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Uh-Oh...my Predators review

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, October 22, 2010 03:33
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:09 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
I thought it was about on par with Predator 2 myself.


We will agree to disagree on THAT, I conjure...


The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:41 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
the mandate on this one was to be as close to the original as possible

Including another bare-chested final encounter, AND another "What the f**k are you"?????
You must mean, the mandate was to REBOOT the franchise, right?

I mean, if I had never SEEN Predator, I woulda thought this was the coolest movie ever. Is that the intention? To snag peeps who don't watch those OLD pre-CGI junky films?
ETA: whoah, gross is over 126mill now... I guess that says it.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:12 PM

Uh... cuz bare chested action heroes and throw-back lines (like in the classic Predator 2) are uncommon....?

And the intention was to rebuild interest in a series that had completely killed off any public good will with those awful AvP movies. And it worked. Sorry.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:14 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Uh... cuz bare chested action heroes and throw-back lines are uncommon....?


LOL, cut the snark, Storyboy, you know what I mean!!!


The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:17 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
LOL, cut the snark,



You do know who you're talking to, yes?

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:19 PM

Yes, I have met the snark, and it is you.

Predators. 126 mill.

I am very old....


The Hallenbeck Chrisisall

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:35 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:

And the intention was to rebuild interest in a series that had completely killed off any public good will with those awful AvP movies. And it worked. Sorry.


Now that I think on it- no worries.
I'll always have Ahnult & Danny & Kevin.

The next generation has all the CGI goodness & expanded visual possibilities.

It's the way of things.


The ahnal nathrack oothvas bethod dothneeal deenvay Chrisisall

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:34 PM

Don't get me wrong. I didn't love this one. The first one is the only one I really consider worth a damn. I just found this one less bad than the last couple.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:38 PM

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Don't get me wrong. I didn't love this one. The first one is the only one I really consider worth a damn. I just found this one less bad than the last couple.


At least Aliens had a great 1st AND 2nd outing...


The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:29 AM

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Now, I'm all FOR giving nods to previous films, but after they discover they're not on Earth, the movie did little more than degenerate into a slightly higher-tek remake of the first one.







" Saw that comin'. "

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