Quote from: Stitch on Feb 14, 2019, 02:07:58 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 14, 2019, 11:57:17 AM
The City Hunter was following Harrigan through the city but not hunting him. Not killing him. The City Hunter followed Harrigan to seek out the people close to him and kill them, and leave Mike alive to suffer through it.
Well the Colombians and Jamaicans that he was killing beforehand weren't Mike's buddies, CH was just hunting them because they were dangerous.
Agreed. Normal hunting practices at this point.
QuoteI think CH basically was tracking Mike because he saw him as the most dangerous and therefore the most rewarding hunt. He concentrated on studying Mike but also continued his own hunt. This meant that he happened to hunt people close to Mike, simply because they were worthy of hunting and they were near him at the time because he was hunting Mike.
I have to disagree there, due to the fact that he brought Danny's necklace for Mike to find at the cemetary. That suggests more than happenstance, more than a coincidence of just hunting who's nearby at the time.
QuoteI think predators as a species like to hunt by psychologically screwing with their prey, by using the vocal mimicry (as JH did) or other means. CH saw an opportunity to do this with Danny's necklace. I don't see it as being particularly bad blooded, just part of standard hunting practice.
Fair enough. But I equate the vocal mimicry
not to screwing with their prey, but as a hunting tool, equating to a waterfowler hunter that uses a little wooden duck call to lure real ducks into the open so they can shoot them. (It sounds like a real duck!) These are all just tools of a sport hunter.
Regardless if the City Hunter is killed by the Elder because he lost to his prey, will die slowly from his injuries anyway, is bad blood, or for some unknown reason not theorized yet... these
PREDATOR 2 STORYBOARDS (shared on Predatorium back in the day) feature the Elder Grayback Predator slitting the City Hunter's throat
and are pretty cool: