Comments on: 25th Anniversary: 5 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Predator’

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

Whoa – didn't know he had a chance to do 'Mission: Impossible'

'Die Hard 3' and 'The Hunt for Red October' remain classics alongside Predator, IMO.

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

It wasn't McTiernan's idea to approach Winston to redesign the alien. That came from Schwarzenegger who had experience of Stan's work firsthand on Terminator. He suggested Winston after everyone burst out laughing at the unveiling of the 7 foot tadpole thing originally supposed to be the Predator.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

John McTiernan is one of the smartest action directors of the last 30 years, and he should have gone onto a more varied and interesting career than he did. If you listen to any of his audio commentaries, you will notice how articulate he is about his visual choices for his films, and I am surprised that – Spielberg-style – he wasn't able to jump from blockbusters to dramas. Unfortunately, he helmed a few flops and then turned down sure-fire hits ('Batman Forever', 'Mission: Impossible'), which made him less and less viable as a commercial director.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

This movie still holds up. Great soundtrack, camerawork & pacing. Love the dialogue too. Complete package

By: Zinjo

Zinjo — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

@ Drew Taylor – Dude to see it when it came out was exactly that! My cousin and I went to see it. He being a rural dude expecting the Ahnold gunfest was blown away (no pun intended) by the film. Yeah, it really caught a lot of people by surprise…
It was also a break out role for Jesse Ventura who was winding down his old wrestling career at the time. The reason we don't see films like it now is because the good writers are either overlooked or rushed by the Hollywood accountants to crank out a script in 3 months when it should take at least 6 months or hack writers are better connected to get hired for such high concept projects.

The future of compelling cinema is diverting rapidly from Hollywood studios toward cooperative small shingle production companies. Similar to how the TV networks are bringing shlock "reality" programing and it is the cable networks like AMC, Showtime, HBO, etc that are producing the high quality, frequently watched programming that home audiences are being entertained by these days.

By: StickAround

StickAround — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

I don't understand why more action stars today go the "Predator" route – aka facing off against an alien badass. It worked so well for Arnold, I'm not sure why Jason Statham hasn't gone up against a predator yet.

By: Huffy

Huffy — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:14:00 +0000

Love Predator but McTiernan is full of shit with that Columbine line. Never mind the fact that the whole "films/music/games made them do it" is retarded but I guarantee you that a kid watching Predator isn't going to catch the significance behind that sequence; I know I didn't growing up. And I also think he's overrating the film's subversive nature, especially when compared to something like Robocop with is an absolutely perfect blend of mindless action and though-provoking commentary.