Quote from: Gr33n M4n on Nov 13, 2020, 01:33:06 AMQuote from: Marc505 on Nov 12, 2020, 10:21:20 PMI end up humanising it all too much in the same way Stitch suggests. I'm thinking along the lines of who's designing this tech? Who's maintaining it? Who's upgrading it? Who's manufacturing it? Who's training the Predators how to use it? Is there a flight school for the ships?!
That's what happened to me the more I dove into the lore. The more you think about it, the less sense the Predator makes.
Quote from: Marc505 on Nov 12, 2020, 10:21:20 PMI end up humanising it all too much in the same way Stitch suggests. I'm thinking along the lines of who's designing this tech? Who's maintaining it? Who's upgrading it? Who's manufacturing it? Who's training the Predators how to use it? Is there a flight school for the ships?!
Quote from: Stitch on Oct 11, 2020, 11:21:07 PM
No. Maybe a few mimicked phrases, but not full speech. They've already been far too humanised.
Quote from: Tichinde on Oct 11, 2020, 07:57:16 PMQuote from: SuperiorIronman on Oct 11, 2020, 05:44:37 PM
For me this comes across especially in the appearance. Predators are brightly colored (inconsistent as to how they see aside), covered in scars and trophies, and the armor is worn but personal. To me that while they might have several helmets, the helmet they wear is kind of like an old coat. It means something to them and says something about them without ever saying a word. It's just the way they carry themselves is what I'm getting at. We know City Hunter is a wild child without anyone in Predator 2 ever saying it. We know the 2004 Elder was some sort of nobility just by looking at him. That to me is where a lot of the communication starts with them. The way they carry themselves can actually be enough because while they can talk (we've seen several examples of this over the years), even among themselves it seems like it's something they don't normally do.
So to me they let the appearance/body language speak for itself. They can talk and I don't doubt they could understand Human speech let alone speak it. They certainly can talk even if they are imitating what they've heard but I don't see them normally holding conversations. And frankly if they do it's to the point.
Not true. Voodoo won't STOP talking about Predator 2
Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Oct 11, 2020, 05:44:37 PM
For me this comes across especially in the appearance. Predators are brightly colored (inconsistent as to how they see aside), covered in scars and trophies, and the armor is worn but personal. To me that while they might have several helmets, the helmet they wear is kind of like an old coat. It means something to them and says something about them without ever saying a word. It's just the way they carry themselves is what I'm getting at. We know City Hunter is a wild child without anyone in Predator 2 ever saying it. We know the 2004 Elder was some sort of nobility just by looking at him. That to me is where a lot of the communication starts with them. The way they carry themselves can actually be enough because while they can talk (we've seen several examples of this over the years), even among themselves it seems like it's something they don't normally do.
So to me they let the appearance/body language speak for itself. They can talk and I don't doubt they could understand Human speech let alone speak it. They certainly can talk even if they are imitating what they've heard but I don't see them normally holding conversations. And frankly if they do it's to the point.
Quote from: AliceApocalypse on Oct 08, 2020, 04:51:00 PM
Preferably kept simple sentence structures only in key places, like Elder in P2 or sign like Top Knot it the comics. Not only too much humanizing, but too much of a stretch to make us believe complex speech from their mouth structure.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 08, 2020, 12:44:50 PM
Thirded. I always wanted a Predator led comic series led by an actual Predator. But I would narrate that thing like Frank Miller's 300. Keep dialogue to a minimum of just occasional humans and indiscernible Predator speak.