Comments on: AvP:Sequel http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel A Blog Without A Tagline. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:38:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zonker http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel/comment-page-1#comment-9925 Zonker Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:14:05 +0000 http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel#comment-9925 I dont know the entirety of the arsenal available to the predators, but I DO know that most of their body-armor is made from Alien carapaces. That is how they keep themselves from being burned by alien-blood. As to the rest, I have read that the civilization is pretty old and wide-spread. Hunting Aliens is sort of like a coming-of-age ceremony. That and his face-shield didnt have any glifs on it signifying that he was already a fully-trained hunter. I dont know the entirety of the arsenal available to the predators, but I DO know that most of their body-armor is made from Alien carapaces. That is how they keep themselves from being burned by alien-blood. As to the rest, I have read that the civilization is pretty old and wide-spread. Hunting Aliens is sort of like a coming-of-age ceremony. That and his face-shield didnt have any glifs on it signifying that he was already a fully-trained hunter.

]]> By: Hunter http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel/comment-page-1#comment-9924 Hunter Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:47:12 +0000 http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel#comment-9924 I kinda figured he was actually the equivalent of the new kid at the hospital stuck with the emergency beeper, but he was acting like Mr. Badass, in that "I can handle anything on my own' sort of way. An actual really cool predator would probably have just reached for the remote-fix button on his spiffy Arm Gadget of Doom and blown the ship up from there. But then there wouldn't have been a film. And my bigger issue with the whip was 'Why do you have that? What, did you see Indiana Jones and think it was really cool?' Which leads me down the road of dreadful thoughts like 'Are we going to be seeing more of this, now that Indiana Jones and the He's Too Goddamn Old For This Shit is coming out? I kinda figured he was actually the equivalent of the new kid at the hospital stuck with the emergency beeper, but he was acting like Mr. Badass, in that "I can handle anything on my own' sort of way. An actual really cool predator would probably have just reached for the remote-fix button on his spiffy Arm Gadget of Doom and blown the ship up from there. But then there wouldn't have been a film.

And my bigger issue with the whip was 'Why do you have that? What, did you see Indiana Jones and think it was really cool?' Which leads me down the road of dreadful thoughts like 'Are we going to be seeing more of this, now that Indiana Jones and the He's Too Goddamn Old For This Shit is coming out?

]]> By: Zonker http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel/comment-page-1#comment-9923 Zonker Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:11:24 +0000 http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/12/avpsequel#comment-9923 personally, I liked it. Then again, I have read some of the various Aliens/Predator novels that have come out over the years. Mr. Badass as you put it actually, well, wasnt a bad-ass. He was actually fairly young and inexperienced (the longer the dreds, the older the pred). Also, I am pretty sure that if they would have bothered with a back-story, it would have said that this guy was just on watch-duty and was actually supposed to alert superiors if shit was found to be happening. The predator at the end of the first that gave the chick the spear was a good example of an older experienced one though. I am pretty sure that you could tell the differences between the two. Also, yeah, it pissed me off that the kid survived. Oh yeah, he had the whip-thing on his gear from the moment he crawled out of the lake. personally, I liked it. Then again, I have read some of the various Aliens/Predator novels that have come out over the years. Mr. Badass as you put it actually, well, wasnt a bad-ass. He was actually fairly young and inexperienced (the longer the dreds, the older the pred). Also, I am pretty sure that if they would have bothered with a back-story, it would have said that this guy was just on watch-duty and was actually supposed to alert superiors if shit was found to be happening. The predator at the end of the first that gave the chick the spear was a good example of an older experienced one though. I am pretty sure that you could tell the differences between the two. Also, yeah, it pissed me off that the kid survived. Oh yeah, he had the whip-thing on his gear from the moment he crawled out of the lake.

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