Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Aug 11, 2021, 07:35:17 PM
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Aug 11, 2021, 05:34:16 PM
There is also the fact that like us humans, Predators do have the ability to adapt or change the environment to suit their needs. I doubt they would skip the chance to hunt dangerous prey in the cold due to the cold.
I agree, I would imagine they would adapt accordingly. But show us Anderson, don't hand waive it and discard it.
QuoteI always thought the added armor and netting from AVP reflects them wearing specialized gear for the climate.
Yeah, geared up to fight Aliens. Again, as far as the Thomas Brothers goes, the netting was for camouflage - hence drawn by heat and conflict. If the netting is designed for warmth, Predators only need to be drawn to conflict, not heat - who cares about the climate.
I mean you just answered your own question, they are geared up to fight Aliens. This isn't a regular Hunt, as SIL even brought up here:
Quote from: SiL on Aug 11, 2021, 11:25:44 PM
And Anderson didn't really ignore drawn to heat and conflict, he just presented a different type of hunt - these Predators aren't being attracted to human conflict to find worthy prey in the struggle like the originals. This isn't a hunt of opportunity. They're here to fight Aliens, and they're buried under the ice. The temperature really isn't a calling card here.
I'm sure they would've preferred somewhere warm, but their last pyramid froze over and they have to deal with it.
They are Young Bloods who are not yet seen as true hunters until this trial is complete so the rules here greatly differ from the usual Hunt that Blooded hunters go through. I'm positively sure Predators prefer hunting in the heat but here this is the trial for the Young Bloods to be seen as men in the eyes of their clan so what better way to prove that is to hunt one of the most dangerous and adaptive prey that Predators love to hunt, in the most hostile, coldest, and remote places on Earth that other Predators would not like to endure? That's kind of like extra bragging rights right there that no Young Blood can resist.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Aug 11, 2021, 07:35:17 PM
My belief is while the fans come up with explanations, Anderson just discarded established lore he didn't like. Esthetics of their steamy ancient ship in Predator 2 and video games? Nah, let's change it to cold hard human-like steel. Smart-Discs? Nah, those are lame frisbees. I'll replace them with Shurikens (which admittedly are also cool). Predators only come when it's hottest? Nah, Antarctica pyramid will be so cool on screen. Alien life cycle takes how many hours? Nah, let's make it fast!
I always thought the diverse in ship aesthetics are nice variation that do the extra nice work that reflects the Clans themselves. The Lost Tribe's ship reflects the usual Predator aesthetics with the steamy, hot, and orange reptilians theme while the Isolated Tribe's cold, dark silver, and blues reflect their hardened preference to extreme cold and heat. I do agree, however I did not like how future media used the AVP ships as the go to design for future ships. The Predator film is the greatest sin for this very reason, as the ship design and interior looked very plain and dull.
Can't be mad at Shurikens as in the end, lot of media used both Smart Disk and Shuriken designs so least people love em both.
Antarctica pyramid? Hell I wanted the film to be set in the future space in some colony somewhere but again, Fox had to be a bunch of cheap ass suits that wanted to go for that PG13 rating for the safe easy making money and not spending so much on the future setting that would have been costly in their eyes. Didn't like how humans worshiped Predators as gods angle at all either. More Ancient Alien nonsense I hated so much as it just downplays how ancient humanity can just surprise us with their amazing abilities to do things like build pyramids. Just bad decision overall.
There is no excuse for that Alien life cycle, that was just bad all the way.