AvP

[Tutonic]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avp/large.html  

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avp/featurette/

It better not suck!

[JimmyJazz]

looks promising...that guy did make resident evil however  :unsure:

[Zok]

i liked resident evil

[smilodon]

You liked Milla Jovovich, the film was doo doo  

[Zok]

she is lovely

[Dingo]

Originally posted by smilodon@Nov 5 2003, 06:13 PM
You liked Milla Jovovich, the film was doo doo  

I liked Milla and thought the film was BRILLIANT!!  :narnar:  :narnar:

[Stryker]

ok so this one is another "Freddy vs Jason" movie, but by-jngo I like em!!!!! and I look forward to AvP.   PS to all the directors out there, we've had cartoons to movies up to our eyeballs, now we want more big movie hits vs big movie hits, personaly I cant wait for "Show Girls" vs "national lampoons"    :blink:  :lmfao:

[Dingo]

............and what's more I bought it for £7.99 with a freebier thrown in from Blockbuster so I got Black Hawk Down as well for the same price!!.........................I make that £3.99 a movie..............bargain!!  :narnar:  :narnar:


.................and I get to watch her again and agasin!!                

[Swoop]

Hmmm YAVSM (Yet Another VS Movie).

I heard rumors that even Superman VS Spiderman, ect ect ect is being made.
Come on people.. have some originality...

I recently saw Jason VS Freddy, and on some level it was kinda cool, but mostly because we saw it on Halloween, and also because on some level 2 "immortal" againt each other was kinda cool

But 1 VS movie is certainly enough for 5 year or so.. i mean why does ALL the movies have to come out in a trend fashion ? Then it's marvel comics that HAS to be made movies.. then it's VS movies... whats next ?

I propably give it points for effects caus i doubt they are gonne be bad, but originality and story i most likely give 0 ... be creative.

[Tutonic]

AvP has always been a movie possibility though, (the comics have been going for ages, and there's already been two decent PC games based on it) whereas freddy vs jason was a blatent hollywood cash-in D:

[ChimpBoy]

Resident Evil was a travesty of a film, but there is hope as the director is the same guy who directed the excellent Event Horizon. Great "space noir" and obviously heavily influenced by alien, which gives him some pedigree.  Although he did direct the risible Soldier.  Shame David Fincher or Chris Nolan wasn't given a chance at this project.

Personally I am a huge fan of both the predator and alien franchises - the films are great for the majority (apart from perhaps alien 4), both pc video games were outstanding, and the comics and novels are good fun.  I was hoping they'd copy the story for the first novel "AvP : Prey" set on a colony world where aliens get loose and preds are on the hunt with humans in the middle.  Good read if you're interested.

There is so much potential that I hope it isn't wasted, as both characters are long overdue for a return to the big screen, and I think the two together are such a natural fit from a fans point of view that comparisons with other "vs" movies would be unfair given the history.  Glad to see Sigourney isn't in it - think she would have detracted from the spectacle, even if she is a truly great actress.

[Dr Sadako]

More information can be found here:

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&...v&id=1808496110

[smilodon]

Paul Anderson has written and directed mainly rubbish so far.
The production company has produced nothing of worth so far.
The last Alien was a flop
The last Predator was a flop

The target audience were children/embryos when both francises were made

This film will probably stink..so there  <_<

[JimmyJazz]

the avp games are fantastic, genuinely scary as a marine and great fun with all the gadgets as a predator.  im hoping the film would be pretty good, it looks hopeful from what i saw in that featurette

if memory serves that man was also the brains behind mortal kombat so fingers crossed eh?

[ChimpBoy]

Originally posted by smilodon@Nov 6 2003, 08:19 PM
Paul Anderson has written and directed mainly rubbish so far.
The production company has produced nothing of worth so far.
The last Alien was a flop
The last Predator was a flop

The target audience were children/embryos when both francises were made

As did the Wachowski's pre-Matrix 1, and then mainly rubbish afterwards, especially seeing as they are making the next conan film  :narnar:

I think Event Horizon shows the talent of Anderson - it he can recreate that feel on screen then this will be a success.  I don't think anyone wants to see Resident Evil or Soldier again.  With Fox behind the project I think the mention of the production company is a little weak as an argument as to why the film may suck.  With a film of this notoriety you can expect fox to have a great deal of control (whether that's a bad thing or not I guess we'll see)

Both characters remain very popular  with the current generation thanks to the pc games (a third avp on pc is also in the offing next year), and sci-fi is always a popular genre, and horror is certainly "en vogue" these days.

Alien 4 was certainly a flop but alien 3 isn't the travesty everyone makes it out to be.  Repeat viewing shows how good it is, and the second predator was a flop commercially largely on the basis of some terrible casting of Danny Glover.  If Arnie had returned for the sequel there's a good chance it would have been a success given his popularity in those days.  

The fact that people still know about the predator and alien movies after all this time shows their continuing popularity amongst cinema-goers.  The re-release of alien directors cut certainly ain't going to hurt.

Also good to see Lance Henrikson back as the original founder of Weyland-Yutani

Maybe it will be poorly executed, maybe it won't - I for one can't wait to see the results