Quote from: Engineer on Aug 28, 2022, 03:59:16 AMI fish. I use a pole. I think people who go noodling are crazy, but they're still fishing and that doesn't make them nothing; it makes them fishermen who are different from me, and that's ok...
That's actually a good analogy that can even be used with regular hunting. Some use a bow, compound or recurve, others use a rifle, and some want to use a spear. Some have their risks and rewards, as it's much more challenging to get in with a spear then a rifle, with the risk of getting caught in the animal's fury if the person wounds it. It's a different approach to things but it's all hunting in the end. JH went in stealthy and only goes up close and personal when the opportunity allows it, CH also employs some stealth like JH but is more brash about going in melee due to being a hot blooded young male teen. Super Predators don't follow any code so anything goes in their hunting style, however they use falconry and alien dogs that is also used for hunting. Feral climbs up the food chain, going in hard and brutal with anything he finds worthy to hunt and fight.
All of these are traits of not only a hunter but also a warrior, there is nothing out of the ordinary here I don't see how Feral's behavior makes him any less different to other fictional races out there, he still follows a code of honor and goes toe to toe with his opponents on much equal footing that he can get. Fangs of the snake/wolf vs his wristblades (metal fangs), claws and strength of the bear vs Feral, spear combat and the speargun vs the Comanche with their spears/arrows, and of course the more advanced gear vs the French Trappers' tactics and gunpower.
Additionally, it lays out the very thing that is missing from the past films, actual stalking and tracking. Feral moving through the trees, following foot prints, blood trails, evidence of presence, observing new prey creatures, all of these that you see in actual hunting. Ironically, this alone makes him more of a hunter the past Predators, as we barely see them doing any of these things. Past films just have them show up offscreen and then start chasing after the main characters. Here, you see the build up of how they move and think. Its a great display of a hunter's mindset. Personally, to lay the hunting part even thicker to Feral, we should have had moments of him collecting the bear skull and skulls of the fallen Comanche and Trappers. I find it odd that he never thought of taking these, as many of them did put up a good fight that a Predator would consider worthy of adding to his collection.
