Quote from: predxeno on Feb 20, 2015, 07:08:42 PM
I never understood what was so bad about Predators actually. I understand why people dislike AVPR since it's almost like a bad 70's horror flick, but I thought Predators was pretty nicely done (then again I obsessed over all the featurettes and whatnot that was released before the film was, and that helped explain the director's vision more clearly).
Well for me, it was mostly a project being given to the wrong hands. Namely Robert Rodriguez. I mean after reading the 1994 script which he came up with, I knew I was going to have trouble digesting that movie. And sure, Finch and Litvak overhauled the script to where it was slightly better than what Rodriguez wrote up.. For me it cheapened the Predators themselves.
I mean the whole problem for me was the idea of this Preserve Planet where it was kept in mind for Predators to have every single advantage over their prey. It was no longer about the challenge of the sport, removed the thrill of the hunt. The idea of a Predator alienating themselves into an unfamiliar terrain and putting themselves against the most dangerous game was thrown out when the concept of the Preserve Planet came to be. And the idea of it being a jungle planet too was done for the sake of "taking it back to the jungle". And then there were the Super Predators.. whom I felt completely devalued the original.
Those are my problems with the movie..
As far as Prometheus goes.. I liked it at first. But then over time my opinion of it changed, quite a lot like Resurrection really. I used to like Resurrection as a kid. But in regards to Prometheus.. I found the film to be extremely pretentious, filled with nonsensical metaphorical bull which I really don't need in order to be entertained as far as a movie goes. I am more generous with Prometheus than I am with PREDATORS because I am not so invested in the Alien side of things but... Prometheus is pretentious.
Where yo' monocle at, Prometheus? Muuuhurhurhur!
