I can't decide. The alien has the little mini mouth that shoots out and the predator has that super ugly ass face. Maybe someday there will be a better AvP. Although I have not seen any of them. What do you think, alien or predator?
Predators have a mostly humanoid body which makes them less creepy. So the alien wins. Not to mention they are born after a face hugger attaches itself on your face and plants a parasite which will eventually grow into a baby and burst out of your innards.
saw the first alien movie when i was waay too young and it scared the crap out of me for a long time. had predator on vhs as a kid too and watched it 100 times and was never once frightened of the thing. i always thought it was really cool. who wouldn't want awesome heat vision and cloaking?
I imagine a death by predator would be clean and quick so I would fear it less. Though I probably have no survival chances against one at least it would potentially humor me out of sport. If I knew what was potentially hunting me I'd be safe knowing it probably wouldn't bother if I wasn't armed and could probably avoid confrontation by not being a very opportunistic target.
Aliens on other hand would terrify the shit out of me. Even worse, being host for the facehugger/chestburster life cycle would seem painful. Best case scenario a drone plunges its retractable mouth into my skull for a quick death. Though, they are susceptible to firearms and I might stand a chance against a stray one or two with my basic home defense tools. Though I stand a better chance to survive against one they sure as hell are a lot creepier.
Alien. The whole concept seems to border on an existential nightmare for anyone who is a victim to it, plus the fact that they come off impossible to kill due to how they reproduce.
Predators are only scary initially until one figures out they are just advanced predators of wildlife in a sense. Once you can get into the headspace and learn how to deal with them, much like what we saw in the first Predator movie, you learn how to deal with them. Plus, they can become allies in certain situations. As well, we do have technology that can combat them and a lot of the attacks from Predators have been isolated incidents, so that it is a lot of things like that that make the Predator scary, but only initially.
As well, the first AvP was good. It is a bit silly going back to it, but I find much entertainment from it. I'm not sure about the sequel.
I guess it would depend on what their pickup line was. Also the Alien would probably want you to meet the family really soon so there's that. The Predator would just end up leaving your skin hanging from a tree in Central America somewhere so a 2nd date would probably be out.
I guess it would depend on what their pickup line was. Also the Alien would probably want you to meet the family really soon so there's that. The Predator would just end up leaving your skin hanging from a tree in Central America somewhere so a 2nd date would probably be out.
Plus the Alien's pickup line is "Hissssss! SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" and I don't know, just doesn't seem that great. I've heard better. I'll take the Predator's clicking purr over a hiss.
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@mrbojangles25 said:
Alien, no question.
Predator is humanoid, speaks, is sentient...has a code of honor, laws, and a society.
Alien is an animal created solely to kill and reproduce in the worst way possible.
Also it was designed by Giger, a master of the creepy.
Yeah thius is a huge thing.
A xenomorph will lounge at me and that is it. A Yautja might try to give me a fighting chance before killing me.
Yup. Also, to add to this, I think in Predator 2 the Predator was about to kill the lady detective, but he did a scan and saw she was a pregnant and let her live. Now, you could make the argument that this was a hunter's logic--pregnant prey leads to more prey--but in either case it was an act of mercy, in one way or another.
Also when Danny Glover was at the end and killed the Predator that was hunting him, all the others came out and they actually gave him a gift. They were like "game recognizes game, son" and let him leave haha.
In hindsight, Predator 2 was really an insightful movie into Predator culture.
Also it was designed by Giger, a master of the creepy.
Very true.
Still, someone did a good job on this guy's face.
Oh ya, Predator is insanely well designed. The perma-scowl, the mean eyes, the dreadlocks, the mouth-within-mandibles...just a thing of beauty, in its own way haha.
Man I miss the days of animatronics, guys-in-suits, and practical effects. Some directors still do that stuff but it's mostly CG and frankly I will take practical over CG 9/10 times.
I've only seen the original Alien film and played a decent amount of Alien Isolation. Judging from those two things alone my choice is Alien. The Xenomorph is absolutely terrifying.
Also it was designed by Giger, a master of the creepy.
Very true.
Still, someone did a good job on this guy's face.
Oh ya, Predator is insanely well designed. The perma-scowl, the mean eyes, the dreadlocks, the mouth-within-mandibles...just a thing of beauty, in its own way haha.
Man I miss the days of animatronics, guys-in-suits, and practical effects. Some directors still do that stuff but it's mostly CG and frankly I will take practical over CG 9/10 times.
I've only seen the original Alien film and played a decent amount of Alien Isolation. Judging from those two things alone my choice is Alien. The Xenomorph is absolutely terrifying.
It's a little old at this point but if you can get ahold of a copy of Alien vs Predator 2 (the game, not the movie) it's one of the most fun games in history. Playing as the Alien, and the Predator, and the Marines....is just so much fun. I especially loved playing as the Alien, just so much fun playing the ambush predator.
Marines was a terrifying campaign too. Completely channeled the Aliens movie.
And Predator campaign was almost too easy but still fun with all the weapons and gadgets.
Alien by far, if we're going with the Ridley Scott version and not James Cameron's sequel; which mind you is still a good movie. The Predator looks cool, but definitely not scary. It's even kinda cheesy, like when he mimics people's voices and cusses. XD
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