"Predator" 30th anniversary

**Big A** · 06-20-17, 12:28

Originally Posted by Doc Glockster

I concur.

I also like when the big guy (Mac) tells the CO or adviser (Dillon, CIA, SOB), or whatever he was, that if he gives away their position again he'll bleed him "real quiet."

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**Big A** · 06-20-17, 12:46

Originally Posted by soulezoo

"I ain't got time to bleed!"

"Yeah? You got time to duck?"

**chuckman** · 06-20-17, 12:56

C. Robert Cargill of Film.com ranked Predator as the seventh best film of 1987, calling it "one of the great science fiction horror films, often imitated, but never properly duplicated, not even by its own sequel."

I am getting nostalgic. I am going to have to find it and watch it again, soon.

**Gunfixr** · 06-20-17, 13:29

Damn.
Well, guess it's time to fire up the dvd player and surround system, and crack open a brew.
Back later.

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**ramairthree** · 06-20-17, 15:06

Classic.

Ah...
The pre marital 11B Ranger Bn days of taking a girl to Ryan's, each getting a petite sirloin with huge rolls and fries, the salad bar, a drink, then going to a movie, splitting a popcorn and drink, for like 20 bucks.

And another ten or so for gas for the Z28 and alcohol.

Then sex five or six times that night.

Some Kind of Wonderful Lethal Weapon The Secret of My Success Beverly Hills Cop 2 The Untoucables Predator Full Metal Jacket Robocop The Lost Boys Dirty Dancing James Bond Hellraiser

And the women that went with them.

lethal Weapon, and Robocop twice, Predator three times maybe.

What a mind rush.

To live like that for thirty bucks!

I'll be in my bunk.

**MountainRaven** · 06-20-17, 16:25

Originally Posted by 7n6

Wasn't that the whole point of the movie?

Yes. Complaining about the Predator (yautja?) in Predator is like complaining about how the xenomorph in Alien totally ruins an otherwise brilliant movie about space miners.

**ramairthree** · 06-20-17, 19:51

Originally Posted by Fjallhrafn

Yes. Complaining about the Predator (yautja?) in Predator is like complaining about how the xenomorph in Alien totally ruins an otherwise brilliant movie about space miners.

Well played Sir, well played.

Please select your next beverage from the top shelf on me.

I was going to say it was like saying Cowboys and Aliens was stupid for having Aliens in a cowboy movie,
But you nailed it with a better and more era / classic reference.

**SteyrAUG** · 06-20-17, 21:05

Originally Posted by Doc Glockster

I liked the movie, but I wish they had stuck to the commando raid scenario and hadn't brought in the alien element. It was a great movie before the creature arrived and I always thought the creature really wasn't necessary to making it a great movie.

That would defeat the entire purpose. It was like Dog Soldiers, you think it's a movie about special forces or something and then out of left field you have an entirely different movie. This is also the first film that drove me crazy with the gun handling. I wasn't a "finger off the trigger" fanatic or anything when it came to hollywood but special forces shooting from the hip drove me so nuts I had a hard time enjoying the movie.

Thankfully this is a "pre cgi" film so I can always enjoy it on that level.

**Moose-Knuckle** · 06-21-17, 03:47

Who was your favorite character?

For me, it was "We're all gonna die" Billy.

So many good quotes from the original.

This might be my favorite . . .

Own all the Predator films, yes all of them. The first being the best duh. Very interested in seeing the reboot. Hell I even enjoyed the AVP films.

One of the reasons why I'm a big fan of Fear TWD is Rubén Blades who was Detective Danny Archuletain in Predator 2. In FTWD he is my favorite character, being a graduate of the School of the Americas and killing commies back in the old country.

Still remember the TV spots for Predator 2, "He's in town for a few days to kill ... this Thanksgiving" lol.

I was a youngling when it came out but had the movie poster with Arnold holding his M16 w/ M203. My dad had a copy of IIRC Blade magazine that ran a cover and feature article on the blades featured in the film created by Jack W. Crain.