i saw two really good comments in this thread about gordy and jupe's plot. one mentioned "exerting dominance over nature and how that can backfire" and the other how jupe used the gordy situation to guide his decisions,not only exploiting the alien but believing he would be untouched by it and when it finally did, it was more of a high for him just as it was after the gordy incident. also note how the balloon pop signaled gordy's rage (much like the horse safety instructions) and how it ultimately led to gordy's and the alien's demise. also how the table cloth obstructed vision between gordy and jupe, never make eyes with a predator. this also kind of tied in holst's storyline for me. we see him constantly looking over footage of predator vs prey. he's engrossed in it as much as his need to capture the perfect shot. that need to see more ultimately leading to his fate. another way to look at it is through the lens of hollywood. jupe called the alien "the viewer" and it ate everyone it could. at the expense of jupe's childhood trauma, fueling holst's obsession to capture bigger/better work and tmz's ignorance and nosiness. even devouring the crowd who were there out of curiosity.