There was a legitimate reason for the first creature being so tall: Everyone knew Arnie, which meant they deliberately played on that and gave the audience an enemy which looked like it made the Austrian Oak look
small. It was a clever sort of psychological ploy on popular culture.
Remember that shot where it slams Dutch back agaisnt a tree by the throat? It
looks real and
feels real, because the whole thing is physical. All that exotic combination between tribal and industrial worked really well in that jungle setting, because you got the close-ups of metal clunking into water, looking like it had the kind of
weight which only a man or creature of immense strength could just effortlessly walk around with. You saw that neon green paint dripping into the mud and sludge.
You saw it and thought, wow, this shit ain't '
Star Wars'!
It's the same quality the viewer picks up on in '
Aliens' and the aesthetic between them which amde so many people want to see the two creatures go up against one another.
And when you have two opponents who
will beat and tear the living shit out of anything which moves, you automatically start bracing for what you know to be inevitable when they eventually meet up. Which, of course, could end up being anti-climactic, but if it's done right, like in '
Predator', the whole thing is a cinematic experience you want to watch again: It lives up to the hype the story projects within
itself.
It's also why certain props, like the mask and gauntlets, can look a bit out of proportion when worn by a smaller person who's in that suit.
As for these ones, I will say that white tusks on a dark mask don't look like a great combination. The things look more slender, which is good, but the net
does serve a psychological purpose. People automatically think back to tribal things when you see them worn. It makes them look primal.
But what'll work much better is if they remember to give them the little skulls to wear.
