The Predator (2018)

JediFragger · 14 Jun 2018 at 21:15

Gerard said:
if they flesh it out enough

It's 2018 where 'splosions are king, don't get your hopes up.

wolfie138 · 15 Jun 2018 at 10:34

is an explosion a plosion that has moved on to other things? :-/

Gerard · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:26

New trailer.

SixTwoSix · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:38

Wow, they're managing to make this look worse and worse with each new trailer.

EDIT: ...and that's coming from someone who actually enjoyed Predators.

CaptainRAVE · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:44

Hopefully the Predator wins this time and we don't then have yet another movie.

EddScott · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:58

SixTwoSix said:
someone who actually enjoyed Predators.

I think had Predators been made earlier and had Arnie and a one-armed Carl Weathers reprise their roles rather than Brody and Fishbourne, it would have been close to Aliens level of sequel greatness.

Gerard · 26 Jun 2018 at 15:00

EddScott said:
I think had Predators been made earlier and had Arnie and a one-armed Carl Weathers reprise their roles rather than Brody and Fishbourne, it would have been close to Aliens level of sequel greatness.

Weathers also got stabbed through the chest and lifted into the air with the predators claw so doubting he would have survived

eggyoke · 26 Jun 2018 at 20:10

Gerard said:
New trailer.

The first trailer had me genuinely interested, I was talking to some friends about how it caught my attention as I thought it had potential with a "suburbia twist" thing going on.
But that trailer right there... I let out a huge sigh.

It's basically Jurassic World, i.e. normal dinosaurs aren't good enough so we'll show a bigger, more muscle packed, super powered dinosaur and mix it together with a crap script, one dimensional characters and stupid jokes.

Pass.

Gerard · 26 Jun 2018 at 20:35

eggyoke said:
The first trailer had me genuinely interested, I was talking to some friends about how it caught my attention as I thought it had potential with a "suburbia twist" thing going on.
But that trailer right there... I let out a huge sigh.

It's basically Jurassic World, i.e. normal dinosaurs aren't good enough so we'll show a bigger, more muscle packed, super powered dinosaur and mix it together with a crap script, one dimensional characters and stupid jokes.

Pass.

Technically the bigger predator already happened in predators with the 2 factions, the one being tied up being the "classic" version seen in the original and the ones doing the hunting larger in size.

Uncle Petey · 26 Jun 2018 at 20:55

Yeah, but this one is even bigger than those three. Which obviously means this'll be better.
They should do a sequel where it's basically an 18 cert version of Space Jam, but with juiced up DNA junky Predators instead of the toons.

Gerard · 26 Jun 2018 at 21:14

Uncle Petey said:
Yeah, but this one is even bigger than those three. Which obviously means this'll be better.
They should do a sequel where it's basically an 18 cert version of Space Jam, but with juiced up DNA junky Predators instead of the toons.

It may not be, its hard to tell from one image comparing one standing to one laying down. Even one of regular size would look tall in that specific situation. Just have to wait and see what the movie brings.

Steampunk · 26 Jun 2018 at 21:32

Why are there kids in this film?

JediFragger · 26 Jun 2018 at 23:26

SixTwoSix said:
and that's coming from someone who actually enjoyed Predators.

Same, I quite enjoyed it! Took it in a new direction which was welcome, and big nose was quite a badass

JediFragger · 26 Jun 2018 at 23:27

CaptainRAVE said:
Hopefully the Predator wins this time and we don't then have yet another movie.

Everyone. Dead.

V F · 27 Jun 2018 at 12:46

SixTwoSix said:
Wow, they're managing to make this look worse and worse with each new trailer.

EDIT: ...and that's coming from someone who actually enjoyed Predators.

eggyoke said:
The first trailer had me genuinely interested, I was talking to some friends about how it caught my attention as I thought it had potential with a "suburbia twist" thing going on.
But that trailer right there... I let out a huge sigh.

It's basically Jurassic World, i.e. normal dinosaurs aren't good enough so we'll show a bigger, more muscle packed, super powered dinosaur and mix it together with a crap script, one dimensional characters and stupid jokes.

Pass.

It doesn't even feel like a film. It feels like some cheesy spin off tv series?

SixTwoSix · 27 Jun 2018 at 13:23

Noticed in the latest trailer, the stuff with the super-roid-hench-pred seems to be outside a high school...yay, kids in danger...do one Shane Black, please just go away.

Steampunk · 27 Jun 2018 at 13:54

JediFragger said:
Same, I quite enjoyed it! Took it in a new direction which was welcome, and big nose was quite a badass

Yeah, me too. I thought it felt a lot like some of the comics, ie, a story in the Predator universe without it having to be related to the first two movies. Instead of exploring more of the Predators on their own ground, or going to a future sci-fi setting, they've gone back to the old "running around a US high school" thing that works so well. :rolleyes:

Dark Horse did so many good Predator comics, yet no one can make a decent movie for the last twenty years.

naefeart · 27 Jun 2018 at 14:42

Predators was fine, but I don't associate it with the original films. I am genuinely surprised however by the love for Predator 2, even more so people saying it was as good as the first film. It was ooook but it's really not a patch on Predator. The soundtrack, the ambiance, the visuals (Predator 2 was very dark) and watching Arnie (in his prime) and a team of spec ops (rescue team?) go up against a Predator (rather than just local PD) was to me, far more compelling viewing.

Predator vs Danny Glover and Gary Busey? Please :rolleyes:

(I'm ignoring Bill Paxton here)

Uncle Petey · 27 Jun 2018 at 16:22

Of course the original is best, but Predator 2 was great comic book fun and definitely worthy IMO. I'd watch it over Predators any day.

V F · 27 Jun 2018 at 17:10

naefeart said:
Predators was fine, but I don't associate it with the original films. I am genuinely surprised however by the love for Predator 2, even more so people saying it was as good as the first film. It was ooook but it's really not a patch on Predator. The soundtrack, the ambiance, the visuals (Predator 2 was very dark) and watching Arnie (in his prime) and a team of spec ops (rescue team?) go up against a Predator (rather than just local PD) was to me, far more compelling viewing.

Predator vs Danny Glover and Gary Busey? Please (I'm ignoring Bill Paxton here)

Predator 2 felt like a cheesy spin off from Robocop 2.