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@01Zenaku01

9 ай бұрын

The predator aka Yautja not much information is given in the movies you can get more of that from the comics but I'll let you in on some of the stuff about them below if you see them hunting alone that means there blooded they've killed a Queen alien from the movie alien or something strong from a different planet. If you have a gun they'll use their long-range weapons. If you us close quarters weapons they'll do the same. They're honorable. shooting is actually considered dishonorable but it's fair game is you do it. They don't kill pregnant species because they want more of you to be there when they come back to hunt. If you are a challenge they take your skull 💀 if you suck they skin you and hang you upside down for humiliation I guess. If you beat them they self-destruct so you don't get their technology they even give you a countdown to run. Now this predator the city predator name is ghost he was over confident and was going ape shit the other predators came there to get him because he was doing too much lol the more weapons you see on a predator the higher skill.

@mikerodgers7620

9 ай бұрын

That one was better than Predator 2.@rickking228

@01Zenaku01

9 ай бұрын

That leader predator that you saw at the end that's greyback he's a leader of an elite crew of predators he fought with a pirate named captain Raphael Adolini a long time ago on the comics that pirate gave greyback his gun. And yes alien and predator from the same universe.

@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb

9 ай бұрын

Wait until you see Hellraiser

@commsense1979

9 ай бұрын

I hope you guys are going to do Predators next. Best sequel after Prey (technically not a sequel) IMO

Bill Paxton... the only one who killed by a Terminator Alien and Predator 😉

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

All 3 icons!

@S_047

9 ай бұрын

What's a terminator alien?

@clarencewalker3925

9 ай бұрын

Yes. Bummer.

@markwebster7435

9 ай бұрын

Well actually lance henriksen can somewhat claim that fact also. Then again I don’t personally classify avp as legit predator movie

@w415800

9 ай бұрын

@@markwebster7435 The problem is that some of the deaths are off-screen, thus unconfirmed.

The gun has 2 meanings; one is: a trophy 🏆 for defeating one of them. And second, to show him how long they have been here.

@jsonkody

Ай бұрын

.. but they just stole it from muzeum and now making fun of him 😂

@thomasdoscher6555

Ай бұрын

But the girl killed the Predator in Prey. Which means another Predator came down at some point and either killed her and took it, or she gave it to them.

Not only was it shot in LA, they were allowed to actually land a helicopter in the streets of LA, and Danny Glover actually dropped off a 10-story building on a descender rig for the chasing the Predator sequence. No CGI.

@punchnazis3498

9 ай бұрын

It was partly shot in LA. Filming was also done in Oakland, and the metro scenes were shot on BART in SF.

@allyourmoney

9 ай бұрын

@@punchnazis3498 Yeah, the map inside the train looked awfully familiar.. 😂

@adriel88_

9 ай бұрын

Yes that’s true I think it was the last movie that has no CGI because CGi wasn’t invented until Jurassic Park and T2 the next couple years so everything in this movie was real that’s why I love it

@scottkirby5016

9 ай бұрын

@@adriel88_ There was CGI before Jurassic Park but it was pretty limited. Super Mario Bros (93) came out a few months before and was insanely important (because it was the first non ILM CGI of any import and shows how far ahead ILM was) but you had T2 abut also the Abyss (the water tentacle was the prep for the T1000 and was '89) and the glass knight was back in '85. So it was around just rare and had to be used in very specific ways not to break the story.

@a-blivvy-yus

9 ай бұрын

It was pre-Matrix 90s, of course there's no CGI. If you want to see how badly that turned out when they tried it, look at Lawnmower Man, and consider that it came out 2 years after Predator 2. Jurassic Park was a *very* rare exception where CGI was used well in the 90s. Even post-2000 it wasn't reliably even half-decent (see the Matrix movies after the first).

The first is iconic The sequel was burtal and awesome

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Yesss! It felt way more brutal than the first one, oddly enough, and it was a very welcome change! Thoroughly enjoyed this!

@alexhidalgo7110

9 ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnightsabsolutely you both are going to love alien vs predator

@dominushydra

9 ай бұрын

"wanT sOME cAnDy?" "LETS DANCE MOTHERFUCKER!"

@dolleyes5062

9 ай бұрын

​​​​@@OfficialMediaKnights: I dunno.The first "Predator" was pretty brutal, given what it did to Dutch's team especially, Mac, Dillon and Dillon's arm. Other Bill Paxton movies you could react to: "Near Dark," "Tombstone," "Nightcrawlers," "Apollo 13," "Edge of Tomorrow," "A Simple Plan" & "Trespass," an action movie about 2 firefighters who go on a treasure hunt and cross paths with gangsters played by Ice-T & Ice Cube.

@mikerodgers7620

9 ай бұрын

It was not great. It was noisy, dumb and nasty for the sake of being nasty.

The Xenomorph skull originally in this movie was a tribute since both franchises were created by Fox. The real reason why it was in the film is because: "In the climax of the film, we see the Xenomorph skull in the trophy cabinet. This wasn’t in the script. As Hopkins was touring Stan Winston’s studio, he saw the xenomorph skulls on Winston’s wall and said “We have to have that in the movie”. He quickly storyboarded it in there. Fox wanted to cut it out but Hopkins fought to keep it." But because of it it spawned the “what if” then Dark Horse comics who had the rights to the IPs created the series Aliens vs Predator. It wasn’t until years later they decided to make it into the movie. The Aliens vs Predator series is not conical to the Alien universe. So it was THIS movie that spawned the what if.

Giving him the gun was to emphasize how long they'd been visiting Earth and the Alien skull was to show they hunt everywhere across the galaxy/universe.

@MarvinAlvarez-hp3qx

9 ай бұрын

That was going to explain why the reason give him a weapon, I understood it very well, but apparently they don’t understand to explain why.

@atheist101

9 ай бұрын

It was a gift to a fellow powerful warrior. The Predator society is all about combat and killing the most powerful beings possible. Since he killed a predator they recognize him on their level and gave him the gun. The gun came from a pirate that helped a predator fight off a bunch of things and he gifted it to the predator.

@mikerodgers7620

9 ай бұрын

Trust in God.😁@@atheist101

@dogotek2

9 ай бұрын

Also remember PREY is a prequel.

@atheist101

9 ай бұрын

@@mikerodgers7620 which one? There's so many thousands of gods, got to be more specific

If I remember correctly Predators are drawn to places of conflict because that's where you tend to find warriors and thus the worthiest opponents so it seems quite likely they'd be attracted to an ongoing gang war. Predators are about the challenge and glory but they adhere to a code as you saw with the pregnant cop, the unarmed people and the victor of the battle. If you're not a threat or a worthy opponent they'll basically pass you by because there's no self preservation or glory in it for them. Tbh, as sad as it is they actually have better ethics than a lot of humans. 😅

@Hal2718

9 ай бұрын

They're just using the same general rules we have for hunting. We use camouflage and advanced weaponry to hunt animals, but most developed nations have limits on what you can hunt. No infants, no females during mating season cause obviously they might be pregnant, etc. Now of course the Predator will have additional rules since a lot of the things they hunt are intelligent so they'll have rules like no killing anyone unable to defend themselves. That'd be like us hunting a wolf with no teeth or claws.

@forestsmith1892

9 ай бұрын

That and it also makes it a lot easier to conceal their activites to a certain degree, by going into active war zones where atrocities and killing could just be blamed on the enemy.

@imajinallthepurple

9 ай бұрын

@@Hal2718 Good point and definitely a lot of similarities. Unfortunately, belonging to a family of hunters I've heard of those rules being violated several times (not by my then-family though) and I think that'd be extremely severely punished in their society more than ours because of the weight they seem to place on honour.

@felipevazquez3395

9 ай бұрын

Heat and conflict thats what predators wants

@Drownedinblood

9 ай бұрын

They must've loved Vietnam.

"Want some candy?" from Predator is one of the creepiest line I've heard.

@furryrug5998

Ай бұрын

He went full sexual predator there...

Fun fact about the flintlock is that the original story behind it was in a comic called predator:1718 (I believe) where a pirate captain is mutinied by his crew on an island and try to kill him, but the predator(elder) sees him and helps him. Afterwards the captain is fatally wounded and gives his flintlock to the predator, which is why in the movie when he says, take it in a different voice it’s because that’s what the pirate captain said to him before he died, but not a lot of people knew that story, so that’s why they decided to include it in prey so that way there could be a connection.

@ProjectPiperCustoms

9 ай бұрын

Yh and the comic did it way better, that story alone was good enough to flesh out into a movie

@fastertove

9 ай бұрын

Probably a good idea to warn about possible spoilers...

@mikerodgers7620

9 ай бұрын

Did you like prey?

@alancfar

9 ай бұрын

That comic is what prey should've been. I enjoyed prey right up until they revealed the gun in their half-assed attempt to connect to the rest of the series. Really killed it for me.

@theeLonelyRedPanda

9 ай бұрын

Right that mofo was hidden and he would've survived and he decided to waste his one shot not on this alien being but his captain fatality wounding him lol.

I love Danny Glover in this. He's great in the Lethal Weapon movies as well.

@YuProducciones

7 ай бұрын

yes, Danny Glover golden era

RIP the legend Bill Paxton, the monster trifecta man! This guy knew how to pick the legendary movies.

@ravenswod

2 ай бұрын

I love him the movie Trespass

I believe the Xenomorph skull was a fun nod to the Alien v Predator comics that were out then. For years I had noticed it in theaters, but nobody would believe me about that Easter Egg in the movie, not until DVDs were out, really.

@DarkLarva

Ай бұрын

Actually it was a nod to Aliens, it was this movie that spawned the comics. I grew up during all of this and saw this movie in the theaters

@willcool713

Ай бұрын

@@DarkLarva Yeah, me too, but the comics were already out.

@DarkLarva

Ай бұрын

The movie was released in 1990 but it was filmed in 89, the comics came out in Oct of 89 which would make it impossible for the comics to influence the film It is also stated that "In the climax of the film, we see the Xenomorph skull in the trophy cabinet. This wasn’t in the script. As Hopkins was touring Stan Winston’s studio, he saw the xenomorph skulls on Winston’s wall and said “We have to have that in the movie”. He quickly storyboarded it in there. Fox wanted to cut it out but Hopkins fought to keep it." That's why it was in the film and not because of the comic

The Predator is a hunter. (In fact, in a later sequel, characters remark that "Hunter" would make a better nickname for him than "Predator.") It's a custom among hunters as old as hunting itself that a hunter does not claim prey that is in the reproductive process. That is pregnant, nursing or copulating. Part of the reason might be chivalry, but it's more about making sure there will be game to hunt next season.

Danny Glover is just under 6' 4". The Predator and the older Leader in the ending were played by the same actor who played the Predator in the first movie. The rest of the predators were played by LA Lakers NBA players.

@carborundorum

3 ай бұрын

Kevin Peter Hall!

i love that you guys figured out the "honor" code part of not killing kids and pregnant ladies. the predator lore goes so deep. so much deeper than the movies ever explore.

This blew me away when i saw this in 1990......one of the few sequels that easily equalled the original! I remember people complaining LA would never be that violent 7 years later then a couple of years later the LA riots took place!

"And that thing is massive... look at how broad it's shoulders are!" The actor who played the Predator in both the original and Predator 2 was Kevin Peter Hall. He was 7'2" tall and a former basketball player. He was chosen for his height, because they needed to sell that this was a big friggin' monster when he was in scenes with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his athleticism, because they needed him to do most of his own stunts in the suit (it's very hard to find stunt actors who are 7 feet tall.)

@skepticalmagos_101

9 ай бұрын

They need Shaq to play a Predator one day 🤣

@KrushgrooveOG

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I think his performance is underrated. Especially in the first movie. There is something about the way he moves as the predator that stands out to me from other actors that have played a Predator. Also fun fact.. a lot of people don't realize that he was the helicopter pilot at the end of Predator.

@a-blivvy-yus

9 ай бұрын

@@KrushgrooveOG In the first movie, they actually had Jean Claude Van Damme playing the predator at first, but he got mad about the project and quit. Some of the scenes are actually JCVD in the costume from before he left, but he claimed the movie was stupid and didn't want to be associated with it, which is why his name's not in the credits.

@KrushgrooveOG

9 ай бұрын

@@a-blivvy-yus yeah, I know the whole entire story.. one of his shots in camouflage still remains in the movie. Everyone on set has different versions of what happened. . But Bill Dukes version collaborates JCVD's version of events. Anyway The stuff/scenes..I'm talking about ..is clearly the new design with Kevin Peter Hall...and I saw it ia making of DVD 20 years ago. I really liked the dude since he was in the TV show Misfits of Sciences. It's Just sad what happened in his personal life. Anyway..just Thank goodness they brought in Stan Winston to redesign the Predator.. because that original JCVD predator suit 😬....

@a-blivvy-yus

9 ай бұрын

@@KrushgrooveOG Yeah xD

The naked woman in the Colombian dealer's apartment was played by Teri Weigel, a well known XXX film star in the 1990's.

@ccgzh

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your Expertise.

@jhilal2385

3 ай бұрын

@@ccgzh IMDB is your friend

@ccgzh

3 ай бұрын

@@jhilal2385 😜

@bikerkermit

Ай бұрын

@@jhilal2385 and so is PornHub, apparently

Bill Paxton really ran the gauntlet of being offed by big sci-fi baddies. Got the trifecta

The more Predator tech that the Yautja use, the younger the Predator. There is lore where elder Predators hunt with just an arm blade.

Fun Fact: The Predator race are called the Yautja. In the Darkhorse comics the Yautja have had a relationship with the xenomorphs from Aliens for a long time. They consider the xenomorphs to be the ultimate prey to hunt as they are so deadly. The Yautja will purposefully seed planets with xenomorphs to basically turn said planets into hunting reserves. It is a right of passage for young Yautja hunters to kill a xenomorph.

I really love this movie. If the first one is 9 out of 10 this one is atleast an 8 for me. I really like Danny Glover!

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Danny Glover is amazing - and he did fantastic in this! Definitely agree on the rating, 8 is fair!

@terrylandess6072

9 ай бұрын

He parlayed the Lethal Weapon success quite well for an actor hitting that stride later in life.

@johnbeans2000

9 ай бұрын

@@terrylandess6072 true!

@jamesisaacson6379

2 ай бұрын

​@OfficialMediaKnights question when you guy going watch more predator moive or whe you will watch one with alien and predator I guss I am also wonder what your realse scheduleds is?

People in the know.. know. This is a great sequel.

@jdnaz1288

9 ай бұрын

Hell Yeah, it is!

It's a good genre sequel. Hard to follow that first film but this film did a lot to expand the repertoire and lore of the Predator universe and it has great atmosphere and some really well shot set pieces. They had so much to play with from here on and apart from Prey, it's mostly been thrown away.

The alien skull was a direct result of a Dark Horse comic series featuring the alien vs Predator concept in the late 80s into the 90s. Loved this movie when it came out. Remember seeing it 8 times in the theater with friends. Ahh the good old days. Great review guys.

Bro, when you said homeboy during the shoot-out, was putting gym powder on himself, I almost spit out my drink laughing. I remember my younger sister asking my dad when we watched this with him as kids what that white stuff was that the dude was splashing his face and shoulders with, and my dad said it was gym powder. "Oh, he's using that powder for better grip, of his gun's." Lol. This movie is a pretty worthy sequel to the first movie, regardless of some of the Predator mystique having been taken away since you went in kind of already knowing what to expect. The movie did manage to add a few things to the mythos that would stick around in future movies and expanded media up to today, so the movie is pretty significant.

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

That is hilarious! That was a great save 😂

@Hal2718

9 ай бұрын

Most of the movies I think are worth a watch. The only one I think is bad is The Predator. Predators and Prey I think are decent. Not as good as Predator 2 and OBVIOUSLY not anywhere close to the original, but I say they're worth a watch. AVP franchise is a whole other can of worms that I personally don't include when talking about the Predator franchise 🤷

@ratpwn

9 ай бұрын

I get this. For what its worth, I do enjoy AVP 2 though. @@Hal2718

Fun Fact: While the movie was filmed on location, the scene with King Willy was shot in an alley in a very dangerous part of town. There were needles and garbage everywhere and the neighbours threw bottles and literal shit at the crew while filming because they were fed up. But the big thing was they actually found a dead body among the trash one day and had to shut everything down for cops.

Remember that while you knew the gun from Prey that this film came decades earlier and was the first time the gun was shown. Seeing it in Prey was a callback to this film as well as indicating that at some point after Prey the owner of that gun was killed by a Yautja (predator species), possibly the same one that gives the gun to the MC here as they seem to have an extended lifespan. The MC was given the gun because he defeated a Yautja in single combat according to their rules of engagement. Speaking of those rules of engagement, the Yauja are not only concerned about if someone is armed. They care if an intelligent target is armed and combative. They are also concerned with hierarchies like you mentioned in your reaction. They went after the Columbian gang because they were dominant at the start of the film. Then they went after the Jamaicans in the apartment who were doing their own form of dominance game against the Columbian's leader. Danny was killed because he went up to recover the blade, and the Yautja are big on cleaning up after themselves. Then it was King Willie's turn. Only then was the MC's team stalked, with Leona being spared because her being pregnant meant killing her would also kill a noncombatant.

Bill Paxton is the only person killed by the Terminator, a Xenomorph, and a Predator ;) Speaking of him, I LOVE his doctor joke in this movie :D I also love the scene in the subway car, where the predator is approaching him, and it says "want some candy?" :)

@hitman142002

7 ай бұрын

Actually....not quite correct. Lance Henrikson also completes the trifecta in the "Alien vs Predator" movie, but Paxton got there first.

6:31 Fun fact: Henry Kingi, the stunt performer doing this fall, also died at the start of the original. He's the dude that jumps into the truck 'Dutch' lifts.

@TaengJr

3 ай бұрын

Nice, that is a fun fact. Thanks!

@Britcarjunkie

Ай бұрын

He was also in "Car Wash": I forget his character's name, but he's the one wearing the mouse hat. He also was/is married to The Bionic Woman! (Dammit, I forget her name!)

At the time this movie was released, giving him the gun at the end was a cool indication showing the Predators have interacted with humans for hundreds of years. It was awesome the included the gun in Prey. It was a nice connection of the time periods and history in the movies.

For more Gary Busey, check out Point Break (1991), also starring a very young Keanu Reeves. He plays a fresh FBI agent, with Busey as his aging partner, and Keanu has to go undercover to find out who's responsible for a wave of bank robberies.

Giving him the gun was sort of a gesture of respect. If you look close, in addition to the ALIEN skull there was also the understructure of a Triffid, which shows these creatures hunt on many different worlds.

In the original script Keys was supposed to be Dutch from part 1 but Arnold turned down the role

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

No way! Definitely missed Dutch. Would've loved an appearance!

@prltqdf9

9 ай бұрын

Considering Keys' character and what happened to him I totally understand why Arnold turned down the role.

@sociallyferal4237

9 ай бұрын

In a way that's good - because if it was Dutch - there would be less room for Danny Glovers character. You'd be expecting Arnold to kick butt and the not listening to warnings etc and dying cut in half would not really match the character.

@KrushgrooveOG

9 ай бұрын

​@@prltqdf9well once Arnold turned it down..some changes were made to the Keyes character and evolved into something else. So idk if he was going to get killed the same way as Keyes. The main reason he turned it down was to do Terminator 2.

@bikerkermit

Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights there's a book called Predator: Concrete Jungle which is basically a rework of this movie. In that the main protagonist (other than our masked mandibular friend) is a cop called Schaefer...who it turns out is Dutch's brother. Phillips, the general from the first movie, also features in the book.

If I remember correctly Predators are drawn to places of conflict because that's where you tend to find warriors and thus the worthiest opponents so it seems quite likely they'd be attracted to an ongoing gang war. Predators are about the challenge and glory but they adhere to a code as you saw with the pregnant cop, the boy with the toy gun, the unarmed civilians and the victor of the battle. If you're not a threat or a worthy opponent they'll basically pass you by because there's no self preservation or glory in it for them. If I'm honest, as sad as it is they actually have better ethics than a lot of humans. 😅 Giving the him the gun was emphasize how long the Predators (Yautja) been visiting Earth and the Alien skull was to show that they hunt other worthy adversary across the universe/galaxies.

The Yautja (predator’s) are a race that value honour and strength among all things. So after Harrigan(Danny Glover) defeated the “City Hunter” Predator in was essentially single combat the other clan members let him live out of respect for his victory over their fallen clansmen. The flintlock pistol was both a Easter egg nod to the comic as well as a tell tale of how long the Yautja have been coming to earth to perform their “Hunts” the Xenomorph skull was just an Easter egg to the only other sci fi baddie that made a noticeable impression on audiences(as mentioned by previous commenters)

Delightful reaction y'all. I especially liked how you both were actually paying attention and piecing stuff together, it's always fun to see folks get into the movies like that. While "Predator 2" wasn't as well-received as the first movie, I still enjoy this one immensely for what it is and for how it expanded on Yautja (The actual name of their species) lore and technology. So that being said, let's touch on a few details. As you both have probably figured out, the Predators do have something of a code-of-honor that they follow while on hunts; rules to govern what is and isn't acceptable. That being said, the following things are considered against their laws/taboo: Killing unarmed prey, killing children and pregnant women, and certain sickly prey are likewise off-limits; though the latter two rules can be waived if the forbidden prey in question are armed and trying to harm the Predator(s) hunting them. They're also very protective of their technology when it comes to it possibly falling into the hands of prey-species like humans, which is part of the reason why they'll self-destruct if too badly injured or otherwise facing the risk of their tech being recovered. As others have pointed out, the xenomorph skull was basically a nod to the ALIEN franchise, but by this point there was already a comic-book series put out by Dark Horse that started back in 1989; one year prior to this movie. Fun fact: The Predators not only actively seed worlds with xenomorphs and hunt them for sport, but it's considered a rite-of-passage for entering adult-hood; which of course means better hunts and better gear to use. These rite-of-passage hunts end with the successful newbies getting "blooded", in other words marked using the acid-blood of slain xenomorphs. At the end, the Elder predator gave Danny Glover that pistol as a show of respect, and possibly as a subtle warning that he hasn't seen the last of them. Their race knows strength and skill when they see it and respect it accordingly, so if you can take down one of them in "fair and honorable" combat, they'll acknowledge you and show due respect. Going back to the comics and novels for a moment, there's one instance where a woman named Machiko Noguchi ended up fighting side-by-side with a veteran Predator in a colony that had been overrun by xenomorphs. For her efforts, destroying an entire hive and scoring a kill on a Queen, she got "blooded" and the chance to go hunting with the Predators; which she took.

Movie reactions are my specialty!!

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Haha Bill Paxton...what a legend!

Kevin Peter Hall played main predator in both Predator movies. He was also bigfoot, Harry, in Harry and the Hendersons. R.I.P. Kevin Peter Hall, we miss you.

The gun was the Predator's way of giving Glover a trophy for surviving the hunt.

If memory serves me correctly, the xeno skull was there as an Easter egg/ favor between friends in the prop dept. They wanted unique trophies to make the Predators seem more formidable, and in cinema, what's more formidable than a Xenomorph. Outside of a Queen Xenomorph.

The old flintlock pistol was that Predator's way of letting him know they've been around a long time. An explanation of sorts, as a show of respect for him surviving.

@iggtastic

7 ай бұрын

At the time I took that to mean that the flintlock belonged to the last human to defeat one of their hunters. Like, "here, take this memento to remember us by. Good job (...you A-hole)." I figure that Dutch doesn't count since the nuclear blast meant that no trophies survived to be passed down as heirlooms.

@SkewedPerspective

3 ай бұрын

This, add in it being a promise that they will return

The Alien skull in the trophy room was originality meant as an easter egg for fans since 20th Century Fox owned both franchises at the time. Not realizing that they would create a new franchise with both creatures.

"I need some of that gym powder" -Ari ...lmao i love how these older movies just go straight to the action. The director and writers known that people are going to see an action flick and they just provide from begining to end.

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! This was action packed from start to finish! We wanted to see more of the predator and that is exactly what we got.

You guys had missed the part where Keys (Gary Busey) had told Harrigan (Danny Glover) how they rigged the sprinkler system with some kind of dust that would stick to the predator to keep him visible, it wasn't the water. Secondly, everything is a "hunters game" with the predators. Skulls are their trophy if they complete a successful kill & for humans is something they give to you if he beats the predator in the hunting game

Since watching The Thing, I think another must watch as filmmakers is Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's fantastic, creeped me out as a kid so much

I think way Predator following Danny Glover around is because he is the lion in the jungle, he is the biggest price. And like a hunter he wants to study him, learn his weaknesses and observe. And the Predator only kills those who opposing a threat to him

Can't believe you didn't mention what looks like a T-Rex skull too.

Such a good sequel. Not as good as the first one, but still a good flick 👍

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

It had some really cool moments with the Predator!

@Antagonopolis

9 ай бұрын

Film is fun to watch for sure and has some great moments and lore expansion, but I can't help myself but notice that they started to degrade Predators from this film after. I mean, Harrigan here acts in the very same way Mac did in the original Predator... and we all know how it ended... They did not let mindless rush for revenge to overcome the hunter in the 1st film, so that we knew that the Predator is smarter and just plays with them like a matador. But then they let it pass in the 2nd film and...it felt like this 2nd hunter is simply not that good. And with each new film this felling only grew stronger [at least for me].

@javix2013

9 ай бұрын

Predator 2 is like Robocop 2, without surpassing the originals, they are still well made and entertaining sequels.@@OfficialMediaKnights

@javix2013

9 ай бұрын

From the Predator saga you have a third one with Adrien Brody called Predators, from 2010 and Predator: Prey from 2022. And there is another one called: Alien vs Predator, but of dubious quality I would say, hahaha ! more B class I would say.@@OfficialMediaKnights

This is probably the most underrated film ever!

Another fun fact about the trophy wall is almost all of the skulls subtly make nods or references to other movies. That first huge skull you see on the left was a random conceptual design that was later used as the basic design for the skull of the Kothoga, the monster from the movie The Relic which Stan Winston also did the special effects for.

22:17 "Wants some candy?" :D

Speaking of "Concrete Jungle" theres literally an old Predator game called Predator: Concrete Jungle and it was fantastic

"I never thought I'd see a predator inside a subway car." ⬆This line here just made me burst out laughing.⬆

The gun was a "related/familiar" trophy... If you win a good fight... you get a trophy in their culture. And yes... Predator 2 took the bold step of implying the Aliens universe is in the same universe as Predator... something that films never did in this time. The comics took this information and went to town... then video games and then the films. Ridley Scott however hated this... and created Prometheus to rewrite it to say otherwise... however true fans of the franchise actually disregard Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Covenant and only see them as "Alternative Lore". Predator 2 was a great sequel to Predator... something that would of been hard to acheive and really boosted the Aliens and Predator franchise.

It was so great to see a cross over film with Roger Murtaugh vs a Predator...Rigs was tied up with another case!

One of 2 of my favorite sequels to any franchise!! So, the reason there were so many Yautja (Predator) was for the youngling blooding. They were different clans and their young ones earning their clan marking. Killing a Yautja warrior earns the respect of the Yautja clans. The gun at the end was Harrigan's trophy for defeating the young warrior. Btw, the zenomorph skull does elude to their place in the Alien/Predator universe. I can't wait for you to see AVP!! It'll answer many questions. Great reaction guys! Ari, very savvy as always and Denise is brilliant and gorgeous as always!! Love it!! Cheers!!

Danny Glover had to fill the shoes of Arnie. He did a good job. This film in my top 20 action movies for sure.

"You know what I believe?.. Shit 'appens" 🤣🤣🤣

The Xenomorph skull was meant to communicate that Alien and Predator share the same universe and it wasstated by the director as meant to show that the Predators do hunt Aliens and would serve as a teaser for the upcoming AVP movie they were planning which was all inspired by the AVP comics which released just before Predator 2.

This film is underrated. I had a huge fanboy moment when I saw the Xeno skull in this when I saw it back in the theater in '90

(At 43:02) also, this elder or veteran Predator is called Grayback, and he is *also* played by Kevin Peter Hall. So like the first one Kevin Peter Hall plays two different characters on Predator 2.

So backstory about the flint lock pistol from the comics. The pirate who owned the pistol was in a confrontation with that leader predator, but in the middle of their battle the pirate captains crew staged a mutiny and tried killing both of them. So for brief moment the predator and captain stood side by side. But unfortunately the captain was killed by the crew mates and his last words to the predator was “take it” as he gave the predator his pistol.

The "Raphael Adolini 1715" gun holds profound symbolism, signifying the extraterrestrial visitors' longstanding engagement in Earth's history as hunters. Its historical designation suggests a lineage of these otherworldly visitors coming to Earth on a recurring 'safari' spanning centuries. By giving the gun to Hannigan, they acknowledge him as a victor, implying that he has successfully reclaimed it, marking a symbolic triumph for humanity after it was once taken from them. This artifact becomes a testament to the enduring battle between humans and these cosmic hunters, emphasising the significance of this ongoing struggle in the broader context of Earth's history.

Predator 2 and Robocop 2 usually get poopooed on but honestly they have some awesome practical visuals along with being just good fun. the ones after tho the part threes and so on not so much : P

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

We haven't seen the Robocop movies yet, but we did enjoy this sequel for Predator! It was different, entertaining and fun - sometimes that's exactly what a movie needs to be!

@krono5el

9 ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights cant wait, youse guys are gonna really dig the Verhoeven trilogy, also alien vs predator was a couple games before the movies. the Capcom AvP arcade side scrolling 2d beat'em up was utter perfection and blew are minds back then. still love it so much : D

@prltqdf9

9 ай бұрын

Robocop 2 is trash, but Predator 2 is actually a good sequel.

To answer the question, am sure you have got comments on it, 40:30 it was a xenomorph skull, the director just did it as a nod to the aliens movies, not knowing it would start a whole movement (pre-social media) for the alien vs predator movie for years to come. Also Keyes was suppose to be Dutch, but Arnold turned it down for several reasons, the main one being him dying, he was still a big time star at that time, wouldn't have made since.

@chrisjacobs196

9 ай бұрын

Incorrect. It was a nod to the AvP comic done by Dark Horse years earlier. Check the first issues out - damned good stuff.

glad you noticed the alien skull on the trophy wall.as for the "- who's next?" line...love it! ❤

I love your reactions more than most of the reaction videos I've seen. You have a great technical review as well as fan review mixed in one. And you don't drone on with theories, you react to what you see. I love that!

As a fellow Bill Paxon fan I request to please check out Frailty (2001), really great movie that he is in and also directed.

@seanbrookshier1466

4 ай бұрын

I posted on other movies that they need to watch fraility as well, also identity with cusak

At the end of the 'Prey' movie they show a drawing of the predator ship howering over the village. I am pretty sure some other predator came for the girl, finally killed her and took the antique pistol as a trophy since she was a great warrior. Later the predators gave the same pistol to Danny Glover's character as a mark of respect since he single handedly killed one of their own.

On the Alien Skull...from what I read and remember, the skull was an unfinished, unpainted, Alien head that didn't get used in Aliens (1996). So as a nod, and as a inside joke, that our alien beat your alien, someone working for the props department, sneaked that into the set design. The scene was then shot, edited, and made it's way onto the final theatrical version of the movie without anyone noticing. But audiences in theaters caught it, as well on the easily, pauseable and reverseable VHS audiences. That blew everyone's minds, just like you two, and created the fire to see their two favorite aliens do battle onscreen. Unfortunately because the properties for both franchises where owned by separate studios, they were never in agreement on how to make a crossover happen. They couldn't agree on a script, financing, distribution, advertising, etc etc. The only way to see them together was in a series of Predator comics by Dark Horse Comics, and various video games. And that remained that way until they figured out an agreement for the 2004 release of Alien vs Predator. So no, these two franchises were never supposed to crossover. They were two totally different projects, in totally different movie universes. But now, because of several crossover movies, a lot of newer audiences think that these two were always linked.

If your going release order, Alien 3 is next. I urge you to watch the Assembly Cut of the movie. If your going next Predator movie, it would be Alien vs Predator technically in the story. Please don’t make us wait a year 😂😂 Each Predator movie explains more about them, including the Alien vs Predator movies. The Alien/Predator universe has a lot of in depth lore covering both species in not just the movies, but games, comics, novels and other licensed source materials that fans of the franchise will happily help explain. This lore covers everything from Alien breeding and caste system, to Predators hunting code, clans and technology. The official name of the two species are also revealed with Predators being called Yautja, and Aliens being called Xenomorphs. The expanded media covers their history and relationship with each other, humans, Earth and other planets.

I like predator 2 slightly more than the first one actually 🤷 also I still recommend Jeepers Creepers 1&2 for you guys, will not be disappointed but go in blind 👉❤️🙏

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Jeepers Creepers is on our list! Can't wait to check it out 😄

Aliens Versus Predator Unrated is not as bad as its reputation is. Most of the hatred towards AvP came the PG theater version. I remeber that hatred towards the bloodless PG version. Internet was raging over it. Home media unrated version was completely different beast. Still I consider Predator Trilogy Predator 1 & 2 + Prey amazing set. Predators (2010) is not as bad as I remember. I actually enjoy it quite a lot but the Predator (2018 ) is utter carbage.

Good job. Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by an Alien, a Predator, a Terminator, Cowboys, and a vampire Slayer.

Want some candy?😂 This movie is a cheese fest and I love it!!!!👍

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Ahahaha it was a loooot of cheese but we enjoyed it 😂

You two are amazing, keep up the great reactions!

Best soundtrack of the entire saga. Silvestri rules in this movie and Stephen Hopkins himself did a freaking great job. Predator 2 is too much underrated and deserve more.

I remember watching this in the theater and when the xenomorph skull was revealed, the audience flipped out 😂

I read a long time ago that this particular predator was young but slightly older than the one that Arnold fought. As a predator becomes more capable, they will hunt in increasingly more dangerous places and/or prey. Humans are a priced hunt for young predators because of our intelligence. But for all we know, there are far, far more dangerous, cthulhu type creatures they hunt in other galaxies. Too add, I also read that the ones Arnold and Danny fought would be in the human equivalent of their mid to late teens.

@terrylandess6072

9 ай бұрын

They even give that impression in AVP as the predator in that has that teen 'tude'.

@nur418777

9 ай бұрын

That's what I liked about the plot of "Prey". Both Naru and the Predator are going through a rite of passage to become a warrior in their tribe.

@DIGMyers

9 ай бұрын

It was my understanding that the one from the original Predator was a more seasoned hunter due to the less weapons and more remote location. The Predator from 2 had more weapons and being in a city with a higher population had more prey to hunt. I think that's why there was the rest of the group of Predators there as well. Not necessarily there to hunt but to observe while that Predator trained further into hunting. The Predator from 1 was there by itself.

Saw this in the theater - first one is best but this one is solid and entertaining. So lore wise, 1st movie released in 87. In 1989, Dark Horse comics releases a really great limited series called Aliens vs Predator. And you were right as you mentioned in another video - in the comic, hunting a Xenomorph is a coming of age ritual for the Predators. Hence the skull appearing a year later in Predator 2 was a great easter egg for fans (as before the comic, there was no connection between both franchises). Sadly, any of the two versus movies they made matching up both creatures are not as great as the comic series. At this point, you have seen the best three movies. Side note - you mentioned the score. When Glover goes to Danny's grave, the musical queue is the queue from the first movie when Mac's is sitting with Blaine's body in the body bag and saying goodbye. A great callback.

@toonami99

9 ай бұрын

Yep, I saw this in theaters too, but I was so young that the subway scene scared me that my dad took me out of the theater. I love the original AvP Novel, I have it on paper back and graphic novel.

18:30 "You can't see the eyes of the demon, until him come calling." :)

Also, they included the pistol in Prey as a direct reference to this movie. It’s meant for to indicate that the Predators have been to Earth before and have returned multiple times.

DANNY BOY.....

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Terrifying voice!

In the first one when Arnold Get the mud and the Predator is chasing him, he fall in the water and the cammo fails. So yes the water makes he cant be invisible

@dominushydra

9 ай бұрын

Why are you still wearing a mask? And make a captain obvious statement? 😂

I love this one. Possibly my favorite in the franchise. You guys should definitely check out Predators and Alien vs Predator.

BEST PREDATOR MOVIE EVER! This was one of the first films to be given an NC 17 rating for the strong graphic violence that was filmed but cut from the movie. Over 30 minutes of deleted scenes from the movie that was cut in order to get an R Rating. The scenes had the Predator disembowel people, decapitations and skins getting peeled off! Here's a list of deleted scenes from the movie that were filmed or scripted. El Scorpio's body disappears from the morgue, presumably taken by Keyes for study. Scripted. Keyes threatens to have Harrigan fired from the police force if he ever interferes with His crime Scenes. Scripted Harrigan does get fired from the police force after feeling guilty over Danny's murder but gets reinstated. Scripted Jerry follows Keyes and his men from the hospital to the airport helipad, where they take Ramon's mistress for interrogation. Scripted. The City Hunter Predator follows Harrigan through the city streets while cloaked, and Keyes' men are also following him as well. The City Hunter Predator enters a taxidermy store, where a jogger sees the alien through the glass window which the creature touches a stuffed lion. The jogger enters the store, but the Predator is gone. The jogger dismisses it as a mirage from the heat. Scripted. The City Hunter Predator follows Jerry and Leona to the subway, where he jumps on the back of the train. Keyes explains to Harrigan that Dutch disappeared into the jungle following the 1987 Guatamala incident. Filmed but deleted. Ramon's mistress is being interviewed by Keyes, saying that the Predator was a demon from hell that killed all the Jamaicans. Filmed but deleted Anna from the first movie tells Keyes that Dutch and his friends were being hunted by the creature like it was a sick game. Filmed but deleted. King Willie's death was a lot different than the final cut of the movie: in the original script, he used a gold plated Uzi as his main weapon of choice, firing 30 rounds at the Predator in the alley. He slaps Another clip, but runs out of Ammo. He uses his sword as his secondary weapon. " You can't see the eyes of the demon...." says the City Hunter Predator imitating Willie's voice. In the original script, the ending was very different: rather than Harrigan kill the City Hunter, it's the elder Predator Greyback, who kills the City Hunter by decapitating him, then gives Harrigan the Flintlock pistol, before the ship flies off into the night sky, witg Harrigan watching from afar

My brother and I freaked out when we saw the Xeno skull at the end of this back in the 90s, well before and AvP movies were out. Unfortunately, the AvP movies are not very good - they really missed an opportunity with them.

If you're going to pull the trigger and watch movies with several in the series you CAN'T wait a full year to watch the next film in line!!

@terrylandess6072

9 ай бұрын

I you do, a re-watch of the earlier one makes sense as the next one released in theaters so we were fresh and on top of the situation(s). Imagine having all these movies available today to just stream at will, having never seen them or waited for theatrical release.

The Predators are the Ultimate Hunters. Their honor is different from ours, but it is there. They gave him the pistol as a trophy for killing the Predator in Single Combat. They are so much stronger than us, it's rare for a human to defeat one in Single Combat. They know it, he now knows it. They honored him for his prowess. You should watch the Aliens vs Predator movies soon. And, Yes, it was a Xeno skull.

(At 7:12) City Hunter: You stole my kill. You just made a powerful into me.

I don't know a lot about the L.A. Riots but I think this movie takes place during them and that's why it opened on total chaos. Best I can say is I think I recall something about looters on the news.

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

Such a different setting from the first one. Which is something we really enjoyed 😄

@dominushydra

9 ай бұрын

This movie came out way before the LA Riots

@DarkKnightBatman420

9 ай бұрын

@@dominushydra Google tells me it was two years before them and the depiction of the city was based on tensions that had built up to culminate in the L.A. Riots.

@dominushydra

9 ай бұрын

@@DarkKnightBatman420 lmao no. This movie has nothing to do with the fucking LA riots

@DarkKnightBatman420

9 ай бұрын

@@dominushydra I already acknowledged that by writing that this movie filmed two years before it. All I did was say that google said that the opening scene was based on tensions that caused further events. It’s drama and fiction. Chill.

Back when 109 degrees seemed like a mostly fictional thing to open a movie on.

@OfficialMediaKnights

9 ай бұрын

😂😂

The Predator code is not something as Human or moralistic as "no women, no kids", it's entirely more primal. Remember when Dutch kicked the gun out of Anna's hands in the first Predator? Dutch figured out why she wasn't killed -- she was unarmed. The predator won't kill non combatants or those who don't pose either a challenge or a threat..

Morton Downey Jr. I remember listening to his radio show back in the 80's.

Alfred-"Will they return, Sir?" Batman -"They won't. Not now that they've met what lives in Gotham" From the excellent (first) Batman vs Predator comics. Highly recommend!

Gun is to prove how long Yuantja (the Predator) was visiting Earth. Yes it was a Xenomorph and there's an Alien vs Predator movie(s). Fun fact Predator hunting tasks was a rite of passage for their race, therefore, The Predator is actually an adolescent Yuantja.

It was only ever the one. That was his clan members. Once you defeat one of there own there is a hands off code that is abided by. The gun was a trophy the clan leader offered up for Harrigan's victory.

They gave him own trophy for being a worthy combatant .