Quote from: SM on Feb 13, 2011, 10:18:24 PM
AvP at least had a reason for Predators with lesser skills - it was an initiation; they weren't seasoned hunters.
True. But even if they weren't seasoned hunters they needed to be more deadly, the movie started out good when they took out the guards above the pyramid...
...when they got inside the pyramid then it all changed, gird and celtic died way to fast.
Pussyface was made to be a younger predator and he seemed so much more talented than the 3 that entered the pyramid.
QuoteWhich should've set off alarm bells somewhere - does an audience want to see Predators that aren't as good hunters as the ones in previous flicks?
Why not, just because they weren't as good as the previous ones doesn't mean that they they need to die that fast.
In Aliens the aliens was introduced to the turret, they are smart and did something to avoid being gunned down by it,
now if these aliens would face a turret again they would know what to do right from the start...This means that an Alien starts out dangerous and becomes even more dangerous if it able to overcome the problems that may occure while it's on a "mission".
Why should a Predator be any lesser, in AVP they started out deadly then they just lost it as soon they entered the pyramid.
I would have liked to see them put up more of a fight, get hurt, retreat, attack again, kill an Alien then get killed by a second one, cause I understand that 3 Predators went in but only one would stay alive to the end and then he'll die too.
I just would have liked the fights to be more even...
The difference betveen a Andersons teen-pred, a young hunter and a sesoned hunter if they were to be attacked by an alien, Would be something like this:
Andersons teen-pred would walk inside the room in a pyramid used to "give birth" to aliens without being alert, because of that he'll get killed quick, his clan mate would see it happen and leave his spear behind and charge the alien, tackle it and try to fight it on the ground...
A lone young predator would grab his spear and throw it, killing the alien only to be attacked by the second one while he was unarmed and meet his doom while he was trying to get it off him.
The sesoned hunter or a predator that would/could survive the rite of passage would impale the first alien as it jumped at him, he would then throw it to the side, still holding on to his spear so he could counter the attack from a second one the same way...
He wouldn't let go off his most important weapon, even if he had a plasma caster...that close it would do more damage than good.
All I'm saying is that AVP favored the Aliens and AVP:R favored the Predator.
But AVP:R was worse on both creatures and it went really hard on the Alien, I totaly understand if an Alien fan can't stand to see that movie. And it wasn't a misstake from the directors, they even giggled on how the Alien fans would react on the sewer scene.
I think that Anderson tried to give the " Predator" the respect it deserves, but he didn't really "feel" the creature,
maybe he was more into the Aliens.
I can't say that about the brothers, they did this movie only because the creatures are "cool",
what makes the creatures "cool",
Well, they didn't have a clue and didn't care to find out.
I like how Wolf looks and it's the only positive thing I can say about the movie.