Quote from: Guan Thwei 1992 on Feb 10, 2016, 03:18:01 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 10, 2016, 08:05:22 AM
Considering the only real presence the Predators has had in this post-Prometheus world is that they like to hunt the Engineers, I think you're both completely blowing it up. Because them wanting to hunt Engineers is completely spot on. They like challenging prey. The Engineers are literally Gods. What's more awesome prey than that?
And the Predator series was hands-down my favourite one out of the Fire and Stone run.
Exactly, that's really the whole point of the Predator. In virtually every media featuring a Predator has involved it hunting someone dangerous or challenging.
I mean honestly, what does one expect from a comic featuring Engineers and Predators? The two bro-hugging?
Yes, that's pretty obviously implied from calling them 'Predators!' but it doesn't mean it's the only purpose for having them in any story, ever, and it certainly doesn't automatically make for an
interesting or
good story.
Most appearances of the Predator these days turn him into an anti-hero anyway, and Predator: Fire and Stone was no different. I thought the art was great, and the story was told well enough, but it literally served no purpose other than being 'Engineer vs. Predator' comic book fodder.
We get zero explanation of why there's another Engineer on LV-223, or why after he wakes up he just walks around doing things for no reason. He also just starts yelling and punching shit as soon as he encounters the Predator and Galgo. It's literally Prometheus all over again, same shallow story and all, except this time he blows up in the end.
I mean it was ultimately a pointless story that did nothing to further the universe, and reads like a fan-fiction of someone who just wanted to see an Engineer and Predator go at it. Was it enjoyable? Yeah, on a comic book action level, I guess, but we got plenty of the Super Shredder 3-way deathmatches with the Resident Evil T-Virus in AvP: Fire and Stone. They need to actually go somewhere with the story.