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Posted by broken glass
 - Sep 12, 2018, 11:55:57 AM
I want to see this film succeed because it'll ignite interest for an additional instalment, however this film is been given a massive release 1200 more theatres then the pervious entry Predators across Canada and America including Imax as well as 3D internationally.

When Alien Covenant was released I tried to persuade friends to watch the film in the theatres but they only asked one question, is Sigourney Weaver back as Ripley ? they didn't want to know anymore about it.

Not including Schwarzenegger is a terrible terrible mistake, and should this film fail or break even his involvement could have saved the day.
Posted by Jeanjean
 - Sep 11, 2018, 01:15:09 PM
It would have been nice to have a cameo. Like Hercules, I'm DISAPPOINTED !
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Sep 11, 2018, 08:15:35 AM
The Predator's Shane Black totally understood Arnold Schwarzenegger turning movie down

QuoteLast year, Arnie revealed that he turned down the chance to star in the sequel and hinted that it would have just been a cameo. Black confirmed to Digital Spy that it wouldn't have been a substantial role because of the direction of the movie.

"The studio wanted a fresher movie that featured an evolving cast. They didn't want to hinge the movie on the re-emergence of Schwarzenegger," he recalled. "It would probably be more of a matter of his showing up briefly and just participating at the very end, at the climax of the movie."

Black noted that even when he was going to ask Arnie about appearing in The Predator, he expected him to say no as it's what he'd do in his position.

"Understandably – and believe me, I completely get it – he said, 'Look, that's kind of a small part, and I don't really think I want to do that. I'm off to do Terminator with Jim Cameron, basically. Or for Jim Cameron'," he explained.

"So I totally got it, you know? If I was Schwarzenegger, I'd want to be one of the stars of a film, or nothing."

Black isn't ruling out Arnie reprising the role of Dutch if The Predator gets a sequel as he noted that they have left it "completely open". "I even said to him, 'If you're in this one, we would open it up for the sequel, because now you're back in the franchise'," he added.

"So you know, if there's another movie, there's no reason why he couldn't be either in it, or the star of it, or whatever someone decides at a future date."
Posted by The Old One
 - Aug 08, 2018, 08:57:32 AM
So that's where Dutch gets his charm eh?
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Aug 08, 2018, 08:56:08 AM
Quote from: Huggs on Aug 07, 2018, 11:55:54 PMDon't forget Patty o' Schaefer, the Irish uncle.

Posted by Wysps
 - Aug 08, 2018, 12:58:33 AM
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Aug 07, 2018, 09:02:32 PM
Yeah i was about to say that, it's kind of a lazy way to create a new story.

Yes, agreed.  I'd rather see an entirely different cast of characters introduced then have it become some sort of bloodline thing.  Not to say that it doesn't work to some extent (as is the case in this upcoming film), but having it be a direct descendant of one of the mains would be over-reaching.
Posted by Huggs
 - Aug 07, 2018, 11:55:54 PM
Quote from: OpenMaw on Aug 07, 2018, 09:27:24 PM
Quote from: The Old One on Aug 07, 2018, 08:50:12 PM
That kind of continuity is lame and uninspired.

In any franchise, if I wanted that kind of predictability I'd watch soaps.

And here's his second cousin Vinny Schaefer, he was in the mob in New Joihsee.

Don't forget Patty o' Schaefer, the Irish uncle.

"Ya mean ta tal me, you throw on a beet of mud, and it can't fookin' se yeh? What the shite koyned of alien was this Dutch? You sound like a stook all hopped up on the funny flour. Now give me a snog on the noodle, and let's go on the lash."
Posted by OpenMaw
 - Aug 07, 2018, 09:27:24 PM
Quote from: The Old One on Aug 07, 2018, 08:50:12 PM
That kind of continuity is lame and uninspired.

In any franchise, if I wanted that kind of predictability I'd watch soaps.

And here's his second cousin Vinny Schaefer, he was in the mob in New Joihsee.
Posted by BigDaddyJohn
 - Aug 07, 2018, 09:02:32 PM
Yeah i was about to say that, it's kind of a lazy way to create a new story.
Posted by The Old One
 - Aug 07, 2018, 08:50:12 PM
That kind of continuity is lame and uninspired.

In any franchise, if I wanted that kind of predictability I'd watch soaps.
Posted by YTL_Hunter_H2
 - Aug 07, 2018, 01:08:51 PM
If anything I wouldn't mind Dutch having a son being introduced to the franchise. But I think the ship has sailed as far as Arnold or Glover squaring off with the predator again. Sad but at the very least we had continuity in the comics with his brother and General Phillips
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Aug 07, 2018, 08:55:06 AM
Quote from: Johnny Handsome on Aug 07, 2018, 07:55:16 AMI would say there was humour in the first movie, not flat out comedy. "The naked gun" is comedy, Predator is not. It's a serious movie with popcorn fun mixed in, hence the infamous one liners.

It's black comedy, as are most of Arnie's action movies.

Quote from: Johnny Handsome on Aug 07, 2018, 07:55:16 AMI love this, because it gives the movie a lightness and it's a big part why it has rewatch value, you can watch Predator on a thursday afternoon, and besides it being a very brutal movie, you don't feel bad at all.

Which is basically what I expect from The Predator, if Shane Black's previous movies are anything to go by. People seem to be blowing this "comedy" thing all out of proportion - the Lethal Weapon films are comedies, but it doesn't stop them also being brutal as hell, especially the first couple that Black wrote.
Posted by Johnny Handsome
 - Aug 07, 2018, 07:55:16 AM
I would say there was humour in the first movie, not flat out comedy. "The naked gun" is comedy, Predator is not. It's a serious movie with popcorn fun mixed in, hence the infamous one liners.

I love this, because it gives the movie a lightness and it's a big part why it has rewatch value, you can watch Predator on a thursday afternoon, and besides it being a very brutal movie, you don't feel bad at all. Predator 2 also has that, but at times unintentional, to be honest. Predators is the least favourite for me, partly because it feels dead on grim the whole time, there is (almost) no fun exchange between the characters, they all mistrust and don't give a f**k about each others until they... well, die.

I hope The Predator gives us that kind of humour and lightness, not flat out comedy to the point of self parody though, and it think that's all that people are asking for.

Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Aug 07, 2018, 07:23:19 AM
Quote from: Huggs on Aug 07, 2018, 06:55:28 AMThe big issue would be Dutch getting the comedy treatment.

"Stick around."

Dutch + comedy, right there in the first movie.
Posted by Huggs
 - Aug 07, 2018, 06:55:28 AM
The big issue would be Dutch getting the comedy treatment. Some scenes with Arnold would've felt like an expendables movie, and that's definitely not something I'd like to see happen to Dutch.
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