So AvP Requiem was released on DVD / Blu-Ray last week in the US and the sales figures have now been published today. From ComingSoon.net:
“Juno debuted at No. 1 on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert Sales chart and Home Media Magazine’s rental chart, with Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem bowing at No. 2 on both charts… In rental revenue, Juno generated an estimated $8.4 million in its first week according to Home Media Magazine market research. “Requiem” finished close behind with $7.7 million… On Blu-ray Disc, “Requiem” came out on top while Juno bowed at No. 2.”
So AvPR came second place in the Sales/Rentals charts, generating $7.7M in rental revenue. It came top in the Blu-Ray chart, however. So what does this mean? Well, the first AvP generated $8.6M in its first week. So despite the overwhelming negative reaction to AvPR, it’s done pretty well.
Update: AvPR made $11M in DVD sales in its first week making a total of $19M. That doesn’t include Blu-Ray rentals/sales so the figure is even more.
Update #2: In the second week, Cloverfield entered the rental chart at the top while AvPR dropped to 4th making $6.34M. However, AvPR still kept top place in the Blu-Ray chart.
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4 years later, an established franchise, and the option to buy in Hi-def or standard def, AvP-R still didn't do as well.
Well done AvP:R. *Cut to the Strauses, swimming in money*
Not quite. :)
They forgot to factor in that everyone will return it next week.
Well, i bought it the first day! its a terrific movie and so far i havent returned mine. ;)
I'm only buying it for the features, the movie will hardly be watched.
QuoteSo despite the overwhelming negative reaction to AvPR, it's done pretty well.
That's because it's much more common for people to want to voice (as well as dwell on) negative opinions, so you're not gonna be hearing much from those who liked the movie, which, accept it or not, is a fair chunk of people, even if not the majority.
If only Fox would put Predator 3 into production and forget Alien(s) vs. Predator(s). Would've been better animated or left alone completely. Anyway, I'm outta here.
I'v been waiting for this, well its on in the Us so far, in May it will be out on DVD in the UK, so the movie has a bit more of a wait to see the chances of AVP3 I bought mine on the first day and i'v been watching it everyday. I saw P, P2, AVP, AVP-R, A, AS, A3, AR all in one day now. It was awsome! and in a way this is not suprising. Its like the SAW movies, no matter how much people say that SAW 3 and 4 sucked, those same people will buy them and go see SAW 5. This is why Fox won't stop making movies like this, casue even if they are bad, were all going to see them. I for one still loved AVPR, and want to see AVP3, but I still want a Predator 3, a little bit more.
Hey AvPvTerminator, your joke is simply idiotic. No retailers take back open movies or games. Unless of course you meant they are returning it to the rental store 8)
It still amazes me the overall negative reaction to this movie. Could it have been better? Yes. Was the acting bad? YES. But I still enjoyed the movie as a great popcorn flick and for displaying the ol' school brutality of the first Alien and Predator movies. It's a welcome addition to my collection...and I GUARANTEE you it will be watched more than Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Predator 2, or the first AVP.
...one complaint that I need to voice to 20th Century Fox: please do something about the level of darkness in this DVD. And don't tell me that's just the "style" of the movie. Go to your DVD and watch the AVP-R trailer...than compare those scenes to the actual ones in the movie. There's a few scenes where I actually have no idea whats going on (and adjusting the TV's brightness does nothing). It wasn't this bad in the theater either. They need to put some money into finishing the deleted scenes we never got, then repackage this thing with an improved, brighter picture.
"They need to put some money into finishing the deleted scenes we never got, then repackage this thing with an improved, brighter picture. " Fox already thought of that one. Hence they made the retail versions darker then the theatrical movies. Just wait a few years and they will release yet another version of AVP-R. This time it will feature much brighter imagery and 0.00001 seconds of deleted footage for your viewing pleasure. Blink and you may miss it.
spinner7478 I know where your coming from. But get this, my tv in my room, has a horrible picture, everything i play on it, the picture is a little bit darker then it should, but i watched AVPR 13 times now in my living room tv, and the picture is B-E-A-utiful. I think it has to do with some tvs, but that will change by the end of this eyar when ppl will be forced to buy an HD, or switch to optim. so they atleast get cable. Its all tv's. I saw it over my friends house and he has this gian HD tv, we saw a shitty crapy bootleg of AVPR a few months ago, could not see worth shit, we saw it now that i have unrated DVD and saw everything. You could see the Predalein's color, see how it's alot like the alien from Alien, or make you think of it atleast. Saw the inner mouth go right threw the nurse, saw the inner mouth go threw Mark (black kid in the pool) you see it go right threw his eye, it's awsome. So don't blame ALL of it on fox, some of it is your tv.
Colin_Strause | 24 Apr 2008 21:503 Not quite. :) Really?
Yes Gort Pred that's is so true I'm gald that AVPR is doing well, the uncut version was f**king great blood,gore what more do we want Strause Brothers for AVP3 f**k yeah
All hail AVP-R ;D ;D
bought avpr on blue-ray the first day it came out. i love the movie and have watched it multiple times. i do wish the scenes were brighter, but the quality is still amazing on blue-ray.
Sweet.
*sighs* Sweet niblets...
Not getting my money for this rip off
juno was a way better movie, gonna get that too
i have not seen the movie on blu-ray so i can't tell how good/bad looking it is.. (i am pretty sure its flawless) but all i can say is, they really improved the image on the DVD version, i bought the Extreme unrated set (on the 15th), and rushed home to watch it, crystal clear visuals, i did have to setup the TV to see everything, but other than that, perfect ;D
I got mine in the mail from Amazon a couple days ago. I've still got the Woodruff Jr. commentary to watch. I like what I've seen and heard thus far.
I am sure fox smudged their numbers, so it looks like they did not f**k up the franchise. I have not seen avp 2 on either amazon or www.barnesandnoble.com top 100 lists of DVDs. hell no to AVP 3 and the asshole strause brothers
Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection and AVP 1 are miles and miles and miles, and miles better than avp 2
i suppose it comes down to wat the majority of people wanted from this movie.. i for 1 wanted 2 see a proper horror and was hoping that the thrill and excitment of P1, Alien and Aliens produced... this was a definate movie for the younger generation who would have seen the few good killing scenes and concentrated on that.... chartacter development, story line and overall portrayal of the franchise monsters was an offence to the original movies... but the movie did make money as it apealed to many people as a popcorn flick, whether the kind of movie i want and many others want to see from the AVP franchise can be made is another matter..
I bought the unrated digital copy version. This version to me is way better and consistent than the theatrical version by far- i turned the brightness up an extra 25% and the picture looks really good. all the wbitchin ive done... im happy now
Who cares how much avp 2 makes on dvd?! It still flopped, and don't tell me it did not. The movie cost what? 42 million, and it only made 41 million domestically, and domestically is what really counts, rather than worldwide. AVP 2 sucks shit!
@ lol your name matches what you said, i'm used to the ppl who like this movie saying stuff like what you said. "Who cares if the movie was bad, it made money, didn't it?" and now its 'Who cares if it made money, it was bad" lmao
To all the ppl who got it, like it and see the great picture you have to admit, now that you see the Predalien really good now, it makes you think of the old Alien from Alien. Ya know I was watching Alien a few nights ago and i found what I don't like about it. Too..less of the damn alien. And the characters just doe off really fast. The chestburster scene, still the best part of Alien...in general, but the movie itself dissapointed me becasue we bearly got the damn thing and when we did...it died lol someting else i noticed is..all the cast in there were pretty much new. Ridly wanted to cast no named actors (who were good) to sell the horror. I have to admit that Lambert annoyed the shit out of me. Now AVP and AVPR casted almost no names and most no names and 1 named actor and ppl are bitching, haha just somehting i wanted to point out sometimes i wonder if ppl chose to hate the new stuff now becasue the old ones are NOW classics
It's still ranking #2 current bestseller on dvdempire.com alone, while 'Juno' has fallen back to #5, which means that AVP-R's sales have consistency and have not fallen off after the first week, unlike some had prophecized. This consistency in sales is how it will rake in the real money (not even taking into account that it has only been released in the US so far).
lmao its funny how someones name is just "Alien3" :)
"dimelives | 24 Apr 2008 23:09 7 So despite the overwhelming negative reaction to AvPR, it's done pretty well. That's because it's much more common for people to want to voice (as well as dwell on) negative opinions, so you're not gonna be hearing much from those who liked the movie, which, accept it or not, is a fair chunk of people, even if not the majority." %100 true.
I think its funny how people bitch about AVPR when worse was in the original films.I mean they bitch about the lights in the hospital but not at the multi-million (if not billion) doller subway system in P2.They complain about how a pizzaboy killed a few aliens,but not about Ripley in the first ALIEN movie,SHE WAS WORSE THEN A PIZZABOY!!!.I mean,if I was working at a Burger-King,I would'nt just roll over and die,I'd take the frialator oil and throw it at the attacker,then I'd take a heavy object and bash its brains in.And then theres the fact that Wolf did'nt know how to open a door.Ya,plasmacasters,hyperdrives,warpcores and rist nukes and other stuff.I dont think the invention of the door was at the top of their list of things to do.I mean,THEY HUNT PEOPLE FOR ONE THING!!!.Thats how different our cultures are,and maybe they're not as privacy obsessed as we humans are.As for it being too dark,my optomatrist said I should'nt drive at night!.And I saw this film perfectly without my glasses on!!!.I dont people hating this film,but...
Sorry,I meant to say "I dont mind people hating this film.".My bad. @Deco Did you get the chance to hear the soundtrack yet?.You may not have liked the film,but I think you'll think the soundtrack is awesome!.I got it a few weeks ago and already I've killed 3 sets of batteries on it!!!.You might find it on youtube. PEACE DECO!!! ;D ;D ;D .
In australia we got the avp uncut on normal dvd and I think the movie version on blueray. Yeah man the dvd seems even darker than the movies! The scene dallas sees the alien when he is tied up in the sports store I can't even see the alien in that black frame when he looks up and sees it. I love the new scenes such as the ship parting from the mother ship, makes more sense. And the grave scene also wolf using the dead preds helm to see what happened. But rewatching this movie the music and movie itself it feels like just a bundle of references from the other movies like the ultimate fan made avp 2 like the fake ones people always make for youtube. Aliens in a normal town is just wrong, I would like to see predator 3 instead of avp 3 but if its in space it might be ok.
I agree with hunter d about you couldn't see when dallas see the alien when he's tied up I thought I needed to make my tv brighter. but I still couldn't see it. I still like the movie but it was too dark the beginning made more sense and I don't think it would make a difference of seeing AVPR on blu ray I don't have it on blu ray. If the movie was more longer it would have been a little bit better.
the standard dvd has no special features in australia and only 1 disc, but if you buy the16disc total anihilation pack it comes with a 2 disc dvd for avp r , yeah and after watching it again on dvd , it is way too dark
Wolf opens a door just fine in the hospital morgue, but the glass doors on the roof wouldent open because the main power was out. hence why he smashed them.
AVP R sucked, and you all know it
i <3 this movie sure it has its downs (the actors) but at least they are keepin the series alive i thought the fight scenes were great just give me more more more aliens and preds and please have a future setting next time for AVP3 plz plz plz
@AdamJZ EXACTLY!!!.But some little s**t was complaining about that,I mean,WTF!?!. @sheesh Maybe for you,but not me,Gort Pred,Sulaco or many,many others. @Sulaco Have you gotten a chance to hear the AVPR soundtrack bro? ;D ;D ;D .
Another thing I found annoying was the fact that the haters bitch about a few drops of blood going right through that guys arm--which,by the way,is only covered by a jacket--,but not at a few drops melting through several layers of steel and titanium on the ship in A1,or a few drops melting sideways on Hichs' armor(almost killing him) or the preds armor.I understand if a person hates a movie,but most of the haters hate the exact same stuff that was in the other movies!!! >:( .
I didn't find the movie to dark...i watched it on DVD a few times with all the lights out and i was able to make out what was going on. The movie kicks ass on a plasma TV with a surround sound system. Whoever keeps saying it's to dark....have you watched the extra features?? they explain why they decided to film that way. ;D
ZEN How are you my friend its been a long time. I have heard the soundtrack and I do like it alot. Just such a shame about the film but ah well. By the looks of the sales we're in for another AVP
The movie is not at all that dark, I can see it perfectly on DVD. It's a shame that the script for the movie sucked. I mean, come on, get some decent writers, this was supposed to be a horror movie, and yet there was more comedy than horror like "see? no monster" and then bam, the guy gets it, i mean, that was funny as hell. the stupidest line in this entire movie was "people are dying. We need guns" ..for what? to kill yourself? and "get to the chopper! " ...come on, that was lame... but the movie was good. Next time, hire some good writers, because Fox has the possibilities to do that...oh yeah, and some other effects specialist, i didn't like the aliens, I think their jaws were a little to long. The movie is good, the effects are good, the battles are good, and the plot is good. If the writers were good enough, the movie could have been even better. That is my oppinion. I think there is going to be an AvP3, but please, hire some good writers! Oh yeah, and actors! I would love to see The Rock in Predator 3, or AvP3, or Sean William Scott (he could play a character like Hudson), and no more heroines! For the first time I want to see only one survivor!
To Semaca and blackhawk: There's one scene in particular that bothers me. Towards the end when the group has gone into the hospital, they are going up the stairs when Ricky's boss is grabbed from behind by an Alien. It's an obvious nod to the Marine attack in "Aliens," and I clearly saw the Alien come out when I saw AVP-R in the theater...but on the DVD, I can't see a thing. I have the Blu-Ray disc, and a fairly decent 1080p HDTV, so it surprises me to hear others say they're not having a problem. I'm well aware that the movie is intentionally dark (that's actually one of the things I like), but this is CLEARLY worse then it was in the theaters...at least on my TV. I've even increased the brightness to no effect.
Zen Awesome sountrack! Tylers the man. Peace bro!
...don't get me wrong, I love this DVD. Even if you're one of the people who hates the movie, you have to admit the picture quality for this Blu-Ray is top-notch. It's just a few scenes here and there that bother me...and I know it could be my TV, but if it is, this will be the first time I've had an issue with any Blu-Ray disc.
ZEN you da man i was noticing the same things
I think only you ZEN and others who like the movie have actually watched the old ones and then watched the new one. I had a whole night and to be honest i love them all equal. I saw P, P2, AVP, AVP-R, A, AS, A3, and AR and it was awsome. Watch Alien again ppl, and then watch the hospitle scene with the Predalein when she kills the nurse, it makes you think of it and how cool it is i think the world is too obsessed with certain things, if it got bad reviews, its a bad movie, if it got low money, its a bad movie, if it has great actors, its agreat movie, all the same. Ppl should really pick to like what you like.
@Sulaco Thats awesome bro!!! ;D ;D . As for you "Deco",I dont know if your my Irish freind or not because your name is in black.If you are,THEN AWESOME!!! ;D ;D . PEACE GUYS!!!! ;D ;D ;D .
@Gort Pred I'm waiting to get the version of AVPR that has 20 min. of footage rather then just 8 before I have an 18 hour long marathon ;D .And your right,some people are too obsessed and they're diluded.I've only watched AVPR once (and that was on my B-day,how awesome is that!) and the stuff that was in it I've already explained in previous comments like why the national gaurd was there (because of the nuclear power plant,thats why they were using the radiation shielded tank models).I understand if a person hates a film,as it was I sat for 2 hours wanting to kill myself while watching TRISTAN+ISOLDE (I WANT MY LIFE BACK!!!) but some of those haters need to poll their heads out of their bums and actually WATCH the other films rather then just letting their eyes glaze over (no offense people).Although it did have many homages,I just overlooked most of them like when Wolf was in the tree using his med-kit,ALWAYS TAKE THE HIGH GROUND!!!.And when he took his helmet off,maybe that was the proper way of taking it off.I've watched hundreds of movies over the years,plus many T.V. shows like STARTREK,STARGATE,BABYLON 5 etc,etc.Plus I'm sorta into combat tactics (I know the 7 powers of war!),so I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about. PEACE GORT PRED!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D .
@Deco Sorry,I did'nt answer your question,my bad!.I'm doing fine,been waiting for an awesome version of AVPR,but it will probably be several months before it comes out,as it is I had to wait several extra monts to get my UCE:AVP!!.I hope your script is going well,you still doing the AVPVB?.I stopped on mine because I could'nt come up with any worthy ideas,oh well.Trying to think of my favorite part of the AVPR soundtrack is hard because I love all the ones with the pred themes!.I got a chance to here the AVP theme and its very sad,I dont know why so many people were complaing about it ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np7MuctkkIg ).That was an awesome theme,very cold and desolate in my opinion. PEACE DECO!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D .
I really like Alien VS Predator, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Predator, Predator 2............but, Aliens VS Predator - Requiem was....alright. Several things I did not like about it-1. I could not see much of anything, and to not see much of the awesome Predalien throughout the whole damn movie was and is stupid. 2. The ending with Yutani, I mean, that was dump. I did not want to see any connection with that. Weyland in AVP 1 was alright, but to see something else in another movie, did not like that.3. Seeing the Predator homeworld was cool, but I would have liked that better in a Predator movie. Now if there is a Predator 3, and if the homeworld was in it, it would be nothing special, because AVP 2 already did it, so that was idiotic in AVP 2.
If AVP 3 is done, please, no connection to Alien 1-4 or Predator 1-2, and no Space Jockey's (leave that to Alien 5 and also leave some mystery left in the series), and no Alien home world, it just shows unoriginality.I am for an AVP 3, perhaps with a different director, but I hope it stands as its own movie, in space, and an original story with no reliance on Alien 1-4 or Predator 1-2, leave some mystery in the Alien franchise, so no Space Jockey's, no origin story, and no Alien home world (if space jockey's were to appear, I would hope that would be in Alien 5. Also, on the AVP 2 commentary, yeah right strause brothers, that skull in the predator ship does not even remotely look like a space jockey skull, so no, that is not a space jockey.
There won't be any alien 5, again sigorny weaver or however you spell her name said avp and avp2 has killed it for her. I would say thats fair enough but I don't want the series to turn into a cheap friday the 13th kind of thing. And for those who say 'It's not dark', what are ya? A cave animal who has giant diolated eyes? I mean I can't even make some stuff out at all. It's dark and don't say its not. The pacing is never done right, I reckon I could write a better movie and no references to the other movies at all, has to be its own thing and in space!! Remember Alien was a sci fi not just a monster flick so no towns, not on earth. Put it on a barren like world or even a spaceship and have the two more even, avp 1 was pro alien avp 2 was totally pro pred. I say more cloaked where is it pred rather than it stomping around the place. Make it a alien film with a bit of preds like the AVP pc games.
^^^^^^ I think Weaver would do one more, hopefully anyway
You're right spinner, I think that attack scene in the hospital is the only one which is not clear. I can see like you, the alien rises from behind the man, it grabs him, drags him to the floor, and then all I hear are some screams, and they shoot the alien, and lots of acid is seen. Can anyone see how that guy is killed? I'm guessing a head-byte or something like that. I'm just guessing. But there are scenes that are clear, like, when Dallas is hanging upside down, I saw the aliens coming on the roof, and in the hospital, after Dallas shoots the Predalien, they run after it, and then the camera moves to the right, I could see another alien over there. These two scenes were the ones I couldn't see in the theater. But overall is a good movie, except for the script. The plot was good, I liked the idea, but the lines in this movie, were not that good. Peace.
I didn't like the movie at first in theaters. However, with the extended cut Blu-ray I have gotten to enjoy it. I am looking forward to the next one.
I think the Bro's had some good ideas just not executed correctly. The hive should of been built and stayed in the sewer. Aliens should of taken hosts at night back to it ( aliens ) perfect chance to bring in the runner. Sound effects were good, though the predator doesnt seem to mimick voices anymore. Anything I heard was a step up from avp, especially not hearing the lion roar. Also movie was chopped, and stuff didnt make sence ( beginning ) anyway decent try. What was the budget for Pitch Black? Maybe get that guy in for avp3, I like all installments to have a different director. Different vision.
the less I say about AVP:R, the more people are like to say without a single thought about what I would say about it
Ooo this is up my ally, ok this is to...alot of ppl. The hive was built, and really the battle in the sewer and all the other battles were all one battle in different areas. I thought its apprpriete that a hive was in a hospitle. You do see that right? The movie had 52 days of filming, and pacing. You know why every movie is longer on DVD? It's becasue the studios want to make the movie go faster in thearters to get threw the plot faster. it's interesting how someone on here wants all seperate things for Alien and Predator...but still wants an AVP 3 haha it's just...ppl want the marines in there, how can you do that without the company? I do see what another person said, no refrence to the old films, just AVP with it's own thing. I'm down with that. Thats why I want james to write it and maybe direct it too.
Thanks for Frenchpred for the news
Gort Pred I just fealt the aliens would be a little more sinister and secretive about the hive location. Though the hospital is full of prey. Aliens had the hive damp and hot, so that wouldnt make too much sence in a sewer anyway. Also the movie got alot of flack and we don't need any TMNT jokes. I liked AVPR.
Sulaco yeah i get what your getting at, but i was mainly saying that women give birth in hospitles, the alien hive was tehre, thats what i was getting at but yeah AVPR was awsome, and gritty like the old ones
@ Gort Pred & Sulaco Both the hospital AND sewer are very good places to set up a hive.Remember in A2 when were in the hive and it was hot and humid,but outside it was cool and dry?.They dont need a humid place,but dark and remote is very good.Also,in the hospital it was very dark in there as it was,and all they needed to do whould be to cover up the windows with chiton.Plus there were many patiants,and it was probably a survival instinct to set up a hive as fast as possible to fight off threats (because of Wolf).The only thing I was dissapointed in about the aliens was the fact that there were only 2 hybrids!.Though they probably wanted all the attention to fall on the predalien (who,in my opinion,was becoming a predalien queen) rather then on runners,cataliens and/or bullaliens.I wish they whould bring back the surprised yelp that the predator made in P1 with the trap.But I think they did cool with the different pred sounds like the way Wolf roared,and the way celtic (or was it Choppers?) growled.Made them sound varied rather then them all sounding the same.As for the preds mimicking voices,I think they can speak human (we have so many languages) but I think the helmet cleans it up.Ever notice that when they do perfect mimicks they always have their helmets on? ;D ;D ;D .
@ Gort Pred & Sulaco As for and AVP3 idea,they should start the movie with a futuristick hologram FOX logo and they should play the tune,then the Betty should fly across and then cut to a scene inside the ship and have Ron Pearlman saying "I dont get it,they've been around for almost four hundred years yet all they give the plublic is pure horse s**t!!!." or something funny like that( :D ).They should have Ripley (as a side note,one is NEVER too old to act,look at that one guy who had a stroke and everyone said his acting carear was over,that he'd never act again,yet he kept on going and making movies out of spite to those people! 8) ) and Bill Paxton,and someone from either of the pred films should be in it,THEY SHOULD HAVE A HERO! to go with the heroine (did I spell that right?).I mean,2 heros,6 heroines?.Its time for change.And I'd like them to get multiple preds that look like the ones from the other films (P1,AVP etc.)and new pred types just to show that ther ARE multiple races and clans because some ppl are so stubborn they refuse to beleive it.They should have a full size predalien queen facing off against a normal queen (sorta as a hive war),the movie should be OVER 2 hours long and they need to get serious directors such as McTeirnan & Camaran.They should also have the space-jockies,at least as a flash-back.And f**k the colonial marines,get the orbital marines!!! ;D ;D ;D .
@ Gort Pred & Sulaco Also,as ppl have said,JC made TERMINATOR with a $6Mil. budget.What if he had an $80,000,000.00 budget?.AVPR could have been better if they did'nt blow some of the money out their bums on CGI rather then good optical illusions and parlor tricks and good puppetry.Also,the Terms have time travel devices,what about a dimension traveling device?.I'd like to see a Term skull on a pred trophy wall,that whould be awesome!!! ;D .If all of us fans (at least 9,313 members here) made these exact demands for an AVP3 film they'd have to do it otherwise we could just not go and sorta ruin them!.WE ARE THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY!!!!!.WOULD DAN O'BANNON BE COUNTING HIS VAST FORTUNE IF IT WASNT FOR US FANS!?!?!.NO!!!!!!.WE FANS HAVE THE REAL POWER!!!!!.WE SHOULD HAVE A PROPER AVP MOVIE!!!!.IF WE ALL SENT E-MAILS,LETTERS AND PHONECALLS DEMANDING THIS,THEY WHOULD HAVE TO DO IT!!!!!.WHOS WITH ME!?!?!..AVP3!!!.AVP3!!!.AVP3!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D .
ZEN Having trouble figuring out, AVPR pacing and reasoning. Why that pred used the shoulder cannon at Chet on board? Chet's molting process? {it was so fast not a single pred knew it even emerged from Scar) Pred ship distance time space travel? Trophie room ( was that a triceratops and space jockey skull? The list just keeps escalating ing AVPR after that. Anyway I still watch AVPR alot compared to AVP. What do you meen only 2 hybrids in AVPR? Warrior alien and Chet? Awesome with pred yelp!!! I miss that too. AVPR nailed some sound can't argue that. Oh but pred mimic ( want some candy) Yeah that helmet keeps evolving in canon.
ZEN For me I don't care where they go in AVP3. In my world I'm starting to except AVP in general as it's own franchise and am now starting to have fun with it. For AVP3 I say bring in all the species, monsters, hybrids and droids and anythig canon, lore or possible to this battle!!! Make sure it's in the future and in space, oh by the way get Stan Winston in there, H.R. Giger and Elliot Goldenthal too. Theres many talented directors for this epic battle, with tons of possibility. Also up the fu*kin budget FOX and finish the trilogy and franchise with some dignity. As for P3 and A5 just keep it back to the roots. AVP3!!!.P3!!!.A5!!! Who's with me? PEACE ZEN ;D ;D ;D
I'm with you man, I also want to see Avp3 or P3, or A5, but if FOX tends to f**k up even one of them, then, don't make them!
I mean, we all know that AvP is a f**ked up series, but learn from mistakes, and make a decent Avp3 movie, and at the end of the film, we can all say, "this time, they did the right job". If FOX are making a P3 or A5, please don't ruin the franchise, make good movies, or don't bother making them at all. I am very dissapointed with the AvP series, at least don't ruin the Alien Or Predator franchises
I don't want a AVP 3. After AVP 1, I wanted a AVP 2, but after the trash that is AVP 2, I don't want a AVP 3
I want AVP3 and P3, A5...you just can't do anything with it anymore. As for somethings I read and still i'm guessing noone saw the unrated version but I'm really tired of answering this stuff so w/e I'm getting board of waiting now, I want some news now.
Quotenodnol | 01 May 2008 20:03 75 I don't want a AVP 3. After AVP 1, I wanted a AVP 2, but after the trash that is AVP 2, I don't want a AVP 3
You're right, AvP was bad. AvP:R was better than AvP, but it also sucked (let's face it, it wasn't that great of a movie), but at least, if they want to make an AvP3, make it the best, I mean, it can't get worse than Avp1 or 2
@ Sulaco Wolf wasnt on the pred ship with Chet,that was a different pred.In the space between Chet bursting and the scene were shes killing all the preds,at the bottom of the screan it says "2 days later" because the ship is charging up for launch.And in the novels/comics the preds have hyperdrives and stardrives.And yes,the only hybrids were the drones and Chet.Not to sure about the trophy wall,only watched the movie once.And you and I are both right,they need to do a lot for AVP3!!!. @ everyone else Do you seriously want the franchise to end with just AVP and AVPR?.I want an AVP film that will replace P1 as my favorite,I loved the films,but I'm tired of P1 being my favorite film of all time,it's been almost 2 decades!!.I want a new favorite film!!!. PEACE!!!!! ;D ;D ;D .
---Semaka I said AVP was better than AVP R, that is why I don't want a AVP 3, since AVP R sucked and is complete and utter shit
I concur, AVP 2 is regurgitated shit.....AVP 3 will be shit as well if the strauses have anything to do with it. 20TH CENTURY FOX should just do Alien 5 or Predator 3 or just give up, AVP and AVP 2 (EVEN MORE SO WITH AVP 2, complete shit) are fossilized shit
If I read that AVP 3 is going to mess up Alien 1-4 and Predator 1-2 by incorporating an origin story, or by going to the Alien planet or by having space jockeys,or if the strause brothers have anything to do with it then I will officially boycott the movie.
If Fox are saving the best for last, they'll need to hire established writer(s) and director(s) because the last thing we fans want is a piece of crap for an excuse of a beloved franchise. Fox obviously haven't learned from their mistakes with AvP and AvPR.
What do you guys think: 1:Should AVP3 be in the Future. 2:In contemporary times 3:or in the past with the Predator pyramids.
-------PREDALIEN-K 4. Don't want a AVP 3. also 5. 'Alien 5' and 'Predator 3' yes
i'm curious here, can anyone think of a story for ALIEN 5? I'm asking the ppl here and Fox. Pred 3 can happen, and AVP3 even if ppl don't want it, but Alien 5. Watch AR again and listen to when the general says the alien race is wiped out. Then all the clone aliens or w/e are all desrtoyed just like the first alien in Alien. Think about it, AR was Alien but with more ppl and new story. But really though. What can we do to Alien 5...and not milk it? I mean wanting Alien 5, then 6 then 7 is milking it. What is this star wars? Why make more of 4 movies when we only have 2 of the new one? (and idk if there bad)
Well, let's see, I want Alien 5, if they make one, to be in space, I don't want to see Space Jokeys because, I think that will be bullshit, and this will make aliens a little uninteresting, the attention will turn to the space jokeys. Ok, so, Alien (1 alien), Aliens (lots of aliens), Alien 3 (one alien, runner), Alien 4 (lots of aliens, clones), hey, why not making an Alien 5, with 3 kinds of aliens, a big hive, on an alien planet, with the queen, and runners, drones and a new species, like Praetorian. And with some humans trying to colonize a new planet, sent by the Company (i want the action to be before Alien 4 (because Perez said that Ripley killed all the aliens, but he can be wrong).
Oh, btw, if you want to see space Jokeys, why not making an Alien 5, but not to be an Alien 5, to be like Alien Roots, or something like that, and explan how the eggs were found in Alien. And at the beggining of the movie, to see the spacejokey being killed by the alien coming out of him, and by that, we see a new kind of alien, an hybrid between SpaceJokey and alien. That will be a new thing. But, if they want to make something like that, it has to be a masterpiece of an movie!
They are going to make AVP3,but if you dont start demanding stuff from FOX now (all of you) we'll just get another film thats s**t when compared to the other films.And do some of you ppl honestly think the predators whould let the aliens go extinct?.Just because we humans cant find them does'nt mean they are'nt in another galaxy!.I would like to see A5 take place in the past or something like that,and P3 should take place in the future.I do like Semakas ideas though.IF YOU PEOPLE DO'NT START DEMANDING NOW---ALL OF YOU---WE'LL END UP WITH PURE HORSE S**T!!!!!. P.S. I found this by accident http://www.freewebs.com/theloneyautja/theyautja.htm .
Wo wo wo ZEN and Semaka hold on! There is an alien origin, its in the books. There will be alot of pissed off fans of the novels if they make a movie like that and its its own, not the book. The books tell you enough about the aliens and predators. The space jocky (in one of the books) created the aliens. There is or should be no alien home world, (unless you count the space jocky world) And alot of pple here say (in stone apparently ::) ) that after AVP the aliens are dead. The francise has been destroyed. Well how would making a sequel help them? There is only one way to begin something back from the dead and that is a word called "reboost" like batman. BF and B&R killed Batman, but BB brought him back. We need a reboost of Alien and that is something I DO NOT want.
I think it is so funny that people knock some of the minor flaws of AVP-R, but it has been scientifically proven that mud cannot prevent body heat from being detected in infra-red. Go figure...
Your right spinner, that part in the hospital was dark. For me it was the only part that i found dark. The scene happens so fast that it's hard to tell what happens. You know that the pizza boss is killed but how??? other then that that was the only dark part in the movie. In response to Biz's comment "I think it is so funny that people knock some of the minor flaws of AVP-R, but it has been scientifically proven that mud cannot prevent body heat from being detected in infra-red. Go figure..." Who cares if mud doesn't block body heat from infa red, that part in Predator was cool. How would Dutch be able to have a final showdown with the Predator at the end of the movie?
@ Biz & blackhawk Although it was cool,Biz has a point.But,what you two are forgetting is that the pred helmet is set to scan for bio heat and dangerously high heat sources,otherwise it whould be like at the end of the movie where everything the predator saw was bright red.Just saying is all ;D .
Sorry,I should have added that the pred helmet whould have seen the heat,but it was coverd by mud,therefor the helmet did'nt register it as bio-heat,but as background heat instead ;) ;D .
To all rabid fanboys who say bring on P3 or A5, be careful of what you wish for. Fox had P2, A3 and A4, and they weren't exactly classics were they? Not that the AVP franchise is a solid gold standard by any means, but stand-alone sequels of P or A won't guarantee quality or box office returns if they continue with subpar scripts and directors. AVP exists because Fox realize A and P alone does not have the same level of fandom as mega-franchise like Harry Potter or Star Trek, so they combined both of them to maxmize returns. If you want stand alone A and P, then you must demonstate by $$$ that a sufficient level of fan support exist for stand-alone sequels. Star Trek series, so they tried to combine both series of
QuoteGort Pred | 03 May 2008 02:50 89 Wo wo wo ZEN and Semaka hold on! There is an alien origin, its in the books. There will be alot of pissed off fans of the novels if they make a movie like that and its its own, not the book. The books tell you enough about the aliens and predators. The space jocky (in one of the books) created the aliens. There is or should be no alien home world, (unless you count the space jocky world)
That is why I don't want any space jokeys in the movies. But I do want a movie with lots of kinds of aliens, like runners, drones, praetorians. That was a mistake in AvP:Requiem. I mean, there was a forest nearby, animals=runners, but no runner, there was a dog in the sewer, what happened to the dog? a runner would have been nice. And another thing that i don't agree with AvP:R is that how come the aliens that were born from facehuggers+humans look the same as those born from Predalien+humans? I mean, those should look different.
Good question Semaka For A5 no space jockey, how about a deep salvage team finding the biomech alien or the queen? Theres some good specimens for the scientists. Yeah no runner in AVPR... so sad, perfect opportunity. AVP3 can do whatever, include everything I think. ;D
I don't think we will ever see direct sequels to Alien or Predator. AVP is the new franchise and I believe the creatures are now inseparable. However, I do believe that an Alien remake will happen some day. AVP is a successful franchise in terms of economics.
I can sadly see AvP3 being made...
Well Semaka, you can answer your question about why the aliens looked like the hybrids babies, and thats becasue Predalien is an alien. It's just an alien with a few pred characteristics. Thats why it didn't kill the normal looking aliens and have predalien babies. I know you would expect that (i did) but its a going to be queen alien with pred stuff on it. So the babies will look like aliens. All in all I like all the things ppl are saying (the ones that like the movie i mean) I'm gonna have an alien, predator, and avp night again tonight ;D
Back on topic.... The movie looks way better in HD than it does in standard def. I did a side by side last night. Dark movies especially benefit from high def transfers. This type of movie is also the perfect Blu Ray title because most Blu Ray adopters are video game geeks... Like me
an alien remake would be the dumbest thing to do, as would an avp 3. alien 5 and predator 3 is not out of the question
It was to dark at the cinema and the same on both the DVD/BR release's,also I really hate having to adjust the brightness control on my monitor/TV,most players having viewing adjustments. The film had quite a long run in the commercial cimema's,well I would hazard a guess,that it had a longer run than AVP1.
Like I said,the predalien was turning into a predalien queen.Think about it,we've only see'n 4 queens,1 was in A2,the 2nd in A3,the 3rd in A:R I do'nt count because it was part human,and the 4th was in the temple and it could have been another queen rather then one the preds brought because as AVP showed,the temple was blown up (It was in the flash-back just to let those of you who refuse to watch AVP know).It could very well be possible.Totally agree with you Gort Pred!!! ;D .
I also had a thought that whould make many ppl happy!!! ;D .The majority of the alien fans like the idea that the xenomorphs were created as a bio weapon.Thats were my idea that they were used for terraforming comes in.You send them down,they take over,kill the local wildlife by taking their dominent genes and overlapping the weaknesses with a tough chiton ,acid blood etc. and they set up massive hives,then you send a gasious form of what Wolf used in AVPR to get rid od them and everything else!.Now,in the comics/novels,the preds were not always hunters,but united under the supreme elder to hunt!.But why?.Because a space-jocky ship came down trying to take over the pred homeworld.Thats when the first hunter appeard,the supreme elder!!!.When they became advanced enough they shot an S-J ship out of the sky (on a 3rd-7th attempt) and they reverse engineared their hyper(or was it star?)drives!!!.Also,theres that Black Warrior thing that does'nt make sense.Or does it?.In AVP:Prey the preds wear the chiton as body armor!!!.What if the first hunter was the first to wear the "black" chiton!?!.They could sooo have this as the set up for AVP3!!!. Sorry if i sound like a smart ass,but I watched Dr.Who earlier this night!!! ;D PEACE!!!!! ;D ;D ;D .
@ Deco,Sulaco,Gort Pred & YautjaFan Did you guys have an awesome free comicbook day?.I did!!! ;D .And guess what,I got the limited edition cloaking predator!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D . He's so f**king kick-ass!!!.Now,I like to play heroclix,but the rules are so different from horrorclix,so what you do is ignore the horrorclix rules and cards!.Its that simple!! ;D .As for the aliens having poison,you can just imagen it as their ferociousness.And the preds shape change can be mimicry and their cloak (I read in a comicbook how a human reprogrammed a pred cloak,but he got water on it with a dozen preds surrounding him.....).I do'nt recomend using the queen or the one drone mainly because their powers do'nt make sense,and I do'nt like using Lex because they made her too tall!( >:( ) ;D .Also,start the elder ONLY on the green line,and once he's KO'ed,thats it,DO'NT put him on the red line (this will help stopping/preventing small fights!).But it makes for a really cool game!.I bought several cops and thugs to re-enact P2! ;D ;D .You guys (Or anyone else for that matter) can try this,or you can come up with your own rules,but you guys have got to try it,it's really fun!!!! ;D ;D . PEACE!!!!! ,,V. ;D .V,,
@ ZEN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH omfg i can't belive i missed free comic day!?!!!!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:( you are one lucky matha f***ing matha f***er! lol well ya know what...i found the old Kenner Predator and Aliens figures they used to sell in my closet the other day!! ;D ;D ;D ;D now that is something to be happy about
Hey guys! I thought AVPR was awesome,but it could have had more Predator parts. I mean, Predator is just so cool! Aliens suck! If anybody says so otherwise, your'e a dunce, ;D ;D
Sup yall, I liked the ALIENS movie the best {the second one}. Alien 3 sucked. I liked them all however. Aliens are obviously way better than Predators in every way. Peace. *Chris* or {cppsp}. 8)
@ MJP PRED & cppsp Aliens and predators are equall,it's just how you look at them.If preds are so cool then how come so many got killed in AVP/AVP-R?.And if aliens are better in every way then how is it Scar and Wolf minced their way through them?.If you two think one of them suck's then that's cool,I was just saying is all! ;D . @ Gort Pred I am one lucky mother pa*k-de( :D ).I have some of the old Kenner toys!.They are so nifty!!!.The head broke off the lava pred a few years back,but super-glue saved him!.I remember the X-mas I got my very first AVP set,it was so cool with the see-through dome alien,too bad the comic fell apart (I was 3 years old when I got it).I showed the ones I had in a previous post ,you can probably find it in the archives.You should try out the horror/heroclix hame!.The other day I used the pred I got in the A-Q:action pack and I attacked the VET Moonstar (from the FF set).I rolled double 6's!.And when I rolled for "blades/claws/fangs" I got a 6 and did 7 clicks of damage & KO'ed her!!!.My new LE:pred is useless for now,but the more I play with him the longer he last's! ;D . Sorry you missed comic-day,but if you go now you might get some good left-over comics for free!!! ;D .
Having just bought this on DVD, with the FOX digital copy, I have an issue with the picture. The version I saw in the cinema was quite bright and the DVD is much, much darker. However, the FOX digital copy of the film is noticably far brighter and clearer. Was the dark DVD transfer an error? Or is this the way the Strausses intended it? I don't suppose that anyone has an answer? LOL! ;)