"Predator" 30th anniversary

[chuckman]

A little movie trivia: The jungle where they filmed in Mexico? It was freezing. They had to bring in heat lamps and heaters. There was a real risk of hypothermia for "Ah-nold" with the filming in the water. And the guy in the predator suit couldn't see anything so he had to memorize the terrain and his marks before filming a scene.

[Slater]

Nowadays the team would be armed with M4A1's and Blaine would probably be carrying an M240.

[ramairthree]

Carl weathers is a guy I think should have been among the pantheon of Expendables characters in the movies.

You played friend/foil to The big two.
And had your own action movie.

80s action movies were glorious.

[chuckman]

80s action movies were glorious.

Werd.

And the plots were relatively meaningless, and no significant character development. Those 80s action movies were outstanding.

[Det-Sog]

And the plots were relatively meaningless, and no significant character development. Those 80s action movies were outstanding.

Add the anti-PC themes, the cheesy lines, and no CGI. Without CGI, they actually had to blow stuff up.

I'd just gotten off of active duty and was getting ready to enter the police academy when this came out... Watching this movie really makes me feel like i'm getting up there. Oh wait, I am...

[ramairthree]

I want CGI to master pre CGI special effects.
And the actors.

Then we can have Rambo, Commando Matrix,, McClane, Riggs, etc. with Universal Soldier, the Punisher, with space marines and Time Cop, etc from the future, with a reprogrammed Terminator based on Commando, who is an alias of Dutch, with Dillon yelling Showtime! And Murtaugh continuously comparing about being too old for this shit.,
As they team up with predators to stop an Alien onslaught.
With Robocop showing up to sacrifice himself to save the day, face helmet blown apart,
Where it is revealed this Robocop is , Scott McCoy, the half brother of Dutch/Matrix.

With plenty of big haired 80s chicks.

[Moose-Knuckle]

A little movie trivia: The jungle where they filmed in Mexico? It was freezing. They had to bring in heat lamps and heaters. There was a real risk of hypothermia for "Ah-nold" with the filming in the water. And the guy in the predator suit couldn't see anything so he had to memorize the terrain and his marks before filming a scene.

My favorite trivia from this film is that a then unknown Jean-Claude Van Damme was supposed to be the guy in the predator suit and the original suit / Predator looked much different . . .

[SteyrAUG]

My favorite trivia from this film is that a then unknown Jean-Claude Van Damme was supposed to be the guy in the predator suit and the original suit / Predator looked much different . . .

Actually he was "unknown" all the way back in 1984.

[Talon167]

I want CGI to master pre CGI special effects.
And the actors.

Then we can have Rambo, Commando Matrix,, McClane, Riggs, etc. with Universal Soldier, the Punisher, with space marines and Time Cop, etc from the future, with a reprogrammed Terminator based on Commando, who is an alias of Dutch, with Dillon yelling Showtime! And Murtaugh continuously comparing about being too old for this shit.,
As they team up with predators to stop an Alien onslaught.
With Robocop showing up to sacrifice himself to save the day, face helmet blown apart,
Where it is revealed this Robocop is , Scott McCoy, the half brother of Dutch/Matrix.

With plenty of big haired 80s chicks.

My buddies and I were talking about this the other day.... you realize how many of the 80s epic movies (and some that bled into the 90s) where one of, if not the, the main character was named John?

John Connor
John Matrix
John Rambo
John McClane
John Spartan
John Kruger
Jack Slater (kinda)