Originally Posted by UAIOE (Post 11722495)

I'm just going to vote for "Predator 2" because I didn't think "Predators" looked interesting enough (The jungle again? Please.)

I don't like "Predator 2" more than "Predator" (who could), but it brought a lot of interesting ideas to the table.

The ship being here for hundreds of years, the previously mentioned med-kit scene, the different vision modes, showing that Predators will not kill females *at all* (even attacking them).

The biggest thing I took from this movie is that the Predators were of different skill levels. Clearly the one in the original was a far more skilled hunter, as it took Ah-nuld to injure him. The city Predator was taken out by Danny Glover (who was a cop, not a elite military soldier), so his skills were obviously less.

Predator 2 added *something* to the mythos, while it sounds like "Predators" was a modern EFX love letter to the original.

Originally Posted by UAIOE (Post 11722495)

I'm just going to vote for "Predator 2" because I didn't think "Predators" looked interesting enough (The jungle again? Please.)

I don't like "Predator 2" more than "Predator" (who could), but it brought a lot of interesting ideas to the table.

....showing that Predators will not kill females *at all* (even attacking them).

Originally Posted by HN (Post 11732377)

i haven't seen predator 2 in a loooooong time, but wasn't it the case that the predator was going to kill the sht out of that one chick but only held back once it found out she was pregnant; not necessarily b/c she was a woman?

Originally Posted by robin2099 (Post 11732424)

I'm gonna go with Predators. Yes, it had too many homages to the first one, but the setting was interesting, and Adrian Brody made for a good leading man with his screen presence.
Predator 2 has it's moments which are very strong, but it's hard to get past just how woefully out of place he seemed. Honestly I think if the original plan to cast Patrick Swayze hadn't fallen through, Predator 2 would have been a much stronger movie.

Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 11732401)

Correct. Predator killed old women on the commuter train, because they had guns. Men or women it doesn't matter. If you're armed then you're toast unless you're pregnant. And in case of the little kid (you want some candy) his gun was fake, but almost had his head blown off.

Originally Posted by UAIOE (Post 11732781)

But the Predator in the original movie still went after Dutch and his buddies even after they dropped their guns. But they were probably picked for trophies.

I still think there is a "no females" rule, and it probably is ignored if they are being attacked (or are targeted). But a majority of the people getting offed by a Predator were largely male.

Originally Posted by UAIOE (Post 11732781)

I still think there is a "no females" rule, and it probably is ignored if they are being attacked (or are targeted). But a majority of the people getting offed by a Predator were largely male.