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I'm one of its few fans, so I know it well.
Oh, sorry about that, you meant the "haff" noises. Yeah, possibly, I can see one interpreting it that way as crying.
For me, the Copper masked Predator was just stabbed with gauntlet blades and was bleeding, plus whatever fire it took from the teams, so it making "haff" noises didn't seem to stray that far from the "kaff" and other various noises we heard wounded Predators make.
https://i.ibb.co/F5B3MTN/IMG-20210321-122612.jpg
So I still don't take that as weeping or crying, but rather possibly weasing or just breathing heavy, but that's just me.
And here's Wolf in AvPR taking a moment to mourn his fallen comrade:
https://i.ibb.co/Sfc4Fng/20210321-102513-2-1.gif
Oh, I wasn't referring to human tears. And I don't remember that bit in AvPR, but the body language here appears more deliberate and intense than casual remorse. More specifically I'm referring to the consistent unique sounds it's making when Herrera approaches from behind, distinctly different than the sounds given to the one who was wounded and coughing.
Hmm. Wasn't the other Predator still wearing his bio-mask and it was raining? Sure it seemed to be mourning his friend/partner/parent/child ala Wolf in AvPR but it would be awfully silly to me if I learned that a) Predators cry and b) Predators could cry through their bio-masks.
It wasn't super clear to me until I stared at the panels for a while, but once it kills its hunt mate, it's emotionally distraught and crying over what it just did, literally. Herrera witnesses this and shows compassion instead of killing it, and then when the rest of the fam shows up, the sad Yaut is lead away supported by its clan mate in heartbroken Rancor Keeper fashion.
I almost thought mother and child, but maybe space lover isn't too far off the mark. Regardless, there's a distinct deep and personal relationship there. Going back and just reading the pages with their story alone, few that there are, it almost seems like the silver masked one is an upstart undisciplined young blood joking around in the cave, relishing in the kill more than the hunt, more thrilled about gadgets than learning about tradition or technique. Willing to kill itself and everyone else after barely putting up a fight. Then ultimately, becoming the mentor's greatest failure. Es possiblé.
Not entirely sure how a couple of stabs would have warranted the silver-masked one to try and do what he did at the end though, but the reasoning for them being pissed with each other at least I thought was pretty clear.
Always man, I love listening to you guys geek out. I hope to participate sometime, especially if it's a comic or novel related video or audio round table or something. I just saw the cover art variants for Marvel's new Predator series and they look really gorgeous, my cautious optimism is growing less cautious by the day.
Also, check out Slice and Dice again, if you get the chance. Well worth it. Comedy gold.
Thanks, dude! You guys are awesome too, the pod cast was great even if it was the sad swan song to the Dark Horse era. Man, I am still in mourning over that, and not just a little cringey about what may be coming down the pipe from Marvel. I guess we'll find out for sure in less than a week here... Cautious Optimism.
That's literally all the Yautja chat from Hunters III, just as spare as the rest of story. The font they use is Blambot's Xeno Tribal BB. Its most egregious use is all throughout the 3rd chapter of Fire & Stone, the worst chapter in what would (in my opinion) otherwise be a completely awesome epic crossover. But like the interminable Life Day Wookiespeak from the Star Wars holiday special, it's just endless streams of nonsense, making one wonder, why of why did anyone think this was a good idea?
However, it's used to Very good and hilarious effect in the AvP Judge Dredd crossover Slice and Dice. They had a lot of fun with that one and I may put the translation up here somewhere at some point.
Thanks man! Here's a quick ref that I like to use, https://www.wfonts.com/sample-character/data/2016/01/03/xeno-tribal/XenoTribalBB.ttf.png
It's a transparent png so you may want to save it so you can zoom in. What I *really* want to find is the font for that language of the four-armed alien barbarian dudes from Kaus Borealis in F&S. But no dice yet.
Now seeing it translated on film this way is another matter entirely, and honestly something I wouldn't put past Fred & Dekker. But to be fair to those two, I don't recall them even doing this, i.e. the Upgrade Predator wasn't being translated one symbol per English letter.
The idea their alphabet would somehow correspond exactly to the Latin one is just dumb in the extreme.
Even staying on Earth, the Chinese alphabet doesn't directly correspond like that because it was developed completely independently.
Not sure if this helps the relationship interpretation but I did a little YauTrans on the few spoken interactions we got...
So... still just as ambiguous, but maybe relationship-wise I'd go with siblings or perhaps estranged father and son really failing at their family bonding hunt. Though perhaps not as bad as that Yaut dad and his teenage son Tristan from that College Humor short.
While I'm sure the crossover is inevitable, we know Alien's debut series is solo, so I wouldn't worry about that just yet. I'm sure Predator's will be too once it's announced.
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