Predators

**The_Meach** · 18 Jul 2010, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by Tain

Had fun with this.

Originally Posted by Despair

his last hooray quote in Russian is a classic Arnie's line from original. Bravo Rodriguez for that, though no Americans will get it, since it was not subtitled

GO FUCKING SEE THIS

You're one ugly motherfucker

PROS: Soundtrack; Adrian Brody as understated tough guy (!!!); tons of homage to first film ("over here", ending credits, waterfall, etc); Morpheus' humming of Ride of the Valkyries (homage to his role in Apocalypse Now); ninja fight; spine-rip!; no Jamaican drug lords; Shane!; final fight (totally sweet)

CONS: Not enough Machete; first 15 mins; no Arnie; no Bill Duke; no The Body; no Apollo Creed; no helicopter scene; NO HANDSHAKE!

Bottom line: A return to the classic way of making action movies. More plz.

**Anal Kaboom** · 19 Jul 2010, 08:27 PM

Damn man, I'm trying hard not to read the spoilers. Can't fuckin' wait to see this movie.

**Will** · 21 Jul 2010, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by YellerDog

Prequel comics never, ever work out as well as I'd hope. At best, they extrapolate a plot out of some offhand character detail and you go "ooooh" when you watch the movie again.

Yeah I know.

I hear that these are pretty decent though, the latest issue shows what happens to Royce and Isabel after the end of Predators which is interesting although I'm not sure if it would work within the movie at all so it's more of an expansion of what was laid out.

Oh and when the hell is Dolemite going to chime in?

**Drewbacca** · 22 Jul 2010, 12:52 PM

I saw this Wednesday night. Amazing. Absolutely a worthy sequel to the glory of the original. It felt very much the same - with enough time devoted to them figuring out just what the hell was going on. Topher Grace's character was a neat twist and commentary. The end fight actually made sense, and Adrian Brody made a great Royce. I'd rank Predators above Predator 2 in the order. There were a couple of things I didn't like. The main one being the predator bores. I felt it was a little bit out of the realm of what a predator would have done. They are all about the hands on challenge of the hunt. Using dogs to source out prey seems a little bit cheap. Same with the scouting radar bird thingy. Predators are supposed to be masters of tracking, moving and tactics. Using a gadget that tells you exactly where your enemies are and how to get to them ruins that character trait.

Same with the way the first Predator was stalking Topher. Topher was completely unarmed except for a few flares. According to the way a Predator hunts it's always a level playing field. I will say that the Predator never really attacked Topher and could have. He only attacked The Spezna agent after he popped up and saved Topher by providing cover fire. But didn't that predator kill Nolan (Morpheus) while he was unarmed trying to get out of the ship? I don't remember if he was carrying a gun but I didn't think he was.

Everything else was bad ass. The Yakuza sword fight was the best, although I wish the choreography was a bit more developed. But the whole moment was awesome. Yakuza did Billy proud.

**YellerDog** · 22 Jul 2010, 01:26 PM

I thought he was carrying the big (unused?!) super soaker laser when he got killed?

**Drewbacca** · 22 Jul 2010, 02:46 PM

I don't remember. Also why didn't Royce use his massive ass machete in the last fight? He found the most awkwardly shaped instrument to fight the Predator with. That machete was the size of his entire upper thigh. But then again this is movie-land. I don't consider that a knock against the movie.