hello everyone...so this is my maiden post ...
i couldnt believe there are so many people who, liike me, spend so much of their time thinking and discussing alien film characters before i came across AvP galaxy...
Anyway IMO what really makes or breaks a good alien character is believability(if there is such a word) and consistency...and frankly i believe the aliens and the preds are lacking a bit of both...
So lemme analyze this further(pour some tea into that cup, skin up a fat joint and put on your glasses this is gonna be a long reading)...now b4 we start i wanna make clear that im pumping most if not all of my info from the movie franchises since i really am no fan of either the Pred or the aliens comics...thinking of it ii only have the judge dredd vs both our beloved critters series...but thats mostly due to the fact that im a dredd fan
so here goes:
Aliens:
1) How did those critters ever make it off their home planet? More so how do they even manage interstellar travel ever since? I'm guessing that the most probable answer is that they do it by sneaking aboard the vessels of other unaware intelligent races that happen by a planet the critters are infesting...then they hijack the thing by slaughtering or harvesting the unsuspecting crew...AND THEN WHAT? If the said vessel is flying on autopilot to its destination then fine there is a very slim chance the critters will survive the trip and jump the poor guys servicing the shuttle at the destination starport and finallly start a whole new infestation...but still...if the americans could manage adequate airport security under the inspired leadership of mr. Bush(WHATTAGUY) then you'd expect other more advanced space faring races to know a thing or two about protecting themselves against such incidents...now if that vessel i mentioned was flying on manual i guess the critters are screwed since they dont really strike me as adept space pilots. And that brings me to my ultimate point on Aliens...they could never have come so far or achieve no 1 threat status in the real world...because in the end no matter how cunning or ferocious or agile they are just animals and they wouldnt stand a chance against a group of determined armed people whether they be space marines or desert commandos or jungle rebels...please do bear in mind that thousands of years ago our ancestors survived and endured the ferocity of tigers that weighed half a ton and were armed with 5 inch claws and 15 inch tusks( the sabretooths)...and all that while dressed in their animal hide armor and armed with sticks and stones...
So to conclude on the aliens...though they are super cool as a concept they are also severely overestimed...end of story
The Predators:
before i even start on them i gotta ask this...PUSSYFACE? ROFLMAO...i'm new to this so i would like to know which one that is...though i think i can recall danny glover calling the pred in the second movie that...dunno its been a while since i last saw that movie...anyways let's cut to the chase already...
I'm guessing my main objection to predators as a race is the collision of their apparent social structure with their advancement in science and technology...I mean as far as we know they live in a tribal society organised in clans and their favourite if not their only pastime is hunting down an assortment of unlucky creatures to collect their skull and spine for their trophy walls...i mean i never saw a pred dreessed in nerdy goggles and a white robe sweating over tons o paper and countless calculations trying to improve on the plasma caster or trying to make the netgun shoulder mounted...nor did i ever see the predator architect who is responsible for designing all those fancy pyramids or that nice little sandstone villa that pred guy in that AvP movie lived ...or in fact we see iin the latest pred movie that the whole pred planet is a huge game reserve...i wonder then where all the factories are that build all that weaponry or their space ships for that matter...and if there are such factories who's running them? The tribal elders? Gimme a break! So i'm guessing there are predator industrialists too! I can just picture them in sleek suits, neck ties and all with fat cigars sticking outta their mouths...and since robotics dont seem to be the strong point of pred tech I'm guessing that there are blue collar preds too working the factories...wouldnt wanna be there when they go on strike...
I think you get where i am going with this...a society like the predatory one where everyone is labeled and ranked by their predatory skillls is hardly one that would breed scientists or architects or industrial tycoons...so it would be more believable if they lacked all the technology that accompanies them...they would be very adept tribal warriors or hunters...they would have the ability to build themselves exquisite weapons like bows and arrrows or spears or handaxes from natural materials...and no cloaking devices or thermal visions or wrist thingies...Now they would still pose a threat to the unsuspecting or the unarmed but that's about all there'd be to it! Not to mention that lacking space travelling capability they could have never visited! So we would not have encountered them until rather deep into the future where a human mission would accidentallly land on their planet or something and there the unsuspecting crew would be picked off one by one by the adept predators and their skilled use of their ancient yet simple technology. Still once word would spread of the massacre i'm guessing the humans would return better prepared...and pretty soon we'd only be seeing preds during our weekend tours at the ET Zoo ...
Phew...well that's it...
Excuse my weird english i'm greek...(oh, well in case you are wondering im doing just fine financially...see i even have the money to pay for a decent internet service...and i have the time to waste typing huge posts...so bankruptcy is not just around the corner for me et)
