Talk:Aliens versus Predator (comic book)

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[edit] Naming

Sigh. I looked at the image here, plainly showing that the title of the comics is "Aliens versus Predator", so I moved this page to that title (though not before mucking up by moving it to Aliens vs. Predator). But then I found the Dark Horse AvP comic catalogue, where some comics are called "Aliens versus Predator" but others "Aliens vs. Predator". I think I'll refrain from making any more "corrections" and leave it to someone who knows what they're doing! :) Hairy Dude 20:58, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

The title is almost always "Aliens vs. Predator" (Heaven knows what the graphic desgners were up to with the covers - perhaps it balances better with "versus") so this should be here Aliens vs. Predator (comics) - its also worth noting that it is sometimes given as "Alien vs. Predator" for no good reason (Emperor 00:08, 12 October 2006 (UTC))

OK as there has been a campaign to clarify comics and comic books and the Alien series is Aliens (comic book) I have moved this to put back the vs. (which is the correct one) and make sure the names are consistent. (Emperor 13:14, 15 October 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Inspirational

I just removed this addition to the opening paragraph: " however, the most likely origin of the idea occurs in the film Predator 2 during a scene that shows the interior of the Predator's ship in which an Alien skull can be seen hanging on the wall" it is speculative and wrong.

David McIntee is pretty clear on the timing: "the crew had simply perpetrated this as a knowing in-joke, to acknowledge the fact there was already a well-received Alien vs. Predator comic strip which had debuted in 1989, before photography had started on Predator 2. In reality there was no real interest in doing such a film until a spec script was pitched to Fox by UK-based scriptwriter Peter Briggs in 1991" (Beautiful Monsters page 197). This script itself is an adaptation of Stradley's first AvP comics. The idea never made it to screen as David Giler and Sigourney Weaver thought it would cheapen the Alien franchise. Aliens 3 and Predator 3 killed it off completely and the idea for another Predator 3 (actually ideas for Predator 3 and a competing Predators) killed off its second shot at the big screen. Brigg's script is discussed in The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made. (Emperor 14:48, 16 November 2006 (UTC))