Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 08:44:10 AM
The backs of figures are probably amongst the lowest tier of EU. I'd rate them as valid as the Kenner comics.
I'm not arguing the validity of the NECA backstories, as I find them questionable but I figured it was something worth pointing out. Of course, I am unsure who writes these backstories be it NECA, or Fox's in-house writers themselves. Either way, while I wouldn't take them as something solid, I figured it was something worth pointing out.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 08:44:10 AM
How are they "radically different"? Different colour. Present in various humans. Different forehead. Present in various humans. There's nothing to present these as a different race. Merely another ethnicity with minor physical differences and a different ideology.
They are very different. You're presenting them as the same species when they are more or less an off-shoot. Noland said it best with his own analogy with the Dogs and Wolves comment:
"Anyway, there's two different types of them out there. Hmm? Now, they're similar, but they're different. It's kind of like the difference between dogs and wolves."
As for the differences, well they are glaringly obvious. The Super Predators are implied to be taller, stronger, faster and smarter. That's not even touching the rest of the physical stuff. The cranial region seems to be exaggerated along with the mandibles. The skin is visible different on the face as well if Berserker is shown to be an example with indentations and rises happening in the skin. Folds here and there, all that sort of weird stuff going on. Also there is the foot configuration.. These guys have three large toes, where as the mainstream Predators have four or five toes.
Going back to the Dogs and Wolf comment.. Are they the same thing? They're cousin species. One just happened to branch off the other as it's been domesticated, the other remained nearly unchanged for thousands of years. But are dogs and wolves the same thing? No, they're not but they are closely related. Dogs and wolves are the same genus but they're different species.
Same applies to the Predators and Super Predators.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 08:44:10 AM
I love the idea of a preserve planet. I think it's a fantastic addition to the Predator mythology and it makes complete sense.
I did not like the idea of the Preserve Planet. For me it takes away the idea of what the Hunt is supposed to be about. A Predator isolating himself in an alien world, putting himself in a challenging environment that he has to familiarize himself with, his prey having the home field advantage to heal and restock on whatever it needs. The aspect of the chase, the aspect of fair game in a sporting hunt. And that's not bringing the "space samurai" honor concept into that.
For me, THAT'S Predator. Something which the first two movies did spectacularly, and could still do.
You remember that King of the Hill episode where Hank wants to take Bobby out to hunt but feels as if his son is too inept to do it, and then tries to make up for it by taking Bobby to a La Grunta resort where they have captured buck out in the open where the Hunters sit in posts and shoot them in the wide open? For me that's what the Perserve Planet provides.. A canned hunt.
And many Hunters out there really don't like canned hunts. Completely takes the sport out of everything. In a controlled environment where the Super Predators reign, it's not about the thrill of the hunt anymore, it's about bagging a prey in the cheapest way possible.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 08:44:10 AM
Wouldn't mind/Wanted.
More like open to the idea of, but it depends on the execution.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 08:44:10 AM
Like I said, it'd been a while so my memory might not be accurate. I've got no desire to really read them again. I disliked them. The film, I didn't.
How in the hell did we even get talking about PREDATORS to begin with. I know that's a touchy subject since you and I don't agree on the film and honestly, I wasn't even intending to go there but here we are.
Having that said... I agree with you on the scripts. I didn't like those either.