Quote from: overthere on May 09, 2016, 08:53:12 PM
Quote from: mike on May 09, 2016, 07:35:26 PM
no arnold , no 50 moron, more than 50 mil budget and i would be happy
There's plenty of ways bringing Arnold back could work. It's not like he'll gear up Commando style and go against the Predator.
I think if they used Ernest Hemingway's
The Old Man and the Sea as an inspiration, they could make a film with Arnold as a central character that would work. Think about it, an old commando that hasn't caught a predator since 1987 (and mocked by the people in the village for it) goes out into the jungle one more time to catch the biggest predator of his life. Its that timeless tale about the power of perseverance that usually translates to box office gold (and often academy award nominations).
Also, if the studio could also somehow master the minimalist tone of the novel and have Arnold go in at it alone this time, the audience could have time to reflect on Arnold's intimate thoughts on old age, past glories, and being doubted in life, to make his hunt for the predator all that much more symbolic. We could see Arnold write in his journal with inner monologuing to really get to know who Dutch was and what insecurities from his youth led him into body building and the armed forces.
Then, after Arnold kills the predator, it would be his job to bring the corpse back to his village to prove his value for all to see. This is where the movie would get a bit like
The Revenant with Arnold dragging the predator's course through the woods and fending it off against all sorts of wild animals and jealous Native Americans. Arnold would eventually resort to stripping the corpse of its technology and using predator weaponry to defend himself against the Earthly tribes and beasts. But by the the end of the film when he makes it back to his village, he is in full Predator gear and holding all that is left of his old foe, his skull. Arnold descends on his village as the new predator ready to hunt and kill all those that ever doubted him to begin with.
(Note: This ending would open the franchise for another sequel. Here, we can have Arnold be the bad guy (human in a predator suit) and Adrian Brody (or Danny Glover?) could come back to save the day.)