Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 26, 2014, 07:20:47 AM
I love that.
Glad to know that you do! It's kind of a pun on their last names! Heh heh! Black and Dekker!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 26, 2014, 07:20:47 AM
I'm very happy it's not a reboot. I much prefer a sequel and whilst I really enjoyed Predators, I'm not oblivious to the flaws but I don't hate it as much as most people - it's why I keep out of this board typically, because I just don't agree with most Predator fans.
I actually had been hoping that this would've been a straight up reboot. I know reboots are not often viewed with favor, but really I don't always see them as a bad thing and they could be considered something as their own universe and their own canon. I will say that no, a reboot wouldn't have ruined the original movie or the franchise as a whole. It would've given fans a lot more of a choice to choose as far as continuity goes and it would've established it's own canon. Reboots aren't always a bad thing, people and they don't ruin ruin the original.
Fans need to take the approach similarly to how Alan Moore looks at adaptations of his works. When he was asked about his thoughts on the Watchmen movie and if it had ruined his work, he simply pointed to the book and said: "Do you see that? It's still there. It's on my shelf, and I can still read it."
I'm probably the only one disappointed that this isn't a reboot, but that's not to say I'm not on board. Au contraire, I am on board but rather quite cautiously might I say, especially after PREDATORS. I just hope that Black and Dekker know what they're doing, so right now I'm having a wait and see attitude towards this until more news comes out.
I just hope that the ideas he comes up with are ones which I agree with. I have some hopes for Black and Dekker!
Don't fail me, boys! I've a lot of emotional investment in the Predator character and franchise!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 26, 2014, 07:20:47 AM
I would like to see some more developments to the franchise. It's going to get boring if they just do the same thing. The Predator series is the most versatile of the lot - they can go back in time and fight Vikings, they can be Jack the Ripper, they can be in WW1/2 or Iraq. Or they could go in the future and be in WW3, off-world somewhere. I'm not too sure what I'd like to see but if it is future/other planet, I'd like to see a more significant presence of another alien species.
When you say go back in time, do you mean via time travel or set as a movie that is set within a particular setting? I mean I would love to see a Predator movie that is set in the past, be it in the middle ages, the renaissance, feudal Japan or even be set in the future-- though Predator 2 sort of took that route in a sense but a far flung future. Preferably one which is not the same future as the Alien timeline, and this is coming from someone who likes his Aliens and Predators together but considering how muddled th continuity is, I'd rather see the three franchises (I'm counting AvP too) set as their own individual timelines and universes.
As for an alien species.. I will give PREDATORS some credit. The idea of seeing other aliens aside from Xenomorphs was a good idea but it was just executed poorly in my opinion. If we're going to see anymore alien creatures, I'd rather they not be Engineers or Xenomorphs. Keep Engineers in Prometheus/Alien, and keep the Xenomorphs in Alien/AvP.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 26, 2014, 07:20:47 AM
And I'm so desperate for a reboot of AvP. Something that completely ignores AvP/R and does it right.
If one were to reboot AvP, how could it even be done? Would it render the old AvP movies as an AU and should they be treated as such (I have no problem if they were officially declared an AU or alternate timeline, infact.. I welcome that. Everybody wins.) and the reboot movies be considered the mainstream AvP? Which movies should these hypothetical reboot AvPs acknowledge as far as Predator goes?
Either way, Fox doesn't seem to want to try their hands at AvP for a long, long time if ever at all.