Graboids vs Predators

Started by juggerman3 pages

How did the first one die?

ran into a cement wall

Originally posted by juggerman
How did the first one die?

It chased Kevin Bacon so god dropped a cement wall in front of it.

Hmmmmmm.... I don't really see how the Graboids win here. They fell for decoys and traps the entire movie and only really adapted at the end. All it would take is two or three well thought out traps for the Preds to win, and let's face it, that's what they do.

Plus their weapons may be able to harm a submerged Graboid. And if all else fails a Pred goes under after starting the wrist bomb.

They have no means of implementing a decoy, There only means of trap is the shoulder cannon which might get 1 but i don't think the other 2 would fall or it. and it's kind of hard to setup a decoy when every tree you jump too get's felled in a matter of minutes or they could just sink the whole area. What weapons do they possess that could harm them while submerged?

They have a plethora of weapons they carry one them and just about anything can be turned into a decoy. And i don't really recall the Graboids knocking down trees all willy nilly. Iirc when a guy climbed a tree like object they just sat around and waited. The bulidings "sinking" could be explained by the fact that giant monsters were circling them making the ground unstable which compromises the foundation. Just a theory of course.

Lasers for one. And the Graboids fell for many tricks before finally catching on. And iirc only one actually caught on at all. Then in the Predator movie with the jungle the were many cliffs to "scare" them off of.

EDIT: So bomb trick kills first, cliff kills second and suicide kills third

Originally posted by juggerman
They have a plethora of weapons they carry one them and just about anything can be turned into a decoy. And i don't really recall the Graboids knocking down trees all willy nilly. Iirc when a guy climbed a tree like object they just sat around and waited. The bulidings "sinking" could be explained by the fact that giant monsters were circling them making the ground unstable which compromises the foundation. Just a theory of course.

Lasers for one. And the Graboids fell for many trick before finally catching on. And iirc only one actually caught on at all. Then in the Predator movie with the jungle the were many cliffs to "scare" them off of.

The only ranged weapons they have are the cannon and spear and the spear isn't standard gear as iirc it was only seen in 1 movie. What exactly can they use as a decoy? The graboids don't just go for anything that moves it has to be continuous seismic movement the only thing they have that can do that is the cannon which they would grow accustomed to. Pis that they didn't knock down the poll, And the buildings being knocked down could be explained the way it was in the movie they tested the buildings then started knocking them down.

Are you only allowing the Predators the weapons that were seen in the 1st movie?

EDIT: And the Spear was seen in Predator 2, AVP and possibly Predators. I'm not sure about AVPR

Originally posted by juggerman
Are you only allowing the Predators the weapons that were seen in the 1st movie?

EDIT: And the Spear was seen in Predator 2, AVP and possibly Predators. I'm not sure about AVPR

Ah i have not seen pred 2 in a long time, yes the gear they had in the first movie.

What's stopping them from throwing spears into the ground then blasting one as it arises?

Also a good idea. Or throw anything into the gound really

Maybe the fact that just throwing something on the ground didn't work in the movies?

Originally posted by Silent Master
They sense vibrations through the ground.

iirc, the Preds don't vibrate in camou mode, but might be wrong..

Originally posted by Kazenji
Never seen the movie Tremors?

doesn't sound like it.

its been years since I've seen Tremors

Originally posted by Silent Master
Maybe the fact that just throwing something on the ground didn't work in the movies?

It did. The guys were throwing rocks and the Graboids stuck it's snake head things outta the ground

Originally posted by juggerman
It did. The guys were throwing rocks and the Graboids stuck it's snake head things outta the ground

Multiple rocks being thrown my multiple people IOW continuous vibrations, and IIRC didn't it only work once?

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
iirc, the Preds don't vibrate in camou mode, but might be wrong..

So their camo mode somehow stops the vibrations caused by them making noise, walking, breathing etc etc, where exactly was this stated in the movies?

Originally posted by Silent Master
Multiple rocks being thrown my multiple people IOW continuous vibrations, and IIRC didn't it only work once?

Ok so multiple rocks from multiple Preds works just the same way. And no it(making noise to attract them) worked several times in the movie. Rocks, shouts, water, stomping, running, empty vehicle ect.

Originally posted by juggerman
Ok so multiple rocks from multiple Preds works just the same way. And no it(making noise to attract them) worked several times in the movie. Rocks, shouts, water, stomping, running, empty vehicle ect.

Distracting them isn't the same thing as making them come above ground long enough to be blasted.

The way we "saw" that it worked was that they came up. The only time i know they didn't for sure was with the go-cart.

IIRC, they also attacked the farmer, the road crew, the Doc, the horses, the pongo stick and the guy on the tire without exposing more than their tongues/tentacles.

Plus, where are the Preds even getting the stuff to throw from?