tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post1548023108969445206..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Cult-Movie Review: Alien vs Predator (2004)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-425335185431380172015-03-31T13:13:42.439-04:002015-03-31T13:13:42.439-04:00"But much like Prometheus (2012), Alien vs. P..."But much like Prometheus (2012), Alien vs. Predator utilizes the idea to good effect. Here, it is the hunters, the Predators, who taught man how to construct pyramids, who used us in human sacrifices, and who basically taught mankind the fundamentals of civilization. "<br /><br /><br />Frankly, it's pretty striking how similar Prometheus is to AVP:<br /><br />Trip to distant, exotic locale: Alien world in P, Antarctica in AVP<br /><br />Alien role in human civilization: Engineers in P , Predators in AVP<br /><br /> Dying billionaire outfitting quest to contact/find aliens: Guy Pierce in P, Henriksen in AVP.<br /><br />Humanoid alien life form falls prey to species tha it has created/controlled: Engineer in P gets killed by proto-facehugger, Predators fall victim to Alien xenomorphs in AVP<br /><br /><br />Final girl: Rapace in P (although she has David's head for company), Sanaa Lathan in AVP<br /><br />trajan23Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-48366467204039802982015-03-31T11:13:19.811-04:002015-03-31T11:13:19.811-04:00Personally speaking, I can't stand this one fo...Personally speaking, I can't stand this one for a number of reasons. Absolutely the worst Predators ever. Out of 3, only 1 acts like a Predator (yet regrettably looks like Jay Leno after he unmasks). And when a guy buried under a ton of latex miming "Big Explosion" gives the film's best performance, I think we are headed for trouble. Horrid human characters who take way too much time away from what I wanted to see (the monster action). I take it they used this facility for combat before? I mean it does appears some spiders hitched a ride as we see webs. So did they come back and repair everything from previous matches? The battles seem to do some serious damage to the place, yet the statuary and architecture seems undamaged. This is like that one Halloween film, the one in which Donald Pleasance gets killed. It's a film that makes me angry. And folks don't like me when I'm angry.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097420555737415471noreply@blogger.com