CineEurope 2018 is currently taking place in Barcelona. CineEurope is a closed event, open only to cinema exhibitors and their national associations. We usually hear tale of the various technologies or some exclusive footage shown but very rarely get to see it ourselves following the event.
Fortunately, we’re getting a look at The Predator statue that 20th Century Fox currently has on display at the event!
Since the teaser trailer’s release last month, we’ve been slowly getting better and better looks at Amalgamated Dynamic Inc’ new designs for Shane Black’s The Predator. This particular design is one of three different we know will be in the film.
We’ve just seen the new “Upgrade” Predator in the recent TV spot and prior to that we saw another design in leaked set photos. What do you think of ADI’s latest incarnation of the Predator? Thanks to ace3g and Jann ElderPredator for the spot!
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Update 14/06/2018 – Replying to Alien vs. Predator Galaxy on Twitter, ADI co-creator Alec Gillis informed that us that ADI was responsible for creating the Predator suit under the armour. The new armour design is actually the creation of Quantum FX:
Credit where credit is due! We created the Pred under the costume which was designed by the Prod Designer and built by Quantum FX!
— alec gillis (@alec_gillis) June 14, 2018
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^this. I can't accept the trio in predators as bad bloods, for they had their own concept (as I see, it was the random "I don't give a shit" concept. They were just plain dumb and careless)
But there was one. In bad blood the hunter is a maniac. The opening panel's radio show speech clearly suggests that it's insane but at least has some serious problem.
The trio was just a different breed with different ideology which was interpreted superior to the original, but in the end it was deeply flawed not only in concept but implementation. And to be frank, that's the movie's biggest mistake, as I see.
Stealth hunter , that's sort of the way I seen it too . A different sub species of predators that had gone rogue and become bad bloods. There clearly was no honour to them , the way they held classic captive only to slaughter him in a unfair fight. It's not the way classic would of gone about it , if it was the other way round. So I would argue they were definitely bad bloods, and personally I suspect mr upgrade in "The Predator" is one too.
Better comparison would be German Shepherd to Rottweilers. Different looking but both large breeds, one is more athletically built while the other is stocky and powerful. Can't say one breed would win in a fight over the other every time.
The Supers are very clearly a different breed. Aside of a few pieces of similar tech, they look nothing like Jungle, City, Lost Tribe, the AVP or the AVP R Predators. Their head shapes and details are completely different. They are the wolves to the dogs.
When I rewatch the movie, this is what I convince myself of
The case is, that is directly implied by Noland. And as the sole human they are meeting on the planet, he is kind of speaks for the movie. Yes, it was clearly suggested those 3 were better/stronger preds, the movie just failed to represent them as such.
It was their intent. They did drop that intent into the final movie with Noland's dialogue and having Black behead Classic.
Just because it sucks doesn't mean it isn't there. It just sucks. They failed. They intended it, and it failed. No, it doesn't make sense. It's still there. They f**ked it up. But it's there. We all know there were several ways they could have done it better.
This is why I hate the entire idea of ever going "The Predator is back, but this time it's got a wang the size of the panama canal!!!" The original creature is formidable enough.
I believe that "iPod" predators claim was simply referring to the creatures' design rather than their capability/supposed superiority. In the video below (at 31:25) the makeup effects designer, Greg Nicotero, states RR and Antal requested the classic be referred to as the cassette tape version to the iPod versions that are the new predators. He added they needed to be "sleeker, elegant and fierce." Then he talks about how bigger isn't always better, so they kept the armor closer to the body, swept the dreadlocks to the back of the head and made it a point to have them look lean. None of that translates to capability during the hunt.
So if they aren't bigger or distinctly stronger and aren't better killers based on visual evidence alone, what makes them super predators? Nolan saying the bigger ones hunt the smaller ones (which aren't actually smaller) between talking to his imaginary friend? I get what they were going for but the new predators didn't translate as better in any way, just different in design.
If they showed one new predator kill like 3 classics then I might believe it was a super predator but we get nothing like that.
Noland said the larger ones hunt the smaller ones, when talking about the feud. Berserker beheaded Classic, which is quite a symbolic move, as I see.
But overall the performed much weaker against humans as the former hunters, also terrain known to them. So that was a shame to the whole concept. In light of that I'm interested how the upgrade will stand its ground in The Predator.
You keep saying that, but the line is there, it's in all the film's descriptions. Rodriquez and Antal wouldn't shut their mouths about their new "ipod" predators.
It was their intention, and since it's so muddled in the film only indicates that it was a failure. It has nothing to do with whether or not we had expectations going in. That aspect of Predators is an abject failure.
True. His rich, smooth voice also didn't go with the character imho. He just seemed really out of place in retrospect
He was too overweight to convincingly play a survivalist stranded on an alien planet for years.
Single Predator would have been cool.
I've always wanted to see a movie with two doing the hunting, but like setting traps inside traps, something about two just rings well with me. Maybe it was in a comic I read or something.
Otherwise I thought it was pretty decent. Maybe not as memorable as the first two, but entertaining. Loved the look of Falconer, probably my favourite design after the Winston originals.
The movie is just a mess man. One Yakuza guy kills of the Falconer with ease. Royce running around and beating up Berserk, come on. It's a damn parody of a movie. Feels like the director's, producers, writers don't take movies serious anymore.
As a completely different clan or ethnicity or sub-species or whatever, I still really like the Berserker Clan. The jaw-bone thing looks pretty wicked and I dug the red skin colouration.
That I can agree on. Everything about the super pred was a damn joke imo.
I've got both full size in the man cave. I don't mind this one, it's better than the Super Predators, I never really dug the bone thing.
Exactly my thoughts
Yeah, he definitely worked with the new setting and made it his own. He transitioned from jungle to city like it was no big deal.
Yep the city hunters mask reminds me of a duck face lol. However, it's the most perfect predator mask imo
Funny, I always thought City Hunter looked like a duck.
I'm leaning more towards a military but either works for me.
See, thats right there my main gripe with Upgrade's design. He is just big predator with minimal design. No skulls/bones, no mask nothing interesting.
Captured being a space cop would account for the well maintained/new looking equipment. Although, I don't see him giving hybrid the "kiss of midnight". It's going to take a group effort to pull that off.
I'm hoping Hybrid isn't portrayed as some roided out idiot who manages to get himself spotted or into public fights like abomination.
Nah, it's definitely Captured. The design is carrying over from what we see in the trailer. We know what the others look like thanks to the leaked set photos.
Same here. I've always wanted to see them somehow involved in the movies. There's a lot of untapped potential there. They're also essentially just Classics with better gear (no mutations, hybridization, etc.) so the characters themselves are in line with the originals.
Is that really Captured though, or another Predator that they may have added after the revisions?
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Bad Blood.
https://i.imgur.com/N9rgkXM.png
Bad Blood being chased by Enforcers.
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Enforcers aboard the starship Prederprise.
Haven't read it but I'm intrigued. Never got into comics in general though, I've read a couple AVP ones but wasn't that impressed as they never seem to have enough details for me.