I don't think I'll watch any of the AVP movies any more.
I lost interest in the Alien Movies after Alien 3 and I dod not like Predator 2 at all. So, this will be an "if it's on TV sometime, I'll watch it. But I will not spent one cent on this movie.

You lost interest in the 'Alien' series after watching the best entry(Alien 3, of course)!? That's lame...

~Zack~

I just saw the trailler today and I absolutely cannot wait to see it. It looks ten times better than the first one was, and actually has pretty much everything I wanted to see in the first one, mostly Aliens on Earth that leapright in through your front window. I'm glad its not long till its released (round Christmas in US, January in UK) but I'll be seeing it as soon as I can.

There's another new trailer over at IGN. This one's just greenband, but it makes the movie look pretty kick ass.

Here's the link:

http://au.media.movies.ign.com/media/746/746237/vids_1.html


Matt.

Got a cool pic of the predalien here-

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/746/746237/img_5011590.html

~Zack~

I just the TV spot. I never thought I'd say this but "AVP:R" looks waaay better than Anderson's hunk of fecal matter. In fact, it feels like the first one never happened. I doubt it'll be great, per se, but it looks like fun. I also got a kick out of the red R in the logo. It's like they tried to make the R rating into a selling point, haha.

I don't know about the predalien though. Looks kinda stupid, IMO. Like a rastafari Alien, or something that the action figure department thought would be a cool toy for Christmas  but just doesn't work on film.

I don't understand why we need a hybrid again either. The one in Alien 4 sucked. Aliens and predators are way cool by themselves. No need for gimmicks.

Yeah, the dreadlocks looks pretty stupid on the alien. I don't mind the "facial parts" though, they look alright.

Quoted from Death Monkey I don't understand why we need a hybrid again either. The one in Alien 4 sucked. Aliens and predators are way cool by themselves. No need for gimmicks.

I agree with you about the A:R disaster newbreed, but aliens bred from different hosts (as in Alien3) will look different than the ones bred from humans. So it would make sense if a pred-alien looks different - but the hair? Forget about it.

The first five minutes is online, here.

I am not liking that we see the predators' homeworld. But it still looks like it's gonna be pretty awesome once the killin' starts.

Am I the only one that finds the kid with the face-hugger distasteful?

Feels kinda' cheap and exploitative.

Doesn't give me much optimism about the remainder of the film, either.

Quoted from bert Am I the only one that finds the kid with the face-hugger distasteful?

I'm actually okay with that. It hasn't been done before in an alien movie and it just goes to show that no matter race, age, religion, gender etc. the alien will fuck you up.

Now, if the kid had been skinned by a predator, that would have been distasteful.

Am I the only one who doesn't think 'taste' should be factored into a movie that's called "Aliens VS Predator"? The title itself promises exploitation of some kind.

Generally I applaud when kids are dispatched in horror movies. Nobody wants them around anyway.

So thumbs up from here.

Quoted from Sniper I'm actually okay with that.

Quoted from D.M. ...thumbs up...

Quoted from Jordan I loved it...

Hmm...guess I ain't in the target audience haha.

I don't know.  I always thought the Alien movies were kind of classy in their own way -- with top-notch visuals and attention to story -- even if you do not agree with every decision they made with the franchise, at least it looked like they were trying.

But now they are just slumming and pandering.  That's how I see it, anyway.

Okay, I'll side with Bert.

I've always thought of Alien and Predator as mature, adult-oriented franchises, even when the films sucked.  Sure, there's obligatory sex in Predator 2, but frankly, I think both franchises have always taken the high road as far as both sci fi and horror go.  Then we've got this cheap "haven't done this yet" gag.  I think it sucks.

Oh and the storytelling seems very matter-of-fact and, frankly, terrible in the first five minutes, but I'm sure that'll get cleaned up.