nicked on 16/3/2010 at 19:35

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I wasn't exactly thrilled at the news that a new Predator movie was in the works when I first heard about it, but the more I hear the more I think it might just end up being a pretty good film. It seems that Fox have given up milking the AvP cash cow for a bit; maybe focussing on Alien and Predator seperately will double the income?

Reasons you might get excited:

* Robert Rodriguez is the guy in charge.
* Actual, respected actors are in it (!) such as Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne.
* The plot involves some people who are abducted by the Predators and set loose on a hostile planet to be hunted for sport, which sounds like a pretty novel take on the basic Predator premise. In fact (I may be reading too much into it) it seems to me that this film may be gearing itself up to be a sort of Anti-Avatar (humans intruding on a hostile alien world, but this time the aliens aren't happy blue nature lovers)

Reasons it might be shit:

* It's directed by the guy who did lacklustre slasher flick "Vacancy".
* There's only ever been one good film about a Predator so far, and that had Arnie in it.
* Talk of newly designed Super-Predators and indigenous Predator-dog things has me raising a cynical eyebrow.

Anyway, judge for yourself with a (http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/predators/sneak-peak) featurette from Robert Rodriguez...

... and the (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/) IMDB page.

Thoughts? Like it? Hate it? Couldn't give a toss?

Ulukai on 16/3/2010 at 19:55

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We better not get Fat Predator™ back from AvP, because although that wasn't the worst thing about the film by far, that's what started me off laughing incredulously.

Listen up Fox Men, if I'm laughing at a Predator film you have failed.

No. Fat. Predators.

Please. They're lean, mean, killing machines. Not frickin' lardy extras from The Cosby Show. "Super-Predators" bodes ominously for Super-Size Predators. Would I like to Super-Size? No. Neither does Predator.

Predator was such a great creation and it pains me to see it suffer this long, lingering death.

Vivian on 16/3/2010 at 20:39

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Alien isn't getting a reboot (thank god - there is no achievable way to improve on that film bar a few CGI tuneups), it's getting a prequel. One that actually sounds like it might not suck - apparently it's going to be about how the space jockey things use (and made) the alien to be some kind of adaptive horror weapon. Anyways, if anyone's got the guts to go beyond the same old derivative shit the aliens fan scene seems overjoyed to crap out its probably Ridley Scott, who's on credits as producer I think.

wootman on 16/3/2010 at 23:42

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I think Predators is going to be well made and enjoyable to watch, but in terms of a Predator film, so far I think a completely different direction could be better.

I'd rather see the film almost entirely from the Predator's perspective, with only a few characters and hardly any dialogue. :eek:

The predator could perhaps be injured on a successful hunt, and is now trying to survive/escape from a planet (with his trophy), that has suddenly revealed to be inhabited by deadly indigenous wildlife, unknown to the Predators.

He's lost power to much of his high-tech equipment, and has to rely on his memories and instincts of the basics he was originally tested on in his youth (shown in flashbacks with Predator dialogue, that relate to the current situation).

This pretty much copies "Space: Above and Beyond" episode "Who Monitor's The Birds" (probably my favorite episode of any TV show I've seen, including LOST season 1), with bits of Pitch Black and Apocalypto mixed in for added flavor.

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Then again, why not set it in the future on some distant off-world colony, with the Colonial Marines called in on another 'bug hunt' that actually turns out to be a Predator(!) :o

Ulukai on 17/3/2010 at 00:30

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Imagine watching Lassie entirely from the dog's point of view. Novel idea, but pretty unwatchable for any length of time, I should imagine.