# Who's the next governor from "Predator"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451 "2003-10-09T08:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/1 "2003-10-09T08:27:19Z")
[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/) My money is on Bill Duke. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/2 "2003-10-09T12:59:00Z")
I think Danny Glover was in a sequel to _Predator_, wasn’t he? I think I’ll go with him. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/3 "2003-10-09T13:05:04Z")
I asked my wife this last night. I suggested Carl Weathers. It can’t be Kevin Peter Hall – he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/4 "2003-10-09T13:27:55Z")
Gotta be Sonny Landham, who played Billy. Not only is he a former porn star, but [he’s got aspirations.](http://www.sonnylandham.com/governor.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/5 "2003-10-09T13:30:08Z")
My money is on the Predator (but not Kevin Peter Hall). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/6 "2003-10-09T13:39:25Z")
I was just thinking about this last night and also was of the opinion it’d be Billy (Sonny Landham). ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/7 "2003-10-09T13:55:01Z")
how about Arnold Schwarzenegger? ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@Umbriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/8 "2003-10-09T13:58:17Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=216096) proposed that it’s not the movie, it’s the gun… Which _would_ still give Bill Duke a shot at it. But imagine the harm if that gun fell into the wrong hands! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/9 "2003-10-09T14:00:19Z")
I would like to suggest that _Predator_ has nothing to do with it, but _Running Man_ is the culprit. With that settled, I’d like to nominate Richard Dawson. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/10 "2003-10-09T14:01:15Z")
[Kent Brockman] I, for one, welcome our new invisible alien governors. [/Kent Brockman] PS: **jehovah68** , would you be so kind as to register your sig line over in my MPSIMS thread. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/11 "2003-10-09T14:19:14Z")
I think it has to be Carl Weathers. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/12 "2003-10-09T15:01:12Z")
Geez, I forgot **The Running Man**. Well, it can’t be my friend, little Eraland van Lidthe de Jeude. He died before the film came out. My God, it could be Dweezil Zappa! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/13 "2003-10-09T15:13:06Z")
Sonny “there’s something out there…and it ain’t no man” Landham, gets my vote. He ain’t scared of nobody! ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/14 "2003-10-09T18:16:52Z")
Maybe you need both _Predator_ and _The Running Man_ going for you. In that case, it’s Maria Conchita Alonso, who was also in _Predator 2_. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/15 "2003-10-09T18:21:13Z")
I’d vote for Maria. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/16 "2003-10-09T18:27:25Z")
Yeah, her ballot box looks pretty stuffable. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-next-governor-from-predator/206451/17 "2003-10-09T18:43:11Z")
I’m waiting for **Senator Predator**. Yes, I heard that on The Daily Show last night.