Fanboy

What was mildly amusing last night was that when we went round to the Woolie's for dinner, Pedro, who'd already seen Alien Versus Predator told us, knowledgeably, that the Alien's gestation period was all wrong.

He he he he...

Even more amusing was the fact that Hangelegert Rinkerdink posted the following on the JDBB. I've highlighted the important bit:

OK ... the fanboy replies because it was wank. Depending on how you took it. As a no brain action adventure with cool special effects then it does exactly what it says on the tin. Thumbs up.

As a part of the Alien and Predator franchises (which is the viewpoint I'm coming from) it was arse cake. Completely ignored most of the history from the films, and even contradicted itself in parts. The Alien gestation period, we know from the first 4 films, takes days ... not minutes as this film implies ... mind you, it goes from minutes to hours in this so who knows. This film portrayed the Aliens as fully confronting fighting beasts ... which (again, if the first 4 films had been seen) Anderson would have known they aren't ... they are sneaky ... they are hunters and, if they need to go in hell for leather it would be en masse. And the fight with the Queen was stupid ... and she was FAR too big and GREW depending on the location ... crap. The Predators ... now, I know they were supposed to be going through a right of passage but, come on ... bloody ridiculous. They also look less like fearsome Predators and more like stoned Jamacans stereotypes ... gahI want to see Paul Andersons original, 45 minute longer, uncut version in the hope that he redeems himself.

In short ... great actioner ... should have been 2 unknown creatues. As part of the
franchises it's even more ridicullous that the pink alien at the end of Resurrection.
Bo