A discussion and analysis of the history of the Predator on film, the unmade Predator sequels, how each film changed the central villain, and a ranking of every movie, including Prey.
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Music:
“Woken Furies” by Gunship
“In The End” by
“Predator” OST by
“Over The Wall” and “The Quiet Earth” by Thomas Barandon
“Electric Love”
“Beacon” by
“SOLO” by
“Dark Side of TR” by
“Resident Evil 4” by
“Vampires” by The Midnight
Sources:
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/predator-complete-history/
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1987/
https://screenrant.com/predators-2-sequel-movie-deleted-aliens-connection/
https://www.sideshow.com/geek/predator-a-history-of-the-franchise/
https://www.looper.com/366603/the-history-of-every-canceled-predator-movie/
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1673490/why-shane-black-was-killed-off-so-soon-in-predator
https://screenrant.com/predators-movie-alex-litvak-unmade-sequel-better-reason/
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/details-unmade-predators-sequel-revealed-screenwriter/
https://screenrant.com/predator-movie-reshoots-changes-shane-black-fox/
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How would you rank the Predator movies?
I feel like there could be a great Predator/Alien crossover. Just eliminate humans from the script. Apocalypto in space.
Alien + Predator + Star Trek + Batman = Box Office Gold
Ps. Narration by Schwarzenegger
The first is masterpiece, after that up & down, the prey come just to save predator
AVP 1 and 2 were absolute trash that should've never been made into a film.
My predator ranking:
R Kelly
Bill cosby
Kevin spacey
Jared (subway)
Your progressivism is showing.
Autism being respected by the layman is important. Doesn’t matter how it’s done.
The prays cinematograph was beautiful….. but the female lead felt fake and laughably stupid when action took screen. I take it they're not gonna stop with the hypocrisy and the fake hype!! For me…. first Predator ( Arnold's) was the best with action that makes sense!! That's why I stopped watching new films to TV program and new comics…. it's pathetic!
Uh, Predators sucks but otherwise good list.
It's nice to see Predators getting some love. People like to say Prey is the first good Predator movie since the original, but Predators was solid imo! Hell, even Predator 2 had its moments!
PREY is back to the basics.. going back to bare bones film.. finally someone treated the predator with love 💕
Sad how Dark Horse comics did so many Aliens, Predator and Star Wars comics that were great only to lose it all to Marvel
Sorry, but 'Prey' comes up a distant 3rd to Predator 2 … Prey has serious story and plot issues with ludicrous illogical gender pandering to an inept plotsafe warrior that ends up getting all her tribal hunters killed, due to incredibly poor actions … Only to 'save the day' with expertly made lures that ultimately trap the Feral?? Give me a break – that is just garbage… and the use of lines from the original Predator – "if it bleeds we can kill it" !!!! GROAN … wtf!? LAME!
I really dislike the "ultimate" Predator in "The Predator". So combining different kinds of alien DNA results in…a bigger and just bulletproof Predator?
Thank god we got Prey now.
9:10 – what makes Predator 2 even more special today is that its protagonist is black. In this era where the heroes need to have more 'diversity', Predator 2 already broke this barrier way, way back in the 90s by having a black guy fight and beat an alien being! He even beat Will Smith (independence day) to this race!
i just want a movie where the predator wins
I would really enjoy if the Predator franchise becomes a collection of Period Pieces with the Predator hunting humans during different time periods. Predator hunting Vikings, Romans, Samurai, Egyptians, etc. the possibilities are near endless. And its an opportunity to fully explore and flesh out these societies in terms of their cultures.
still dont know why people praise prey . writing is shit . main character is unlikable . predator is autistic .
bruh really pu prey into 2nd place 💀
Matt you kind sound like jdmescwoods
Iron Man 3 is certainly the best Iron Man movie.
My girlfriend says Kiki's is #1, Predator is #2, and Evil Dead is #3.
Thanks Matt!
wait how about predator vs samurai
My List
Predator
Predator 2
Predators (i don't get the hate, it had jungle setting, testosterone, lots of guns)
Prey
AVP
Requiem and The Predator absolute trash, wish I can unsee these
I am a huge predator and alien fan yeah the predator franchise has some good stuff and some bad stuff too I fought parade will be a let down but surprise turned out to be good Remember that I'm gonna make a sequel but I know I can keep my hopes up because Disney
"predators" is the dollar store copy of the Original with no charisma and love behind it, just watch the original one instead.
Fucking loved Prey and I agree with many others opinions that its the best movie since the first! Not saying i didnt love Predator 2 or Predators, love em, but Prey was so well done! It gives me hope for the future of this franchise for the first time in a long long time. Now if we can get the same going for Alien, Terminator, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street.. you know, all the movies i loved as a child that i absolutely shouldn't have been watching!
Prey a masterpiece??? Yeah I disagree with that .
While AVP had many issues, the whole time period from face hugger to chest burster, being unrealistically fast, isn't exactly a new thing. To be fair to AVP, that started in the very first Alien movie when the infant chest burster alien grew to adulthood in a matter of hours. So……yeah, there's that.
I never had any interest in the Predator franchise whatsoever, but a friend gave me the AvP omnibus from Dark Horse and my interest went from 0-100 overnight
You'd probably hate this but. Hellraiser 2022 is coming out. Hellraiser franchise retrospective would be amazing because no one has seen them
Did anyone else get the feeling that Bungie ripped the design for the halo elites from the original predator look?
You know you're woke when you put dad bod Danny Glover over Arnold freaking Schwarzenegger. 😅
I cant understand how the predator survived a point blank shot to the back of the head
Nah, Predators over Prey, Prey is fair, like Predator 2, while i lie the idea of Naru's journey, her amped up skills in the end did mot make sense, her trap with the mask was ingenious though, so although Prey trumps in many aspects, had they not made the Predator in Prey such a lame tech reliant dope, i would have chosen Prey over Predators.
I think Requiem is underrated. It's just a dumb horror movie, but it has aliens and predator!
Fox: Major complaint from the fans was that the first AvP movie wasnt dark. We want AvP Requiem to be dark.
Director: I gotchu.
Fox: Make it really really dark.
Director: Alright.
Fox: Make it the darkest shit ever made!
Director: Say no more.
Have you read MOMSTRESS by Marjorie Liu? That'd make a great video.
The plotline for the Predator is literally Weaponized Autism?!?!
Predator just won’t ever be beat. Predator 2 is a long way off in second. All the rest are fucking rubbish. Absolute shit
24:23 This Predator can’t be the first one to visit Earth, because in AVP it’s shown that Predators have been going to Antarctica and interacting with people in order to hatch and hunt the Xenomorphs
Naru's character feels so hollow because it's like the screenplay was filtered through a feminist approval algorithm
1. Predator
2. Predator 2
3. Predators/Prey
4. AvP
5. AvP: Requiem/The Predator
Prey was good but it's not all that with tweaks it could be great even spectacular.
movies may be bad but still for exophils its wet dream <3
Why they always want us to belive Predator 2 is inferior to first one. It's not.