The Last Airbender

[Cometgreen]

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"What I found was... the audience wants to take this seriously," he explained. "They want this to be real and important to everyone, and if a character is being too silly, they go, 'Okay, I guess he's not very upset. I guess there's not a big threat. I guess the fact that an entire culture's been wiped out is not a big deal.'"

Yep. That's why those Pixar movies always fail to elicit an emotional response from the audience. Just like that one animated series that aired on Nickelodeon a few years ago to critical acclaim.

I forget what it was called, but it had a lot of slapstick humor that totally undermined the drama of the story.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Wait what? You're suggesting this PoS movie is better than the original novels & anime?

Reading comprehension, please.

I was talking about your excitement for Predators.

Predators always try to blow themselves up when they're about to lose or know they've lost. That's why Aliens are way more awesome than Predators - they don't give up.

[Feba]

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Reading comprehension, please.

It's only reading comprehension if he's provided some sort of context. You just want him to read your mind.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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It's only reading comprehension if he's provided some sort of context. You just want him to read your mind.

When has context done him any good? At any rate, at no point did I refer to The Last Airbender anime , just one movie and then another. But if you want me to critique the Avatar cartoons, you'd have to force me to watch them.

Not something I'm interested in.

I just find it funny someone can bash M. Night Shymalan in one breath and then be all like "OMG 20 laser sights on some guy, lulz." I've not really thought much of Shymalan post-Signs, but c'mon, there isn't much more of a bottom-feeder franchise than Predator. Only reason its even back is because they had to shit up the Alien franchise along with it.

AVP worked as a comic book, it worked as a video game series. Crossovers are fun when you don't really have to explain them. Why is Batman teaming up with Spiderman? I don't know, but its totally awesome. Make a movie of it and you have to start explaining shit.

What's to explain about the Predators? They're Klingons with toothed vaginas for mouths that like hunting other sentient beings. This needed another movie? I thought Danny Glover wrapped it up pretty good.

[Lmnop]

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Predators always try to blow themselves up when they're about to lose or know they've lost. That's why Aliens are way more awesome than Predators - they don't give up.

But if you enclose a few Aliens for a while, they start killing each other to get to their sweet, sweet, acid blood. Reasonably sure I can break this.

[Losrase]

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Reading comprehension, please.

I was talking about your excitement for Predators.

Predators always try to blow themselves up when they're about to lose or know they've lost. That's why Aliens are way more awesome than Predators - they don't give up.

If you recall, Predators have always been the villian. The humans always have to out smart them to win because we have primitive weapons compared to them. If we succeed in winning, we have to run like the wind to get out of the blast radius. It turns it into an epic boss fight.

Example: FF3(6) the boss in the a town(forgot the name because it has been a decade since I played it) on top of the building. When you defeat him, he uses Ultima. If you dont have RR2 or RR3 on someone, you lose.

[TheGrandMom]

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Aliens are by far one of the best movie monster EVER! Just watched AvP yesterday, for the first, time and was discussing that with hubby.

[ShepardG]

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yeah....so the wife, and I and my friend kal went to see this on Friday. None of us had any history with the show/book/etc. except for myself which had read and seen that it was actually a very popular series with it's fan base.

The movie was utter shit except for a 5 minute sequence at the end when he bends the ocean (you've seen this in the previews) but yeah it was forced, even my wife could tell that, the young actors had never worked with blue screens and it was directed/produced for shit. Even the good actor (the prince from the fire nation who is exiled, was the main character in Slumdog Millonaire) just didn't seem right in this. I was not nearly as pissed as someone who had history with this universe, but I was still upset.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Alien was one of the best horror flicks of its time. The others have been more like action movies but Aliens and Alien 3 were pretty awesome, too. Those movies never took the easy way out, either.

Alien Resurrection, though, that movie blew ass. It broke the science fiction rule you never break - don't abuse cloning just to bring characters back or to fake one's death. This ruined the Spiderman comics once to force a reboot, even though Marvel has ruined it plenty of other ways to force additional reboots, even the movies.

I really haven't even bothered with the AVP movies, I just remember the comics being pretty awesome. Comic books are allowed to get away with murder on crossovers, though I can certainly see why Robocop vs. Terminator didn't take off in the same way Alien vs. Preadator did.

[Ziero]

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I was talking about your excitement for Predators.

Predators always try to blow themselves up when they're about to lose or know they've lost. That's why Aliens are way more awesome than Predators - they don't give up.

Dude, Predators are awesome. Aliens don't give up because they're not sentient enough to 'give up', but when one is wounded to the point where it can't go on, it just lays there and dies and waits to be eaten/ripped apart by the rest of it's kind. At least Predators are willing to take someone on in a fair fight.

But at the very least, Predators, as a film, will be FAR better then this monstrosity of a movie made by Shamalamadingdong.

If you recall, Predators have always been the villian. The humans always have to out smart them to win because we have primitive weapons compared to them. If we succeed in winning, we have to run like the wind to get out of the blast radius. It turns it into an epic boss fight.

That's the thing though, Predators aren't just villains, they're Hunters. They don't kill indiscriminately, they have a purpose behind their killing. It's a sport for them, one they're very willing to accept defeat in. Which is why they let Danny Glover live at the end of P2, dude fought and won, he proved his worth and even got himself a trophy for it.

Only Predator who really blew himself up was the first one, and that's because he wanted to make sure he wasn't made into a trophy himself.

The movie was utter shit except for a 5 minute sequence at the end when he bends the ocean (you've seen this in the previews) but yeah it was forced, even my wife could tell that, the young actors had never worked with blue screens and it was directed/produced for shit. Even the good actor (the prince from the fire nation who is exiled, was the main character in Slumdog Millonaire) just didn't seem right in this. I was not nearly as pissed as someone who had history with this universe, but I was still upset.

Even that last 5 minutes was fail because (and at this point spoilers could only save people from seeing this film so I don't care about spoiling it) he doesn't do anything with it. All the bad guys just get 'scared off' which is a lame way to end the film. Though I will admit Dev Patel (the "good actor") did a great job of bringing Zuko to life, as him and his 'uncle' were the only ones who actually seemed to act like they did on the cartoon. The rest of the kids don't have much acting experience as is, but with Shamamalamadingdong directing them, they didn't have a chance in hell.

I really haven't even bothered with the AVP movies, I just remember the comics being pretty awesome. Comic books are allowed to get away with murder on crossovers, though I can certainly see why Robocop vs. Terminator didn't take off in the same way Alien vs. Preadator did.

The first AvP was fairly cheesy and pretty watered down. A decent action flick but nothing special. Though when you think of it as the Predators being nothing more then rookies, kids on their first real hunt, it makes sense why they got housed like they did. The second AvP was much darker and far more gruesome, and the monsters in it (aliens, predator and predalien) caused a lot more damage. Still wasn't the greatest film, but still a good action and kinda horror/gore film. As far as "crossovers" go though, Aliens vs Predators is one that doesn't need a lot of explaining but can still easily make a lot of sense. You have the universe's greatest survivors (aliens) versus the universe's greatest hunters (predators) what more do you need?

[Grizzlebeard]

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I'm fairly sure Ridley Scott is making the prequel to Alien. That'll be something to anticipate.

[ShepardG]

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AvP was meh, as a guy who still havs the first gen issues of AvP from darkhorse, I was let down not because the movie was anything at all like the books, but because at the end of the movie they attempt to .... "Hint" at was a great branch line off of AvP and more into just a great Preadator Story.

In the comic the entire thing takes place on a habitable world off the beaten path, with a lone settlement where the Predators lauch an Egg laying Machine to spawn Aliens, which in turn they hunt, and humans get involved etc. etc. Well the "Sheriff" chick from the settlement get's made an "honorary" preadtor after the colony is destroyed, and they take her into their society, she has to battle other predators one on one, etc. you catch the drift...

So at the end of AvP a mother ship shows up, they "mark her" in some way (trying not to spoiler) and take off. /shrug was disapointing.

[Solymir]

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Airbender Reboot please.

[Losrase]

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That's the thing though, Predators aren't just villains, they're Hunters. They don't kill indiscriminately, they have a purpose behind their killing. It's a sport for them, one they're very willing to accept defeat in. Which is why they let Danny Glover live at the end of P2, dude fought and won, he proved his worth and even got himself a trophy for it.

Only Predator who really blew himself up was the first one, and that's because he wanted to make sure he wasn't made into a trophy himself.

The reason behind why the villian is doing something is really small compare to what they are doing.

Your facts are incorrect, the final battle for Predator 2 went as follows:
A short battle follows in which Keyes is apparently killed. Harrigan shoots down the Predator and removes its mask, but the Predator revives and attacks Harrigan. Keyes, still alive, battles the creature using a liquid nitrogen cannon. The Predator pulls out a "smart-disc" weapon and kills Keyes. Harrigan and the Predator exchange attacks as the battle moves to the rooftop. The Predator gets knocked over the side and, hanging from a ledge, attempts to activate its self-destruct device. Harrigan steals the Predator's smart-disc and cuts the Predator's forearm off, destroying the self-destruct device. After falling through the window of a building and tending its wounds the Predator retreats, followed by Harrigan, into a basement that turns out to be an underground spaceship. The two have a final duel that ends with Harrigan killing the Predator with its own smart-disc. Several more Predators appear and carry away their dead clan-mate, while an elder Predator gives Harrigan an antique flintlock pistol as a sign of respect. Harrigan escapes the ship as it blasts into space. The remainder of Keyes' team arrives, furious that they failed to capture a Predator. Harrigan says that they will "get another chance".

In every Predator movie I seen, when they are about to lose they activate their self-destruct device. Granted I cant say anything able AvP: Requem(sp?) because I havent seen it. It seems to me that they can't accept defeat. I think it is more than just trophy hunting. I think it is more like a "right of passage" for them.

[Durahansolo]

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Airbender Reboot please.

Anime Airbender Reboot or GTFO, live action DO NOT WANT.