Quote from: demoncarnotaur on Aug 06, 2022, 07:42:39 PMYou can really appreciate how much of a departure it is with these pics
https://i.imgur.com/XmuU8e4.jpeg
It almost looks like an animal from the same planet the shares evolutionary lineage, but is not the same species at all -- like humans to primates
These pictures are gold and show the obvious profound and deliberate differences between the original design and the Feral design.
Quote from: newagescamartist on Aug 06, 2022, 09:26:05 PMI love the face! I absolutely freaking love this thing. And once you see its face in motion, it sells. It looks like an homage to Winston combining Pumpkinhead with Predator. And when it's wearing its mask, the mandibles moving around give it more character, it's quite an impressive special effect. Yes, it's a huge departure from what we've come to expect visually, but it works so well imo. If we get more movies after this ( and I think we will for sure after seeing the reception ) there's no reason they can't go back to the standard predator faces if they desire. But as a standalone design, this is a homerun. He is truly an ugly brute.
I am glad you are able to enjoy the face design and take it for what it is.
I unfortunately cannot see the similarity enough to buy that the original predator design is an any way related to Feral's face.
The symmetry, structure and eyes are just way to far from relatable that to me, the two look like totally different aliens. (Strictly comparing the face)
Predator is Predator, his face is his face. I believed that his face design was the foundation for what all predators would look like. I get the idea and am on board for different variations, species, parts of the Pred home world impacting appearance but to me, this is just incomparable and unrecognizable.
Again, this is only one person's opinion, but this new Predator face tarnishes the luster of what Winston accomplished when he created that original everlasting design and, in the process, consciously ignored all identifying features of the original face, ignored the continuity within the lore and pretty much everything that therein came after.
That original design was the Predator, that face was that character's identity. Changing that to such an extreme, rewrites that character as something new and shelves the old.