Quote from: Master on Jul 08, 2018, 06:52:42 PM
I didn`t expressed myself properly. What I mean was, I want my Predator be main antagonist of the next film. No Super Predators, No Upgrades, No Predaliens (like those in AvP-R). I want Predator to be the monster, not a monster.
Ah, I apologize. I too would prefer a lone predator. A classic style, to be shown as threatening and capable again. Unfortunately, like I've said before, we're slipping down a bad slope, and the classic predator is being overshadowed and destroyed by beserkers and hybrids. The capabilities of the first two predators were more than enough to cause trouble for any protagonist. If we continue with this mentality of "Bigger, Meaner, Deadlier" we're going to completely lose the magic.
Just like Alien, Hollywood is "innovating" these franchises into failure. It is not possible to continuously improve anything. At some point, something is going to fail and you'll be staring at a product that bears no resemblance to the original. The original alien and predator movies were not in the same position as say, the old marvel films. Where everything looked cheap and cheesy, brightly colored pipes ran along all the walls, and villains cackled in laboratories that looked like something from an elementary school. The studios had to approach those films in a more grown up way, and adjust for the audience. Now we have movies like Iron Man 1 and Civil War.
There was nothing wrong with the original predator movies. The idea and formula were perfect. Adding in predator dogs and spiders and hybrids and beserkers is fluff for the sake of fluff. Assuming you have to have something more crazy or grandiose just to get people to come see the movie is underestimating the audience. We love the originals for what they are, and because they did it well. Show me a trailer for a new predator movie in the spirit of the originals and I'll say "Alright! A new Predator movie!" not "Well, that was boring, where's the big fancy new thing?"
We're going backwards not forwards. It's not necessary for a franchise to always "stay fresh". The important thing is to tell a good story, everytime.