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AvP Requiem - The Battle Goes International! We now have the newest AvP-R trailer -- the International version... and it rocks! In comparison to the previous trailer, I actually prefer this newer version... while the before-mentioned red band trailer offers more violence, this latter version offers a better build up and contrast in drama -- albeit it's a bit like watching Dawson's Creek at the beginning of it -- nevertheless, it showcases very good-looking Alien and Predator action... and that's the core of what every Alien and Predator fan wants... the (lowering) population meter of the townsfolk is a great touch, too... as it implies the repercussions and casualties incurred by our kick-ass xenomorphs! Let the Bug Hunt Begin! Ah... the heartlands of America... here seen in the trailer as Gunnison, Colorado. While we've all seen alien demolition, carnage, and destruction in large, metropolitan cities such as in Independence Day and War of the Worlds -- small towns of America offer the most often thought of safest havens and refugees... the message: "Yes, folks, this could happen even in your own backyard..." - if only it could - we wish - LOL! There are, of course, the topical issues... a loved one returning home from war... and the perennial scenario of the father teaching his son to hunt (of course here, the twist of the hunters becoming the prey). Advertisement Acheron/LV-426 (where the Aliens were first discovered) nor the spaceship Nostromo (Ripley's home ship) this is not... and while those elements of sci-fi geography are sorely missed (see my previous article), however, the vibe and atmosphere of the strongest in the film series - Alien and Aliens - seems to have been captured by the Strause brothers in their AvP-R trailers - the true test will be to see if that intensity translates into the actual final film -- and intensity is exactly what this film series needs (and what we've all been waiting for!) -- while the first two Alien movies delivered it in spades -- the others seemed to be "long-lost third cousins" trying to to assimilate with family... and as far as the first AvP movie goes... two battles (the extended Predator vs. Alien - and Predator vs. Queen Alien battles) does not an AvP war make. No observation is complete without the mention of the shot of the Predator grabbing the Predalien's inner jaw/tongue as it intercepts attack -- it is definitively classic! -- this could prove to be the most bitchin' alien battle since Ripley took on the Queen...! The Aliens and Predators are two of the most iconic sci-fi creatures ever created in filmic history! If Fox makes good and builds on this franchise in this seemingly aligned and refreshed way -- then perhaps the best is yet to come... By Jay Comments? Flames? Praise? Mail feedback!