Quote from: Kradan on Sep 06, 2022, 09:10:22 AMPeople who are "Hur hur Preds hunt for autism now" make me cringe so hard
To be completely fair there it was
The Predator itself that made that allusion, along with a dozen other really stupid "creative" choices which make the film nigh unwatchable as far as I'm concerned. Doubly frustrating given all the potential The Predator had. There might be something to that, but I don't think its ever been put quite into the X-men-esque terms that The Predator did. It reminded me of Doom with its "extra chromosome super powers" idea. Whether the idea is offensive or not aside, its just poor writing at the end of the day.
Within the context of the film the Feral Predator is really growing on me. The face design is not that great, but it looks far more convincing to me than Scar, Wolf, or Mr. Black ever did. What can I say? SWS and Stan The Man knew how to make this stuff look really good. One of the reasons for this might actually be one that was alluded to earlier in the thread... Technology has gotten "better." Smaller, more efficient servos, new materials to caste out of. Some of this likely plays a part in why the faces end up not looking "good." It's always bothered me that both ADI and KNB couldn't seem to get the mandibles on the classic-leaning designs to close properly. ADI has always seemed to struggle with the painted texture of the Predator's as well. Scar looked very flat and rubbery. Wolf was masked by shadow and rain, and Fugitive just looked big headed, goofy, and very flat. What really irks me is we know a lot of the sketches, and the original designers, are still around. They did that big reunion where they talked about making Jungle Hunter. There's no reason we can't get a proper OG Predator.
I want to be clear though, I'm not against the idea of having different Predator sub species. Maybe, unlike here on Earth, the other proto-Predator species continued to evolve and they all mingled together over tens of thousands of years. Maybe they all congregate into large homogenous populations in different climates. I'm not against any of that.
Feral actually reminds me, a bit, of one of the "Hish" drawings I saw a long time ago. Maybe he's a Hish?