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Which Scifi Franchises Should Go Head-To-Head Next?
It's sad but true: we'll probably never see another Aliens vs. Predator movie, now that AVP2 failed to set last Christmas on fire. But that doesn't mean Hollywood can't revive some other moribund franchises by forcing them to fight each other. Which classic but struggling universes would you like to see mashed together into an uncomfortable — but thrilling — clash of titans? Click through to vote. More »
north wind
Frozen Future Dystopia Now Hot In Hollywood
It's the end of the world as we know it, and California has frozen over, even if Hell hasn't. That's the setup for North Wind, the latest comic book to be optioned by Hollywood producers, created by the writer of ABC's failed Traveler TV show. Find out what made this environmental disaster dystopia so attractive to the producers of I, Robot under the jump. More »
Don't Mock Our B.O., AVP-R Director Whines
Don't call Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem a flop, pleads co-director Colin Strause. After all, it's made back its budget and done quite well overseas. "I admit I wish it did better in the US, but these numbers are nothing to feel bad about," he adds. As for the chances for a third AVP movie? it's still a possibility. [MovieHole]
Don't call Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem a flop, pleads co-director Colin Strause. After all, it's made back its budget and done quite well overseas. "I admit I wish it did better in the US, but these numbers are nothing to feel bad about," he adds. As for the chances for a third AVP movie? it's still a possibility. [MovieHole]
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Sure, the Predators look like Rastafarians. In Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the main way you can tell the Predalien is part Predator is his dreadlocks. These guys are like the less-goofy version of Jar-Jar. But how would a real Rastafarian stack up to a Predator? Luckily, we don't have to wonder, because a Rasta drug lord is a major supporting character in Predator 2. It turns out the alien imitation is way better than the original, at least when it comes to decapitation.
Predator Vs. Real Rasta Only Lasts 25 Seconds
Sure, the Predators look like Rastafarians. In Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the main way you can tell the Predalien is part Predator is his dreadlocks. These guys are like the less-goofy version of Jar-Jar. But how would a real Rastafarian stack up to a Predator? Luckily, we don't have to wonder, because a Rasta drug lord is a major supporting character in Predator 2. It turns out the alien imitation is way better than the original, at least when it comes to decapitation.
Sure, the Predators look like Rastafarians. In 
aliens vs. predator requiem
Leave AVPR Alone!
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem began its box-office battle yesterday amidst gift-unwrapping and all-day reruns of A Christmas Story on cable TV, and the hate has started pouring in. Although one maniac at io9 apparently liked this flick, AVPR is being eviscerated by film critics across the nation in a splatter-fest of ink and gore that is more brutal than the actual film. People love to hate this movie more than they love to hate Britney. More »
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It was a sold-out afternoon show for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem in downtown San Francisco yesterday, and I was sitting in between two huge family groups who had helpfully brought about half a dozen kids under the age of eight. Good call! This was a family movie, starting off on the right foot with a Predator ship full of Alien specimens crashing in the Colorado forest and immediately implanting themselves in a hunter and his young son. You've got to love a holiday monster movie that's not afraid to kill kids in horrible, gut-munching, blood-spewing detail. People who want dialog that goes beyond "People are dying!" should seek out something else; but monster freaks will love this flick.
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Aliens vs. Predator vs. Turducken
It was a sold-out afternoon show for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem in downtown San Francisco yesterday, and I was sitting in between two huge family groups who had helpfully brought about half a dozen kids under the age of eight. Good call! This was a family movie, starting off on the right foot with a Predator ship full of Alien specimens crashing in the Colorado forest and immediately implanting themselves in a hunter and his young son. You've got to love a holiday monster movie that's not afraid to kill kids in horrible, gut-munching, blood-spewing detail. People who want dialog that goes beyond "People are dying!" should seek out something else; but monster freaks will love this flick.
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10:34 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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Latest by n/a: I wasn't going to see this, mainly due to all the horrid reviews, but after reading yours I went and saw it last night. I completely agree with what you said; a great popcorn/monster movie if you don't take more »
aliens vs. predator
Acid-Spitting Chitinous Beasts for the Holidays
Some have expressed poorly-worded consternation that savage monsterfest Aliens vs. Predator II is coming out on Christmas. Last year's Black Christmas also provoked outrage (especially from Christ-worshippers), but a rep from its production company Dimension Films responded blithely that gore-drenched mayem is "counter-programming to the more regular yuletide fare." In sum, horror is a holiday tradition. Movies like Child's Play and Gremlins teach us the valuable lesson that toys can be evil, while Jack Frost (along with the much-anticipated Jack Frost II: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman) show us the dark, intestine-munching side of jolly old snowmen. But what's the most completely demented holiday science fiction nightmare? More »
morning spoilers
Dune Remake Will Be Budget-Killer
A new Dune movie will be "big big big," says director Peter Berg (The Kingdom.) The David Lynch version was dandy, but "that interpretation has left the door wide open for a remake," Berg says. If it wasn't for the writers' strike, he'd be working on his version of the Frank Herbert mega-novel right now. [MTV Movies Blog]. Spoilers for Sarah Michelle Gellar's next project, Cloverfield, and AVP-R after the jump. More »
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Klaatu Comes To Madison Avenue
The delay-plagued The Day The Earth Stood Still remake gained a shot of credibility with the casting of Jon Hamm, fresh from his Golden Globe nod for Mad Men. The movie, also starring Keanu Reeves (playing the alien Klaatu) and Jennifer Connelly, started principal photography Dec. 12. [Reuters] A new Jericho pic, plus bad signs for AVP and Wolverine, below the fold. More »
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Aliens Kick Predator's Ass and That's Final
Welcome back to Horrorhead, a fortnightly column about all things scifi and horror. This week, a crucial topic: Aliens vs. Predators. Not the movie, the smackdown. Colin Strause, one of the two Brothers Strause who directed the upcoming Aliens vs. Predator sequel, is known across the webonets as a serious Predator fan. The brothers claim that Predators are somehow better than Aliens because they're more humanoid, use tools, and are therefore relatable. But I'm here to say fuck that. Who wants "relatability" in a monster? Seriously, Colin, the Aliens win hands-down in any horror/scifi smackdown. Here's why. More »
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'Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Requiem' Directors Tell io9 About Extraterrestrial Urban Life
The Brothers Strause (also known as Greg and Colin), directors of the new Aliens vs. Predator flick, are living the FX geek dream. They bought off-the-shelf visual effects software in their early teens, and by 1995 they had moved to Los Angeles to work on visual effects in the X-Files movie. Eventually they formed their own effects company called Hydraulx, and have worked on films like X-Men: The Last Stand, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and 300. Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Requiem is their feature film directorial debut. io9 caught up with them to get the skinny on designing the Predator homeworld, and why we should care about the humans in this film. Hear what the Brothers Strause told us after the jump. More »
morning spoilers
First Look At Amanda Peet In X-Files 2
- X-Files 2 takes place partly at a hospital, and involves organ transplants, judging from new set pics. [XFilesNews]
- The new Knight Rider's car will have a supercomputer that "can hack into any system." Ohhhkay. [SliceofSciFi]
Click through to spoil yourself on AVP, Sarah Connor and more. More »
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Watch the New Alien Totally Cremate a Whole Ship Full of Predators
A Predalien, the new Predator/Alien hybrid, takes out a whole ship full of Predators in the opening minutes of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Also, the Strause brothers, the directors, revealed they want to make a third AVP movie, which would be a prequel to the first Alien movie. More »
morning spoilers
One-Breasted Man-Killers Get An Origin Story
- We'll learn the origins of those one-breasted psycho killers, the Daughters of the Amazon, in the movie version of Y: The Last Man movie. [Comics 2 Film]
- Steven Spielberg's Interstellar, about explorers who travel through a wormhole to another dimension, will come out in 2009 and won't violate any laws of physics. [Not Even Wrong]
Deadlier spoilers for Sarah Connor Chronicles and Smallville follow, so be warned... More »
aliens vs. predator
First Shot Of Predator Homeworld
It's been three movies already, and we've never seen where the Predators come from. They're always busy hunting down humans or Aliens on Earth, so it's about time we visited their pad. Apparently, as the above picture shows, it looks like a funky extraterrestrial version of Easter Island. Maybe they've been spending the extra time trying to get the place ready for visitors. Check out some more shots from Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Requiem, plus a possible real-world inspiration for the Predator planet, after the jump. More »
aliens vs. predator requiem
Two new trailers for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem came out in Japan today, and they may scare you away from this Christmas release. The Alien/Predator rematch is looking like Transformers without Shia LaBeouf, with a huge cast of allegedly lovable small-towners. We'll get to know these humans far too well before monsters finally show up. (Earlier trailers for AVP2 only showed battle scenes.) I do like the running tally of the town's population, from 5,476 down to single digits. A shorter version shows the monsters fighting while "Silent Night" plays in the background. Both versions end with a banner that says "No Peace" in Japanese.
Aliens-Predator Rematch Has Too Many Humans
Two new trailers for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem came out in Japan today, and they may scare you away from this Christmas release. The Alien/Predator rematch is looking like Transformers without Shia LaBeouf, with a huge cast of allegedly lovable small-towners. We'll get to know these humans far too well before monsters finally show up. (Earlier trailers for AVP2 only showed battle scenes.) I do like the running tally of the town's population, from 5,476 down to single digits. A shorter version shows the monsters fighting while "Silent Night" plays in the background. Both versions end with a banner that says "No Peace" in Japanese.
