Alien vs Predator, Requiem
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anysiaThe first AvP was good.. yeah yeah, I know, totally unreal fight scenes (if anyone has been tossed into stone pillar with that much force, she/he would have done more than grunted and get back up. Busted ribs, ruptured spleen, possible broken back, but hey, I am willing to suspend some disbelief!)
Now could they choreograph who was gonna bite the big one any worse? (Wow, winos living in the sewers, and like we know they aren't the first 'not missed' townies to go.. oh wait, they were.Gee, was a jock was a total dick to that kid, so you know he is gonna get it!) The hunter and his kid, well hey, we know the Aliens need hosts to increase population, so yeah, 'first ones'.
Gratuitous blood and gore was expected. What I liked was the returning female Iraq veteran, who gives her daughter a purloined set night vision goggles for a gift. She sees the ALIEN and no one believes her, until daddy gets chomped by one that jumped through the window.
Hey sheriff, monster movie rule #whatever, if no one answers when you call in, they are all dead. Hey lady whose hubby and son were the first to go... if you see blood smears on a floor, leading into another room, expect a body, kthanksbye.
The National Guardsmen. There is no way they would advance single file in what they appear to know are ALIENS. Then the last few townies hiding out at the sheriffs' station, with Aliens surrounding them... sound familiar? (In Aliens, when the Marines dropped into the facility, they didn't know. Imagine that scene but Earth Based with rain. Then they holed up at the complex, only to have missed the crawl spaces.... talk about recycled).
Uh huh, right..the Alien in the hospital Nursery/Maternity ward? Loading up the in labor mommies with her own eggs? Oh puleeeeze.
And the townies trusting the gov't military about an airlift... guess they didn't read the Monster Infestation handbook
Don't want to spoil too much, but overall... meh. Even for diehard evil space critter lovers. I will say the new 'queen' is cool. Looks like combo of Alien and Predator. Too bad that is the end of what was ok-ish.
Now could they choreograph who was gonna bite the big one any worse? (Wow, winos living in the sewers, and like we know they aren't the first 'not missed' townies to go.. oh wait, they were.Gee, was a jock was a total dick to that kid, so you know he is gonna get it!) The hunter and his kid, well hey, we know the Aliens need hosts to increase population, so yeah, 'first ones'.
Gratuitous blood and gore was expected. What I liked was the returning female Iraq veteran, who gives her daughter a purloined set night vision goggles for a gift. She sees the ALIEN and no one believes her, until daddy gets chomped by one that jumped through the window.
Hey sheriff, monster movie rule #whatever, if no one answers when you call in, they are all dead. Hey lady whose hubby and son were the first to go... if you see blood smears on a floor, leading into another room, expect a body, kthanksbye.
The National Guardsmen. There is no way they would advance single file in what they appear to know are ALIENS. Then the last few townies hiding out at the sheriffs' station, with Aliens surrounding them... sound familiar? (In Aliens, when the Marines dropped into the facility, they didn't know. Imagine that scene but Earth Based with rain. Then they holed up at the complex, only to have missed the crawl spaces.... talk about recycled).
Uh huh, right..the Alien in the hospital Nursery/Maternity ward? Loading up the in labor mommies with her own eggs? Oh puleeeeze.
And the townies trusting the gov't military about an airlift... guess they didn't read the Monster Infestation handbook
Don't want to spoil too much, but overall... meh. Even for diehard evil space critter lovers. I will say the new 'queen' is cool. Looks like combo of Alien and Predator. Too bad that is the end of what was ok-ish.
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