a few new cool shots of the Pred! new decloaking effect and netgun! Edit: Not a netgun but instead a cloaked predator pouncing on a victim
https://twitter.com/Predator/status/1534565921439768577 (https://twitter.com/Predator/status/1534565921439768577)
Chills! :laugh:
So the orange effect that I thought was him being cloaked and on fire (the scene where he's fighting two people near a log), looks like it's actually just the effect of the cloaking being off/something sticking through it like the wrist blades in that new shot
Yeah I thought the same thing too about him being slightly on fire in that one shot, but this new footage makes it clear that it's actually the cloaking effect being red in this film rather than the traditional blue.
Looking good and I am slightly optimistic.
The more I see of this film, the more I like it.
I didn't even see the net until you said it. I just thought the boy had fallen on his own.
This video does confirm that Naru's brother is definitely called Taabe.
Rewatching it again a few times. I think the part you think is a netgun is actually the predator pouncing on that dude in the field
No, there's definitely a net. I freeze framed it. It's very easy to miss.
Edit: No, maybe you are right. It does look like it's a cloaked Predator pouncing on him.
Quote from: Darkness on Jun 08, 2022, 06:25:59 PMNo, there's definitely a net. I freeze framed it. It's very easy to miss.
Edit: No, maybe you are right. It does look like it's a cloaked Predator pouncing on him.
Yeah I think you can see the cloaked dreads on it's head
I wish they'd give us these trailers in non-terrible formats haha
It's up on Youtube now, for a wider image:
Damn, some of those shots are MUCH different with the right aspect ratio... Predator vs Wolf in the wrist blades scene (I don't think it's the dog we saw in the full trailer)?
That shot of the Pred in the cave from behind looks amazing!, man i really hope this film delivers.
Quote from: Doomofman on Jun 08, 2022, 06:42:14 PMDamn, some of those shots are MUCH different with the right aspect ratio... Predator vs Wolf in the wrist blades scene (I don't think it's the dog we saw in the full trailer)?
Yep!
(https://i.ibb.co/X7gxgY7/IMG-20220608-144531.jpg)
Yeah I didn't even notice the wolf in the original cropped shot (probably because it's not there, I've not gone back to check =P ). That thing is so dead.
And yeah, it looks like it could be a cloaked net that knocks that one guy running through the grass to the ground. Either that or the cloaked Predator leaping at him, it's hard to tell even with the video slowed way down.
It's much clearer in the widescreen version that it's the predator jumping on the guy in the field holding a sweet ninja pose haha
A fun tip for YT, pause the video and you can use , and . to go back and forward frame by frame :)
Yeah, you are correct. You can see the shape of his arms. You can see blood fly to the right when he hits him.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a "sanitised" version of that moment compared to what we might see in the finished film. Hell, my first impression watching the original clip was that the guy just fell down into the grass because they'd removed the potential "getting sliced in half or something" effect they might have had so they could show it for promotion. :P
Watching this and the full trailer has me asking me this question, Will the dog survive? Poor doggo :-X
I'm honestly not expecting it to make it past that one scene we've seen of it.
I just hope that if/when it happens it's off-screen and not at all gratuitous.
Quote from: Clubroot on Jun 08, 2022, 07:06:47 PMWatching this and the full trailer has me asking me this question, Will the dog survive? Poor doggo :-X
That's my main question at this point: Does the dog die?? All other grievances are moot lol
i already feel like she's going to kill the predator like you would with a bear
(a spear and it's own weight).
Late to the (next party). I love this cave shoot. Most impresive!
(https://i.imgur.com/qqCG0UD_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
Yeah it's a simple thing, but "Predator in a cave" is something we've seen in so many comics and yet is so cool to finally see in live-action!
Great to see the visible wristblades whilst cloaked. Always thought that looked far creepier.
There's a moment we see a man one of the colonials crawling on the ground away from danger, could he be Raphael Adolini ?
Wow, I could have gone until August before seeing any more material but damn I am so ready for this. I am officially hyped.
The shots of the pred in the cave and standing in front of the wolf was awesome. I've always wanted to see a pred fight a bear and wolves. It's something I wanted in the novel Turnabout and FINALLY we're getting that.
I don't want to get my hopes up but damn this is starting to look great.
This film looks beautiful. Really loving the visuals this time around. It's really looking incredible well shot film. I wish it was august now!
There is a debate going on at Fb that Predators weapons don't cloak but that's not the case, we seen that happen in Avp with the wrist blades and the spear, in Predator 2 his spear is cloaked in one shot in the beginning, in Predator 1 his plasma gun is cloaked
In the original Predator, when he comes at Dillion he's cloaked but you can see his wrist blades come out before he impales him.
It's been wildly inconsistent in the movies.
Yes, weapons being cloaked and uncloaked are very inconsistent throughout the series.
Predator: wrist blades were uncloaked while killing Dillon
Predator 2: net Gun uncloaked during the voodoo posse attack
Predators: unclear whether staff was cloaked before it hit Mombasa
AVP: spear was cloaked while it impaled one of the workers at the entrance(hole) underground.
AvPr pretty sure all weapons were cloaked while wolf was.
In the cave shot it looks like the predator has the combistick placed in his lower back, which suggests the upper thing popping out is something else, maybe some kind of sword. At least I hope so.
It makes sense for a Alien to have advanced technology and be able to cloak and his weapons to cloak also, if the weapons couldn't cloak then that's weird, someone also mentioned it could be a upgrade to a Hunter class, so when you get to a certain level, you gain access to be able to cloak your weapons
Quote from: ROYCE_THE_PREDATOR on Jun 09, 2022, 01:22:52 AMIt makes sense for a Alien to have advanced technology and be able to cloak and his weapons to cloak also, if the weapons couldn't cloak then that's weird, someone also mentioned it could be a upgrade to a Hunter class, so when you get to a certain level, you gain access to be able to cloak your weapons
That is a good point, earned capability versus here is the ferrari of weaponry 16 year old pred. We all have to drive a rusted out s**t box at some point. Prove that you don't need it then you can have it. Makes total sense given the implied culture of rites of passage and attainment.
The promo just aired during commercial break of the NBA Finals on ABC.
Sweet! they are leaning in on the promotion! Damn hope this is successful so that we can keep getting flicks! ;D
That's a cool fan-theory and it make sense. I also like the idea that maybe the feral pred doesn't have the best tech because he's not part of clan. He's a lone wolf. With that you have to become self reliant. A survivor.
It makes sense but also why wouldn't the Predator king or elder Predator, the one in charge not want his clan members to have the ability to cloak his arsenal of weaponry? That part doesn't make sense because if Predator can cloak his weapons then less of a chance of prey spotting him on the hunt
It's a cool ideal for ranking up but on the hunt it doesn't make much sense, why would the elder risk a soldier or other enemies to see a Predator by looking at its weapon
I like the ideal more of Predators having the ability right away to cloak on board weapons and we all know Predators are cocky so what I think they like to do is for there Prey to see the weapon there about to be killed with, they like to taunt, that works if there getting picked off one by one but not in groups
I forgot about Predator 2 spear gun was cloaked in the beginning also, we see the projectile but the weapon itself was cloaked
the weapons are only decloaked at key moments so that the audience is able to make out what they are lol..
I hope it has a predator 2 soundtrack vibe
Did any of you watched first Predator movie, when Predator chopped Dillons hand with PC before he fired MP5 at him, scene where Predator came to Dillon cloacked and his Wrist Blades came out, uncloacked... I mean you can write whatever you will, but there are things that are more than obvious in the franchise...
I think this guy gets it. It actually looks like a Predator film FINALLY.
Which say's alot, considering the budget would have been slashed after the merger.
Quote from: Master on Jun 08, 2022, 08:27:11 PMLate to the (next party). I love this cave shoot. Most impresive!
https://i.imgur.com/qqCG0UD_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
I do hope that cave is being used by the Predator to store all sorts of macabre trophies.
We need a good old fashioned lair.
Yes please
Indeed that would be neat and fitting.
Regarding cloaked weapons, the "spear gun" in P2 was never seen because, in my mind, it was never a gun, rather a thing fired directly from the wrist.
Quote from: Marc505 on Jun 09, 2022, 09:47:48 AMQuote from: Master on Jun 08, 2022, 08:27:11 PMLate to the (next party). I love this cave shoot. Most impresive!
https://i.imgur.com/qqCG0UD_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
I do hope that cave is being used by the Predator to store all sorts of macabre trophies.
Predator stands backward towards the entrance, so the cave might have been bears, but now is probably his.
A bear and now a wolf... I am here for Pred vs Fauna.
What a cool idea to set it in the 18th century. Love the idea that the predator has been coming to earth for centuries... but there's no record of it because nobody lived to tell the tale.
I noticed the roar when it lifts up the bear is completely different in this tv spot, and I LOVE it. Sounds freaky. That's the kind of stuff I'm looking forward to.
I would really dig it if he's using that cave, too. If it's one thing I'd like to see, it's more predators doing weird ritual predator things in their hideaway spots.
My excitement for this ramped up tenfold this week. Gonna try to avoid further promo, but it'll be tough.
Quote from: SiL on Jun 09, 2022, 10:38:43 AMWe need a good old fashioned lair.
I am all for a makeshift Predator cave lair campsite. Bring it on.
The cave shot reminds me of Hunters 2. And I love it.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Jun 09, 2022, 07:00:39 PMQuote from: SiL on Jun 09, 2022, 10:38:43 AMWe need a good old fashioned lair.
I am all for a makeshift Predator cave lair campsite. Bring it on.
Wow, I'm all in for a good predator lair. Give me a makeshift trophy room filled with skulls and bits of tech ol' Feral has been tinkering with.
And load it up with a bit of that ship architecture and fog from Predator 2. For old time's sake.
No more chrome!
Oh God. Yes please. More fog.
I hope they go really macabre with a Predator lair if that cave is his makeshift lair. If anyone read the original Predator script, Dutch stumbles upon the Predator's hunting camp it has set up. Predators '10 took this idea but one element none of the films have touched upon is what the Predator does with the skin when it flays it's victims. This was from the original script;
"Schaefer starts after him but then stops, dumbfounded
by the incredible images that crash in on him:
TRANSLUCENT HUMAN SKINS stretched over frames, the hair
of the attached scalps moving lightly in the wind;
SKINNED BODIES, some lying on the ground, others hung
from the trees, like Hopper and his men were."
I wouldn't mind seeing something like this just to show how cruel and sadistic the Predator is.
To piggy back on my previous comment. If we can get Ol' feral skinning and cleaning a bear/wolf/human scene a la predator 2 id be f**king thrilled.
I'm so anxious to see Predator:Prey 🎥 in August 5th, I'm a huge fan of the saga of all 4 films 🎥, the last Predator film was great in my opinion, I don't know why it flopped to critics & fans, it wasn't that bad of a Predator film, I don't give a shit about the critics they're too dam stupid & arrogant about films, why are there critics who decide whether a films are any good or bad?
Quote from: Jim Greszczuk on Jun 10, 2022, 09:05:29 PMthe last Predator film was great in my opinion, I don't know why it flopped to critics & fans, it wasn't that bad of a Predator film, I don't give a shit about the critics they're too dam stupid & arrogant about films, why are there critics who decide whether a films are any good or bad?
Are you serious hahaha?! I want what you see smoking
Quote from: brokentusk420 on Jun 11, 2022, 08:43:39 PMQuote from: Jim Greszczuk on Jun 10, 2022, 09:05:29 PMthe last Predator film was great in my opinion, I don't know why it flopped to critics & fans, it wasn't that bad of a Predator film, I don't give a shit about the critics they're too dam stupid & arrogant about films, why are there critics who decide whether a films are any good or bad?
Are you serious hahaha?! I want what you see smoking
I agree with him though. Well, probably not about the critics part but about the movie not being as bad as people made it out to be. I believe if that movie hadn't been f**ked over in editing and reshoots audience's reaction I would've been warmer
They cut out the emissaries which were two predators in human army fatigues living on the human army base
Sounds really bad hut who knows
Also the ark with tons of hybrid predator creatures
The final film did such a bad job explaining what was happening
Originally supposed to be fugitive and emissaries fighting assassins because he was dishonorable I believe
What came out was totally different
But they kept most of the original footage
What a mess
I enjoyed the bantering of the military rejects and the predator stuff but it was a jumbled mess
Predators collecting skulls for the spinal fluid was unforgivable
I would've taken bonkers third act over "let's go remake Predator in 15 minutes but this time it's all at night so it's gotta be different"
I think the problem most people had was the autism nonsense.
Well, yeah, I believe Black & Dekker might've had good intentions but the execution was ... not very good
It's actually pretty surprising to me that some predator fans didn't hate The Predator. But these things are subjective.
To me, I think The Predator is a straight up bad movie and an even worse predator movie. Aside from the Fugitive's design, it has no redeeming features for me. It and AVPR are the only movies I don't have a physical copy of as I've no desire to ever rewatch either
But I'm not going to tell anyone they're wrong for liking it, each to their own
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Jun 12, 2022, 08:42:43 PMI think the problem most people had was the autism nonsense.
Even that didn't bother me, I don't always care what the plot is as long as the movie is good, If it were a fun entertaining movie I could overlook problems with plot and stuff, I think it would have been better if they kept the good predators and made it a campy over there top action comedy.
It starts off quite well, it's only when the Predators get involved the movie nose dives. ???
Quote from: Doomofman on Jun 12, 2022, 10:31:11 PMIt's actually pretty surprising to me that some predator fans didn't hate The Predator. But these things are subjective.
What about Alien fans ?
Quote from: Highland on Jun 15, 2022, 10:31:43 PMIt starts off quite well, it's only when the Predators get involved the movie nose dives. ???
Yeah, that opening title was great. Immediately downhill from there.
The face reveal with blood showed more creativity than the whole 1h47 of Predators though.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jun 16, 2022, 12:34:14 AMThe face reveal with blood showed more creativity than the whole 1h47 of Predators though.
If you go back and watch Predators it's actually quite good. If they had made better use of the Nolan sequence I think that film could have been considered a "good" Predator film. It's not bad as it is. Got better with age.
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jun 16, 2022, 12:34:14 AMThe face reveal with blood showed more creativity than the whole 1h47 of Predators though.
If only it didn't look so cheap.
Ib
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jun 16, 2022, 12:34:14 AMThe face reveal with blood showed more creativity than the whole 1h47 of Predators though.
I realy enjoyed Predators. I liked the humor and style and enjoyed the character. I agree that the Nolan stuff goid have been better but over all I think I liked it as much as the first 2 and more then avp and avpr.