:
1. Aliens
2. Predator 2
3.Predator
4. Alien
5. Alien 3
6. Predators
7. AVP Requiem
8. AVP
9. Prometheus
10. Alien: Covenant
11. Alien Resurrection
1 - Predator & Alien
2 - Aliens, Alien 3 & Predator 2
3 - Alien Resurrection
4 - Prometheus
5 - AVP R
6 - Alien Covenant
7 - Predators
8 - AVP
I know, f**ked up order, but really can't choose between some of them :P
My favourites will rotate between the first three Alien films, Predator 1 & 2 are roughly the same to me but for different reasons. Predators is hardly worth mentioning there's f**k-all memorable about it.
Prometheus is interesting, not good but has moments where it has sparks. Covenant, I still don't know what I think of it. No I don't like David making the Alien but I appreciate the sentiment, the Frankenstein parallels and of course Fassbender's performance(s)- glad they keep using Guy Pearce's Peter Weyland as he's the best, the more he appears in Alien media the better. Neomorphs are also good and how they redefine the Pathogen.
AVP is trash, corny and enjoyable in places.
AVPR is horrible, truly the bottom of the barrel.
1. Alien 3: Assembly Cut
2. Alien: Director's Cut
3. Aliens: Directors Cut
4. Predator
5. Predator 2
Honorable mention to Predators. Everything else is just for funzies.
Quote from: Huggs on May 29, 2018, 04:40:28 AM2. Alien: Director's Cut
Curious as to why you prefer the DC to the theatrical?
Alien/Aliens are tied equally for me, which one is better depends on what I am wanting from the movie. Both are masterpieces so it is hard to choose.
Aliens - The character development and the comradery really makes this movie shine.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on May 30, 2018, 11:54:17 AM
Quote from: Huggs on May 29, 2018, 04:40:28 AM2. Alien: Director's Cut
Curious as to why you prefer the DC to the theatrical?
It feels more complete. All the extra footage only improves the film, in my opinion. And heck, it's just more of a good thing.
Quote from: Huggs on May 31, 2018, 10:12:38 PM
Quote from: HuDaFuK on May 30, 2018, 11:54:17 AM
Quote from: Huggs on May 29, 2018, 04:40:28 AM2. Alien: Director's Cut
Curious as to why you prefer the DC to the theatrical?
It feels more complete. All the extra footage only improves the film, in my opinion. And heck, it's just more of a good thing.
It actually has less footage, it's a minute shorter.
Quote from: The Old One on May 31, 2018, 10:27:35 PM
Quote from: Huggs on May 31, 2018, 10:12:38 PM
Quote from: HuDaFuK on May 30, 2018, 11:54:17 AM
Quote from: Huggs on May 29, 2018, 04:40:28 AM2. Alien: Director's Cut
Curious as to why you prefer the DC to the theatrical?
It feels more complete. All the extra footage only improves the film, in my opinion. And heck, it's just more of a good thing.
It actually has less footage, it's a minute shorter.
Ah, shite. My bad, I'm coming off a double shift right now. I thought he said Aliens. As for why I prefer the DC of Alien 79, I'm not gonna lie. It's mainly because of the egg morphing and hive scene. It's just so horrifying, and it fits the movie so well.
The only thing I prefer from the DC is the Alien smacking the cat, it's timed well with the score timing out, in the Theatrical is just looks at the cat and the score just cuts out- it's irritatingly jarring.
Quote from: Huggs on May 31, 2018, 10:32:41 PMAh, shite. My bad, I'm coming off a double shift right now. I thought he said Aliens.
;D No worries.
Quote from: Huggs on May 31, 2018, 10:32:41 PMIt's mainly because of the egg morphing and hive scene. It's just so horrifying, and it fits the movie so well.
Fair enough.
I actually think most of the changes in the DC make the film
worse. The cocoon scene is cool but it just stops the film dead in its tracks in the final act. Ridley clearly recognised as much because he cut the sequence down significantly from its original length. Plus why is Ripley going down into the cargo bay anyway? Not to mention it causes issues when she doesn't say anything upon seeing the hive in the sequel.
Scott also rather frustratingly elected to remove my favourite scene in the entire film - the one where Dallas asks Mother for advice before going into the vents. It builds so much extra tension for the vent scene, I can't believe he removed it.
The only alteration I really like is Lambert clobbering Ripley for refusing to let them back on board. The scene were they listen to the signal is cool as well, but then Scott went and ruined that too by altering the transmission noise from the intensely creepy original to what sounds like generic radio chatter, making everyone's freaked-out reaction seem completely inappropriate.
The first film is actually the only one of the four where I prefer the original to the later extended/alternate cut.
I would have to agree there, I enjoyed some of the extras except the cocoon part.
I don't think it cause continuations issues because the DC version is not canon, whereas the extended versions of Aliens is. Not sure what the status of the versions of the other films, I would prefer the AC version of Alien 3 to be canon as ox thing is better than the dog in my opinion.
The chestburster is too large when it comes out of the dog, meaning the dog should have long been dead plus there is no reason for the chestburster to be more developed as it is. But with the Ox, it makes sense, the rib cage was too strong, it couldn't get out, so it continued to grow within, killing the ox.
Alien
Aliens
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
AVP
Predator
The rest is Strause bros.
Aliens
followed by
Alien
followed by
Predator
Alien
Alens / Alien 3
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Resurrection / Prometheus
^
Its gotta be Aliens, because it is what truly birthed the universe.
Pretty sure the cast and crew of Alien would have something to say about that.
I do need to give credit to Alien for it set the tone, introduced the creature and set up a strong lead character. Deciding between Alien and Aliens is the hardest choice to make.
But Aliens really did a great expansion on that universe with the full life cycle of the Xenomorph, Ripley's iconic character arc; we see Gateway Station, the Military and a remote world colony.
Well I'm not sure, I love Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Predator, Predator 2, and Predators. So I'm just having a hard time deciding.
The first one, but also Prometheus.
My current franchise ranking is as follows
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Alien 3
Prometheus
Predator 2
Alien vs Predator
Alien: Covenant
Predators
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
The Predator
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-
Alien: Resurrection
The best of the best:
Alien TE, Aliens TE/SE, Alien³ SE,
Predator 2, Predator, Covenant,
Predators/Resurrection/Prometheus.
The best of the considerably worse:
AVP, The Predator, AVPR.
Not objective, but purely subjective :
Alien 3 / Covenant > Predator 2 / Predators > Aliens / Predator > Alien / Prometheus > Resurrection / AvP > AvPR
NOTE : The Predator was edited out of this ranking list 'cause stones that are thrown hurt .
It's okay, you'll get stones thrown for how low you ranked Alien anyway.
Quote from: Kradan on Nov 06, 2019, 02:42:14 PM
NOTE : The Predator was edited out of this ranking list 'cause stones that are thrown hurt .
Don't worry. No one wants to Release the Kradan!!
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Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Nov 07, 2019, 11:13:41 PM
Quote from: Kradan on Nov 06, 2019, 02:42:14 PM
NOTE : The Predator was edited out of this ranking list 'cause stones that are thrown hurt .
Don't worry. No one wants to Release the Kradan!!
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/CavernousVariableIraniangroundjay-size_restricted.gif
I coined that phrase. :P
Crème de la crème: Alien > Aliens / Predator
The acceptable: Alien³ > Alien Covenant > Prometheus / Predator 2 > Predators
The best of the unacceptable: Alien Resurrection / AVP / The Predator
The truly UNACCEPTABLE!!! >:( : AVPR
The absolute and total worst there ever has or ever shall be: The Predator
Don't make me release the Kradan >:(
As I've said a hundred times, The Predator is far better than Requiem purely because it has some parts that are actually decent.
Quote from: TheSailingRabbit on Nov 08, 2019, 01:21:36 AM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Nov 07, 2019, 11:13:41 PM
Quote from: Kradan on Nov 06, 2019, 02:42:14 PM
NOTE : The Predator was edited out of this ranking list 'cause stones that are thrown hurt .
Don't worry. No one wants to Release the Kradan!!
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/CavernousVariableIraniangroundjay-size_restricted.gif
I coined that phrase. :P
Didn't you see the fine print?
© 2019 The Sailing WabbitQuote from: Huggs on Nov 08, 2019, 04:07:51 AM
The absolute and total worst there ever has or ever shall be: T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶r̶e̶d̶a̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶ Alien Resurrection. Plus Voodoo Magic is a really good dancer!
I 100% Agree with every word you said.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Nov 08, 2019, 09:34:58 AM
As I've said a hundred times, The Predator is far better than Requiem purely because it has some parts that are actually decent.
We only start listening to you after you've repeated yourself two hundred times.
So.. until then.. I wonder if HuDaFuK enjoys AvP Requiem like i do?!?
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Nov 08, 2019, 09:34:58 AM
As I've said a hundred times, The Predator is far better than Requiem purely because it has some parts that are actually decent.
I'm at work (on my break, of course) thinking about this statement and I'm putting myself into a situation that if held at gunpoint and had to choose one to watch over and over again, which will it be. I think I'm getting shot.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 07, 2019, 10:05:34 PM
It's okay, you'll get stones thrown for how low you ranked Alien anyway.
Oh, dammit !
;D
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 08, 2019, 06:42:20 AM
Don't make me release the Kradan >:(
You can't release what is already everywhere.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Nov 08, 2019, 11:28:34 AM
Quote from: Huggs on Nov 08, 2019, 04:07:51 AM
Plus Voodoo Magic is a really good dancer!
Spoiler
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Quote from: Huggs on Nov 08, 2019, 07:13:27 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 08, 2019, 06:42:20 AM
Don't make me release the Kradan >:(
You can't release what is already everywhere.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Nov 08, 2019, 11:28:34 AM
Quote from: Huggs on Nov 08, 2019, 04:07:51 AM
Plus Voodoo Magic is a really good dancer!
Spoiler
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You said there were no cameras!
It went live out to 20 millions households.
Quote from: Huggs on Nov 08, 2019, 07:13:27 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 08, 2019, 06:42:20 AM
Don't make me release the Kradan >:(
You can't release what is already everywhere.
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Soon I'll be able to watch my favourite Alien films on a Beautiful 4K TV.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 09, 2019, 01:34:40 PM
Soon I'll be able to watch my favourite Alien films on a Beautiful 4K TV.
Nice! Next step: procure a 4K player!
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Oh I will.
Predator 2
I love it.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 09, 2019, 01:34:40 PM
Soon I'll be able to watch my favourite Alien films on a Beautiful 4K TV.
I am one of those "I will use what I have till it doesn't work any more" kind of guy I just bought a new tv this year as high quality as I possibly could..... It is a thing of beauty 4k is just so good after all those years on my trusty old potatoes tv.
Quote from: Trioxin on Dec 31, 2019, 09:15:23 PM
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 09, 2019, 01:34:40 PM
Soon I'll be able to watch my favourite Alien films on a Beautiful 4K TV.
I am one of those "I will use what I have till it doesn't work any more" kind of guy I just bought a new tv this year as high quality as I possibly could..... It is a thing of beauty 4k is just so good after all those years on my trusty old potatoes tv.
Now you need a 4K Player and this!
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Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 31, 2019, 10:38:15 PM
Quote from: Trioxin on Dec 31, 2019, 09:15:23 PM
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Nov 09, 2019, 01:34:40 PM
Soon I'll be able to watch my favourite Alien films on a Beautiful 4K TV.
I am one of those "I will use what I have till it doesn't work any more" kind of guy I just bought a new tv this year as high quality as I possibly could..... It is a thing of beauty 4k is just so good after all those years on my trusty old potatoes tv.
Now you need a 4K Player and this!
I bought all the movies in 4k way ahead of you bud lol
I'll be getting my own copies of the Predator films soon.
Y'know what really irks me though?
Alien, Aliens, Alien³ and
Predator, Predator 2,
Predators.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Jan 01, 2020, 05:50:38 AM
Alien, Aliens, Alien³ and Predator, Predator 2, Predators.
That must drive you crazy.
Alien, Aliens, Alien³ and
Predator, Predators, Predator³ -imagine it, especially because for the first film, the classic, each goes from one flavour of film into a slasher, intelligent undertones, one "company man" within the group, 1 individual E.T.
For the second film, larger, louder more action orientated and arguably dumber but expanded the premise near perfectly. The over confidence of the company and the company man who says he's good, but he's bad being their ultimate undoing, going in without the proper firearms, just fire in one case, just cold in another. Repeating parts of the original with a new coat of paint, Jerry/Hudson, a group of Aliens/Predators and the leaders of the Aliens/Predators is revealed, including a showdown on their own turf at the end.
The third film, again aping the original film- more so this time with a considerably darker tone, lots of great character actors, begins with the main characters falling, two/three dying in the crash. The cast is a group of people generally considered undesirable including murderers and rapists, one of the best actors perishes early on Charles Dance/Mahershala Ali. The crazy guy makes things go from benefiting the characters by informing them about the creatures, despite having a warped perspective, but then makes the situation disasterous just when the characters got a break and a heroic sacrifice is utilised, the film ends with the main character refusing the chance to go back to Earth, instead ensuring the malevolent creature is eliminated.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Jan 01, 2020, 08:10:28 AM
Alien, Aliens, Alien³ and
Predator, Predators, Predator³ -imagine it, especially because for the first film, the classic, each goes from one flavour of film into a slasher, intelligent undertones, one "company man" within the group, 1 individual E.T.
For the second film, larger, louder more action orientated and arguably dumber but expanded the premise near perfectly. The over confidence of the company and the company man who says he's good, but he's bad being their ultimate undoing, going in without the proper firearms, just fire in one case, just cold in another. Repeating parts of the original with a new coat of paint, Jerry/Hudson, a group of Aliens/Predators and the leaders of the Aliens/Predators is revealed, including a showdown on their own turf at the end.
The third film, again aping the original film- more so this time with a considerably darker tone, lots of great character actors, begins with the main characters falling, two/three dying in the crash. The cast is a group of people generally considered undesirable including murderers and rapists, one of the best actors perishes early on Charles Dance/Mahershala Ali. The crazy guy makes things go from benefiting the characters by informing them about the creatures, despite having a warped perspective, but then makes the situation disasterous just when the characters got a break and a heroic sacrifice is utilised, the film ends with the main character refusing the chance to go back to Earth, instead ensuring the malevolent creature is eliminated.
Wow, it's been staring me in the face all this time. What an astute analysis FI. Bravo, well done! :)
Indeed
Very astute observations. One thing about predators that bugs me is that Dutch and Harrigan were supposed to come down on a predator ship remove a predator mask and tell the protagonist something along the lines of they have alot to learn. But Arnie didn't want to do such a small part. R.i.p the best ending ever lol
I'm glad we didn't get that ending personally.
I was super unhappy after learning that. The ending in the movie is basically to me is implying they are just going to die. They are injured and weary and used every resource at their disposal to kill the first wave of predators l, only to have the second wave come in fresh 100% ready to hunt. I would have preferred the slight cheeze for Harrington and Dutch to come back.
I'd anyone knows me, they know I'm totally fine with a dark ending, as long as it felt appropriate.
Dutch and Harrigan showing up in a spaceship at the end?
It's ham, and ham is to be eaten, not filmed.
If I recall in that ending it was only Dutch.
Both Dutch and Harrigan were considered for the Noland role. Now that might have been interesting.
"Get to da spaceship!"
If the character though, got treated exactly like Noland, I think a new character is a far safer option thus it is.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Jan 02, 2020, 02:40:18 AM
If the character though, got treated exactly like Noland, I think a new character is a far safer option thus it is.
I concur. One would hope that role would have been expanded and been handled differently if Arnold or Danny had participated.
Myself & 2 friends recently watched through all 12 films in the franchise. When done, we decided to rank 'em. In lieu of starting a new thread or replying to threads that are 10 yrs old based on "search" I'll just dropped the lists here. Seems appropriate enough.
Mine
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Predator
4. Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
5. Prometheus
6. Predator 2
7. Alien vs. Predator
8. Alien Covenant
9. Predators
10. Alien Resurrection
11. The Predator
12. AVPR
Friend A
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Predator
4. Prometheus
5. Alien Covenant
6. Predator 2
7. Alien 3
8. Alien Resurrection
9. Alien vs. Predator
10. Predators
11. AVPR
12. The Predator
Friend B
1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Predator
4. Prometheus
5. Alien vs. Predator
6. Predator 2
7. Alien Covenant
8. Alien 3
9. Predators
10. Alien Resurrection
11. The Predator
12. AVPR
All 3 of us had the same top 3 but conceded they're essentially equal. I would give any of them the top score of whatever particular rating system was being used. I do think there's more depth to both of the first Alien films, compared to Predator, but Predator does what it does so purely & perfectly. If not for the Assembly Cut of Alien 3 I'd likely have Prometheus slotted 4th & we'd all have that in common. They don't think as highly of Alien 3 as I do, it appears. We also all agreed on The Predator & AVPR being the worst of the lot, but my one friend was insistent that absurdity of Requiem amuses them compared to The Predator, why they claimed is the largest disappoint of the series. The middle is a jumble, but that's to be expected. Good discussion ensued.
So much more love for the AVP films then the alien prequels. Definitely wasn't expecting that
Quote from: chopperXgill on Jul 20, 2020, 03:28:03 AM
So much more love for the AVP films then the alien prequels. Definitely wasn't expecting that
We all have Prometheus ahead of either AVP & Requiem worse than either prequel. A lot of our discussion centered on Covenant, actually. My personal thoughts are that it tries to be both a sequel to Prometheus & a more straightforward Alien film but succeeds at neither. It's not bad, is certainly well made, and features a couple really strong sequences, but I dislike nixing Shaw offscreen, given she was the emotional center of Prometheus, & several plot points directly contradict the original Alien. A fear I had when an Alien prequel was first announced was that I didn't want a film that explicitly setup Alien, i.e. ending with the derelict ship crashing, but now I kind of need the connect the dots to make it work. I know Ridley has alleged he has plans for a 3rd film but I think he's more interested in following David's journey than he is adhering to existing canon.
Quote from: Spidey3121 on Jul 20, 2020, 03:41:01 AM
Quote from: chopperXgill on Jul 20, 2020, 03:28:03 AM
So much more love for the AVP films then the alien prequels. Definitely wasn't expecting that
A fear I had when an Alien prequel was first announced was that I didn't want a film that explicitly setup Alien, i.e. ending with the derelict ship crashing, but now I kind of need the connect the dots to make it work. I know Ridley has alleged he has plans for a 3rd film but I think he's more interested in following David's journey than he is adhering to existing canon.
I agree, worst fear is having David as the space jockey in alien. My problem with Prometheus was that it didn't connect to the alien enough to call it a prequel. It should have been an original film in its own world. Then with covenant, the course correction to fit it more into the alien saga was just too much for me.
We wouldn't be talking about Prometheus in that case. I think it is a good addition to the films, but I don't think I like the fact that David created the Aliens, and I abhor the idea that David May be the space jockey...
I think Marvel should recognize that Aliens is the core film and they should focus on a good continuation of that in the vein of Verheiden.
I hope they see the potential in Newt of a Disney Princess from a dark fairy tale, which is what Aliens in many ways is. You imagine the stakes in the film through the eyes of a child and that is where the film's magic lies.
8). Bring it.
Quote from: chopperXgill on Jul 20, 2020, 03:28:03 AMSo much more love for the AVP films then the alien prequels. Definitely wasn't expecting that
AVP and
Prometheus are far and away the biggest appointments I've ever seen in the cinema.
The difference is I've come to accept
AVP as a shitty B-movie.
Prometheus is still a total failure as smart sci-fi.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 22, 2020, 08:49:17 PM
AVP and Prometheus are far and away the biggest appointments I've ever seen in the cinema.
Every movie I see is an appointment.
Spoiler
;D
Duck you, autocorrect.
:D
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 23, 2020, 08:44:20 AM
Duck you, autocorrect.
God doughnut! Mothra falkner electrics!
Not be mentioning the elephant in the room but Aliens is the film we love most as a community here. I would think the vast majority of the public (those that care anyway) would feel the same.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 26, 2020, 12:51:54 AM
Not be mentioning the elephant in the room but Aliens is the film we love most as a community here. I would think the vast majority of the public (those that care anyway) would feel the same.
AlienS over Alien?.... nah fam og all the way 8)
No disrespect at all to Jimbo's masterpiece, but Alien is far and away the best.
Aliens is undoubtedly the more popular though. And that's what this thread is asking.
I don't know about that. Out in the general world, in popular culture beyond the confines of the fandom, I actually feel like I've been experiencing more references to, riffs on, etc. the original film these days.
Yes, I think that's largely driven by Ridley Scott's return to the gold over the past decade, but even this poll indicates that Aliens is the superior film of the series. The numbers here are a small cross section but they don't lie.
These numbers are also part of a poll that's been basically stagnant for 13 years, however, and only really represent the opinions of a tiny group of people that will actually log in online and spend time talking about this kind of stuff in a forum.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 26, 2020, 04:06:18 PM
These numbers are also part of a poll that's been basically stagnant for 13 years, however, and only really represent the opinions of a tiny group of people that will actually log in online and spend time talking about this kind of stuff in a forum.
Granted, but I think if any new cohort of people were to watch all these films, their conclusion would still be the same. Aliens would come out on top. I get the appeal of Alien, and it got the whole ball rolling, but Aliens is just in a league of its own.
Alien's the original one, it's the best one, it's far superior to everything after.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 26, 2020, 05:18:17 PM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 26, 2020, 04:06:18 PM
These numbers are also part of a poll that's been basically stagnant for 13 years, however, and only really represent the opinions of a tiny group of people that will actually log in online and spend time talking about this kind of stuff in a forum.
Granted, but I think if any new cohort of people were to watch all these films, their conclusion would still be the same. Aliens would come out on top. I get the appeal of Alien, and it got the whole ball rolling, but Aliens is just in a league of its own.
I see Aliens very similar to how Terminator 2: Judgment Day was pubically received. Both Alien and The Terminator are wonderful films, but it was the sequels that won the hearts of the masses and elevated the properties into blockbuster franchises.
I'd agree with that in Terminator's case (even though I'm the weirdo that prefers The Terminator to Judgement Day – I still very much love the second one, though) but I really do feel like it is much more evenly split in the case of the first two Alien films, at least in what I've experienced first hand.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 26, 2020, 09:10:55 PM
I'd agree with that in Terminator's case (even though I'm the weirdo that prefers The Terminator to Judgement Day–I still very much love the second one, though) but I really do feel like it is much more evenly split in the case of the first two Alien films, at least in what I've experienced first hand.
What weirdo tho. The first is easily the best: dark, brutal and fast-paced. Actually the second anticipates a lot of the negative phenomena that turn the later installments into shitshows. Only they don't have the upper hand yet.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Jul 26, 2020, 07:15:29 PM
Alien's the original one, it's the best one, it's far superior to everything after.
Because it's original one ?
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 26, 2020, 09:10:55 PM
I'd agree with that in Terminator's case (even though I'm the weirdo that prefers The Terminator to Judgement Day – I still very much love the second one, though) but I really do feel like it is much more evenly split in the case of the first two Alien films, at least in what I've experienced first hand.
Well among fans here... Perfect-Organism ain't lying. :)
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It's not rocket science anyway. Both sequels are action-opera versions of their predecessors, giving them mass appeal. Even though well made I'm not sure one can just more or less skip the originality aspect when it comes to their appraisal. Still - opinions be opinions.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 26, 2020, 09:34:32 PM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 26, 2020, 09:10:55 PM
I'd agree with that in Terminator's case (even though I'm the weirdo that prefers The Terminator to Judgement Day – I still very much love the second one, though) but I really do feel like it is much more evenly split in the case of the first two Alien films, at least in what I've experienced first hand.
Well among fans here... Perfect-Organism ain't lying. :)
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I kid you not. Aliens wins by a significant margin. Marvel would do well to follow the vibe of the second film. However, I think there would be merit to doing Aliens and Alien comics that follow the tone of those respective films.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 26, 2020, 01:12:13 PMI don't know about that. Out in the general world, in popular culture beyond the confines of the fandom, I actually feel like I've been experiencing more references to, riffs on, etc. the original film these days.
It's certainly a fairly close thing and I'm not trying to deny
Alien's influence (and to be honest the over-adoration of
Aliens at the expense of the first movie is something that annoys me), but out in the general zeitgeist I'd say the second movie is definitely the most widely loved.
One number that suggests otherwise is box office data. Domestically, using rounded numbers, Alien's $80 million in 1979 would inflate to $285 million in today's dollars. Aliens' $85 million in 1986 would inflate to $200 million in 2020. In raw numbers, Alien grossed $203 million WW versus Aliens' $183 million. This would suggest that Alien is the more popular of the 2, at least in regards to how many people saw each film in theaters.
In regards to how well liked each film is, that's murkier. Obviously Aliens wins the vote here, but it's not a head to head matchup. Alien has a higher RT score (98% vs 97%) and also leads on IMDb (8.4 vs 8.3), but those margins are razor thin.
I do feel the Alien franchise is comparable to the Terminator franchise in that non-fans generally regard them as 2 great films & a bunch of sequels. The difference is financially, T2 drastically outperformed The Terminator, whereas Aliens slightly underperformed Alien.
To be fair, Spidey is right. Aliens is number 2 in terms of dollars.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2017/05/18/every-alien-box-office-take-ranked-worst-to-best-ahead-of-alien-covenant/#99cacdb277a8
I think that gets a little tricky because I would imagine it likely adds in Alien's theatrical re-releases. VCRs didn't become an affordable and popular consumer product versus a luxury item until the early 1980s and releases were big before that.
Now if I recall Aliens did about 40-50 million more than Alien worldwide in straight raw numbers. And Aliens had a much bigger opening weekend which was important to Fox, because I believe at the time studios were paid on an age scale: The first week studios earned a bigger percentage of ticket sales versus say the fourth week where the theater claimed more (an encouragement for theaters to keep playing their movies).
I think we need an expert like Val to sort this out. :)
For what it's worth: Alien has almost 130k votes more on imdb.
It's not the world, but it's not nothing either.
For comparison: T2 got almost 200k more than T1 and a significantly better rating.
Quote from: kwisatz on Jul 27, 2020, 07:28:22 PM
For what it's worth: Alien has almost 130k votes more on imdb.
It's not the world, but it's not nothing either.
For comparison: T2 got almost 200k more than T1 and a significantly better rating.
Huh.
https://ew.com/movies/aliens-elevator-scene/
People are still talking about the film's greatness.
Terminator 2 just expands the lore & world more then Terminator 1. Also It appeals to a wider audience range.
Aliens is just expands the lore & world more then Alien. Also It appeals to a wider audience range.
I guess based James Cameron's track record Avatar 2 is probably going to expand the lore & world. Probably will also appeal to a wider audience range.
(Idk about 3,4,5 James Cameron has never directed a 3rd or 4th or 5th in a film series)
I thought Avatar 1 had pretty wide appeal already
My ranking:
1 Alien
2 Aliens
3 predator
4 predator 2
5 AvP: Alien vs. Predator
6 Alien³
7 Alien Resirrection
8 Prometheus
9 Alien covenant
10 The predator
11 Predators
12 AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
1-4 awesome
5-7 decent
8-9 disappointing
10-12 just bad
I reckon "skulls" will come in on nr 5 and the the alien tv show hopefully up there as well
The fact that you put AvP 2004 as your number 5
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU8Y_x1XkAAP-Mj.jpg)
It is not a bad film really. It was a geeky fan service, there is not much else you can do with it if you want people to play a part in it.
It is.
I think it's funny The Predator ranks higher than Predators :laugh:
To each his/her own! :)
Crabators are the best predators! :P
J/k :D
Quote from: 426Buddy on Oct 07, 2021, 01:13:32 PM
Crabators are the best predators! :P
(https://i.ibb.co/LvswsVp/IMG-20190916-160417.jpg)
Actually Kradan really feels that way, prefers them to Stan Winston's.
I remember when a small predalien creature burst through a crabator's chest, killing the crabator.
I definitely would have to go with Alien (1979) the film has amazing atmosphere and the creature effects are outstanding. I also absolutely love the chemistry between all of the characters they feel like real people and not just some script. Not to say Aliens isn't as amazing as the first but the first movie just got so much right between the claustrophobic tension built in those small isolated corridors. and by far my favorite scene is the death (or capture if you watch the directors cut) of Captain Dallas. That scene still scares me to this day. Although Aliens does bring alot to the tables, with its memorable quotes and amazing set pieces and just overwhelming tension brought by the fact that so many xenos are on screen really brings both of these films as high masterpieces to say the least.
Predator is also amazing I really love the first one but two is good too.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 07, 2021, 01:27:49 PM
Quote from: 426Buddy on Oct 07, 2021, 01:13:32 PM
Crabators are the best predators! :P
https://i.ibb.co/LvswsVp/IMG-20190916-160417.jpg
Actually Kradan really feels that way, prefers them to Stan Winston's.
Thats a design issue if one has one, not an actual story flaw. While AVP has its share of flaws, especially in the second half, I always praise it for setting, good cinematography and buildup
I watch it every winter along with The Thing
If I had to have just three movies and the rest had to be deleted forever, I'd keep Alien, Aliens and Predator.
Quote from: Huntsman on Aug 15, 2022, 10:29:33 AMIf I had to have just three movies and the rest had to be deleted forever
Oooh, sounds like a fun challenge ! I'd go Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Covenant
1.Alien /Aliens (phenomenal)
2.Alien 3 (very good in its own way)
3.Alien Covenant (good)
4.Alien Resurrection/Prometheus (good)
5.Predator/Predator 2 (very good /good)
6.AVP (its fun to watch, not to be taken too seriously)
7.Prey (ok,enjoiable)
8.AVP2-R (kind of shit, but if you turn off your brain you can enjoy it/not to be taken too seriously)
9.Predators (not implemented very well, could have been much better)
10.The Predator (very bad...no brain to switch off)
(this is just my personal list and shows how important these films are to me)
My ranking right now is:
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Predator 2
Alien3
Prey
Prometheus
AVP
Predators
Covenant
Resurrection
AVPR
[Literally anything else]
The Predator
There's things that I love in just about every film. The only one I truly despise and can't stand is Shane Black's The Predator.
I haven't watched Covenant in a while but I have a feeling it might climb a rank or two with this viewing. Seeing some people in these threads wax poetic about the film has kinda brought me a new appreciation for it haha ;D
Alien was lightning in a bottle -- the team hit so many notes right, managing to make a timeless film (if you can forgive some dated editing). After so many years, my opinion hasn't really shifted.
Other than that, the films I go back to the most are Aliens, Alien: Resurrection, Predator, Predator 2... sometimes AvP.
Quote from: Huntsman on Aug 15, 2022, 10:29:33 AMIf I had to have just three movies and the rest had to be deleted forever, I'd keep Alien, Aliens and Predator.
Ooh, that's tough. I'm honestly really torn as to whether I'd keep the first three
Alien movies at the expense of
Predator.
ALIENS
ALIEN
PREDATOR
PREDATOR 2
PROMETHEUS
ALIEN COVENANT
ALIEN3
PREDATORS
AVPR
[RESVERED FOR FUTURE MOVIES]
ALIEN RESURRECTION
THE PREDATOR
AVP 04
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I have not seen PREY yet so I am reserving judgement, although I don't like the look of the Feral Predator
I still really hate the unmasked appearance, but with the mask on he's one of my favourite looking Predators. The movie is fantastic though, you should definitely give it a watch!
Quote from: xenotaris on May 18, 2023, 03:57:56 AMI have not seen PREY yet so I am reserving judgement, although I don't like the look of the Feral Predator
You absolutely need to watch Prey. And I want to be mad at you for rating Aliens above Alien, but you also rate Predator 2 and Prometheus higher than most people do so I'll allow it.
Prey is a middling as most Predator movies, but it's better than The Predator at least.
It's at absolute worst, a good movie in a franchise that otherwise has two greats, and between two and four mediocre to bad ones, depending on how you reckon things. It's worth a watch if you sat through the rest.
It's as good a film as P2 but without the entertainment value.
I think the cheese and spectacle of P2 ratchets it up a notch higher than it otherwise deserves, but I've yet to encounter anyone outside these forums or chud youtube comments who was not fully entertained by Prey.
I've met all of two other people who watched it. One liked it, one didn't.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on May 18, 2023, 11:43:58 AMI think the cheese and spectacle of P2 ratchets it up a notch higher than it otherwise deserves, but I've yet to encounter anyone outside these forums or chud youtube comments who was not fully entertained by Prey.
Well Alien and Aliens are actually neck and neck to me but I love how Aliens did their world building and my favorite xenomorph type is from that movie.
Quote from: SiL on May 18, 2023, 11:47:55 AMI've met all of two other people who watched it. One liked it, one didn't.
I've met five, two liked it, one really liked it, and two absolutely loved it because they viewed it as the director originally hoped for, and were totally taken by surprise when it turned into a Predator film.
Quote from: xenotaris on May 18, 2023, 11:50:12 AMWell Alien and Aliens are actually neck and neck to me but I love how Aliens did their world building and my favorite xenomorph type is from that movie.
I really like the aesthetics and world-building of Aliens too.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on May 18, 2023, 11:54:12 AMI've met five, two liked it, one really liked it, and two absolutely loved it because they viewed it as the director originally hoped for, and were totally taken by surprise when it turned into a Predator film.
Given the Predator font shows up in the first five minutes, how long did it take them to clue in?
QuoteI really like the aesthetics and world-building of Aliens too.
When most people think world building in that movie they mean colonies and marines, but for me it's the inquisition scene that actually builds a functioning universe.
Anyone else?
Quote from: SiL on May 18, 2023, 12:46:35 PMWhen most people think world building in that movie they mean colonies and marines, but for me it's the inquisition scene that actually builds a functioning universe.
Anyone else?
That, plus the general aesthetics and how run down gateway is. Everything's cheap and a bit crappy, even the supposedly expensive things. And even WY and the military are beholden to bored middle managers from other organizations.
Quote from: SiL on May 18, 2023, 12:46:35 PMGiven the Predator font shows up in the first five minutes, how long did it take them to clue in?
Total casuals, it took them longer than that to put it together but they agreed it was worth it.
Also ALIENS was a good jump off point for the Expanded Universe and even ALIEN 3. Then Alien Resurrection pulled an unnecessary time skip. When ALIENS did it was for drama, when Resurrection did it was for a reset button.
Resurrection was just an asspull to get Sigourney back, and f**k all reason or rationality. It's an inherently stupid concept and Joss Whedon weighs a bad idea down further with his quips and superhero logic.
Jeunet and Khondji somehow manage to pull it out of the fire and salvage it though, it's still stupid but gloriously so, and nobody else could have done that.
Yeah I think we can all agree that if Whedon had his way, Alien Resurrection would have felt more like a superhero movie than it already was
I actually prefer Resurrection's novelization over the film. I think there's the film itself adds too much silly comedy on top of this already comic style script. There's some silly casting, some misused cast (I still think Douriff and Orser were really wasted in the film).
It's a shame because there's some real meat to be had in Resurrection. I think Ripley 8 is a hugely fascinating character. I just love characters who are having identity crisis's and I love the EU has continued exploring characters of a similar nature too. The dry, dark humor works really well in the film too.
But it was a mash of people who didn't really belong together imho who are talented on their own.
There was a fanfiction idea I had in my head revolving around Ripley 8 slowly maturing into a xenomorph-like state like developing a carapace and eventually resembling Sil from Species.
My personal ranking from best to worst:
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Prey
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
Alien Covenant
The Predator
Predator 2
Prometheus
Predators
Aliens vs. Predator 2
Aliens vs. Predator
Number one is obvious for me, all Three top movies are untouchable classics, but first Alien is simply my favourite movie of all time. But I think original Alien quadrilogy haven't a bad movie in it, they were all great and very different. And I will always defend Resurrection, it's underrated B-movie masterclass. With Predator movies it's more cmplicated thing, before Prey I think this franchise had only one trulli great movie, now it has two. Predator 2 is just fine, Predators is boring and unimaginitive product and The Predator I actually like, as this silly, dumb fun mockery of 80' sci fi movies. Covenant has many problems, but also as many great thing and ideas. Prometheus is a bad movie, but interesting one at least. And AvP movies... Yeah, I don't talk about them.
I want to know who ranked the predator as number 1
People who like Predator, no ?
Quotethe predator
It was you, wasn't it?
Dammit
You won't believe me but I missed "the" article
Quote from: Kradan on Jun 23, 2023, 09:58:35 AMDammit
You won't believe me but I missed "the" article
My Ukrainian housemate hated English articles with a passion. She got her PhD here in Australia and struggled with them the whole time.
Haha, lol, so true
Quote from: SiL on Jun 23, 2023, 10:12:12 AMMy Ukrainian housemate hated English articles with a passion. She got her PhD here in Australia and struggled with them the whole time.
Is that why we got away with calling it "The Ukraine" for so long...?
Wait, what ? When ?
Here in the UK at least it was always "The Ukraine" when I was growing up.
It's only fairly recently (pre-the war though) that it's become known as just "Ukraine".
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jun 23, 2023, 07:00:08 PMHere in the UK at least it was always "The Ukraine" when I was growing up.
It's only fairly recently (pre-the war though) that it's become known as just "Ukraine".
Same in the US.
My favorite is ultimately Alien. That's not to say that it's a better film than Aliens, but there's something about Alien that speaks to me on a personal level; the mystery, the look, those Lovecraftian angles. This is the film that opens up your imagination.
Didn't know where else to throw this but:
https://twitter.com/JacksonBoren/status/1683130710880833536
Fun anecdote.
He apparently also liked Ford's narration in the theatrical release of Blade Runner.
https://www.slashfilm.com/767976/christopher-nolan-has-a-hot-take-about-blade-runner/
One vote for The Predator? Must be a misclick :)
It's just Kradan
This poll indicates that soda-drinking Predator fans are greatly outnumbered here.