The Alien and Predator Discussion Thread

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There's 13 so pick 6

Alien (1979)
22
19%
Aliens (1986)
16
14%
Predator (1987)
18
16%
Predator 2 (1990)
11
10%
Alien³ (1992)
5
4%
Alien Resurrection (1997)
4
4%
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
9
8%
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
2
2%
Predators (2010)
4
4%
Prometheus (2012)
4
4%
Alien Covenant (2017)
3
3%
The Predator (2018)
0
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Prey (2022)
16
14%
 
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[sees all the bear talk]

[laughs in leaked trailer]
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NSZ wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:17 pm [sees all the bear talk]

[laughs in leaked trailer]
[sees the new Predator unmasked from the leaked trailer]

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Why can't they just do it right?
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Maverick Centigrade wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:05 pm
NSZ wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:17 pm [sees all the bear talk]

[laughs in leaked trailer]
[sees the new Predator unmasked from the leaked trailer]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FrigidAffecti ... ricted.gif

Why can't they just do it right?
Because Stan Winston was a witch who took his secrets to the grave. /j

For real tho, Black & Dekker shat the bed so unbelievably fucking hard with their movie, that a fixed face design is no longer even in my Top 3 needs.
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NSZ wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:02 pm
Maverick Centigrade wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:05 pm
NSZ wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:17 pm [sees all the bear talk]

[laughs in leaked trailer]
[sees the new Predator unmasked from the leaked trailer]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FrigidAffecti ... ricted.gif

Why can't they just do it right?
Because Stan Winston was a witch who took his secrets to the grave. /j

For real tho, Black & Dekker shat the bed so unbelievably fucking hard with their movie, that a fixed face design is no longer even in my Top 3 needs.
But it's like...he didn't take it to the grave...there are loads of behind the scenes footage, reference material, etc. Making a new proper Predator design should be the easiest thing in the world with these movies.
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Plus Amalgamated Dynamics did most the work on AVP and AVP:R and KNB did Predators. Both companies are run by ex employees of Stan Winston Studios, several of who worked on the original film. So no there's really nothing lost.
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And here we are
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This is gonna be so good.

Godamn, I'm hyped
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Annnnnd it's only on Hulu. For fuck's sakes.

Guess I can write off this film too. Streaming is the fucking worst thing to come out of the last decade.
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Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:25 am Annnnnd it's only on Hulu. For skreeonk's sakes.

Guess I can write off this film too. Streaming is the skreeonking worst thing to come out of the last decade.
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Thatguy4683 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:02 pm
Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:25 am Annnnnd it's only on Hulu. For skreeonk's sakes.

Guess I can write off this film too. Streaming is the skreeonking worst thing to come out of the last decade.
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Sucks that this one is going straight to Hulu cuz it actually looks potentially great. I love the emphasis on the Native Americans, down to the casting of actual Native actors. I hope this is one step in a larger trend.
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Thatguy4683 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:02 pm
Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:25 am Annnnnd it's only on Hulu. For skreeonk's sakes.

Guess I can write off this film too. Streaming is the skreeonking worst thing to come out of the last decade.
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Yeah but ideally I'd want to support good films. Well, assuming of course that this will be a good film.

I just don't understand why streaming platforms have to be region locked.
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Woah. Haven’t been keeping up with the Predator/Alien stuff as of that horrible film from 2018, but I gotta say, this new one looks awesome. Love how it takes place in a time and setting that we haven’t really seen the Yautja’s much in
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Major sssspielberg! wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:47 pm Sucks that this one is going straight to Hulu cuz it actually looks potentially great. I love the emphasis on the Native Americans, down to the casting of actual Native actors. I hope this is one step in a larger trend.
You can also watch the movie in the "Comanche" language! That's really cool.
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GigaBowserG wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:25 pm
Major sssspielberg! wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:47 pm Sucks that this one is going straight to Hulu cuz it actually looks potentially great. I love the emphasis on the Native Americans, down to the casting of actual Native actors. I hope this is one step in a larger trend.
You can also watch the movie in the "Comanche" language! That's really cool.
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Good fucking luck finding a pirated version of this version of the film. Bravo Disney.
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Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:41 pm
GigaBowserG wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:25 pm
Major sssspielberg! wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:47 pm Sucks that this one is going straight to Hulu cuz it actually looks potentially great. I love the emphasis on the Native Americans, down to the casting of actual Native actors. I hope this is one step in a larger trend.
You can also watch the movie in the "Comanche" language! That's really cool.
-sighs-

Good skreeonking luck finding a pirated version of this version of the film. Bravo Disney.
You can always use a VPN for said watching. And have to agree, trailer got me hyped!
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Greyshot151 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:17 pm
Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:41 pm
GigaBowserG wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:25 pm

You can also watch the movie in the "Comanche" language! That's really cool.
-sighs-

Good skreeonking luck finding a pirated version of this version of the film. Bravo Disney.
You can always use a VPN for said watching. And have to agree, trailer got me hyped!
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Oh, that's terrible! I'm sorry to hear. Hopefully he can find a solid version, somewhere.
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Greyshot151 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:00 pm Oh, that's terrible! I'm sorry to hear. Hopefully he can find a solid version, somewhere.
Thanks, Greyshot. I hope so too...
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Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 7:45 pm
Greyshot151 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:00 pm Oh, that's terrible! I'm sorry to hear. Hopefully he can find a solid version, somewhere.
Thanks, Greyshot. I hope so too...
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