Quote from: SiL on Jul 03, 2014, 09:03:42 AMExcept not, because the jungle was f**king hot when they filmed, which is why they had to stand the actors next to a fire and splash ice water over the plants to get the actors to stand out. Dutch wasn't cold, the jungle was hot. What we see at the end was closer to how the infra-red cameras actually saw everything: an incomprehensible mess.
The mask clearly filters and amplifies the infra-red spectrum to make it easier to discern, sure. But you're idea that it completely ignores mud just because the Predators programmed it to is, with all due respect, stupid. Did they come to Earth beforehand and grab some mud to sample? What if the mud came straight out of a fridge? What if Dutch built a house out of mud bricks to hide in?
I'm not even sure why you're so desperate to justify this obviously stupid plot point anyway. The movie is a dumb cartoon. It's full of completely ridiculous stuff. It's one of the reasons it's so amazing. But there's no justifying it.