Separate "Predator" etc. thread
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:07 am
So I decided to make a new thread. Dedicated for all discussion about these subjects of Predator and any other connected fictional universes.
As I said in my last post in the other thread...there are things that didn't make sense in the other movies too, including the original.
It gets forgiven and forgotten given its status as a cult classic, but remember that when it came out a lot of people didn't like it. We took it for granted later but perhaps it shouldn't be put on such a pedestal. I often felt that the beginning part including the raid of the village didn't need to be there, but that was long ago. Now I have other things to comment. First, the overuse of the main theme so it makes less impact in the end and becomes more of a background music. This might work more in a game than a film. Second, the already mentioned mud covered issue, even if it was cold enough mud to fool the predator, the fact that his eyes don't show up on his display is a bit weird and too convenient.
I absolutely like the last part of the movie, but still there are bits and pieces that don't hold up over the years and also my opinion is different in different environment.
It is a contemporary piece of course and it introduced us to the great design of the predator (yautja as they are known in the extended universe).
In a way Predator 2 is better except somehow when he removes his mask there's the mistake that he still sees thermal as opposed to in the original. Even though the different mask modes were introduced in P2 also....
but P2 is in a way more fleshed out movie as unlike with the original they didn't reshoot so many things including how the predator would look. They were trying to find the footing in the original movie and I suppose any mistakes can be excused with that. But when it comes to consistency P2 seems to be better except for the mask removal error.
As I said in my last post in the other thread...there are things that didn't make sense in the other movies too, including the original.
It gets forgiven and forgotten given its status as a cult classic, but remember that when it came out a lot of people didn't like it. We took it for granted later but perhaps it shouldn't be put on such a pedestal. I often felt that the beginning part including the raid of the village didn't need to be there, but that was long ago. Now I have other things to comment. First, the overuse of the main theme so it makes less impact in the end and becomes more of a background music. This might work more in a game than a film. Second, the already mentioned mud covered issue, even if it was cold enough mud to fool the predator, the fact that his eyes don't show up on his display is a bit weird and too convenient.
I absolutely like the last part of the movie, but still there are bits and pieces that don't hold up over the years and also my opinion is different in different environment.
It is a contemporary piece of course and it introduced us to the great design of the predator (yautja as they are known in the extended universe).
In a way Predator 2 is better except somehow when he removes his mask there's the mistake that he still sees thermal as opposed to in the original. Even though the different mask modes were introduced in P2 also....
but P2 is in a way more fleshed out movie as unlike with the original they didn't reshoot so many things including how the predator would look. They were trying to find the footing in the original movie and I suppose any mistakes can be excused with that. But when it comes to consistency P2 seems to be better except for the mask removal error.