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Subject: Re: Aliens v Predator Movie??? SPOILERS!!!
From: kash1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz(Kemp Ashby)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 04:54:40 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <1992Oct1.111317.2856@wkuvx1.bitnet> barnejd@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:

>SPOILERS!




















>In article <1992Sep30.163615.29246@iplmail.orl.mmc.com>, mwilson@orl.mmc.com (Mark Wilson) writes:
>> In article yi1XRB2w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz, system@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
>>>The question is, how will they tie in the Homo Sapien interest? I mean, 
>>>lets face it, we're just a two-bit planet out in the uncharted Western 
>>>Spial arm, and every invasion force and galactic disaster seems to focus 
>>>on lil' ol' us. And why? Obviosuly people don't want to pay to see 
>>>obnoxious alien A beat up/get beated up by obnoxious Alien B. I mean, 
>>>what's in it for us? So in summary, how are they going to make an A vs P 
>>>match of interest to the G P.?
>> 
>> Obviously they stage the showdown on some two-bit planet out in the
>> uncharted western spiral arm populated by insignificant creatures.

>Actually, that's reeeaaal close. The rumors that I've heard indicate
>it will be based on the comic book of the same name.  It's set in the time
>of the ALIEN movies.  A big corporation runs a biiiig farm raising
>things that look like rhinoceruses (sp) and I guess selling them for
>meat.  A ship holding Aliens crashes without being detected.  The
>Aliens breed inside the herd.  The Predators show up then.  Seems they
>have a ritual of a "coming of age" ceremony in which the kids hunt
>something dangerous.  This time, it's the Aliens.  Anyway, the humans
>wind up capturing an adult Predator who then helps them later.  As I
>understand it (didn't read the last couple of books, just summaries
>and reviews), it all comes down to the human leader having an Alien
>inside her and the "friendly" Predator battling a horde of Aliens. 
>Have no idea how it ends.  I'm sure the plot is more engaging than my
>summary.  BTW, my bet is they'll redo the alien inside the leader bit
>because it would be too much like A^3 (despite the fact A vs. P. comic
>came out long before A^3).
>  
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Hopefully, they'll make the aliens a little tougher than those in the comic
book series. For example, the aliens that burst out of the Rynth (ie the
rhino-like creatures) in the comics were no bigger than those that burst out
of humans. Later in the series, a bunch of Rynth stampede and stomp a group of
aliens (and predators) that happen to be in the way. Now, surely an alien that
burst out of a Rynth would need to be a lot bigger than normal, in order to be
a viable threat to a Rynth-sized animal. Otherwise, one can picture the scene...

-Alien jumps out in front of Rynth, prepares to attack. Rynth reacts by simply
running straight ahead and stomping alien.

Also, the predators seemed to be more than a match for the aliens, especially
one-on-one. I tell you, "Aliens" did the aliens a disservice - at the start of
the movie, they were a major threat. By the end, Ripley was almost casually
mowing them down. It was like, what? another alien warrior I have to kill?
Ho hum, press the trigger.
					     Alien rights!

				-Kemp.


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