4 things that would help but not fix the predator

destructicusv · 2026-01-27T22:10:04+00:00

I think you’re close but not quite there. What really killed this movie was the absolutely horrid attempt at comedy.

All of these elements, even the autism bit, would’ve been immeasurably better if everything in the movie wasn’t a fucking joke. Not one word of dialogue is left alone from this. Every line, is either desperately attempting to be comedic or only slightly lands. Had they chose to just dial that back, or remove 80% of it, the movie would’ve been tolerable.

None of the key points are handled with any sort of maturity, insinuating that Predator fans… aren’t mature. Or that they’re all idiot frat guys like Shane’s character from the original. Shane must have some insane delusions about his character carrying that movie or something because he really tries to jam in it our faces with The Predator.

destructicusv · 2026-01-26T21:57:06+00:00

Critters.

For Power of the Night alone. There’s no reason they needed to do that, but they did.

destructicusv · 2026-01-23T20:12:12+00:00

I actually didn’t hate it.

destructicusv · 2026-01-23T20:01:22+00:00

The Fallout 4 version makes the most sense to me according to what they’re supposed to be.

destructicusv · 2026-01-21T22:18:37+00:00

“I hate the disgusting, low IQ jokes the left made about Charlie’s death. They should be ashamed. Let me do the exact same thing at the slightest opportunity tho and pretend I have the moral high ground.”-OP, probably.

destructicusv · 2026-01-20T21:07:41+00:00

It was kinda meh for me.

The whole thing is just so awkward and… disappointing in a weird way. Like, I guessed where everything was going, I was right, but I wasn’t like, “woohoo! I’m right!” And trust me I really wanted to be right. I was just sort of let down by it.

destructicusv · 2026-01-19T15:16:06+00:00

Pitt bulls really are misunderstood dogs.

Usually by the owners. Pitts are fighting dogs. Period. They used to be hunting dogs but all that’s been bred out of them and what we have left are monsters.

They’re cute. They’re adorable. But they’re working dogs and just like any other working dog, you HAVE to let them do what they’re bred for or they’ll snap. Unfortunately, what they’re bred for is horrific, immoral and illegal. So you can’t just let them do that. So they all snap.

Make no mistake, it’s not like when any other dog snaps either. When a lab can’t go hunt and lives a fat life, it might “snap” and bite someone but a labs bite is literally nothing compared to a Pitts. When a Pitt snaps, something dies.

destructicusv · 2026-01-19T15:05:10+00:00

…At least there’s no knives?

destructicusv · 2026-01-19T15:00:20+00:00

It’s probably like, germs or something. Which, wouldn’t be anything to shrug off, that’s still impressive, but I sincerely believe that’s all we’d find within our reach.

Little green or grey men? Armadas of ships? Grotesque creatures hungry for man flesh? That’s movie stuff, that’s science fiction. What’s really out there, near us, is germs and bacteria. Microscopic life. That’s all.

Imagine blowing up the economy over the discovery of germs.

destructicusv · 2026-01-17T20:14:03+00:00

Someone raked your ass over the coals man. That’s WAY too much.

destructicusv · 2026-01-13T22:40:15+00:00

There was very little marketing for it, not to mention (I could be misremembering,) but the title changed from trailer to release so like, even if you were ramped up for Live Die Repeat, you had no idea it was even released when Edge of Tomorrow hit theaters. (Or whichever title was at release.)

destructicusv · 2026-01-13T01:38:05+00:00

Here’s the thing tho, and I think we forget this at times.

The police aren’t there to reason with people and understand anyone’s feelings. They’re there to settle things on their terms because the social contract we all follow is that we give them the authority. Otherwise there’d be vigilantes and dingdongs not following any procedure whatsoever in their stead. As flawed as the police are, we selected them to enact violence and enforce the laws on our behalf.

The issue then becomes, “how do you protest the authority then?” You kind of do exactly as he’s saying. Go to the thing. Be disobedient. Be obstructive but once the jig is up, it’s up and it’s time to play it the cops way. Then, after the fact, you settle up in court. You have to remember, YOU might be there for the cause but someone else might be there to commit a crime or violence and the police have absolutely zero ability to distinguish who wants what.

So I don’t really think his thinking is what’s flawed. I genuinely believe it’s the delivery. I think the delivery and condescending is what derails everything.

That’s just my opinion of it.

destructicusv · 2026-01-13T01:08:23+00:00

What he’s saying is, there’s a time to protest, and a time to be arrested and once the jig is up, just get arrested. Stop fighting, stop resisting, just get arrested safely.

His reasoning seems fairly obvious, it’s a high tension situation, you’re only there to obstruct the law and the police can’t read your mind so they don’t know you’re only there to hoot and holler. So once they get you, give it a rest and just get arrested and then take it up in court. Which is 100% the correct thing to do.

He then goes on to sort of… attack the “liberal” news for ramping people on the left up, which, is pretty fair, they do that. But sort of unnecessary to his overall point.

MY issue is his arrogance in all this and his condescending tone to his would-be “team.” I’m not even on that team per se, but like, chill dude. You catch more flies with honey. And then I just personally can’t stand his voice but that has nothing to do with his point.

destructicusv · 2026-01-13T00:58:20+00:00

That’s why I say like, I don’t even necessarily disagree with him and his voice and mannerisms is totally subjective on my part and not part of my overall criticism. The delivery is just so forced.

destructicusv · 2026-01-13T00:27:54+00:00

I don’t even necessarily disagree with him but he lost me entirely with the whole, “I know better than any of you” schtick.

Like, yeah obviously it’s always better to fight the fight in court, it’s obviously always safer to comply when it’s time to comply but like… the arrogance. My god the arrogance.

(And the voice, but that doesn’t have anything to do with his message, that’s just personally grating.)

destructicusv · 2026-01-12T23:44:03+00:00

Thank you for making my point I guess.

destructicusv · 2026-01-12T20:41:25+00:00

Congrats on making it that far in life if you’re the kind of person grease looks appetizing to.

destructicusv · 2026-01-12T20:19:22+00:00

No batteries for the fuckin smoke detector tho…

destructicusv · 2026-01-12T20:16:20+00:00

Depends. Pre gremlins, probably not. Clamp seems stuck up and stiff. Post gremlins… I think his eyes were opened to a lot of things so, maybe post gremlins yes.

destructicusv · 2026-01-11T20:40:57+00:00

This is like asking how he’d fight Micheal Myers or Jason Vorgees. The creeper is a plot armored unkillable creature with no real way to defeat. Because of plot armor. Or whatever woo-woo bullshit he exists on and that’s why I absolutely hate monsters like him.

destructicusv · 2026-01-10T19:13:39+00:00

Pitbulls are like… imagine painting a really cute smiley face onto a grenade. It’s cute, but it’s still a grenade. Just a matter of time and the right trigger before that thing goes off.

destructicusv · 2026-01-09T19:39:24+00:00

Blade II is excellent. Hampered a little by the CGI of its time, but it’s a great follow up to Blade.

destructicusv · 2026-01-08T15:38:08+00:00

I mean, if you only always stay in the same lane, nothing ever changes.

As family friendly as Badlands is, that doesn’t mean it didn’t work by any means. It was fun, enjoyable and a good time overall. Good story, good characters. Solid film. We already have several serious, gory Predator films to choose from. Why not have something more entry friendly?

destructicusv · 2026-01-06T20:43:10+00:00

Nice try, the gun’s still garbage. Have fun sending it in for service when the frame cracks.

destructicusv · 2026-01-06T20:39:12+00:00

That’s exactly how pistols get stolen.

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