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Posted by Wweyland
 - Jul 24, 2022, 09:33:54 PM
I considered the City Hunter to be a Young Blood and not a Bad Blood.
Posted by clickymandibles
 - Jul 03, 2022, 04:39:23 PM
I guess my interpretation of the City Hunter was really out there. I always thought he was a really good guy.

I assumed the initial batch of skinned bodies served as a larder for the Predators, except that CH's got confiscated by Gary Busey as evidence. So instead of eating dishonorable or boring kills like stray animals (ala Hunting Grounds), it chose to eat meat from the already slaughtered cattle in the freezer unit at great personal discomfort.

I also assumed CH was legit trying to save Danny Boy from the fall, until Danny drew his gun. The context of the "Want some candy?" line made it seem like the Predator learned this line as a way to offer gifts. So the cemetery scene felt like CH was presenting Harrigan with a keepsake of Danny's as a gift. CH then uses the line again on Jerry when offering him a highly honorable death, prizing him above everyone else in the entire subway.

Plus, choosing to self-destruct so early when it still had some fight left makes me think CH was eager to uphold any honor codes its clan might of had.

But I don't know how to feel about CH anymore after reading this thread and seeing all this behind the scenes material saying that the City Hunter is actually a cruel and unusual killer.  :(
Posted by (Bad Blood)
 - May 25, 2022, 11:08:56 AM
I do not have an answer for City Hunter but one thing is for sure...the Bad Blood Predator is a Bad Blood lol.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Apr 09, 2022, 06:22:18 PM
Quote from: City Hunter Yautja on Apr 03, 2022, 07:45:41 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 03, 2022, 01:49:15 PM
I could go along with that Warrior Tribe headcanon!

It definitely my headcanon now.

I also wondered if City Hunter was a Bad Blood seeking redemption, that if he found a worthy trophy he would be pardoned of his breeches of Yautja Honor. It could explain why the Elder was there, to observe and sentence judgement like an arbiter.

Could be!

My headcanon goes the other way, that the Lost Predators are here to detain him, because proper hunters don't behave in such a reckless manner. :)
Posted by City Hunter Yautja
 - Apr 03, 2022, 07:45:41 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Apr 03, 2022, 01:49:15 PM
I could go along with that Warrior Tribe headcanon!

It definitely my headcanon now.

I also wondered if City Hunter was a Bad Blood seeking redemption, that if he found a worthy trophy he would be pardoned of his breeches of Yautja Honor. It could explain why the Elder was there, to observe and sentence judgement like an arbiter.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Apr 03, 2022, 01:49:15 PM
I could go along with that Warrior Tribe headcanon!
Posted by City Hunter Yautja
 - Apr 01, 2022, 04:07:34 AM
City Hunter does seem to have a bloodlust, he picks situations for the most carnage, placing himself in harms way even, a la the train and apartment. Its as if the cauldron of bloodshed he creates around himself is a drug.

That said, the way he leaps into fray makes me wonder if he comes from a Warrior Tribe rather than a Hunter discipline, for as I have pointed out before City prefer melee weapons to a Plasma Caster, while Jungle Hunter used his caster much more, like a true hunter firing from cloak and cover.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Mar 30, 2022, 01:11:23 PM
Quote from: bobcunk on Mar 30, 2022, 02:13:18 AM
The Predators are hunting for fun, using different weapons and ways of killing when it was unnecessary to do so,they were hunting for food or in defence. Wouldn't that all be sadistic? Or maybe they see themself being som much better than humans that it doesn't even count as killing. no one would call an exterminator a sadistic war criminal, but in reality he just committed mass genocide of innocent beings.

Hunters don't tend to consider themselves as sadistic when hunting for sport (fun), and often have the "put it out of its misery" mentality once the prey is down. The difference I think is the enjoyment had at hunting, stalking, and killing your prey... versus torturing your prey.... and the torturing would be considered sadistic (as City Hunter did to Harrigan).
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Mar 30, 2022, 08:39:52 AM
I think the difference is - as far as I'm aware - you don't get into bug extermination for the enjoyment of it.
Posted by bobcunk
 - Mar 30, 2022, 02:13:18 AM
The Predators are hunting for fun, using different weapons and ways of killing when it was unnecessary to do so,they were hunting for food or in defence. Wouldn't that all be sadistic? Or maybe they see themself being som much better than humans that it doesn't even count as killing. no one would call an exterminator a sadistic war criminal, but in reality he just committed mass genocide of innocent beings.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 26, 2019, 05:38:17 PM
Quote from: Samhain13 on Feb 26, 2019, 05:32:12 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 26, 2019, 05:22:24 PM
The Yautja Bachelor Party Theory!  :laugh:  We need to immortalize that on Xenopedia!

CANON!

Posted by Samhain13
 - Feb 26, 2019, 05:32:12 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 26, 2019, 05:22:24 PM
The Yautja Bachelor Party Theory!  :laugh:  We need to immortalize that on Xenopedia!

CANON!
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 26, 2019, 05:22:24 PM
Quote from: JokersWarPig on Feb 26, 2019, 05:12:59 PM
Well, one could argue all the P2 Predators were hunting in a population zone. I honestly doubt they all sat on the ship and waited for CH to finish his hunt.

Or, as i surmised in the OP,  the other Predators made an appearance at the end of the movie realising the "bad blood" City Hunter was getting out of hand, arrived from a different ship, and boarded the City Hunter's ship just in time to see Mike kill the City Hunter?



;D

That's just me theorizing. Who knows. But being reckless and never hunting in a population center before were the writers' ideas. So would a clan just sit and watch that? Not sure.

QuoteYou can also argue that different clans have different burial rights/ways to handle the head. They're probably all similar, but differ slightly clan to clan. Scar's body could have been handled that way for a few different reasons; One reason could be that the clan Scar was a part of were all blood related in some way (they all look similar in skin/body type). The Lost Tribe looks to be more of a group of individuals who came together to hunt, all their skin tones are different and there are even differences in their armor that make them appear more rag tag and less uniform than the clan from AVP.

So how the Lost Tribe members handled his body probably was honorable based on their own clan structure and his rank within the clan.

Scar had also killed several aliens and faced off against a queen who he did end up defeating, so his clan probably held him in extra high regard. He did go from being unblooded to defeating what is probably the strongest member of the hive.

Good points!


Quote from: Samhain13 on Feb 26, 2019, 05:21:30 PM
Quote from: JokersWarPig on Feb 26, 2019, 05:12:59 PM
Well, one could argue all the P2 Predators were hunting in a population zone. I honestly doubt they all sat on the ship and waited for CH to finish his hunt.

I never had that impression. I think its implied that only CH hunted, even if its weird for the others to just watch from the ship. Maybe CH was being evaluated during the hunt, a testing like the one in AVP.

Great point! The CH was confirmed as young.

QuoteOn the novel CH wanted to hunt on Earth due to Anytime dying here. He could have asked his buddies to pay for the ride and hunt here, maybe it was his birthday or a predator's equivalent of a Bachelor party. That's why CH was allowed to "break some rules".

The Yautja Bachelor Party Theory!  :laugh:  We need to immortalize that on Xenopedia!


Posted by Samhain13
 - Feb 26, 2019, 05:21:30 PM
Quote from: JokersWarPig on Feb 26, 2019, 05:12:59 PM
Well, one could argue all the P2 Predators were hunting in a population zone. I honestly doubt they all sat on the ship and waited for CH to finish his hunt.

I never had that impression. I think its implied that only CH hunted, even if its weird for the others to just watch from the ship. Maybe CH was being evaluated during the hunt, a testing like the one in AVP.

On the novel CH wanted to hunt on Earth due to Anytime dying here. He could have asked his buddies to pay for the ride and hunt here, maybe it was his birthday or a predator's equivalent of a Bachelor party. That's why CH was allowed to practice some bad behavior.
Posted by JokersWarPig
 - Feb 26, 2019, 05:12:59 PM
Well, one could argue all the P2 Predators were hunting in a population zone. I honestly doubt they all sat on the ship and waited for CH to finish his hunt.

You can also argue that different clans have different burial rights/ways to handle the head. They're probably all similar, but differ slightly clan to clan. Scar's body could have been handled that way for a few different reasons; One reason could be that the clan Scar was a part of were all blood related in some way (they all look similar in skin/body type). The Lost Tribe looks to be more of a group of individuals who came together to hunt, all their skin tones are different and there are even differences in their armor that make them appear more rag tag and less uniform than the clan from AVP.

So how the Lost Tribe members handled his body probably was honorable based on their own clan structure and his rank within the clan.

Scar had also killed several aliens and faced off against a queen who he did end up defeating, so his clan probably held him in extra high regard. He did go from being unblooded to defeating what is probably the strongest member of the hive.
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