Well, Let talk about the predator 2018... And I got some shit to say about this movie, but before I do... This Is going to be heavy on SPOILERS... you know, In cause you haven't seen It but I highly recommend you don't, So If you have yet to see The Predator... Then DON'T read this... But who even cares? If you have already see The Predator... Go right ahead and read this, but you probably won't like what I have to say about It...
Anyways, I'm going to start by getting the negatives out of the way, starting with the BIGGEST problem I have with the movie... Predators genetically altering themselves... That there is without a doubt the most DUMBEST F*CKING thing EVER... Of all time! I hated the idea then and I hated the Idea days before, and I still hate It today! Why would Yautjas alter themselves? First off, I don't believe at ALL that It Is within the yautja's scientific capability to know genetic alteration and how that shit works, they wouldn't have a scientific Interest In It at all, and 2nd, It doesn't sound like or fit the yautjas at all! Predators do not need to alter themselves to make themselves better hunters... No reason whatsoever. A yautja relies on they're true strengths and that's what shines bright and it shows TRUE worthiness and honor and commands respect from other Yautjas. But for a yautja to genetically alter themselves is pretty much the equivalent of taking steroids, they're only making themselves better artificially, why be better when it's not your true strength that shines but rather artificially and so much to the point where your no longer a yautja anymore, your nothing more then a f*cking monstrosity? Your pretty a Bad Blood If your doing that shit to yourself and others and you get off on that! Like I said, It's NOT within the yautja's scientific capabilities and It does not sound like something a yautja would do to themselves or other yautjas, unless they're, again, a bad blood… Other then that, NO Yautja F*CKING EVER has done that... Even If Its only a small faction of Bad Blood yautjas doing this, which It is BTW, It still, to me at least, Ain't right at all! A human on the other hand would definitely do that to themselves, hell, they'd do it to pretty much, just about anything because Its a human thing to do, but not a yautja. Honestly, It would actually make 10x more sense if the humans were the ones genetically altering the yautjas and making them into their own personal weapons to combat other yautjas, a sort of Anti-Predator weapon, now that I would buy because It is exactly what humans would do. But for a yautja to do that to themselves... It just sounds so wrong in so many levels... And apparently they aren't just trophy hunting, They're also collecting Spinal fluids so that they can collect DNA to put Into themselves... Seriously, just what the f*ck!? Again, It Is only a small faction of bad blood yautjas doing this shit, but I honestly don't F*cking care, It's still wrong... Oh! And here's the kicker, Predators genetically altering themselves is not a new concept... It was actually In the script for predators in which the super Predators would've hunted for DNA to make themselves to make them stronger and powerful... This of course was dropped from the movie, and I'm sure there is probably a very good reason why that concept didn't make it into the final movie... Because it was obviously stupid as F*CK, but for Shane Black to try that shit again In this movie... That there deserves a facepalm because It's a really f*cking dumb concept that has NO place In a f*cking predator movie unless It the humans doing the genetic altering to the predators, and that's just a fact, and it's, again, the BIGGEST problem I have with the movie and that concept can go right up Shane black's anal cavity, just far up there...
Another issue I have with the movie is shit like predators trying to conquer earth when it gets all fucking humid and hot as hell... F*CK me... That again is pretty dumb... Sure the Predators have other planets where they have their own little game preserves and Temples set up by their ancestors a hunt xenomorphs, but just like the Predators genetically altering themselves, the idea that the Predators want to conquer Earth is also pretty fucking stupid... Earth is basically already a game preserve planet for them, so why in the unholy f*ck would they want to conquer it...
I also didn't like that our new predator friend, Fugitive, was apparently coming to Earth to give Humanity weapons against the faction of Predators altering they're DNA and wanting to conquer the Earth... If I remember correctly... Yautjas NEVER EVER want their technology in the hands of humans. Yautja technology is sacred to them and must never fall into the hands of humans because if it does, humans will just end up using that technology against the yautjas when they come to hunt... Remember in Predator: Concrete Jungle where Scarface left behind his technology and gear and tried to blow himself and everything around him up only for him to somehow survive that explosion and then to be exiled for a hundred years by his clan only to come back to take back the technology that he left behind, anybody remember that? I think the only exception is if the human was hunting alongside the Predators, like for example, Machiko Noguchi, otherwise, no yautja ever would ever let their technology in the hands of humans.
And oohhhhh... Don't get me started on the Ultimate, or assassin, or upgrade or whatever the f*ck... Seriously, this f*cker goes by so many names, let's just call him ultimate, anyways, ultimate, I f*cking hate him, I hated in the Moment I Saw the trailer that he appears in and I still hate him today! I don't even know where to begin with this one, I hate his design, I hate how he looks, I his concept, I just hate him in general. Definitely not one of my favorite predators, in fact, he's he put berserker at 2nd of my disliked predators believe It or not. Ultimate Is really nothing more then the predator equivalent of the newborn from Alien Resurrection... Yeah, I went there, deal with It... Ultimate SUCKS and there Is NO reason he should even exist in the movie or franchise In general...
I should also mention the Movie's pacing, holy hell, It just jumps from one story to another and before you know it, action happens immediately without build-up... No joke... The movie has Fugitive get into an escape pod and then makes landfall, conveniently near where the main human character is, and the main human immediately has an encounter with fugitive after talking his shit. And when we head over to Stargazer base, They already have Fugitive in custody strapped to a stretcher or operating table and fugitive wakes up, breaks free and escapes, WOW... That was f*cking fast... I have to ask how the hell my Boi fugitive managed to get found & captured too? What, did he break his legs when he got hit? The Boi was awake, Not like he was d*cking around in the woods!
Also... The Emissary predator getting cut out from the movie... F*CK me man!!!
And the ending... Holy f*ck the ending is without a doubt the WORST ending in a predator movie EVER... Of all time! It's horrible, just horrible... It's bad enough that apparently Fugitive was going to give Humanity weapons against the Predators wanting to come and conquer the Earth, it's even dumber when the weapon itself is nothing more than some Iron Man suit-up bullshittery... Just... F*ck the ending, I hate it, just... No... No...
And that's all the shit I have to say...
Now to what few of the positives I have to say about this shit movie, starting with... well, there were actually some pretty funny moments in the movie, I have to admit, I actually found myself laughing at some of the shit the human characters say, which Is rare for me, hell, even our new predator friend Fugitive had some funny moments...
Speaking of Fugitive, I really like him, definitely one of my new favorite predators, I love his design, his armor has definitely grown on me, and he seriously he had me both laughing, surprised and a bit spooked. Parts like taking a severed arm and then doing a thumbs-up with it and pointing for the humans to drop their weapons made me laugh, it's f*cking great when a yautja has a sense of humor. And probably my favorite scene in the movie where he beats the living Shit out of people during his escape are pretty bloody & brutal, then takes one of the guard's guns and shoots up the place, I love It! Reminds me of a little stunt my boyfriend pulled during one of his SCP games, we need more of that in future predator movies. Also... Fugitive Is pretty to look at... I mean, not at the same cute level as scar, but Is still a pretty yautja, he's just so beautiful, Still didn't like the fact that he has human DNA in him, but I think the explanation behind that, which is revealed when the Kid in the movie looks into the bio-mask, is that may have he joined a group of predators that were genetically altering themselves and they put human DNA into him against his will, and when he found out what they're sinister plans were, he just noped it right the f*ck out of there and that's why ultimate was chasing his ass. Fugitive died brutally though, I haven't seen a yautja die that horribly since crucified's death, that wasn't a positive BTW...
Speaking of the kid, I actually like the kid In the movie, which Is, for me at least, rare to like a human character in the alien & predator franchise. The only human In the franchise I like is Machiko because she is a Badass! As for the kid, he's great, he's adorable, I can see my future Dachande and Yeyinde being similer to kid, in personality that is. Its also interesting that the kid has autism, specifically Asperger's, as someone who has a spectrum disorder and had to be around other kids with some form or level of autism throughout my school years, Its kinda nice to see a character like that.
Something else that I and a lot of other fans would've loved to see would be the emissary predators that where cut out from the movie. I honestly would've loved to see these predators, sure I wasn't crazy for how they're faces looked and they could defiantly do without the camo cargo pants, but otherwise, I'd love to see them. It's just a shame that they out cut out from the movie...
I talked about this already, but again, I really love how the Predators Kill the humans in a brutally bloody way it's great, I love it!
I also really like the they added subtitles and translations to what the Predators are saying.
And that's all I have to say about the movie, honestly, I feel like I have more issues with the movie that I do positives, and it's going to be hard for me to accept the added new lore of yautjas genetically altering themselves, I still have a hard time wrapping my brain around that... And I flat-out refuse to believe it or go with it, and it's not leaving a very good feeling in me... Both physically and mentally...
Honestly, after seeing the movie, It left me pretty depressed and dead on the inside, like, am I going to have to accept the new shit like yautjas genetically altering themselves and having Iron man Rip-off suits? It felt like everything I knew and loved about yautjas was gone... I actually came dangerously close to wanting to quit alien & predator, because there is NO WAY In hell I'm going to accept that as canon, because to me... Its NOT canon, It will NEVER be canon! I feel like If I did that... What is my life then? I grew up loving Alien & Predator and They're part of my life, and I feel like they're part of me and what makes my personality and just ME in general... Without Alien & Predator... I'd feel pretty dead on the inside and I wouldn't know what the hell to do with my life or how to keep sane... I will still continue to always love alien & predator from the bottom of my heart, I will continue to love them in the same level as I love my boyfriend, but any of the new shit from The Predator Is NOT canon and I refuse to acknowledge It as canon, I'm very much happy with the traditional Yautjas, thank you very much!
Sorry if my opinions on the movie isn't going to sit well with everybody else here and I'm probably may or may not be the only one that stands alone in some of the negative things that I have to say, well I guess I'm the fugitive then. Shane Black... I haven't seen piss-poor depictions of the predator race since John Shirly's Predator: forever midnight... I'm am very very disappointed with this movie and you most of all... Both you and this movie have failed me... I hope you never make another predator movie In the future after this and I suggest hanging yourself back up on that tree from the first movie there... The Predator honestly just shows how much Shane black didn't care about predator or the extended universe, Its shows how much he didn't care for the fans and what we the fans wanted... Shane black should've done his homework... If we do get another predator movie... Lord knows when that'll happen... Please have it go back to the traditionial yautjas, just the way they are suppost to be, and let It have NOTHING to do with this movie or any of the new shit from this movie and Please have a female yautja appear onscreen for a change!
The long running arguement of how one pronounces "Yautja", has been debated by many fans, but just why exactly do we argue about it? It more so depends on the person whose saying it. However, Its different when you see a word you never heard of before. Lets do an example.... See this word here?
Yautja
Now think really hard, how would you pronounce this word? You've never heard of such a word before, so how does one say this word? You may at first pronounce this word as "Yaw-ja" or "Yat-ja". Believe me, I've pronounced it as "Yaw-ja" before in the past. The reason you would pronounce it as "Yaw-ja" or "Yat-ja" is because your separating the "Yaut" & "ja". You may even be pronouncing it as "yawt-jah", usuing a 2 syllable breakdown or you pronounce it with a silent "j", making it into "Yaw-tah". Weird how very differently people pronounce one word, but then to make an arguement out of it. Because you pronounce the word one way, the other person may pronounce it in another. The use of "Y" sounds the same as the english "Y" or "U". The "au" sounds the same as "Audio" or "August", "ah", "aw", "augh" & "al", just like "au", stand for the vowel sound /o/. The "T" sounds are the same as the english "T", as the english use of the "j" is actually pronounced as "H" in Spanish. Yautja would sound more like "U-aht'ha", which kinda sounds like "you aught ha", which is funny when you think of it, in the English-Spanish usage of proper pronouncaitoin. However, most people, including myself have pronounced the word as "ee-Wat-ja", and the first time I saw that pronouncaition of the word... My mind was F*cking befuddled, because I thought, "How the the hell is it pronounced like that?" To me, it didn't make any goddamn sense, especially seeing how its spelled. I now used this pronouncaition, but still hated it. But you might very suprised to find out the actual pronouncaition of the word. According to Steve C. Perry, the author of many of the Aliens novels, Predator: Turnabout & Aliens Vs. Predator: Prey, the word "Yautja" is actually pronounced "Ya-oot-chah", with the accent on the 2nd syllable, and where the "ch" is close to a "j" sound. And in the Facebook game, Soldiers inc- Alien vs. Predator event, a female Weyland-Yutani worker even pronounces "Yautja" as "Ya-oot-chah", and of course hearing that shocked me as well as made me feel like an Idiot for pronouncing "Yautja" wrong... I'm still learning to say "Yautja" as "Ya-oot-chah". But the long running arguement will still continue on when it comes to the pronouncaition of "Yautja".