Rumination Analysis on Predator

[@serph36]

I emjoy these ruminations. I'm a professor and they make my 40 minute commute to work enjoyable.

[@francoislacombe9071]

I do watch all of your friday movie ruminations. I love the insights you invariably provide, stuff I didn't know about and that I find fascinating. For me, the best moment in the movie is when Dutch realises that those red symbols on the predator's arm display are a countdown, and that he has to get away real fast. I remember immediately realizing the same thing the first time I saw the movie. It's a perfectly directed "show don't tell" moment.

[@blackromeoKOK]

I think the Predator decides to fight Dutch hand to hand because he's earned his respect. To kill Dutch with a weapon would be unworthy. It would feel like he only won because he used a weapon. He saw Dutch as an actual threat and wanted to face him personally. He didn't think he'd lose mind you, he fully expected to win...one way or the other, but he wanted this trophy to mean something.

[@singletona082]

'This guy's skull is going front and fucking center in the collection.'

[@SeruraRenge11]

I think that's more or less canon because from what I remember from later stuff, the Jungle Hunter was a veteran hunter which is why he decided to hunt peak human soldiers with nothing but a shoulder cannon. By contrast the City Hunter in Predator 2 was a relative newbie which is why he brought an entire arsenal of weapons to going after gang leaders.

[@mitcharcher7528]

I bet it’s a fantastic skull, too.

[@blackromeoKOK]

@@SeruraRenge11 Could be that the City Hunter didn't respect the hunt yet. I don't mean that he didn't like the hunt or anything, but that he didn't respect the value of a meaningful valuable hunt

[@lancebaylis3169]

Always been my take too. It's an honor-in-battle thing.

[@vondamn9943]

Probably my favourite movie when I was a kid, definitely the one I've rewatched the most in my life so far. Edit: a third theory I just came up with is that he removes all his advantages because Arnold is unarmed. "I'm supposed not to kill you cos you're unarmed so I'll disarm myself and you're not getting anywhere". I've always thought it was out of respect, but I find this interesting

[@mitcharcher7528]

I like it. Reminds me of how some religious people seem obsessed with finding loopholes in their rules.

[@dseterwind]

I have listened to all of your last 5 years of content and regularly listen to everything you put out. Lore you have some of the best insights and commentary when you ruminate. I often do a deeper dig on some of my favourites, listening to other KZbinrs. They often state with certainty what you reveal is rumor/speculation/one sided interviews. Thank you so much. My recent favourite rumination was Back to the Future. I rewatched it with my kid who's 10, and I wasn't going to show him part 2/3 because I had memories of them being crap. But after listening to you ruminations we went back to watch them and had SUCH A BLAST! Keep doing you Lore! You are awesome!

[@Crazael]

23:27 That would be Aliens vs Predator: Prey, telling the story of how Machiko Noguchi survived a Yautja proving and, after having proven herself as well, is allowed into the clan. It's followed by a pair of sequels, AvP: Berserker and AvP: War. 30:30 The yautja in this movie and the sequel, as well as the ones in the AvP movies, are all male. The females are bigger, stronger and don't go out hunting like this. This is the equivalent of a guy out on safari and doing some trophy hunting to show off his strength and skill to earn himself a mate. Though it might be a test to see if he's good enough to go after the Soft Meat (humans). 34:06 Sometimes. It depends on the movie and how curious I am to hear your thoughts.

[@FromMyBrain]

You danced around it to my satisfaction but one thing that really sets this movie apart is all the tropes they did that failed that we even knew would probably fail from a film perspetive were done with absolute dedication and sincerity, hero music, the acting, the camera angles, every damn time leading us along to think 'Billy is gonna at least make this bastard bleed... right?...' *off camera scream* It is absolutely savage that our heros remain heros through and through and are never spoken down to by the film. when I feel like in any other movie, they would have looked at the script and said this is a stupid scene that wont go anywhere lets crank it out, ok we need a scene that shows guns dont work checkbox, but then there is Predator 'If it bleeds we can kill it. *Hero Music*' for your consideration its one of my favorite silent themes in Halo, big hopeless universal cosmic maybe even lovecraftian threats portreyed as Capture that beach Chief! Mission Accomplished! A steady stream of hero moments and victories while the whole damn situation is only getting worse. I slightly disagree with you about the character chemistry and I would suggest to you everything is a bit muted due to military discipline but there is a ton of stuff in the little moments they are allowed to emote and you did hint at that too throughout. Appologies for the ramble. I mostly only watch your content for things I am already familiar with for what it is worth. Not that it is up your alley but CIA guy is a veteran has the same memorial lighter as dutch for some vietnam operation, it means something to me that throughout the movie he recaptures his warrior spirit after pushing pencils, but in the spirit of this movie, its played with absolute sincerity he nails this moment where he recaptures his confidence and masters his senses and it is absolutely meaningless because its a slasher film. On the Predator motivations in the end, I ask cant it be both? Like Imagine a Klingon after getting in a 30 minute space battle against a rediculously outdated starship, its going to be an equal mix of respecting the skill and being annoyed that he was never in any mortal danger, you could totally see the klingon captian just beaming directly on to the bridge to extract a war trophy and face this person without hiding behind technology just to know if there was anything to this oponent ultimate klingon campfire story if it turned out to be an epic fight (or earn the right to dismiss him as a lucky fool). Just a thought, but on my intiial viewing, I saw it as a mix of something ritualistic and that this alien is really pissed off.

[@geoffreycannon2197]

I absolutely love these ruminations. Learning about the backgrounds and the events behind the scenes is absolutely fascinating to my constructive mind.. and hearing a detailed, thorough, unbiased analysis of the storytelling has really improved my own storytelling in the dungeons and dragons campaigns I run (at least, I think so).

[@Maz345]

My dad used to record movies like Predator for my brother and I to watch because of the heavy censoring back then. The version I watched didn't even show the Predator's face. It was years before I saw the unedited version, and it was like watching a new movie.

[@sparkymularkey6970]

You watched a version that didn't show the Predator's face?! Wow! That's, like, my favorite part of the movie!

[@oriondye3212]

Great break down of the movie lore. One of the only things you didn’t mention that I thought was worth a mention was the laugh of the predator at the end. Some people have said that it was cheesy, too over the top. I’ve always found it to be chilling, it really heightens the tension of Dutch running away making you think he’s not gonna make it. Thoughts?

[@donovanbradford8231]

The Jungle Hunters laugh is one of the most chilling moments in the whole movie. That laugh I rank as one of these best laughs from an antagonist in film right up there with Mark Hammel's Joker

[@barrydalgarno6564]

The book with the woman who ends up joining the clan is the original AvP comic where Machiko Noguchi teams up with Broken Tusk to wipe out the alien infestation of Prosperity Wells, a colony on the planet Ryushi. It’s a fantastic book and Machiko would appear in a couple more books, AvP: War and AvP: Three World War.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Whenever I think of the "no sport" line, my mind goes to when Mike Nelson of MST3K did a solo commentary of Predator and replied to that with "yes because as we all know, hunters don't take satisfaction in the kill unless the deer is packing". Also his bit of "What is it about this movie that created so many novelty governors? 'So what qualifies you to hold the highest executive post in our government?' 'Well, I was in Predator.' 'Say no more, you've got my vote.'"

[@paulscott2037]

Yep. I always watch the movie ruminations. A lot of your game ruminations go completely over my head but even if you ruminate on a movie I haven't seen (very rare but it has happened) I still watch the rumination cos I am a massive movie buff.

[@dancingdroid]

This movie is to action movies what Alien is to Horror movies. A true masterpiece!

[@abasynjhera1429]

Lore there was a game that was sorta of like that, It was called Evolve. Not exactly what you are thinking but its close. One player plays a monster and tries to run away so it can become stronger, while 4 people play hunters who track it down to try to kill it.

[@-pancakes7205]

I love how the movie starts as an action movie and then it slowly strips all that away and turns into a monster movie and in the end it's just Arnie and the Predator.

[@xenon8117]

2:24 I was young, probably about 10, and my dad, brother and I were camping. It was pouring rain and we had a little portable dvd player that we watched that film on and still to this day my dad mentions it because it was a nice night. I don’t like “we don’t know, they know” outside of heists because it feels cheap.

[@xenon8117]

Just watched this last night because of this rumination and now I’m back. Your ruminations are so entertaining and make me think more about films. Thank you for your work it has been a great source of enjoyment for me for the past few years and got me into watching and playing stuff I otherwise had no interest in.

[@jestergodfield690]

I always loved the concept of a "techno barbarian" They come from millions of light years away on high tech interstellar spaceships, just to go crawling around in the mud and blood, hunting with high tech spears and nets, looking for other apex predators, just to murder them and take their skulls. For what? Trophies!🏆 Proof of their good hunt. I remember watching interviews about how Van Dam wanted to show his face as the Predator and somehow incorporate his martial arts schtik into his fights. Needless to say I'm glad he wasn't allowed to ruin a perfectly great action film.

[@sparkymularkey6970]

What's really interesting to me is that this idea is kind of expanded on in some of the really deep lore. The ancient ancestors of the Yautja, the Hish-qu-Ten were once much more primitive and they were enslaved by a technologically superior race called the Amengi. They used the Hish for food and entertainment through gladiatorial sports, and they genetically enhanced the Hish to be bigger and stronger. Finally, the Hish overthrew their enslavers and took their technology for their own. They continued to develop it, but I feel like it left them with a very interesting culture. A very tribal, physical culture with the trappings of spacefarers. Cool stuff!

[@MetroidHatchling]

I watch these as often as I can. Love this movie. Even love Predator 2! Sort of the same deal with Alien and Aliens. First 2 movies are fantastic, then nearly everything else I pretend doesn't exist.

[@alialmuhanna4938]

17:18 I love it when things are “in the frame”, so to speak; everything is real and was captured by a camera and was combined to make the scene.

[@jordanhamilton6820]

Lore to answer your question yes I like to watch these when they come out every Friday. Your work is fun, informative and really entertaining

[@EnderGraff1]

I love the ruminations! Especially if I’m familiar with the subject. Unfortunately I haven’t watched Star Trek yet so I haven’t watched all of your content for that series.

[@Soorpicu]

I watch almost every single rumination, I have done for years! Thanks you for all your insights into the films/games you cover, its clear a lot of work goes into preparing for every single one and I appreciate that your opinions are nuanced and interesting! Thank you Lore 😄

[@Phantom6.6.6]

I always look forward to these ruminations

[@Elderand]

I remember harry and and the Anderson, one of my favourite movies from my childhood. Also quite impressed by your predator impersonation. I believe the AvP book you're referring too is Alien versus predator: prey There is also a game that is somewhat similar to what you describe, predator hunting grounds

[@Guyinthecbox]

My favorite movie of all time. I’m surprised you weren’t a fan of the supporting cast - it’s probably the most iconic and quote-able “squad” in action movie history along with Aliens

[@BrechdanHam]

Harry and the Hendersons? Sure I remember. The first time I was introduced to John Lithgow in anything. Or was it santa claus the movie? Either way, he was awesome. By the way, there is a similar predator game to what you described, called Predator hunting grounds

[@donovanbradford8231]

Even the PS3 and 360 AvP game and Concrete Jungle have points like that.

[@fedoratheexplorar2143]

And yes, I watch all the movie ones soon as they come out as long as the movie is something I care about and same goes for the game ruminations. The rest I save in Watch Later

[@DargorV]

Your ruminations are always awesome Lore, you're the best!

[@Plutonia001]

30:18 I think the yautja are established to be spider-like in their dimorphism. The females are bigger and more deadly, and the males go on their extravagant hunts in order to impress the females. So the Jungle Hunter is male and is hunting human spec-ops to show off.

[@aliciashank7940]

I do watch (or at least listen to) almost all of these, although seldom the day they come out. Maybe that surprises you with what you know of me and my big mouth lol (since I don't usually leave comments). (Whether I leave one or not actually depends more on where I am when I watch it and what else I'm doing!) You do good work, and I really enjoyed this, especially the discussion on how a specific thing failing shouldn't necessarily mean just throw it away and don't look back.

[@Vulpes89]

Would love to see rumination nominated for Boorman’s EXCALIBUR one day

[@jalejablonsky2396]

I occasionally watch these every so often. Really interesting stuff to go off of. Btw if you want to try out a AVP video game try one made by Rebellion. You play as a Xeno, Predator, and colonial marine. Very fun stuff

[@donovanbradford8231]

I thought the same thing AvP on the PS3 and Xbox 360 have a lot of those points in there

[@V3rthiss]

I only watch the videos covering the games and movies I am familiar with, so no, not all. But oh boy do I love the ones I've seen and some I re-watched multiple times. Year after year I keep wishing some day you will get the recognition you deserve. Pleas keep it up ;)

[@ZippyMrMew]

Holy crap!! You’re really good at doing the Predator noise

[@Mrityugata]

25:37 What you're describing here sort of exists in Thievery, a mod for Unreal Tournament. The intended purpose of the mod is to provide a multiplayer Thief experience, however one of the ways in which a thief player can win is to eliminate all of the guards. So when I was playing it with a friend, our thief vs guards matches would sometimes devolve into a survival horror-type scenarios, where the guard player's first objective would be rounding up all the AI-controlled guards to prevent them from being picked off one by one (and of course with more players all guards could be player-controlled).

[@williamozier918]

24:20. IMO what Schwarzenneger brings across really, really well in his actiing in this movie, is that what scares Dutch is that THESE guys, Mac, Billy, Hawkins, the other guy, are getting scared. Which simultaneously builds their characters, and Dutchs, just through how Schwarzenegger reacts to their lines.

[@starwolf99]

Actually, there are non-nuclear bombs that are large enough to produce a mushroom cloud without that fatal dose of radiation. The 4th Rambo film provided a realistic example.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Technically every bomb with enough explosive firepower will make a mushroom cloud, it's just that most don't have enough to send all the smoke upwards in that pattern

[@kerred]

In Halo 3 we had a Predator variant. One player has stealth, speed, grenades, sword, but low health. Everyone else had standard guns. The predator had to pretty much do stealth kills to survive, using stickies if the soldiers camped

[@resurrectedstarships]

Lovin' the beard look! and OMG you did that predator noise I thought it was a .wav and had to click back to verify. :D I can't do it. :(

[@EnvisionerWill]

Since you asked, @Lorerunner, I don't watch ALL of the movie Ruminations, but I do watch some of them. In 99% of cases, I won't watch you Ruminate anything I'm not familiar with, since you making references to things I've never experienced is rarely satisfying and often frustrating (the main exceptions are when you Lament anything, since I always love seeing you rage righteously at a piece of dreck, whether I enjoy it somehow or also hate it or have never heard of it before). This is why like 80% of your game ruminations are out of my wheelhouse. But I'm a movie buff, so the odds of you Ruminating a movie that I know at least casually are pretty good; if I know the movie, I'm probably going to be interested to hear what you have to say about it. I'm primarily here for Trek (notably TOS at the moment, since I skipped a lot of Enterprise, only being really familiar with S3), but the movie ruminations are pretty much my second-favorite thing that you ever do.

[@SeruraRenge11]

As an aside, I really love Predator 2. It's objectively a worse film than the first but I think it does a lot right and I think setting it in LA during a gang war was risky because that's so radically different from what we had before, but imo that really pays off as a premise.

[@singletona082]

This is one of those movies I utterly adore because it is both an action movie, and it knows how to give itself time to breathe. There are all those moments you pointed out, of which the big standout for me was always while Dilon was willing to (once things started heading south) declare all of them, Even Himself, as 'expendable assets' he always gave the impression that he absolutely hated the idea of doing that. These are people he's either known or the people he's tried to keep out of spook territory. Plus the whole point of being a spook is work in the dark so others are safe in the light. If you can't keep people safe what's the point? As for the last battle? Before I realized there was a wider universe I'd taken it as a sheer aggrivation sort of fight. Mind you I was like... Ten when I first saw it on TV? It was also roughly when I saw commando, so this was the alien equivilant of 'I don't need no girl. I don't need no guns. I'M GONNA KILL YOU NOW!' Also the predator's mimick of Billy's laughter was like.... THE perfect middle finger 'Nobody Wins' to the fight. It shows that he understood why Billy went out alone. Plus it also gave the feel that he found it hilarious that this human managed to beat him. So basically it's laughing at a private joke.

[@williamgaming2812]

great Rumination love your channel

[@Dseated]

They made that predator game recently where you can either be 4 people or the predator.

[@stevemanart]

My dad, a vietnam war veteran, loved the first half of this movie purely for how well it treated the military men for being a silver screen movie.

[@alialmuhanna4938]

18:37 Oh God ! Young people today will NEVER know that struggle. I remember doing that very thing for (I believe) The Man in the Iron Mask.

[@Lolomlas]

Your video game idea is almost exactly Predator: Hunting Grounds, a 1 v 4 shooter, which would be awesome, if someone competent would have made it.

[@NolifeD1]

The video game you've described is called Predator Hunting Grounds. It was released in 2020.

[@jonahsingh5645]

Hi friend the book series you're talking about around the 23:00 minute mark is called The Trials of Machiko Noguchi!

[@chriscolabella880]

Your video game idea is basically a description of Predator Hunting Grounds You're welcome ;-)

[@jessepbigjdp]

The Predator video game you thought up is basically what the game Evolve is. Asymmetric gameplay with one monster vs four trained soldiers.

[@TheOneOrMore]

Nice Rumination. I always liked this movie. I have no experience with the expanded universe. Just a few notes: I really liked that all members of the team have different guns. It's a small thing that makes them a bit more unique. I have no idea about the novel or comics, so I don't know if it's explained there, but I always thought the Predator going hand-to-hand with Dutch was a sign of respect. What strikes me as strange though is activating the self destruct after being beaten, while laughing. Might just be me, but that's not very honorable. So, I'd be curious what you think on that.

[@BS-nw1qr]

I have to wonder whether the counterweight was the secondary trap as Dutch intended or if he just had to improvise on the spot, purely based on random luck that the Predator stepped under the counterweight.

[@donovanbradford8231]

I always thought the counter weight was the main trap for the longest time not realizing the vine was supposed to catch the Jungle Hunter and drive him up into the spikes tied to the log. Then one day I finally caught the vine fly up in such a way to make me realize, "oh that was the plan"

[@GordonFreemanlvr]

Great lorerunner love your movie takes

[@stuartwald2395]

If Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime!) did some of the sound effects for the Predator, did he also voice the response "What the hell are you?!" at the end (before he triggered his self-destruct nuke countdown), or was that the physical performer, or was it computer generated?

[@AspieMediaBobby]

Most likely it was Cullen. He said he had a sore throat that day and the clicks came from a documentary on lobsters he`d watched earlier that morning so he probably had that growley voice because of his sore throat as well.

[@DidierWierdsma6335]

Love these ruminations i also love the predator franchise as well. Other than that a great video keep it up👍

[@lavitz95]

You're a goddamn good reviewer, Lore.

[@danieldoort9889]

Watch every week. Can’t wait for the Pixar block.

[@adamthompson5368]

oh yes I used to do the exact same thing recording off the TV hitting pause during commercial and timing it to hit record as you came back and had a copy of this the exact same way! so I had lots of cut out as well

[@scottosgood6033]

(This Movie,-Alien,-Aliens and John Carpenters The Thing Are The Reasons Why I Fell😍In Love With Science Fiction Horror Films).

[@aaronwishard7093]

To answer your question about "why did the predator remove all of the advantages". Since I actually first watched this film after having known about both the Alien series as well as AvP, I am probably biased like you are. The idea of something to do with the culture of the Jungle Hunter, either the species, or the clan, or whatever distinction they use. As you said the world building wasn't meant as "this has extra continuity", so in a vacuum we don't know. Personally I think that it's as you did say. "You've proven to me that you're enough of a badass, and that you have outsmarted basically all of my tech, you're going to die by my hands." Since I think, had the predator actually gotten the kill, that Dutch would have been a trophy he hung up next to, or even above a queen xeno skull. Now the other interpretation you give, I think that isn't valid. Call me cynical but I don't think, super advanced and ultra badass space alien or no, if a prey item is capable of wounding, let alone killing you. You don't get down to your effective level of nude just because you're looking for something to kill you. I wouldn't go to Africa and hunt Cape Buffalo with my bare hands for that exact reason. Those suckers are herbivores, but if you don't kill them on your first shot, and you try hunting them for real? They'll kill you in more message sending ways than Dutch did to the Jungle Hunter. Now this is also because of probably "we didn't think about these new gadgets at the time" for the real world reason why, but where's all of the other tools that basically became standard kit after Predator 2? Is this a younger hunter who had only recently taken down a xeno and so hadn't earned many of the larger arsenal? Is this an older hunter who felt so confident against us backwater nobodies that they left them back on the ship? Honestly I remember the Viking story from Predator: If It Bleeds, and how basically a group slightly larger than the group from this film ended up killing a group of 3 unblooded. Why? Because their mentor once hunted humans like a century or two prior and thought we were all still basically idiots with a neat hunting strategy. So when the Vikings pull out actual tactics on these younger members of the species, and win, the mentor predator who stayed on the ship in horror at how insane these humans developed labels earth as a hunting ground only for very experienced hunters.

[@Belzediel]

XD No, Pedro ditches the PC, and helmet to even the odds. He is checking out Dutch's skull, and it's not as tough as Pedro's helmet, so the helmet gets ditched. This is explicit. He won't shoot you if you don't have a gun (Anna). He won't stab you if you don't have a knife (Billy & Dillon). When Dutch is down to bare fists, Pedro gets down to bare fists. When Pedro has a chance to stab Dutch, he chooses not to; at no point does he deploy the stabbers except to bracket Dutch's head, and since he has to make them go wide to do so, this is obviously not intended to harm him. Pedro even manages to look irritated when he spots the spikes in the MTT, as if Dutch is now cheating. There is no double trap - Dutch has rigged up a Malayan tiger trap - when the thing is triggered the spikes on the branch are driven into whatever is standing in the way. The thing that causes that movement is a counter-weight, in this case a section of tree trunk. Dutch realises that Pedro is standing immediately below the counterweight, and so he fires the trap, and drops Mister Loggy on Pedro's head. Not shown, but certainly occurring, is the spikes thwacking about on the other side of the tunnel. This would be like killing a baddy by firing an artillery piece whilst the baddy's head was directly in the recoil path of the breech - yes, you can kill someone like that but in no way would anyone suggest the breech on an artillery piece is another weapon. I dunno quite where you get the idea Predator is especially pro-military. Dutch and his team are not military (probably ex-military, sure) , Dillon is not military, the General is but he's hiring a mercenary squad to cover his ass because the actual military shown in the film are conducting illegal operations, and they got themselves killed doing it. the chopper was brought down by the Revolutionary Commies, not by Pedro. Pedro got the first rescue team, sure. It's pro cool dudes with cool guns doing cool pew-pew and splosions, sure, but so what? How's that pro military? How is it, for example, any more pro-military than Pedro 2? Just as much pew pew and splosions but they're all cops...

[@nemesis9022]

Love this franchise. I need to dig around for my predator action figures from the 90s and share a pic on discord.

[@bepkororoti8019]

Definitely watching on a Friday... the very same Friday 😅

[@Crensler]

Okay, I gotta say it. Your Predator noise was pretty damn creepy o.o

[@ohgoditshimrun1346]

My opinion of the Predator disarming himself is admittedly shaped by the contrast between the first two films' Predators, but I see this one as a veteran hunter pushed to the point of losing his cool and trying anything else besides what didn't work like it should. Mostly because of the self destruct at the end feeling like an act of spite rather than contrition.

[@williamozier918]

I am still voting for MIB v Predator, where we learn that the MIB actually give Predators hunting licenses, and one of them goes rogue and starts hunting MIBs. And yes their boss would Agent Dee in the movie played by Schwarzengger.

[@Crypt_keeper_gaming]

Great rumination

[@Realag666]

I´m going to hear this in my CH'OPPA

[@sithmaster4305]

To answer the question I don't typically watch all the ruminations just the one's that peak my curiosity.

[@christineherrmann205]

Yes, I tend to watch the Ruminations, if I've seen the film. And I always assumed it was respect that prompted the hand-to-hand. Looking forward to _Aliens,_ it's one of my favorite movies. And thanks for the sound effects. 😱 Strange mix of "WTH" and "Oh, neat!"

[@houseoftoussaint9609]

Films are some of my favorite things about life. Easily.

[@captmoroni]

Every Friday Lore. Every Friday.

[@grimreaper6557]

I Enjoyed the movie i thought it was one of Arnolds better ones and it did spark the franchies of Preditor. For its time it really did great if it was made today i have to agree i dont think it would have been as good =)

[@Esakosarara]

I do watch all of your ruminations (except for the "My little pony" ones), so you got at least one person doing It... That said, regretfully, even if you don't remember me, I think you lothe me, sadly. I get the impression that every comment i post on your videos, is something that irritates you. I've been known for being a asshole from time yo time... So I appologize for all the times I've been an disrespectful, even if I didn't mean to be most of the time. I do love your work, and your insight on things... And I'm glad you're reasonably happy doing what you do. Keep at It. 👍

[@malcolmmcmaster1184]

Looking good with the beard bro

[@studlytheknight]

Do I watch all of these... yes.... yes I do.

[@scottpeterson7971]

I watch almost every single Movie Rumination

[@wolfsruhm]

what i always suprised about Schwarzenegger, that he is a pretty decent comidiac actor.

[@brandonarlo]

Yes Lore classic movie time!!!!

[@fedoratheexplorar2143]

Predator: Hunting Grounds had amazing potential with that concept just unfortunately didn't pull it through

[@ecosmith7852]

Like that outtro

[@EnvisionerWill]

No idea where you came up with the pronunciation "yowtcha" by the way. I always assumed it was "yah-Jew-tah" (no connection to Hebrews, just using a familiar phoneme for clarity).

[@Hrotriks]

The climate in Puerto Vallarta is horrible , man tthe moist.... ugh

[@gordondavis6168]

A modern version of the medieval tale of Beowulf, a military commander who brings his troops into a kingdom where an unseen monster kills soldiers every night. The jungle location makes this film; today the movie would be shot in front of a green screen and would look like crap.

[@kevinrussell3501]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Hirogen in Star Trek Voyager are inspired by the Predator

[@sciverzero8197]

The first _three times_ I saw this movie, I didn't see the opening alien ship scene, and I think its a better movie without it, but I don't think its a bad scene.

[@sullysosavage365]

I disagree...the only real chemistry in the movie is between Jesse Ventura and his minigun 🤣

[@brycekillor318parker6]

That predator game type you described would have been cool, unfortunately all the video game evidence made has certainly shunk the general predator race's power level. I am open to being proven wrong, I've only played 2002 avp2 and and 2010 avp.

[@SeruraRenge11]

I mean, Predator Concrete Jungle, while not a great game, you at least actually felt like you were a Predator on the hunt and the devs clearly had their heart in the right place. It's janky but not unplayably janky.

[@gallendugall8913]

Itchy beard? May need a little bit of oil.

[@aaronlea9559]

Nice

[@MovieClouds]

Retro!

[@tha_juice3262]

PONCHO!

[@George_M_]

The game you describe exists and reputedly isn't good.