It's easy to imagine why Fox thought it was a good idea to combine their two big monster franchises, the Aliens and the Predators. It's a little more unclear, why anyone would think Paul W.S. Anderson was the guy who could pull it off.
In this new commentary we dive into the 2004 movie Alien vs. Predator. Written and directed by Anderson, starring Sanaa Lathan and Lance Henriksen.
On this track we cover:
- How this relates to the other films in the franchises
- The comic book influence
- The utter lack of logic and research
- Alternative possibilities for the story and the film
- And why Sebastian is the most wrongest character since like forever
- We also trash the Americans, the British, the Italians, and the Scots (sorry, group hug)
DOWNLOAD
Download the mp3 file here. Link.
Subscribe to the commentary podcast in iTunes. Link.
STATS
Participants: David Bjerre and Dennis Rosenfeld.
Day of recording: February 16th, 2012.
Version: Extended Cut - Bluray or NTSC DVD
Movie runtime: 01.48.40
SCREENSHOTS
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| The satellite actually zooms in on the wrong island. |
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| Beautiful combination of models and CGI. |
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| Model snowmobiles. |
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| The satellite image clearely shows that the pyramid is NOT under the whaling station. |
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| The magical pyramid. Live foreground element and model pyramid. |
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| He's a looker this one, but don't trust a word he says. |
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| Heeeeeere's Johnny! |
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| You?! I thought this was my movie. |
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| History, the Paul Anderson way. |
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| A horde of angry moviegoers demand their money back. |
LITERATURE
Aliens vs. Predator, screenplay by Peter Biggs
Aliens vs. Predator: Omnibus, vol. 1 & 2 (Dark Horse)
Cinefex No. 99, October 2004, article by Jody Duncan
AUDIO/VIDEO
DVD special features.
LINKS
IMDb. Links.
Wikipedia. Link.
Differences between theatrical and unrated version. Link.
Peter Brigg's script. Link.
