But I actually thought Predators was pretty solid. Didn't like the unnecessary role reversal with Topher Grace's character, but other than that it pretty much rocked.
You mean Topher turning out to be a serial killer?
I dunno, maybe the Preds actually have a macabre sense of humour in hunting down a serial killer themselves...something that humanity's moral values prevent us from doing ourselves..?
I agree that the Topher twist was bad. It was simultaneously forced and predictable. I felt it really didn't add anything except a twist for twist sake, and his character obviously was out of place the whole time, so it was obvious he had a secret.
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Yeah, basically what Myth said. It was just stupid they way he said something to the effect of "I feel more at home here.." That was just dumb. I don't care if you're a serial killer or not, a planet where YOU are the game would not be the right place no matter WHAT you are. Unless maybe you're Rambo or something.. lol. And Topher Grace is no f#cking John Rambo!
I mean, at the point in the story we didn't need another twist. We're on a planet that predators are using as a hunting ground and our heroes are in the middle of 'the shit.' That was good enough, quite frankly. It was a lot of fun. The Laurence Fishburne twist was good enough. That was great. They went too far with the Topher Grace thing.
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Well between the Topher & Fishburne twists, I personally found Topher being more credible. I mean Fishburne was clearly a bit overweight for the role he played...my first impression was that he was living the good life stranded on the planet.
Secondly, the director's last movie prior to Predators was Armoured which also starred Fishburne...so being pals with the director might've got him the role that wasn't necessarily written with him in mind.
So is there gonna be a female sniper in the sequel that's like a homage rip off of the female sniper in Riddick 3 that's supposed to be a rip off from the 1st Predators?
No thanks. Big Predator fan here. Love both the Predator films and think the creature is awesome.
But the 2010 film just did a terrible job with creatures. AVP R got it right as far as the Yautja was concerned. To be fair, I did feel Predators did most the other things right. If we had a Predator movie with the characters of the 2010 film and the Yautja from the AVP R film it'd be almost perfect.
AVP: R was damn near total bullshit. That movie was HORRIBLE and does not deserve to even be semi related (distant cousin, twice removed) to the Alien OR Predator franchise. It seemed like it was done by mentally challenged teenagers. Perhaps a good movie to laugh at, but other than that... Fu#k that movie.
I'm not sure of the comparison to Hancock (another horrible movie), but I do think that some of the twists at the end of Predators were unnecessary and showed that it was trying a little too hard to fool the audience, when in actuality it was just stupid. Topher Grace's little reversal being the main thing I'm thinking of. But I really enjoyed the adventure of Predators, cliched though it may have been. It was fun.
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Sep 29th, 2012 12:02 AM
We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed.
