PREDATOR vs ALIEN

I think it's going to be the predators!

I don't know. But the loosers will be the Alien and Predetor franchises.

Predators

1 v 1......it'll be Predator
butt.......Aliens swarm and enmass.......the Aliens are a formidable force......

OMG some one please shut this guy up. He's been posting everywhere, just that one stupid phrase, EVERYWHERE!!!!

On topic though, I'd say it'll be predator. I take it I'm not the only one proverbially wetting my pants in anticipation of this movie

Interesting,

I just hope either franchise doesn't suffer (although ALIEN was getting a little on the long side)

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Regards,

Manny

As I understand the plot, the Predator race brought the Xenomorphs (Aliens)
here to play with. They have weaponry which the Alien
race doesn't use, so have the advantage on two levels. Therefore, my guess goes to the Predators
In the Alien mythos, however, this story line presents an intersting twist in that it gives backstory as to why the Nostromo in the first ALIEN
movie would have a sub mission of collecting a Xenomorph
specimen at all costs. That was always something of a plot weakness for me. How would the Company know to be looking for this specific life form and set that as a parameter of the Nostromo's mission?
Oh, man, do I sound like I need a life!
I'm well on the way to completing Andrea's 54mm Preda...er, ah, ALIEN HUNTER

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajlafleche As I understand the plot, the Predator race brought the Xenomorphs (Aliens) here to play with. They have weaponry which the Alien race doesn't use, so have the advantage on two levels. Therefore, my guess goes to the Predators

I'm looking forward to this film with great anticipation. I don't see how they can screw it up, so I'm not worried at all about the franchises "losing" or "suffering."

As long as it's a good punch-up, I'll be happy!
(Yes folks, J-Hulk is easy to please...)

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajlafleche How would the Company know to be looking for this specific life form and set that as a parameter of the Nostromo's mission?

The Nostromo was purposly sent there. Ash was a company replacement put on board to ensure the securment of a specimen. There could have easily been encounters before the first film. Just not on Earth.

QUOTE: Originally posted by cobywan The Nostromo was purposly sent there. Ash was a company replacement put on board to ensure the securment of a specimen. There could have easily been encounters before the first film. Just not on Earth.

This is never made clear. We are given to assume there was some sort of encounter, but with this installment, we get an encounter to open the road to the first movie.

QUOTE: Originally posted by zokissima OMG some one please shut this guy up. He's been posting everywhere, just that one stupid phrase, EVERYWHERE!!!!

I think that he is going every post and doing that. ! Take a look at his profile, look at all of the topics he has replied to and you will clearly see that, that has been his only response!

Hope they do something about this.

Predator will win unless one of the alliens infect them,then it will be a slug fest.Also there is a thread on this subject on or about page 7.To find out more about the allien you can read that page or to be best read the book by Allen Dean Foster.Digger

Well, you have to consider that the Predators see mainly in infared while the aliens don't show up on infared. So, that would no longer be an advantage of the predator. Furthermore, the cloaking feature of the Predators may not be effective against the aliens. Then, the Predators from the first two movies were lone hunters. This time around, there's a bunch of them together. The aliens have always tended towards swarms of warriors when they can. It's kinda back to the whole quality vs. quantity debate and quantity does have a quality of its own. Sounds like I'm pushing the case for the aliens, but I still think the Predators will come out on top.

I'd guess a Predator can benchpress a lot more, too. Probably close to a ton, I'd think.

Of course, an Alien couldn't even lay down on the bench in the first place, what with the spines and all. It'd be disqualified right away.

I predict that one human and one predetor will come out alive. And I predict that Charles Weyland is a disembodied brain in a robot body. That I what I guess will happen.

Maybe AHNOLD will come back as the ultimate terminator and kick all their behinds turn around at the audience and benchpress the ALIEN and the PREDATOR, now that I'll pay good money to see!!!

Regards,

Manny

AVP - who'll win? The movie studio, at least opening weekend and on DVD sales.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74 AVP - who'll win? The movie studio, at least opening weekend and on DVD sales.

And the fans! Don't forget the fans!
The fans of both fanchises have been begging for this for years.

adrake2 you have to remember the predator had many feilds of vision if you recall from Predator 2 or i you have played the game I think the xenomorphs show up on electrical vision if I recall correcly

Should be interesting...

It's something that happens every 1000 years. So my guess is that sometimes the Predators win and sometimes the Aliens win??

http://dynamic6.gamespy.com/~avpgalaxy/filmavpstoryline.php

QUOTE: Storyline The Predators use Earth for their rituals and every 1000 years, they drop five teenage predators off at a pyramid and they have to fight for their survival. If they survive the battle against the aliens, they earn their "warrior status". The film is set in the present time at the beginning of the 21st century and a group of scientists and archaeologists travel to Antarctica and discover ancient pyramid ruins. These ruins are deep under the ice surface which were built by the Predators and were formed much earlier than the pyramid ruins in Egypt. When the group reaches one of the pyramids in Antarctica, they discover human skeletons and the fossilized remains of Facehuggers and Chestbursters. They also find out that these aliens might be still alive somewhere in the pyramid ruins but unknown to them, there's also another species of alien exploring there - the Predators.

QUOTE: Originally posted by ilikespagetti adrake2 you have to remember the predator had many feilds of vision if you recall from Predator 2 or i you have played the game I think the xenomorphs show up on electrical vision if I recall correcly

Their primary field of vision (without the helmet) is infared. In the previews for AVP, not all of the predators were wearing their helmets. Also, anyone notice that in the final seen of Predator 2, there was an alien warrior's skull in the trophy case? I've never played the game before... do the Marines show up on the electrical vision?

some of the marines thing like automated guns are on electrical otherwise they're on infared

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk And the fans! Don't forget the fans! The fans of both fanchises have been begging for this for years.

Well, some have been.

I love the first Alien movie. It's a classic gothic horror movie, set in space. The second movie is a fun action pic with more of a brain than most. I didn't especially care for the following two, but putting the Alien franchise in movies with another action movie franchise really does sound the death knell for the Alien movies as a series of serious pictures, IMO. It's a very comic-book fanboyish direction to take the Alien franchise (not that there's anything wrong with that! ), which started life with what is arguably one of the greatest movies ever made.

The fact that you can get a movie summary from a video game website really does say a lot about who the movie will be aimed at.

The Predator movie is a fun movie for beer and pretzels, but it's pure professional wrestling stuff -- fine if you like greased muscle male soap opera. For me it's a guilty pleasure. Note though that the movie is a breeding ground for US governors. I wonder when the Predator himself will be made governor, and what state it will be? Better that than Carl Weathers.

Although it doesn't really matter much in the end -- it doesn't look like Alien 5 was going to take off anyway. There were rumors that Ridley Scott was considering making Alien 5 if it ever took off, but I think AvP will more or less assure that it never does. So I think the movie's tagline -- "No Matter Who Wins, We Lose" -- is more accurate than the moviemakers realize.

It's always good to see that Lance Henrikson is getting work though.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Larry_Dunn [It's always good to see that Lance Henrikson is getting work though.

Amen to that!
I've been waiting forever for Pumpkinhead III, but alas, no word on that project in years...

I tihnk that Pumpkinhead makes a cameo in AvP2!

I agree with you Larry,
And I hope I'm wrong but this could be the death knell for Aliens, as well as Predator.

Regards,

Manny Pregoquote]Originally posted by Larry_Dunn

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk And the fans! Don't forget the fans! The fans of both fanchises have been begging for this for years.

Well, some have been.

I love the first Alien movie. It's a classic gothic horror movie, set in space. The second movie is a fun action pic with more of a brain than most. I didn't especially care for the following two, but putting the Alien franchise in movies with another action movie franchise really does sound the death knell for the Alien movies as a series of serious pictures, IMO. It's a very comic-book fanboyish direction to take the Alien franchise (not that there's anything wrong with that! ), which started life with what is arguably one of the greatest movies ever made.

The fact that you can get a movie summary from a video game website really does say a lot about who the movie will be aimed at.

The Predator movie is a fun movie for beer and pretzels, but it's pure professional wrestling stuff -- fine if you like greased muscle male soap opera. For me it's a guilty pleasure. Note though that the movie is a breeding ground for US governors. I wonder when the Predator himself will be made governor, and what state it will be? Better that than Carl Weathers.

Although it doesn't really matter much in the end -- it doesn't look like Alien 5 was going to take off anyway. There were rumors that Ridley Scott was considering making Alien 5 if it ever took off, but I think AvP will more or less assure that it never does. So I think the movie's tagline -- "No Matter Who Wins, We Lose" -- is more accurate than the moviemakers realize.

It's always good to see that Lance Henrikson is getting work though.