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Date: 2004-09-02 18:11:25

Comment:

The biggest disapointment about this movie for me was the total lack of support from Fox. I mean, unless you're an avid fan of these franchises or someone who surfs the web looking for movie info there seemed to be minimal buzz for this movie at best.
I have waited anxiously for this flick since I first started reading the Dark Horse comics. It seemed like anytime I brought this movie up to people they were like "Really, they're making an Alien/Predator movie? It seemed like I was informing most people I know about this movie and they were oblivious to it's existance. I didn't see a commercial until 5 days before the film opened and no one I knew so the trailor on a screen bigger that theor PC monitor. opened.
Some people say the studio felt the movie was a dog so they didn't treat it like a big time flick but does that make any sense? I mean I saw "Godzilla" on buses, cereal boxes and in Taco Bell months before that movie came out and I'm sure you'd find just as many people split on that movie as well. I don't agree with every post I've read here but I totally respect the passion of the fans and the studio should have too. Not because they care about us but because they should care about a potential "new" franchise that could routinely top $100 mil. These two franchise have massive followings but that seems to have been lost on them.
Thankfully this movie has already outgrosed the last two Alien sequels and Predator 2, even in adjusted dollars. That makes it a good bet there will be a sequel which I would certainly go see. I just hope the next time around the studio treats it like the epic/blockbuster I'm sure we'd all want it to be.