I'm a Y2K era kid but man yeah the 80's were the peak of western civilization. The world needs major super powers in cold conflict again. It makes the world and culture varied and alive, not stagnant and shit. The threat of the bomb hanging over made life feel so real.
That interview with the director where he talks about arguing with Jean Claude Van damme is hilarious. >stop karate chopping and kicking and doing the splits and shit bro >this is an alien
I knew he was originally supposed to play the predator. I just had never heard the director was having issues because he wanted to showcase his skills like Mac on its always sunny.
>there's no blood, no traces, we hit nothing! Although I did find a strange jungle plant excreting a green fluorescent liquid, that was trippin! >you idiot, this wasn't a weird jungle plant! What you saw can only mean than aliens exist and we are being hunted by an invisible one with green fluorescent blood! > Wow! And to think that I almost didn't tell you about it since it seemed irrelevant to our current predicament...
>Macs low crawling through the forest >super sneaky, not making a sound >about to ghost a motherfricker who killed his friend >Predator literally just standing a few feet away from him the whole time smirking
This scene gets meme'd for how they wasted all those munitions and only grazed the Predator, but it's probably the most significant encounter in the film. Had they not had the CONTAAAAACT moment, the Predator would have kept aggressively picking them off like any other prey. It's this moment that spooks the predator and makes it hunt them seriously because it realizes these guys are the real deal, not the usual nitwits it can effortlessly take down. Which is ironic because all they do is spray and pray with superior firepower. But its still a big enough show of force that it's probably the first time ever that the predator has been injured while on a hunt.
“They were firing in all directions.”
“I can’t believe Major Harper walked into an ambush.”
“I don’t think he did. I can’t find a single track. It don’t make no sense.”
Sure he already respected them as good prey, but he gave off the impression that if not for the CONTACT scene, he would have continued the attack then and there and tried to pick them all off at once. Up until that moment, Arnie's squad was like any other squad of spec ops goons he had taken out. Remember the Predator had been hunting the locals for a long time already, and he wiped out the previous squad of rangers that went into the area, presumably with little issues. It's only when faced with Arnie's unit that he actually runs into hard resistance and gets injured for the first time. And beyond that, they even make an attempt to hunt HIM with all the traps. Their response had to have fricked with him at least a little bit because it was completely new territory. The pred could have easily just sniped all of them while they were shirtless and cutting down trees, but he was too spooked to recklessly engage and instead decided to retreat and tend to his injuries and then carefully stalk the prey instead of attacking as indiscriminately as before. CONTACT is the moment that shook the Predator and sealed its fate.
In the ending the predator also does something similar. After Dutch shoots the exploding arrow he also begins shooting down at the forest blindly. maybe he wanted to show he was strong too in a similar way.
I never realized this was a reverse CONTACT scene. Dutch is even "invisible" like the Predator was in the first scene. Thank you for making this kino connection.
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Yeah I don't think it was a show of force, more just the Predator panicking since someone got the drop on him for the first time. Imagine how fricked he would have been if Dutch still had a full arsenal like in the CONTACT scene.
nah it wasnt panic. he was smart enough to know dutch was in one of the trees nearby. he systematically shot the trees not knowing exactly where he was.
He got hit by a high explosive and couldn't see where Dutch was or how many more of those seemingly very accurate explosive rounds he had left. It was definitely a panic. He responded in a pretty controlled and collected manner but it was definitely still a panicked reaction.
I never realized this was a reverse CONTACT scene. Dutch is even "invisible" like the Predator was in the first scene. Thank you for making this kino connection.
Don't think so, felt like he was panicking as well but with no success
Yeah I don't think it was a show of force, more just the Predator panicking since someone got the drop on him for the first time. Imagine how fricked he would have been if Dutch still had a full arsenal like in the CONTACT scene.
This scene gets meme'd for how they wasted all those munitions and only grazed the Predator, but it's probably the most significant encounter in the film. Had they not had the CONTAAAAACT moment, the Predator would have kept aggressively picking them off like any other prey. It's this moment that spooks the predator and makes it hunt them seriously because it realizes these guys are the real deal, not the usual nitwits it can effortlessly take down. Which is ironic because all they do is spray and pray with superior firepower. But its still a big enough show of force that it's probably the first time ever that the predator has been injured while on a hunt.
the way dutch and the rest jump in to support mac without hesitation while not exactly knowing what's going on is unironically kino.
It's not. Predator ganks him from behind quickly before continuing on to catch up with the rest. It was scarier to see hear him go down quick and not know what happened except that he was almost no challenge, then predator was right on their asses again
If I'm going to be critical of this scene its that some of those pred actors arent standing up with their backs straight like the one with the spear. Their posture should be strong
These guys in Aliens (1986), do they fare better than Marines? After all they were wiped out by one (1) Alien whose biggest advantage was thermoptic camo.
I'd say they'd fair better. Dutch was more experienced leading than Gorman and would have listened to Ripley's warnings more. Still would have been a problem with them using guns near the reactor cooling equipment.
I feel like Billy would have gotten spooked in the reactor long before Ripley mentions the shooting problem. When Dutch does get that information, he'd just feel vindicated in how freaked out Billy is and he'd be way more cautious about how he handles the situation.
Predator is such an awesome movie when you completely disconnect it from all the autistic lore the franchise has become. It's literally just a real-world story about some commandos getting into shit in the contra wars. Same kind of army tall tale as the Afghanistan giant. >actually they're called Yautja and they fight xenomorphs and this is the same universe as Blade Runner blah blah blah wookiepedia shit
I hate nerds so much it's unreal.
I removed a fence post that had a massive chunk of concrete on the end out of my backyard this past summer. After about an hour and a half of sweating and struggling I finally ripped the fricker from the ground and yelled just like this.
This movie is best with 2 cuts.
1. Cutting out showing the skinned corpses adds a lot to the suspense. You're left with the one dudes reaction and description of the horror that happend.
2. Cutting out Arnolds stupid one liners.
Those two details make the movie more kino though. The fact that Arnie can just casually murder someone with a machete, pause, look at the camera, and say "stick around!" makes you think you're watching some generic 80s action movie. The ONLY before this that something isn't quite right is when they find the skinned bodies, which is a weird red herring that doesn't fit the narrative whatsoever and is pretty tonally jarring with how the movie has played out so far. But because of that red herring we as the audience don't feel betrayed when the Predator is revealed, instead you internally connect the dots and realize what the squad is dealing with and that this isn't the kind of movie you thought it was going to be. You could have imagined the Predator's POV sequences to be some high tech Russian spetznaz troops using scifi gear to hunt the Americans or something, nothing really screams ALIEN until we actually see the bastard, but the addition of the skinned bodies is just weird enough that it leaves you questioning what those POV sequences actually are. I wish I could have experienced watching the movie blindly without knowing what a Predator is because of pop culture nonsense, I can only imagine how crazy it must have been for first time viewers back in the day.
Those two details make the movie more kino though. The fact that Arnie can just casually murder someone with a machete, pause, look at the camera, and say "stick around!" makes you think you're watching some generic 80s action movie. The ONLY before this that something isn't quite right is when they find the skinned bodies, which is a weird red herring that doesn't fit the narrative whatsoever and is pretty tonally jarring with how the movie has played out so far. But because of that red herring we as the audience don't feel betrayed when the Predator is revealed, instead you internally connect the dots and realize what the squad is dealing with and that this isn't the kind of movie you thought it was going to be. You could have imagined the Predator's POV sequences to be some high tech Russian spetznaz troops using scifi gear to hunt the Americans or something, nothing really screams ALIEN until we actually see the bastard, but the addition of the skinned bodies is just weird enough that it leaves you questioning what those POV sequences actually are. I wish I could have experienced watching the movie blindly without knowing what a Predator is because of pop culture nonsense, I can only imagine how crazy it must have been for first time viewers back in the day.
>bitching about those scenes letting down the suspense >keeping the opening shot with the literal fricking spaceship
come on, anons
Seeing the corpse made me feel worried for the characters. I don’t know if it still holds up, but it looked realistic when I saw it
Btw frick you why did i bother
It's weird that Arnold's accent works that he just seems like an American meathead. I don't even think of him as not American. It just works in this weird way.
>Arnie will pass away in my life time >Siggy will pass away in my life time
It's such an obvious fact since they're 40+ years older than me but it's still sad to think about
The 80's defined modern culture.
I miss the 80s so much bros. Take me back..
I'm a Y2K era kid but man yeah the 80's were the peak of western civilization. The world needs major super powers in cold conflict again. It makes the world and culture varied and alive, not stagnant and shit. The threat of the bomb hanging over made life feel so real.
The image of every fps every made. Arnie is so fricking iconic.
chud movie, white saviour complex, all the minorities die first
Actually the whites die first, except Arnie.
I cant believe arnies multi ethnic (to the point they have a native american) squad of men killed all those innocent defenceless brown terrorists
USA! USA!
>I cant believe arnies multi ethnic (to the point they have a native american) squad of men killed all those innocent defenceless brown terrorists
... but that's kind of the point of the piece ...
reason the opening raid was so incredibly one-sided is because it has to set up the predator treating the soldiers in the same way
basic role reversal stuff... "he who lives by the sword..." which is baked into 50% of films
Found the xenomorph
you haven't seen the movie apparently.
The white squad members die first you fricking moron.
Fricking JESSE VENTURA is the 2nd main cast death of the movie.
it's impressive how very close it was to being utter shit
That interview with the director where he talks about arguing with Jean Claude Van damme is hilarious.
>stop karate chopping and kicking and doing the splits and shit bro
>this is an alien
lol wut?
JCVD would have been covered up anyway.
I knew he was originally supposed to play the predator. I just had never heard the director was having issues because he wanted to showcase his skills like Mac on its always sunny.
So much slashing the humans end up skinned and their skulls removed.
Too much of an action movie to be a slasher. Arnold is a good final girl though
>when the endwar's coming to a close and you still have blanks left
>there's no blood, no traces, we hit nothing!
>doesn't see the giant splatter of glowing green blood all over the leaves
>there's no blood, no traces, we hit nothing! Although I did find a strange jungle plant excreting a green fluorescent liquid, that was trippin!
>you idiot, this wasn't a weird jungle plant! What you saw can only mean than aliens exist and we are being hunted by an invisible one with green fluorescent blood!
> Wow! And to think that I almost didn't tell you about it since it seemed irrelevant to our current predicament...
this scene is more American than the huey charge in AN
FRICK trees and bushes.
>Macs low crawling through the forest
>super sneaky, not making a sound
>about to ghost a motherfricker who killed his friend
>Predator literally just standing a few feet away from him the whole time smirking
>smirking
How do you know he wasn't making stupid faces under that mask?
This scene gets meme'd for how they wasted all those munitions and only grazed the Predator, but it's probably the most significant encounter in the film. Had they not had the CONTAAAAACT moment, the Predator would have kept aggressively picking them off like any other prey. It's this moment that spooks the predator and makes it hunt them seriously because it realizes these guys are the real deal, not the usual nitwits it can effortlessly take down. Which is ironic because all they do is spray and pray with superior firepower. But its still a big enough show of force that it's probably the first time ever that the predator has been injured while on a hunt.
“They were firing in all directions.”
“I can’t believe Major Harper walked into an ambush.”
“I don’t think he did. I can’t find a single track. It don’t make no sense.”
nah the pred knew they were hardcore. he watched them kick major ass right before he started killing them.
Sure he already respected them as good prey, but he gave off the impression that if not for the CONTACT scene, he would have continued the attack then and there and tried to pick them all off at once. Up until that moment, Arnie's squad was like any other squad of spec ops goons he had taken out. Remember the Predator had been hunting the locals for a long time already, and he wiped out the previous squad of rangers that went into the area, presumably with little issues. It's only when faced with Arnie's unit that he actually runs into hard resistance and gets injured for the first time. And beyond that, they even make an attempt to hunt HIM with all the traps. Their response had to have fricked with him at least a little bit because it was completely new territory. The pred could have easily just sniped all of them while they were shirtless and cutting down trees, but he was too spooked to recklessly engage and instead decided to retreat and tend to his injuries and then carefully stalk the prey instead of attacking as indiscriminately as before. CONTACT is the moment that shook the Predator and sealed its fate.
In the ending the predator also does something similar. After Dutch shoots the exploding arrow he also begins shooting down at the forest blindly. maybe he wanted to show he was strong too in a similar way.
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Don't think so, felt like he was panicking as well but with no success
nah it wasnt panic. he was smart enough to know dutch was in one of the trees nearby. he systematically shot the trees not knowing exactly where he was.
He got hit by a high explosive and couldn't see where Dutch was or how many more of those seemingly very accurate explosive rounds he had left. It was definitely a panic. He responded in a pretty controlled and collected manner but it was definitely still a panicked reaction.
I never realized this was a reverse CONTACT scene. Dutch is even "invisible" like the Predator was in the first scene. Thank you for making this kino connection.
Yeah I don't think it was a show of force, more just the Predator panicking since someone got the drop on him for the first time. Imagine how fricked he would have been if Dutch still had a full arsenal like in the CONTACT scene.
the way dutch and the rest jump in to support mac without hesitation while not exactly knowing what's going on is unironically kino.
the duality of man
“WE DIDN’T HIT NOTHING!”
>cant see a glowing green stuff on a leaf
This scene was so moronic. One guy starts shooting the empty jungle and other just join the blasting without any idea what they're shooting at
its actually the best movie of all time
For me it's Bloodsport
op is not a gay
Best death/worst death?
dillon had the best death. i love how it switches back to arnold and you can hear him yelling while his gun is still blasting
That one's good. He actually gets to fight before he dies. I didn't like Poncho's death. He's wounded, unarmed and gets shot in the side of the head.
I was always mad as a kid that Billy's fight with the predator wasn't shown. He was my favroite guy.
it's a major cop-out
It's not. Predator ganks him from behind quickly before continuing on to catch up with the rest. It was scarier to see hear him go down quick and not know what happened except that he was almost no challenge, then predator was right on their asses again
Disagree. It invoked fear because that character was infallable and wise (shamanistic) and it sounded like he went down in a two seconds.
>Black person tier IQ
How do you respond without sounding mad?
I wouldn't respond, I would listen, and that's what no one did.
start maniacally laughing too
predator 2 was fine af
Yeah it was a good film in its own right.
If I'm going to be critical of this scene its that some of those pred actors arent standing up with their backs straight like the one with the spear. Their posture should be strong
he was actually struck by lightning? that's really silly
The best helmets/bio masks and they're only shown for seconds. So good that avp1 stole and improved on the "Celtic" design.nxja2
I love how Jamaicans were the go to bad guys in the 90’s.
back then they werent scared to say Black Crime is on the rise
Rastafarianism was kino.
These guys in Aliens (1986), do they fare better than Marines? After all they were wiped out by one (1) Alien whose biggest advantage was thermoptic camo.
I'd say they'd fair better. Dutch was more experienced leading than Gorman and would have listened to Ripley's warnings more. Still would have been a problem with them using guns near the reactor cooling equipment.
I feel like Billy would have gotten spooked in the reactor long before Ripley mentions the shooting problem. When Dutch does get that information, he'd just feel vindicated in how freaked out Billy is and he'd be way more cautious about how he handles the situation.
What is going through her mind in that moment?
>he's a pole smoker who's only into blacks and latinas, I'm safe
tfw slack jawed homosexual
To be honest it's boring. Not much action. The biggest action is they shoot some bushes in anticlimactic fashion.
Predator is such an awesome movie when you completely disconnect it from all the autistic lore the franchise has become. It's literally just a real-world story about some commandos getting into shit in the contra wars. Same kind of army tall tale as the Afghanistan giant.
>actually they're called Yautja and they fight xenomorphs and this is the same universe as Blade Runner blah blah blah wookiepedia shit
I hate nerds so much it's unreal.
This. Same thing with Highlander. The magic and mystery and allure is fricking destroyed.
I wouldn't call it a slasher its more of an action thriller
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
He couldn't see me.
>when she leaks the predator's glowing cum out of her
I removed a fence post that had a massive chunk of concrete on the end out of my backyard this past summer. After about an hour and a half of sweating and struggling I finally ripped the fricker from the ground and yelled just like this.
Yes, I'm autistic.
This movie is best with 2 cuts.
1. Cutting out showing the skinned corpses adds a lot to the suspense. You're left with the one dudes reaction and description of the horror that happend.
2. Cutting out Arnolds stupid one liners.
This is the definitive version of Predator.
Those two details make the movie more kino though. The fact that Arnie can just casually murder someone with a machete, pause, look at the camera, and say "stick around!" makes you think you're watching some generic 80s action movie. The ONLY before this that something isn't quite right is when they find the skinned bodies, which is a weird red herring that doesn't fit the narrative whatsoever and is pretty tonally jarring with how the movie has played out so far. But because of that red herring we as the audience don't feel betrayed when the Predator is revealed, instead you internally connect the dots and realize what the squad is dealing with and that this isn't the kind of movie you thought it was going to be. You could have imagined the Predator's POV sequences to be some high tech Russian spetznaz troops using scifi gear to hunt the Americans or something, nothing really screams ALIEN until we actually see the bastard, but the addition of the skinned bodies is just weird enough that it leaves you questioning what those POV sequences actually are. I wish I could have experienced watching the movie blindly without knowing what a Predator is because of pop culture nonsense, I can only imagine how crazy it must have been for first time viewers back in the day.
>bitching about those scenes letting down the suspense
>keeping the opening shot with the literal fricking spaceship
come on, anons
Kys you fricking gay
Seeing the corpse made me feel worried for the characters. I don’t know if it still holds up, but it looked realistic when I saw it
Btw frick you why did i bother
Do you think pred is somehow related to scorpions? Looks like he starts slaying after finding the smashed scorp
Jason would have killed Dutch and his whole team without breaking a sweat.
i like the guy whos on fire and still blasting his ak. what a champ
It's weird that Arnold's accent works that he just seems like an American meathead. I don't even think of him as not American. It just works in this weird way.
The military has lots of people who barely speak English
They join to get citizenship
That and Arnie has max CHA
Poor Billy.
I read somewhere this guy was a legit fricking psycho. Probably why they didn't film the fight between him and Pred.
>Arnie will pass away in my life time
>Siggy will pass away in my life time
It's such an obvious fact since they're 40+ years older than me but it's still sad to think about
Stop being such a girly man anon
If it helps you, you may get cancer and die first.
OH N
Poor Apollo.
>36fps
it's called cinema
What's the best version (non-plastic) to dl?
I want to defecate on a heavily wounded/dying Predator as a revenge for providing me with nightmares all these years.