I think what Paul Anderson meant when he said people would sympathize with the predators was that we have more in common with predators than we do with aliens. Predators have human characteristics, such as their social structure, their physique, and their sense of morals(their honour code). People are going to argue that they have no morals... ie: they hunt humans and aliens for sport. But if you look at our society, are we really any different? Someone mentioned that predators are over confident. Yes they are, because they believe themselves to be superior to all other races. Therefore, they consider us a lesser species as with the aliens and therefore in their view it's acceptable to hunt us. It's very similar to us hunting deer,duck,bear... whatever your preference... we feel we are superior and are of greater worth and therefore it's acceptable for us to animals. But human hunters dont kill baby's, and they dont kill females... they generally just kill the males... obviously the weapons rule doesnt apply because animals on our planet dont have weapons... so that rationale cant apply for the preds But thats literally the difference between aliens and preds. Preds hunt us for sport, because they consider us a lesser species... aliens just dont give a sh*t.. they dont care if ur man, woman or child. You're either food or a host... or both, and thats really all there is to it. Aliens, much like all insects have no honour code, have no morals and no sense of right and wrong... they do what they have to, to survive... In my opinion, preds are a lot more like us than most people realize, it's just difficult to see, because instead of hunting deer and duck... they hunt us..
