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Aliens vs. Predator greenlighted!
 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-18 05:03 [#00745875]
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"Aliens vs. Predator: Well its official, the sci-fi
teamup is going ahead after all with filming scheduled to
begin this October in Prague under the helm of Paul W.
Anderson ("Resident Evil"). According to Filmjerk, the story
follows "human scientists going on an expedition to
Antarctica to lure Predator hunters, using Alien eggs as
bait. Of course, these plans quickly goes awry and the
humans find themselves in the crossfire between two warring
alien species". Casting agents are seeking seven major human
characters (NONE from the previous films in either franchise
are returning), including a gorgeous female environmental
researcher, her hunky Egyptologist ex-beau, a gruff Han
Solo-esque American archeologist, the billionaire
industrialist financier who hides his terminal disease, the
English-accented Afro-Caribbean team leader, a muscle bound
beefheaded Texan, and a geeky but smart scientist.
Interestingly with the exception of the female lead, the
other six roles are to be filled by European actors. No word
on how this moving ahead will affect filming plans on
"Resident Evil 2". Thanks to 'Chris' & 'Rich'."
-
www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-06-18 05:05 [#00745877]
Points: 4736 Status: Lurker



sounds fucking terrible. and this is nothing to do with
alien 5 either? wtf... i never liked the alien vs predator
nonsense.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-18 05:05 [#00745878]
Points: 9459 Status: Lurker



i'm convinced Paul Anderson will do a good job. Event
Horizon shows he is capable of doing a alien film that could
scare the living shit out of you


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-06-18 05:09 [#00745881]
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ah he did event horizon, eh? ok i take some of my scepticism
back, that's one of the 2 films that scared me. still,
aliens and predators in the same universe is ridiculous, imo


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 05:09 [#00745884]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



Oh boy... and I thought with the announcement of a live
action Transformers movie it couldn't get any worse....


 

offline Chri5py from my Solarbear (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 05:11 [#00745887]
Points: 2903 Status: Lurker



What's next? a live action Incredable Hulk movi..oh....
bollocks


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 05:13 [#00745891]
Points: 4570 Status: Lurker



I would like to see this, but two reservations:

1. Paul 'Wasted Space' Anderson isn't really a good
director.
2. When I read through the characters I thought they could
come from a Jurassic Park movie.

I would be interested to know how this all fits into the
existing Alien timeline. The 'billionaire industrialist' is
a Weyland, and we know from Alien: Resurrection that 'the
company' bit the dust.

If this bunch have alien eggs then I want to know how they
got to earth...


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 05:13 [#00745892]
Points: 502 Status: Regular



what about the film of that skater boi song by avril
"paedodream" lavinge or whatever: 2 minute song expanded
into plot of 2 hour film

jesus weeps


 

offline joakimlinden from Skövde (Sweden) on 2003-06-18 05:15 [#00745893]
Points: 462 Status: Regular



How much more stupid can this world get and still keep
functioning?
It's all about finding concepts that hopefully appeal to as
many people as possible so that some studio can make an
awful amount of money... Ah, I don't even have the energy to
comment any more...let them do whatever they like.

I say, find some NEW ideas for a change.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-18 05:16 [#00745894]
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damn, you got to be kidding me


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 05:16 [#00745895]
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event horizon is that guys only good film: but mortal combat
and res evil are dire: made to appeal to fat loser geeks
with no panache or grasp of any culture other than that
shoved in front of their faces


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 05:38 [#00745915]
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Hey, I'm a fat loser geek and I've got culture coming out my
ass!

Well, OK, I'm not that fat, but you get the idea.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-18 06:31 [#00745957]
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My first thought when I read this thread title was "I
hope that cunt Paul Anderson isn't directing it!"


I'm now going to cry. This film has so much potential! He'll
fuck it up. How does he continue to get work?


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-18 06:39 [#00745970]
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it could be a hit or miss situation with Paul Andereson
directing. his Event Horizon gives me faith. I didn't find
Resident Evil special, and i didn't knew he directed Mortal
Kombat, boy that was a stupid movie. c'mon NO GORE or even
blood in a MK movie?? like get the fuck out of here m8


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-18 06:42 [#00745975]
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i will watch this is it mearrly prromices to be a good
uncomplicated action gorre film.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-06-18 06:45 [#00745982]
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Yes, I would never go to Antarctica without a staunch
Egyptologist in tow.

Event Horizon was really fun though. I don't think it fully
lived up to its potential but whatever. A good popcorner.


 

offline Sanguine from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-18 06:51 [#00745994]
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Prediction: Vin Diesel and the reanimated corpse of Sigorney
Weaver wearing only a grey top and matching panties will be
starring in the film...


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-18 06:54 [#00745999]
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Sigorney Weaver wearing only a grey top and matching panties
will be
starring in the film...

hahahaha


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2003-06-18 07:00 [#00746003]
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the have been planning for this movie since 1992


 

offline vacant from NYC (United States) on 2003-06-18 11:12 [#00746332]
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that list of characters is the most laughable thing i've
ever encountered... an egypt-fuckin-tologist? if they try to
tie the predators into being the true egyptian gods or
something like that i'll fucking murder some homeless
children. and you'll know whose fault it was. mr. paul
anderson and his screenwriter.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-06-18 11:26 [#00746345]
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Maybe an ankh will repel predators like a cross repels
vampires. And they'll resurrect Tutankhamen from his real
and secret tomb in Antarctica which used to be Atlantis and
he'll be, like, the terminator!


 

offline vacant from NYC (United States) on 2003-06-18 12:04 [#00746370]
Points: 365 Status: Regular



well then... if that's the case, i may forgive it...just cuz
it'll be oh so funny


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-06-18 12:13 [#00746377]
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nice. so instead of giving us a movie written by james
cameron and directed by ridley scott that revitalizes both
series, we get a movie directed by the genius who made
mortal kombat. and it takes place in antarctica. woohoo!


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-06-18 12:17 [#00746386]
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well i know one thing... expect a massive drop in tourism in
antarctica after this movie is released!


 

offline Zombiekev from Ardmore (United States) on 2003-06-18 12:21 [#00746392]
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event horizon was awesome, but look at his newer garbage.

resident evil was horrible.


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2003-06-18 13:44 [#00746477]
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antarctica holds as much potential for predators as peguins
for the jungle.

i liked the aliens vs predator comic
on the strange planet and the plot of predators letting
aliens spread there to be hunted later as it is a good
predator tradition to hunt dangerous species...

dome humans can play a good role in this plot.
in the comic a cute woman survives as the only one and
fighted shoulder to shoulder with a predator (who died?)in
the end.

that was cool.

*loking forward to it, even when its gonna hurt*


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-22 03:00 [#00913388]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



Plot details, possible spoilers:

Alien vs. Predator: This past weekend's "Ghetto Con", better
known as the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction
Convention, ran a 5-minute pre-production presentation on
Fox's upcoming flick and 'Agent G' has the details: "They
mentioned that 'not a frame of film has been shot yet', but
shooting starts next week in Prague. They also mentioned
that this tape played at their con last month, so it's
possible that you know about this presentation already, but
I hadn't heard much about it so far, so I figured no one
would mind if I provided a quick recap of what was shown.
The whole piece was narrated by director Paul WS Anderson
("Resident Evil").
As far as the story, we are told that in the past, the
Predators used the the Aliens for hunting purposes, as a
right of passage for the young Predator to become men (er,
for lack of a better term). We see one such battle play out
in an Aztec temple. Supposedly, the Predators were seen as
Gods to the Aztec people (some shades of 'Stargate', it
would seem), who built them their temples for worshipping
and battle purposes. They showed some storyboards of one
Predator defeating an Alien, holding its severed head in
victory, as well as some boards where three Predator are
overrun by thousands of Aliens, and upon realizing that they
have clearly lost the battle, they activate their
self-destruct. This is why so many ancient civilizations
have been wiped out; Predator hunting failures.
Flash forward to present day, where a group of scientists
have found one of the ancient Predator temples under an
Antarctic icecap. The story revolves around 5 "teenage"
Predators who are set to undergo their right of passage with
the Aliens at this newly discovered temple, with the humans
caught in the middle. There was also some brief discussion
about the Predators testing out their new weapons
technology. The video showed one example, a modified
shuriken throwing star (apparently this weapon is 'in' again
after 'Underworld'), wh


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-22 03:00 [#00913391]
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which starts as a small handle with a trigger and expands
into 6 elongated razor blades. This was actually pretty cool
looking. Anyways, that pretty much rounded out the
presentation. They quickly flashed some shots edited
together from the two respective franchises, and rounded it
out with a tagline (which may or may not be the final one),
"Whoever wins...we lose." All in all, hard to tell too much
about the final product from the small amount shown". Thanks
to 'Agent G'.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-10-22 03:01 [#00913396]
Points: 14294 Status: Lurker



Okay , the resident evil movie fucking sucked. the only good
thing was 'fist fuck' was used in a part


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-22 04:05 [#00913521]
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I'm still depressed at the though of this film. Some things
only work in comics. Some Directors shouel never work again.


 

offline pyro5hit9rind from Pickering (Canada) on 2003-10-22 06:41 [#00913660]
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hmm. i've yet to watch a film in which i have shat my pants.
event horizon was close...but not close enuff.

even though paul anderson has a good track record, not even
he can bring the alien movies back from the dumpster...

on a lighter note, look out for willy wonka and the
chocolate factory
,
featreing aphex on soundtrack!


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-22 07:07 [#00913673]
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are you think of the right paul anderson here?


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2003-10-23 06:44 [#00914768]
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what about RAMBO vs TERMINATOR?


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-10-23 07:26 [#00914790]
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I am a bit of a Paul Anderson fan actually. No one makes B
Pulp Sci Fi like he does, and some of them like "Event
Horizon" even surpass their genre specified calling and
reach a sublime level. Resident Evil WAS pretty weak but
with a film as good as EVENT HORIZON under his belt I am
willing to give him a chance. Even SOLDIER wasn't a bad
flick, actually he frequently dips into 2000AD inspired
scenarios (SOLDIER is basically ROGUE TROOPER without the
blue skin), which I frequently connects with me.

But for those wanting a glimpse of what Alien VS Predator
would look like I highly recommend trying to find this cool
little fan made short film called BATMAN: DEAD END. Don't
let the term fan made fool you. This side of Tim Burton,
this is the best looking Batman film I have ever seen. You
can probably find this short film on IFILM


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-10-23 07:38 [#00914798]
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here is a link to that film on IFILM

BATMAN: DEAD END


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-23 07:41 [#00914804]
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;)


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-10-23 07:59 [#00914815]
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Urgh that George Lucas infected product sounds terrible :p


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-10-26 19:32 [#00919669]
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Event Horizon was scary ass...one of the few that actually
scared me.

i wish they would just do a NEW scary movie, but i guess
they are trying to get both the alien fans and the predator
fans......with the whole premise

time will tell if it will RAWK or snot!


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-10-26 19:35 [#00919675]
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whatever ive been waiting quite a fuckin' long time for this
movie to actually happen, it had better be good, but I have
trust in it that it will be good.


 

offline Dozier from United States on 2003-10-26 19:48 [#00919700]
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holy shit, that was fucking hot. thanks for
linking.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-10-26 19:56 [#00919709]
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i thought this happened like 8 years ago

or maybe that was just a videogame


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2003-10-26 20:00 [#00919714]
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it wont play for me =(


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2003-10-26 20:03 [#00919717]
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but yeah, i love the aliens vs predator series.. I just hope
this film doesnt ruin it for me. The egyptologist thing
really does piss me off, I hope that that character doesnt
make it into the final cut.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-26 20:05 [#00919719]
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am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Event Horizon?


 

offline Dael from the low end (Australia) on 2003-10-26 20:28 [#00919766]
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if H.R Giger gets involved then I'll be keeping an eye on
it!


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-26 20:33 [#00919775]
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probably not.

he only really collaborated on the first Alien film.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:34 [#00919778]
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well, it scared the crap out of me when I saw it, if thats
what you mean?


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:51 [#00919816]
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yes ...... yes you are!!! ehhehe

you didn't find it creepy at all. it's rare i do.....but i
felt a REAL sense of unease after this movie.

the soundtrack was KICKING tho......damn!


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-10-26 20:53 [#00919819]
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I guess.

well, I don't remember much about it, only that it did seem
creepy in the beginning but the ending was quite silly and
disappointing..


 

offline Dael from the low end (Australia) on 2003-10-26 20:56 [#00919821]
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and the third of course


 


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