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Alien vs Predator

Opal Isle
13-08-2004, 07:10
Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror and Thriller
1 hr. 27 min. The iconic monsters from the two franchises battle each other on Earth for the first time on film, as they have in the comic-book world. The discovery of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends a team of scientists and adventurers to the frozen continent. There, they make an even more terrifying discovery: two alien races enaged in an ultimate battle.
Release Date: August 13th, 2004 (wide).
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, language, horror images, slime and gore..
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Cast and Credits
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Produced by: Walter Halsey Davis, Gordon Carroll, John Davis

Can I point something out?

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, language, horror images, slime and gore..

When does Nickelodeon's "Slime Time Live" get bumped up to a PG-13 rating, eh? Eh!?
The Island of Rose
13-08-2004, 07:19
Obviously Bush is trying to corrupt the children of America :p
Lord-General Drache
13-08-2004, 07:20
LOL..my friend told me the exact same thing..a little of me died inside earlier today when I heard...
Southern Industrial
13-08-2004, 07:20
When does Nickelodeon's "Slime Time Live" get bumped up to a PG-13 rating, eh? Eh!?

Its a television show, so I'd get a TV-14 rating.
Opal Isle
13-08-2004, 07:20
Its a television show, so I'd get a TV-14 rating.
Good point...but it's pretty slimey...
Dalekia
13-08-2004, 07:42
Good point...but it's pretty slimey...
The point here is that it's not the slime itself. It's what you show with the slime or what's done with the slime. Showing a penis can be okay, but when you show a penis with other stuff or a penis doing something, then it becomes morally deprivating. I haven't seen Nickelodeons Slime Time Live so I don't know what disgusting horrors are shown there.
Anti-Oedipus
13-08-2004, 10:31
My favourite warning at the moment is

"may contain scenes of mild peril"
Glupeyloo
13-08-2004, 11:02
Thats the day after tommorow isn't it? "Contains extended secenes of peril"
Anti-Oedipus
13-08-2004, 11:05
yep, something like that, I've seen similar warnings on a few film posters recently
Glupeyloo
13-08-2004, 11:19
How come AVP is a PG-13? I'm guessing thats equvilant to 12A over here. The last two were both 18's i think.
EvilGnomes
13-08-2004, 12:36
I think "slime" (in the context of "slime and gore") might specifically mean bodily fluids. Blood and drool, blood and drool mixing whilst Aliens eat people... that kind of thing.
Chess Squares
13-08-2004, 12:53
I think "slime" (in the context of "slime and gore") might specifically mean bodily fluids. Blood and drool, blood and drool mixing whilst Aliens eat people... that kind of thing.
anyone ever watched any alien movies? those mothers are slimey when the get ripped up
Keruvalia
13-08-2004, 13:12
1 hr. 27 min.

Plot line so thin, they couldn't fill more than that.

I love the Alien movies, but I think this one's just gonna be silly.
Chess Squares
13-08-2004, 13:15
Plot line so thin, they couldn't fill more than that.

I love the Alien movies, but I think this one's just gonna be silly.
maybe they should've made it 10 years ago like they were supposed to
Keruvalia
13-08-2004, 13:47
maybe they should've made it 10 years ago like they were supposed to

They were waiting for proper digital aliens.
Chess Squares
13-08-2004, 14:48
They were waiting for proper digital aliens.
what fun is that
Dobbs Town
13-08-2004, 14:54
Maybe they shouldn't have bothered, either now or ten years ago. Franchise films, for the most part, don't just suck- they blow. How many sequel films are better than their predecessors?
Chess Squares
13-08-2004, 14:56
Maybe they shouldn't have bothered, either now or ten years ago. Franchise films, for the most part, don't just suck- they blow. How many sequel films are better than their predecessors?
avp isnt a sequel, and they've been making stuff based around this for 10 years, they need to make the movie, might go watch it later
Grebonia
13-08-2004, 14:58
Plot line so thin, they couldn't fill more than that.

Yeah, that doesn't make me happy.

Maybe they shouldn't have bothered, either now or ten years ago. Franchise films, for the most part, don't just suck- they blow. How many sequel films are better than their predecessors?

Aliens, Terminator 2
HC Eredivisie
13-08-2004, 15:08
Titanic II
Joey P
13-08-2004, 15:13
I have inside information. The movie ends with Arnold Schwartzenegger and Sigourney Weaver teaming up to kill both the predators and the aliens. Then Weaver beats Schwartzenegger to death with her big erect schlong.
Keruvalia
13-08-2004, 15:33
I have inside information. The movie ends with Arnold Schwartzenegger and Sigourney Weaver teaming up to kill both the predators and the aliens. Then Weaver beats Schwartzenegger to death with her big erect schlong.


Somehow .... I believe you ...
Keruvalia
13-08-2004, 15:40
what fun is that

I dunno ... I was only guessing.
Dobbs Town
13-08-2004, 15:50
Well, 'Aliens' made for a good war movie, but 'Terminator 2'? It was practically the same film as the original 'Terminator', albeit with slightly better optics. Besides which, the 'Terminator' franchise was an acknowledged ripoff of Harlan Ellison's novella/TV screenplay for the original 'Outer Limits' episode, 'Soldier' (having nothing to do with the comparatively recent stinky movie of the same name, starring whatshisname, Goldie Hawn's husband).

Michael Ansara as 'Qarlo Clobregny, RM/DM/DO' kicks Ahnuld's ass as the 'T-1000'.
Lex Terrae
13-08-2004, 16:03
Their actually warning the audience about slime? What are we - tender little veal medallions that faint dead away at the sight of liberally used K-Y jelly?
Hallad
13-08-2004, 16:04
I liked 'Aliens'. Thought it was the best of the series.

I bet AVP's gonna be shitty, but I've played to many hours of Alien Versus Predator 2 to miss the movie.
Kanabia
13-08-2004, 16:06
I liked 'Aliens'. Thought it was the best of the series.

I bet AVP's gonna be shitty, but I've played to many hours of Alien Versus Predator 2 to miss the movie.

Yeah, ditto to that. Aliens was damn cool. "They mostly come at night...mostly."

I didn't know you played AVP2 Hallad. Up for a game sometime?
Zygus
13-08-2004, 19:31
The entire rating system is messed up. Ever see the movie the Omega Man. It’s rated PG and yet it has nudity, violence, blood, and virtually the entire human population gets wiped out. Now they give PG-13 for slime. WTF
Galliam
13-08-2004, 19:43
I havn't seen the alien movies, and I might be missing something buit I'll go just to see who wins. The Humans say they'll have to pick a side. I kinda hope it's the predator.
Wiseone
15-08-2004, 04:10
I went to see it opening night.
I'm sorry to say it is very disapointing.
Still a good movie but very disapointing.
_Susa_
15-08-2004, 04:20
Go Alien!
Anarchaic Peace
15-08-2004, 04:46
Such a horrbile, horrible movie. Made me cry on the inside.