Strap this on your sore ass, Blaine!
The leader dies a horrible death in Alien, albeit off camera. Sigourney Weaver’s character was just a grunt. It would be like if the guy who told the pussy jokes ended up being the lone survivor who kills the Predator.
This Page perfectly illustrates how even the most contemptible milquetoast can be toughened up by repeated viewings of Predator.
But you have to say in the Arnie accent, otherwise it won’t count.
Wasn’t there an Alien skull in there too?
That’s a great morning movie…
That is correct. Apparently Dark Horse published their Alien vs Predator comic that year, but I don’t know if the alien skull was intentional or just one of the skulls someone happened to grab from the prop department.
The predator blew himself up because he knew he would die. They had been hunting people for generations . If man had proof, he would have screw things up for the other predators . We would be waiting and it would be war instead of hunting. No trophies in that.
That accent is something I love about him. Not that he speaks in it, but because writers give his characters non-Austrian names and make no effort to explain the accent.
Except, of course, “Predator,” because every movie that awesome has a guy named “Dutch.”
Quaid, Matrix, Freeze and Conan aren’t Austrian?
I try, but my Arnie accent sucks.
I run around playing half-life 2 deathmatch specifically so that I can pin people to the wall with the rebar crossbow and say “STICK AROUND!” on the voice chat.
Incidentally, I’m over the worst of my flu. I wasn’t kidding when I said my fever went down by 2 degrees between ~2 hours before and ~1 hour after I watched the movie, which happened to be when I checked my temperature. I’m going to propose that the FDA allow me to go to human trials to find out if exposure to Predator can indeed cure disease and illness.
I showed it to my then 10-year-old to initiate him in Badassery 101. I told him he needed to decide which category of Badass he was going to target for his future: Demolitions Badass, Mystic Stalker Badass, Big Gun Badass, weird-dude who shaves before he goes OFF Badass (I steered him away from that one…)
Arnold will be looking for a job soon, maybe he can work out a bunch so that we can bottle his sweat. It will be used to cure impotence, girlymanness, and increase your frequency of killing.
I used to be a Mystic Stalker Badass, seeing how silently I could pass through the woods, but I got fat and had to rely on my other hobby, blowing shit up.
[deleted: a screed about blowing shit up that belonged in a John Milius movie]
I guess in that regard he’s like the Henry Kissinger of super-badassedness.
Someone ripped on Predator 2 above. I think it was P2 that had the scene of the super-tech alien high up on a building with a rifle looking at potential victims through an infrared sight.
I guess it was supposed to be “look how deadly this advanced alien is,” but all I could think during the scene was “That’s it? He looks down on you with IR? Shit, we can do that now! Is that supposed to be scary? Some high tech super-badass.”
Praise for Predator is never too late:
A very nice video about instinct and religion themes in Predator: - YouTube
Why is Predator so good? A guy who’s really into action movies provides insights: Predator: Why Is It So Good? - YouTube
Much like Terminator, it’s a B-movie that’s extremely well-made. It straddles the line between action and horror and works on you on a subconscious level.
[Leans head into doorway] Hello Mr. Predator. Why don’t you have a seat over there. Why did you come over do our planet today and what do you have in that bag?
I am a bit of a predator heretic. I actually rate the often overlooked sequel with Danny Glover and no Arnie as superior to the original.
OK, zombie thread, but I really want to share my absolute favourite cheesy 80s actionflick one liner. No, it’s not the one about ‘da choppa’.
I could probably lift weights once every 6-8 weeks to maintain the muscle mass I built a decade ago but I find it much easier to turn on this film every once in awhile.