Quills missing on the Predator

[frasermaxx]

I just saw a high res pic of the unmasked predator on Empire online seems like these predators don't have quills, either on their face or body. It's like they've been waxed. It was a unique feature of the predators wonder why they took it out.

[OpenMaw]

Because ADI just doesn't know how to make Predators, it seems.

[skull-splitter]

Because ADI just doesn't know how to make Predators, it seems.

It's not like they operate without instructions... they even could be added in post.

[dallevalle]

ADI created the worst predator in history

[Lionhart]

thats one ugly MF

[Xan21]

really ugly... in a bad way

[BigDaddyJohn]

ADI created the worst predator in history

True, but to be fair the magnificent Paul Anderson asked them to do it this way, a more friendly/heroic/less agressive face... You can retrieve articles of Anderson specifically mentioning that...

[whiterabbit]

thats one ugly MF

Millennium Falcon?

I don't know, it sort of looks like a non threatening guy pal who would never push a women's personal boundaries.

ADI created the worst predator in history

True, but to be fair the magnificent Paul Anderson asked them to do it this way, a more friendly/heroic/less agressive face... You can retrieve articles of Anderson specifically mentioning that...

Oh snap, so that was the point.

[skull-splitter]

Horrendous indeed. Wolf wasn't too much better to be fair, despite it's sculptor...

[Original Predator]

ADI created the worst predator in history

True, but to be fair the magnificent Paul Anderson asked them to do it this way, a more friendly/heroic/less agressive face... You can retrieve articles of Anderson specifically mentioning that...

Yup, the "friendly" pred started there.  Now we are stuck with it/them.

[Xan21]

Horrendous indeed. Wolf wasn't too much better to be fair, despite it's sculptor...

and didn't Wolf have a blind eye... yet he has perfect vision... mask was pretty nice but I like the more tribal ones.

[skull-splitter]

Horrendous indeed. Wolf wasn't too much better to be fair, despite it's sculptor...

and didn't Wolf have a blind eye... yet he has perfect vision... mask was pretty nice but I like the more tribal ones.

Agreed. I like more of a blend between tribal and stylised tech, the ADI predators always looked a bit too clean compared to the Winston ones.

[The Shuriken]

I imagine the quills are something related to gentics. Some Predators have them, others don't. Maybe it's related to age? Or health?

[PredBabe]

thats one ugly MF

Millennium Falcon?

I don't know, it sort of looks like a non threatening guy pal who would never push a women's personal boundaries.

ADI created the worst predator in history

True, but to be fair the magnificent Paul Anderson asked them to do it this way, a more friendly/heroic/less agressive face... You can retrieve articles of Anderson specifically mentioning that...

Oh snap, so that was the point.

I believe "romantic" was the term used to describe those extra long and lucious dreadlocks. 

ADI created the worst predator in history

True, but to be fair the magnificent Paul Anderson asked them to do it this way, a more friendly/heroic/less agressive face... You can retrieve articles of Anderson specifically mentioning that...

Yup, the "friendly" pred started there.  Now we are stuck with it/them.

Oooh come on it's a guilty pleasure, no? 

[OpenMaw]

Paul Anderson used the word "heroic" because Scar was intended as more of an anti-hero.

But the faults with that Predator are not just that he has longer dreds and human eyes. The former wouldn't even be an issue.


It's the structure of the lower jaw, the texture of the skin is absolutely off. Even with the creative changes in place, the skin is just wrong. It looks like dry foam rubber. It lacks all of the moisture and leathery qualities of the first two Predators. The KNB guys made a few mistakes of their own, but that wasn't one of them. Their classic Predator looked a lot closer to proper.

This is what I was afraid of with ADI, unfortunately. They just don't know how to pull off the convincing skin, and knowing ADI I betcha the quills were simply eliminated because they were a pain in the ass (for some reason).