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Deck the Halls with Alien vs. Predator 2???
So there I was, minding my own business, checking the movie release schedule for the rest of the year, and here come these two ugly mugs with a lot of teeth threatening to take a bite out of the holiday season.
What do I mean? Well, let me take you through my thought process as I looked at December’s schedule.
“Let’s see. Friday, Dec. 28.- Alien vs. Predator 2.”
(Rolls eyes)
“Pffft. Greaaaat. Just what we need. Another franchise with a sequel no one asked for. I need to see that about as bad as I need to have my teeth pulled out with pliers one at a time.”
(Notices notation next to title: “Alien Vs. Predator 2 (on Tue.)”
“Let’s see … Tuesday … (counts back) … wait a minute ….
“WHAT the FUDGE??!!!?.” (Only I didn’t say fudge.)
(Hesitates to get the words out)
“Alien vs. Predator 2 comes out on CHRISTMAS DAY?!??!? WHY?!?!??!
“Who in the name of Ridley Scott wants to see Alien vs. Predator 2 on Christmas Day? Who wants to see it PERIOD????”
You see what I mean? I don’t get it. I mean, I know on the last few Christmases, the studios have dumped some el cheapo horror flick in our laps. Last year brought us the Black Christmas remake, which by all accounts was really a piece of … coal.
Now I’m not saying Christmas Day has to be only for Christmas movies or Oscar contenders like Charlie Wilson’s War, with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. But doesn’t something like AVP2 kinda, ya know, break the mood? Critic Joe Leydon put it rather well on his blog when Black Christmas came out:
“Now I know what you’re thinking: ‘Oh, they must have been geeky fanboys, the kind of guys who couldn’t get laid on Death Row of a women’s prison with a pocketful of pardons.’ But no: Many of the ticketbuyers appeared to be reasonably attractive adult males. There were even a few couples - guy-gal pairs - sprinkled into the mix. (Boy, I’d love to hear how that date was pitched: ‘Hey, honey, want to go see Black Christmas on Christmas Day?’ ‘Why, darling! How romantic! Of course!’)”
Substitute AVP2 for Black Christmas and I share Leydon’s sentiments. At least that movie took place at Christmas, so there was some kind of connection. But this … does not compute.
I see the IMDB lists the title as Aliens vs. Predator. Oh, that makes all the difference in the world.
Maybe you can explain this all to me. Would you go see Alien vs. Predator 2 on Christmas Day? Or at all? And if so … what the heck for?
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By Kim S.
July 12, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this
I’ve seen Alien V Predator, so I think that fulfills my quota for the rest of my life. And for the record, I don’t really care about the Hanks-Roberts flick, Oscars or not. I’m sick of politically-themed movies in general and PAST being sick of Tom Hanks. I just recently saw “Black Christmas”, and I’ve got to say that it wasn’t that bad - just for the sake of cheesiness.By SRCputt
July 12, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this
First, I would need to watch Alien vs. Predator, which … I don’t want to watch.