[Dilmah G]

Hehe. I'd believe it.

[NGTM-1R]

It's the same guy. He's an immortal vampire soldier thingie!

Or Price is to CoD as chocobos and moogles are to Final Fantasy.

[deathfun]

The CoD series revolve around one simple idea:

When in doubt, send the equivalent of Alpha 1

[MR_T3D]

It's the same guy. He's an immortal vampire soldier thingie!
nahh, i bet he's more like wolverine, but minus the bones protruding out of the hands

Or Price is to CoD as chocobos and moogles are to Final Fantasy.

[Polpolion]

I wonder if Captain Price from Modern Warfare is a descendant of Captain Price from Call of Duty

He's certainly got the facial hair to be...

[mxlm]

Oh, something else about CoD4 that annoyed me: the references to Aliens. I like Aliens. It's a pretty good film. But y'know, I'd rather you come up with your own memorable stuff, rather than simply quoting some memorable stuff other people did a couple decades ago.

"WE ARE LEAVING!"
"Stay frosty"
"Check those corners"

And hell, it's not like they were incapable, as the execution sequence demonstrates.

[Dilmah G]

In its defence, stay frosty is more of a general Infantry thing.

[General Battuta]

On that I gotta disagree. Aliens references make everything better.

[Snail]

Oh, something else about CoD4 that annoyed me: the references to Aliens. I like Aliens. It's a pretty good film. But y'know, I'd rather you come up with your own memorable stuff, rather than simply quoting some memorable stuff other people did a couple decades ago.

"WE ARE LEAVING!"
"Stay frosty"
"Check those corners"

And hell, it's not like they were incapable, as the execution sequence demonstrates.

CoD4 and MW2 are absolutely full of movie plugs, though.

For another example, fail to jump off the cargo ship at the end of the ship level. You'll get the line "Nobody makes the first jump".

Also, watch Behind Enemy Lines. They took the entire game from there, from the landscapes to the settings to the BMP's... ****, they even stole that sniper dude as Zakhaev's son.

[Dilmah G]

I knew they were strikingly similar...

[deathfun]

"WE ARE LEAVING!"
"Stay frosty"
"Check those corners"

I wouldn't exactly call those quotes as only from 'Aliens' as they are pretty general

Now the "Nobody makes the first jump" from Matrix is a little more specific (albeit, I've never heard it as I've never missed, time to play it again)

[General Battuta]

No, those are definitely from Aliens. The delivery is unmistakable.

[NGTM-1R]

The "We are leaving!" lines predates Aliens I'm fairly sure.

[Nuclear1]

Oh, something else about CoD4 that annoyed me: the references to Aliens. I like Aliens. It's a pretty good film. But y'know, I'd rather you come up with your own memorable stuff, rather than simply quoting some memorable stuff other people did a couple decades ago.

"WE ARE LEAVING!"
"Stay frosty"
"Check those corners"

And hell, it's not like they were incapable, as the execution sequence demonstrates.

Honestly, the reason you'd think those lines are from Aliens is because Aliens was the closest popular movie to demonstrating how a real military unit functions in a fictional environment, so it basically set the standard.

WE ARE LEAVING! might've been a reference just because like Battuta said, the delivery was pretty close to the original delivery.  If it is, cool, if not, still good--that whole sequence was awesome enough that I'm willing to forgive a cheesy movie reference or two.

[mxlm]

Honestly, the reason you'd think those lines are from Aliens is because Aliens was the closest popular movie to demonstrating how a real military unit functions in a fictional environment, so it basically set the standard.

I'm not sure I follow. Mind restating?

[Dilmah G]

Aliens wrote the book on this stuff. Thus, it makes sense from then on that other pieces sourced from it.

[deathfun]

To be honest, I watched the movie about a week ago in full and those lines never stood out for me

*sigh*

Time to pull out the VHS and pop it in

[NGTM-1R]

The "We are leaving!" lines predates Aliens I'm fairly sure.

I checked but couldn't find it...still pretty sure it's a Starship Troopers reference within Aliens.