Was watching PREDATOR the other day..

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Cos im an American,and a man,no other reason. For some reason i paid more attention to the plot then i usually do.

So Dillon doin some recon shit past the border where he aint supposed to be doin shit. His CIA dudes 'chopper gets shot down by the guerillas,and they take the men hostage.

Dillon sends a special forces group of 6 men in to get them,but they all get wasted by the Predator.

Dillon sends Arnolds team in with a cooked up story. They find three of the corpses of the special forces group skinned and hanging from trees.

Arnold asks what about the rest,and Billy says "Theres no signs. They never left here. Hell,its like they just fuckin disappeared"

I never gave much thought to that before,but i started thinkin,well wtf happened to those guys,and it would seem that the Predator doesnt skin guys who actually take the fight to him in some kinda way. In Predator 2,king willie didnt run from death,he held his ground. Predator took his skull. The rest of those guys he killed in the penthouse,he skinned and hung them. So im guessing 3 of those guys went down like savages and predator took their skulls.

Later in the movie Predator starts really racking up the kill points. Mac spots the predator in the trees and shows Dillon where he is. Dillon says "Ok ill flush him out towards you and you nail him" and then dillon goes for his outflanking move. We all know the Predator has thermal vision,and probably saw them the whole time. No one in the movie ever figures this out really,so those two guys are doomed from the start. The predator just goes and kills Mac as soon as Dillon seperates from him,and then kills Dillon. Billy stands his ground and gets killed,and then pred shoots poncho in the head,and this is where Arnie jumps off the mountain into the water.

We all know Arnie gets covered in mud and pred cant see him. Watching this again,i realize when the Pred realizes he cant find him,he goes back up the mountain and retrieves the bodies of the slain and takes the trophies he wants. They show him taking Billys skull. Its pretty creepy to think about him going back up there to collect the trophies. Movies like this seem simple enough but back then the details put into even a movie like this is 10000 times better than any shit from today.

Watch this movie right now. The fuck.


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Everything you said was an obvious, on the surface, in your face, no inference needed part of the movie that required no thought. You sound a little special forces.
 
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Movie has little things that give it depth. The reference Poncho makes to the team serving in Afghanistan, Mac and Blaine fighting the VC and being the last standing which Mac references before he kills the pig.

Lots of good stuff in there, characters had personality and uniqueness across the board.
 
Yes. They established an ethos, pathos, and logos for all characters, even ones that didn't make it very far in the movie. It's one of the special things that made an absurd-sounding action movie in a flooded market become a classic. Having two writer/directors in the cast probably helped a lot.
 
HHJ said:
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Cos im an American,and a man,no other reason. For some reason i paid more attention to the plot then i usually do.

So Dillon doin some recon shit past the border where he aint supposed to be doin shit. His CIA dudes 'chopper gets shot down by the guerillas,and they take the men hostage.

Dillon sends a special forces group of 6 men in to get them,but they all get wasted by the Predator.

Dillon sends Arnolds team in with a cooked up story. They find three of the corpses of the special forces group skinned and hanging from trees.

Arnold asks what about the rest,and Billy says "Theres no signs. They never left here. Hell,its like they just fuckin disappeared"

I never gave much thought to that before,but i started thinkin,well wtf happened to those guys,and it would seem that the Predator doesnt skin guys who actually take the fight to him in some kinda way. In Predator 2,king willie didnt run from death,he held his ground. Predator took his skull. The rest of those guys he killed in the penthouse,he skinned and hung them. So im guessing 3 of those guys went down like savages and predator took their skulls.

Later in the movie Predator starts really racking up the kill points. Mac spots the predator in the trees and shows Dillon where he is. Dillon says "Ok ill flush him out towards you and you nail him" and then dillon goes for his outflanking move. We all know the Predator has thermal vision,and probably saw them the whole time. No one in the movie ever figures this out really,so those two guys are doomed from the start. The predator just goes and kills Mac as soon as Dillon seperates from him,and then kills Dillon. Billy stands his ground and gets killed,and then pred shoots poncho in the head,and this is where Arnie jumps off the mountain into the water.

We all know Arnie gets covered in mud and pred cant see him. Watching this again,i realize when the Pred realizes he cant find him,he goes back up the mountain and retrieves the bodies of the slain and takes the trophies he wants. They show him taking Billys skull. Its pretty creepy to think about him going back up there to collect the trophies. Movies like this seem simple enough but back then the details put into even a movie like this is 10000 times better than any shit from today.

Watch this movie right now. The fuck.


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I watched it about a month ago, and also paid more attention to the early part, and the backstory.

Predator is fucking badass, and even though it's a sci-fi action flick, the story is very solid.
 
HHJ said:
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Cos im an American,and a man,no other reason. For some reason i paid more attention to the plot then i usually do.

So Dillon doin some recon shit past the border where he aint supposed to be doin shit. His CIA dudes 'chopper gets shot down by the guerillas,and they take the men hostage.

Dillon sends a special forces group of 6 men in to get them,but they all get wasted by the Predator.

Dillon sends Arnolds team in with a cooked up story. They find three of the corpses of the special forces group skinned and hanging from trees.

Arnold asks what about the rest,and Billy says "Theres no signs. They never left here. Hell,its like they just fuckin disappeared"

I never gave much thought to that before,but i started thinkin,well wtf happened to those guys,and it would seem that the Predator doesnt skin guys who actually take the fight to him in some kinda way. In Predator 2,king willie didnt run from death,he held his ground. Predator took his skull. The rest of those guys he killed in the penthouse,he skinned and hung them. So im guessing 3 of those guys went down like savages and predator took their skulls.

Later in the movie Predator starts really racking up the kill points. Mac spots the predator in the trees and shows Dillon where he is. Dillon says "Ok ill flush him out towards you and you nail him" and then dillon goes for his outflanking move. We all know the Predator has thermal vision,and probably saw them the whole time. No one in the movie ever figures this out really,so those two guys are doomed from the start. The predator just goes and kills Mac as soon as Dillon seperates from him,and then kills Dillon. Billy stands his ground and gets killed,and then pred shoots poncho in the head,and this is where Arnie jumps off the mountain into the water.

We all know Arnie gets covered in mud and pred cant see him. Watching this again,i realize when the Pred realizes he cant find him,he goes back up the mountain and retrieves the bodies of the slain and takes the trophies he wants. They show him taking Billys skull. Its pretty creepy to think about him going back up there to collect the trophies. Movies like this seem simple enough but back then the details put into even a movie like this is 10000 times better than any shit from today.

Watch this movie right now. The fuck.


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Amerikuracana said:
Everything you said was an obvious, on the surface, in your face, no inference needed parr of the movie that required no inference. You sound a little special forces.
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Away and bow your head,hipster. Its not all hidden,but its not exactly something you think that much about when you watch it. Its small touches that are largely absent or missing entirely from movies in this genre today. But we can talk about The Thing or The Predator forever.
 
HHJ said:
Movies like this seem simple enough but back then the details put into even a movie like this is 10000 times better than any shit from today.
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They would never take a chance on a movie like this today. It starts off as just a normal action movie and quickly turns into a sci fi movie. It’s ducking awesome and original. Everything now has to follow the formula they undoubtedly have developed for predicting a movie’s success, into which they just plug in the characters, plot, and dialogue.
 
Fun Fact.

Gillette named their Mac 3 razor after Bill Duke's character in Predator.

He also used 60 razors per day while filming.
 
They really made you want mac to get his revenge. But he doesnt get no shot. He gets killed in hiding before he got to even get a chance. Fuck.
 
I have the movie in dvd, blu ray, and 3d-bluray, now release it on 4k....
Great movie...
 
on body mass ALONE, one of the best movies of all time


think about how much carbo loading was necessary to acquire that mass
 
Was hiking with my dog yesterday. Was close to sundown so we were about the only ones there. Looking around seeing nothing but a sea of tress and all I could hear in my head were those drums
 
Amerikuracana said:
Everything you said was an obvious, on the surface, in your face, no inference needed parr of the movie that required no inference. You sound a little special forces.
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He wasn't saying any of that was a mystery. Just that for an action movie the plot has quite a bit of substance to it, and thought put into it.
 
tl / dr

cliffs?
 
HHJ said:
Away and bow your head,hipster. Its not all hidden,but its not exactly something you think that much about when you watch it. Its small touches that are largely absent or missing entirely from movies in this genre today. But we can talk about The Thing or The Predator forever.
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Two movies that get better every time you watch them.
 
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