Apparently Predators might be good

[Great Rumbler]

My guts says "stay far away", but the trailers for it actually look kind of promising. Have I been duped once again by the Hollywood hype machine? 

[Phoenix Dark]

No

[Great Rumbler]

Robert Rodriguez

is not writing or directing. Those duties are handled by Nimrod Antal and two writers who have never actually written anything before.

[Eel O'Brian]

 Nimrod

lol

[Mupepe]

Because he's Adrian Brody and he can't really be cast in many types of movies.

I didn't think he'd really fit into this.  I mean, look at him. 

Instinct tells me it will be shit but I still have hope.  The trailer was pretty fucking awesome IMO.

[Mupepe]

Because he's Adrian Brody and he can't really be cast in many types of movies.

I didn't think he'd really fit into this.  I mean, look at him. 

Instinct tells me it will be shit but I still have hope.  The trailer was pretty fucking awesome IMO.

Well, before Pulp Fiction who could have seen Travolta as that character?

You never know, but I do agree with you.

Good point about Travolta, but that's the exception not the rule I'm afraid.

I think I just hate Brody since Splice.  Fuck that movie was garbage.

[Mupepe]

Oh man Adrien Brody is nuts:

I approached this with the kind of level of focus I would approach any of the roles that I've been given an opportunity to play... I think my intention, and the intention of hiring me to play Royce, was to delve into the kind of flawed tragic hero and not this kind of typical ... overtly physically imposing character... I did put on a substantial amount of muscle mass for the role, and the physical training was a big part of building to that character, [but it was also important] to prepare psychologically. We shot in Hawaii, and we shot in thousands of acres of tropical rainforest, and I had gotten permission from the owners of the estate to stay in the property... I didn't stay in a hotel... [Instead,] I isolated myself... My nightly ritual was poring over survival manuals and military and paramilitary training books. I was reading Sun Tzu. I was studying meditation. I was on a very strict diet. I wasn't drinking. I wasn't eating sugar. I wasn't having sex. I had to kind of go there, for me, because this was a tremendous opportunity.

http://io9.com/5492607/adrien-brody-gained-25-pounds-gave-up-sex-for-predators

Gained 25 pounds?  From the trailer he still looks like he's built like an 11 year old girl.

[BlueTsunami]

His routine sounds more like drew's, actually.

Plus drew has an arsenal of "just below the legal limit" sized knives

[Smooth Groove]

My chest was that big when I wasn't much more than 11 years old.  

[Mupepe]

Gained 25 pounds?  From the trailer he still looks like he's built like an 11 year old girl.

I don't know about that:

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oh my.  I guess I'll be seeing it then. 

[Diunx]

I didn't like the trailer and the cast is a fucking joke compared to the original, not seen this even if it is R rated.

[Mupepe]

AAAH WHY AM I ARGUING ABOUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW PREDATOR MOVIE THAT I HAVENT SEEN AND WILL PROBABLY SUCK 

Nah, I get what you're saying but it's a role he's trying to fill in the wake of Ahnuld.  Just doesn't fit IMO.  Unless they're just trying to make it more realistic.

[Great Rumbler]

-Set in a jungle
-A band of highly-trained killers who will most likely get slaughtered
-Lots of heavy weapons
-R rating

Of course, it could still be bad, but they've at least got some things right.

[CajoleJuice]

Brody makes up for any deficiency in body mass with his nose

[Great Rumbler]

His nose is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the US government.

[muckhole]

Gained 25 pounds?  From the trailer he still looks like he's built like an 11 year old girl.

I don't know about that:

I'll spoiler this leaked pic to be safe as I don't know it's context but yeah, quite a difference. He's not massive by any means, but it's a far cry from what he was.

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[Mupepe]

ah holy shit.  point taken

[Joe Molotov]

More like Duderien Brody. 

[Bulleta©™®]

After AVP...I'd stay away.  Unless AVP2 was good.  Dunno.

[Great Rumbler]

After AVP...I'd stay away.  Unless AVP2 was good.  Dunno.

By all accounts, AVP2 is actually WORSE.

[Joe Molotov]

The new Predator: SE Blu-Ray is $15 at Best Buy and comes with a free Predators movie ticket. Sounds like a win-win situation, because if Predators sucks, you can rush home and cleanse your pallet with Predator.

[lordoftherink]

except the new predator blu-ray is DNRed to shit

[Joe Molotov]

Blah, that sucks, I hadn't read any reviews yet.

[Fresh Prince]

Brody is playing some sort of Special Forces type guy, right?  

He's not that much smaller than Bear Grylls, who's ex-SAS.  

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I've met a few operators in my time and none of them were as big as Schwarzenegger in the original Predator.

Big guys can't move fast for long periods. Cormanci something something Crossfit^TM

[lordoftherink]

http://i46.tinypic.com/10ftjlv.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/2m4rji0.jpg
Linked to it as they're kind of big. The top screengrab is from the earlier released ubercheap Blu-ray, the bottom is from the new one. Can't believe studios are still fucking up transfers this far into the format's life.

[Joe Molotov]

Mmmmm....vaseline.

[Bloodwake]

No

[drew]

His routine sounds more like drew's, actually.

touche

[ManaByte]

By all accounts, AVP2 is actually WORSE.

yeah, i thought it wasn't possible to out do AVP1 but... heh... there we go.

Wish someone would swoop in and rescue these franchises.

Well that's what this is supposed to do. And that's why they got Scott back on Alien.

[Great Rumbler]

Though Predators isn't quite as well put together as the original film, nor do the sequences offer the same sustained threat, it's still enough to get your adrenaline flowing.

Full of surprises and twists, the action and the relationships between the contrasting characters keeps us glued

Delivering on its promise, Predators is a moody, unrelenting and attention-grabbing sci-fi thriller, filled with action, splendid visual effects and packed with undulating tension

While the first Predator movie was a vehicle for its star and the second didn't make a whole load of sense, Predators foregrounds the action and brooding menace of the bloodthirsty aliens.

For the most part Predators is B-grade fun in the best possible way.

Based on 5 reviews, it's 100% and an average of 6.9.

[Ichirou]

Predators is already out in Japan, I should go see it.

[Great Rumbler]

Go see it and let us know how it is. For great justice.

[The Fake Shemp]

The low score average from early screenings with Internet critics means it will get a beat down from mainstream critics.

[Ichirou]

Lemme see if I can get my girlfriend interested.  Don't wanna go by myself.

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, go see it. Let us know if it's worth getting a ticket for!

[Ichirou]

Can't be as bad as the AVP movies, right?

[The Fake Shemp]

I don't have much optimism for this one.

[Cheebs]

Same here, I will see it if it gets decent reviews though from non internet critics though. I don't have much optimism for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel either. Ridley Scott isn't Ridley Scott anymore. Kingdom of Heaven aside all he does anymore are barely passable studio movies.

[Tauntaun]

Gonna see this next week on vacation.  :pump  Aliens + Guns = win in my book. 

[WrikaWrek]

Pretty damn certain it's gonna be a good movie.

Good Producer, Good Director, Good Actors. This movie will work.

[fistfulofmetal]

hey it's got the same RT % as Inception!!!

[Great Rumbler]

hey it's got the same RT % as Inception!!!

Lower average score though. 

[Diunx]

Movie will suck, don't get your hopes up people.

[WrikaWrek]

Pretty damn certain it's gonna be a good movie.

Ouch.  The producers won't be happy when they see this.

Don't understand why you try so hard to label my opinion as the kiss of death. It has been pretty much the opposite so far, when it comes to real world results.

 

[chronovore]

Predators is already out in Japan, I should go see it.

Really?! Awesome; I know what I'm doing on Thursday night.

[chronovore]

http://i46.tinypic.com/10ftjlv.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/2m4rji0.jpg
Linked to it as they're kind of big. The top screengrab is from the earlier released ubercheap Blu-ray, the bottom is from the new one. Can't believe studios are still fucking up transfers this far into the format's life.

Why does it look like someone drew over the screen in the second pic? He doesn't even look REAL.

Yeah. Yuck.

[Ichirou]

Predators is already out in Japan, I should go see it.

Really?! Awesome; I know what I'm doing on Thursday night.

n/m, I must've clicked on the wrong date in the movie theater's website, it doesn't come out until this weekend.

[Smooth Groove]

Sorry, Charles, but one more Lion still won't help your country win it all. 

[BlueTsunami]

I'ma definitely watch it. The whole "HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED" scenarios are always fun.

[Tauntaun]

I'ma definitely watch it. The whole "HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED" scenarios are always fun.

We just flipped them rules hunted.   

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[Smooth Groove]

My friend at Fox invited me to the free showing at the studio theater but I'm still deciding if I should go.  I'm just leery of Predator films after the AVP debacles. 

[Brehvolution]

Adrian Brody shooting guns in an action flick

[Enl]

Let's just hope Brody can reframe from fucking one of the predators.

[Mupepe]

Let's just hope Brody can reframe from fucking one of the predators.

[ManaByte]

Going to see it in the morning. Watching Predator 1&2 on BD tonight.

Fuck AVP they don't exist.

Although Requiem gets props for chest bursting a KID, it's worse than Batman & Robin

[AdmiralViscen]

Predator 2 sucks

[ManaByte]

Predator 2 is the direct-to-video sequel that accidentally got released in theaters and is responsible for AVP, so it has a lot going against it, but it has pre-crazy Danny Glover fighting the Predator and always-crazy Gary Busy. So it kinda balances out.

[Cheebs]

My friend at Fox invited me to the free showing at the studio theater but I'm still deciding if I should go.  I'm just leery of Predator films after the AVP debacles. 

Well, nobody from those moves is involved in this. This is done all by Troublemaker Studios. Robert Rodriguez's guys. Not to say that means it's any good though. I am still leery despite the decent reviews.

[Cravis]

Thank god Arnold didn't come back for his cameo. I'm sure he read his part and laughed at it just as much as I did.

Still it would have been cool to have Danny Glover come back. Earlier drafts had Fishburnes' character as Glover's cop character from Predator 2.

[ManaByte]

People are calling it as good as the original (and c'mon the original won no oscars) and better the Predator 2 (duh).