The American Predator Facebook page has just shared a new still (and an infra-red version of the same still) of Trevante Rhodes from The Predator!
Shortly we’ll be updating our gallery with high resolution versions of all the stills that the cast was sharing in the lead-up to the release of the teaser trailer. This includes the uncropped versions of Jake Busey and Trevante Rhodes’ stills and the original version of an image that Olivia Munn only shared an infra-red filtered version of!
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That was a clever ruse on the author's part. I liked how the humans (and readers) were duped into thinking the Predators weren't all that, and then when they started actually fighting back...asses kicked everywhere.
I've just read the AvP comics, but I'm considering dipping my toes in the Predator comics also. I just wish the omnibuses were better quality...
Not read yet.
https://www.thepredator.fox/feeds/the-rundown-season-2-episode-1?req_type=html&k=747ba234
Short behind-the-scenes footage from The Predator
Wysps is referring to The Rage War.
Which one?
Was it 6 minutes after 9?
*BA-DM-TSHHHHH*
I was looking at the clock.
Waiting for the film to get on with it.
*BA-DM-TSHHHHH*
When it's over.
The Predator planet scene serves absolutely no purpose at all. It shows Wolf too soon, the "Predator telemetry" is just a rehash which is covered when Wolf goes to the wreckage of the ship... It's just a worthless scene.
#keepsomemystery
The predator planet scene, though brief, showed a lot of potential.
Other than that not too much.
AVP tries to replicate that and fails completely - a problem exaggerated by the fact far too much is condensed into the last 30 mins of the film.
(And then to also act like AvP is anything but mediocre at best
Sad
.....happy?
You're actually the first one i see on here that bring that up, and it's a very solid point. I couldn't agree more. Boring and not that interesting regarding characters. Cheer up people, Shane Black is coming ! This era of bland characters is over !
This is getting better by the minute
I never thought wolf was a total badass, just that he was really cool to watch because of his great physical language, the great sound effects used with him, and his design that i absolutely love. And very cool weapons too.
Just imagine having the Celtic vs Grid fight broken up by the Pyramid shifting, and Celtic's arc became almost Ahab-esque where he's trying to find and kill Grid to avenge his fallen brother Gill.
As to AVP-R, it has plenty of interesting ideas, but it again, doesn't make the most of any of them. People keep saying Wolf is a great Predator, but he's really not. His opposition is trash. It's one of the very few things the script actually did better than the final film, showing Wolf actually having to fight the aliens and taking injuries.
Remember that scene in AVP:R where the alien is eating the body, and Wolf just sneaks up behind it and stabs it with his spear?
This is how that was originally scripted:
https://i.imgur.com/VDWfgZA.png
Poor writing in the script aside, the concept was actually better before it got finised down into "Wolf is a badass. Wolf is a badass. Wolf is a badass."
You can't really have tension, excitement, etc... If the Predator just steam roles the aliens.
By that same token I think this will likely be a weakness of The Predator. The Upgrade will doubtless steam roll the others and that really makes me sad. It's a tired Hollywood cliche.
AVPR and Predators also have some good ideas, but not as good and well executed as AVP, IMO.
This. It should have had a strong buildup before they both went head to head.
I saw Event Horizon long after I watched AVP and my immediate thought after was how the hell did he screw up the general tone for AVP? Granted the studio probably played a hand with certain decisions for that movie as well as AVPR... As annoyed as I was with the creature designs, the 13/14 year old me was still excited with everything. I think, story wise, AVP surpasses AVPR but Predators beats them both with ease.
Speaking on that subject. Both absent from the script and the teaser/trailer we've seen... Horror. I really do wish this series wouldn't forget the great opportunities it has for horror, dread, and tension based suspense.
Just rewatched Event Horizon(now on Amazon Prime) for the first time in many years, and it's just as scary and effective as I remembered. Amazingly creepy atmosphere and imagery.
I agree on Event Horizon and Soldier. To think the latter was pushed forward by the great Clint Eastwood is amazing, he reportedly said on the set "don't f**k it up kid" to Anderson
Event Horizon and Soldier are far better films from Anderson's filmography. At least in those instances when he started borrowing from elsewhere he was merely paying homage and still making something new.
AVP is much better than AVPR and Predators, IMO, but I would not say it's better than any of the Alien films (including the prequels). Just nowhere near as ambitious due to the basic concept.
AVP is, quite frankly, boring. I rank all three Predator films and the original Alien trilogy above it. AVP falls behind Prometheus. AVP, Resurrection, Covenant are all at the bottom of the shelf.
You know what, I've been really critical of Predators in some of these threads, so let me just relay a little anecdote. My brother and I saw it the opening week it was in theater. Sat down, saw that first scene, and the moment the title card hit my brother and I looked at eachother and said "Now that's how you open a f*ckin' movie!" I'm so glad they cut out the filler scenes from Predators and went for the far better falling to your death opening. Immediate tension, suspense, questions, mystery, and energy. The film is off and going.
AVP literally never thrilled me. Never. Not once. My heart raised a beat slightly when the Alien and Predator were face to face. But I realized just how unearned the moment was. For one, the Predator in the shot is basically already dead, so the creatures aren't actually facing off. Grid is just staring at a glorified corpse, for two the Alien design is shit. for three, the film has no balls, and no characters worth a damn.
The first time the Alien and Predator clashed should have carried the weight of something like the fight between the T-800 and the T-1000 in Terminator 2.
AVP is still better than half of the entries in both series and mortal kombat was never going to be anything more than what he gave us.
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