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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The original by far ..
It's in my top 20 of all time !!"
I think someone that could recite all the lines spoilt that for me.
"Looking good Dutch"
"what's the matter, CIA got you pushing to many pencils?"
They're stuck in my head! |
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"Which one do you like best?
I just watched Prey and I think I prefer it to the others.
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Original for me but I haven't seen prey. I will take that as a recommendation!
The one with Adrian Brody in was better than the sequels though! |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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Original gets credit for it being focused on being what it was.
Never really liked Predator 2.
I quite liked Aliens VS Predator (the first, the sequels were terrible).
Predators I really enjoyed a lot. I liked the concept of it all.
Prey... Is good, great in fact. While I switched off my senses and just enjoyed at the time. Thinking after, I have issues. |
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"The original by far ..
It's in my top 20 of all time !!
I think someone that could recite all the lines spoilt that for me.
"Looking good Dutch"
"what's the matter, CIA got you pushing to many pencils?"
They're stuck in my head!"
I like the " you're one ugly mother fucker " line the best  |
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The order for me:
1.Predator (the original)
2.Predator 2
3.Predators
4.Prey
5. Alien vs Predator 1&2 (both were shite but not nearly as bad as….
6. The Predator: A truly shocking and unbelievably awful entry in the franchise, presumably penned by a twelve year old (the anti predator suit at the end??!!!)   |
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"There's a fan made one on Youtube, called Predator Dark Ages and that is far, far, better than you'd expect.  "
Amen!  A brilliant short film.
Also essential viewing for Predator fans, the short film, Batman:Dead End which features the dark knight squaring off against the predator (it’s as awesome as it sounds!) |
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Predator , prey, predator 2, predators , the predator
That's the order of how good...I'll prob draw heat on predator2 buy I rather enjoy it, some cool stuff in it. Predators even, has sone decent bits, the music is a big bit and the few nods in it.
The predator is just chucking in throwback references to make up for how poor it is |
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As many have said the first one, I went into it thinking it was a war film, very pleased with how it turned out.
Then 2 for me as I saw more of how the predator goes about his work and the weapons he uses.
Then prey I always wanted to see a predator film set in the past as we know his been coming here for centuries
Last but not least predators.
As a wish I would like to see the story of how that 17th century pistol the predator gave to Danny glover came to be.
'God dam it we came so close'
'Don't worry asshole you'll get another chance' |
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First one for me. Haven't seen the most recent two.
I'm still angry that the Aliens vs. Predator films were so terrible. There's a whole series of good stories from Dark Horse comics dating all the way back to the eighties, but with typical Hollywood hubris they totally ignored those and made their own entirely dogshit thing instead. Ugh. |
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"First one for me. Haven't seen the most recent two.
I'm still angry that the Aliens vs. Predator films were so terrible. There's a whole series of good stories from Dark Horse comics dating all the way back to the eighties, but with typical Hollywood hubris they totally ignored those and made their own entirely dogshit thing instead. Ugh. "
Hollywood dogshit... Now there's a good name for a website |
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By *zeroMan
over a year ago
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"As many have said the first one, I went into it thinking it was a war film, very pleased with how it turned out.
Then 2 for me as I saw more of how the predator goes about his work and the weapons he uses.
Then prey I always wanted to see a predator film set in the past as we know his been coming here for centuries
Last but not least predators.
As a wish I would like to see the story of how that 17th century pistol the predator gave to Danny glover came to be.
'God dam it we came so close'
'Don't worry asshole you'll get another chance'"
I hope we see The Predators in older time periods too. Feudal Japan or the Middle Ages preferably |
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"Which one do you like best?
I just watched Prey and I think I prefer it to the others.
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PREDATOR - Classic
PREDATOR 2 - Bloodier, more gruesome. And unlike Ah-nuld’s “superman”, Danny Glover’s “Everyman”, makes you think he might actually lose.
PREDATORS - Cool concept...Aslong as you don’t think about it.
PREY - Surprisingly good & character driven.
UNPOPULAR OPINION - I actually liked Alien vs Predator |
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"As many have said the first one, I went into it thinking it was a war film, very pleased with how it turned out.
Then 2 for me as I saw more of how the predator goes about his work and the weapons he uses.
Then prey I always wanted to see a predator film set in the past as we know his been coming here for centuries
Last but not least predators.
As a wish I would like to see the story of how that 17th century pistol the predator gave to Danny glover came to be.
'God dam it we came so close'
'Don't worry asshole you'll get another chance'
I hope we see The Predators in older time periods too. Feudal Japan or the Middle Ages preferably "
Imagine that The Predator vs 47 Ronin or the knights templer vs predator .
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"The original for me. Prey was excellent, hope Prey 2 is as good
There's a 2? Ooh exciting
I definitely enjoyed Prey the most out of them all."
I just saw a trailer looks like it will be on disney+ again, mmmm not sure about that I think each movie should be stand alone and set in a different time period but each to there own and I am going to watch prey 2 regardless so ill just shut up. |
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Pretty much every single Predator versus [XYZ] concept you can think of has already been done in the Dark Horse comics over the decades.
Aliens, Colonial Marines, samurai, the Mafia, dinosaurs, pirates, vikings, Jack the Ripper, Nazis, Batman, the Terminator, Judge Dredd...
We've seen Predators in the snow, in the First World War, in Africa, in the bayou, at sea, in Victorian London, in the American Civil War...
The stories already exist. They could easily be adapted into films. Hollywood just needs to stop thinking it can always do better when it demonstrably can't.
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Pretty much every single Predator versus [XYZ] concept you can think of has already been done in the Dark Horse comics over the decades.
Aliens, Colonial Marines, samurai, the Mafia, dinosaurs, pirates, vikings, Jack the Ripper, Nazis, Batman, the Terminator, Judge Dredd...
We've seen Predators in the snow, in the First World War, in Africa, in the bayou, at sea, in Victorian London, in the American Civil War...
The stories already exist. They could easily be adapted into films. Hollywood just needs to stop thinking it can always do better when it demonstrably can't.
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And actually make it about the predator and it's prey. Less of the humans and their relationships - same applies to other movies like godzilla too, never forget the star and draw for the movie. |
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"Pretty much every single Predator versus [XYZ] concept you can think of has already been done in the Dark Horse comics over the decades.
Aliens, Colonial Marines, samurai, the Mafia, dinosaurs, pirates, vikings, Jack the Ripper, Nazis, Batman, the Terminator, Judge Dredd...
We've seen Predators in the snow, in the First World War, in Africa, in the bayou, at sea, in Victorian London, in the American Civil War...
The stories already exist. They could easily be adapted into films. Hollywood just needs to stop thinking it can always do better when it demonstrably can't.
And actually make it about the predator and it's prey. Less of the humans and their relationships - same applies to other movies like godzilla too, never forget the star and draw for the movie. "
Hollywood made this mistake with the dreadful Transformers adaptation as well. Michael Bay said some bullshit about Transformers always having been about "a boy and his car".
NO.
NO IT HASN'T.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND TRANSFORMERS AT ALL. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
"The original for me. Prey was excellent, hope Prey 2 is as good
There's a 2? Ooh exciting
I definitely enjoyed Prey the most out of them all.
I just saw a trailer looks like it will be on disney+ again, mmmm not sure about that I think each movie should be stand alone and set in a different time period but each to there own and I am going to watch prey 2 regardless so ill just shut up."
Don't believe everything you see on the Internet. It's flooded with fan made trailers for all sorts of movies and concepts. Yes, a sequel of some sort is in the works but it's not trailer stage yet. |
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"The original by far ..
It's in my top 20 of all time !!
I think someone that could recite all the lines spoilt that for me.
"Looking good Dutch"
"what's the matter, CIA got you pushing to many pencils?"
They're stuck in my head!"
I’ve fallen in love with you - I think!?! |
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"Pretty much every single Predator versus [XYZ] concept you can think of has already been done in the Dark Horse comics over the decades.
Aliens, Colonial Marines, samurai, the Mafia, dinosaurs, pirates, vikings, Jack the Ripper, Nazis, Batman, the Terminator, Judge Dredd...
We've seen Predators in the snow, in the First World War, in Africa, in the bayou, at sea, in Victorian London, in the American Civil War...
The stories already exist. They could easily be adapted into films. Hollywood just needs to stop thinking it can always do better when it demonstrably can't.
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That sounds proper to me I think our preddy should be shown in different times and places
Hollywood sticks to what makes it money im afraid. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just the first really.
They've never come close to recreating that first film.
Second was OK, I'd be happy if the rest didn't exist.
Some of the novels and comics are fantastic though! Concrete jungle follows the story of Dutches brother and would have made a way better sequel (predator 2) than what we got.
Tha latest film fucks with the lore a bit in terms of adolinis pistol and such, it was a bit 'meh'for fans I think. |
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"Pretty much every single Predator versus [XYZ] concept you can think of has already been done in the Dark Horse comics over the decades.
Aliens, Colonial Marines, samurai, the Mafia, dinosaurs, pirates, vikings, Jack the Ripper, Nazis, Batman, the Terminator, Judge Dredd...
We've seen Predators in the snow, in the First World War, in Africa, in the bayou, at sea, in Victorian London, in the American Civil War...
The stories already exist. They could easily be adapted into films. Hollywood just needs to stop thinking it can always do better when it demonstrably can't.
That sounds proper to me I think our preddy should be shown in different times and places
Hollywood sticks to what makes it money im afraid."
There's an important lesson from the first film that everyone seems to miss: It works as well as it does because it spends so long pretending *not to be* a Predator film. It masquerades as a bog-standard eighties Arnie action movie for ages before introducing the titular creature.
I reckon they should try taking this approach to its natural conclusion: Don't reveal in the marketing that it's a Predator movie. You're just sitting there, happily engrossed in... I don't know, a western, a police procedural, a Jane Austen costume drama, and then, surprise! There's a Predator. It would certainly liven up an episode of Keeping Up Appearances. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The order for me:
1.Predator (the original)
2.Predator 2
3.Predators
4.Prey
5. Alien vs Predator 1&2 (both were shite but not nearly as bad as….
6. The Predator: A truly shocking and unbelievably awful entry in the franchise, presumably penned by a twelve year old (the anti predator suit at the end??!!!) "
The original plan was to have Arnie, as Dutch, inside some kind of sleep chamber. |
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"The original for me. Prey was excellent, hope Prey 2 is as good
There's a 2? Ooh exciting
I definitely enjoyed Prey the most out of them all.
I just saw a trailer looks like it will be on disney+ again, mmmm not sure about that I think each movie should be stand alone and set in a different time period but each to there own and I am going to watch prey 2 regardless so ill just shut up.
Don't believe everything you see on the Internet. It's flooded with fan made trailers for all sorts of movies and concepts. Yes, a sequel of some sort is in the works but it's not trailer stage yet. "
I did look to see if it was fan made but it said it was releasing on Hulu no date but I get what you mean ive seen so many fan made trailers that at first glance look real but are not. |
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"The order for me:
1.Predator (the original)
2.Predator 2
3.Predators
4.Prey
5. Alien vs Predator 1&2 (both were shite but not nearly as bad as….
6. The Predator: A truly shocking and unbelievably awful entry in the franchise, presumably penned by a twelve year old (the anti predator suit at the end??!!!) "
I waited for the predator release because Shane Black who played Hawkins in the original wrote the predator, lethal weapon and many other action films of the 80's and 90's.
So what should of been great just wasn't and no idea why because his is a successful screen writer. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The original by far ..
It's in my top 20 of all time !!
I think someone that could recite all the lines spoilt that for me.
"Looking good Dutch"
"what's the matter, CIA got you pushing to many pencils?"
They're stuck in my head!
I’ve fallen in love with you - I think!?!"
Think harder, you haven't have you!, it never ends well when people say that, I go all cold and heartless apparently.
Please retract your statement! |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
"The original for me. Prey was excellent, hope Prey 2 is as good
There's a 2? Ooh exciting
I definitely enjoyed Prey the most out of them all.
I just saw a trailer looks like it will be on disney+ again, mmmm not sure about that I think each movie should be stand alone and set in a different time period but each to there own and I am going to watch prey 2 regardless so ill just shut up.
Don't believe everything you see on the Internet. It's flooded with fan made trailers for all sorts of movies and concepts. Yes, a sequel of some sort is in the works but it's not trailer stage yet.
I did look to see if it was fan made but it said it was releasing on Hulu no date but I get what you mean ive seen so many fan made trailers that at first glance look real but are not."
Quick search, the very first result is a fake as shit trailer with hulu in the title. |
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"The original for me. Prey was excellent, hope Prey 2 is as good
There's a 2? Ooh exciting
I definitely enjoyed Prey the most out of them all.
I just saw a trailer looks like it will be on disney+ again, mmmm not sure about that I think each movie should be stand alone and set in a different time period but each to there own and I am going to watch prey 2 regardless so ill just shut up.
Don't believe everything you see on the Internet. It's flooded with fan made trailers for all sorts of movies and concepts. Yes, a sequel of some sort is in the works but it's not trailer stage yet.
I did look to see if it was fan made but it said it was releasing on Hulu no date but I get what you mean ive seen so many fan made trailers that at first glance look real but are not.
Quick search, the very first result is a fake as shit trailer with hulu in the title."
Thanks for the heads up |
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for me its
1.Predator (the original)
2.Alien vs Predator 1&2
3.Predators
Prey its one of those yeah yeah films
predator 2 is also a no with danny glover but introduce that they visited more often than known
Whilst avp brought into a possible reason why we lost the incas and the sacrafices
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By *cotsguyyMan 34 weeks ago
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Movies?? Plural? There is only one movie (why isn't it movy?)
Like Terminator/Robocop/Jurassic Park/Jaws/Ghostbusters and countless horror franchises, they should have stopped after one.
It's just a lot easier to market something that has a great gimmick that's already successful ie: a monster/robot/dinosaurs.
"There can be only one!"
Damn, there's another one. Can't believe their remaking it too.
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" Movies?? Plural? There is only one movie (why isn't it movy?)
Like Terminator/Robocop/Jurassic Park/Jaws/Ghostbusters and countless horror franchises, they should have stopped after one.
It's just a lot easier to market something that has a great gimmick that's already successful ie: a monster/robot/dinosaurs.
"There can be only one!"
Damn, there's another one. Can't believe their remaking it too.
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Now - get back to the chopper.  |
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Prey is very good and I like the aesthetic styling of the Yautja.
If you know the lore, the Yautja have been visiting many worlds over the course of their history, so this does give a lot of potential to different epochs of Earth's history being possible scenes for future movies.
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I'd actually like to see a complete reversal where the whole concept is turned on its head. To do this, you'd feature heavily a Yautja growing up on their homeworld. Understand their concept of Honour and The Hunt. Realise that they are not evil per se. They are just hunters who seek worthy challenges. Those who fail a hunter will typically end their own lives. So the stakes are high. Young Yautja comes to Earth for their first hunt. Except it's 2250 and human tech has surpassed the Yautja's. Things go terribly wrong, and the Yautja
is on the run. Again, if you know the lore, a killed Yautja's craft will automatically return to their homeworld.
That is the key to the film. Because certain humans very much want to get their hands on that ship (perhaps to weaponise it with a virus) and wipe out the Yautja. So the Hunter becomes The Hunted, and yet in this context we ask the audience to root for the Yautja. We use a mirror to hold it up against ourselves. That's where the true horror lies, I feel, because we always make the Bogeyman the Yautja, and we're the heroes. I think a change is long overdue. |
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"Prey is very good and I like the aesthetic styling of the Yautja.
If you know the lore, the Yautja have been visiting many worlds over the course of their history, so this does give a lot of potential to different epochs of Earth's history being possible scenes for future movies.
.
I'd actually like to see a complete reversal where the whole concept is turned on its head. To do this, you'd feature heavily a Yautja growing up on their homeworld. Understand their concept of Honour and The Hunt. Realise that they are not evil per se. They are just hunters who seek worthy challenges. Those who fail a hunter will typically end their own lives. So the stakes are high. Young Yautja comes to Earth for their first hunt. Except it's 2250 and human tech has surpassed the Yautja's. Things go terribly wrong, and the Yautja
is on the run. Again, if you know the lore, a killed Yautja's craft will automatically return to their homeworld.
That is the key to the film. Because certain humans very much want to get their hands on that ship (perhaps to weaponise it with a virus) and wipe out the Yautja. So the Hunter becomes The Hunted, and yet in this context we ask the audience to root for the Yautja. We use a mirror to hold it up against ourselves. That's where the true horror lies, I feel, because we always make the Bogeyman the Yautja, and we're the heroes. I think a change is long overdue."
Sounds like a great idea, you're not a screenplay writer by any chance.
I do not know much about the lore, but it is important for fans who follow. |
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I went to see predator on first release, was disappointed as it looked like another special forces movie, then the twist comes and turns it into a si-fi survival movie great stuff.
the second was good I enjoyed the urban setting and seeing the toys the predator uses, so I thought there would be a series of movies featuring the biggest stars of the day but alas it was not to be.
I also enjoyed predators and prey for going back to the themes of the predator coming here throughout our history and the scene with the musket gun which I think was at the end of p2. |
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By (user no longer on site) 34 weeks ago
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For me the original is still the best.
Prey is excellent
Predator 2 is a guilty pleasure
Predators is OK
The Predator is terrible.
As for the non canon films
AvP enjoyable stupid hokum
AvP:R utterly terrible.
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By (user no longer on site) 34 weeks ago
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"Prey is very good and I like the aesthetic styling of the Yautja.
If you know the lore, the Yautja have been visiting many worlds over the course of their history, so this does give a lot of potential to different epochs of Earth's history being possible scenes for future movies.
.
I'd actually like to see a complete reversal where the whole concept is turned on its head. To do this, you'd feature heavily a Yautja growing up on their homeworld. Understand their concept of Honour and The Hunt. Realise that they are not evil per se. They are just hunters who seek worthy challenges. Those who fail a hunter will typically end their own lives. So the stakes are high. Young Yautja comes to Earth for their first hunt. Except it's 2250 and human tech has surpassed the Yautja's. Things go terribly wrong, and the Yautja
is on the run. Again, if you know the lore, a killed Yautja's craft will automatically return to their homeworld.
That is the key to the film. Because certain humans very much want to get their hands on that ship (perhaps to weaponise it with a virus) and wipe out the Yautja. So the Hunter becomes The Hunted, and yet in this context we ask the audience to root for the Yautja. We use a mirror to hold it up against ourselves. That's where the true horror lies, I feel, because we always make the Bogeyman the Yautja, and we're the heroes. I think a change is long overdue.
Sounds like a great idea, you're not a screenplay writer by any chance.
I do not know much about the lore, but it is important for fans who follow."
I agree. This is an interesting concept. It could probably be extended out into a tv show.
For lots of reasons I really like predator 2 with danny glover. The predator & his character almost have a "chemistry" to me, plus I like the hints at the background of the creature.
And the worst one I think is alien vs predator requiem.
(The 1st alien vs predator I thought was entertaining)
It seems the whole A v P concept has been going a long time before the films came out ( lots of comics etc)
Has anyone played the AvP scrolling beat em up arcade game by capcom?
I'm not a gamer really, but it's a blast |
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"Prey is very good and I like the aesthetic styling of the Yautja.
If you know the lore, the Yautja have been visiting many worlds over the course of their history, so this does give a lot of potential to different epochs of Earth's history being possible scenes for future movies.
.
I'd actually like to see a complete reversal where the whole concept is turned on its head. To do this, you'd feature heavily a Yautja growing up on their homeworld. Understand their concept of Honour and The Hunt. Realise that they are not evil per se. They are just hunters who seek worthy challenges. Those who fail a hunter will typically end their own lives. So the stakes are high. Young Yautja comes to Earth for their first hunt. Except it's 2250 and human tech has surpassed the Yautja's. Things go terribly wrong, and the Yautja
is on the run. Again, if you know the lore, a killed Yautja's craft will automatically return to their homeworld.
That is the key to the film. Because certain humans very much want to get their hands on that ship (perhaps to weaponise it with a virus) and wipe out the Yautja. So the Hunter becomes The Hunted, and yet in this context we ask the audience to root for the Yautja. We use a mirror to hold it up against ourselves. That's where the true horror lies, I feel, because we always make the Bogeyman the Yautja, and we're the heroes. I think a change is long overdue.
Sounds like a great idea, you're not a screenplay writer by any chance.
I do not know much about the lore, but it is important for fans who follow.
I agree. This is an interesting concept. It could probably be extended out into a tv show.
For lots of reasons I really like predator 2 with danny glover. The predator & his character almost have a "chemistry" to me, plus I like the hints at the background of the creature.
And the worst one I think is alien vs predator requiem.
(The 1st alien vs predator I thought was entertaining)
It seems the whole A v P concept has been going a long time before the films came out ( lots of comics etc)
Has anyone played the AvP scrolling beat em up arcade game by capcom?
I'm not a gamer really, but it's a blast "
Reacher vs Predator on Amazon soon, that would be a blast also. |
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