The criiticism of the poster's view was justified - but the "he can f**k off" part wasn't. Not on a forum where it's in the rules to
not insult fellow members.
Quote from: MastaMarek on Feb 26, 2010, 11:50:43 PM
At least in AVPR we got some R action and blood.
Which doesn't really solve anything. Even if it hadn't been for the chestburster scene, '
Alien' would
still be hailed as a masterpiece.
Likewise for the original '
Predator' and doing away with the cleaning of skulls.
QuoteAlso how can AVP story be better then AVPR!? Its not like any of these movies are a sequel to Citizen Kane.
Doesn't have to be a work of art to have more substance or characters with slightly more rounded out backgrounds/personalities.
QuoteAVP movie should have a lot of mindless action and predators raping aliens and everything else that moves.
On the contrary. The action should be
good, not "mindless". When it becomes mindless, it turns into something generic and boring.
And quite what the point of a 'versus' concept is, when youv'e already decided that one faction is always going to be far superior to the other, I don't know... The ideal way is to make it a real clash of the titans. the tension is upped when the victor is unpredictable.
QuoteAVPR was pretty good. I give it 8/10. I didn't care for acting of characters as they all died anyway so I was satisfied. The black girl and that itialian dude in AVP were more then annoying, and they were teh main characters. sic. pretty much ruins the whole movie as they cant die.
You've just written it yourself: You didn't
care about the characters. Much of what made '
Alien' and '
Aliens so good, was that we cared about the characters.
Why?
Because when they
do die, it gives us an
emotional impact.
Compare and contrast the characters from '
Predator', who we grow to at least like or appreciated, to those in its sequel, who are largely forgotten by just about any viewer, aside from die hard fans. That's one of the reasons why the original is remembered fondly, but why reviews from anyone other than fans of the series, mostly herald the second film as poor by comparison.
Were Alexa and so on, incredibly great characters? Not really, but the basis was there and we get a little bit more of an emotional handle on their mentalities, compared to those in the sequel. Weyland, in particular, was well handled and largely a testament to the actor who portrayed them.
QuoteHope AVP3 will be a huge step up as none of those AVP movies so far were any good. Where is Arnie? where is James Cameron? stop bullshieting around with some avatar crap and get your ass to direct a proper movie for fans, not some elf fetish for homos.
Your latter comment is a sign of severe arrogance. Watch '
Avatar' before you label it that way, because anybody who does would find that remark laughable.
As for wanting Arnie back... Why? Other than doing so purely for the sake of it? It's not like a species which relies on thermal vision is ever going to be able to track Dutch down - or even realise what he did, all that long time ago (even if they did, it would contradict the second film, which inferred respect for an opponent which demonstrates an ability to beat them).
