Something to do for the weekend...

[uberreiniger]

I just realized that today Aliens vs. Predator comes out. Not in a huge hurry to go see it, but I must make time to just the same. What irks me is that so far every entertainment article I've read on the film makes it sound like the whole movie was just a spur-of-the-moment idea to breathe life into two dormant film franchises and was brought on largely due to the success of Freddy vs. Jason. As any fan of either franchise knows, the Aliens and Predators have been fighting each other in comic books, novels, and video games for close to twenty years now and the feature film has been on-again, off-again at least since '94. Maybe that's why I'm not in such a big rush to go see it: these two forces fighting each other is nothing new to me. But still, the blindness of the mainstream media to the culture of us fanboys and girls is patently offensive.

But they do have a point: bad guys fighting each other is big business. One of these asinine articles was kind enough to clue me in that in addition to Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, someone is also putting together Pinhead vs. Michael Meyers!

At first this probably seems like a hands-down victory for Pinhead and the Cenobites, but when you consider that Pinhead's area of expertise is pain and that Michael Meyers does not feel pain... it could get interesting.

All this got me thinking of some Bad Guy matchups I would personally like to see:

The Sith vs. The Goa'uld: They obviously go to war because Palpatine, sick of having to hop into a new body every few years, wants one of those groovy regenerating caskets. Goa'uld space pyramids and Imperial Star Destroyers could face off in the biggest battle of triangular objects anyone has ever seen! The film's big payoff scene: Darth Vader and Ra engage in a literal rumble to see who has the deepest baritone.

Pazuzu, (the demon from The Exorcist) vs. John Carpenter's The Thing: Both are vile, slimy, disgusting entities that possess people. The gore potential here is off the charts. Unfortunately, things would probably go badly for Pazuzu early on considering that he's just one demon whereas The Thing spreads like a virus. The destruction of both antagonists could set up the film's sequel: Max Von Sydow's priest character vs. Kurt Russell as Snake Plisskin.

Lord Valdemort vs. Sauron: Hey, grafting your disincarnate self onto the back of some bungling professor's head isn't any less dumb than sealing your life force in a magic ring that you're prone to losing, right? I'm sure these guys could find lots of reasons to fight each other. Problematic aspects: Much of the film spent with the two bad guys in quest for physical bodies to inhabit, collision of LoTR and HP universes likely to yield a critical mass potential for slash fiction.

Godzilla vs. Mothra: I can't believe nobody's ever thought of this before! Oh, wait....

Okay, I'm done now.

Comments

[darkemoone.livejournal.com]

I just got home from seeing AvP... ::TWITCH:: Guh...

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I take it then that it did not impress?

[darkemoone.livejournal.com]

There were some amusing parts, but it did not impress at all.

[megiloth.livejournal.com]

I say let all those weenies kill each other, and then let the Tall Man do his dirty work....BOOOOOOY!

[elvinborn.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see a 60s special effects style on the Sith v Goa'uld space fight. triangular mothership hanging from string swings into oddly flying sphere ship and kills them because their ship is pointier :D Although I'm thinking a goa'uld that could use the force would be really too powerful. There would be some issues on wether the parasite could even take over the mind of a Sith. Odd personality disorders ensue

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Have them use the Ewoks as hosts. Cuddly li'l buggers have it coming.

[ex-horrorhea561.livejournal.com]

Actually Pinhead vs. Michael Myers got canned. We can all rejoice.

[darkemoone.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank God.

[freyjas-child.livejournal.com]

Speaking of movies...have you seen the trailors for the Exorcist prequal? Maybe I'm just easyily scared now a days even with my daily numbing to movie violence but it looked mildly interesting. I just hope there's more plot and psychological terror then just blood, guts and gore.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

It sounds pretty decent from what little I've heard. After the previous sequels, they certainly couldn't do much worse...

[freyjas-child.livejournal.com]

True enough...the second one being the worst that I remember. Though wasn't there some fabled longer version of the first? I'm not sure if that's a truth or myth?~L~

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

The movie originally contained the Skull Cowboy, who was a character from the comic who sort of accompanied Eric on his journey, but he was cut from the final film. I don't know if a version has ever been released containing the footage. It should be if it hasn't.