Thread: Predator(s) 3 ? & AvP 3

AVP 1 was pretty okay.
I was a little disappointed by 2,
And since sequels are rarely ever as good as an original. Hopefully I'm wrong and it'll turn out great. But my hopes aren't high.

Here is the latest...

Robert Rodriguez's Predators

Release Date: July 7, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: Not Available
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: Not Available
Production Stills: Not Available
Plot Summary: Robert Rodriguez and 20th Century Fox are giving Predator a facelift in a new film entitled "Robert Rodriguez's Predators." (no plot details available at this time)

Mmm, I've liked a few films directed by Robert Rodriguez.... But redesigning the predators?
Hmmm... We'll see. But currently, the problem hasn't been with the predators in the film -they're scary as hell - but has been it's plot and implementation.

Apparently he'll be putting more predators in it. This, to me, makes them far less scary.
Things have their own aspects which make them scary, and certain qualities ruin it.
Such as the Crawlers in the Descent. Alone, they're pathetic and weak. The beauty and horror of these creatures only come about when they form an unbeatable horde.
However, Predators are classically lone warriors. Solitary hunters. This isolationism and self-reliance is what defines them and makes them scary. Hopefully a whole bunch of them won't ruin this, but it might.
That's just a rumour though, I'm not sure how true it is.

I think Hollywood has run out of ideas. They've nothing else to do but butcher the classic film franchises.

The Predator comic books/graphic novels have really good stories. Hollywood writers just can't compete with that.

They could then plagiarize the best of ideas, no matter where they come from.

Instead, they create the films by committee and all reach the same conclusion: make it bigger! Louder! More CGI! The funny thing is I've not seen any film use CGI better or more realistically than Jurassic Park in the nearly two decades since that film came out and despite the progress made in computing since then. Another thing that is stupid is how they all have the same corny and formulaic comic relief, the kind of thing that no-one appreciates and which leaves everyone groaning.

(I understand that Jurassic Park was a mixture of CGI and animatronics, but I'm not confused about which sequences were which.)

Originally Posted by Xeno

Mmm, I've liked a few films directed by Robert Rodriguez.... But redesigning the predators?
Hmmm... We'll see. But currently, the problem hasn't been with the predators in the film -they're scary as hell - but has been it's plot and implementation.

Apparently he'll be putting more predators in it. This, to me, makes them far less scary.
Things have their own aspects which make them scary, and certain qualities ruin it.
Such as the Crawlers in the Descent. Alone, they're pathetic and weak. The beauty and horror of these creatures only come about when they form an unbeatable horde.
However, Predators are classically lone warriors. Solitary hunters. This isolationism and self-reliance is what defines them and makes them scary. Hopefully a whole bunch of them won't ruin this, but it might.
That's just a rumour though, I'm not sure how true it is.

Yes, I agree.
I have seen them all, and regardless will watch the next.
I still like the first the best.

I'd love to see another Predator or AVP movie, preferibally a Predator movie. I've seen the first 3 movies. I still need to see the 2nd AVP

Here is the latest on Robert Rodriguez's Predators.

Starring: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Louiz Ozawa

Plot Summary: "Predators" follows a group of elite warrior-types who are being hunted by members of a race of merciless alien trackers called Predators.

Adam Brody is a man who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men. Topher Grace would play an accountant-type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous serial killer.

Alice Braga is the tough female killer. Mahershalalhashbaz Ali is a man not afraid to die, Walton Goggins is the loose canon of the group and Oleg Taktarov is a former Russian special ops agent.

Danny Trejo is Cuchillo, a hardened warrior with twin uzis strapped to his back.

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=54800