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[Hunter-Killer]

@morse

Ah, there's your problem, you're comparing it to the first movie too much

[Kradan]

Which is ... not fair ? Original movie was arguably the only truly succesful movie in the whole franchise, of course people gonna go back to it

[Kailem]

Yeah the characters' ages in this context isn't as much as a red flag as it might be in a modern day setting since as has been mentioned, life expectancies were a lot shorter back then and in this case I've got to imagine that late teens (hopefully if the ages are the older of the two mentioned) would be well into what was considered "adulthood" at that point.

And Danny Trejo in anything always makes it better. Just have the entire cast be played by Danny Trejo! Change the story to be a tribe of Trejos rather than Comanche! One Trejo falls, 10 more rise to take his place! It'd be box office gold, I tell you!

[Hunter-Killer]

I think P2 was relatively successful.

I'm not saying the original should be disregarded, and I definitely love it too, but do we really want a bunch of commandos or Marines killing predators over and over again for 35 years?

I also think the teenager aspect is being underestimated, as Tstyx pointed out; I don't think Comanche teenagers are going to play a role akin to Pocahontas.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but I feel a lot of closed-mindedness, hopefully this will be the first good predator movie we get since predators.

[BlueMarsalis79]

Considering the original's about performative masculinity this comes across as more true to the original than anything since.

[Hunter-Killer]

(also, didn't Dutch kill the predator by using brute force, fire, a bow, DIY explosives and mud? Comanche warriors wouldn't stand a chance 🤭)

[No]

For this. No, just no. Keep ur bs

[ace3g]

One interesting aspect of this film is the human characters will be familiar with their surroundings/terrain more so than the other films.  They will be able to use that knowledge more so once they know they have become the hunted.

[Voodoo Magic]

And Danny Trejo in anything always makes it better. Just have the entire cast be played by Danny Trejo! Change the story to be a tribe of Trejos rather than Comanche! One Trejo falls, 10 more rise to take his place! It'd be box office gold, I tell you!

Considering the original's about performative masculinity this comes across as more true to the original than anything since.

Well, rather it's been interpreted that way. I don't believe either the Thomas Brothers or John McTiernan have ever said they have chased such a lofty subtext.

[BigDaddyJohn]

Knowing Hollywood nowadays, it's totally possible they'll pull the "I'm going to show you I am a strong woman as capable as a man" card without any subtlety. But let's give it a chance nonetheless, it's in a too early development stage to be sure of anything now.

[Hunter-Killer]

Predator vs. female Mandalorian would be sick

OOOOooooOOO

"DontdropTheSoap" is probably going to call everyone snowflakes while sticking the middle finger at his phone screen.

A true colonial marine to put us in our place haha

[Rush Hour Rambo]

@morse

Ah, there's your problem, you're comparing it to the first movie too much

I was thinking about all of them to be honest. Soldiers & grizzled cops etc now a teenage Indian girl? I applaud looking to do something different but this doesn't seem plausible at all. Are we really saying a young girl, whose unlikely to even be allowed to go out hunting with her male peers, will be a believable adversary for the galaxies most formidable hunter?

I could see a story of a female clashing with male dominance and the prevailing culture in that world but I wonder why you'd shoehorn a Predator into that story? Not that the lead shouldn't be female, as an Alien fan like everyone here I've never cared that Ripley was a woman.

I'm obviously just debating. It's what we are on here to do right. There's clearly much more to come out and we only have a snippet of information to go on right now.

[Hunter-Killer]

@morse

Well met, I don't mind a good debate. I can't wait for the first trailer

[SuperiorIronman]

Female empowerment and smashing down barriers, but with Predators?



Commandos used to take down Predators. Now it's teenage girls.

Ach, I wish the movie well as always but I've a baaadddd feeling about this.

Didn't Dutch's team die horribly with Dutch gaining massive PTSD and radiation poisoning? The whole squad is also dead by The Predator's end and it's probably fair to say they're not commandos.

[overthere]

This premise can be saved if this is the movie in which Predator doesn't die at the end.