AdamBombOi
Super Freak
You really don't need to, as I posted this earlier:
For what it's worth, I found this on yourprops.com that states it was made in 1987, and has Predator 1 listed as the movie... perhaps it was an idea that got scrapped. If anyone has info on this, please feel free to post.
EDIT: Also check "AvP: Deadliest of the Species #5 & 10" comic, and look for "Big Momma" (as she was named).
Okay, last edit of the night, if you look up interviews with the original movies creators they also refer to the Predator as male.
I also said it could only be the males who don't have nipples, because typically, males don't breast feed, it could be a sign of their evolution.
As for the suckling/breast feeding issue with their mouthes...there is more than one way to milk something. As for them NOT being 'mammals' or even, 'mammal-like' - mammals are ALSO warm blooded, which from what I could gather by them liking hot weather, and the mesh suits being widely accepted in the fandom as being a heating device... I'd say that's another one for being somewhat mammal like... also, mammals have vertebrae... which I think is pretty obvious that they have.
Besides, why does it have to be one thing or another? They're aliens, which aside from one theory in a comic book, means they aren't of this world, and also means the logic we have accepted is totally irrelevant to them.
There have been models made baring the Predator name with Fox's copyright on them, as well as appearances in comics, and in novels of the female counterpart with breasts.
... and the mesh suits being widely accepted in the fandom as being a heating device...
Something a little off the "mamms" debate for a moment... I'm not really disagreeing with what you said above about the mesh suit, but I always assumed it was part of the stealth camouflage. It made sense that there would need to be some means of generating and maintaining the cloaking energy field close to the Predators body, and a flexible mesh suit that fit the contours of its body and moved with it is one way it could possibly work.
It could have multiple functions, as other pieces of Predator equipment and weaponry do, and be a thermal insulating suit as well, but to me, at least, the cloaking field idea would be hard to explain without some way for it to be set up around the Predator's body. The mesh suit covers that issue very nicely. Supporting that idea is what happens when the cloaking field shorts out after being drenched in water, and the whole suit zaps and sparkles all over the Predator's body. Just thought I'd mention it.
I'm all in favor of junking the fan fiction and EU of the Predators too -- so much of EU is glorfied fan fiction anyway. And with the revisionist nature of AvP I bet the studios don't hold much stock in them either.
The netting may just be a punk era thing. Has any mention been made of the green blood possibly being an anti-freeze?
The netting doesn't cover their whole body, so why do their head hands and feet become cloaked? It would make more sense if the cloaking device worked along electrical lines, such as their blood and sweat, and conducted through metal, such as armour, and had a short throw range, to encompass other elements, such as the loin cloth, skulls and ancillary weapons they carry. Though the netting would aid in giving a more even coverage. The netting may even be a cooling device, rather than heating. Whose to say?
The netting may just be a punk era thing. Has any mention been made of the green blood possibly being an anti-freeze?
The netting doesn't cover their whole body, so why do their head hands and feet become cloaked? It would make more sense if the cloaking device worked along electrical lines, such as their blood and sweat, and conducted through metal, such as armour, and had a short throw range, to encompass other elements, such as the loin cloth, skulls and ancillary weapons they carry. Though the netting would aid in giving a more even coverage. The netting may even be a cooling device, rather than heating. Whose to say?
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