Predators (July 7th)

[Darth_Squoobus]

Robert Rodriguez has directed the third installment in the predator franchise, which will hopefully erase the abomination that is AVP from people's minds. The movie is basically an inversion of Aliens, and the trailer alone restored my faith in summer movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u8vZwvP57Y

Questions? Comments? Flames? Jawas?

[Jendo7]

This looks amazing. It has a similar vibe as the original Predator which is one of my all time favourite sci fi movies. I always thought the Aliens V's Predator sequels were pretty dumb, and didn't really make much sense, but this has got classic written all over it, and has gone back to it's roots in a similar vein to Aliens.

[EraOfDesann]

Normally I wouldn't bother to hold my breath when it comes to the Alien or Predator franchises, but I think this has the potential to be very good considering the talent pool and promising trailers. Hopefully this will redeem the Predator franchise.

[Darth_Squoobus]

Hopefully this will redeem the Predator franchise.

That's what I'm saying. Ridley Scott is in production of an Alien prequel, in a similar vein to Predators. It really irks me that AVP overshadowed the original franchises.

[GangsterJawa]

Haha. I wonder how long until Darth_Spiderpig posts here. I'm betting within 5 posts of this.

[Darth_Squoobus]

Haha. I wonder how long until Darth_Spiderpig posts here. I'm betting within 5 posts of this.

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[Nihillo]

Questions? Comments? Flames? Jawas?

Flames.

Ugh, I hate remakes, specially when they deal with a franchise I like. I will watch it, but just so I can laugh at Robert Rodriguez's incompetence and say "I told you so" to those who kept telling me to give it a chance.

[GangsterJawa]

OK, I guess I'll comment on the movie.

Looks pretty cool, having (please don't kill me) NEVER SEEN any of the previous ones, I don't have much reference to go off of, but it looks like it has a pretty good plot. I'd go see it if it weren't for the fact that Dad would never let me.

[Darth_Squoobus]

Questions? Comments? Flames? Jawas?

Flames.

Ugh, I hate remakes, specially when they deal with a franchise I like. I will watch it, but just so I can laugh at Robert Rodriguez's incompetence and say "I told you so" to those who kept telling me to give it a chance.

It's not a remake, it's a sequel. It adheres to the same continuity as the last two films.

[Nihillo]

Well, admittedly the 'plot' of this movie is fitting: some Predators wanted to have some "fun", so they brought a bunch of tough people from earth to some random planet (their homeworld?) to hunt and kill them all. It's a good setting, I guess, it fits the established mythos and adds an extra element of desperation on the side of the hunted; they are in an alien world, nobody can help them and they definetely won't get the cliché extraction helicopter by the end ("GET TO THE CHOPPPA" as our friend Arnold would say). Plus that's a change for the better, since they wouldn't have the element of surprise from the first movie.

It's not a remake, it's a sequel. It adheres to the same continuity as the last two films.

Whatever. They are trying to revive a dead movie franchise with a re-imagination of the first movie, I call that a remake.

[Darth_Spiderpig]

Haha. I wonder how long until Darth_Spiderpig posts here. I'm betting within 5 posts of this.

Hihihihi, fail.

On-Topic:

some Predators wanted to have some "fun"

Not only, what they want most is revenge.
All of those which have been brought up to be hunted have killed a Predator before.
This is a new breed too, more aggressive, more deadly, more intelligent and much more brutal (they have hunting dogs...with horns xD)

I hope Rodriguez did a good job reviving the franchise, a definately watch.

[Darth_Squoobus]

This is a new breed too, more aggressive, more deadly, more intelligent and much more brutal

You seem to be confusing these guys:

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With these guys:

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The aliens from Predator were always aggressive, deadly, intelligent and brutal. However, in the first two films, it was just a lone trophy hunter looking for human skulls. In this one, there's a party of hunters, so needless to say they're not going to do things the same way an indivdual hunter would. It's not a new "breed" at all.

[Darth_Spiderpig]

Hehe, don't you worry, I know to differ Yautjas and Xenomorphs.

It's not a new "breed" at all.

If you are sure about that, my apprentice, you know more about the film than Robert Rodriguez.
All I can say is watch this video at 1:02.

[Nihillo]

Hehe, don't you worry, I know to differ Yautjas and Xenomorphs.

Wait... the "Predator" race has a name?

[Darth_Spiderpig]

Hehe, don't you worry, I know to differ Yautjas and Xenomorphs.

Wait... the "Predator" race has a name?

Yautja

[Grev]

Name:
Predator>Yautja

This actually looks really cool. There's a good set of actors, and some old movie ideas being revisited isn't necessarily bad. In fact, rethinking an old franchise to fit today's viewers isn't a bad idea, and while I'm expecting some of the old parts to come back (like the red laser dots, those creeped me out in the first movie), it's nice to see they've been reinvented a bit.

[Darth_Squoobus]

Hehe, don't you worry, I know to differ Yautjas and Xenomorphs.

It's not a new "breed" at all.

If you are sure about that, my apprentice, you know more about the film than Robert Rodriguez.
All I can say is watch this video at 1:02.

He doesn't mean breed literally. They look the same as the predators from the last two films. The only difference between them is behavior, which is what I was trying to tell you.

@Grev Glad you're as enthusiastic as I am.

[MercuryNoodles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG2aYzR9 ... r_embedded

There is, in fact, a new breed of Predator that will be starring alongside the original version. Robert Rodriguez describes the new ones as a "nastier breed" in the "sneak peak" video on the official site, but doesn't reveal much else.

Btw, AvP has had a following for years before any film was made. They didn't overshadow anything. They're just newer than what came before, and already had a following awaiting it's full adaptation to film. Besides, some people identifying with the new stuff more than the old is inevitable. It's just what happens as a franchise gets older and new generations are exposed to the latest installments first.



I expect this to breathe some new life into the franchise, since this is taking a back to basics with a slight twist approach. Also, if Laurence Fishburne and Danny Trejo said they do the movie, that'd be my signal there's something more to this.

[EraOfDesann]

So has anyone seen it yet? I just got back from it and I thought it was pretty good. Much better than Predator 2 or the AVP's and I'd even go so far as to say that it's as enjoyable as the original.

I'd probably give it a 4/5. The ending gets a little convoluted and...

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Danny Trejo and Laurence Fishburne are both totally wasted in this movie. Both have very little screentime, especially Trejo.

but other than that I thought it was really well done.

[Darth_Spiderpig]

IMO this is the best Predator movie up to date.
I love how they make the effect web thingy when Preds cloak or uncloak themselfes.

The Black Super Predator is neat, and these hunting dogs of theirs are pretty neat.

All in all a must see for fans of the Sci-Fi franchise or Predator franchise.