At the end of the premiere of "Alien vs. Predator 2", Francis Lawrence and Paula Patton walked out of the theater hand in hand, and were immediately surrounded by a large number of entertainment reporters in front of the car.

Francis Lawrence liked the feeling so much that he didn't mean to leave immediately, but instead stood here and answered a few questions from reporters.

Paula Barton smiled and looked particularly restrained, and from the moment she walked on the red carpet of her premiere tonight, she felt like she was going to be in the spotlight of Hollywood!

At least this weekend will be!

"What do you think is more terrifying? Is it a threat that happens tens of millions of miles away? Or is it a big battle on your doorstep? Obviously, we all think it's time to bring Predators and Aliens into normal life, and that's very important, at least you haven't seen anything like it in any movie, and you'll see that there's no such thing as a 'safe zone', not even your own backyard. ”

Francis Lawrence was in a very good mood and said a little more: "These horrible creatures are literally on the street in front of us, so the whole story becomes 'It could happen anywhere in America.'" It's a beautiful, familiar town that suddenly takes center stage in an epic war, accompanied by a blood-soaked massacre that they may never have known. ”

Then many reporters asked some questions about the "ultimate alien", and Francis Lawrence, with some pride, answered these questions before getting in the car and leaving.

Sitting in the car, he was still a little proud when he thought of the reporters eagerly asking about the "ultimate alien".

Most of this "Ultimate Alien" comes from his conception.

As early as the pre-release promotion of the film, "Ultimate Alien" became a favorite part of the fans.

From the appearance to the characteristics, including the design concept, everything about the "ultimate alien" has been put in many safety barriers by the crew and Twentieth Century Fox, and everyone involved will try to ensure that the film is released today, and then surprise the audience.

When he first joined the crew, the "Ultimate Alien" in the script was actually designed as a hybrid offspring of the Predator and the Alien, which was inexplicable, could it be that the Alien and the Predator could get together and have offspring?

It's scary to think about, and the San Fernando Valley wouldn't dare to make this kind of film, right?

Therefore, the "Ultimate Alien" he designed is an alien that hatches in the body of a Predator, absorbing some of the host's personality and traits - roughly 80% Alien and 20% Predator.

The "Ultimate Alien" has the Alien's hard outer structure, acidic blood, scorpion-like tail, and hidden mouth, while from the Predator's side, an additional jaw and terrifying dreadlocks.

What's more, the DNA obtained from the Predator in the "Ultimate Alien" changed the way the Alien reproduced, and he abandoned the traditional "queenship" of this race, which lays eggs, enters the host's body from the face, and breaks through the host's chest...... Circulating so much over and over again, it completely invents a more aggressive, efficient reproductive system.

Thinking of this, Francis Lawrence couldn't help but have a thought: although he is not the creator of the alien, he has given the alien a new life!

Maybe years later, when people mention the father of the aliens, they are not only talking about Ridley Scott, but also about the name Francis Lawrence!

The car passed in front of a huge billboard, and Francis Lawrence saw through the window the advertisement for "I Am Legend" on the billboard, and Matthew Horner was walking down the ruined streets of New York with a dog.

"Heh......" he inexplicably showed a slightly mocking smile, "Alien vs. Predator 2" may not be able to compete with "I Am Legend" at the box office, but it is by no means as superficial as those films starring Matthew Horner!

He gives this monster movie a depth that has never been seen before!

When he was preparing for this film, he was always thinking about how people would react when they encountered the most extreme environments? He read some materials, there were hurricanes, there were fires, and he observed how ordinary people, including firefighters, police officers, and teachers, became heroes in disasters, so he gave the film another theme outside of monster melee, and wanted to explore a degree and scope through this story- How will humans protect their families, who will they fight for, or die for?

There is also environmental protection and ecological depth, he has transformed the Predator from a "hunter" into a "cleaner", similar to the role of an "eco-samurai", the Predator will not leave any chance that could upend the ecological balance of the planet, which gives this character a sense of dignity and nobility.

"Maybe the future Predator will also bear the mark of Francis Lawrence. He muttered to himself.

"Alien vs. Predator 2" was released in North America as a new film, and those research companies whose main business is statistics and sales data have already heard about it.

Before the premiere theater, Howard Rashford was swinging from fan to fan, as a front-line market researcher at Cinema Score, constantly asking these fans who had just watched "Alien vs. Predator 2" what they thought and rated the film.

Those who can come to the premiere are undoubtedly fans of Alien or Predator, and these people's evaluation of related movies will naturally be much higher than that of ordinary audiences.

"If you were asked to rate it...... he asked a middle-aged fan in his forties, "what would you rate Alien vs. Predator 2?"

The fan Hao didn't hesitate to say, "C! no, C-!" He took the small gift and added, "This is the worst movie I've ever seen about Aliens and Predators!"

The fan walked away without looking back, and didn't seem to have any nostalgia for the film he had just watched.

Howard Rashford then found another middle-aged fan, Alien and Predator were born for more than 20 years, and the age of the fans is undoubtedly a little older.

The middle-aged fan is very calm, "This film is so disappointing, Alien is not like Alien, Predator is not like Predator, I don't want to give a rating, it shouldn't have appeared at all." ”

After saying that, he didn't even ask for a small gift, just shook his head and left.

Howard Rashford glanced at this fan: How disappointed do you have to be with the film to even bother to give a rating?

Then, he asked more fans, none of them scored more than C+, and there were even a lot of abusers.

"This TM is too dark, 90% of the scenes are at night, and I found a black man as the heroine, who can see clearly, the director has a problem with his head, and it is dark!"

"Aliens and Predators are just like parallel goods!"

"It doesn't matter if the plot is not good, even the most basic pictures are not good, I really admire the director's skills......"

After listening to many movie fans, Howard Rashford roughly understands that sometimes, some film directors just like to disrupt certain conventional rules in the film genre with self-righteousness, and this stupid choice can simply destroy the film industry.

Not far from the other side, some reporters from entertainment media were also interviewing the audience.

A reporter from The Hollywood Reporter interviewed a bespectacled fan with a very temperamental personality.

This fan has gray hair, but what he says to the camera can't hide his love for the opposite sex, "I just saw the film "Alien" in 1979, and I fell in love with this monster, I watched all four "Alien" and the previous "Alien vs. Predator", and this is undoubtedly the worst of all Alien movies. ”

"The movie is just so bad. He shook his head, "Maybe it's because the director who is just starting out knows that he lacks basic skills, and hopes to use special effects and a variety of but not profound characters to fool the test, which leads to serious problems in the film, not to mention the messy performance, you can't even understand what the story is going to tell." ”

Just a few meters away, another fan was also venting his dissatisfaction loudly into the reporter's microphone, "It's a very unfortunate thing that a bad sequel ruins a classic." One of the things I regret in the past few years is watching "Terminator 3", and I have been trying to erase this horrific movie-watching experience from my memory without success. It turns out that what is even more unfortunate than this is that a bad movie destroys two classics in one go. ”

He couldn't help but say, "This garbage director ruined the two classics of Alien and Predator at once! The idea of Alien vs. Predator is rotten enough, I didn't expect that we would be tortured twice by such a bad idea, and I hope Twentieth Century Fox won't think about filming the third episode again." If you have to shoot, can you change to a more reliable director?"

As the night wore on, the fans of the premiere faded away, and the reporters and other staff members who had gathered in front of the theater left, and Howard Rashford packed up his questionnaire and gathered a man and a woman and two other colleagues to walk towards the parking lot.

"How's your rating over there?" asked Howard Rashford.

"Don't mention it. The female colleague shrugged her shoulders, "This movie is estimated to be miserable, and there are not even a few fans who gave the premiere a score of C or above, how bad is that director, and how to use such two classic movie characters to make such a bad movie." ”

The male colleague said at this time, "I just roughly calculated, I asked less than 30 fans here, and the average score was C-." ”

"It's pretty much the same on my side. Howard Rashford said with certainty, "The biggest film of the week is probably going to hit the streets." ”