Right. Jar Jar Binks was just playing stupid. He's actually a master diplomat and crack commando.GORDON wrote:But they were HIGHLY annoying. He killed them to add to the mystique of that area, and attract real prey.
Predators
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
GORDON wrote:So in your scenario, who is jar jar binks? The predator, or those college kids?
If I have to play with your analogy, then I'll pick Death from "Final Destination" instead.
Death wasn't just an unseen supernatural force using unnecessarily complex ways to kill worthless teenagers, he was trying to strike fear into ... future worthless teenagers?
EDIT : Screw it, I'll just get to the point. "Blair Witch" sucked out loud so badly that comparing it to anything Predator seems like an insult. "Beaches" scared me more.
Edited By Malcolm on 1280170893
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
It's kind of like every movie in the Saw series except the villain is an invisible force that uses the most unlikely series of events humanly possible to kill off people about every 20 or so minutes. Because I guess Death can't just take them all out at once or anything.GORDON wrote:2. Never saw Final Destination, so your metaphor is lost on me.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Saw Predators this weekend.
It didn't completely suck because I was entertained, but it wasn't very good either.
(SPOILERS BELOW)
Things I liked:
-Adrian Brody did an excellent job. I wasn't expecting that.
-References to Arnie's Predator film and then using those learned tactics.
-The sword fight. It might have seemed hokey, but it works when you consider the nature of the Predators.
Things I didn't like:
-Lawrence Fishbourne. Good acting, but a completely pointless role.
-Lawrence Fishbourne's amazing amount of information. Apparently, he can speak and/or read Predator.
-The stupid way they were inserted. How about just showing a ship with Predators dropping them off? There's no need to hide who the bad guys are since the movie is named after them and they're on the poster/box cover.
-The hostage Predator. This just goes against everything we've learned about Predators via the films/books. If this honor driven race of hunters were to have internal struggles, it be more about positioning in their society, and hostage taking wouldn't be an option. Besides, what were they going to do with him? Torture him for information? Rape him? It just doesn't make sense that he'd be alive.
-Speaking of the prisoner,,,If they come in threes? Where were his mates? Why did he have control over the ship?
-The dogs were stupid. This is a hunter who allows his prey to arm themselves and many of his own kind have met their deaths at the hands of their prey. He can make himself or herself invisible and uses a robot bird to scout terrain. He prides himself on the hunt. Why would he use dogs to sniff out and/or kill his prey? Why abduct them and fly them across the universe just so Snoopy can eat them before you get a chance to hunt them? Stupid.
-Was that praying mantis man thing ever explained?
-Topher Grace's character was terrible. He did a decent job, but the writing for the character was a cheap gimmick that made no sense. Why the fuck would a Predator want to hunt a serial killer? How would it have ever identified him in the first place? Is there a squad of detective Predators? Is he there for the female Predators to hunt because he, apparently, hunts women? This twist was terrible.
-Oh, and apparently, being a serial killer makes you an expert in alien plant life and chemicals.
-How were all those planets so close without smashing into one another?
(END SPOILERS)
Yeah, the fights were good, and they did a good job of making the world seem alien, but this wasn't a very good movie in terms of writing.
I would give it 5 out of 10.
It didn't completely suck because I was entertained, but it wasn't very good either.
(SPOILERS BELOW)
Things I liked:
-Adrian Brody did an excellent job. I wasn't expecting that.
-References to Arnie's Predator film and then using those learned tactics.
-The sword fight. It might have seemed hokey, but it works when you consider the nature of the Predators.
Things I didn't like:
-Lawrence Fishbourne. Good acting, but a completely pointless role.
-Lawrence Fishbourne's amazing amount of information. Apparently, he can speak and/or read Predator.
-The stupid way they were inserted. How about just showing a ship with Predators dropping them off? There's no need to hide who the bad guys are since the movie is named after them and they're on the poster/box cover.
-The hostage Predator. This just goes against everything we've learned about Predators via the films/books. If this honor driven race of hunters were to have internal struggles, it be more about positioning in their society, and hostage taking wouldn't be an option. Besides, what were they going to do with him? Torture him for information? Rape him? It just doesn't make sense that he'd be alive.
-Speaking of the prisoner,,,If they come in threes? Where were his mates? Why did he have control over the ship?
-The dogs were stupid. This is a hunter who allows his prey to arm themselves and many of his own kind have met their deaths at the hands of their prey. He can make himself or herself invisible and uses a robot bird to scout terrain. He prides himself on the hunt. Why would he use dogs to sniff out and/or kill his prey? Why abduct them and fly them across the universe just so Snoopy can eat them before you get a chance to hunt them? Stupid.
-Was that praying mantis man thing ever explained?
-Topher Grace's character was terrible. He did a decent job, but the writing for the character was a cheap gimmick that made no sense. Why the fuck would a Predator want to hunt a serial killer? How would it have ever identified him in the first place? Is there a squad of detective Predators? Is he there for the female Predators to hunt because he, apparently, hunts women? This twist was terrible.
-Oh, and apparently, being a serial killer makes you an expert in alien plant life and chemicals.
-How were all those planets so close without smashing into one another?
(END SPOILERS)
Yeah, the fights were good, and they did a good job of making the world seem alien, but this wasn't a very good movie in terms of writing.
I would give it 5 out of 10.
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Re: Predators
On TV. God, it still sucks so bad. Worse than Prometheus, worlds better than Resurrection.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."