receive back to Horrorhead , a biweekly chromatography column about all thing scifi and repulsion . This hebdomad , a important matter : Aliens vs. Predators . Not the movie , the smackdown . Colin Strause , one of the two Brothers Strause who directed the forthcoming Aliens vs. piranha continuation , isknown across the webonets as a serious Predator fan . The brothers arrogate that Predators are somehow good than Aliens because they ’re more humanoid , usage tools , and are therefore relatable . But I ’m here to say fuck that . Who wants “ relatability ” in a monster ? in earnest , Colin , the Aliens deliver the goods hands - down in any horror / scifi smackdown . Here ’s why .
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The Aliens are just what the name advertize : truly , creepily alien . We never bonk what they require , other than to use our bodies as hosts to breed , though it ’s pretty obvious that they have some form of intelligence . We see them doing things like using engagement strategy , and protect their youthful . And they do n’t require tools like those wussy Predators because their intact body are weapons . Who is to say that they are n’t a subspecies of super - ultra - mega - warriors who genetically orchestrate themselves to become artillery ? That makes them even more advanced than Predators .
outlander are n’t just out to get us – they are out to become us . One of the hallmark of a hard-core freakshow monster is that it want to make baby with you , or produce versions of itself using your torso . That ’s the Alien all over . It desire to get you significant and use your genetic material to create offspring . And the unknown are so aphrodisiac that other mintage want to do the same affair to it : that ’s how we experience the human / alien hybrid in Alien : Resurrection of Christ . Even the marauder - boost Colin Strause has to admit the superiority of the Predalien hyrid ( pictured here ) in his new flick . Hybrid vigor !
Nobody will ever misidentify the Aliens for a racial stereotype . One of the sort of cool / sort of lame percentage of Predators are their dreadlocks , suggesting they ’re a species of Rasta warrior . Aliens , to their deferred payment , never veer into JarJarism .
And finally , the Aliens are always a pleasure to gawk at . All too often , ogre in revulsion movies are all bite and no show . Predators are of that variety , which is why the first Predator movie worked the upright – the Predator was invisible , so we did n’t have any time to feel disappointed that he looked so half - Klingon , half - Rastafarian drilling . The Alien , however , make more intriguing the more we saw . That long , glossy head with its two-fold - lip dripping acid ? The skeleton trunk like something from an Iron Maiden album insure ? Dude . Plus , when the Alien starts to wear thinly , just create a cool loan-blend ! Sure , Alien : Resurrection was total crap , but my inner FX gore geek was totally satisfied by the final scene with the creepy naked Humalien getting suck out of the teeny mess in the starship wall .
In inadequate , Alien kicks Predator ’s ass on all fronts : it ’s creepier , better - sounding , and wants to make child with us . What else do you need ?
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