Alien v Predator 2 trailer -- kick ass!
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Based on the trailer, the plot seems to be going to go something like this.
The Predators have returned to earth for another test of the skills of young predators. This is why the ship has crashed, as well as there being holding tanks with face huggers. Now, because in the last one, the test was done at a temple in one of the polar regions (I forget which one), they have gone to another area on the planet that's got similar temples. This one, I'm guessing, is the one in South America, judging by what was shown in the last movie, as well as where the ship crashes. The intention is to use the native population for the creation of more aliens, but there is some traveling expedition. Vacationers or something. This SA country the ship crashes in is an ally of the US government and they call them for assistance. The US sends in ground troops at first to try to contain the situation, while the Predators have returned and are currently hunting the aliens. Having 2 enemies to fight would show who amongst the predators has even greater skill than just hunting the aliens, especially since they have now 3 examples of some decent hardware being used by the humans (the last 3 Predator-involved movies). Humans start attacking the predators, either out of fear from not knowing what's going on or as part of the ground troops trying to contain the situation. It could even be humans of the SA country, too. Eventually, the US government sees this isn't working as well as they hoped, so they send in air support to blow the crap out of the area. The civilians that are the first in the area to see the initial ship crash think they will send in bombs and are trying to save themselves while fighting off aliens.
If this is true, it's much better than the first one, as far as general ideas. The finished product is another story. If the movie is pretty much wall-to-wall action, the movie should kick the ass out of the trailer.
The Predators have returned to earth for another test of the skills of young predators. This is why the ship has crashed, as well as there being holding tanks with face huggers. Now, because in the last one, the test was done at a temple in one of the polar regions (I forget which one), they have gone to another area on the planet that's got similar temples. This one, I'm guessing, is the one in South America, judging by what was shown in the last movie, as well as where the ship crashes. The intention is to use the native population for the creation of more aliens, but there is some traveling expedition. Vacationers or something. This SA country the ship crashes in is an ally of the US government and they call them for assistance. The US sends in ground troops at first to try to contain the situation, while the Predators have returned and are currently hunting the aliens. Having 2 enemies to fight would show who amongst the predators has even greater skill than just hunting the aliens, especially since they have now 3 examples of some decent hardware being used by the humans (the last 3 Predator-involved movies). Humans start attacking the predators, either out of fear from not knowing what's going on or as part of the ground troops trying to contain the situation. It could even be humans of the SA country, too. Eventually, the US government sees this isn't working as well as they hoped, so they send in air support to blow the crap out of the area. The civilians that are the first in the area to see the initial ship crash think they will send in bombs and are trying to save themselves while fighting off aliens.
If this is true, it's much better than the first one, as far as general ideas. The finished product is another story. If the movie is pretty much wall-to-wall action, the movie should kick the ass out of the trailer.
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If the summary is correct, it's a small step back in the direction they should have gone in the first place; namely use the story from the original Dark Horse Comics' AVP miniseries that started it all 18 years ago with colonists on recently settled planet Ryushi wind up being caught up in the epic struggle between the two groups. However it'd be damned hard to find a female lead who could effective play the main character of Machiko Noguchi, the Chigusa Corporation's administrator of the colony who leads the fight on behalf of the humans, and eventually sides with and befriends the Predator elder Broken Tusk.
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If I'm not wrong, they also use the sewer idea from the old and unused AVP script I read a while ago.Mike DiCenso wrote:If the summary is correct, it's a small step back in the direction they should have gone in the first place; namely use the story from the original Dark Horse Comics' AVP miniseries that started it all 18 years ago with colonists on recently settled planet Ryushi wind up being caught up in the epic struggle between the two groups. However it'd be damned hard to find a female lead who could effective play the main character of Machiko Noguchi, the Chigusa Corporation's administrator of the colony who leads the fight on behalf of the humans, and eventually sides with and befriends the Predator elder Broken Tusk.
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I'm just going to post post what I already wrote in the other forum:
Mr. Oragahn wrote:Has anyone seen the International trailer?
It has plenty of gore. Be warned. This film finally got an R rating.
Simply put, the first one was utter crap. I'm already very cold towards the idea of taking canonically anything like a film pitting Preds against Aliens, but at least, that one is right.
It has all the good from the first Predator as far as I can see (the loud machine guns, the thick forest, the pred physique, the suit/helmt design, the IR view and HUD, even the glowing eyes), it has the good from the second one (the space ship), without the horrible cheese, and it's full of very good deaths apparently, good gore and even kids got facehugged.
So at least, we may finally got a right versus on screen.
Truthfully, I'm going frame by frame through that trailer to spot the juicy details.
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The original attempt at AVP was supposed to be a direct adaptation of the original Dark Horse mini-series comic. I don't remember the specifics, nor do I feel like digging through boxes to find the Starlog interview with the writer to look up the dispute between DH and 20th Century Fox that killed the project.
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Mr. Oragahn wrote:Has anyone seen the International trailer?
It has plenty of gore. Be warned. This film finally got an R rating.
Simply put, the first one was utter crap. I'm already very cold towards the idea of taking canonically anything like a film pitting Preds against Aliens, but at least, that one is right.
It has all the good from the first Predator as far as I can see (the loud machine guns, the thick forest, the pred physique, the suit/helmt design, the IR view and HUD, even the glowing eyes), it has the good from the second one (the space ship), without the horrible cheese, and it's full of very good deaths apparently, good gore and even kids got facehugged.
So at least, we may finally got a right versus on screen.
Truthfully, I'm going frame by frame through that trailer to spot the juicy details.
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