Alien vs. Predator has been on HBO a lot. It's a shitty movie, but it got me thinking about how wacky the whole notion is of space-faring aliens fighting giant bugs.

Let me try this one on you for size.

The Predator race is more advanced than humans. They fly around the cosmos and have shoulder-mounted laser cannon. They also have pretty decent steroid regimens.

Now, the Alien race is essentially a giant strain of insect/velociraptor...with acid blood! They can't fly around space. They're just big animals (with the exception of the Queen; she's "smarter than chimpanzees" as Dr. Alan Grant might say).

So I ask: How many advanced species remain physcially strong -- almost animalistic -- enough to still be able to do hand-to-hand battle with what are essentially, super-strong, super-fast animals? You're telling me the Predator build warp drives one minute and then wrestle bugs the next? Bwa?

Alien vs. Predator would be like a group of roided up special forces guys going to a nature perserve to fight tigers on a regular basis. These guys might get a couple of good punches in, but they'd be ripped to shreds not much faster than you or I.

I wonder if Pumpkinhead could beat an Alien? And could a Terminator beat a Predator? And if a Robocop can beat a Terminator, and a Terminator can beat a Predator, can a Robocop beat an Alien?

What if said Robocop is high on "nuke?"