Quote from: HuDaFuK on Feb 16, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Quote from: The Alien Predator on Feb 16, 2017, 05:08:27 AMI think "Predator 2.0" might be a placeholder. I doubt it'd actually be called that in the movie.
Yeah, I highly doubt that's literally going to be its in-universe name.
I don't really see why there's so much grievance with the new Predator being a genetically modified freak. There could be any number of interesting reasons why it came to be, from some rouge nutjob Predator(s) making it for the anarchist lulz to something that was made for a legit purpose but got out of hand. What if there was something out there so threatening to the Predators they created this thing to fight it? That in itself could be an interesting angle.
Exactly, this is what I've been saying.
The Predators are clearly shown as a species that goes around hunting other races for fun. Just because they're badass hunter-warriors doesn't make them invincible.
If their prey figured out where they live, if their prey learned that there's other intelligent prey also being hunted and all of these aliens decide to unite? Then what? Baddassery and hunting rules only take you so far.
Like "AvP War" said - "in war, there are no rules." Their hunting rules will play no part during desperate situations. They're hunters at heart, and what do hunters seek to do? To
win.
So, they likely create these "super soldiers", hyper-warriors so they can be ready to combat threats that come at them. The reason Predators are so dangerous is due to the element of surprise. Remove that and they're a bit more easier to deal with, sometimes even predictable if they stick by their usual "rules".
Humans have clearly shown themselves to be a hardcore and very dangerous species with potential to reverse engineer and turn their tools against the hunters (ala Concrete Jungle), jut because Scarface was successful in retrieving his stuff, doesn't mean it will always happen. Look at his predecessors who failed and got captured? Heck, Stone freakin' Heart who is bigger and stronger than Scarface got captured. I counted the amount of captives, those three in the intro that you later rescue to fight alongside you and then the three bosses, that's six failures to one success, with "normal Predators".
I'm sure these "2.0" guys come into play when the Predators decide to stop messing around and get serious. If their stuff gets captured, they'd rather succeed. People who say "why not send another Cleaner like Wolf," well that turned out well last time. Wolf didn't return.
I understand that fans can be worried that new things could go wrong, but sometimes they could open up so many interesting possibilities like you said. Predators are advanced aliens, what stops them from making genetically modified ubermensch? Hell, what if it's not scientifically modified? What if it's selectively bred to be a warrior? Breeding the biggest males and females to make big and strong offspring to then be trained in arts of war?
