What is the Space Jockey of the Predator franchise?

[Immortan Jonesy]

I've long wanted to see a story featuring the flintlock pistol from Predator 2. I mean, perhaps the artifact doesn't represent much of a mystery on its own, but it does suggest that there is a whole back story about Predators hunting in ancient times.

And I get to thinking about Alien's Space Jockey, which raises questions such as "Who is the big guy in the chair? Where did it come from? Where was he headed? What is his relationship with the Alien?"

Now I want to learn if there is something like that in the Predator franchise, either in movies or in the EU.

[BlueMarsalis79]

I think it's the Predator ship itself, the Predator culture itself, the technology of the Predator's seemingly incongruous with their behaviour and that's part of the magic.

[Immortan Jonesy]

Definitely. The Lost Tribe' spaceship is as intriguing and cool as the Derelict. The art in the interior, the design, its crew, the trophy room. It looks like a vehicle full of history.

[bendinglight]

I've long wanted to see a story featuring the flintlock pistol from Predator 2. I mean, perhaps the artifact doesn't represent much of a mystery on its own, but it does suggest that there is a whole back story about Predators hunting in ancient times.

There is a comic going into the backstory of the flintlock pistol; Predator: 1718. Excellent story!

[Immortan Jonesy]

There's also this weird hammer head thing in Predators.

There is a comic going into the backstory of the flintlock pistol; Predator: 1718. Excellent story!

Wow that's sick! I'm so unaware of the EU that I feel ashamed of myself 😂

[BlueMarsalis79]

There's also this weird hammer head thing in Predators.

There's clearly a lot in Predators set up to make the audience ask questions after the film ends, but nothing elicits mystery in the way Predator 2 or Alien does, in my opinion anyway.

[Huggs]

King Willie's Prophecy Bones.

Their age and origin are still unknown.

[Immortan Jonesy]

King Willie must have found a trophy room full of Arcturian bones.

There's also this weird hammer head thing in Predators.

There's clearly a lot in Predators set up to make the audience ask questions after the film ends, but nothing elicits mystery in the way Predator 2 or Alien does, in my opinion anyway.

Yes, it doesn't have the same impact. Well nothing in the Game Preserve Planet actually.

[BlueMarsalis79]

Admittedly kinda cool though.

[Immortan Jonesy]

I really dig the Terran vibe.

[BlueMarsalis79]

Just wish we saw something distinct within it.

[Immortan Jonesy]

[BlueMarsalis79]

I'm sorry for not being clear, I mean inside the structures we previously discussed in Predators, wish they had a unique element of otherworldliness.

[Immortan Jonesy]

They should have tried harder for sure. Even Mortal Kombat X has a glimpse of something less generic.

But everything pales in comparison to that lovely Lost Tribe ship from Pred 2.

It has a mollusk shell lighting, which in combination with artificial fog it is successful in executing an otherworldly atmosphere.

...Also, in many ways it's like a trilobite or something.

[Voodoo Magic]

Lost Predator Ship for sure! No buttons, dials, or switches. Lighting that simulates breathing and a heartbeat. Imagining all the possibilities of its genesis is endless!