Poll: AvP vs AvPR

[OmegaZilla]

The first film has fight sceneS?

Oui.

[DoomRulz]

Could'a fooled me. Queen and Lex/Scar looked more like race.

[OmegaZilla]

Oh, the Déjà vu ness.
I don't even need to explain why it is s fight.

[Hubbs]

First one has better fights and better looking production values all round. The aliens look great but the down side is the preds look gay.


Second film looks bleak and dark (too much so) which is nice and the pred looks aggressive and super cool again. Down side is you can't see anything, the aliens look poor this time and production values look cheap. Oh and the hybrid was a poor design.

[DoomRulz]

The first one was boring as all hell. The only true fight in that film as far I'm concerned is Grid/Celtic and its opening seconds were embarrassing to see. As bad as AvP:R looked, it had stuff happening.

[Novak 1334]

AvP or AvP:R is like picking your favourite STD

Both piss on a long established series, f**k up continuity and are completely unfaithful arguably the two most iconic monsters in sci fi/horror

[SM]

The first one was boring as all hell. The only true fight in that film as far I'm concerned is Grid/Celtic and its opening seconds were embarrassing to see. As bad as AvP:R looked, it had stuff happening.

Really, silly, mindbogglingly stupid stuff, from which no one walked away with any sort of dignity.

[ShadowPred]

I so want to talk about Grid vs Celtic...but suddenly I realize that  I, and so many others, have already done that to death.

[DoomRulz]

The first one was boring as all hell. The only true fight in that film as far I'm concerned is Grid/Celtic and its opening seconds were embarrassing to see. As bad as AvP:R looked, it had stuff happening.

Really, silly, mindbogglingly stupid stuff, from which no one walked away with any sort of dignity.

Still kept me entertained more so than AvP.

[OmegaZilla]

This thread goes in cycles.

It's... it's like BattleStar Galactica but with Doom and everyone else talking about AvPR. Same beats every time.

[SpaceMarines]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuxJH2Mj30#

[happypred]

Still kept me entertained more so than AvP.

AvP is the technically superior film. Better setting, better lighting, better cinematography, more mature cast...and yet AvP-R has more entertainment value. AvP-R can be viewed as mindless popcorn action entertainment. Turn off your brain and watch the predator destroy aliens, the aliens destroy humans, etc. Predator fans can at least get a kick out of Wolf's high killcount.

AvP has no entertainment value whatsoever. Perhaps alien fans can get a kick out of Grid's performance, but still far less than the entertainment predator fans can get from Wolf's performance.   

[Novak 1334]

Still kept me entertained more so than AvP.

AvP is the technically superior film. Better setting, better lighting, better cinematography, more mature cast...and yet AvP-R has more entertainment value. AvP-R can be viewed as mindless popcorn action entertainment. Turn off your brain and watch the predator destroy aliens, the aliens destroy humans, etc. Predator fans can at least get a kick out of Wolf's high killcount.

AvP has no entertainment value whatsoever. Perhaps alien fans can get a kick out of Grid's performance, but still far less than the entertainment predator fans can get from Wolf's performance.

It's pornography for Predator Fan Boys, the tag line should have been "F**k Aliens"

[DoomRulz]

Still kept me entertained more so than AvP.

AvP is the technically superior film. Better setting, better lighting, better cinematography, more mature cast...and yet AvP-R has more entertainment value. AvP-R can be viewed as mindless popcorn action entertainment. Turn off your brain and watch the predator destroy aliens, the aliens destroy humans, etc. Predator fans can at least get a kick out of Wolf's high killcount.

AvP has no entertainment value whatsoever. Perhaps alien fans can get a kick out of Grid's performance, but still far less than the entertainment predator fans can get from Wolf's performance.

Pretty much. AvP to me is trying to be something it isn't in that it wants to contend with the original flicks. AvP:R knows its dumb and doesn't take it seriously. It couldn't, given its presentation.

[Nightmare Asylum]

While AVP certainly isn't as good as the originals, I respect it for the amount of respect that it showed to the films that preceded it. It (for the most part) handled both species with care, and I honestly doubt any future AVP film will find a better balance between the two monsters' powers and skills than this film did. I quite liked the inclusion of Weyland Industries, and the pyramid was an amazing set piece and very in-line with the type of stuff found in the Alien series. I also love the fact that, despite it being set on Earth (it definitely should have been in space), they gave us a logical reason behind it and made sure that even though it was on Earth it doesn't mess with anything that the Alien movies stood for. With AVPR, when Aliens were running around in a town on modern day Earth, it almost seemed like a slap in the face to Ripley's sacrifice in Alien 3.