Re: Aliens vs Predator 2
Aliens is one of my top 10 movies. Best of the lot imho, and fact that it has Bill Paxton revisiting Chet from wierd science as "Hudson" of the space marines makes it. "I don't know if you have been keeping up on current events, but we just got our a$$es kicked!" And the whole game over quote is awesome, but not PG.
I liked AVP, but the aliens would only be used for amusement by the predators. Technology rules, and the predator has it. I would definitely go see AVP 2 but it would be a better movie if they left people out, and just showed a bunch of predators running around proving their predator-hood in a nest of aliens. I could watch that for 2 hours.
Predator makes some good social commentary on anybody who hunts "dangerous" game because of the thrill of the danger. I don't think there are many people like that any more. Not much danger in hunting lions with a gun. Not much danger in hunting giant acid blood filled scorpion/ant/wolf cross-breed with a shoulder mounted laser cannon. It's much better if you use a spear and net.
I absolutely loved the scene in Predator 2, when Glover walks in to the trophy room and there is an alien skull and a T-rex skull. Rest of the movie was a dud tho.
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