He didn’t kill the drug lord having sex. He killed the armed hit squad that killed the drug lord having sex. 
“A munchkin – a truly worthy prey, worth +50 honor points.” Disembowel
Strike me as a Predator fan as well.
It seemed to me that the Predators tried to engage in fair fights whenever possible. The pregnant lady, if memory serves me correctly, was armed, though she only had a pipe or something. Normally, that would have made her fair game. However, she was pregnant, and though she was armed, the fetus was not. Though I believe the Predator knew he was fully capable of converting her into a greasy smear, he chose not to. She was not being hunted, and the death woudl bring no honor, so it’d be a waste of effort.
Regarding the soliders: If I was a hunter, and I came across a group of people who I assume were trained to kill, but upon seeing me they crapped their pants and dropped their rifles, I would not regard them as competent foes. These marines in particular, however, gave a good demonstration of their skill, so were fair game.
This kind of honor system actually works out pretty well. When playing AvP2, I am quite fond of playing as a Predator and fighting the marine team with the same amount of lameness they fight me with. Against your normal flamethrower/pulse rifle marine, I fight with only my combi stick. Yes, I’m cloaked, but I always try to take their head (resulting in a very loud war cry, so they know I’m in the area). Smartgun marines merit the use of my homing disk - let’s see them track me when I’m behind the corner. And the lamest players of them all, the backwards bunnyhoppers with sniper rifles and wallhacks/aimbots, they get the spear gun. From really far away. Cloaked.
It all works out in the end.
Also a fan, but only seen the movies. Does anyone think/know if the Predators will only hunt a species that is itself a hunter?
I doubt there’s much sport in hunting a species that doesn’t at least theoretically have the ability to hunt you back. Otherwise you’re in heavily armed version of “Where’s Waldo.”
Although that does give me a vision of the Predator ship with a bunch of red and white ski caps nailed to the wall… 
What would be some other fun things to see hanging on the Predator walls? Some that I’d like to see:
Muppets. Big Bird or something.
A Shreck
Teletubbies
Wearwolves
Those aliens from Mars Attacks
Critters
Care Bears
Carrot Top
DaLovin’ Dj (that’s a sign-off - I’d prefer to stay off that wall!)
I think you’re confusing her with the guy in the train the Pred had just killed. He was down to golf balls and a machete. She had a gun with a laser scope if I remember right. She WAS being hunted he had followed her down the subway just to get her (instead of anyone else that she had led off the train). In the book he was very eager to cap her because she was such a warrior and would make a good trophy.
I’d say anything goes, as long as it’s not on holy ground.
Oh, wait a sec…
Wasn’t the first guy he killed unarmed?
Which first guy? where? When?
his name was hawkins. he was chasing the girl after she ran off and while he was pleading her to calm down, the predator snatched his ass up.
Heh he had a submachine gun or something. He has it out while he’s struggling with her. His distraction is no doubt the reason the Predator took him out with the claws.
I was feeling the same way. I never even questioned the reason why he didn’t kill the pregnant female. I always assumed it was the same reason human hunters don’t kill pregnant animals, to make sure there will always be plenty of critters to kill later. I was wrong?
Like Bill Gates.
Now that would be a cool fight. If Gates had a bunch of robots fighting for him, and he had his own exo-suit. Oh, wait a second, they’d all be run by Windows. No challenge at all for a Predator.
Skammer: How about this fight? An alien Predator vs. Jordin Tootoo. Now that would be something! And they’re both handy with spears. (After Game One against the Wings, I wouldn’t mind seeing an alien Predator stumble upon Derian Hatchet sometime before the next game.)
Anyhoo…
How’s about a Predator vs. Ted Nugent? Heart of the Hunter, baby!
Sorry…I was also under the impression that the Predator in 2 didn’t kill the female cop because one’s not supposed to kill a pregnant animal for the sake of the continuation of the species. I’m pretty sure he was ready and willing to take her down, but upon seeing that, he let her go so there would be more to hunt later. Not a new idea, sorry.
A question for lachesis and any other big fans out there…what was the deal with the human female that joined a group of Predators in the Deadlies of the Species storyline? I never read the thing, but remember reading a blurb about it when it came out and wondering “How the hell does that happen?” What did she do to get such an honor, and does that mean the preds are open to anyone joining up? (they apparently let Ripley join their crew in the *Aliens vs. Predator vs. Terminator storyline as well, which I thought was kinda odd).
No, no. He doesn’t kill the pregnant woman because he’s sentimental about that sort of thing.
It does have echoes of the moment in Alien3 when the alien doesn’t kill Ripley cos she’s got an alien in the oven. But would that make sense? Was the film made before or after Alien3?
Predators are smarter than Aliens as long as you’re talking about individuals. But as species, they’re going to get a surprise in the long run. Everybody always does. Aliens kick butt.
(do we have a better name than “alien” yet?)
I remember reading the AvP novels a while back, and here’s what I remember: The lady in question was the head of some sort of research/ agriculture facility, when the Aliens are seeded into their livestick by the Predators…the preds come down to hunt, and find that the nest they’re facing is tougher than they’d thought. The party is led by an older Predator that’s really into the old warrior code, and he’s in charge of a group of green warriors on their first big hunt- some of whom think the old ways are silly. In the end, all of the preds and humans are killed, except for the woman and the older male Predator, and he is killed in the last fight- he then takes some of the acid blood from the alien and etches his clan mark into her forehead because she showed herself worthy. Apparently, the mark is one that every Predator gets when he ‘comes of age’ after his first successful Alien hunt.
Anyway, the details are sketchy, but I think that covers it all. I’m sure someone else can correct me if I messed it up.
in case anybody DOESN’T want to know:
wish i could remember the woman’s name (semi-oriental heritage IIRC)… basically, she was part of the security branch on a planet that was colonized fairly recently. Predators had been using said planet in the past as seeding ground for Alien eggs (this time including an inadvertent Queen egg). colony was getting wiped out by hatching Aliens about same time Predators were coming back to hunt them. she fortuitously managed to team up with the Lead Predator of the hunter-trainee group, Broken Tusk, after recognizing that they both faced the Aliens as a common enemy. at the end, the two of them manage to destroy the Aliens and the Queen, but Broken Tusk is fatally injured in the last fight. he puts his “leader” mark on her forehead, as testimony to her fighting skills and bravery. this serves as somewhat of a “letter of introduction” when a second Predator ship lands, searching for the original hunting party. she decides to join them, since their way of life seems much preferable to the corrupt Company policies she’s had to live with.
OMG… Ripley joining with Predator???
…drool…
i gotta get me some of THAT. been waaaaaay too long since my last fix.
{on Preview} crap. took too long trying to fix my coding. Stonebow covered much of this first.
You know, as entertaining as this thread is, it really is even better if you still think the whole thread is about the Nashville Predators. Who knew they were so tough! (except for Jordin of course, that wasn’t in doubt)
Were there actual novels written before the movies that the movies were based on? If there are tell me the names or send me a link or something I would like to
read them.