Official HT Predator 2 image thread

[P.]

Does that mean you wouldn't even display a BD P2 with his severed arm, gunshot wounds etc? Because I think thats a really cool display piece.

i don't display P2 in this variant because it is difficult to replace the arm if i had 3 P2's and lots of place, i would surely display them in 3 movie variants - "new", "lost the helmet and half of weapons", "cut and almost dead".
but i have only 1 custom P2 and it should not be touched often due to repaint.

Maybe you're just talking about damaged biomasks?

yes, i am talking only about not accepting the idea "some predator wearing damaged helmet with pride".

BTW about helmets: i really don't know what animal can damage the helmet that doesn't get a scratch from bullets (P2 got several into forehead). predator's neck will be smashed long before the helmet takes damage.
fire/smoke/explosion marks look way more cool and can easier appear on metal, but it can be achieved with proper painting (like it was actually done on movie P1 and even P2 helmets), not sculpting holes/deleting parts of the helmet, like HT P2 BD mask, for example (that extra variant with half of face disappeared).

but, as i said before, i think that these explosive marks of surface simply are ignored by predators due to vision features: they just don't see them.

i want to remind that this is just an answer for explanation request, not some annoying self-repeating.

 

[a-dev]

i don't display P2 in this variant because it is difficult to replace the arm if i had 3 P2's and lots of place, i would surely display them in 3 movie variants - "new", "lost the helmet and half of weapons", "cut and almost dead".
but i have only 1 custom P2 and it should not be touched often due to repaint.

yes, i am talking only about not accepting the idea "some predator wearing damaged helmet with pride".

BTW about helmets: i really don't know what animal can damage the helmet that doesn't get a scratch from bullets (P2 got several into forehead). predator's neck will be smashed long before the helmet takes damage.
fire/smoke/explosion marks look way more cool and can easier appear on metal, but it can be achieved with proper painting (like it was actually done on movie P1 and even P2 helmets), not sculpting holes/deleting parts of the helmet, like HT P2 BD mask, for example (that extra variant with half of face disappeared).

but, as i said before, i think that these explosive marks of surface simply are ignored by predators due to vision features: they just don't see them.

i want to remind that this is just an answer for explanation request.

Yeah thats a good point. If bullets don't seem to put a dent in the P2 Preds mask then anything else hitting hard enough that it would damage the mask would also surely be enough to kill the predator with the impact.

And as you say 'damage' like scorch marks wouldn't really be visible to a Predator.

 

[Hydeous]

nice guys.

 

[P.]

up

 

[Rotfish]

That pic on the right... so badass. I've got my P2 posed like that, but with the plasma-shooter side facing forward. I'd have him unmasked, it's just that the factory paint apps are pretty shoddy. SO JEALOUS!

 

[a-dev]

The P2 is a great design, on par with P1 IMO. I remember when I was younger though I didn't realise there was any difference.

 

[P.]

i always liked P2 more. maybe because of all those night city posters. demon among people seemed more terrifying to me than demon among trees. but never thought about it separately from P1. perfectly different characters and designs.

 

[P.]

ok he is covered with two layers of varnish mix and rests for 5-7 days before being assembled.
i hope it helps saving the SilentSurfer repaint. well, things would be a lot easier if he sanded the figure first, but...

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[Weyland-Yutani]

In good time you will come to realise that P2 (movie) was actually better than P1.

Why?

It was a much much more difficult movie to make in the concrete jungle whilst making it scary.

P2 is just a notch better than P1 because it achieved so much...

 

[HottoyzJoker]

In good time you will come to realise that P2 (movie) was actually better than P1.

Why?

It was a much much more difficult movie to make in the concrete jungle whilst making it scary.

P2 is just a notch better than P1 because it achieved so much...

How hard a movie is to make has nothing to do with why some one likes that movie better... I dont really care about achievements ether thats like saying Avatar is better then T1 or T2 which is MAD talk... Because Avatar achieved more then T1 or T2 did... I happen to be a fan of Avatar but I still think that T2 is James best work... Followed by T1...

Youll find less people who like P1 and P2 about the same like I do...

 

[P.]

In good time you will come to realise that P2 (movie) was actually better than P1.

Why?

It was a much much more difficult movie to make in the concrete jungle whilst making it scary.

P2 is just a notch better than P1 because it achieved so much...

first of all i don't see a movie in P1 at all.
there is 1 hour of one-more-dull-schwarzenegger movie and a short cool bonus ending about predator.
by the way it is because Thomas brothers weren't allowed to put there everything they wanted in P1 and included it later into P2. check the commentaries on special editions.

 

[Macularius]

The only people who think predator is "dull", are people who pay no attention to the dialouge in the movie and only watch it for creature effects. Just saying

 

[Karatka]

Well, there are a few of us who *prefer* P2 as well. Don't get me wrong, Predator is a an all-time great semi-SF actioner and endlessly watchable. But P2 is where the Predator concept comes of age - and IMO, the creatures themselves have never been better handled.

 

[Terminator_Fan_Game]

The only people who think predator is "dull", are people who pay no attention to the dialouge in the movie and only watch it for creature effects. Just saying

agreed. what some people call "dull moments" are what i enjoy about predator 1.
it builds tension...which i like.
P1 for the win in my opinion.
P2 2nd place

 

[Terminator_Fan_Game]

In good time you will come to realise that P2 (movie) was actually better than P1.

Why?

It was a much much more difficult movie to make in the concrete jungle whilst making it scary.

P2 is just a notch better than P1 because it achieved so much...

well, its been about 23 years now, and after watching both movies COUNTLESS times, P1 is STILL my fave....so, youre wrong, my friend.
and just because a movie is harder to make, doesnt mean its better.
thats just silly.
i prefer what P1 offered over P2...i liked the setting, characters, tension etc etc in P1 more than P2.
so there you go.

 

[RIDDICK]

P1 is STILL my fave... so, youre wrong

What a miserable statement... gush

 

[P.]

P1 is STILL my fave....so, youre wrong

P1 is not my fave... so, you're wrong

 

[a-dev]

P2 gave us plenty of great exposure of the Predator which was cool but theres also a lot to be said for the building of suspense in P1 where for the longest time you mainly see him cloaked.

When he is finally revealed in full its done in a really cool way in yet another suspenseful scene (if its your first viewing) - first of all you're right there with Dutch thinking theres no way the Predator will be able to find him after such a long fall and being washed downriver - then suddenly a massive splash in the water behind him, a bit of a scare moment in itself. Next its really cool as his dreadlocks we glimpsed earlier start breaking the surface of the water and as he gets closer to the bank, and more and more out of the water his cloak breaks down finally giving us a good look at what he is. At that point neither us nor Dutch know that he will be rendered invisible by the mud covering he has incidentally acquired. Its such a great scene and the music is perfect for it too.

Although I like Predators the full body reveal scene isn't as good. Theres nothing to it really - they all just decide to decloak and smile for the camera.

 

[P.]

a-dev,
"when predator this", "when predator that"...
exactly what i meant.

there is 1 hour of one-more-dull-schwarzenegger movie and a short cool bonus ending about predator.

i guess it is because those times they didn't think that predator will become the main character. all hopes were given to Arnie.
later Thomas brs were allowed to develop the real main character as they wanted from the beginning. 50% of their comments are "this is what we wanted to put into the first movie". pity that they lost their interest, giving it up and letting poor script writers to do their work later.
anyway their human part was strong.
- you're not afraid of no human!
- there is something in those trees, and it ain't no human.
* * *

Although I like Predators the full body reveal scene isn't as good. Theres nothing to it really - they all just decide to decloak and smile for the camera.

 

[a-dev]

a-dev,
"when predator this", "when predator that"...
exactly what i meant.

Yeah but the later reveal is all the better because of the tension beforehand. Granted they couldn't get away with this in subsequent films since the newness of the creature was gone - much like the alien. I don't know how Ridley Scott is going to make it scary again in the new film(s?). But I'd be willing to accept a compromise of just ''a film that is good''

As for the Predator, yeah I love how we really get a good look at it in P2, the fantastic work by Stan Winston, the great body acting by KPH, the arsenal of weapons and all the predator sound effects. However I'd still vote P1 as the best...then again I am also a big Arnie fan so....