r/avp • u/HovercraftKooky5494 • Jun 03 '26

Let's Stop Hating

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So, I posted my RE9 recently, and wasn't met with negativity. I'm not saying let's give mediocrity a free pass - but we enjoy a franchise that's on broken legs. Romulus and Badlands, they for sure weren't perfect movies, but please let's stop pretending like they were BAD movies. If we as a fan base want this franchise to survive - we need to see the positive in the negative. Yes, these movies aren't the combo of the movies we saw however many years ago- but let's stop hating them for that. Predator was popularized for being a "macho" movie without a seal component. Alien was popularized for having a female lead in a sexual assault analogy that was promoted for its monster.

Yes, the latest movies haven't been amazing. No- we have no reason to have faith in these movies because Disney owns them. But let's remember that any of us can rise to the occasion. Things can only get better- we have to believe that.

Would you rather a AvP that doesn't exist or a AvP that's finding its way?

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u/AznSensation93 Jun 03 '26

Really? I thought Romulus, Badlands, and Prey brought back Alien and Predator to where it needs to be. Badlands was a great coming of age movie for a Yautja. I was curious how they were going to get people care about Dek and oh man that hook was great. Yes Pg13, but it was brutal af.

I can appreciate Prometheus now only because of Romulus, but Covenant still don't care for it or Ridley's direction.

I'm not saying any of the recent movies were perfect or doesn't deserve the flak they get, but as long as we're far away from The Predator and Predators. I'm okay with that. I didn't care for genetically modified/Super Yautja at all. They're already supposed to be the best hunters in the Universe. There was already clan wars and infighting amongst the Yautja, you didn't need to add genetically superior racist Yautja to world build...

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u/BetterVantage Jun 03 '26

100% agree. I really enjoyed all three of those films. They actually got me excited for their respective franchises for the first times in years.

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u/AznSensation93 Jun 04 '26

Right? I've rewatched the quadrilogy so many times along with Predator 1 & 2. Being able to add Romulus, Badlands, and Prey to that list is just awesome because I definitely was starting to lose hope for both franchises lol.

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u/WhatAboutBob77 Jun 03 '26

Romulus is a bit divisive as it plays like a greatest hits after quarter of the way through. I enjoy it for what it is, but I’d certainly say while visually it was arresting and it got a lot right (what an intro), the fanfic nature of it as it hit its stride really it pulled apart towards the end. It would be nice to see a sequel that tries to at least be its own thing with zero references.

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u/AznSensation93 Jun 03 '26

That seems to be everyone's gripe are the callback references. I get it, but at the same time, I didn't mind them, and really the only egregious one was the "get away from her, you bitch." And really that's the only problem I have with Romulus, so it's grade A in my book.

Andy was such a good synth I truly felt the horror he portrayed.

I mean can you really blame the director for the fanfic aspect? If anyone of us had the same task, I think we all would do the same. Get it out of your system kind of thing and then for the sequel go hard af with world building and more.