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Alien vs Predator

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I dont know if anybody posted any links up for this movie, but you can watch the trailer here. I loved it so much and with the other trailers and featurettes, i saved them to my Powerbook so i can watch them over and over again till it comes out soon.
 
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I'm a bit skeptical about this movie. From the previews it looks like it'll be about as good as Freddy vs Jason from last summer....and that was a pretty crappy movie. No Arnold, no Sigourney Weaver.....no stars. However, I will probably still see it, I loved both series of movies.
 
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I will go see it but have pretty low expectations....One of the beauties of Alien is going back to the original now and laughing at how terrible the effects are compared to todays standards....but for when it came out it was amazing
 
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Dunno about AvP the movie, but the game was pretty pathetic on the Mac...
 
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that looks so terrible...sorry. I can't get past "they're using us as baits"
Oh well. To each his own, yes?
 
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That and the "you ugly....son of a....." part is straight from the first predator.
 
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I think the movie's got potential. The problem is that we're using the old movies as benchmarks when this is a total different thing. Yes, same old Aliens and Predator but in a movie together, definitely something new, and i reckon it can be carried off. Just look at the movies coming out over three/four years ago, nothing memorable there, now look from that point onwards, we got the Matrix Trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, too many good movies to mention. Here's a fight scene between the two.
 
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I'd say it's evens.
 
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My hunch is that the marines everntually win coz they make Aliens and preds compete against each other and then kill whoever is left
 
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I wanted to see it today; that didn't work out. I think it'll be pretty sweet...might not have a very good plot or anything..but it has to be better than the 4th aliens, and predetor 2.
 
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Overrated.

Move on, there's nothing to see here.
 
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I really want to see it....but due to the fact of Hurricane Charlie (we live in Daytona Beach....we were right in its path(the eye went over us)) the movie theatre is closed for a while...I LOVE the Alien and the Predator series...and i thought the videogame was totally kool!!!
 
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LOL I watched a pirate copy of this film today.

It was recorded in an American cinema I think... all the Americans were "WHOO!"ping and laughing and being generally American. They kept clapping as well. It was scary.

The film itself was alright, nice and slimy. i haven't seen the original films... I think that the thing it had in the middle about Predators being Gods is a good concept, and one that I kinda agree with :/
 
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Being American? Stereotype much?
 
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Heh, I don't mean to stereotype but DANG they were an American audience!

I didn't realise that people clapped all the way through... in England people are quiet during films and get shushed if they're not.

Twas nice to see another way of doing things :p
 

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Are you saying you don't talk to the characters on the screen, during the movie (i.e. Don't go in the room, he's behind the door. Don't go in the room... I told you don't go in the room). lol lol :p
 

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Or in a scary movie, where the theater is very quiet. You scream and scare the hold theater.
 
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Dude...i live in America and every theatre ive been in, people dont clap or shout or anything. Everyone is always quiet. I dunno what you're smokin', but it aint America(well...mabe out west or down south in Hillbilly world...LOL), anways I just saw the movie today, w00t GO PREDATORS!!!! W00T!!
 
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Some Americans do this, but not that often. And I don't think it's an american thing....wooping and hollering....I think that's a pretty wordly thing....
 

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