You know. This time, I actually really want to be surprised going into the movie. Authentically surprised. Same with Covenant. I remember watching the final minute to Prometheus on Youtube before watching it. How stupid of me. I can't picture Today Me doing that.
So I won't actually read any spoilers for either film, but the fact that the Ten Little Indians province of the fanbase is troubled has me very excited. Spielberg is my favorite filmmaker, and a Spielberg-style Predator film sounds very, very enticing to me and I could see myself enjoying this movie more than the original. Which I esteem so much anyway.
Antal was inspired by Predator 1987, Black and Dekker were inspired by Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That tells me all I need to know. I'll never forget Ebert's Predator 2 criticism: "All he does is kill." Well, looks like the species this time is going to be given a lot more dimensions this time, and will be doing other things than poking people with sharp implements. Ebert probably would've enjoyed this movie.