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Alien vs Predator was such a disapointment, that I promptly made some popcorn, fired up the bigscreen, turned off the lights, took off my pants and put on Predator (1987) to numb the pain. It has so many things going for it- 1- Arnie at the top of his game- he's ripped as hell, has that military spikey hairdo, spits out the stupidest, awesomest one-liners with aplomb, and totally fucks up the Predator's shit. Seriously, he's a presence here, right from his first scene. My favorite Arnold role. 2- beautiful scenery. Get this DVD spinning hot, progressive scan, and you can breathe in the moisture and heat. I think trudging around in a forest like that holding a fucking gatling gun is everybody's dream. Big tough guys, boxed in by a bigger, tougher environment. 3- 95% of the time in action movies, when it's building to the climax, I'm pretty bored in spite of the onscreen mayhem. Most of the time I've had my fill of violence and quirky quips by the time the first 75 minutes are through ... but not here. The last 20-25 minutes are intense and primal. 4- Arnie at the top of his game- he's ripped as hell, has that military spikey hairdo, spits out the stupidest, awesomest one-liners with aplomb, and totally fucks up the Predator's shit. Seriously, he's a presence here, right from his first scene. My favorite Arnold role. 5- Alan Silvestri's score- riveting strings and brass. The commandos and the Predator's respective fucking ups are intensified by that music. And I love when the camera is sweeping through the jungle... symbiotic relationship between the action/drama (drama?) and the sound. Who likes Predator? I expect some hearty ''fuck yeahs'' and a few simple 5 line sentences saying it sucks. And what do you think of Predator 2? From Arnold at the height of his powers, to Danny Glover... uhhh... and I partially blame them, because that Alien skull in the trophy room had something to do with AVP! |
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Don't ask me what a 5 line sentence is... I just don't know anymore. When they eradicate a few acres of rainforest with 5 metric tons of bullets, that's awesome. |
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i love the design and especially the noise the killer-tortoise makes |
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it's okay. a fun flick. the predator still looks good these days, special effects-wise I mean. the second one sucked. |
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Yeah, the Predator is pretty darn slick. Hasn't dated much at all... though one my my only qualms with the film is that they don't show enough of him... that invisible suit sure is a convenient way to avoid filming potentially unconvincing shots of a 7'2'' guy jumping around in rubber. |
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got it on DVD great film love Predator Predator is "tolerable on a Sunday if there's fuck all on TV" love the Alien films AvP hasn't come out here yet, but i'm only going to watch it to rip the shit out of the plotline and stuff |
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have you ever seen what the Predator was SUPPOSED to look like? *scoffs* |
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I don't think I have! Got any pics? Is it in the special features or anything? I read that it was supposed to have a long neck, a dog's head, and one eye... and at one point, pint sized Jean Claude Van Damme was going to play him. |
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no unfortunately i don't have pics :( i haven't reinstalled all the stuff on my Mac, so i can't screen grab from my DVD but yeah, it had some fucked up head, long neck, one eye it's hilarious! |
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another thing i love about Predator - it was made during a time when the film that was used to record the movies had a grain, quite a distinctive grain. i LOVE grain in films. Terminator, Aliens, Predator....all good examples of grain in a movie which give character to it. well in my opinion it does. it's a shame that everything is so digital nowadays |
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by far one of the greatest action movie's ever made, "bleed?..I aint got time to bleed" "got time to duck?" |
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Agreed. It adds some ''warmth'' to it... or something to that effect. Makes a great looking movie look even sweeter. Speaking of the '80s, Tremors is on TBS right now... but I can't watch it, there's music to be absorbed. I've seen it about 10 times, anyway. For some reason, I really like Michael Gross... Family Ties was nice. |
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"it's a shame that everything is so digital nowadays" so true, hach the good old times =) and to the second part - it could have been worse - the sex scene at the beginning and the mortal kombat move in the subs are gorgeous :D |
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Ophecks Tremors is cool, haven't seen that for a few years - love the big shootout on that thing! Sepix what mortal kombat move? remembering that Predator 2 came out before Mortal Kombat did either way, Predator created the hand-held minigun.....if it wasn't for Predator, there'd be no minigun in Terminator 2, no chaingun in DOOM, no chaingun in Quake II / III Arena |
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The same twit (forgot his generic name at the moment) that directed AVP and the horrible Resident Evil movie, did Mortal Kombat... I think it's from '94. Christopher Lambert as Raiden. I saw it in theatres, and thought it was pretty darn cool! But I was 10... the fight scenes were pretty hectic, a high punch/kick-per-second rate. I'll have to download it sometime and see if it's as cool as I remember. Way better than the Street Fighter movie. What a bad way for Raul Julia to end his career, heh... |
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yeah i know that Paul Anderson did MK, and he did Resident Evil (which is why i shall NEVER see that film) I too, saw it when i was 10, at the cinema (lucky i passed for 15!) and at the time, because I was into Power Rangers, i fucking loved it. Oh yeah, i also loved it because i was into the game majorly, but anyways....trust me - it's NOT as good as you remember it was! |
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It might not be as GOOD as I remember it, but maybe it'll still be cool... Nah. Well at least I remember Kitana and Mileena having some nice legs, and Scorpion's spear having a neat organic special effect. That's something to look forward to. |
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Scorpion's spear having a neat organic special effect. hehe, how we all thought computer graphics were so good back then. i think maybe you'll laugh at it nowadays mate ;) so tell me - is Lance Henrikson really in AvP? |
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I'm watching it if he is. |
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if the predator could only see using heat how come he didn't trip over branches and rocks and stuff? |
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because branches still give off a temperature reading and the temperature of a branch will differ from the temperature of a rock |
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don't talk sure. |
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for sure read shit. |
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I think he had three different ways of seeing... hi, bill! |
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heh |
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no, Predator 2 introduced the multiple views in Predator 1, the only sights we saw were the heatvision from the helmet, and that red-haze view when he took the helmet off |
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predator was gay. |
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bill: quite possibly... he did have a thing for man-flesh, at least... oscillik: predator 2? the one where he's in the city, and it's like this bad copy of 7even/any crime movie? |
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yes, the really bad one the one in the city |
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The sequel was absolutely tragic. |
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so whats wrong with AvP? |
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12 certificate? need i say more? |
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yeah this is definetely my fav arnie film as well as my fav action, ive seen it about 30 times. "Cmon! Doo eet, kill me...... cmon kill me i'm ere!! Cmon!!!" |
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How about "RUN!!!! GET TO THA CHOPPAAAAA!!!!" |
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You're one. Ugly. Mallafacker. |
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"what the hell are you" |
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"raaaaaaaaaaaRRRGGH!" |
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"Stick around" |
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This stuff'll make you a goddamn sexual Tyranasaur... just like me. |
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the award for best quote goes to Jarworski, the sexual tyrannosaur |
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"ooooungh" |
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"ggg..grrrruuuuaauaaaah" |
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"...bunch of slack jawed faggots..." |
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Hey Predator 2 ain't all that bad either. It got some cool scenes like the one where the predator throws the razor disc in the meat factory thru like seven cows before beheading the badguy. And it got a classic line spoken by the Jamaican gangster that me and my friends like to quote whenever theres a money issue. "This is not abot money.....it is abot POWAAA!!!" (Patwa accent) Agreed that the first is the best tho. It was very cool the first time i saw it. The tape was just leing around at my home and i poped it in the vcr , "Oh cool , a war movie" i thought and had no idea there was gona contain a big fucking alien that was sorta a mix betwen Boba Fet and Pumba from the lion king. The surprice hightened my experience. |
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yes this film is great, and also the year is awsome |
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"ccckckcckkcrkrkrckcckkr" |
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you have to see the tv version, where he grabs the guy and yells in his face: "It's all BALOGNA!" |
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"rrrrrrrrrrrck" |
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Haha |
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TV edits are great. |
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