AVP MOVIE!!!!!!!!!YEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[germanNiklas]

YES YES YES
maybe some of u people know this but i didnt.......
im a HUGE fan of aliens, just love the films
also a HUGE fan of predator and of cours a big fan of the games alien vs predator
well, they are making FINALLY the film alien vs predator
check out this trailer

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

not the best trailer but its soemthing
films comming out summer next year

[bassman]

Allright!!!!
I like Aliens very much but I love the Predator!!!! And I loved AVP2 too ;)

Thanx for the great news!!!! :)

[NJEnviroguy]

I frequent the movie trailers page from the Quicktime site all the time. I love trailers, they are better than some of the feature films out there. :)

[bassman]

Originally posted by NJEnviroguy
I love trailers, they are better than some of the feature films out there. :)
Actually, I've seen trailers that are way better than the their movie :p

[Bigjakkstaffa]

The script has been knocking around for year, and i mean YEARS. Problem with it was probably the lack of dialogue, even though there was a band of humans in the script, they played a fairly minor role if memory serves (i read it - partially - a few years ago) and as such its easy to se ehwo many studiops wouldnt want to touch the script.

Should be worth watching though if its anything like its parent franchises

--Jakk:t

[InnovaZero]

Originally posted by Bigjakkstaffa
The script has been knocking around for year, and i mean YEARS. Problem with it was probably the lack of dialogue, even though there was a band of humans in the script, they played a fairly minor role if memory serves (i read it - partially - a few years ago) and as such its easy to se ehwo many studiops wouldnt want to touch the script.

Should be worth watching though if its anything like its parent franchises

--Jakk:t

I'm willing to bet that it will be like Freddy vs Jason. (Which might I add, was done **** well!)

[germanNiklas]

i like the ending of the trailer
WHOEVER WINS, WE LOSE
well THAT is true
i mean, we dont have arnie in that movie and we dont have sigourney weaver who cud save us!

[bassman]

Yeah, and Danny Glover is too old for Pred fighting :p :D ;)

[bassman]

Check out a video with some info on the movie at http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avp/featurette/

[germanNiklas]

wow THANKS SO MUCH
wicked
any more movies out there from this film!?

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Oh dear, its coming from the clown who made the Godawful Resident Evil movie

--Jakk:t

[germanNiklas]

i liked the film

[CrazyCrusher]

liked RE to, this looks really nice, thanks a mill dude for the Movie man.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

In the same way games cant do movie tie in's, movies cant do game tie in's. Resident Evil was a case in point, one cannot help but think that if they had gotten George Romero (the king of Zombie movies) onboard the final result would have been much better than the bucket of bile it turned out to be.

It was a half hearted action film cut and shut with a godawful attempt at horror and the Zombie genre which did little for me bar ease me to sleep

If you want real zobie horror check out George A Romero's Dead Trilogy and The Evil Dead 1 + 2

--Jakk:t

[the xenon]

wow that movie going to be so cool :D

[cbh]

How come the timeline is set during the 21st century? It should be set in the future where the Marines will also join in the fight for survival.

Similar to the PC game! I like to use the Marines because their weapons are awesome. I even tried LAN mode with my friends and the Marines really beat the Aliens but they lose out to the Predators.

****...

That was two years ago and I would never forget that moment.

:t

[germanNiklas]

i hope they bring a alien vs predator 3 game............
the second one was not bad at all, but the expansion was [*-deleted word-*]

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[nk4]

I think the game (AVP2) had an excellent scenario. It revolved around humans no matter what character you controled, and it was one story in 3 acts. Not to mention humans actually appeared somewhat prepared to face them. They had developed an anti-predator weapon, captured and killed a few preds, and were fully aware of their existence. Unlike the predator film where humans dont know what hit them until the very end.

If only the movie was based on the game, I think the result would be very good. Unfortunately it isnt. I'm looking forward to it of course, like any alien/predator film.

[Logan2002]

RE was a great flick. Now RE 2 will be coming out.

I think some games are done well in Movies...some.

Mortal Kombat sucked A@@.

[nk4]

MK sucked but was much much better than streetfighter. MK2 sucked big time though. And there was no cristoph lambert.

Btw, the streetfighter movie spawned a game too! It was called streetfighter the movie. It was an arcade game with digitised characters from the film. Also sucked.

[zybch]

God I hate quicktime!! :mad:

The whole point in releasing trailers/teasers on the net is to get them viewed by as many people as possible.
When you're tied to an internet connection and unable to actually save the clips to your hard drive this point is completely lost.

IF I was going to be releasing a trailer I'd use .avi (mpeg4) and have it downloadable instead of only playable when a net connection is present! AT least that way you could share it with friends and post the thing to web sites that are more popular than the movie companys' own one!

Can someone please explain to me why oh why do so many movie companies keep on insisting that we all put up with bloody quicktime?!

Its just one more piece of [*-deleted word-*] software that tries to take over all media playback that you have to install to your PC in order to be able to watch stuff.
Does Apple pay fox/universal/new line etc to force people to use quicktime? Of are the companies just out of touch with what people would like to do?


Look like it might be watchable though.

I liked the film of Resident Evil much more than the game.

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[DeepWhite]

to save the trailer on HD you need quicktime pro.. quicktime can't use the save option..

greetings boris

[zybch]

Originally posted by zybch

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Surely if a word has been used in The Simpsons which is targeted at kids, then its not too adult to use in these forums.
If there are no lists of actual 'naughty words' then how is it possible to know which ones not to use (apart from the F, C, S and N words).

[fishybawb]

Originally posted by zybch
Surely if a word has been used in The Simpsons which is targeted at kids, then its not too adult to use in these forums.
If there are no lists of actual 'naughty words' then how is it possible to know which ones not to use (apart from the F, C, S and N words).

It does seem to be pretty random. Let's test it. ****.

[bassman]

Originally posted by zybch
Surely if a word has been used in The Simpsons which is targeted at kids...
Do you think that the humour in The Simpsons is targeted at kids?

[zybch]

No, the humour is (now more than ever) adult oriented but the show itself seems aimed at kids.
In truth, I don't think Fox knows what to do with it, even after umpteen tears, so its shown in timeslots that are potentially too early and hence becomes a kid/family show. 6:00 weeknights is when I sometimes catch it, a kid/family timeslot.

[armyrecon76]

avp 1 can anyone help with a question ?
I just bought this and tried playing it but its like its in slow motion and most of the functions are severly delayed is this normal in this game or what the computer is brand new so I dought thats the proble but I am open to suggestion- Thanx

[zybch]

For some reason it didn't like XP on my machine. The sound was all up the creek and I got the occasional jerkyness.

[Radi0h3ad]

I'm with Jakk on the game / movie tie ins, they just don't mix, however I always thought the Alien films beat the Predator movies, and if this film is as good as those, even if it matches Alien Ressurection which was a little iffy but still good nonetheless, I think it will definitely be worth watching. I mean look at Batman - Dead End, the Batman vs Alien & Predator short film that's flying around. That was done well, I think, and it goes to show that dodgy cross overs can work if done properly.

Hopefully Alien Vs Predator won't go down with the rest of them as yet another failed attempt at bringing video games to the big screen.

[armyrecon76]

I think as long as they use some of the newest movie technices it should not disappoint anyone

[bassman]

John Bruno (special effects) on interview for IGN FilmForce

IGN: What has been your biggest challenge on the film?
BRUNO: Well, coming up with the Predator cloaking… We're doing some spectacular things in this film. We're not just having the Predator stopping, then the dissolve come. We have him leaping a 25-foot gap in the Chamber of Gods and while in mid-air he disappears, but the camera still follows him. It's very complex motion control – repeatable passes. It takes a long time and there's a lot of pressure. But it's going to look fantastic. We've already got some rough cuts together and it looks really good. Getting to see every aspect and every minute detail of how a face-hugger leaps – we shot it at 300 frames a second. It's all CG – the face hugger leaps across the room. So there's a scene where they'll all be flying and you'll get to study them a bit – like flying squirrels, they're lining up their targets. I already saw the rough cuts on that and we've got some pre-visualizations that look really good.

IGN: What about Predator vision?
BRUNO: Predator vision we've basically pushed much farther. We studied the first one – we don't want to do something that's completely not the same, but we've got four stages of it. What Predator vision was in the first two movies was basically an optical, hand-animated pattern over a live-action image. We're taking that as a look, but we've basically found a military grade heat-sensing technology that actually does that and it looks pretty spectacular. But that's when we're in wide shots. We're going to enhance that somewhat and we're doing it in 3-D layers. When the Predator is looking for specific things – he goes inside Weyland, looking at his physical stature – and by going into his body and looking at his organs he can tell that this guy's not worth the fight and just leaves him behind. So we're doing that sort of thing. Muscles, bones, and organs.

IGN: The Predator has a lot of weapons. How many of those are CG?
BRUNO: We have to make the blades – there are bigger blades this time – so we have to have them pop out in CG. There's no other way to do it. The same thing with the flying disc – it pops out blades. They have the end position and the empty position; we do the rest. The spears do the same thing.

[Logan2002]

Originally posted by Radi0h3ad
I'm with Jakk on the game / movie tie ins, they just don't mix, however I always thought the Alien films beat the Predator movies, and if this film is as good as those, even if it matches Alien Ressurection which was a little iffy but still good nonetheless, I think it will definitely be worth watching. I mean look at Batman - Dead End, the Batman vs Alien & Predator short film that's flying around. That was done well, I think, and it goes to show that dodgy cross overs can work if done properly.

Hopefully Alien Vs Predator won't go down with the rest of them as yet another failed attempt at bringing video games to the big screen.

Yeah i hope so too.
But you know what it is possible they can tie in the two stories.
The predator is a race that is nomadic in nature which searches for suitable "prey". That is pretty simple.

As long as the they stick to the original Alien story line. It will be cool. When will this be released?

[germanNiklas]

08.06.04 so i think 06.08.04

u know often they turn the two frist numbers around dont ask me why?
often gets confusing!?!?!?!

[bassman]

They're late, it should be out now :mad: Just bought the Predator Special Edition DVD ;) :D

[armyrecon76]

I am wondering what the time line is in the movie the second predator movie showed how predators have been coming to earth since the 1600's ie: the flintlock pistol and they hinted that they had dealt with aliens before cause of the skull on the trophy wall in the ship. Aliens is set far into the earths future ie: space travel and colonization of other planets - I read that this movie takes place on earth which stands to reason every human is likely to die or else that contradicts the original Aliens movie in the fact that no one knew what they encountering ie: no known existance of aliens from earths past? interesting yes?

[zybch]

Originally posted by armyrecon76
I am wondering what the time line is in the movie the second predator movie showed how predators have been....

The only thing it showed is why sequels are usually a really bad idea.

So many continuity problems, special effects that my 15 yr old brother could do (train bit with the sparks), acting so bad it made the guy in the predator suit look less plastic than the stars and so much other 'DON'T DO THIS IN A FILM' stuff that I wanted to strangle the director, crew and stupid Fox execs that greenlit the film.

But hey, thats just me :)

[mireland]

If it is made I hope it's better than Predator 2 and Aliens 3 and 4, cuz they sucked big time!:mad:

[zybch]

Provided its not been made in the "Lets make a sequel/spinoff so we can grab some more money" attitude, it might just be okay.
The AvP thing certanly has some great possibilities, but how they could be explored on the big screen might be tricky.

[cbh]

I think the movie will be more on the aliens and the predators. The humans are there by accident.

[PacNW CE]

I agree with Jakk(again).

typically, movies from videogames and vice versa blow colon. The ONLY redeaming thing about RE was when you could freeze the picture on the DVD for a split second see Milla nekked.

Movies that suck:
Tomb Raider
SMB
Double Dragon
Street Fighter
RE

Exceptions always exist, but they are definately not the norm.

Games from movies that suck:
two letters

E.T.

I rest my case.

That said, AVP2 is a good game, and AVP has the potential to be a good flick. I was watching Pred Arnold last week, and It amazes me how Un Cheesy the special effects were. I watched Total Recall and laughed myself off the couch with how fake some of the special effects looked.

End of ramble, I'm going home now.

:D

[chriswhitelaw]

is there a decent trailer of the movie yet or is it still a teaser?

[germanNiklas]

www.avp-movie.com
thats all
film comes out in 8 months so there wont be a proper trailer yet

[bassman]

Originally posted by armyrecon76
I am wondering what the time line is in the movie the second predator movie showed how predators have been coming to earth since the 1600's ie: the flintlock pistol
There was a dinossaur skull on the ship!

[bassman]

The trailer is now available on http://www.avp-movie.com :)

[germanNiklas]

what u guys like more
aliens or predator

i just love how the aliens look, that huge head and then these wicked silver teeth and then that small mouth which comes out of big one

predator looks ugly (when his mask is off) when he has it on he looks cool

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Alien for one simple reason...SPACE MARINES!!!

I say again...SPACE MARINES!!!

and i dont even like Sci-Fi :x

--Jakk:t

[bassman]

Originally posted by germanNiklas
what u guys like more
aliens or predator
I love the Predator - if I wasn't me, I'd wanna be one of them :p It's just too much style :D

[cbh]

Too bad! This movie is set in the present and the space marines don't even exist.

:eek:

[bassman]

The official AVP movie website has been totally rebuilt, and now contains loads of new material on the movie. It's for registered users only, I already seen it and it rocks! :) ;)

http://www.avp-movie.com

[germanNiklas]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avp/featurette2/

[zybch]

I have to say that the plot about 'teenage' predators just plain sucks. Its the lack of plot that made the first movie great, and the attempted injection of a plot that totally ruined P2.
The alien series was wreked by the overdriving need to make it accessable after movie #2 and stick in a plot other than the standard war film if the 2nd movie, or the 'smart people doing dumb things' plot of the 1st movie.

Move away from these 2 basic staples of sci-fi and you meet with financial disaster or critical disaster (synonimous a lot of the time).

[germanNiklas]

wow, the page looks great now

[cbh]

I want to watch the movie!

:(

[germanNiklas]

me2

[cusimar9]

God I hate quicktime!!

The whole point in releasing trailers/teasers on the net is to get them viewed by as many people as possible.
When you're tied to an internet connection and unable to actually save the clips to your hard drive this point is completely lost.

I'm pretty sure you can actually download the clips (though its a bit of a pain)

If you go to View-> Source you can find the URL of the movie, then just paste it into a Download Manager (Like DAP) and you can download it straight to your harddrive.

Where there's a will, there's a way :D

[zybch]

with the full (paid) version of QT you get a save option.
But I shouldn't have to pay just to be able to see a clip offline.

The movie companies really reduce the reach of their trailers by not offering a simple download option.

[cbh]

Is there a Electronic Frontier Foundation in the US??

I heard that it supports the distribution of movies in the Internet.

[germanNiklas]

http://avp-movie.com/trailers/featurette3/

[germanNiklas]

new trailer

http://avp-movie.com/trailers/internet_preview/index.html

:t

2 more months . . .

[Logan2002]

Yeah I saw the trailer at movies yesterday.....very nice!

I hope the story line is good. I mean where is Ripley? She is a human alien hybrid. I wonder if they will include history from the other movies timelines.
:p

[germanNiklas]

i wonder if they all die in the end, i mean all alien movies play in like 2100 or so i dont know at least on far future and avp plays NOW i think caus in traielrs they have like "normal guns" . . . and if they survive i think they will tell what they have seen and in the first alien movie they never heard of these aliens!

[bassman]

Originally posted by Logan2002
I hope the story line is good.
Who needs that :p ;)

[germanNiklas]

ACTION :x :r :D

there is a poll on the website, who will win

well who will

i think predator!

[bassman]

I voted a long time ago: Predator :r :)

[girls_love]

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[bushmaster]

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