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Posted by Commander Blitz
 - Mar 07, 2024, 11:07:21 PM
What made me a fan ofthis franchise was the creature design I love unique alien designs in my Sci fi(massive star wars fan who also loves halo) but also the other designs such as the retro futurism of everything wich iind incredibly unique as most Sci fi makes everything high tech so the opposite was great. I'm also massively in love with all the colonial marines equipment Sci fi military stuff really sticks with me and I enjoy the aesthetic a great deal
Posted by Acid for Blood
 - Jan 25, 2024, 01:25:29 PM
I remember being aware of the films from popular culture at the time but not necessarily a fan. For example TV might reference or parody bits of the films so I had a general sense of what they were about. But my interest really peaked when the 1993 VHS trilogy was released so I really started doing my research about then, and constantly drawing the aliens at about that age too. I was still too young to watch them obviously and wouldn't end up seeing them until about 1995 when I was 8. So those few years of curiosity and anticipation before then really did reinforce that mentality of being a fan. Predator 1/2 I probably watched a year after that and naturally really enjoyed those. Through the eyes of a kid Pred 2 seemed like the ultimate sequel lol. But my real love of Pred grew when AVP Classic first came out and I swiftly went out to buy a copy of the novel AVP: Prey.
Posted by razeak
 - Jan 23, 2024, 11:40:15 PM
It hurts that beyond Alien and Predator, there isn't much else that is in that vein. The Thing is amazing.
Posted by VodouSpartan
 - Jan 23, 2024, 07:39:46 PM
For me I'm kinda embarrassed to admit it but I was 6 the first time I watched Predator (1987) and I didn't think it was all that, at the time I was just more into stuff like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars", it wasn't until about a year ago that I decided to rewatch Predator because I had remembered my Dad telling me how big of a fan he was when it came out.

So there I am, watching the Predator film and not expecting much to have changed since the last time I watched it because in my head I just thought, "I didn't like it back then, I doubt it would have gotten better now" Boy was I wrong, I fell in love with the franchise and went on a spree of Alien and Predator movie watching marathons but the exact moment when I realized this was something I want to be apart of? When Billy Sole is standing there and he admits that's he afraid. Felt like a life-changing experience, and when he's all like "We're all gonna die" I felt like I was included in that collective "we" and I was put immediately in a fight or flight mode.

One of my favorite movies of all time and one of the best franchises out there
Posted by xenotaris
 - Dec 14, 2023, 01:23:03 AM
I miss BigDave he hasn't posted anything for a long while
Posted by [cancerblack]
 - Nov 18, 2023, 05:02:33 PM
pls no
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
 - Nov 18, 2023, 04:05:18 PM
Well he should come here.
Posted by oduodu
 - Nov 18, 2023, 03:55:58 PM
remember bigdave. wonder if he is still there.
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
 - Nov 18, 2023, 03:51:57 PM
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 16, 2023, 07:43:05 PM
Quote from: xenotaris on May 19, 2023, 10:54:45 AMBig Dave


Holy shit I'm pretty sure I've seen his posts screencapped. If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he's like ralfy x100.

Gonzo man! lol I used to have a Scified account over 10 years ago and I definitely remember that dude. He wrote his walls of text with a passion :laugh:  mostly theories about the Engineers and stuff.
Posted by [cancerblack]
 - Nov 16, 2023, 07:43:05 PM
Quote from: xenotaris on May 19, 2023, 10:54:45 AMBig Dave


Holy shit I'm pretty sure I've seen his posts screencapped. If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he's like ralfy x100.
Posted by Neila
 - Nov 15, 2023, 11:33:53 AM
Quote from: Blackdawn on Sep 13, 2023, 10:45:31 PMI was hooked the first time I saw Predator when I was 12 a few years after it came out. I remember sitting on the couch with my Dad watching it. I was awe-struck. My Dad said he had been watching me and knew I was hooked on the Predator.

What he didn't know is how serious I would get into it. The Predator universe. I'm currently self-publishing my first original fiction, but 10 years from now, I want to legally write at least one Predator or AvP novel. I know that's a long shot but publishing companies when you fork over 2-3k will provide you an agent to help distribute your books to higher end places and get you noticed more. They basically have contacts and negotiate for you, but it only works if your writing is good enough for publishing warehouses to take you on. Which is why I'm waiting until 10 years later. 10 years worth of publishing my own works to really amp up my writing.

Anything is possible.
I wish you luck.
I just hope that if you write a novel about AvP that the aliens won't be further degraded as stupid, mindless enemies. just like AvP-R and especially Steve Perry and his daughter did in their novels. The predator doesn't want to fight against a stupid creature, he can do that when he hunts people.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Nov 09, 2023, 02:15:24 PM
Honestly Alien 3 is probably the one I rewatch the most these days.
Posted by Neila
 - Nov 09, 2023, 02:00:45 PM
for me it was actually alien 3. ;D  ;D  ;D
I also knew the predecessors and thought they were really good, but I was a horror and science fiction fan in general and the focus wasn't yet on Alien.
Unlike many others, I thought it was a smart decision to have just a single alien instead of hordes of them.
When the film came out in 1992, I was disappointed at first, but then I realized that the film was merciless and had the most aggressive alien, with what I thought was the most elegant design. Not so well implemented in the film but still cool.
I watched it several more times in the theater and eventually became a fan of Alien 3 and the entire franchise. The assembly cut made all of this even stronger.
Since then, the topic of ALIEN has stuck with me and I think that of all the well-known brands that have been messed up in some way, Alien has remained the best.  :o  8)  ;D
Even if the alien designs in some films were no longer that good (Alien 4, AVP-R,) and in most comics they were downright crappy, I think that the alien itself is the greatest film creature of all time and will never be topped.

As for Predator, I saw the first film when it came out on video and thought it was great.
After Alien, the design was the best there was to date.
I liked the sadistic arrogance of the hunter who turned the tables and hunted people.
I liked the second part just as much as the first and the design was great here too. only the ending was weak
Although I have to say that the code of honor introduced here is nonsense and doesn't suit the predator at all.
Anyone who thinks about it a little more closely will recognize it.

After that, nothing good came out of the Predator universe for me personally. With the further films and explanations came more and more inconsistencies in his behavior and existence. That's why I'm still limiting myself to the first two parts at the moment.

avp films, games and comics as a fun change is nice, but I would have left both of them their own universe and not done any crossovers.

Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Oct 09, 2023, 09:21:49 AM
Quote from: Exposedoldgregg on Sep 13, 2023, 12:01:52 PMMy mam ruined my ability to sleep for the next 8 years by letting me watch Aliens with her when I was 5.

Absolute terror became an obsession.

I have a very similar story!  :laugh:  Except it was my Dad, and the nightmares only lasted 5 years until he forced me to sit down and watch the film again. But this - absolute terror became an obsession - is absolutely spot on for me.

Posted by Blackdawn
 - Sep 13, 2023, 10:45:31 PM
I was hooked the first time I saw Predator when I was 12 a few years after it came out. I remember sitting on the couch with my Dad watching it. I was awe-struck. My Dad said he had been watching me and knew I was hooked on the Predator.

What he didn't know is how serious I would get into it. The Predator universe. I'm currently self-publishing my first original fiction, but 10 years from now, I want to legally write at least one Predator or AvP novel. I know that's a long shot but publishing companies when you fork over 2-3k will provide you an agent to help distribute your books to higher end places and get you noticed more. They basically have contacts and negotiate for you, but it only works if your writing is good enough for publishing warehouses to take you on. Which is why I'm waiting until 10 years later. 10 years worth of publishing my own works to really amp up my writing.

Anything is possible.
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