Alien vs. Predator Movie Trailer Available

downix writes "Coming to a theatre next summer is one of the most often delayed movie titles known to sci-fi fans, Alien vs. Predator. The movie's official website is pretty bare, but a teaser trailer can be found on Apple's trailers page. I don't know how many hours I wasted playing the AvP game on the Atari Jaguar, but I do know that this is something that will have to be seen to be believed. This gives hope to everyone that even Duke Nukem Forever can arrive one day."

Comments

Slashdot vs. Server

[Anonymous Coward]

Trailer won't be available, because Slashdot wins.

Re:Slashdot vs. Server

[BrookHarty]

Its the apple movie trailer server, its got more bandwidth than god.

God only has dsl.

Let's hope more movies are made

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

This gives hope to everyone that even Duke Nukem Forever can arrive one day.

Still waiting for Pong-The Movie myself ...

Re:Let's hope more movies are made

[cei]

Been done.

Re:Let's hope more movies are made

[eidolons]

Bleaugh. I'm getting sick of remakes, director's cuts, re-issues, re-sequalizations, re-this and-re-that and "x versus y" algorithms in movies that mask the simple fact that no new ideas are surfacing in Hollywood. I mean alien vs. predator makes for an okay comic book but seriously, could we please get some new ideas off the ground? How about a new monster franchiese, or science-fiction franchise, or even a new slasher movie cult icon.

Pretty soon we'll have a movie version of every damn superhero ever sketched up. We'll soon have a "freedy vs. jason vs. mike meyers" in all probablity. Hollywood will cough out a few more Dr. Seuss movie-versions before that horse is beaten to death.

Every movie that soaks up its production costs with revenue gets a sequel. I want something new. No more sequels. No more director's cut or cgi effects thrown in for good measure and then re-issued (like "Alien" and "ET".)

Is rehashes of old material the only safe bet anymore in Hollywood?

First post for once????

[falcon5768]

Anyway, acourding to aintitcoolnews.com the script is a total pecie of shit, not taking any of the mythos of either franchize into consideration (and even eliminating the colonial marines since it takes place in present times in ALASKA!!!)

Oh and this was the teaser they showed before the directors cut last night as well

What a lousy trailer...

[SexyKellyOsbourne]

However, there is a two-video set at Fileplanet that does more than show close-ups of Alien and Predator skin. In it, there's an interview with the creator, as well as some concept art, detailing the story.

If you don't feel like downloading it, it takes place in 2004 in Antarctica, where scientists and men with guns find a pyramid built by predators and run into teenage predators fighting aliens in a manhood ritual.

http://www.fileplanet.com/files/130000/132403.shtm l

Jaguar?

[t0rnt0pieces]

I don't know how many hours I wasted playing AvP on the Atari Jaguar

So you're the guy that bought the Jaguar...

I bought one too

[corebreech]

Hey, I bought one too, and it was this game that made it worth it.

An absolutely terrifying and wonderous game. Possibly the most brilliant game I've ever played.

FWIW

Likelihood of a good script

[MurrayTodd]

I'm willing to bet the script will be identical to that of "Freddie vs Jason". Hapless humans try to survive as the two nasties battle it out almost on top of them.

I wonder if there will be a day where people actually create a fan base behind good script writers, like they do for moviestars and directors. Then there might be some pressure on the studios to focus on nurturing the good writers and DEVELOPING BETTER SCRIPTS!

Sigh.

Re:Likelihood of a good script

[KDan]

The trailer definitely supports the idea that the script is a pile of shite given its absolute and utter lack of any sort of information on the movie that you couldn't have gotten from the title. In fact, after watching the trailer, I am even less likely to watch alien vs. predator (though watching it in the cinema was already not on my list of things to do, now i might even skip it if it comes on in a few years - got better things to do).

Certainly as long as the american-dominated mass-market movie production aims all its movies at dumb-of-the-mill average americans, we're not going to be seeing better scripts from them.

Daniel

Re:I hope it lives up to the comic.

[shane_rimmer]

Did anyone else read the Dark Horse AVsP comic?

No, I'm pretty sure you're the only one who has. ;)

Re:Alaska?

[Comsn]

there was a book Predator: Cold War, in which a predator ship crash lands and the predators find heat in an oil refinery (or boiler room)...

good book. also, Concrete Jungle was excellent, would make a great predator 3. only the comics of AvP would make a good avp movie, anything else is crap.

Direct movie link

[jroysdon]

Large full trailer

To store it locally and view later or without jitter:

wget -c http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/67b9aacd822d40/1 a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02 589f25382f668c9329e0375e8177dec6493f46ada/avp-teas er_m480.mov

Mind the slashdot spaces.

Hot, Heat, Humid

[shatfield]

What part of the 3 H's don't the director/writers understand? The Predator hunts when it is very very hot -- that was the underlying theme of the first 2 movies. They need heat, possibly because they are reptilian/cold blooded. Put them in the arctic, and you take them out of their natural hunting environmental conditions, and quite possibly kill them like a Vampire in the desert at high noon.

That problem aside, I think everyone should watch the featurette. It's pretty cool.

Re:Is this something about...

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Uh, first off that's being way to generous to either SCO or Microsoft. As for them being enemies, let me clue you in.

#1 Darl McBride speaks with a very weird lisp that was previously only heard from the likes of Billyboy.

#2 Billyboy's lips are moving when Darl speaks, and Billy's arm is stained all the way to the elbow... it has a bad smell even by Redmond standards.

I'll let your imagination take over from there.

Season's schedule.

[Black Parrot]

Alien ------+
|
+-+
| |
Predator ---+ |
+--- __________ [2003-2004 champion]
King Kong --+ |
| |
+-+
|
Godzilla ---+

(...maybe if I put enough spurious text in here I can sneak it past the lameness filter. What shall I use for my filler? Start a flamewar? Link to goatse? ...)

Re:Season's schedule.

[Simon Lyngshede]

Im still waiting for Picard vs. Zap Branigan

Re:Season's schedule.

[Diamon]

No No No, we already had the whole Godzilla Vs. King Kong back in the 70's it's...

Alien-----+
+--+
Predator--+ |
+--+
Freddy----+ | |
+--+ |
Jason-----+ |
+--- 3. Profit!
Batman----+ |
+--+ |
Superman--+ | |
+--+
CowbyNeal-+ |
+--+
CmdrTaco--+

But personally I'm waiting for

SCO-------+
+--+
M$--------+ |
+-- Whoever Loses...We Win
MPAA------+ |
+--+
RIAA------+

Arrr lameness filter, she be a b*tch tonight. (said of course with the voice of the Captain from the Simpsons). Still too lame. Can I trade off some of my karma to be able to pass the lameness filter? I'll even read a Jon Katz article if it will get it through. Junk Junk Junk, I got more junk than Fred Sanford.

NOPE! Re:Bout damn time...

[Jedi Holocron]

There was NO Alien 3.

There was NO Alien 3.

There was NO Alien 3.

Direct Download Links

[Saeger]

Here's the direct links to the two trailers:

avp-teaser_m480.mov [10MB]
avp-featurette_m320 [20MB]

FYI: The "trick" to getting direct links to Apple's movie trailers is to view the html source, find the .mov link, then put the letter 'm' before the resolution in the URL.

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Indies? Where?

[Grendel Drago]

Really?

In order on the wayback machine: Chicago, A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, American Beauty, Shakespeare in Love, Titanic, The English Patient, Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Schindler's List, Unforgiven.

Since when is Gladiator an indie film? Since when are any of these indie films?

--grendel drago

Know what I like about the concept?

[NanoGator]

Not sure if I'm hyped about seeing this movie, but there is a concept about it I get a kick out of. Niether the Predator nor the Alien is really a good guy. So the actual ending might actually be a surprise. It's hard to watch a movie like The Matrix, for example, because the good guys are so 'good' and the bad guys are so 'bad'. Who's gonna win? Duh. Suspense goes bye bye. At least here, the potential exists for surprise. That'd be cool.