Game Over, Man! Game Over!

Move over, dogs-playing-poker. A New Zealand ad company promotes the airing of the weaksauce AvP movies on SkyTV with some classic-yet-forgotten Alien v. Predator duels of yore. (See also the tetherball and chess matches — Hopefully table tennis, foosball, and poker will get their day as well.)

Call it, Friendo.

[Update 3/26/08: Welcome. My review of No Country for Old Men is here, and the film review archive is here.]

The Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, my most anticipated movie of the fall season, has a new trailer out. The film stars Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelley MacDonald, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Root, and Garret Dillahunt, and it looks frickin’ fantastic. (And, also up this evening, a new trailer for Aliens v. Predator: Requiem. It looks…less fantastic.)

Stay Frosty.

Another recent trailer: 20th Century Fox tries to reestablish two botched franchises with a not-inconsiderable smattering of gore in the new red-band preview for Alien vs. Predator: Requiem. After embarrassing themselves with the last one, which I could only sit through about twenty minutes of on HBO, I highly doubt I’ll be paying money for this, even despite my fondness for the original Alien films. (Which reminds me, that Ellen Ripley DirecTV ad kinda makes me feel sad inside.)

Deported.

Thanks to boffo box office for Alien v. Predator, the marketing geniuses at Fox give the Alien franchise to notorious hack Paul W.S. Anderson. Ugh, what a waste. Well, hopefully Sigourney Weaver will have the sense to stay away from this burgeoning fiasco.

Cruise Control/Monsters on Ice.

A relatively empty trailer bin for a Friday morning so far, but we do have new looks at Michael Mann’s Collateral (this one gives away some plot details) and another take on Alien v. Predator (so does this one, but who cares, really?)

When Antarctic Aliens Attack.

Here’s another look at Paul Anderson’s Alien v. Predator, and it’s about as lame as the last one. Plus, as a purely fanboy grievance, Lance “Bishop/Company Guy” Henriksen seems to be screwing up the series’ continuity for a quick paycheck. Ah well.

Straight to Video.

Come to Butthead…A new Alien Vs. Predator trailer appeared last night during the MTV Movie Awards and, as feared, this looks like an embarrassing franchise-killer for Ripley’s nemeses. Pretty sad, really.

Alien$.

Because noone demanded it, the new Alien v. Predator trailer. Man, talk about running a quality franchise into the ground. As James Cameron noted when he heard about this lame Paul Anderson project, why don’t we get Freddy Krueger or the Wolfman up in here too? I know this was a Dark Horse comic, but that doesn’t mean it had to be a movie.

Biological Hazard.

The teaser trailer for Paul Anderson’s Aliens vs. Predator flick is now online. What a terrible, terrible idea. Both Ridley Scott and James Cameron have expressed interest in making another Alien film, and yet Fox greenlights this piece of hack garbage? Bleah.