Nukes and Knives™: Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

A few years back, I looked at both Doom films in greater detail.

https://nukesandknives.blogspot.com/2020/10/doom-2005-and-doom-annihilation.html

Now Xenomorphs and Yautjas butt heads.

Star Beast

Dan O'Bannon's original concept for Alien was for eggs to be discovered inside a pyramid-like temple.

Here's a drawing from 1976 screenplay.

The silhouette of the pyramid is instantly suggestive of the scrawled triangle in the alien ship.

Alien: The Original Screenplay - issue 2 (September 2020)

Now epic journey can officially begin.

Alien vs. Predator

Charles Weyland Bishop's team find the pyramid.

Sacrificial chamber

Layout of stone plinths are identical to sleep pods on the Nostromo.

Pushing pause.

Concept artist Ron Cobb depicts Kane exploring the guts of pyramid.
His torchlight illuminates a hieroglyph explaining the Alien life-cycle.

Every 100 years, the Predators visit Earth to take part in a rite of passage, where humans sacrifice themselves as hosts for Xenos, creating the ultimate 'prey' for the Yautja to hunt.

Alien Invasion vs poster

As only one is born, tagline 'We do not come in peace' doesn't make any sense.

Confusingly, appalling pile of shit rapes Alien, not AVP.

Man in a piss poor suit stalks young hotties in a house.

Miscellany

Hieroglyph vs poster 2

Centre of floor vs Alien³ poster

Prior to Queen fight, Scar gives Lex's cheek something to remember him by.

As story draws to a close, issue 4 of Aliens vs. Predator (December 1990) sees the Predator mark Machiko Noguchi's forehead.

Predator: Concrete Jungle¹

Scarface can wear the Alien Hunter costume (Antarctica 2004).

Also, Hunter Borgia mentions to his daughter Lucretia that he knew Charles Bishop Weyland before he 'vanished'.

¹ntbcw with 1995 novel or comic series (originally just called Predator).

Interesting this one.

Knowing his fate is already sealed, Sebastian begs Lex to kill him, and she obliges.

Principle smacks of Alien (Director's Cut).

Ripley stumbles across Dallas, who says 'kill me'.
She torches him before he fully becomes an egg.

Ironically, a similar scene with Burke is described in the novelisation of Aliens.

Aliens: Newt's Tale - issue 2 (July 1992)
Rather than mercy killing him, Ripley hands over a grenade

Cut sequence was restored as a bonus feature in Blu-ray boxset Alien Anthology.

Rip offs

Scar breaking chestburster's neck vs Alien³ - issue 3 (July 1992)

Whoa!

During pull out shot, Predators battle Aliens.

I have no idea if this is coincidence, but...

The One (2001)
Yulaw (one of several characters Jet Li plays) takes on an army of prisoners in the Hades Universe.

Guess what camera does?

And no, Paul W.S. Anderson didn't direct sci-fi action fantasy.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Even if we can hardly see it (because film is so dark), at least sequel upped the gore.

2008 DVD vs AVH: Alien vs. Hunter

Considering the latter is a mockbuster of AVP, sleeve designers were either aware or taking the piss.

Carrie vs Ripley - Alien³

It may have gone unnoticed, but third act blatantly clones Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999).

Cops vs aliens

Cops vs zombies

Capcom took 'inspiration' from:

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Colonel Stevens sends an F-22 Raptor to deploy a nuclear missile to obliterate Gunnison.

Dallas and fellow survivors Ricky, Kelly and Molly escape in a helicopter.

The Government wipes Raccoon City off the map with a missile strike.

Although there are three possible endings, cinematic is essentially the same.

However, it's entirely possible that The Brothers Strause (Greg and Colin) were huge fans of Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), which used Resi 3 as template.