Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Contrary to some opinions I've read, one doesn't have to be a movie 'snob' to hate AVP2. Too many genres were merged and their cliches abound. The original movies were horror movies in the true sense. They were not 'slasher' or 'torture porn' sub-genres of horror. The so-called 'story' of AVP2 had nothing to do with aliens or predators. It was your typical 'high school flick' where geek likes bad girl who dates popular but possessive evil jock. This was overdone in the 80s and rehashes Rebel without a Cause. But the two sparring creatures takes the 2 franchises into camp and kitsch; think of the Universal studios attempts to keep their franchises going by having Frankenstein monster, the Wolfman and Dracula together sparring in the same flick. Or think of the sequels of Godzilla in endless tagteam matches where either he or other monsters are controlled by aliens. Or think of the many El Santo movies where he battles mummies, witches, and the Universal monsters. Yawn. I agree with one commentator who pointed out that this movie doesn't promise much, so we should be satisfied with the gore-fest. However, the original Alien and Predator movies didn't give us 'senseless violence'; the violence had reasons. The originals delivered more BECAUSE they appealed to reason and not to mere bloodlust of certain viewers. If blood and guts is the highest form of your idea of entertainment, go see Last House on the Left and the movies of Herschel and Lewis. They still did blood and guts better and inspired derivative works like TCMassacre and its sequels.