RedLetterMedia - AVP : Alien vs Predator Commentary Highlights

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Head off to Antarctica in search of Aliens, Predators, and the ice-cold refreshing taste of Pepsi with Mike, Jay, and Rich Evans, in this excavation of highlights from RedLetterMedia's whimsically disgruntled commentary track for the 2004 shlock-fest "AVP: Alien vs. Predator".
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[@dorpth]

"How cold does it get in the Arctic? Would probably need long sleeves." -Screenwriter who has never left L.A.

[@solutionless123]

The best "Screenwriter who has never left LA" movie is Angelina Jolie's new film Those Who Wish Me Dead, which depicts a cartoon version of Montana where people have to dodge lightning and everyone is an LA douche just in Montana

[@johnbacon4997]

@@solutionless123 wait you're kidding, do they actually "dodge lighting" in that movie?

[@solutionless123]

@@johnbacon4997 Angelina and a kid have to run through a field where lightning is striking all over the place. Angelina actually gets struck I think but she's fine.

[@notmewtwo4044]

that's just.... lol

[@johnbacon4997]

@@solutionless123 lmao

[@GamerGeezer]

The idea of a predator on a hunt getting a phone call from his distressed wife about being a victim of ID theft made me laugh so hard

[@Randomcorpse]

Random predator: "Let me just warm up the engine on this car for this nice lady, before we fly back to Predaton."

[@koatam]

Predaton? Is that the name of Epstein's island?

[@WolfHreda]

@@koatam solid comment.

[@hinder90]

@@koatam ok, you can now officially follow a career in comedic writing and fail like nearly all of the other good comedic writers.

[@neverstopschweiking]

Vehicles on expeditions in Antarctica are left with engines on, or on a heating cable from a generator. That actually makes sense. The more interesting part is: Why is it dark? It's October, there should be midnight sun.

[@SpawnRevenge92]

That clip of Sigourney Weaver being indignant because the alien doesn't win in AvP is pure gold 🤣

[@incognitomcde1360]

It’s also pure bait. She doesn’t give a crap

[@chrisandrew7577]

Why she's one of the most badass action stars of the time

[@Person_two]

@@chrisandrew7577 Because it’s ultimately just a role. She played an iconic character, sure, but it’s been 43 years since Alien released, 25 when AVP released. She’s moved on.

[@yeahey5947]

She’s also speaking to a room full of alien fans that are there to see the star of alien sooo I’d say pretty decent chance they’d agree

[@itsdabees]

To be fair, the aliens do win in the end, hence the sequel.

[@technohellscape]

"In memory of H. R. Giger" I am slain

[@splicer0169]

Legitimately disgusting

[@YouSoSpice]

amazing

[@SWOLEX_1]

Death achievement

[@unverifiedbiotic]

I remember watching this with the commentary track, and the main actresses input on the creature design was "LOL, it looks like a flying pussy, LOL".

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

Gotta have it

[@flaviusarcadiusvibes]

The editing on this shows that you really understand the humor and style of RLM, it feels like a mix of Mike and jays editing, very pleasant to watch.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@leafonhead777]

I like how everything seen through the thermal vision is all uniformly glowing orange. Skin, clothes, backpack, even the guns for some reason are glowing hot..

[@spaceman9459]

Fishnets, hot guns, hunting the prey, female lead survives with male predator, intimate moments of awkward interaction, her protecting him, her grieving him. Idk man...

[@shadymcnasty5920]

@@spaceman9459 r u high that made no sense

[@PanicGiraffe]

It's not thermal vision, it's PREDATOR VISION(TM)

[@crawlingchaos2811]

it isnt thermal it's "plot" device vision

[@bluedistortions]

They rarely have consistency in the movie they are currently making on their own logic for how their fantasy world works. How much less for previous entries, or the real world. It's why it's called "slop," they don't want you to enjoy it so much you pay attention. They view passionate creators and passionate fans as annoyances to be shoo'd away from their rushed, lazy products.

[@MadsterV]

"20 queen aliens vs 20 power suits" Was that JJ Abrams?

[@fulcrum8583]

No, if it were JJ Abrams, it'd be 20 queen aliens vs. 20 mystery boxes.

[@breezingby2611]

@@fulcrum8583 the box! The box!

[@obadiahnormal8070]

The Aliens would be blinded by lens flare, their greatest enemy

[@nicolashrv]

@@fulcrum8583 Jar Jar Abrahams would have made a movie were a Crew goes to investigate an SOS signal in a planet, but in order to find the planet, they first need to find the space box of chtulhu, which is lost somewhere the desert planet of somewherland.........after they sort all the quests, they discover the Space Jockey was actually Ripley's grand-grand-ad-nauseam-grand son, who travel back in time, to avenge her granny for abbadnoning her daughter for 57 years...........makes you think

[@Jack_Pepsi]

Nah it was Kurtzman

[@Cybopath]

I remember reading about Cameron leaving the pre production for Alien 5 (which I'm sure they'd dubbed 'Genesis' ironicly) in 2003. Fox said you can still work on Alien 5 we just want to release AvP to generate hype for the franchise. Cameron replied 'There's no point painting your front door when your fucking house is on fire.'

[@ThreadBomb]

It's more likely that Cameron quit to start working on Avatar.

[@carlosandresgomezreyes9846]

Puff cameron the one who made dark fate and hasnt directed more than one movie in 20 years

[@billsimms2511]

@@carlosandresgomezreyes9846 Cameron seems fixated on making 20 Avatar sequels. I’m not sure if that’s a good idea though as the universe isn’t that interesting

[@stranger59]

@@billsimms2511 He made over a billion bucks when we already knew the boat sank at the end... if he wants to make blue cat people movies the rest of his life I doubt he'll have a reason to stop.

[@michaelccozens]

@@ThreadBomb No way. He already had Sigourney Weaver starring and Ridley Scott directing. Nobody's walking away from that without a really good reason.

[@ghiblinerd6196]

3:18 this commercial would have been infinitely better if the kid threw the soda to the alien who made no attempt to catch it and then it just tears the kids apart.

[@blorfenburger]

Yes

[@_Digishade_]

It just bounces off of its armored skull and they cut to a Pepsi logo with accompanying hissing sounds.

[@andrewsmith1204]

Bonus Billy Crudup in a garbage can. Get outta there, Dr. Manhattan!

[@jonhg92]

Or if the alien slashes the can and pepsi spills all over the alien as it melts from the toxicity

[@E4RLIES]

Or we just ffwd a few years, showing a now obese alien with missing teeth from the Pepsi consumption

[@GuyAMann]

The commercial with the kid giving a Pepsi to a xenomorph still isn't as dumb as that commercial where Kendall Jenner gave a Pepsi to a cop and that caused everyone to celebrate.

[@viljamtheninja]

wat

[@jayvang7490]

That's because one of those comes from a parasitic species bent on world domination and putting the entire world under one hive-mind, ruled by a real bitch of a queen. And the other is a xenomorph.

[@d.f.6334]

@@jayvang7490 I can't ^^ I knew that punchline was coming but I still burst out laughing!

[@dcanmore]

sounds like a rip-off of the Chemical Brothers video Out of Control with Rosario Dawson

[@CoffeeMugTwentyFive]

Is that kid on the left Billy Crudup? update: I was wrong, according to my math Crudup would have been 25 in 1993.

[@fettfan91]

Weyland hitting the Alien Vape was just too much, bravo sir.

[@ruuud]

40 minutes??? what a treat also your editing is actually really good, really fitting thematically with the way rlm edits their videos as well

[@eggsbenedict2251]

Very good editing and very cool!

[@juliusjournal]

I agree! Great job.

[@saveriomarrano1724]

i also agree good job.

Great editing, I loved the little references, like black cougar.

[@williamjameslehy1341]

Yeah definitely very cool, I want more RLM content from this channel.

[@tonyjackson4078]

In many of the comics, the Predator race considered the Xenomorphs prized trophies. Often a lot of times the hunt was more like Aliens where the Predators were getting their asses handed to them, and the survivors earned their victory.

[@koyzish]

Disappointed that Mikes pitch for a lion Alien is Lalien and not Alion

[@LilyApus]

Lmao, I agree that is better but it's hard to think of funny things on the spot sometimes.

[@pescando]

I’d be alion if said I didn’t laugh

[@tristan8940]

I was sitting here hoping one of them would pipe up, “wait guys, Alion, obviously,” but alas

[@zetetick395]

Isn't that the new first names of the Wachowki's?

[@clareornias1120]

Mike was definitely a little too drunk or not drunk enough to find it. One or the other.

[@stranger59]

"Back when they made toys on violent, R-rated films" - Jay There are Alien and Predators toys at Wal-Mart RIGHT NOW, despite neither having a movie this year. Hell, both are in Fortnite.

[@HOTD108_]

Fortnite? Isn't that the compelling storytelling medium used to tell a vital piece of The Skywalker Saga™?

[@stranger59]

@@HOTD108_ Yes, Fortnite is canon part of the saga, this is correct.

[@j.67]

Whats more disturbing is that ALIENS are literal peepee monsters from Giger's artwork....

[@therealjuralumin3416]

Robocop is in Fortnite now too

[@barahng]

@@therealjuralumin3416 I can't even tell if you're joking. On one hand, how many zoomers have even heard of Robocop? On the other, Fortnite cosmetics seem to make money no matter what. Release a literal pile of shit as a playable skin and it'll make bank because FOMO is super effective on 10 year olds.

[@JakeRanney]

My favorite part of that Pepsi commercial is "In Memory of H. R. Giger"

[@jamescollinge5043]

Should have adapted the arcade game and had Schwarzenegger return as a descendant of Dutch with a giant f-ing robot arm. If you're going to make a movie called 'Aliens vs Predator', you might as well go for it

[@HellecticMojo]

"Time to hunt"

[@stranger59]

That sounds like it would cost MONEY. Hell, the whole reason it's set in modern day instead of in the future (like I think nearly every Alien vs. Predator comic story) is because MONEY.

[@j.67]

Nearly any of the comic book stories from dark horse would have been a better movie

[@idontknow164]

I'd watch that.

[@Hakman78]

I'm going to forever picture now that during the end fight scene there are a couple of cloaked predators offscreen trying to crank the ignition on that snow vehicle without flooding it, so that she has a means to not freeze to death after they all leave.

[@Iamafishproductions]

Two of them have to get out and push to get the battery running.

[@keeper21br]

Now all she needs to do is to drive that thing through the ocean to Argentina 🤣

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@keeper21br ah, but what if she hit the water at _just_ the right velocity and angle that she skipped across the ocean?

[@DavidColvin1920]

@@TheRealNormanBates she just needs to hit like 1/2 of the speed that sled went and she'd make it no problem.

[@jospi2]

@@keeper21br Plot Twist - She somehow meets MacReady and Childs from The Thing.

[@gregorytobin5754]

My biggest gripe with AVP, was that the temple had NO evidence that the predators had been there before actually fighting aliens. Like in this stuff gets smashed up, dead aliens acid blood all over the place. There's like a single broken stone bridge thing and that's it. Everything else seems perfectly intact despite having been the hosting ground for alien v predator battle zone for thousands of years.

[@WrightOnTarget]

The Predator janitor just fixes it up between battles

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

That's your biggest gripe?

[@sterlinga8307]

Antarctica has been under a thick sheet of ice for 15-20 million years, the idea that Mayans or whatever were down there buildings temples is possibly the stupidest thing in any movie ever.

[@wowisowns]

Maybe the new warriors just aren't as good as the old ones. All these modern training methods can't compare to stern but fair parenting

[@gregorytobin5754]

@@WrightOnTarget LOL

[@NightmareLoveForever]

I love not only the length of this (wishing you luck with YT and DMCA ugh) but also the inserts, edits, etc that add to what they're saying, the film, and even making your own jokes. It's awesome. Looking forward to more, if you do them!

[@illuderebeliarh1260]

i instantly looked for the "subscribe button", thought it`s part of Redletter, then came to comments cause i didnt understand why only 1.6k. This is so good !

[@Riggs_The_Roadie]

Ever heard of Super Best Friends Play? They're a now defunct KZbin channel that did Let's Plays of games. Fans have made compilations of their content in basically this exact format. They're great.

[@MrQwertysystem]

@@Riggs_The_Roadie Any uploaders to recommend? I usually just re-watch them directly, but wouldn't mind to watch some good compilations once in a while as well.

[@Toxodos]

"(wishing you luck with YT and DMCA ugh" the fucking balls of using a shot watermarked with "for awards consideration only" I love it :D

[@leonardgrant7577]

@@Toxodos I think they added that as a joke about the terrible acting

[@28kiriku]

The whole woman and predator friendship is based on the character of Machiko Noguchi, from the predator comic book series. In the comic books the story doesn't have anything to do with a temple but she does kill an alien and the dying predator marks her so when the ship arrives on the now desolate planet due to the alien attack, they recognize the symbol on her and she goes and lives with predators and gives the readers a cool insight of the predator life. A cool strong female character in the Predator stories similar to Weaver' character in Alien.

[@Venom_Snek]

Admittedly that's the one thing I actually like about the original AVP, figures they took it from what sounds like a much more interesting comic lol.

[@Zlarel]

Then they send her to the kitchen and she's like "fuck this"

[@F1nnyF6]

Yes my dude. 40 minutes RLM commentary edit thank u my g

[@WolfHreda]

The Bishop thing is sort of annoying. There was a story in the Alien: Bug Hunt anthology that explained Bishop's name. His batch of androids all had chess piece names, he even ended up fighting Rook, who took up working for a team of scavenging thugs. It was cool.

[@hinder90]

This movie breaks canon with a wrecking ball. I kind let this one go.

[@stranger59]

@@hinder90 Just accept that AVP isn't canon in the Alien movies, but it's totally canon to the Predator movies. Alien universe: social political messages with a focus on the horrors of capitalism and colonialism, using xenomorphs for fear of the unknown and the dangers of exploitation. Predator universe: Cool stuff happens, Predators, beefy commandos, Aliens, Adrian Brody, whatever you want to happen CAN HAPPEN! GET TA DA CHOPPA!

[@HOTD108_]

@@stranger59 It's totally fitting for AvP stuff to be canon to the Predator universe but not the "real" Alien universe. It's less annoying that way. Even so, the original Predator film is still more intelligent than either AvP movie.

[@bryanekers3472]

Ah, Bishop, always playing an angle... Right up until the Queen takes Bishop.

[@wiictvchannel1112]

@@bryanekers3472 You just blew my mind. That is so smart.

[@gydorack]

This movie might have, kind of, almost made sense if the following happened. The Predators originally came to the temple to recover the queen alien/ recover some artifact/ or destroy the temple, because they knew humans were becoming too advanced and would find it. So the mission would have gone off without a hitch if the humans hadn't wandered in and gotten face huggers on them. This makes the humans necessary characters instead of just bumbling nobodies.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

Yeah there are so many ways this could have been awesome with minor tweaks. For example, emphasize that the predators are from much a hotter planet, so they really struggle with the cold, and the humans use that to their advantage; because of human intervention, a predator gets infected, and they have to deal with a predator-based alien; the humans, instead of having brought their own assault weapons to an Antarctic expedition, sneak into the predator’s cache of supplies and learn how to use their weapons.

[@morlasa]

@@asmodiusjones9563 That is SO MUCH better!

[@big_pingu]

Or just ditch the humans, set in in a jungle, we follow the action from the predator point of view. Or predators discover some jungle planet infested with aliens. Its an alen vs predator movie, its gonna be action schlock anyway, just embrace it, fuck the human characters, noone will care in the end

[@noahvance6160]

"There's always time to burn your face with acid." -Rich Evans

[@CommonAccent]

I was legitimately expecting to see Rich's face when he was taking the helmet off.

[@rhetiq9989]

Wdym that was his face. Completely zero edits

[@ZoogaZig]

Yo, the DEEP cuts for this editing is incredible. AMAZING work. Amazing.

[@BanyaBat]

Too kind!... Check out my other stuff here if you haven't yet! kzbin.info/door/k1jbdRuPM7WCgl9RPX-roQ

[@vinnieladders3470]

If I remember correctly, there's a dark horse comic where she's taken to the preserve to live and hunt with Adrian Brody. I'm %100 serious.

[@Gideon13397]

That sounds kinda 'meh' to be honest. Wish they would have went with the idea of trying to get another group of dropped people, gather them up for survival and try to leave the planet.

[@Tacheonblack]

Important distinction here: Adrian Brody's character in Predators, or just... Adrian Brody? Like, does he have any idea what's going on? Is that where Brodyquest led him?

[@KrikZ32]

@@Tacheonblack the Predators were big fans of his work in King Kong

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

@@KrikZ32 for sure. He was killer in it

[@notinspectorgadget]

@@Tacheonblack ahhh brodyquest.

[@reyvilla6994]

I know the RLM guys sell these commentary tracks.... But got-dang it, the images and photoshops have me giggling all day on all these vids

[@razzledazzle1462]

You can listen to them for free on their bandcamp. I've been listening to them for years.

[@hinder90]

@@razzledazzle1462 I never did understand their sales model with these things, honestly.

[@HOTD108_]

@@razzledazzle1462 You get them for free? So I've been paying $12.99 per commentary for nothing?

[@razzledazzle1462]

@@HOTD108_ I don't have any sort of insider arrangement. I presume anyone can do that.

[@visassess8607]

@@HOTD108_ Yeah just look up their Bandcamp

[@tissot233]

Only thing I remember of this movie from seeing this in the theater as teenager was the group of 30-40 year old's starting to laugh their ass off on the bonding moment of the predator making the marking on the protagonist cheek, at which point rest of the theater started to boo at the movie. One of the rare times I've seen Finnish theater audience loudly showing emotion.

[@Meitti]

Itse katoin sen ensimmäisenä DVD:nä ja samassa kohtaa koko sohva rupesi buuaamaan.

[@Hoganply]

Weirdly, if she'd been an Arnold/Ripley-like character, that would've been the only interesting moment in the movie.

[@jonathansparks882]

I saw this in theaters as a kid, and my theater had the same reaction. I cringed so hard when the predator teamed up with her.

[@YXalr]

Before I read the last sentence I wondered if booing at a bad movie is a common thing in the US because I never run into that in my home country... which is Finland.

[@jonathansparks882]

@@YXalr I would say in America, we laughs more at how bad it is rather then booing. at least in my experience. You'll have one or two people that say " this movie sucks" and other things along those lines.

[@milton7763]

“The original ending was going to be 20 alien queens against 20 power loader suits” So basically, Matrix Revolutions’ battle for Zion. Gotcha

[@fyarae3750]

Bruh you're the best, sometimes I don't wanna queue up the movie and the commentary track and these videos make my life so much easier. Keep on, man!

[@rodrikofharlaw6848]

Especially since I either no long own the movie or it's buried in my boxes of tapes and I refuse to pay youtube extortion rates of 4 to 6 bucks for a decades old movie I cant even keep so I have to go to putlocker or something since netflix guaranteed doesn't have it.

[@rubberduckDanson]

I've listened to all the audio commentaries on the RLM Bandcamp. Multiple times. But I still come back to your videos because your phenomenal editing adds so much and it adds a new level of humor on the whole thing. Thank you for your service ❤️

[@BanyaBat]

Truly appreciate that, thank you, sir... They take time, but it's good to know that people (generally) enjoy my style and the wee bits & pieces I add... Cheers!

[@pamelapeters3342]

The thing that I always notice about this movie and its terrible directing is how the whole crew has this apprehensive mood like they're going to run into aliens instead of being excited that they're in an ancient ruin. Bad foreshadowing. Lol

[@Iamafishproductions]

At least in The Thing, the scientists are anxious because they started out their expedition finding the grisly remains of the god-awful Thing prequel.

[@ulture]

to be fair, no scientist would find that structure under the Antarctic ice and think it was made by humans. There's not many scenarios so crazy that the ONLY logical solution is ancient aliens, but that would be one of them. And finding out that aliens exist in this manner would be pretty terrifying for all kinds of reasons.... they're right to be scared, but wrong to go about any of their explorations in the way they did. IRL they'd probably call the UN who would send some kind of multinational taskforce armed to the teeth, seal it back up while they plan and prepare (including surrounding the entrances with big mounds of ice to rebury it if they need to), then explore it with every form of surface scan currently known to science, then send in animals and robots, to build a complete map and ascertain possible threats, and only then start sending in humans, with the soldiers going first. And they'd keep a major portion of the world's thermonuclear ICBMS pointed at it the whole time, with B-52s circling constantly overhead and navies rerouted to every base in the southern hemisphere. Of course, if the aliens that built that decided to turn against humanity en masse, none of that would save us.

[@Iamafishproductions]

@@ulture Unfortunately, a lot of modern movie scientists have terminal "We Need To Discover It First" syndrome, so they tell absolutely no one out of fear of not getting to see the cool stuff first and get credit for it. Better to go down there with absolutely no precautions and trust that your visual firsthand observations with zero documentation will be what wins you that poolitzer.

[@perunplague9794]

You reminded me of that scene in Jurassic Park where Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler first see the dinosaurs, Alan takes off his sunglasses and you see the sheer bewilderment in his eyes, then Ellie is babbling about some kind of prehistoric plant she's looking at, and Alan directs her attention to the actual dinos, she drops the plant and is stricken speechless just like him. Their reaction isn't fear (at first) its sheer WONDER, they are scientists who just got to experience something that they never thought they would, they regress back to their childlike fascination with the dinos. the scientists in this movie look like they're being forced to be in these ruins or they don't really even know why they're there.

[@phillipfry8141]

probably has something to do with that giant tunnel that was clearly a sky-laser burrowing a hole straight to the temple door. I'd be pretty apprehensive after that to be honest.

[@JustABitJank]

I guess the movie never says anything about it, but I remember interpreting it as a coming of age ceremony where you earn your OP shoulder gun.

[@Zlarel]

Doesn't Italian Man explain it at some point, too? I swear I vaguely recall him talking about it with Black Lady after watching the Predator scar himself.

[@JustABitJank]

@@Zlarel the last time I saw it was within the year it came out so who knows, I sure am not going to watch it again

[@BioYuGi]

They absolutely do explain that in the movie. It's why the main Predator doesn't equip the shoulder gun until after he's killed a Xeno.

[@mariosargiropoulos1715]

Correct. These three Predators are Youngbloods. This is their test to become “Blooded”. Hence the ritual scarring after an Alien kill. They’re not testing themselves. They’re being tested by their tribe. They’re basically teenagers. There’s a deleted scene where Scar scares the girl by making the dead aliens jaw pop out unexpectedly... and he begins laughing; another indication that these three Predators are kids.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Or just a coming of age ceremony where you prove you are a real man by shooting aliens with an OP shoulder gun. Since it is a coming of age ceremony and the parents presumably want their boy to survive (cause maybe he is going to apply to an electrical engineering graduate program when he gets home) it isn't something nearly as dangerous as having the boys fight the aliens with their bare hands.

[@Lonequacker]

Damn I'm glad you're doing more of these. I've rewatched the D&D one so many times now. Their commentaries honestly might be the most underrated thing they do.

[@saveriomarrano1724]

yeah i love just watching these while doing something else in the background.. hope he makes more

[@nowone666]

this is a blessing because they were watching the theatrical cut and I couldn't get a hold of that version for the life of me, so I had to watch the extended cut and keep adjusting the commentary track, it'll be nice this time to just sit back and watch

[@dragondan]

you got me good. genuinely convinced me for a minute that there was a toy commercial with the John Hurt footage spliced in.

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

Your videos made me buy a commentary track! Their Evil Dead 2 stories are hilarious. Mike being above the fray while everyone freaks out about a lost Necronomicon page is iconic.

[@d1halberdgnoll963]

That Pepsi commercial sure was something else.

[@zetetick395]

Oof, this IP had died LONG before Ridley came back to fuck it up.

[@davegesell5470]

Just rewatched this, and I wanted to say how much I appreciate all the work you put in, adding the extra touches to elevate the jokes in the commentary.

[@hmorgan471]

I just wanna say, it's really clear you've put the editing effort in on this video, and it really pushes it over the top, good job Banya :thumbsup:

[@dcanmore]

the original story from the Aliens v Predator comics from 1989 was better and far more engaging: humans have colonised a planet which turns out to be an ancient Predator hunting ground. A Predator seed ship returns with Alien eggs and they hatch and infect the planet's native cattle that the humans are farming for food. Predator hunters arrive soon after expecting Aliens to hunt but also come across the human settlement.

[@Zlarel]

The Space Marines toy with the mild-mannered Bishop sporting an absurdly-large minigun made me chortle

[@MoonsingerMedia]

The original AvP comic was a masterpiece .. and really too bad they didn’t just turn THAT into a movie. Instead we got this half-assed version.

[@KingofCrusher]

Almost any of the Dark House Alien and Predator comics would've made better movies than what we've got in the last 25 years.

[@koatam]

@@DD-y1v-g2f Yeah, anytime they get a source material that isn't a novel, they just chop and hack it up because they think they can do better. A lot of novels don't make it through either.

[@DeepEye1994]

An early draft was sticking pretty closely to that original comic, except if I'm not mistaken they decided to change the planet colony where it takes place from being a desert planet to a jungle planet.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

not half ass, it was a quarter ass at most. roughly 6 months from start to finish...WTF?

[@stranger59]

That would have cost money. As you can tell from the final product, they did not want to spend that money.

[@PraiseTheLord1221]

I've always wanted to see a predator film set during WW2 in the pacific... would be a cool setting but tough to execute.

[@hattedsandwich2415]

Saving Private Poncho

[@PraiseTheLord1221]

@@hattedsandwich2415 predator vs narco's

[@tonywords6713]

Could be like the incident at Ramree where the isolated retreating Japanese went through a swamp and got decimated by crocodiles

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Just literally any interesting setting that requires more than a half asleep molluscs brain to come up with

[@the81kid]

C'mon, there's so many crossovers worth trying. I wanna see Ferris Bueller Gets to Da Choppah.

[@jodi2847]

Rich Evans: "Oh, no......OH, NO!......OHHH NOOOOOOO!!!" I laugh every time.

[@averagejoe225]

5:35 lmao

[@CaptainWwowW]

I was so unbelievably hyped for this movie as a kid, I was so obsessed my parents got me tested for autism (passed that but HIV+)

[@bluedistortions]

That's a real nice anecdote you got there, it would be a shame if there was no lab based test for autism. Also, even if there was, when you go getting tested for one thing, it doesn't come back with a positive for a different thing. That's not how blood work works.

[@stewartmoore5158]

This comment absolutely deserves the coveted "1k" likes. I'm here before you're famous.

[@yrenekurtz5268]

Surprisingly, the original 1979 Alien had a toy Xenomorph made by Kenner, and it was released along the movie. The toy actually sports some pretty impressive details for such an old piece, but apparently didn't sell too well.

[@hobartpaving8986]

I still have it, hanging from a shelf by it’s handy storage tail, although the plastic brain-shield thing got lost over the years. Not sure why someone bought six-year-old me a toy from an 18-rated horror movie, but there you go.

[@HOTD108_]

@@hobartpaving8986 That was a bizarre trend at the time, when all popular R movies got child friendly toys made. Alien, Predator, RoboCop, and Terminator all got children's toy lines made after them.

[@TrueNubinator]

The TMNT sound when the pred spin jump/stabs the Queen was awesome

[@Hoganply]

Imagine the Crank guys directing an Alien vs Predator movie. One can dream.

[@DeepEye1994]

At least it would definitely have over the top but memorable human characters and a dynamic visual style in the action scenes instead of what Paul W -IcantdecideifIwanttobethepoormansRidleyScottorthepoormansJamesCameron- S Anderson has to offer.

[@ianmillerdevilsfan1223]

The Crank guys should direct every action movie in existence

[@Rob_Fordd]

From what I understand the Cameron-Scott collaboration fell apart specifically because they were both so disgusted by how bad AVP was that they they both decided to walk away from the Franchise. Would be almost a decade before Scott would return, and Cameron has just been up to his neck in his own blue aliens this whole time so who knows if he will ever take another stab at it.

[@predalien1413]

Welp considering how one literally stole scenes from AVP and placed them in his movie. Those feelings seem very moot.

[@testcase6997]

I don’t understand how people think Cameron and Scott would have made a good alien movie.

[@Rob_Fordd]

@@testcase6997 As bad as Scott's recent aliens forays are, they are better what was done with the franchise after 2-3, and I think Cameron could have been a stabilizing influence, had grander action, etc...

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

@@testcase6997 Yep, I mean Scott has had two chances of doing just that, and both times he screwed it up.

[@rhetiq9989]

Cameron actually said in an interview that he thought AvP was pretty good despite being bitter about it prior to seeing it for himself

[@Chipiliro613]

That Alien Pepsi find tho... *chef's kiss*

[@sidcitris4162]

Mike's defense against Robocop is both hilarious and completely reasonable

[@paulpasadena]

What I love about this video is that within about 40 minutes of comedy of Rich, Jay, and Mike, they have like 50,000 better ideas than filmmakers whose job it is to actually make these films.

[@Gideon13397]

@CinemaOffal Productions Yup. It's always dumb when fans immediately criticize the filmmakers for bad decisions when in actuality it's not their fault.

[@cheeseandpickles4506]

Sweet TMNT intro music with the spear wielding predator doing a jump kick at the alien queen. Perfect editing, you guys are the best

[@YuzoKoshiroSan]

Great editing, really adds to the commentary humour.

[@cpttenneal7990]

One of my favorite things in the world is that xenomorphs canonically love pepsi

[@candaceparker7283]

AvP is a series of books and comics, I loved as a teen. This was Anderson's fault that it was so bad when compared to the comics and books. Oddly, I liked this movie because it was so crazy.

[@simplegarak]

Interesting to hear them talk about "what ifs" - I remember reading a straight up script adaption of the original AvP comic. Which was perfect and a shame they never went with it.

[@Geospasmic]

This is a wonderful edit, I really appreciate the audio visual gags.

[@solomonrivers5639]

One of the best RLM audio commentary compilation videos I’ve seen

[@DopeonaRope]

you adding context to the discussion was very well done, enjoyed the hell out of this

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

3:14: jokes aside, the Alien costume looked great in that commercial. It almost felt real.

[@kradanbandicootovich6444]

That's some real devotion. Good job ! Also, Vincent Ward's Alien III ! That's some deep cut right there

[@NintendoLAW]

Seeing this movie in the theater was the funnest time at the movies I’ve ever had because it was so terrible that the entire theater lost decorum and it was like a live episode of Science Mystery Theater 3000 on acid.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Watching Kill Bill Vol. 1 in an all black neighborhood (New Orleans East) was the best. Especially the audience’s reaction when the only black actor, Viveca A Fox, dies in like the first 5 minutes lol

[@SammEater]

It could be worse, it could be the second AVP.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

theyre about the same IMO..both at 4/10. and thats not good, considering the scope of the IPs

[@KaladinVegapunk]

haha oh come on, at least that one embraced the shlock and just went pure violence and action it actually had gore, the predalien, its way more entertaining and didnt attempt to have a janky plot 2 is the movie youd expect and its definitely fun for what it is, the girl getting impaled into the wall? hilarious haha.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

@@KaladinVegapunktrue but it also has the worst "heroes" in history. i was actually rooting for the aliens

[@SammEater]

@@KaladinVegapunk Fair point, I did get entertained by the schlock of the second movie.

[@SILVER-zf2hu]

@@KaladinVegapunk idk man I couldn't see shit in that movie. everything happened in pitch darkness lmao

[@paulnicholson5997]

They had AVP comics long before this movie came out. Also the Predators were "younger" Predators that were there to prove their selves. The Italian guy tells the group of the lore when he reads the Iconography on the "gun tomb"

[@ZombieWilfred]

I have a few of them, they're pretty great. To add to your point about them being "youngbloods," I'm fairly certain this is also the reason they don't bring their own guns, they don't own any yet because they're not "blooded" predators yet, and "blooded" predators get better gear. I'm pretty sure they're supposed to get their first plasma casters at the beginning of this ritual.

[@hinder90]

I love that the Italian guy can translate Aztec/Egyptian/Whatever gibberish on the spot. Don’t paleontologists spend months or years on that shit? It’s not French, or even Latin - it take time to even get the context. And this guy is just an archeologist. He don’t do the translating. Oh my god I’m trying to critique this movie at an ontological discipline level. I’M the idiot.

[@Novasky2007]

Sigorney's head cannon Ripley > Alien > Predator

[@Konranjyoutai]

Technically Ripley = Alien > Predator

[@breezingby2611]

@@Konranjyoutai I mean she beats them every time, I doubt she thinks that

[@Konranjyoutai]

@@breezingby2611 You haven't seen Aliens 4 have you? The last Ripley seen on film was a clone and had Alien DNA.

[@breezingby2611]

@@Konranjyoutai yeah, but the real Ripley beat the aliens every other time

[@the81kid]

"Ripley's head cannon" So it's like rock-paper-scissors? That's now cannon in my head.

[@idontknow164]

Predator 1+2: "They hunt in the heat." AvP: "Gotcha, set it in Antarctica!" I have to believe, with a two month shoot, they were reusing sets from some other movie. Or at least using old sets to build off from.

[@kylestark8581]

I've been waiting for this video for a long time

[@calvinlee8103]

Was "Call me Ishtar" an extremely smart and clever joke, or am I just stupid and easily impressed? I'm genuinely not sure, but it's definitely one of the two.

[@Kaanfight]

“They were two songwriters, who came to Ishtar looking to break into show business!”

[@johnblack8655]

Great... now I gotsta go watch the trailer... again... "3,2,3,4, 4,2,3 AND..."

[@SFTaYZa]

Latter.

[@ellisd3165]

i love channels that take the time to do these

[@MorningsInTheMorning]

Oh man your visuals are so good with these. I'm in tears:) The RLM crew should pay you for these.

[@woozertoo]

Now THAT would be the ultimate predator: to find bears in the jungle, Rich.

[@koatam]

Actually. The bears that do live in the jungle are known for being the cutest ones. The panda bear and the sun bear which is the smallest bear species, about the same size as a large dog.

[@beannathrach2417]

Does a bearalien vomit molecular acid in the woods?

[@woozertoo]

@@beannathrach2417 give Parker his pen back

[@Whatacomedian_]

This is my favorite aliens film. 2nd favorite predator movie. Every seconds works for me. I rewatched last year and still love it.

[@dankwarmouse6248]

Dude your edit of the Predator vs Woman scene to make it seem romantic at like 37:30 is fantastic, would be an A in a class about the effect of music and editing in film

[@BanyaBat]

Thank you... Fingers crossed I make it into the curriculum one day

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

the best thing about Coneheads is that Chris Farley played the hot teenage love interest to the daughter, there was never a more perfect casting for him.

[@Samael1113]

AvP was a fairly long-running and interesting series of comics, it had a lot of interesting ideas to capitalize upon and recognition so there was reason for an AvP movie to exist.... but having a production time of about 6-8 months makes a lot of sense why it was underwhelming. Though it was still better than it had a right to be considering.

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

To its credit, the movie wasn't biting more than it could chew. It had stupid people being slain, it had predator on alien action, it wasn't repetitive, the final showdown was the way it should be.

[@LTenhet]

Most of the comics were set in either THE FUTURE or historical times as well, rather than "Modern Day", as I recall. Fox stipulated that the AvP movies could not be set in the future, originally they wanted to have Colonial Marines in it.

[@AlexeiX1]

"She just proved she sucks at her job" Bro she was hired to make sure they didn't get frostbites not deal with interplanetary threats XD

[@samuelbungo4339]

So much additional insight! This truly is an example of 'standing on the shoulders of giants', thanks !!

[@kittytreats6536]

Putting the "Bug Stomper" logo on "Robot In The Family" was a work of art...

[@kennypitts4829]

I clapped for the image of the Quixotic Medallion.

[@punishederic4761]

You did it again buddy, actually awesome editing on this one that really adds to the commentary track, I didn't know subway had ads for coneheads, now I do, thanks a lot.

[@Typhis19]

lmao, your Who wants to be a Millionaire shot of Rich is fantastic, I legit laughed out loud at Shoji Tabuchi. [EDIT] This is all completely golden. 11/10 keep it up!

[@EpicJasonX9000]

And to answer Rich’s question, I’ve always interpreted the Egg Morphing scene as the Alien turning the humans into the Facehuggers and that the egg was just a cocoon forcing these characters into metamorphosis. The original Alien was more Lovecraftian in nature and more sexual in its intentions.

[@LangstonDev]

The editing is top notch, well done mate

[@mattkrause1573]

That's such perfect timing when Jay does the 'trailer sting noise' when the penguin turns his head.

[@tinman96]

"Rated R for an absolute fuckton of slime." Goddamn that slayed me

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers!

[@Pico_de_Guile]

The visual edits you added to this are great. Really reflects the comedic stylings of RLM.

[@patrickhanlon932]

Top tier production value.

[@camschuster5947]

Seeing the subtitles when Pred is explaining how the bomb works has me dying! 😂

[@Francisah]

"I don't need a spear, I need a jacket"

[@thibaud1832]

16:45 The Klingon contradiction was addressed on ENT. They used to value other things than warrior stuff but by the 22nd century they are in decline.

[@stuartadams9532]

Your edits are wonderful for adding extra cringe and context to their discussion. Poor Lance Hendrickson Holy fuck the alien vape

[@marc.ristau]

Thanks for making a long version of one of RLM funniest commentaries. Nice editing too

[@SynthAddict]

nice work on all the inserts - a whole new dimension to the comedy :-) long live RLM I love the comment that her standing there without a jacket at the end is the least realistic part :-)

[@andrewteacher5105]

Seriously one of the funniest laugh out loud vids ive seen on KZbin in years...

[@chrisw6164]

Part of the Predator mythos is that they like the heat. This was a specific plot point in Predator 2. Oh well, nothing matters.