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Hollywood · 06-18-2004, 10:05 AM

I don't know how anyone can say their favorite is Alien Resurrection, that movie was a steaming pile of crap. I hated Alien 3 for a while because it totally negated what Cameron did in Aliens, but later on I learned to appreciate it for what it was. Predator 2 had its moments, but wasn't nearly as good as the first.

Alien vs Predator originated from Dark Horse comics. Dark Horse had done several original Alien/Predator comics and they were very popular. An idea came up by one of the writers to combine the Alien Predator universe and that's where the Alien vs Predator story came from. In teh comics, the Predators used the aliens as prey, they would plant the eggs on various planets and let the aliens grow to maturity. Then, the predators would send their younger warriors down to the planet to prove themselves.

In the first comic series, the ship drops the eggs off on a human colonized planet, and hundreds of aliens are eventually born from the cattle/humans. The predators send a ship down to stop them and the humans get in the way. Everyone dies except for one girl and a predator, who have to help each other survive. The predator ends up sacraficing himself and saving her.

In the second series the Queen Alien that the predators use to produce the eggs gets loose on the ship and the girl helps restrain her. She now wears predator armor and is considered an outcast.

There were some other series after that but they weren't as good as the original. This movie does not follow the comics and the director is a hack so I wouldn't be surprised if I left the theater shaking my head.

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Hollywood is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,565 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education"	06-18-2004, 10:05 AM I don't know how anyone can say their favorite is Alien Resurrection, that movie was a steaming pile of crap. I hated Alien 3 for a while because it totally negated what Cameron did in Aliens, but later on I learned to appreciate it for what it was. Predator 2 had its moments, but wasn't nearly as good as the first. Alien vs Predator originated from Dark Horse comics. Dark Horse had done several original Alien/Predator comics and they were very popular. An idea came up by one of the writers to combine the Alien Predator universe and that's where the Alien vs Predator story came from. In teh comics, the Predators used the aliens as prey, they would plant the eggs on various planets and let the aliens grow to maturity. Then, the predators would send their younger warriors down to the planet to prove themselves. In the first comic series, the ship drops the eggs off on a human colonized planet, and hundreds of aliens are eventually born from the cattle/humans. The predators send a ship down to stop them and the humans get in the way. Everyone dies except for one girl and a predator, who have to help each other survive. The predator ends up sacraficing himself and saving her. In the second series the Queen Alien that the predators use to produce the eggs gets loose on the ship and the girl helps restrain her. She now wears predator armor and is considered an outcast. There were some other series after that but they weren't as good as the original. This movie does not follow the comics and the director is a hack so I wouldn't be surprised if I left the theater shaking my head.