Best ever Predator pic/pic of Predator?

[AliceApocalypse]

Black Super Predators et al -- http://monsterlegacy.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/predator-metamorphosis-part-v-predators/

Gallery -- http://monsterlegacy.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/monster-gallery-predators-2010/

These are great!  The Original Hunter is still my favorite though

[happypred]

The AvP 04 predators were far too bulky. Regardless of whether it was their armour or their physiques, they didn't look like agile hunters. They looked like big clumsy brawlers

i dont get this one

It's actually hilarious

[OmegaZilla]

That was the point they were trying to achieve though. They wanted them more muscular and imposing, and with a lot of armor, in order for them to go off against Aliens -- which is perfectly reasonable, given Aliens are not simple things to deal with. Whether you agree with that vision or not, it's up to you.

[ShadowPred]

given Aliens are not simple things to deal with.

If it wasn't for the the expedition team stealing the damn plasma casters, it would have been all too damn easy. I don't think it's fair to say the Aliens are NOT as simple to deal with when the plan was for the Preds to walk on by as the humans all got facehugged and then just walk on up to the plasma casters. The armor and bulkiness is all for naught. Look at Scar, once he finally got ahold of one, he just went on a killing spree. If everything went according to plan, the 3 preds would just be running and gunning all the Aliens in a group as if they were nothing.

[happypred]

That was the point they were trying to achieve though. They wanted them more muscular and imposing, and with a lot of armor, in order for them to go off against Aliens -- which is perfectly reasonable, given Aliens are not simple things to deal with. Whether you agree with that vision or not, it's up to you.

Wolf did just fine against a bunch of aliens and he looked much better, more agile and lithe. If Anderson wanted bulky armour, it would've made more sense to have acid-proof armour, like in the EU...but he went with bulky, non-acid-proof armour, absolutely pointless

[Vepariga]

dunno if its been posted, but I thought this was pretty awesome

[Master]

Oh it wasn`t pointless. It gave those preds a chance to do mistake and survive. It gave the advantage without making things to easy. Wolf was a turd among preds IMO.

[OmegaZilla]

Indeed the casters made their job easier, but the moment the fight would go melee the Predators would be in serious trouble. Scar killed 3 Aliens, but was deprived of his caster and stabbed in the shoulder.

[ShadowPred]

Indeed the casters made their job easier, but the moment the fight would go melee the Predators would be in serious trouble. Scar killed 3 Aliens, but was deprived of his caster and stabbed in the shoulder.

That's only because it was him alone instead of three hulking "teenage" maniacs as it was supposed to go down.

[OmegaZilla]

They weren't exactly hunting as a team before either. Scar went off alone.

[ShadowPred]

They weren't exactly hunting as a team before either. Scar went off alone.

He was the one that knew they had to get their OP weapon, which is why he didn't waste time. Celtic and Chopper/Gill(spelling?) were both working together. If they had their weapons from the moment they went in to get them, they'd have cleaned house like no one's business. No plasma caster is what caused Scar to be smart and go his own to get what he needed, while Celtic and Chopper were impatient as f**k and decided to stick together and just fight with what they had, which is what ended up getting them killed.

[OmegaZilla]

Fact they had the casters -- putting the case that they did -- sure advantaged them, but it does not mean they would have come out alive anyway. Chopper was surprised from behind and incapacitated immediately. Aliens can dodge cannon fire. Etc. It isn't a simple hunter-lion mechanism here.

You said it was supposed to be three hulking maniacs working together -- but we have no way of knowing whether they would have worked as a team, had they had the casters, of if it is even supposed to work that way.

[AliceApocalypse]

It did appear that Celtic was the leader, before they disbanded it was Celtic who brought up the pyramid image on his wrist computer.  It also looked as is he pointed Scar in the direction for him to go which leads me to believe they had some kind of teamwork planned at first.

[Layorz]

Well lets not forget that the Predators in this case are supposed to be at risk of unleashing the Aliens on an entire civilization which basically means their guns aren't gonna save the day (as the flashback shows). That there were, what, 20 people -> Aliens to contend with certainly makes the guns look overpowered, but the guns wouldn't make them infallible if the odds weren't already stacked in the favour of the Predators.

[ShadowPred]

Fact they had the casters -- putting the case that they did -- sure advantaged them, but it does not mean they would have come out alive anyway. Chopper was surprised from behind and incapacitated immediately. Aliens can dodge cannon fire. Etc. It isn't a simple hunter-lion mechanism here.

You said it was supposed to be three hulking maniacs working together -- but we have no way of knowing whether they would have worked as a team, had they had the casters, of if it is even supposed to work that way.

I completely disagree on all points here. Aliens can dodge plasma fire, sure, Scar took down a small number without even trying, three preds doing the same would just be a walk in the park. Chopper was only surprised because the writing was abysmal. You also had Celtic choking out what's his face for such a long period of time when he could have snapped his neck in that instant. Writing is what f**ked everything up right there. Also, when the preds first come into view, all three are attacking the people who are waiting outside as the rest of the team goes into the giant laser hole that was made by the preds. All three of them are attacking the outside group - working as a team. To say that they won't do the same to the aliens when we ourselves already see the three of them taking down a group of people with ease is just ignoring a very likely scenario.