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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Aliens versus Predator 2

Just finished watching the movie at TGV in 1 Utama (it was very esy to get tickets at TGV these days -- we didn't even need to queue up whereas we would have to queue for almost an hour for tickets at GSC). The three of us (Jude, Wei Loong and myself) had no plans for Christmas eve, so we ended up watching the movie.

AvP2 takes place immediately after AvP1. 5 minutes into the movie, the predator ship crash lands back to Earth. How the spaceship crashes is a bit stupid... As with the earlier movie, the humans have 2 roles in this movie - as the incubator and then as body count. Like the Malay saying: Gajah berlawan, kancil mati di tengah.

This time around, I noticed the movie is a bit dumbed down. There's no brilliant plot. No new insight into the Alien or the Predator. It is purely a mindless action movie. But it's still nice to watch the two icons trash it out.

But seriously, I think the movie would have been better if it took place without humans. Common, its 'Aliens versus Predator' and not Aliens, Predators and Human: The Three Way War. If I had it my way, I would have preferred that the fight took place on the predator spaceship or maybe even on the Predator home planet. I guess they needed human for at least role #1: Incubator. I don't think the Aliends would last even 5 minutes of Predator's home planet.

Speaking of movies, a few months back, I mentioned about making a movie based on Robotech aka Macross. I was not too far off... It seems Toby Maguire (yes, Spiderman), is set to produce the Robotech movie. There's even a Voltron movie in the making! Robot movies are the IN thing now!

And speaking of robots... If you have noticed, prices of the Transformers toys have gone up since the movie was released. I have seen some toy collectors buying a few sets a year before the movie and making hundreds for each unit. Maybe I should stock up on Robotech toys now...

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