He screwed up Resident Evil and he will do the same to AvP because the man is an idiot who thinks he knows what audiences like but hasn't got a clue in reality.
I can see loads of things that are gonna be wrong with AvP the mains ones being...
1: Clitched characters
2: Storyline not making a whole lot of sense
3: 15 or 12 certificate so theres not much violence
4: Normal sized people playing the predators instead of really tall people like how they should be.
yeah in the UK we have different rating like if a decent movie was going to come out e.g. like T3 , then suddnely they class it as a 12 people of the age 12 and up can watch it! So the means it sucks! AvP must be a 18 or a 15 at least!
if it turns out to be a 12 thats it i dont care wat happens it will suck!
u might as well turn it into an animated series like Finding Nemo and rate it a U
well, it's 5 teenage predators, so they can be a bit shorter <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
So, who do you think is going to win?
-5 predator teenagers -Some whole lot of aliens -A handful of Whoever wins, we lose? humans (mostly scientists?) who are very surprisingly trapped in the pyramid by pure coincidence during a coming of age massacre, I mean ritual.
<!--QuoteBegin-V-MAN+Mar 11 2004, 09:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (V-MAN @ Mar 11 2004, 09:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 4: Normal sized people playing the predators instead of really tall people like how they should be. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The Predator in Predator 1 wasn't excessively tall... if I recall, he was only several inches taller then Dutch (He lifts him a bit off the ground to look him in the eye) and Arnold Schwarzenegger is about 6' 2".
<!--QuoteBegin-EEK+Mar 11 2004, 01:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Mar 11 2004, 01:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-V-MAN+Mar 11 2004, 09:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (V-MAN @ Mar 11 2004, 09:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 4: Normal sized people playing the predators instead of really tall people like how they should be. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The Predator in Predator 1 wasn't excessively tall... if I recall, he was only several inches taller then Dutch (He lifts him a bit off the ground to look him in the eye) and Arnold Schwarzenegger is about 6' 2".
Daaam I spelled his name right without googling! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> The actor playing the predator was around 7 foot. So the Predator was taller. That's <i>tall</i>.
<!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Mar 11 2004, 01:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Mar 11 2004, 01:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-EEK+Mar 11 2004, 01:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Mar 11 2004, 01:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-V-MAN+Mar 11 2004, 09:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (V-MAN @ Mar 11 2004, 09:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 4: Normal sized people playing the predators instead of really tall people like how they should be. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The Predator in Predator 1 wasn't excessively tall... if I recall, he was only several inches taller then Dutch (He lifts him a bit off the ground to look him in the eye) and Arnold Schwarzenegger is about 6' 2".
Daaam I spelled his name right without googling! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The actor playing the predator was around 7 foot. So the Predator was taller. That's <i>tall</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> When he says "Really tall" I'm thinking 8 or more. 7 foot is tall, yes, but he wouldn't look out of place on an NBA court. I mean, that Chinese dude is like 7 and and a half.
soz for the massive spam. But for the love of god i do not want AvP to turn out like matrix 3 or T3. I want gore and violence i want to be on the edge of me seat!
i dont want to be sat in a 12 with loads of kids going wow ali3n0z h0\/4r without flapping0z u know it will just kill the movie!
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All four Alien movies, both Predator movies, and Resident Evil were rated R in the US (must be 17 or accompanied by a parent); I think it's likely that this movie will also get an R rating. PG-13 is the "holy grail" these days - the best way to get a huge audience - but some movies just can't be done PG-13, and I daresay AvP is one of them.
Regarding Anderson's accomplishments as a director: I think Resident Evil was a very well put-together movie - the best movie using a video game license, IMO. He wasn't a slave to the (meandering, hole-filled) plot of any of the RE games; instead, he took the basic premise - a virus, zombies, a corporation, and an elite special forces team - and put together a solid movie. The acting was good, the visual direction was very good, and he captured the creepy, wait-for-it essence of the game many times.
She beat up the zombie dogs with martial arts, they shot a giant swarm of zombies without really running out of ammo... what part of all that is resident evil other than the most basic of 'omg zombies' premises? =P
Also the part where the licker tries to break the glass with it's shoulder was so embarringly bad I laughed out loud. You can clearly see that it's a big cruddy model on a rig that they swing against the glass panel... it even wobbles like if you threw a puppet against a wall ^^;
If it hadn't been a 'resident evil' movie I might've enjoyed it more but as it stands I felt it lacked the resident evil spirit something terrible =/
As for AvP... watch the featurette eek linked ( and was linked in like 3 other avp topics in the past). You'll get to see the director talk about the film and feel your gut sink in despair ^^
"yeah! woo! and the preds are gonna have like this big shuriken thing that's totally not aerodynamic but flies because it's like supar alien tecknologee and you can even use it to like stab people ~starts mimicking stabbing motions~"
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edited March 2004
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 02:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 02:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> "yeah! woo! and the preds are gonna have like this big shuriken thing that's totally not aerodynamic but flies because it's like supar alien tecknologee and you can even use it to like stab people ~starts mimicking stabbing motions~" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ...oh, you mean like the disc from the 2nd movie and the games?
I've watched it. There's also a new trailer up at apple.com with actual footage from the movie. I think it's going to be worth seeing.
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 01:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 01:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> "yeah! woo! and the preds are gonna have like this big shuriken thing that's totally not aerodynamic but flies because it's like supar alien tecknologee and you can even use it to like stab people ~starts mimicking stabbing motions~" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yep, yep, that's what he reminded me of...a giddy little kid going, "Look Mommy! They're letting me hold a camera!...Wait, now they want me to shoot a movie...Yay!"
...Bah.
I think almost everyone on this board could write a better premise in a day than that entire movie has...
For reference: The Predator (in 1 and 2) was played by <a href='http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-13697' target='_blank'>Kevin Peter Hall</a> who is..fairly tall. With additional predator costume he's a bit higher. He holds Arnold about 8-12 inches off the ground, and bends slightly down to look him in the eyes. Unfortunately, he died in 1991, which is one of the reasons there's been a lack of a Predator movie recently (that and lack of good scripts, funding and how much Danny Glover sucks and shouldn't be able to kill a Predator...).
He also play Harry, from Harry and the Hendersons...so he could be all fluffy when he wanted to, too <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
[EDIT] Note that the site linked above has a picture of Kevin Peter Hall next to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The disk at least looks like it'd fly more than 10 foot, that shuriken thing looks extremely badly weighted and has the aerodynamics of a brick compared to the disk. Sure el disko isn't perfect but it's about 10,000 times more plausible looking than the daffy finger blade... which funnily enough seems to do exactly the same thing as the disk. Why do they have them again? =P
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 03:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 03:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The disk at least looks like it'd fly more than 10 foot, that shuriken thing looks extremely badly weighted and has the aerodynamics of a brick compared to the disk. Sure el disko isn't perfect but it's about 10,000 times more plausible looking than the daffy finger blade... which funnily enough seems to do exactly the same thing as the disk. Why do they have them again? =P <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> ...I'm guessing baby predator shotput.
And then the disc can just be the discus...hey, they have that spear too, it can be their javelin! Now they're ready for the baby-Predator olympics.
Or, maybe the director is just terrible...I guess it's a judgement call.
heh, as much as we agree the portents all point to the film being dire ultimate... you know we'll still end up going to watch it anyways <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
You're missing the cruical detail: The man gets to shoot a movie involving the two biggest 'mature' aliens the world of cinema has produced, <i>and the coolest thing he can think of for the intial presentation of his concept is showing off one of the new weapons</i>. I mean, it's a bad sign for a <i>game</i> when the devs are only shouting about how cool their weapons will be; this is a god damned <i>movie</i>! I don't care about secondary fire, I want to be, you know, entertained!
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->heh, as much as we agree the portents all point to the film being dire ultimate... you know we'll still end up going to watch it anyways <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Although? Because! I'm going to get a few friends together, buy too much popcorn, and have a blast laughing at all the really bad scenes that're bound to occur <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 03:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 03:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->heh, as much as we agree the portents all point to the film being dire ultima... you know we'll still end up going to watch it anyways <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I loves me mys Predators...even if they are terribly done.
I'm with Nemesis here...except instead of eating the popcorn, I'll be throwing it...at the 12 (13 for PG-13 here) in front of me...mwahahaha.
(Yes, I'm the mostest maturestest person ever)
Actually, I'll probably get Milk Duds...they're worse for you and they taste better ( <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>and they hurt more...</span> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> ). Although I'm with coil on this, it has to be rated R...rating it lower will throw off lots of people who have seen the original films.
I don't know, I'd be deceived if he revealed the plot... Sure, that shuriken thing was just.. out of place... but we don't want to know too much about whatever plot element or key to the story just yet.
aliens, preds, big pyramid in a cold place, human scientists and shurikens. I think we've plunged the probable depths this movie has to offer already ^~
as for cinema food I always buy one of those minitubs of haggen daas (or however it's spelled =P ) strawberry cheesecake icecream. It's nummy! =D
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Mar 11 2004, 11:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Mar 11 2004, 11:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm with Nemesis here...except instead of eating the popcorn, I'll be throwing it...at the 12 (13 for PG-13 here) in front of me...mwahahaha. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I believe that the American movie culture is quite different from what it is around here, but... let's just say that if anyone threw any popcorn at me, he'd never be found. Or if by some miracle he were, then he at least wouldn't be recognized.
...
Aaaaanyway, what's this shuriken thing people are talking about? I can't remember seeing anything like that in the trailer. Have I missed something?
<----sneaks in food to moives <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Good man <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> I will be going to my local cinema to see this badboy when it comes out, where I can kick back on proper relaxing sofas and drink a nice cold beer. Yes thats right my cinema pwns.
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 03:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 03:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> aliens, preds, big pyramid in a cold place, human scientists and shurikens. I think we've plunged the probable depths this movie has to offer already ^~
as for cinema food I always buy one of those minitubs of haggen daas (or however it's spelled =P ) strawberry cheesecake icecream. It's nummy! =D <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> All we have here is cheap Marcus Theatres...with their "get fatter than everyone else quick with our over buttered popcorn and candy - soley for throwing at people."
Probably wouldn't get ice cream anyway..it's cold out...and...you need spoons and stuff. Plus, Milk Duds can...rip your teeth out <b>or</b> render people unconscious...they're like spy gear.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know, I'd be deceived if he revealed the plot... Sure, that shuriken thing was just.. out of place... but we don't want to know too much about whatever plot element or key to the story just yet. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't you see? The shurikens are the key to the plot!
[dun, dun, dun]
I too am sure that this movie is probing the depths of "what makes a movie dumb" ideas, Aztec temples = Predator worshipping palaces = hunting grounds for aliens that haven't gotten out, yet they're fairly smart and very dangerous - but the Aztecs kept them in check with bow and arrows and melee weapons = horrible premise.
I'd also like to know how a pyrmaid gets onto Antarctica...but I'm sure all my plot holes will be filled when I go see it. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
[edit] <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUOTE (UltimaGecko @ Mar 11 2004, 11:46 PM) I'm with Nemesis here...except instead of eating the popcorn, I'll be throwing it...at the 12 (13 for PG-13 here) in front of me...mwahahaha.
I believe that the American movie culture is quite different from what it is around here, but... let's just say that if anyone threw any popcorn at me, he'd never be found. Or if by some miracle he were, then he at least wouldn't be recognized.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ahhh, but you're not an annoying American under the age of twelve...are you? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
...and the shuriken is in the featurette, it was inked to on page 1 or 2 or something, or you can go to quicktime.com and eventually find the featurette by the AvP trailer and teaser.
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Mar 12 2004, 12:02 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Mar 12 2004, 12:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Ahhh, but you're not an annoying American under the age of twelve...are you? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well, no <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 09:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 09:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> aliens, preds, big pyramid in a cold place, human scientists and shurikens. I think we've plunged the probable depths this movie has to offer already ^~
as for cinema food I always buy one of those minitubs of haggen daas (or however it's spelled =P ) strawberry cheesecake icecream. It's nummy! =D <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> LoL gem you know the cinema I'm talking about, The Dominon. Class place to go to see films.
I've been around most cinemas in edinburgh and dundee though... odeon, dominion, ABC, UGC, ster, warner village (or vue as it's gonna be called soon), the cameo and the DCA (dundee center for arts or something... it has a cinema =P ).
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Mar 11 2004, 10:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Mar 11 2004, 10:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> actually odeon sells it too dubs =D
I've been around most cinemas in edinburgh and dundee though... odeon, dominion, ABC, UGC, ster, warner village (or vue as it's gonna be called soon), the cameo and the DCA (dundee center for arts or something... it has a cinema =P ). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> The Odeon does beer!!!
<!--QuoteBegin-Burr+Mar 11 2004, 07:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ Mar 11 2004, 07:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Wow, I hate you all for having movie theatres that serve alcohol....lousy U.S. laws..... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> There was a theatre here "West Picture (Pitcher?) Show" that used to show good movies and had pizza and alcohol...it was more a restraunt with a movie than a movie with food and beer...
You ordered and everything...awesome theatre..until that part of town went down hill, now all they show is...not fit for this forum.
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I can see loads of things that are gonna be wrong with AvP the mains ones being...
1: Clitched characters
2: Storyline not making a whole lot of sense
3: 15 or 12 certificate so theres not much violence
4: Normal sized people playing the predators instead of really tall people like how they should be.
if it turns out to be a 12 thats it i dont care wat happens it will suck!
u might as well turn it into an animated series like Finding Nemo and rate it a U
(U = Universal so everyone can see it) !!!!!
So, who do you think is going to win?
-5 predator teenagers
-Some whole lot of aliens
-A handful of Whoever wins, we lose? humans (mostly scientists?) who are very surprisingly trapped in the pyramid by pure coincidence during a coming of age massacre, I mean ritual.
NEVER do that again.
The Predator in Predator 1 wasn't excessively tall... if I recall, he was only several inches taller then Dutch (He lifts him a bit off the ground to look him in the eye) and Arnold Schwarzenegger is about 6' 2".
Daaam I spelled his name right without googling!
The Predator in Predator 1 wasn't excessively tall... if I recall, he was only several inches taller then Dutch (He lifts him a bit off the ground to look him in the eye) and Arnold Schwarzenegger is about 6' 2".
Daaam I spelled his name right without googling! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
The actor playing the predator was around 7 foot. So the Predator was taller. That's <i>tall</i>.
The Predator in Predator 1 wasn't excessively tall... if I recall, he was only several inches taller then Dutch (He lifts him a bit off the ground to look him in the eye) and Arnold Schwarzenegger is about 6' 2".
Daaam I spelled his name right without googling! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The actor playing the predator was around 7 foot. So the Predator was taller. That's <i>tall</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
When he says "Really tall" I'm thinking 8 or more. 7 foot is tall, yes, but he wouldn't look out of place on an NBA court. I mean, that Chinese dude is like 7 and and a half.
i dont want to be sat in a 12 with loads of kids going wow ali3n0z h0\/4r without flapping0z u know it will just kill the movie!
Regarding Anderson's accomplishments as a director: I think Resident Evil was a very well put-together movie - the best movie using a video game license, IMO. He wasn't a slave to the (meandering, hole-filled) plot of any of the RE games; instead, he took the basic premise - a virus, zombies, a corporation, and an elite special forces team - and put together a solid movie. The acting was good, the visual direction was very good, and he captured the creepy, wait-for-it essence of the game many times.
Also the part where the licker tries to break the glass with it's shoulder was so embarringly bad I laughed out loud. You can clearly see that it's a big cruddy model on a rig that they swing against the glass panel... it even wobbles like if you threw a puppet against a wall ^^;
If it hadn't been a 'resident evil' movie I might've enjoyed it more but as it stands I felt it lacked the resident evil spirit something terrible =/
As for AvP... watch the featurette eek linked ( and was linked in like 3 other avp topics in the past). You'll get to see the director talk about the film and feel your gut sink in despair ^^
"yeah! woo! and the preds are gonna have like this big shuriken thing that's totally not aerodynamic but flies because it's like supar alien tecknologee and you can even use it to like stab people ~starts mimicking stabbing motions~"
...oh, you mean like the disc from the 2nd movie and the games?
I've watched it. There's also a new trailer up at apple.com with actual footage from the movie. I think it's going to be worth seeing.
"yeah! woo! and the preds are gonna have like this big shuriken thing that's totally not aerodynamic but flies because it's like supar alien tecknologee and you can even use it to like stab people ~starts mimicking stabbing motions~" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep, yep, that's what he reminded me of...a giddy little kid going, "Look Mommy! They're letting me hold a camera!...Wait, now they want me to shoot a movie...Yay!"
...Bah.
I think almost everyone on this board could write a better premise in a day than that entire movie has...
For reference:
The Predator (in 1 and 2) was played by <a href='http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-13697' target='_blank'>Kevin Peter Hall</a> who is..fairly tall. With additional predator costume he's a bit higher. He holds Arnold about 8-12 inches off the ground, and bends slightly down to look him in the eyes. Unfortunately, he died in 1991, which is one of the reasons there's been a lack of a Predator movie recently (that and lack of good scripts, funding and how much Danny Glover sucks and shouldn't be able to kill a Predator...).
He also play Harry, from Harry and the Hendersons...so he could be all fluffy when he wanted to, too <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
[EDIT] Note that the site linked above has a picture of Kevin Peter Hall next to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
...I'm guessing baby predator shotput.
And then the disc can just be the discus...hey, they have that spear too, it can be their javelin! Now they're ready for the baby-Predator olympics.
Or, maybe the director is just terrible...I guess it's a judgement call.
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Although? Because! I'm going to get a few friends together, buy too much popcorn, and have a blast laughing at all the really bad scenes that're bound to occur <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I loves me mys Predators...even if they are terribly done.
I'm with Nemesis here...except instead of eating the popcorn, I'll be throwing it...at the 12 (13 for PG-13 here) in front of me...mwahahaha.
(Yes, I'm the mostest maturestest person ever)
Actually, I'll probably get Milk Duds...they're worse for you and they taste better ( <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>and they hurt more...</span> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> ). Although I'm with coil on this, it has to be rated R...rating it lower will throw off lots of people who have seen the original films.
as for cinema food I always buy one of those minitubs of haggen daas (or however it's spelled =P ) strawberry cheesecake icecream. It's nummy! =D
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I believe that the American movie culture is quite different from what it is around here, but... let's just say that if anyone threw any popcorn at me, he'd never be found. Or if by some miracle he were, then he at least wouldn't be recognized.
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Aaaaanyway, what's this shuriken thing people are talking about? I can't remember seeing anything like that in the trailer. Have I missed something?
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Good man <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> I will be going to my local cinema to see this badboy when it comes out, where I can kick back on proper relaxing sofas and drink a nice cold beer. Yes thats right my cinema pwns.
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All we have here is cheap Marcus Theatres...with their "get fatter than everyone else quick with our over buttered popcorn and candy - soley for throwing at people."
Probably wouldn't get ice cream anyway..it's cold out...and...you need spoons and stuff. Plus, Milk Duds can...rip your teeth out <b>or</b> render people unconscious...they're like spy gear.
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I don't know, I'd be deceived if he revealed the plot... Sure, that shuriken thing was just.. out of place... but we don't want to know too much about whatever plot element or key to the story just yet. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't you see? The shurikens are the key to the plot!
[dun, dun, dun]
I too am sure that this movie is probing the depths of "what makes a movie dumb" ideas, Aztec temples = Predator worshipping palaces = hunting grounds for aliens that haven't gotten out, yet they're fairly smart and very dangerous - but the Aztecs kept them in check with bow and arrows and melee weapons = horrible premise.
I'd also like to know how a pyrmaid gets onto Antarctica...but I'm sure all my plot holes will be filled when I go see it. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUOTE (UltimaGecko @ Mar 11 2004, 11:46 PM)
I'm with Nemesis here...except instead of eating the popcorn, I'll be throwing it...at the 12 (13 for PG-13 here) in front of me...mwahahaha.
I believe that the American movie culture is quite different from what it is around here, but... let's just say that if anyone threw any popcorn at me, he'd never be found. Or if by some miracle he were, then he at least wouldn't be recognized.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ahhh, but you're not an annoying American under the age of twelve...are you? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
...and the shuriken is in the featurette, it was inked to on page 1 or 2 or something, or you can go to quicktime.com and eventually find the featurette by the AvP trailer and teaser.
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*toddles off to see teh shurikan*
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LoL gem you know the cinema I'm talking about, The Dominon. Class place to go to see films.
I've been around most cinemas in edinburgh and dundee though... odeon, dominion, ABC, UGC, ster, warner village (or vue as it's gonna be called soon), the cameo and the DCA (dundee center for arts or something... it has a cinema =P ).
Anyways, looks okay.
I've been around most cinemas in edinburgh and dundee though... odeon, dominion, ABC, UGC, ster, warner village (or vue as it's gonna be called soon), the cameo and the DCA (dundee center for arts or something... it has a cinema =P ). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> The Odeon does beer!!!
There was a theatre here "West Picture (Pitcher?) Show" that used to show good movies and had pizza and alcohol...it was more a restraunt with a movie than a movie with food and beer...
You ordered and everything...awesome theatre..until that part of town went down hill, now all they show is...not fit for this forum.