Quote from: Engineer on Oct 28, 2022, 06:18:43 AMSo, because you didn't like the characterization of feral you think he's got no personality?
I said "more" personality. Jason has a bit of personality depending on the film -- not a whole lot, but some. More importantly, though, I also mentioned more things than just "personality".
I really
really must stress; it's
everything together. If we look at any single thing in isolation, there's nothing Feral does that other Predators don't. I know that very well. There's no argument there.
But that's missing the forest for the trees.
City Hunter is
very different to Jungle Hunter. Totally different attack styles. New gadgets. Different vibe. Different face, different colouration, even a different voice.
But he still feels like a Predator. There's enough other returning elements -- thanks to returning writers, lead actors, and creature team -- to anchor him as that character. The netting is there, the aesthetic is there, the facial structure is there, etc. etc.
Even Wolf, for all of his many, many shortcomings, feels very much like a Predator. An inept, incompetent one, but still.
I've said it before; there's a lot of leeway with Predators. They're all individuals. But I feel Trachtenberg tweaked too many things at the one time when creating his. It's a death of a thousand cuts; no single thing
really ruins it, but the whole doesn't mesh together like it should for me.