Alien Vs Predator: 20 Years Later...

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[@nzoocage4084]

“Let me get this straight. You enjoy AVP?” “I do. And I’m tired of pretending I don’t.”

[@randomcenturion7264]

Same. It was fun.

[@spacejockeyindustries]

I've never pretended to hate it. It's actually my second favourite entry of both franchises. Aliens being my first, and predators being my third

[@ikenosis8160]

Loved it. Love it. Will love it.

[@NWOWCW4Life1]

It’s a good movie lol.

[@Billbeaux]

It has decent moments

[@Agesilaus.88]

That twisting jump Scar did with the spear on the Xeno queen is iconic.

[@setaside2]

Facts.

[@TheLastStarfighter77]

Yes, that was definitely the best of all the fight scenes, I also liked the blind spot swipe on the Xeno 👍

[@pbjam2182]

@@TheLastStarfighter77the hugger or the xeno where he cut the head off? The hugger he killed with the spinning giant shuriken thingy and that was right in front i believe. Both badass moments.

[@EricLinstone]

I think I saw the movie in theaters at least 5 times and even in the 5 buck theater that showed movies that had been out for a month or so, that moment still got a reaction from the audience every time.

[@TheLastStarfighter77]

@pbjam2182 It's been a while. Yes, you're bang on 👍

[@justinriley]

I'll never call Alien vs. Predator great movie, but I had loads of fun watching it.

[@_Omega_Weapon]

Same here

[@TheLitRight]

Which ought to be the definition of a “great movie”. Not the pompous crap from film festivals. AvP is trash for the masses, but the “great” movies are things like Cuties with its borderline child porn, or the crap made by a guy Hollywood continues to celebrate even after anally raping a child.

[@eddymetal]

Same

[@alexblack2511]

Same mate, a real guilty pleasure.

[@deweybewey]

It’s was ok

[@avb19d6]

1st one: Campy, fun, and the flaws were easy to push to the side. 2nd one: can someone turn on a light? I heard there’s Xenomorphs to see?

[@azaizer]

You summed it up all nicely pretty much lol

[@ArtofLunatik]

I hated the setting for the second one, a small town smfh. Gimme a break

[@ArtofLunatik]

@@Kingdeasqits dark even on bluray

[@NebLleb]

Hot take: the AVP entries are the only entries I refuse to watch, and Requiem in particular is meant to be the worst of the franchise. If Covenant was such a mean, nihilistic wankfest, what I've seen of Requiem makes Covenant look like the original Alien and Aliens by comparison. It's quite telling that even people who enjoy the first film hated Requiem.

[@rojaws1183]

Well said.

[@TheWomble82]

The really crazy thing for me about AVP being 20 years old, is on the way home from watching it at the cinema I went to the pet store and bought a goldfish, and as of today, said fish is still alive and well. His name is Milo.

[@tonicastel2390]

Long live Milo!

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

So cool!

[@randombotaccount]

Right on mate! That's awesome.

[@cahillp3]

All hail Milo

[@vsammy_poet]

Thats Nice :)

[@SuperFan_channel]

AVP was my first introduction of both alien and predator franchise. This movie will always have a special place in my heart.

[@randomcenturion7264]

Watched it with a good friend when I was way too young. Good times.

[@arthurp.4272]

Same here !! Such a fun movie

[@scrappydoo7887]

I agree 👍

[@geroffmilan3328]

That's quite sad considering how derivative it is. Not hating here, I genuinely mean it's sad your standards were set so low at the beginning. On the flip side, at least the only way was up when you got to the OG movies! The games were at least good attempts at the right atmosphere imho

[@SuperFan_channel]

@@geroffmilan3328 I was born in 2002 so I had no knowledge of both Alien and predator. But after I've seen AVP I was instantly hooked. I bought every single DVD of both Alien and Predator. I know I'm a few decades late, but I know enough to say I'm a huge fan.

[@jacobdurkin7572]

So happy to see AVP get its flowers. The practical effects and seeing the action of the aliens was always the point and the attraction of this film, the plot is secondary

[@apollocreed5391]

Alien Versus Predator, has grown on me over time.

[@pookybear4659]

Saw AVP 3 times in the theatre when it came out. I cant believe it’s been 20 years. I was so stoked when the teaser first dropped.

[@IzzyTheEditor]

Same!!

[@kennywilkinson913]

I suffer with mental health, namely adhd and ptsd and used to mask this with drink and drugs, Fridays are often triggering on this basis alone, sometimes I just cannot sleep no matter how sober I am, how tired I am it just bounces around in my head, more often than not I find myself coming back to this channel, I enjoy the content and the depth in which it enables me to escape into. Keep up the good work, these movies will never get old. One love ❤

[@JRS-JRS-JRS]

man 20 year ago. Where the hell have I been?

[@Mong-Clizzy]

Man 20 years ago i remember it like it was yesterday

[@stoopkid7647]

Same… it’s terrifying to be honest

[@stoopkid7647]

To clarify… terrifying by the idea of time passing by in a blink of an eye…. NOT THE MOVIE!!!

[@PaulAngileri]

Yep.

[@justinriley]

The tagline of this movie is kinda ironic given that the Predators are more or less "the good guys" in the story.

[@randomcenturion7264]

True but they're good guys fighting a problem they created.

[@TalentCaldwell]

That’s not what irony is.

[@AdamZimmerman-c6i]

I wouldn’t say good guys as they still killed many humans and the remaining predator only teamed up with Lex due to the dire situation

[@DeepEye1994]

IKR Freddy vs Jason is more in-line with that, the protagonists just manage to make Jason target Freddy hoping they'll slay each other, but Jason is still very much a dangerous villain who hacks through anyone in his path, including several protagonists.

[@GoergeVonHeinzberg]

Nah man, remember who lure the poeple to the Pyramid? The Predator of course. Because the Predator need human as a host to start the hunt of Xenopmorph.

[@solidg3legend868]

It's been 2 years. I remember I was 13 years old I was old enough to go to my first PG-13 movie because I had strict parents but not so strict grandparents. Went and saw it with my grandfather and we both ended up enjoying the entire experience. This like you, was my first time ever seeing both Alien and Predator on screen in the theaters, and as a little kid I didn't care about the special effects or anything I was just happy to watch two of my favorite horror monsters ducking it out on screen for the first time ever. 20 years later, I'm 33 now, and my grandparents have since passed away. I remember being so excited I couldn't Waite for this film to come out, and now 20 years later as I see videos like this It does make me feel old now. Yet at the sometime it brings back so wonderful nostalgia, remembering how those were the best days of my life and I do anything to relive them again if I could. I do seriously wish we could get some more AVP stuff, like maybe a AVP game where we can customize our characters and such, either human, Predator, or Alien. Maybe someday we'll get something like that someday I don't know, other than I know I'll be ready to get everything it has to offer in a nick of a dime. And I think to celebrate this 20 anniversary, I'll dig up my old copies of this AVP movies and watch them for old time sakes, just like how I did years ago with grandfather good lord rest his sweet soul. Think he would've liked watching them again if he had the chance.

[@kynangoddard68]

god has it actually been 20 years since AVP god i feel old now but that movie was still cool

[@krlosz1996]

The production value on this movie was incredible honestly, I always thought it was incredibly strong on the visual department and that side of the movie I can still say has aged wonderfully, and I had no idea they made the movie for so cheap by Hollywood standards

[@CabezasDePescado]

For some reason my comment never appeared: Visually, Paul has a lot of talent, with someone else writing the scripts and a producer restraining him from dumb ideas he could be a great director

[@DeepEye1994]

@@CabezasDePescado Yeah, think about Brett Ratner directing "Red Dragon", and I know he's not everyone's cup of tea and even the films I'm about to bring up have loud detractors with understandable complaints, but Zack Snyder too when he has a decent script like Dawn of the Dead, 300 and Watchmen.

[@DeepEye1994]

Alien: Romulus also looked pretty great despite being made on a 80.000.000 dollar budget, which adjusted for inflation in 2004 it'd be around 49.000.000 dollars according to the sites I used.

[@krlosz1996]

@@DeepEye1994 yeah the photography and set design on Romulus was absolutely gorgeous

[@danger2bananas]

Honestly I liked the idea that this was the beginning of WY knowledge of xenomorph possibly had OWL input as well especially hinted at in Requiem

[@adriel88_]

It’s all official is just the alien man babies fans that cry a lot but we don’t care 🤷🏾‍♂️this how weyland knew about the xenomorph which makes Prometheus make more sense

[@charlottemcbrearty1849]

The third movie was going to be epic for the comic fans with a trip to the alien homeworld. Oh well.

[@73rmin8r]

The plot of Prometheus being lifted straight off this movie with no shame will always be pretty funny.

[@golabdurrahman660]

yes and alien theory already make video about that

[@shadowsharkkproductions]

Love your videos Alien Theory!

[@AJsFigures]

For some reason this film is a comfort movie for me, I genuinely think I have watched this over 100 times. I listen to the commentaries to fall asleep sometimes. Its just a fun celebration of two franchises that I love and it was my introsuction to the Predators as I hadnt seen the pred movies at the time but was well aquanted with the xenos

[@KenTWOu]

1:12 Aliens Versus Predator 2 was developed by Monolith Productions (Blood, NOLF, FEAR, Shadow of Mordor/War series).

[@MrJakeTucker]

Was about to say the same. The video gives the impression that the 2nd game was also made by Rebellion. I love Monolith's games. Their lithtech engine wasn't as good as idtech although it did get better for their later games. Shout out for Tron 2.0 and Shogo as well. The game I would most like to see Nightdive remaster is Blood 2 with some input from original Monolith devs so we get their original vision rather than the rushed release we got.

[@xenogil180]

It was the first Aliens movie I saw in theaters. Watched it with my mom, and it has a special place in my heart.

[@landmonitor-lsd5634]

1:33 dude yes - 2000 AVP, the first time I got a face hugger in the marines campaign I literally jumped back in my chair!

[@nickbarker9712]

As deltoro said about pacific rim. It's not about story or plot. It is a feast for the eyes...Just something fun to watch

[@georgehouliaras7239]

I liked the first movie but i absolutely adored the video games. Too bad they stop making them just when we were about to see the Xenomorph Homeworld. Imagine fighting the Queen Mother...

[@greenbow7888]

Yeah then Prometeus and Covenat went and wrecked the idea of an Alien homeworld. ... Although props to anyone daft enough to land there knowing what they were going.

[@PhillieCheezeKC]

I like the first AvP. It’s fun but I don’t consider it mainline cannon. Now what I want is something (probably animated) based on capcom’s AvP game set in Neo-Shanghai or whatever it was

[@Ashy_Slashy3]

I still love this movie. It's what got me into all this and i will always say it's a underrated movie.

[@locdasmoke]

I rewatched the unrated version the other day, and while it's still not perfect, I still love it! With the success of Prey and Alien Romulus, I hope we get a new AVP movie soon!

[@Naugdil]

But with Colonial Marines this time

[@Mirvra]

@@Naugdil Oh gods, yes please! The way I've seen it, you either do a pure ''Aliens Vs. Predators'' movie, with little to no focus on the human characters so the audience can enjoy the actual monster match-up. Or you make it an actual all out fight between Marines, Aliens, And Predators. Either don't give characters plot armor, or give us a ''main'' character to root for from each faction, then let us view scenes from those characters going up against the ''chaff'' of the other factions until we reach the final act, where you do an AvP 2(the game) style situation and have all the storylines converge, and here you either pick a clear winner, or you leave survivors from the other factions to set up for a future movie.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

​@@NaugdilAgreed the colonial marnies need more screentime

[@Quanfalone]

Babe, wake up new alien theory just dropped

[@YenaD15]

Real

[@setaside2]

I'm one of the 5 weirdos who actually like AVP Requiem. The Predalien is delightfully OP and frankly it's a blast rooting AGAINST the human cast. AVP Unrated is also a ton of fun ... They both lack the heart and intellect of all but Resurrection (which turned into horror Firefly as Joss worked out the kinks of his family interplay) which is also cartoony in its own right. I think Prey and Romulus really do open doors, especially for a newer audience, just now growing out of Marvel and perhaps seeking an R rated, Ryan-Reynolds-Free property. In any case, I have some hope :). Love your channel, good sir. I sincerely hope you and your circle are recovering from your loss as best you can.

[@rojaws1183]

Got to admit that AVPR also have one of the best predators.

[@greenbow7888]

100% agree. Good movies.

[@Rangerdarts]

I remember watching the AvP movie in Iraq at the Camp Speicher MWR! 200 US Army Soldiers started, and 12 of us remained. The last 20 minutes of the movie my team leader, SPC 4 mafia, made me run around the theater acting like a Xenomorph, I was a brand new PV2, having my battle buddy Stubblefield hunt me as a preadator. The remaining people in the theater said we were more entertaining than the AvP movie.

[@WreckItRolfe]

Making me feel old again.

[@ziljin]

Prey and Alien Romulus are great. Hopefully they can make a good Alien vs Predator movie.

[@_Omega_Weapon]

Agreed, enjoyed them both a lot

[@CabezasDePescado]

They are the definition of "meh"

[@Trancescient]

Haven't seen Romulus but Prey is awesome!

[@Billbeaux]

Romulus is far from great. Severely disappointing

[@erikwilliams1562]

Prey was great. Romulus.....mid

[@PandemicGameplay]

This movie was so underrated it didn't deserve the awful ratings it got. The practical effects were great and it only used CGI when required.

[@SnakeWasRight]

This is one of those movies i can always just watch and have a good time but also not have to pay attention

[@randomcenturion7264]

Exactly. Perfect movie for a switch-your-brain off night with popcorn.

[@Clint52279]

Lmao... I call the sort, "Laundry movies." As in you can do your laundry with it on and not feel the need to pause if you leave the room, or look up as you're folding.

[@ninjanibba4259]

⁠@@randomcenturion7264I hate that term so much You can’t switch your brain off, you either like something or you don’t…this term is a cop out

[@Vorador075]

Until him come calling

[@Agesilaus.88]

Dread, man.

[@Anw4rr10r]

​@@Agesilaus.88truly dread.

[@TonyBMan]

Den, he come'a fuck fightin'.

[@ZChronicNebula]

The Elder Predator & co. was the best part

[@HiveMindGG]

This very movie its the reason Im in love with Alien and Predator. All these years ago when I was like 6, I watched it in VHS and OMG, that movie rocked my entire world. I just can't put any hate towards this movie, for me its perfect ❤️

[@Mirvra]

AvP2 game is what did it for me, Playing the opening for the marine campaign you feel the horror seep into your body... And then you switch to either of the other two campaigns and you really FEEL like now, you're the monster.

[@union4everdixienever]

I saw it opening night with my father in Orlando. School was out because Hurricane Charlie was scheduled to hit Central Florida the next day. It was very exciting because, like Alien Theory, this was the first Alien (or Predator) film I was old enough to see in theaters. I remember enjoying it, but it felt noticeably less serious and interesting than literally every other installment of either series. I’ve gone back and forth on it with time, but I find it an enjoyable watch, especially as a background movie. Effects work and visuals are quite strong, and I agree with the video’s points on the performances. Weaknesses are the screenplay, the whole concept at the center of the story, the PG-13 rated content, and the video-game pacing. It’s a great watch too for people interested in Alien but not crazy about scary movies.

[@jpenir]

I remember being so pissed that one Xeno killed two Preds in that first fight. And even Scar didnt exactly wreck any Xenos without his plasma caster. If they do it again I hope they adapt the 1990 original comic

[@hotwasabi8312]

To be fair it kinda contextualizes things. Predators are deadly hunters, but they aren't unkillable gods. Even in the original movie, it's eventually killed by a mere man using primitive technology. The xenos are meant to be the ultimate prey. And the Predators in the movie are novices undergoing a test, not elite warriors. If the xenos got clapped left and right it would have detracted from their status as "perfect organisms"

[@charlottemcbrearty1849]

To me it felt more like the two games he mentioned. If you were a really good Alien player you could get the jump on cocky self-assured Predators with a quick tail strike or second jaw to the brain. Humans also had a funny tendency to never look up.

[@thatrandomguy0133]

I actually think this was a good call,make them more of a dynamic enemy fight instead of cannon fodder for the predator like in the comics and requiem

[@HYEpower]

I still say a superman vs alien is best. He gets face hugged but because it's super man he 💩 out the xeno in a toilet and flushes mistakenly. Then the alien becomes super alien and fights superman after it grows in the sewers

[@jpenir]

@@hotwasabi8312 how do we know they are novices? I always hear this from fans but what is the source of this statement?

[@avpwargamer5765]

20 years? Who feels old yet?

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

Hell i,m Level 42/i wouldn,t classify myself as old

[@JrueThrondsen]

Getting to legend status.

[@irysgundam0052]

I'm thirty three. I saw this movie in theaters back when it was released. So, yes. I am feeling old.

[@YehspuhrTv]

I rewatch it every now and then. I love seeing the creatures and that is a lot of practical effects. The studio has a bunch of videos from the set, it's damn impressive work and they really gave it their best. Thanks for the video!

[@JasonPrice1]

AvP was the best movie with the titular Alien in it since Aliens. I very much enjoy it on rewatch and definitely hold out hope that someday, a serious banger of an AvP will be delivered.

[@frankieb_kksc]

As a kid I enjoyed and still really enjoy AVP. And honestly it should be canon, but That’s another convo hahaha. The ancient aliens Predator background, the return of bishop. Man it’s fun!

[@alecfiggins9251]

Who all has seen Alien Romulus more than one time in theaters? I can't get enough.. so amazing

[@adriel88_]

I saw it once im waiting for digital release so I can watch it every day it means a lot to me cuz my name is Andy and the girl I love Sophia she’s white im dark skinned and her father died too so I feel like Andy from the movie I feel like her father found me and program me to do what’s best for RAIN (Sophia) :)

[@adriel88_]

Andy is my favorite synthetic :)

[@YenaD15]

Seen it twice

[@durotan5245]

Watched it two times. Second time was in IMAX and I bought the Alien Romulus collection in a video game that lets you play as Rain.

[@mullaoslo]

Haven't felt the need to watch it again.. What it does well it does amazing but it's faults makes it less rewatchable than alien resurrection or even AvP2

[@TheWizardSpeaks]

I got AVP on DVD and a chestburster plushie for christmas after the film came out, and I could not have been happier

[@Nekobaby]

I enjoyed AVP and I will always leave it on when it is on tv. Now AVP II. . . that one makes me want to stick hot pokers in my eyes.

[@Physwarrior13]

As always ...a great listen. Thanks you

[@adambloomfield4861]

AvP has its charms and quarms

[@mr.coomcoom]

That pounce move though...

[@vidviewer23]

Just wanted to say that I discovered your KZbin channel earlier this year and I can't get over how much I enjoy it, and that I somehow missed out on it for so long. You are doing a fantastic job of keeping healthy discussion of this franchise ongoing, and the fans are lucky to have you.

[@arthurp.4272]

Your content profoundly changed my view of Sci-Fi movies! I love your videos, thanks for the many years of work which influenced me to become a full blown Alien SuperFan.

[@lucasjacks3594]

As always, great video! Thank you!

[@mamunestor]

I’ve always had a special place for this movie. I never bashed it like many others did. I enjoyed that Alexia Woods is based off of the main character of the original dark horse comics AVP story.

[@themcadamsminute8494]

From Robocop 3 to this film, taking an ultra violent franchise and making it PG-13 is a death certificate for a film.

[@PaulAngileri]

Ya but, the chestburst scenes weren’t worth going for the R rating IMO, and what made the cut was sufficient.

[@roycethompson3161]

Hope that your buddies family are doing alright.

[@Malachi.2000]

💚Awesome!💚

[@doomgal669]

I watched AVP in cinema when it came out and I enjoyed it. Watched it a few times over the years on DVD and still like it to this day.

[@wickcuhhh7495]

20 years mauu gawd

[@Pinchepete86]

Need more videos. Need longer videos 😊

[@seanziethen1032]

I always loved the shot where the Facehuggers jump in SloMo towards the archeologists. It’s so well executed and looks dope af

[@TonyBMan]

And yet nobody ever thinks to raise their hands and shield their face. Only Ripley.

[@darkron288]

Avp is underated and overhated, it gets compared way to frequently to alien and predator but its not really trying to be either, its own franchise and should be judged on its own, and on its own its a fun action adventure movie with great kills and fight scenes, this movie rocks and i am happy people are rediscovering it

[@thefrenchcanadianwolfman8228]

Still prefer Requiem for Wolf, the Predalien and the gore even though it's hard to see

[@DPham1]

I enjoy AVPR when I see it as just a B-movie that's fun. It's not high art but it's entertaining enough, only thing is that the lighting sucks

[@thefrenchcanadianwolfman8228]

The weird thing is that the trailer ain't that dark so wtf

[@brillbull8415]

I remember hearing they had to put a filter over it to hide some of the gore so it got a lower rating

[@thefrenchcanadianwolfman8228]

It's about damn time they remove that filter. Imagine a 4k release with updated visuals.

[@DPham1]

@@brillbull8415 if that's true about the filter, God that's just so dumb

[@Autobot1991]

One of my favorite movies ever! I can’t believe it’s already been 20 years!!! 😮

[@thefatmanbatman9822]

For how much this movie and its sequel get thrown under the bus, I hold these movies close to my heart, without these films, I probably wouldn’t have got into their franchises as much as I did, I was scrolling through cable one when I was 7 and stopped on FX channel doing a double feature, and the scene I first saw was when the predators killed the crew on the surface, been hooked ever since, seeing those films, I remember being excited to to watch predators when it was available to rent through Redbox because of AVP, which I was 9 at the time

[@radgeheid]

Watching it now the most entertaining thing is how many of its story beats (and practically full scenes) that Prometheus straight up lifted.

[@BigWired]

One of the things I realy appreciate about your videos is just how cool and fair you are about these movies. You're absolutely right in that nothing that could be made will ever live up to fan expectations, but that AVP did a darn fine job in doing what it did. I had no idea it had so many practical effects and it was really cool to learn about that! It does make a huge difference to see and feel and touch the things on a set as opposed to CGI. I thought you were also very fair to the lead actress Sanaa Lathan, in pointing out she did the best with the script she had. An actor can be incredible, but if a script is bad or mediocre, it's a lot to ask them to elevate it. Look at the scripts for the first season of Star Trek TNG. Overall, I've always loved this movie and had a great time watching it in theaters.

[@barkasz6066]

This was one of the last movies I got on VHS. I enjoyed it as a kid, haven't seen it in a long long time.

[@keremgo3d]

I LOVE that movie... Final fight was awesome.

[@baby.nay.]

I gotta say , your video on the full screen vs wide screen version of this film is so good ! My bf and I watched it … and then later that week watch avp on full screen bc it’s all we had access to . Wow , your video was so enlightening , informative and entertaining

[@MS-iy6cm]

I remember playing the games you mentioned at exactly the same time. I also remember how much I despaired sometimes because the level of difficulty was so high - and not just for me as a kid. :D

[@MillenniumStoryteller]

I was around 9 years old in 2004. I had watched Alien, Aliens and I had seen both Predator films numerous times(yes I was way too young lol) October of 2004 I saw them doing a celebration on FX for the release of the AVP DVD. They were marathoning the Alien and Predator movies. I saw it a week later and liked it and still enjoy it to this day.

[@SolarTara]

Ive been silently watching you for a while. I feel the need to come and praise this movie. Now as an avid alien fan I can say its store and world doesn't exactly fit in the whole alien franchise but man I was 8 when I watched this film with my mom and it terrified me but also watching Sanaa Lathan fight along side the predator, and kinda giving an explanation to the pyramids to me as a child it really scratched an itch and I will always love it for that. It played well on the Alien 2 (Aliens) hive like nature and I loved that as well.

[@merryharry6487]

I legit watched this last night, great video Mr. Theory

[@PeterPortev]

One of my favorite movies!

[@13thravenpurple94]

Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

Imo AvP definitely had potential if Fox just didn’t pressure the production in order to ride on the hype Freddy vs Jason created. Hopefully one day we get another AvP film that adapts the Dark Horse comics, but the chances are kinda slim af knowing Fox.

[@Dark-Stranger]

It’s no longer Fox. Fox is gone. It’s now 20th Century Studios, and it’s a branch studio owned by Disney after Fox sold off all of its film an tv productions, while retaining its News and Sports rights. So Disney owns rights to Predator and Alien.

[@PaulAngileri]

@@Dark-StrangerAnd they won’t be done milking Star Wars for the next 3 decades.

[@roylangeveld3436]

Great to see that audiences are finally appreciating this movie now. Back in 2004, I had already heard so many bad stories that I was actually not disappointed at all. In fact, I was almost bullied off the IMDb forums for liking it; some people really HATED it as an affront to their love for the series. Then a reporter nearly got a heart attack when he heard James Cameron give praise to it, and now we are even collectively celebrating its 20th anniversary. Goes to show that the haters are quite often only a small but very noisy fraction of the group who silence the rest to shame. Hope to see a part 3 one day, although I'm fine if they keep it a spin-off outside of the Alien universe. It feels more at home within the more popcorn-oriented Predator-verse in my opinion.

[@brillbull8415]

Honestly this is the best the Aliens have ever looked and moved.

[@73rmin8r]

Hard disagree, Big Chap will always be the best to me. The weird cockroach head, fleshy texture, and lack of Geigery biomechanical detailing that the AvP and Resurrection aliens had really annoyed me. And they had less lanky, more beefy movie monster proportions too. At least the AvP version wasn't brown and didn't have dinosaur legs like the Resurrection ones did.

[@brillbull8415]

@@73rmin8r I agree with you on the design. The Aliens are very serpentine in AVP. But in the sense of raw screen time and action these things hold up a lot better than big chap does. Full kinetic action with full view of the Xenos. Alien and Aliens just don't have the same quality and you really only see flashes of the creature. Also I don't even consider resurrection a movie, it doesn't actually exist.

[@lennydaiglejr3094]

With a stronger director this could have been a great film.

[@PastaNoose]

Another great vid, thanks :)

[@aidenstockton1692]

AVP is not a great film and is in the lower half of my ranking of the Alien series, but it will always have a soft spot in my heart for being the movie I rewatched the most as a kid. Weyland is a cool character, the pyramid is unique, and I think the Queen is just as awesome in this film as it was in Aliens (the chase sequence through the whalebones is epic). The film could have consolidated its cast, refined the dialogue, and gone for the R rating, but overall this was just an enjoyable ride with a fun cliffhanger.

[@bigsarge2085]

I always enjoy AVP, and an Alvarez/Trachtenberg AVP collaboration would be incredible!

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

I wanna see acontinuation of Avp3 1st of all before we even get round to an AvP remake

[@morbidone88]

This will always be in my heart, my bro and I went to see it in theaters.. RIP Mitch, AvP2 PvP ftw!

[@luigidon3761]

A true guilty pleasure! Love the content Alien Theory 🤘

[@ReleaseTheCanines]

Fun fact for anyone feeling old: More time has passed from AVP to Alien Romulus (20 years), than had passed from Alien to Alien Resurrection (18 years).

[@mostynater]

I always loved this film, I never even knew people hated it for years, until I saw it was hated online 7 or 8 years after it came out .

[@greenbow7888]

Exactly the same.

[@mostynater]

@@greenbow7888 surprising wasn’t it

[@PaulAngileri]

Hand raised for someone who found it super-meh on day 1.

[@mandownunder5211]

I like AVP 2004 well enough but I still reckon you’d could make a really cool movie out of the original 90s comic

[@davidthomas9190]

20 years later 😮 I'm getting old fast. Hope you're doing OK man 💪🏻

[@supersayianfuturetrunks2236]

Ironically, I was just rewatching alien versus predator just literally last week and here now about to make it 20th anniversary that’s crazy

[@boiludens]

Wild just saw AVPR last night and just ordered them on blu ray

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

I still hav my 2disc DVD edition of the 1st AvP film i paid £3 for it in£Land which hav sadly done away with selling DVDs/Blu-rays. I also paid £7 for AvP Requiem in Hobbyworld/they've sadly done away with selling DVD,s as well

[@MarcMcKenzie-qb6or]

I still have the "Art of" book for the film, which is packed with a lot of photos and concept art for the film, plus the commentary from Woodruff and Gillis.

[@austenpowers]

Ay up Del-boy, just been watching ‘Expanded’ - what a doc and really enjoyed your input 🫡🙌

[@RakaiThwei]

Always loved this movie. Saw it ten times in the theater during it's run and I still have my tickets. I always feel that this movie was unjustly hated because it wasn’t in space and didn’t have Marines. I'll take the AVP movies over EVERY movie that's come out in the last fourteen years.

[@ottooctavius9552]

I would absolutely love an 3rd movie

[@clearmountain28]

This was really good. I realize that there wouldn't be enough differences to talk individually, but would you consider doing a combination: alien resurrection, AvP, and AvPR theatrical cut vs. extended cut, video?

[@SasuPT]

Thank you again. I've also warmed up to AVP throughout the years, and for the same reasons. And ...Instead of a Ripley-type, I've always thought that Sanaa Lathan's Lex Woods was more of a Machiko-type.

[@Docgriffin632]

i always thought that it should be Alien vs Predator vs the Thing with a team of marines caught in the middle. as the Xenomophes seem to be a almost perfect counter to the Thing and that the Predators came across them like humanity did.

[@CatchingDinosaurs]

Always liked the first one.

[@jacka6207]

The slo-mo here works better for me here than anywhere else outside of The Matrix