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"Predator 2" is a very underrated movie: most people hate it while it's only a few notches below the original if you ask me. Hopkins did a great job directing it: the flick is very stylish and he can handle both suspense and action very well. Hell, some things are even better than the original: the score, for example, is much more intriguing and eerie. Sure, it has a few flaws but it didn't deserve the hate it got: the subway scene alone is worth the ticket. One can only wish for the average movie sequel to be like "Predator 2". I hope someday we'll get that elusive uncut version. I am not asking for a complete remaster - even a transfer with cigarettes burns and some wear&tear would do, as long as it is watchable.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

100% agree. It’s such a fun movie.

This was a highly underrated movie! Never understood the hate it received. My favorite sequel

@BangYouDied

9 ай бұрын

People were so mad that Arnold wasn’t in it, they never gave it a real chance.

Predator 2 is one of my favorite films of all time. This movie looks better and newer than all other films of it's time, Predator 2 is truly a masterpiece in it's own right, and a very special movie.

I love watching the Predator movies as a teenager and those were the glory days 😁. Predator 2 is an underrated sequel and i love it still 🙂! I miss being a teenager again .

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Who doesn’t??? What great times they were! Thanks for watching!!!

@Lalaxbo

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt You’re welcome man 🙂. Predators is a great sequel also 🙂

It actually hurts to hear they cancelled a Re-release. Would have thrown money at that, especially a cut with more in it. 2020 sucks

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

I know. At least we now know that the 70mm version is ready so I imagine it's just a matter of time before we get to see it now. Hopefully with the new Predator film the studio will think twice and release this new version of P2.

Can't forget Teri Weigal in that one scene.... :D

As a sequel you expect them to show the Predator too much but there’s tremendous respect shown by the director and great suspense....and then you have the 2018 film which shows the Predator in broad daylight with the opening

@SSDART

3 жыл бұрын

what 2018 film do you speak of.... i have no memory of this :-P

I remember when I was younger sitting on the living room floor, eating a bag of freshly popped popcorn, and watching Predator 2 movie. I had the biggest crush on the City Predator and cried when he got killed at the end, but when I saw the Predators at the end, I got happy because I knew that there were more!

@adriel88_

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the city hunter felt like a vigilante because he was killing most of the criminals in the city

I hope the uncut version still exist somewere. It was a shame the censors were so trigger happy at the time

Bring back NC-17 version !

Predator 1& 2 classics.

I really hope we will get that new P2 version... it would be amazing. There is so much love for the film out there. Great job with the interview!!

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed 🤞. Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed the interview.

Predator: Predator hunting Arnold Predator 2: Danny hunting Predator Both film are great but Predator 2 is very underrated, This film deserve more credit. Danny Glover is badass in this film.

ONE OF THE BEST PREDATOR MOVIES.STEPHEN DID A GREAT JOB.GOOD INTERVIEW.

Thank you Stephen Hopkins for making the second predator look different with spear, smart disk, net gun and many more. One of my favourite film 👊🏼

The film is a classic. I have been at work and ill go to my car and just play King Willie s scene with Harrigan..Just blaring it in parking lot at breaktime.IDK why it has been on my mind lately.Mainly for the Predator's big reveal and Alan Silvestri's enhanced score. "Prepare Yourself.. "

That was awesome! Feel really privileged 🤯

When you think we didnt get a new Predator 2 cut this year just because the last lame ass pred flicks flopped...It hurts.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

It sucks. It’s all about money but Predator 2 has a huge following now and just because the last film didn’t go down well doesn’t mean fans wouldn’t have all rushed out to get their hands on a new P2 release. Hopefully we’ll get it eventually. It’s definitely been worked on so just a question of time I guess.

@DrQuagmire1

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt what do you mean a new cut of "Predator 2" has been worked on? I haven't heard jack-monkey-squat about it

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrQuagmire1 unfortunately they prepared one but as THE PREDATOR didn’t do well, the plan was scrapped 😕

@DrQuagmire1

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt ah, fuck!!! I thought "The Predator" was an alright movie, and i've heard rumors that the film went through numerous re-shoots and whatnot (evidenced by the scene in the trailer where Trevante Rhodes is firing a .50 caliber machine gun on top of a tank), so it definitely didn't deserve the intense backlash it received. The same can be said about "Predator 2" (one of my favorite sequels), which got shat on for years, but eventually gained quite a following as time progressed.

@whome6764

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt Personally I'd buy it. One and two are easily my favorite. Actually I'm glad Danny Glover played in it alone.

Fun interview, mate. Stephen Hopkins seems a decent fella. Nice one.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

He’s great. Thanks for watching!

What a treat. I learned soooo much. THANK YOU THANK YOU

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Love predetor 2 Underrated seuqle Great interview

My favourite PREDATOR film, love Predator 2! \m/

Great movie, nice interview 👍🏼🙂

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very muchly for watching!!!

Great interview! Hopefully we will get to see the new cut someday!

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I hope the news of a new Predator movie might make them change their mind and release this new 70mm version as originally planned.

@RetroReels

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt Any additional content would be great to see. There have been talks of the existence of a workprint existing throughout the years, however it's never surfaced. After hearing Stephen talk about the different prints going out, this may be where that rumor originated from.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroReels the interview was around 40 minutes in total so I think I am going to put together a second part although I think most of the content about the cuts and casting are all included in this video. If I did leave anything out to keep the video shorter then I will definitely edit a part 2 shortly

great interview. thanks for posting this. i heard that Patrick Swayze was originally supposed to be the 'harrigan' character but he had to leave the role due to injuries he sustained filming 'Roadhouse' but i guess that was during the early script stages before Steven came aboard?

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Yeah, I guess it must have been very early on. It’s funny how all of the possible stars as well as Danny Glover all worked with Gary Busey on other movies too.

Good interview, maaan how amazing would it be if we could finally see the uncut edition of Predator 2.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’d love to see the uncut version but it sounds like most of those versions that “leaked” to theaters got destroyed. Such a shame the version he had worked on for the 30th anniversary didn’t work out. Hopefully they will still release it though.

@SSDART

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt he was working on a new cut of Predator 2? Didn't know that, I must investigate 🙂

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

@@SSDART yes. He mentions it in this interview. He was working with Levy on it I think. More than a cut it was a new high quality version for a special 30th anniversary release but because the latest predator movie didn’t fare well at the box office the studio decided not to release it.

@SSDART

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt DAMN Studios, they never understand the customer base and fandom. Re-releasing P2 in a new remastered cut will sell LOADS. Do hope he finds away to release now

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

@@SSDART hopefully, with the news of a new movie we could be in luck 🤞

I wonder if this new version they made had some of the cut scenes in it?

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

It sounded like it was just a new higher quality print but I’m sure there would have been some great extras and maybe even some of those cut scenes in there.

Predator 2 is a classic, f””k all the haters

I'm in agreement that Predator II is only slightly less brilliant than the 1st. Seems inspired to use the streets of LA in a sweltering Summer heatwave teeming with vice, corruption & street fighting between rival gangs. The suspense while Glover is hunting the alien is marvellous.

I liked Predator 2. I only wish they'd showed Predator's confrontation against the Colombian drug gang just as they did the Jamaican posses 😆

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Awsome interview, I wished you would of asked him if the uncut version is still out there somewhere maybe in the fox vault or something. The theaters might of destroyed that version but I have to think that fox themselves still have it somewhere. I wish we would see it one day but it’s been this long, please fox just release it already if it’s still there.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙏. In the full version I asked him if we’d ever get to see the full cut but he seems to think they all got destroyed as they were sent out in different versions to theaters but who knows? He said they more than deleted scenes they just had to cut small snippets from all the scenes that are in the released cut. It would be great if someone did have one of those original copies to release the uncut version

If there's a petition to sign to get this re-released with the original cut, point the way!

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

We definitely need to get this in motion 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

We need to see the nc17 cut. I heard there was a lot of scenes that were cut.

Are you going to upload the rest of the interview, thank you

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

There’s not a great deal of additional unknown details but viewers seem to be keen to see more so I might edit together the best of what wasn’t included, yes.

The seagal version was only going to be 10 minutes long , he was going to side step the plasma caster blast and kick his ass with his bare hands

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. The Yautja can take that to the bank, to the blood bank...

@paulie.walnuts2838

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt nobody beats him in the kitchen 😁

So it was Stan Winston who created the AvP franchise incidentally? Or was the comic first?

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fun nod to the Dark Horse comic. John Rosengrant and Shane Mahan decided to include an Alien Warrior skull in the Predator's trophy case. They were going to use the Alien skull halfway through the film when Willy’s skull is put up there but decided against it as they thought audiences would expect the film to go in a different direction. That’s why we only see it at the end.

@PatrickSilent

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowardsHaunt Thanks for the clarification! The first issue came out before the shooting started? It wasn't even in the shooting script?

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatrickSilent my pleasure. From what I am aware it was just an idea they came up with whilst shooting. There’s a great making of Predator 2 video on KZread if you haven’t seen it that has some fun details about that too.

@fred_derf_

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much for the interview ! priceless.That golf intro idea is so great.

@HowardsHaunt

3 жыл бұрын

@@fred_derf_ thanks for watching. I know. Sadly we’ll probably never get to see that

Damn I just lost all respect for Stephen calling Shane black a brilliant writer is like saying jo Bai Dun is a good president that is always honest

Thank the heaven's seagal wasn't in it...the taughts of him bending the predators fingers back while trying to do his martial arts on him is just wrong....

Shit happens/ the Predator 2018