"The Predator" by Shane Black (2018)

[Unknown Hero]

Makes you really wonder why they thought the movie would be better without the cargo pants predator. At this point I'm wondering if it could have been any worse.

 

[MxBxM]

Re: "The Predator" by Shane Black (2018)

Its looks stupid.

Because it is stupid.

Which is why the movie failed.

To be honest if I didn’t see that part of the ending I would have thought the movie was somewhat okay. But seeing that thing in a Predator film was just horrid.

Can’t believe they’re trying to fuse Transformers and Marvel with Predator..



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I agree the use of it in the movie is dumb.
But then again, almost everything in the movie was dumb aside from the looneys and the Predator action scenes.

But as a standalone thing, I like the design of the armor.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Watch Randy hype this design like it's the second coming.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Just reading the thread about what people "like" or think should be in a Predator movie proves there will never be a good Predator movie. Ever.

 

[a-dev]

Just reading the thread about what people "like" or think should be in a Predator movie proves there will never be another good Predator movie. Ever.

Made a slight correction there. You're right though. There won't be. These concepts, Predator, Terminator, Robocop etc were all played out long ago. Anything else they try to do is inevitably a stupid escalation that never feels compatible with the first one or two movies.

 

[Heavy Metal Spike]

Great post Heavy Metal, most Best Picture winners don't have that many good moments, lol.

And totally agreed about the "Gundam suit" lol. They should either pull a Brian Singer and just start the next movie as if that scene never happened or else open the next movie with a guy trying it on and accidentally triggering the self-destruct. "Next movie" what am I saying, lol.

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Thanks bud.

Here's a bigger pic as a reminder of how bad this thing was . . . (I apologise to all true Predator fans)

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[Heavy Metal Spike]

. . . These concepts, Predator, Terminator, Robocop etc were all played out long ago. Anything else they try to do is inevitably a stupid escalation that never feels compatible with the first one or two movies.

I'll have to disagree with that as regards Predator.

There are so many other great stories that could be told - a lot of the stuff in the novels & comics is only suited as comic material, but there's also a lot that could translate into really great movies. Even once you discount those that wouldn't work due to budget constraints.

The simpler stories (P1, P2, Predators) show the heart of this franchise, and what WORKS.


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[Wor-Gar]

Made a slight correction there. You're right though. There won't be. These concepts, Predator, Terminator, Robocop etc were all played out long ago. Anything else they try to do is inevitably a stupid escalation that never feels compatible with the first one or two movies.

Yep. I concur.

Strangely, a movie like The Thing seems ripe for expansion yet no one's ever touched it.

The Thing in Manhattan.

The Thing goes Hawaiian.

That Thing you do.


Despite its one embarrassing reboot, it remains a venerable classic that is unscathed by years of bad sequels.

 

[jye4ever]

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Thanks bud.

Here's a bigger pic as a reminder of how bad this thing was . . . (I apologise to all true Predator fans)

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Ok that’s really bad.

The shoulder guns are way too big for the body lol

 

[Wor-Gar]

what is that from?

 

[ONEYE]

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Thanks bud.

Here's a bigger pic as a reminder of how bad this thing was . . . (I apologise to all true Predator fans)

Like a Power Rangers/Iron Man nightmare. Really, dreads were needed??? What next, anti-Predator Killer armor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxkWJcFhfkE

 

[Wor-Gar]

PredTech... really? Requires DreadTech... really?

 

[uscmhicks]

I can't multi quote since I'm on a phone but thanks for the breakdown Berserker and I can see where your coming from. I suppose over the years I've just accepted the newer predators as part of the series. At least they wern't these CGI monstrosities lol.

The Predator' Originally Had a Much Different Ending

That sounds like something out of Last Action Hero. The original ending and this one are all terrible imo.

Looking at that photo of the iron man suit now I hadn't realised just how bad it was. Look at the size of those shoulder cannons. Horrible.

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[The Chaver]

The first film was never meant to be anything more than a stand alone.


Sam Winston just did such a great job with the Predator design they saw more [emoji383] and went with it.


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[ONEYE]

PredTech... really? Requires DreadTech... really?

They work like the horn on Deadpool's unicorn. You just have to stroke them a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxkWJcFhfkE

 

[ONEYE]

This sucked. I'm surprised that "Inspector Gadget" didn't come out of the pod.

 

[Heavy Metal Spike]

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Well - it's took a fair bit of its supposed $88 million budget back already - https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/982179-the-predator-bags-54-million-worldwide-debut

"20th Century Fox‘s The Predator opened in the #1 position at the domestic box office, bagging a trophy to the tune of $24.2 million for the three day weekend. This is on par with 2010’s Predators (the last entry in the series), and just under the original Predator‘s opening weekend when factoring in inflation adjustments (the film opened to $12 million in June of 1987, equal to $26.6 million in 2018). Internationally the film added another $30 million for a global total of $54 million . . . "​

. . . I can see this nosediving over the next week though.

In further news . . .

" . . . A GoFundMe page has been set up to hire a contract killer to "remove" Director Shane Black, co-writer Fred Dekker, and (as yet unnamed) Fox executives . . . "​

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[Unknown Hero]

This sucked. I'm surprised that "Inspector Gadget" didn't come out of the pod.

If the Inspector Gadget theme song played as the suit was constructing would have been an improvement.

 

[a-dev]

In further news . . .

" . . . A GoFundMe page has been set up to hire a contract killer to "remove" Director Shane Black, co-writer Fred Dekker, and (as yet unnamed) Fox executives . . . "​

What tha ****? I didn't know Predator had this kind of fandom....

 

[Heavy Metal Spike]

What tha ****? I didn't know Predator had this kind of fandom....

LOL - yeah - I was almost as shocked when I found out Boy George was gay . . . .



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