Well, it’s of a type with Arnold in the first movie using mud to disguise his heat signature. Sure, might work for the first few minutes while the mud is still wet, but a relatively thin film of mud would warm up to body temperature pretty quickly if you’re exercising in an already-hot environment.
It’s plausible enough to suspend disbelief, but don’t go thinking about it too much.
I enjoyed the movie quite a lot. I wish Naru’s brother had survived, too. They made a great team. The fight with him shooting the Predator with arrows, retrieving the arrows, and using them again was hilarious and badass. Definitely the second best Predator movie.
I agree, I’m mainly referring to the accents though. Like when you have the German army speaking each other in English with German accents in some WW2 movie. Even though they certainly don’t speak to each other in English it helps maintain the “ambiance”.
Granted, I don’t think going back to Tonto and “we smokem peace pipe” would be ideal either.
Yeah, I can see that point. But I think there was an underlying theme to this particular episode of the Predator series, which we see in other movies in the series, but is more explicit here. Fundamentally, we’re all just humans. The guys we see as Comanche warriors in this movie would be guys in pickup trucks, or in the military, if they were alive today. They’d have the same worries about feeding their families, and looking tough in front of their friends, and having them speak in a near-modern accent emphasizes that.
I’ve seen all the predators movies, I think. Prey is one of the best IMHO. Watched it last night. I’ll definitely watch it again.
Would have been nice to have sub-titles for the French trappers though.
See my comment above. I’m pretty sure the choice to not have subtitles was quite deliberate, and set the tone for the whole movie.
I liked the nods to the original’s tag lines.
We had, “If it bleeds, we can kill it,” and “Come on (do it)” -close enough to Arnold’s line and “It doesn’t see me.”
“You’re one ugly mother f’er” could have been worked in some how but “Get to the choppah” would probably have been a bridge too far.
I legitimately thought after her brother got the horse he was going to yell GET TO THE HORSES at some point.
JohnT posted this in the Movie’s You’ve Seen thread.
I think that’s a wonderful notion; it’s really tough for movie franchises to turn out endless sequels without losing mojo. Also the main characters age out of their roles depressingly quick.
The biggest problem I see is that the Predator usually has to lose, leading to plot stagnation. Of course, it’s never easy to write interesting characters and situations (with a new batch for each film), but the basic conflict will be a given. I’m ready to travel the world — and throughout history — meet interesting people, and watch a Predator kill a bunch of them.
There’s a Comanche dubbed version (with the primary actors doing the dubbed speaking parts) released alongside the English version (at least on Hulu).
Predator: the Age of Dinosaurs. Enough said.
Did they ever do Predator vs Terminator in comics?
Predator: Hangover.
4 schlub Predators go to Vegas for weekend blowout. They take a funny drink and wake up 36 hours later, covered in gore, the city aflame, and Mike Tyson asking about his tiger. Roll opening credits.
Well, Imma say more. I can picture the T-Rex battle, with the Pred being invisible, and armed with the Wolverine claws. But, I’m fascinated by the idea of fighting a giant herbivore, e.g. Bronty.
Pred wouldn’t actively pursue one — I think Preds focus on other predators, such as humans, wolves, or rattlesnakes — but if attacked by a protective dad Bronty, what weapons would be kosher? Bronty would be using blunt force trauma (feet, tail, neck and head) and maybe herbivore teeth. Would the Predator be honor bound to just try chewing thru to Bronty’s spine using his own teeth. Or breaking Bronty”s toes with a Very Large Club?
Predator vs Kevin from Home Alone.
Y’know, the great thing about Predators is that you can always make a fair and interesting “versus”, no matter who or what the opponent is, because the Predator code of honor will make it so. With Cowboys and Aliens, say, they had to contrive to give the hero an alien weapon, to make it even remotely plausible. And, if we were being honest, the same is true of any modern-Earth versus aliens story. But with a Predator, if the enemy only has bows, or only sharp sticks, or whatever, the Predator can always just arm itself appropriately.
Why? If you do the historical encounters, then the Predator can kick butt every now and then. Predator vs Rogue One, if you will. Hell, a couple of the movies could revolve around “lost legions” or the like. Why did the 13th Legion disappear in Libya? Now we know…
What happened to the lost tribes of Israel? Predator.
What happened to Cibola? Predator
Mary Celeste? Yeah… you got it. But for the MC, the people were taken aboard the Predator’s ship, that’s why no blood.
And, yeah, crossovers work great too. Me, I’d love to see:
Predator: Saw
Predator the Thirteenth
Predator Gump
It would be impossible in this media landscape, but releasing some generic drama or comedy and then - BAM, predator - would be amazing.
Predator the Vampire Slayer…