Alien vs. Predator

kberg
kberg Posts: 974
edited February 2005 in Music & Movies
Looking forward to this one, due to be released on 1/25.
AVP
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2005
    my wife and I watched it last weekend...not a bad movie I guess...thought the ending was a little hokey...

    Sound quality and video quality on the DVD were both pretty good...watched it the same night I watched Resident Evil 2...
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2005
    A must blind purchase for me.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,557
    edited January 2005
    Yes I'm picking this up as well.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    polkmaniac, howd u watch the dvd if it isnt released yet? or did i miss something?
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    a MUST own for me... saw it in the theater and loved it. :D
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited January 2005
    I like it. I'll probably be buying this one, too. It should've been longer, though, with better character development. Alien 3 was probably my favorite out of all of them.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by Airplay355
    polkmaniac, howd u watch the dvd if it isnt released yet? or did i miss something?
    sorry, didn't think about it not being in the stores yet. I'll have to pay closer attention to that when posting in the future...
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    you have the DVD?
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    sorry, didn't think about it not being in the stores yet. I'll have to pay closer attention to that when posting in the future...
    so you got a pirated copy or you're BS'ing about watching it... :p
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by Toxis
    so you got a pirated copy or you're BS'ing about watching it... :p
    neither...
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    im confused :confused:
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2005
    I'm able to get my hands on some DVD releases before they come out becuase of the work I do for a company (that shall not be named here)...

    All perfectly legal for me...
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    cool man, shoulda just said that in the beginning
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    I was actually reading an article that was saying that sound quality wise, this is up there with LOTR-ROTK. I can't wait to get this on tuesday. I'll also pick up Predator and Predator 2 SE's.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • Tropic-Al
    Tropic-Al Posts: 44
    edited January 2005
    A DTS-ES version of this (and ALL re-MAKES) would be fabuloso!! Blade 2 was excellent to watch in this format.:D
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    I read that it does have a DTS track on the DVD that will be released. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
    Never Forget
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2005
    DVD Features:

    Available subtitles: English, Spanish
    Available Audio Tracks: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
    Commentary by director Paul W.S. Anderson, Lance Henriksen, and Sanaa Lathan (theatrical version only)

    Commentary by Alec Gillis (alien effects), Tom Woodruff Jr. (alien effects), and visual effects supervisor John Bruno (theatrical version only)

    Includes theatrical version and an extended version with a new beginning

    Deleted scenes

    Making-of featurette

    Dark Horse comic book cover gallery

    DVD-ROM: the first edition of the AVP comic book, AVP comic book background study, exclusive 16-page preview of the upcoming AVP graphic novel
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by Demiurge
    DVD Features:

    Available subtitles: English, Spanish
    Available Audio Tracks: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
    Commentary by director Paul W.S. Anderson, Lance Henriksen, and Sanaa Lathan (theatrical version only)

    Commentary by Alec Gillis (alien effects), Tom Woodruff Jr. (alien effects), and visual effects supervisor John Bruno (theatrical version only)

    Includes theatrical version and an extended version with a new beginning

    Deleted scenes

    Making-of featurette

    Oh no!! If that's all on one disc, we'll probably have a crappy bit rate. :(
    Never Forget
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    it's a 2 disk set... :D
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2005
    Really? Amazon didn't indicate that. Cool.
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited January 2005
    It's a 1-disc release, not 2.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    That's odd. Last week I was reading how it was coming out in a 2 disk set but picked it up today... only one. Oh well, I never give a damn about the special features unless it frees up more room for better audio/video of the original movie. Anyhow, great movie. Kinda liked the new opening scene.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2005
    I picked it up last night. Don't know when I'll watch it, but it's nice to hear some good reviews here. That's encouraging.
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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited January 2005
    Is the new beginning all there is to this extended edition? I picked it up last night, but I've only watched the first 15 minutes or so. Was there even any point to the new beginning? We already knew what happened to these people from dialogue in the rest of the movie. If that's it, then I'm very disappointed...
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by MSkeezer
    If that's it, then I'm very disappointed...
    that's it! I was disappointed as well but oh well. Still a great movie. I was even more pissed off when I thought it was going to have some new ending. Then I reread the box after I watched it and said Alternate Beginning. RETARDED! Oh well, good flick and great SQ.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    Sweet movie, if you were a fan of the original Alien and Predator movies, then you will like it.

    The last 10 seconds of the alternate beginning is going in my demo. I thought my room was going to blow up from the "Bass Slap". I turned the Oink down a couple notches after that.

    PQ is pretty good. DTS track was dynamic (as usual). There were some more good bass hits but I don't want to give too much away yet.

    Regards,
    PT
    Never Forget
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2005
    Well...The acting in this movie was deplorable. Not sure how I feel about the rest of it and I'm a fan of both series. SQ and PQ were good though.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited February 2005
    I certainly wasn't expecting it to be in Oscar contention, but it was enjoyable. I just buy, no renting here, and at least it's not worthy of a yard burning.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited February 2005
    Good PQ and SQ. Put the old PSW505 through the ringer!:D
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    Bedroom: Panasonic 50" S2 Plasma and Panasonic BD65 blu-ray player, Onkyo TX-SR707, Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-2, KEF IQ7's, IQc, IQ8Ds, and SVS PB10-ISD
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