The PREDATOR Appreciation Thread

[nothingface35]

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I'm watching PREDATORS on blu-ray right now.

I really, really liked that movie and just wish someone could reboot the Alien franchise as superbly as Predator was rebooted

 

[prefused]

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I really, really liked that movie and just wish someone could reboot the Alien franchise as superbly as Predator was rebooted

Predators isn't a reboot, it's a sequel. it just ignores the AVP movies. so do i.

 

[thenammagazine]

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Predators isn't a reboot, it's a sequel.

They even mention Dutch's team in the flick.

 

[Sabres21768]

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I really, really liked that movie and just wish someone could reboot the Alien franchise as superbly as Predator was rebooted

Predators isn't a reboot, it's a sequel. it just ignores the AVP movies. so do i.

They even mention Dutch's team in the flick.

Yep, what they said...it wasn't a reboot, it was a sequel.

And I'm looking for PROMETHEUS to bring the ALIEN frachise back to it's "cool as hell" roots.

 

[greygoose]

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I'm watching PREDATORS on blu-ray right now.

OK you beat me. Although that Wolf fix will do me now until later on in the year.

 

[greygoose]

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And I'm looking for PROMETHEUS to bring the ALIEN frachise back to it's "cool as hell" roots.

I have a good feeling about this film. Story and aliens aside you can guarantee the film will be shot and made well. It's in good hands.

 

[crows]

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I remember reading all the crap one of the brothers posted on AVP Galaxy about problems with the budget etc. I think it's 50/50. Look what Predators achieved on a small budget.

They did give gives us Wolf though.

Fox. they're the ones who wanted to hire music video/commercial directors to head their franchise. .

Well is Fox fault for not caring, I mean, the script was awful, and like you guys said, they worked for peanuts, What was the point of AVPR, for Fox, what was the point? make money? i mean, that movie is so hated by everyone, keep the franchise? that movie pretty much killed any chances of a closing AVP chapter,
just don't get it

and the Brothers, I don't hate them as much as I felt bad for them, for being their first movie and bombing that bad, that's gotta hurt, is like, they didn't even had a chance...

 

[greygoose]

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and the Brothers, I don't hate them as much as I felt bad for them, for being their first movie and bombing that bad, that's gotta hurt, is like, they didn't even had a chance...

Financially the film didn't bomb. It made $128,884,494 worldwide. Domestically maybe, with only $41,797,066, but the rest of the world went to see it.

On a side note, Predators made $52,000,688 domestically and $127,233,108 worldwide.

Thanks to Box office Mojo for the numbers.

We need more pics!

Yep, keep posting the pics.

 

[nothingface35]

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Predators isn't a reboot, it's a sequel. it just ignores the AVP movies. so do i.

That's what I meant guys, sorry. I was rushing the post and made a boneheaded comment. Of course it wasn't a reboot. I am tired

 

[crows]

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Financially the film didn't bomb. It made $128,884,494 worldwide. Domestically maybe, with only $41,797,066, but the rest of the world went to see it.

On a side note, Predators made $52,000,688 domestically and $127,233,108 worldwide.

Thanks to Box office Mojo for the numbers.



Yep, keep posting the pics.

well, I guess I just got learned, but, I doubt they will make the Third one, for more than I hate avp, I kinda wish they completeed what they started...

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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That's what I meant guys, sorry. I was rushing the post and made a boneheaded comment. Of course it wasn't a reboot. I am tired

Maybe by "rebooted" you meant bringing the Predator franchise back into the world..
Atleast that's what I thought you meant.
Not actually saying Predators was a reboot.

 

[prefused]

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Well is Fox fault for not caring, I mean, the script was awful, and like you guys said, they worked for peanuts, What was the point of AVPR, for Fox, what was the point? make money? i mean, that movie is so hated by everyone, keep the franchise? that movie pretty much killed any chances of a closing AVP chapter,
just don't get it

and the Brothers, I don't hate them as much as I felt bad for them, for being their first movie and bombing that bad, that's gotta hurt, is like, they didn't even had a chance...

it was a money grab. so was AvP. that's the entire point of crossover movies. they're comparatively low budget b-movies to get the 13yr-18yr olds into theaters and go buy the toys. just take two somewhat popular scifi/horror icons. smoosh them together into a campy 2hr long one-liner-filled crapfest. and get the guy who made Mortal Kombat or the guys who made those rap videos to direct it for chump change. it didn't cost Fox anything to make, and no matter how terrible it is, it still keeps interest in their franchise. we're here still talking about it years after it came and went. and you know what? we'll go see the next one they fart out and buy the toys, rinse, and repeat.

 

[nothingface35]

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Maybe by "rebooted" you meant bringing the Predator franchise back into the world..
Atleast that's what I thought you meant.
Not actually saying Predators was a reboot.

Yeah, that was it. I knew they were ignoring the AVP movies and P2 and bringing it back to the jungle with a musical score that was very similar to the original. The look and feel were very reminiscent to the original. I wish they'd do that with the Alien franchise. The first two were so good (the third has grown on me) that it can't be that hard to replicate that magic. Was there a part 4?

 

[crows]

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I like predators,
good movie, good actors,
good preds,

I just, I just hate that two preds were almost not needed, the movie could have been fine with 2 or just 1, I mean, predators is a better movie than AVP but, in a weird way I feel the preds got the same treatment as they did in AVP, 3 preds, one of them dies suddenly, barely any screen time (chopper/tracker) second pred has more screen time but not really and gets killed off (Celtic/ falconer) then the main one remains to the end until he gets killed,
(I know there was Classic but Im talking about the main 3)

I know they wanted to bring the suspense back and all that, yadda yadda, and the first time I saw the movie yeah I was like "cool" but now I have to fast forward the first 20 minutes, I mean, is not the same as the first predator, that one had a lot of suspense and everything but like I said, 1 pred, Arnold, everyone was awesome, there was also more stuff going on, even the reason they go there is not the predator itself, is their mission, In predators it gets so slow in the beginning,

I kinda hate when characters have to meet each other in the movie, I mean, is just me, but Predators had 3 preds, and it doesn't have that much action until the end, pred and pred 2 movies, there was suspense but there was a lot of stuff going on besides the preds presence, there was combat going on between humans in both movies, so, it keeps you interested, is a lot of fun to watch, Predators kinda drags in the beginning.
I Still like Predators, I liked the new preds, but, I wish it was better directed, Even Robert Rodriguez says to the director in the DVD commentary" I like how you didn't show the preds until way later, if I was directing this movie I would have shown the preds Way Before lol" and, well, I would have liked to see predators directed by him, he would have develop them more...
I guess what I mean is that, it could have been better, but is not a bad movie, not like the avps lol

 

[thenammagazine]

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I like predators,
good movie, good actors,
good preds,

I just, I just hate that two preds were almost not needed, the movie could have been fine with 2 or just 1, I mean, predators is a better movie than AVP but, in a weird way I feel the preds got the same treatment as they did in AVP, 3 preds, one of them dies suddenly, barely any screen time (chopper/tracker) second pred has more screen time but not really and gets killed off (Celtic/ falconer) then the main one remains to the end until he gets killed,
(I know there was Classic but Im talking about the main 3)

I know they wanted to bring the suspense back and all that, yadda yadda, and the first time I saw the movie yeah I was like "cool" but now I have to fast forward the first 20 minutes, I mean, is not the same as the first predator, that one had a lot of suspense and everything but like I said, 1 pred, Arnold, everyone was awesome, there was also more stuff going on, even the reason they go there is not the predator itself, is their mission, In predators it gets so slow in the beginning,

I kinda hate when characters have to meet each other in the movie, I mean, is just me, but Predators had 3 preds, and it doesn't have that much action until the end, pred and pred 2 movies, there was suspense but there was a lot of stuff going on besides the preds presence, there was combat going on between humans in both movies, so, it keeps you interested, is a lot of fun to watch, Predators kinda drags in the beginning.
I Still like Predators, I liked the new preds, but, I wish it was better directed, Even Robert Rodriguez says to the director in the DVD commentary" I like how you didn't show the preds until way later, if I was directing this movie I would have shown the preds Way Before lol" and, well, I would have liked to see predators directed by him, he would have develop them more...
I guess what I mean is that, it could have been better, but is not a bad movie, not like the avps lol

That makes no sense. Your post is talking about how you wish Predators had been like the original Predator but in the first film, we don't see the predator fully until halfway through the 3rd (final) act.

 

[greygoose]

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we're here still talking about it years after it came and went. and you know what? we'll go see the next one they fart out and buy the toys, rinse, and repeat.

Spot on. We will still talk about it for years to come too.

I know they wanted to bring the suspense back and all that, yadda yadda, and the first time I saw the movie yeah I was like "cool" but now I have to fast forward the first 20 minutes, I mean, is not the same as the first predator, that one had a lot of suspense and everything but like I said, 1 pred, Arnold, everyone was awesome, there was also more stuff going on, even the reason they go there is not the predator itself, is their mission, In predators it gets so slow in the beginning,

I kinda hate when characters have to meet each other in the movie, I mean, is just me, but Predators had 3 preds, and it doesn't have that much action until the end, pred and pred 2 movies, there was suspense but there was a lot of stuff going on besides the preds presence, there was combat going on between humans in both movies, so, it keeps you interested, is a lot of fun to watch, Predators kinda drags in the beginning.

I can see how you feel it drags but I actually like the fact that we had some characterisation at the start of the film. It was needed. In Predator, you had several characters but they were all one unit. In Predators you had several strangers who were completely different.

 

[thenammagazine]

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I can see how you feel it drags but I actually like the fact that we had some characterisation at the start of the film. It was needed. In Predator, you had several characters but they were all one unit. In Predators you had several strangers who were completely different.

You had characterization in Predator as well if you stop and think about it. From Hawkins' joking, to Billy's knowledge of the jungle, Poncho being the little Dutch junior, Dutch and Dillon's and Mac and Blain's serving together before Dutch's team. By the time Team Testosterone starts getting offed by the Predator you actually know quite a bit about the guys and their personalities.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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You had characterization in Predator as well if you stop and think about it. From Hawkins' joking, to Billy's knowledge of the jungle, Poncho being the little Dutch junior, Dutch and Dillon's and Mac and Blain's serving together before Dutch's team. By the time Team Testosterone starts getting offed by the Predator you actually know quite a bit about the guys and their personalities.

Ha, that's a great way to put it.

I feel like I know the characters in Predator much more than the characters in Predators.. But it could be because Predators hasn't even been out for a year yet..

 

[CelticPredator]

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i really doubt most of his original script made it into the finished movie. i bet there's so much red ink on the script from some ********* producer's notes that nobody would know who wrote it. you need to dig up some of Shane's comments on it somewhere so we can see what's what.

Shane's script is out there. From what I hear, it's worse then the movie. Way. Way ____ing worse.

The final fight is at an airport...and the Aliens win, which is cool. But the rest of it sounds too stupid to enjoy.

So all of their stuff made the movie better. And only slightly better then the script they were given.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Predators isn't a reboot, it's a sequel. it just ignores the AVP movies. so do i.

It's both. It's a sequel, but it restarts the series so it can become it's own.