I don't mean to be a negative poster here, but I think people are looking at this new Predator movie with blinders on. Just because Shane Black is directing doesn't guarantee it'll be a great movie. Same goes with Ridley Scott for the Alien movies. And the cast rso far really looks like a bunch of B list actors thrown together in the same vein as Predators. And I know some people will debate them being B listers. I'm even a fan of Thomas Jane, but he's not exactly an A lister, especially these days. And A listers also don't guarantee a movie's success. But it feels like this new Predator movie is going to have the same fate as Predators so far with a mediocre cast and not much of a draw for new audience members to want to see this movie. Lets be honest, part of the appeal of the original Predator was to see Ahnuld and maybe Carl Weathers and Jesse Venture and a bunch of muscle bound military guys with guns fighting a stalking alien. While I like Danny Glover, he wasn't exactly a draw to see Predator 2. And unless you're a Predator fan in general, most people already forgot about Predators from a few years back.
Some people argue Arnold is washed up at this stage of his career, and that may be true. But I think he passed on this opportunity because he can tell it's not going to have legs and do well. I hope I'm wrong, but there hasn't been much news about this movie that is making me look forward to it as a Predator fan.
I'm even a little leary about Alien Covenant and I'm even a bigger Alien franchise fan. Just saying, I think a lot of people are being too optimistic about both movies coming out. But to each his or her own.Ultimately, I'm just happy they're still making movies for both franchises.
