The Predator (2018)

VincentHanna said:
Predators only hunt threats (people who are armed) and didn't kill a pregnant woman in Predator 2 after it heard the baby's heartbeat

So that kid should be fine.
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Saying that, that was the most horribly disgusting thing I've ever seen in a film. The hospital scene in Requiem. You know the one. The thought of even describing it makes me uneasy.

It's about as bad as those Natasha Henstridge films, more so Species II what the guy done to them.
 
Why set it on earth again..

All the studios have to do is reboot AVP properly and use a Dark Horse story line.

Colonial marines are on the hunt clearing out nests of aliens on various planets, they land on one start clearing and as this happens in jump the predators oops they landed on a training world cue fear, gore and violence. Simple!
 
Gerard said:
I'm referring to the first 2 movies, not the comics. Comics can obviously go into a lot more exposition about things like that, in the first movie from what i remember it was only mentioned once by the girl they capture.
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wolfie138 said:
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Do you like to be overly dramatic in your posts?

I really am finding it amazing that some people seem to be stuck on the need for someone to utter the line "ooh its hot" plus have water sprayed on them to simulate sweat. Because it's "da rulez" apparently. Screw focusing on the story, we need to have that damn line uttered. :p
 
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Gerard said:
Do you like to be overly dramatic in your posts?

I really am finding it amazing that some people seem to be stuck on the need for someone to utter the line "ooh its hot" plus have water sprayed on them to simulate sweat. Because it's "da rulez" apparently. Screw focusing on the story, we need to have that damn line uttered. :p
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yes, because you're having an amazingly hard time understanding the concept that it was a key part of the canon that Predators are drawn to hot climates. but then, i guess you just know better than the actual creators. so yes, it is "da rulez" [why the stupid spelling? trying to make it look childish in the hopes it will help support your side?] you really have deteriorated the debate into stupidity, why you're obsessed in trying to make something fit your own little concept of what you think something should be as opposed to what it was defined by the creators themselves is ridiculous.
 
wolfie138 said:
yes, because you're having an amazingly hard time understanding the concept that it was a key part of the canon that Predators are drawn to hot climates. but then, i guess you just know better than the actual creators. so yes, it is "da rulez" [why the stupid spelling? trying to make it look childish in the hopes it will help support your side?] you really have deteriorated the debate into stupidity, why you're obsessed in trying to make something fit your own little concept of what you think something should be as opposed to what it was defined by the creators themselves is ridiculous.
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Because it makes no bloody difference to the overall story that's why. Would the original 2 movies have lost something without the passing mention of it being hot? Nope. That "rule" was already dumped on in the 2 AVP movies as well, whether or not fans consider them "canon".

I am well aware of what was set in place by the first movie, but the simple fact is something as trivial as the friggin temperature makes no difference to the overall movie on the whole. But apparently the "hardcore fans" need to hear the word "heat" and see some sweat-marks otherwise it spoils the entire experience for them. I have "deteriorated the debate into stupidity" when the debate is about temperature and whether or not the movie looks "hot" enough, yeah it was definitely on strong ground to begin with...:rolleyes:

And don't start with the "childish" pish, you already started that crap with your little condescending word by word post above.
 
Iron Man 3 is great, people should give it another go...The ending is a bit explodey, but that was before Marvel got a bit more variety at the end of a movie.

Stark straight up kills some human people...

As for Predators, if they are supposedly drawn to hot climates why aren't they fighting people in Death Valley or the Middle East? As opposed to Columbia/LA?
 
I think the issue is more down to the way the first two movies establish the heat requirements as Canon, and I believe most of the comics carry on with this (not read them though!) but Hollywood, in typical Hollywood fashion, completely ride over established storyline tearing it to pieces as they go, and do whatever fits the script in front of them rather than stay true to what's been established before. Much to the annoyance of fans. Especially those on Internet message boards.
 
VincentHanna said:
Iron Man 3 is great, people should give it another go...The ending is a bit explodey, but that was before Marvel got a bit more variety at the end of a movie.

Stark straight up kills some human people...

As for Predators, if they are supposedly drawn to hot climates why aren't they fighting people in Death Valley or the Middle East? As opposed to Columbia/LA?
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the "...and conflict" bit refers. doubt they've been to DV, Middle East could work as a sequel though.
 
V F said:
Saying that, that was the most horribly disgusting thing I've ever seen in a film. The hospital scene in Requiem. You know the one. The thought of even describing it makes me uneasy.
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Yeah, I like a bit of gore as much as the next horror fan, but that was just too far into the realm of bad taste.
 
I'm not massively bothered about the heat element of the story. What bothers me is the change to the Predator ethos. Predator 1 & 2 establish very clearly that they have come to Earth (and other planets, judging by their ships's trophy cabinet) to hunt. To challenge themselves. There are rules (no killing of non-combatants), etc. Killing a worthy species proves the skills of the Predator.
Given that, WTF is with the concept that they are hybridising themselves with the DNA of those species they have killed? For a start, the science of that is ludicrous but, secondly, if they've killed them then they've proven themselves to be better hunters. In such a culture it just doesn't make sense that they'd want to mix their DNA of a lesser, vanquished prey species.
 
checjb said:
Given that, WTF is with the concept that they are hybridising themselves with the DNA of those species they have killed?
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generic Holywood garbage, is the concept. obviously they had to make the Predator "better" and more of a threat because an 8-foot alien w/ vastly advanced tech and the ability to knock off elite warrior groups by itself wasn't impressive enough. there's an ongoing infuriating mindset in cinema and comics that when fans love a character and want to see more of it, when they make a sequel they have to change the character, usually taking away most if not all of what the fans loved in the first place.
 
I love the predalien :p anyway I liked the post above have marines fighting aliens and then the predators come due to it being there hunting turf.

There is so many good dark horse comics they could base stuff off, the dna story line this is doing is down right stupid, why would they for example want our dna or tech when they can kill us off with out much effort anyway.
 
MissChief said:
Humidity obviously has something to do with it too. Those countries are dry as a bone.
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It might "obviously" have something to do with it, but it wasn't mentioned once in any of the movies....

And if they are drawn to conflict, an actual war as opposed to drug gangs fighting the police would be better, no?

Anyway, how do the predators monitor from space where the best conflict is occuring? In Predator it initially went to a conflict that included Jim hoppers team (approx 4 soldiers) and some guerilla fighters.

Not exactly World War III
 
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