The next Predator movie - Prey (2022 on Hulu)

[ianh]

The Predator featured in 'Prey' is a somewhat primitive example of its species compared to the Predators featured in the original films. This example of the creature relies more on brute force and hand-to-hand combat when engaging its prey rather than the stealth-based attacks of its later kin.

Its technology and weaponry reflect this approach. It eschews plasma-based projectiles in favour of metal spear tips and arrows, and its face mask is of a more bone-like material rather than the smooth steel of later examples of its species. The mask functions identically to the ones worn by the later visitors to Earth.

While cosmetically different than the other members of the Yautja, its origin being from a different hemisphere on the Predator homeworld, it still adheres to the established honor code; it spares those it doesn't deem a threat.

The prequel implies that this is the first member of its species to have hunted on Earth. This is why it looks the way it does as it's a lesser evolved Yautja.

Happily it looks like they've ditched the god-awful AVP timeline too which showed Plasma canons etc being used thousands of years ago.

 

[ianh]

Critical Drinkers full review - he rates it about the same as myself (5-6/10 worth a watch) and picks up on most of the same stuff I found but for a few aspects we widely differ in opinion.

As to why people care, he reviews films, his opinion is similar to a lot of peoples, people like being told when they agree with someone, it's really not that difficult to understand unless you're a 1 brain-cell manlet whose post is more of attack on a person they don't like rather than someone wanting an actual discussion, but thats just like, my opinion man.

 

[ianh]

So just to be clear - The OCUK Left Wing™ don't like Drinker and will attack him at every opportunity - this just tells me he's someone to pay attention to, so all the OCUK Left Wing™ have done is advertise him and his channel, Nice!

In other news Prey was Hulu's biggest Film or TV Show premiere so far -

Hulu Says ‘Prey’ Is Its Biggest Movie or TV Series Premiere Ever

Hulu's release of "Prey" notched the most viewing hours ever on the Disney-owned streamer in its first three days.

variety.com

 

[ianh]

I prefer it to Shane Black's 'The Predator'. I've not seen Predators since it was released so I may give that a rewatch for a comparison.

It's such an odd film - it feels like when they made Predators the studio went "Right, what do fans of Predator like.........Miniguns, Heat Vision, more Predators, SF teams being hunted, traps..............right, lets turn that upto 11 and then mix those ideas with this completely unrelated monster story we've already have paid for..........awesome!!!" etc but then it also had a few really unique and good sections, like the Yakuza vs Pred fight, & the lone survivor (Laurence Fishburne) which added something different.

 

[ianh]

Huh? Yakuza? Lawrence Fisburne?

Predators (2010) ⭐ 6.4 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

1h 47m | 15

www.imdb.com

Predators (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ianh]

Ummm yes.... That movie doesnt exist

I can only assume that the movie was so utterly terrible for you that your mind has blanked it out

 

[ianh]

Which one is The Predator then??

It's the 2018 Shane Black 'comedic' film, where a small subsect of the Predator civilisation (called Upgrade/Ultimate Predators) have been scouring the galaxy looking for ways to boost themselves (which the rest of the Predators don't like) and one decides that the blood of an autistic boy will increase his intelligence and so needs to kill the kid and drain his blood, only the kid is the son of a US Army veteran and so hi-jinx ensues.

It includes such stunning film-making as "Predator pushing the dismembered arm of a guard in the back of a truck through a cutout to give the driver a thumbs up" - "Get to the choppers line spoken whilst pointing at Harley Davidson motorbikes" - "The Predators 'alien attack dog' becoming friendly after being shot in the head" etc etc

Yes, it is ABSOLUTELY as awful as that sounds, it flopped harder than me trying a triple back somersault with a twist off a 20m diving board and the aftermath was just as horrifying to everyone who watched it.