Why do you keep torturing me, Paul Anderson of Hollyw....

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

Why do studio execs keep unleashing Paul Anderson on pretty Sci-Fi sets, allow him to destroy perfectly viable movie franchises and completely squeeze the joy out of the movie-going experience? Did "Event Horizon" teach us nothing?
While it is mildly cathartic to call out Mr. Anderson ( in my best Hugo Weaving/Agent Smith voice, naturally ) let's look as some of the other losers who put this tripe out, going right to the top:
Executive Producer, Thomas Hammel hired this guy, he'll be adding AVP to his already impressive resume' that includes "From Hell", "Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie" (apparently this isn't his first stab at destroying a viable franchise) and "ZAPPPED!" (yes, that 'zapped!', with apologies to Scott Baio fans.)
Executive Producer, Wyck Godfrey, atm Mr. Godfrey appears to be again destroying someone elses work with a remake of "Flight of the Pheonix".
Executive Producer, Mike Richardson who to his credit has helped bring about some good films like Mystery Men and Hellboy but some stinkers too. Hello "Timecop".
Lastly there's Davis Entertainment and 20th Century Fox. I know Fox is just a distributor but don't they own the artistic rights to the Alien et al? There could be a better decision making process going on here for an obvious winning franchise and moneymaker like Alien.
What was their pitch to Fox? "We've got a great idea, Alien vs. Preditor... it'll be like "ALIEN" meets "Preditor".