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Saw this last week but I didn’t think it was relevant. How wrong I was. AliensOnline posted Spanish covers of the Alien Resurrection and Predator 2 definitive edition dvds. What’s interesting is that the Predator used for the P2 cover resembles the one in AvP2, don’t you think?

I thought it was the one from Predator 2 or at least a slightly different variant of it. But if this is from AvP2, why would Fox use it on the P2 DVD?

Update: Confirmed By Colin Strause.

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Good f**king spot, man. I think your right on there. Looks beautiful too.

They re-used AvP Aliens for Aliens. I think the people who just make the covers pick the coolest looking pictures are their disposal and use it.

Oooooohh Man!! Youre sooo right. It is the AVP 2 Pred!! Look at the first Alien and Pred fight pic we got and do compare them. The do resemble exactly!! Even the scratches on the Helmet are the same. It´s soooo cool!!!

It looks like a montage...but i agree that it appears to be AVP2's Predator helmet...although i have my reservation about the upper part of the helmet...it looks more like the Predator's bare head than the upper part of the helmet..weird... I miss the first predator's helmet...   :'(  

His head looks HUGE compared to his body    ???  

Yep, that is certainly the AVP2 Predator. Just look at those little spikes around the helmet.  Cool cover.  I wonder if the "ALIENS" dvd cover will have the AVP2 Alien.

Whatever it is it looks Badass, I hope its in AVP2

Yup yup...I would say that that is the real deal from AVP II. See...if I saw that thing comin at me I would piss my pants. Screw those AVP I predators.

That is the predator from AVP2, look at the scratchmarks on the bio helmet, and compare it with the production still, they match exactly.  I agree with Darkness though wondering why they would put the AVP2 predator on the Predator 2 case.

Sorry Locusta, diddnt realize you had already said that.

Wish R1 had that cover.

looks awsome! a really badass predator!    8)  

Maybe it has a special sneak-peek of AvP2 inside it    :o  

Maybe when they release AVP 2 on DVD it will match and fit right in with the new cover versions    :-\  

He is no dout the one from the first AVP2 production still, he also looks slimmer & has no stomach armour (like AVP), does this mean we may see a more agile, stealthy & aggresive predator, like Predator 1 (jumping throu trees etc). Just to expand on that, if he has less armour, it may mean he came to earth with no intension of hunting Xenomorphs....    ::)  

Less armour indicates he's less of a pussy and is more confident in his ability.

Looks weird   :-\  

maybe the predator just happend to be in the wrong place at the wrong time    :)  

If you went to any war zone with less armour, it wouldn't mean you were more brave, it would mean you were more likely to get killed.  the only exception is when it weighs too much. Soldiers in Iraq usually remove much of their body armour when fighting in urban areas, for that reason, as they are more agile.  The creatures, however, were shown to have material which weighs very little.  If that creautre is wearing less becuase he or she's feeling corageous, then he or she is just very stupid, as well as arrogant. :)

So your calling the first two preds stupid?   ???  

GOOD freking spot man Darkness.  That pred has an UNCANNY semblance to the AVP2 pred.  Look at the eyes, the way the mask dosen't  fully cover the jaw line, the spikes on the top of the helm, the markings.  He also has the leather strap across his chest.  GOOD spot!

I think we should call this one Anorexic Predator.

Predators are very over confident with there ability to win, this is why Arnie, Danny glover and Grid alien killed a predator, because they seem to stand and look at there foe right before they themselves are killed. the predator thinks that it as won but thats its weakness.

Aye AdamJZ, his midriff is looking kind of thin.

Maybe the Predator looks thin because of the angle of the DVD cover. As you all know, when you rotate an image round, that image becomes much thinner.

perhaps, but I dont care if he is thin, thin is excellent compared to the bulkyness of the AVP design, this predator looks totally bad ass, I dare say the best design yet, and the dreadlocks are actually correct instead of completly long and covering the predators shoulders (which was stupid).

The second one seemed to have enough armour for most of the shots on the subway train to ricochet away.  That, however, was an environment where it could afford to pick and choose. It could go invisible and stalk where it cared to.  Not the same as going up against certain other creatures which tend to spray a fountain of highly corrosive fluid in the direction of whatever might be able to open the carapace. Going up against them would require a lot more armour, because confidence is no protection against something more volatile than sulphuric acid.  It's chemistry and physics, not bravery. :)  This is why Klingons would never last a second in the real world. They beat their chests and pick up massive blades instead of guns and run blindly into battle. That's not bravery. It's getting killed in a much easier way.

This is movies... this is a fictional franchise, and in all the games, and movies (except for AVP) the preds wore armor, but not a ridiculous amount, they wanted freedom of mobility, this design is great, and has upped my hopes for this movie.

It's a WOMAN PREDATOR ! Look at it's waist :P And it's head is HUUGE    ::)  

Here's for all you guys complaining about the big head and small body.  http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9681/vlcsnap511350on3.png

meaning looking Predator. I like it!!!    ;D  

Just came across this.... http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16 18&Itemid=99  To me, it's a new pic, but it doesn't match up with the Pred as far as we've seen on AVP2. Any thoughts?

The top one is a fake.

Looks beautiful.    8)  

looks nice people

that's awesome. and if you compare it with the production still it is definitely the same predator from AVP2 right down to the 3 scratch marks on the lower "mouth" part of the mask.  However as most people mentioned about the head being to big for the body? It looks like a shot of the mask was photoshopped onto another body (and poorly I might ad) then masked the colors together with red... Still looks good to me!  (BTW:  The cover for Alien Ressurection sucks... why of all images did they pick that one   ???  ??

Hmm good point. it may be that it was photoshopped over it. maybe its the P2 body and face without mask and the AVP2 mask is covered over it. Watch the lines. Just a theory.   ;)  

I really doubt it was photoshopped, you'll notice the sling that goes across the Preds abdomen, and it has it as well in the production photo.

It looks weird, although it is certainly AVP 2 Pred's mask allright...the same scratches' disposition, same weird top, although completely disproportioned... but i agree with wolfboy, the first pred's mask was huge, though much better crafted than this...the mouth piece vertical las it appeared in Pred 1, not angular as in Pred 2 and AVP, was a much better design...more alien-like...

Also, about the bulkiness of AVP Preds, they were armoured, which tends to make people bulky... Also, it would be unrealistic to devise all Preds with the same physique... It looks like the had was superimposed on the body, probably fan's art...but there is one way to know for sure...just wait till it is on amazon.com...

Uh, guys, I know this is not the right message board, but could you help me with something...why is Elpidia Carrillo credited in both Predator movies? She was the rebel in Predator, but who the hell was she in Predator 2? 'HELP...I NEED SOME HELP HERE'  Neo     ???  

A picture of her appears on a computer screen in P2 in Keyes' operations room. That's it.  The DVD is legit by the way, no need to wait for the amazon release.

THen I won't buy it...ugly looking predator...   ;D  

Also, has anyone said why Fox cut portions of argualbly the best action sequence i have ever seen (the Dutch crew assaulting the Rebel base) ? That and the gore parts, so clumsily cut? I wanted to know if there is a DVD with the original Dillon-arm-firing version?

The original VHS full gory verson?

On the original Predator DVD, Fox used the wrong master by mistake and it was the cut version. All DVDs since then have been uncut.

Thanks, Darkness... Owe you one..

You should say "the VERY BADLY cut version"...sheesh... I saw the original on VHS and then when i saw the DVD cut, i almost fainted... "What the hell happened? were they drinking or something...?' because it was so badly, clumsily cut that i thought 'Hey, must be a PG-13 version or something...hehe     :D    But thanks again, Darkness, Lovely Man...You sure are well worth your money... By the way, i saw the PWA video, Darkness...You were right about the fake sites... I do apologise for my stubborness...it is not good when you have to filter EVERYTHING  you see...it destroys self-confidence, right? But enough of that already...  Keep up the good work, guys...

Holy crap, that looks smashing. That image looks perfect, I love the little spikes on the helment. I hope that predator is the predator from AVP2

Since it is CONFIRMED by Colin Strause that is the Predator from AVP2 and those are markings on his helmet.....maybe such markings are clan joining rights by defeating other predators in combat.....i.e. wristblade markings.

I'd say the pred looks awesome, kinda scrawny though, preds are suppose to be like tanks...not sticks, still looks pretty sweet. I just wish it would give a full alien shot...hopefully its as good as the pred

I can't believe they're still going with that dumbass "Blooding" nonsense from AVP. Just when I was starting to feel better about this movie.

To WarMachine: When the hell have the Preds ever been built like tanks apart from AvP?

Did you ever see Kevin Peter Hall? He was so massive they had him play Bigfoot!

hi

I don't mean in terms of height (something Ian Whyte has no problem with) I'm talking about bulk in terms of muscle. The other preds from P1 and 2 were pretty lean like this one.

AVP2 = aliens with pincers and gay predator.

Dudes, anyone of you who saw the extras in AVP, saw that the prob was ADI's suits, which were too muscled, too bodybuilder... The Pred 1 and 2 were more glued to the skin, more athletic, slim and elegant... maybe it's the materials used, maybe Stan Winston's design had their little secrets that ADI didn't remember or never mustered...The fact remains that with the new silicon-based suits and mask, the Pred will seem more liefelike and not appearing just a guy inside a rubber suit...

So I hope, of course...

Anyone happen to know the name of this Predator?

bob i think   ;D  

The 'Spike/fit' Predator ???

the mask is cool but it dosent fit the mask is 2 small   ;)  

i can tell u one thing, he looks like a badass

blooding is something the preds did in the comics.

I think it looks amazing! Nothing will beat overall look of pred in predator 1 but this is next best one. Im so glad they dont look like the preds in AVP since there so UGLY i couldnt stand their puffy thick dreds.  It was fake looking all over them in avp