JIMPRAISE: 10 GOOD THINGS ABOUT AVP-R

"JimPRAISE!"
Due to excessive amounts of hate mail wrongfully accusing that I am always negative, I proposed to you Readers a week of "JimPRAISE". I asked for suggestions of topics for me to post only POSITIVE things about, and you answered (you Jackals!). I have chosen the top 5 requested topics and will post 1 per day this week. Just remember, you asked for these.
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10 GOOD THINGS ABOUT
"AVP-R"
(in no particular order)

(lots of links in this one!)
sigh... ok....
DEATH OF THAT BLONDE CHICK

Probably the best part of the movie, and the most surprising. I really didn't see it coming. Great death scene (thank god!).

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GET TO SEE INSIDE THE PREDATOR SHIP
(again - Predator 2 being the 1st time)

Lots problems with the crap onboard the Predator ship, but this is JimPRAISE.... so CONCEPTUALLY SPEAKING, "a crew of Predators are killed by 'AN ALIEN' aboard their ship". Conceptually, that's awesome.

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ALIENS' HEADS HAVE RIDGES

They still look like Pumpkinhead, but atleast the guys behind the camera requested a return to the "ridged alien domes" from James Cameron's ALIENS. They're not the same, but I give a nod for intent.

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PREDATOR PHYSIQUE

Unlike the steroid predators of AVP, the ones in this film actually look like regular predators; tall, lean & athletic - like the first one.

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COOL IMAGERY:
ALIENS IN THE RAIN

In ALIENS we saw Facehuggers in "the rain" (fire sprinklers). Here we got some glimpses of Aliens in the actual rain, which was cool.... conceptually.

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CHESTBURSTER IN SEWER

You only see for a second, inside the flashlight's beam and it's creepy. It's what you THINK you were GOING to see when Ripley & Parker open up the locker... only to find a hissing Jonsie.

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"WOLF" PREDATOR FACE

The first predator looked frickin awesome (sans helmet). The 2nd one was different, but still cool and the Elder rocked. Unfortunately the predators in AVP looked like halloween masks. But the "Wolf" (as he was dubbed by the guys behing the camera) looked great; mean, tough, weathered & unique.

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COOL IMAGERY:
PREDATOR AT ALIEN HIVE ENTRANCE

One of the many awesome moments in ALIENS is when the Marines arrive at the Aliens' hive entrance! Here we get to see a Predator do the same. Your chocolate fell into my peanut butter....

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ALIEN VOICES

While the Aliens themselves still looked like Pumpkinhead, the guys behind the camera accessed the old audio files from James Cameron's ALIENS and used the actual sound clips for the Aliens' hisses & screams. So they atleast SOUNDED cool in this flick.

(whew. that was tough)

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