Thats not the point of their interactions though, this is sport hunting to them. They arent trying to invade or simply kill us off. An equivalent example would be humans hunting game with bows or knives (yes, some actually do). Sure they could go in there blasting away with guns, but they prefer a challenge and enjoy the thrill of the hunt. The predators take it another step further and involve melee combat against equal or greater strength foes.
it almost feels similar to Norse mythology with the predators like they have their own Valhalla and dying in battle is the only way to get there. you just don't see them actually retreat and live to fight another day, they just go balls to the wall until they either win or die. its like the quintessential death wish.
I know a lot of the lore is built up around these hunts being trials and rites of passage. how their hierarchy works.
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If an arrow would have worked, he would have shot it with an arrow. He didn't.
Arnie filled an arrow with about 3 grenades worth of gunpowder to simply wound the predator. Similar to the backpack with with high explosive material to further wound and destroy it's cloaking device. Saying advanced weapons did next to nothing is a bit disingenuous.
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Good start, okay mid, ending feel apart for me, would have liked them leaning into her surviving the predator instead of "hunting" it, like make her use just a disgusting amount of traps/tricks to bring it down instead of her engaging it in close combat, make her kill it through harassing/dirty fighting. Middle of the pack for the predator movies, but the best one in a while (though to be fair that isn't saying much, the recent ones of have been utter garbage).
Dammit, read it has predator were using vaginas and thought it was a reference to their mouth before I read it correctly.
The movie was enjoyable. Thought the predators strength fluctuating were a bit typical.
Biggest issue for me was the ending, or rather how she won. The setup she used is a bit too much of a stretch for me.
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Lol. That was obviously a more advanced predator, with more advanced weapons and defenses (+200 or so years must matter to their advancement too). And you forgot to mention the most important part of why Arnie won when switching to Ewok warfare, the predator couldn't see him anymore -funny how well that works for the predators as well.
Isn't it lore that the Predators took their technology from another alien species? They were once slaves and revolted, the tech they use was invented by the the slavers. As a species they understand and can replicate the tech but their culture is not naturally inventive so they still rely a lot on their physical abilities.
Like the protagonist is small and weak so to hunt/survive she relies indirect approaches vs say her brother who used his physical attributes more. Predators appreciate getting physical more than being cunning. They all have their own personalities as well. Maybe it's like humans will still get clapped by xyz animal even though we have enough tech as a species to kll the planet 3 times in a matter of hours. Predator goes on a hunt, challenges themselves to only use certain tools/tactics, gets clipped by some over evolved furless apes.
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They likely come take the tech and then come back for later hunts down the line getting it back at some point without just wiping out the tribe.
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While there may be other lore the rage war trilogy acts paints it as they make there own stuff and have been space faring since the precursor race left the galaxy. I don’t think they ever touch on enslavement but they do say that the predators were nothing to them and feared them.
All I ever wanted was the truth. Remember those words as you read the ones that follow. I never set out to topple my father's kingdom of lies from a sense of misplaced pride. I never wanted to bleed the species to its marrow, reaving half the galaxy clean of human life in this bitter crusade. I never desired any of this, though I know the reasons for which it must be done. But all I ever wanted was the truth.
I thought it was great! Easily the best Predator movie since the first one and for me the first sequel I wouldn't hesitate to call great. I still enjoy a few of the other ones but this was easily better than those IMO.
I liked the part where the Predator absolutely demolished a bear but somehow discount pocahontas was able to give the Predator a run for his money
Like most people said, good start but it feel apart, a lot of things were off and the protagonist was kinda a bitch to her brother, nowhere close to the first and second and i prefer alien vs predator.
TBF, this is a big issue in most movies that deal with the superhuman or the supernatural, power lv is always messed up and all over the place to fit the plot, here, and other examples is more blatantly because the people involved make it more visible.
In this case a small and frail person going toe to toe with an alien who can pick up a bear, it feels way too forced
Predators also revealed that they improve their tech, tactics, etc each season.
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That predator in Prey received a lot of damage. The scene with the mountain lion is parallel between the brother and sister: the sister wounded the lion with the lance, and the brother ended the job. The brother wounded the predator with the lance, the sister finished the kill.
I thought what was great about the main character (aside from a few scenes where you have to suspend your disbelief) is that what made her unique and interesting was that she was more of an observer and she adapted to the situations. She was quick to pick up on the 'rules' of the Predator, it's weaknesses and so on. Like the whole point of the first movie was that it doesn't matter if you're jacked Arnold Schwarzenegger with a crew of equally buff dudes, you wont out-muscle the Predator. It was only when Arnold found the cheat code with the mud that he started thinking and planning and the tactics is what saved the day. This girl was more like that from the beginning and that was kinda cool.
But also they were smart enough to set up certain things throughout the movie to where the Predator didn't even necessarily take her serious as a threat until the end which also helped her stay alive.