@ind0ctr1n3 The original actor that was replaced was Jean-Claude Van Damme, working in a very different predator design. The Predator was redesigned and Kevin Peter Hall was brought in to fill the suit. Director John McTiernan gave him the cameo as the pilot as he felt he had to let Hall get his face in the film after sweating in the suit without complaint for weeks during filming.
"Just because your gorgeous and you have that bombass mustache don't mean you should be running shit, you lied to everybody. " BEST QUOTE OF 2021 HANDS DOWN 🏆
It's a minor detail in many ways, but I also like the ending of this movie. In most movies with big, tough action heroes, they just put on sunglasses and walk away, still cool and unaffected by the events that went down. But here, on that helicopter ride home, you can see Dutch genuinely fatigued and traumatized, just processing everything internally, and grieving for his fallen men/friends. Just an empty, tired man. It adds a sense of realism to the whole thing.
And I love this comment. And yet, in the end, Dutch wasn't defeated (and you do get the idea he'll survive this trauma) and you know he is going to pass on his knowledge of the Predator to the appropriate people. Things on Earth just changed massively, whether the military/govt keeps it a secret or not. I think some in the comments below are overthinking the effect (or at least the intention) of this movie. I don't think it's an antiwar per-se. It does seem to be saying there are worse things in the Universe than man and that we are lucky we fight each other, and not, say , these Predators. So yeah... War is hell. Esp war against extra-terrestrial hunters :)
Yes I always got the impression that the close up on his face was PTSD setting in. This was the mission in which he lost everyone. Contrast that with the action firefight at the beginning where he is making one liners after a couple of kills, and nonchalantly lights up a victory cigar. By the end Dutch has survived, but is broken. And it took an Alien to finally humble the great Arnold!
@@Sara_Feingold mmm. Most surprising horror movie of the 80s starring Arnold none the less. And yeah i think he was smart for being the one starring in this. Almost as a bait and switch from normal action movies.
The little scene of the Predator caressing Billy's skull is really interesting, and makes me wish we could have seen Billy and the Predator fight hand to hand to see what earned him such an admiring touch.
What earned the caressing and his skull trophy is that Billy was a tracker who sensed his presents and Billies termination. Also Billy stood his ground to face him
Billy picked a bottleneck position where the Predator would have to face him, and discarded his rifle so the Predator would fight him hand-to-hand rather than shooting. All of that would seem insightful, respectful, and courageous to such a creature. Whereas Dutch pisses him off with cunning traps and ambushes. People get it wrong that Predator respects Dutch: The reason he takes off his mask and discards his weapons is that he's pissed and has something to prove.
The actor who played the predator did an amazing job with his body acting and giving the predator a personality. He also played in the second movie... Unfortunately we lost him in a very stupid medical accident. He was really a great loss to the franchise because they never made a better predator since then.
You know what? I always used to think it was poor writing, letting that thing have a human sounding laugh. But you reminded me, for the first time, that it actually did record Billy's laugh earlier in the movie. Good stuff.
I used to think that the predator was laughing at Arnold because he was going to die too, now I wonder if it was actually laughing at itself for being dumb enough to get killed by an animal
It accomplished several things with that laugh. It scared the one that slew him, it warned his honorable opponent that bested him (which would be fitting with the Yautja's (Predator) character) and finally it conveyed his small victory of denying him the prize of a corpse and technology to prove their existence, not to mention avoid making the human civilization advance from the Predator's own failure.
HE was laughing because he had found a hunt that bested him, and in Yautja society that is not a bad thing, that's actually a very honorable death. That's also why he activated the countdown in front of Dutch, in full view, so Dutch would have a chance to figure out what was up and outrun the blast. In Yautja society, honor is important above all, and honorability is entwined inextricably with sportsmanship. He didn't want Dutch, who had proven a mighty prey and probably the most honored trophy he would have taken from that hunt, to simply be destroyed like a chump in a big explosion. Dutch's prize for winning, and his trophy, was his life, because the Hunter had no other to give him. The reason he set that explosion at all is because by Yautja law, a less developed intelligent race must NEVER acquire Yautja technology. If he falls, all trace of his equipment must be eradicated. If he dies before he can do it himself, the Yautja send a SPECIFICALLY TRAINED form of Hunter, called a Seeker, to reclaim his equipment and dispose of it. Who, by the way, come equipped for war, not hunting, and thus have WAY WAY BETTER EQUIPMENT that a standard Hunter, do not take trophies, and have full license to kill anyone and everyone they have to to complete their mission. And yes, the Yautja DO see humans as intelligent. In fact, intelligent species are the most honorable game specifically BECAUSE of their ability to turn the tables like Dutch did. If you want something really wild... a Yautja Youngblood is FORBIDDEN from hunting and claiming human trophies until they are Blooded Hunters. How does a Youngblood become a Blooded Hunter? BY SUCCESSFULLY TURNING THE TABLES ON BEING HUNTED BY XENOMORPHS TO CLAIM A TROPHY AND PROVE YOU ARE SKILLED ENOUGH TO TAKE ON MORE DANGEROUS PREY. That's right... the Yautja consider hunting HUMANS more dangerous than HUNTING FRIGGIN' XENOMORPHS.
People might tell you Predator 2 sucks, but don't let that dissuade you. It's a bit of a step down in quality, but it also has some interesting concepts and is a good evolution of the series.
18:06 That was a really moving and heartfelt monologue by Bill Duke. He doesn't get enough credit for his acting in that scene. All the characters are so well done that I wouldn't have minded a prequel that showed some of their backstories. 28:45 Originally, Dutch was supposed to beat the Predator when they fought hand-to-hand, but it was Arnold who said that wouldn't make any sense. He said "He's a monster. I'm just a man," so it was rewritten with the Predator kicking Dutch's butt and Dutch having to outsmart it to survive. There weren't a lot 1980's action stars whose egos would have let themselves definitively lose a fight for the sake of a better story. "Predator 2" isn't as good as the original, but I still think it's very good. "Predators" is just okay and pretty forgettable. The Alien/Predator crossovers are quite disappointing but watchable if you've got nothing else to do. "The Predator" is not good. Your reactions are great, so watching you react to even a bad movie would be interesting.
@Krister L What other strong guy has managed his career to become one of the highest paid actors ever, and then moved on to high political office? Arnold has brains AND brawn.
@@JnEricsonx And inexperience. The predator made a fatal assumption that his wounded prey was helpless and came in too close. It's shown in alien vs predator that the predators have a hierarchy of skill. I assumed the one Danny Glover beat was less experienced.
I really wish they didn't open with a shot of the ship dropping the Predator off on the planet. If you don't know it's an alien going in, this movie would have a hell of a twist halfway through.
@@Rastafaustian Hell yeah, even moreso with The Thing. Whenever I've shown someone The Thing for the first time, I always skip past that scene so they're always shocked when it becomes an alien movie and not a movie about some guys going crazy in Antarctica.
"Cowboys and Aliens" is similarly undermined by its title. If it had been called simply "Absolution" after the town (and certain plot elements) it would open as basically a regular western with only Jake's curious wristband giving a clue that anything extraordinary awaits. Though from what I understand, the graphic novel that it's adapted from is far wackier and suits the silly title.
Yes tell a friend. Ive been watching her since Galaxy Quest (beggining of year approximately) . She is just naturally funny. She has many more Alanaisms. Terminator, Terminator 2, Tremors are good ones
A little thing that I love about this movie but no one really mentions, it’s basically a slasher film but instead of drunk teenagers it’s 80s action movie heroes, the kinds of characters who take out armies so the fact the predator is just taking them down all the more intimidating. Also check out the film “killer Klowns from Outer Space” it’s the epitome of B movie fun
the beauty of this horror movie, the monster wasnt chasing and killing teenagers. the first third of the film shows how competent and dangerous Dutch and his guys are.
Also surprised people by putting Arnold in the main role who wasn't known for anything other than big action movies and sci fi. Flipped the whole action bravado genre on its head
I love the Predator movies. Everyone trash talks Predator 2 but I think it is underrated. Danny Glover, Bill Paxton, Morten Downey and Gary Busey before he mutated. Solid action flick with a lot of personality.
This movie was in production hell. They needed a rewrite half way through shooting the movie, that's when they brought in Shane Black. Because he was writing the movie as they filmed, they cast him as Hawkins so he could be on set while writing. One night, in the hotel, Black was trying to come up with the ending of the movie. He had planned out this big cat and mouse fight sequence, but he couldn't figure out how Arnold was going to kill the Predator. After a few hours of suffering from writer's block, Black decided to take a break and watch some tv. He sat back and watched some Looney Toons, and there he got his inspiration for the ending. He killed off the Predator with a Wile E. Coyote gag. 🤣
Winston only came into the picture at the last second after the director wasn't happy with the original insectoid design that they'd already been filming with (which was originally played by none other than Jean Claude VanDamme)
@@Enrique-Garcia Yeah, and Winston was key in turning that Gigan-ripoff looking thing into the mandibled dreadlocked mountain of awesome that is the Predator :D
"He cuttin down acreage" One of the all time best lines I have ever heard a reactor say to this scene. Just fantastic! Btw, the actor who played Hawkins (AKA the guy with glasses that died first) wrote: Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
The great thing about Predator is that all the military guys think they're in an action movie, and realise too late it's more like a jungle-based slasher. The sequels vary a lot in quality but are mostly worth watching, I'd say :) As for recommendations - have you ever seen Candyman? Tony Todd's most legendary role.
You were right about the Predator wanting a “Mano y Mano.” Yauta have a strict honor based warrior culture, so when one finds something that can be a genuine challenge or threat, it’s like Christmas come early for them.
Well, they say they're honorable, while using a cloak and advanced sensors and a plasma cannon to get the kill before their prey even knows they're there. So it's more like if you were hunting deer, and a stag got up on its hind legs and challenged you to fisticuffs.
Definitely the mark of a great movie. She says “what is going on??” and moments later it’s clear what’s going on. Seeing you easily snap to what’s happening really shows the skill of the movie makers.
Your reactions are hilarious and insightful at the same time. Some FYI for you the black helicopter pilot you saw at the end was Kevin Peter Hall ( RIP ) he was also the PREADTOR. At 7'2" plus the costume Hall made a very imposing creature. Actually Jean Claude Van Damme was hired to play the creature but was unhappy with the role and so he dropped out or was fired. So with a redesigned costume Hall was chosen to play the Predator. Hall complained that it was so difficult to actually see anything while in costume that during the fight scenes with Arnold he would sometimes actually hit him when he wasn't supposed to and vice versa. The movie was filmed in Hawaii.
I was lucky enough to visit the Predator filming location back in 2015. It's now a zip-line tourist attraction just outside of Puerto Vallarta. The enemy camp seen at 8:06 is now a restaurant. They even have a life-sized statue of the Predator there!
They needed an enemy intimidating enough to go up against Arnold's muscles 💪. They got 7' 3" tall Kevin Peter Hall to play the Predator. And boy did he come through! Kevin also played Bigfoot in Harry and the Henderson's. -OG
Shane Black, had wrote the screenplay for the movie Lethal Weapon. They casted him here so that he would be available to make on-the-fly and uncredited script changes while on set.
I know a lot of people hated Dillon at least early in the movie, but he didn't ask them to do anything he wasn't willing to do. He was there with them after all. And he was there to find his men.
Love the videos. As far as the sequels go: 2 is underrated, in my opinion; Predators is basically a really well done and well cast rehash of the first, and The Predator...exists...
Yeah. Predator mimicking it's prey makes him that much scarier. It's both intimidating 😳 and taunting at the same time. Predator using Billy's laugh before self-destructing was wild. -OG
Alanda Fun Fact is that action actor, Jean Claude Van Damme was scheduled to play "Predator", but studio and producers felt that he was too short for the part. Then another actor named Kevin Peter Hall gotten the part as "Predator" due to his size at 7'2" taller than Arnold. Kevin also played as an African American helicopter pilot in the end when they rescued Arnold. Sadly, Kevin Peter Hall died of complications after tainted blood transfusion (AIDS). Kevin also acted as Bigfoot named Harry in a comedy named Harry and the Hendersons
By the way, actor, Shane Black (Hawkins) who also a screenwriter of such as screenplays like Lethal Weapons 1&2 and Last Boy Scout. He is also a director too. Shane wrote and directed a direct sequel to Predator 1& 2 named The Predator that was released 2018.
That log wasn't actually the trap. The log was supposed to drop and the rope was supposed to wrap around the Predator's foot and pull him up into the spikes.
This is a modern retelling of the medieval tale of Beowulf - a military commander who unknowingly brings his troops into a kingdom where an invisible monster kills soldiers every night.
Holy moly, in the last 30 odd years I've seen this movie more times than I can count and I've read and seen every adaptation of Beowulf I can find; and I've never made that connection.
I saw this in college.. literally last century! You have to watch predator 2 now with another great: Danny glover, bill Paxton, Gary busey, Ruben blades, a lot of fun...
I can't get enough of you and your reactions! You're TouTube's best kept secret and have quickly become my favorite. Gorgeous, funny as hell, sassy, insightful and on point with the witty quips... you keep this up, and your channel's gonna blow up. Keep going with the Predator series. They're all good.
The guy telling jokes is Shane Black. He made up those jokes for the movie. He assisted on the script for this movie, wrote Lethal Weapon a bunch of others, and he also wrote and directed the most recent "The Predator" from 2018
I always loved the soft "growling" of the Predator, and the fact that the creature is a sport hunter. Sparing the unarmed. Fun fact: Kevin Peter Hall (the Predator) can also be seen in the end (unmasked) with a cameo as a chopper pilot.
"Just two brothers in the beast" 😂😂🤣🤣 Right sis. "Bitch, I see you Wrinkle In Time looking ass" 😂😂 You be killing me. You quick with it, sis. Great reaction once again.
Awesome reaction. I've seen this movie more times than I can remember, but I never realized that the Alien was using Billy's laugh at the end. Keep up the good work. : )
The guy cracking jokes the whole movie is Shane Black. He directed a movie called The Nice Guys with Russell Crow and Ryan Gosling. Definitely worth watching.
Billy: “There’s something out there waiting for us, and it ain’t no man. We’re all going to died.” Dillon: “The mans losing it. He’s loses his cool.” Me: Even scared, Billy still says that line pretty cool. Start crapping your pants too lol.
Thank You for not including the F slur scene at the beginning in the chopper! Ps. Your content is awesome! Its been fun seeing your first time reactions, and perspectives, on films that I grew up Watching, and Loving!
Fun fact: The actor that played the helicopter pilot at the end is the actor that played the Predator.
@ind0ctr1n3 The original actor that was replaced was Jean-Claude Van Damme, working in a very different predator design. The Predator was redesigned and Kevin Peter Hall was brought in to fill the suit. Director John McTiernan gave him the cameo as the pilot as he felt he had to let Hall get his face in the film after sweating in the suit without complaint for weeks during filming.
@@michaelbuick6995 you are 100 percent right! and kevin got the role to play predator 2 as well but sadly passed away after making the film 😭
@ind0ctr1n3 Wrong bud. Get your facts right. Kevin Peter Hall is the Predator and helicopter pilot.
Yeah...you can literally look up behind the scenes clips here on TH-cam from the directors edition that show him playing the predator in costume.
And... AND... Kevin Peter Hall played Harry in 'Harry and The Hendersons'.
"Just because your gorgeous and you have that bombass mustache don't mean you should be running shit, you lied to everybody. "
BEST QUOTE OF 2021 HANDS DOWN 🏆
It's a minor detail in many ways, but I also like the ending of this movie. In most movies with big, tough action heroes, they just put on sunglasses and walk away, still cool and unaffected by the events that went down. But here, on that helicopter ride home, you can see Dutch genuinely fatigued and traumatized, just processing everything internally, and grieving for his fallen men/friends. Just an empty, tired man. It adds a sense of realism to the whole thing.
Yep. A big part of Predator was undermining the whole rah-rah action movie style of the early 80s.
Critics always like to discount Arnold's acting, but I'd like to give him kudos here. Dutch looked fricking traumatized!
And I love this comment. And yet, in the end, Dutch wasn't defeated (and you do get the idea he'll survive this trauma) and you know he is going to pass on his knowledge of the Predator to the appropriate people. Things on Earth just changed massively, whether the military/govt keeps it a secret or not. I think some in the comments below are overthinking the effect (or at least the intention) of this movie. I don't think it's an antiwar per-se. It does seem to be saying there are worse things in the Universe than man and that we are lucky we fight each other, and not, say , these Predators. So yeah... War is hell. Esp war against extra-terrestrial hunters :)
Yes I always got the impression that the close up on his face was PTSD setting in. This was the mission in which he lost everyone. Contrast that with the action firefight at the beginning where he is making one liners after a couple of kills, and nonchalantly lights up a victory cigar. By the end Dutch has survived, but is broken.
And it took an Alien to finally humble the great Arnold!
@@Sara_Feingold mmm. Most surprising horror movie of the 80s starring Arnold none the less. And yeah i think he was smart for being the one starring in this. Almost as a bait and switch from normal action movies.
"This crab is not gonna give it up." Possibly the greatest summary of THE PREDATOR I've ever heard. Your reactions are great, keep going!
"Don't tell me, there were two crabs, they work in pairs. I went to Annapolis for chrissakes."
The little scene of the Predator caressing Billy's skull is really interesting, and makes me wish we could have seen Billy and the Predator fight hand to hand to see what earned him such an admiring touch.
Alas, clik clik, poor Billy..."
The fight between the predator and [redacted] in Predators is pretty much intended to pay that off
What earned the caressing and his skull trophy is that Billy was a tracker who sensed his presents and Billies termination. Also Billy stood his ground to face him
@@soldiermedic45 “I sensed your presents, you’re getting a bike and a gift card”
Billy picked a bottleneck position where the Predator would have to face him, and discarded his rifle so the Predator would fight him hand-to-hand rather than shooting. All of that would seem insightful, respectful, and courageous to such a creature. Whereas Dutch pisses him off with cunning traps and ambushes. People get it wrong that Predator respects Dutch: The reason he takes off his mask and discards his weapons is that he's pissed and has something to prove.
The actor who played the predator did an amazing job with his body acting and giving the predator a personality. He also played in the second movie...
Unfortunately we lost him in a very stupid medical accident. He was really a great loss to the franchise because they never made a better predator since then.
*Predator picking up scorpion*
"Why does this freshly manicured hand picking up the dead scorpion?"
I nearly spit out my morning coffee XD
You know what? I always used to think it was poor writing, letting that thing have a human sounding laugh. But you reminded me, for the first time, that it actually did record Billy's laugh earlier in the movie. Good stuff.
Best quote from this reaction “put on this mud mask if you want to live” had me rolling lmfao
I used to think that the predator was laughing at Arnold because he was going to die too, now I wonder if it was actually laughing at itself for being dumb enough to get killed by an animal
Wow!
Holy shit, never thought about that.
It accomplished several things with that laugh. It scared the one that slew him, it warned his honorable opponent that bested him (which would be fitting with the Yautja's (Predator) character) and finally it conveyed his small victory of denying him the prize of a corpse and technology to prove their existence, not to mention avoid making the human civilization advance from the Predator's own failure.
interresting !
HE was laughing because he had found a hunt that bested him, and in Yautja society that is not a bad thing, that's actually a very honorable death. That's also why he activated the countdown in front of Dutch, in full view, so Dutch would have a chance to figure out what was up and outrun the blast. In Yautja society, honor is important above all, and honorability is entwined inextricably with sportsmanship. He didn't want Dutch, who had proven a mighty prey and probably the most honored trophy he would have taken from that hunt, to simply be destroyed like a chump in a big explosion. Dutch's prize for winning, and his trophy, was his life, because the Hunter had no other to give him.
The reason he set that explosion at all is because by Yautja law, a less developed intelligent race must NEVER acquire Yautja technology. If he falls, all trace of his equipment must be eradicated. If he dies before he can do it himself, the Yautja send a SPECIFICALLY TRAINED form of Hunter, called a Seeker, to reclaim his equipment and dispose of it. Who, by the way, come equipped for war, not hunting, and thus have WAY WAY BETTER EQUIPMENT that a standard Hunter, do not take trophies, and have full license to kill anyone and everyone they have to to complete their mission.
And yes, the Yautja DO see humans as intelligent. In fact, intelligent species are the most honorable game specifically BECAUSE of their ability to turn the tables like Dutch did. If you want something really wild... a Yautja Youngblood is FORBIDDEN from hunting and claiming human trophies until they are Blooded Hunters. How does a Youngblood become a Blooded Hunter? BY SUCCESSFULLY TURNING THE TABLES ON BEING HUNTED BY XENOMORPHS TO CLAIM A TROPHY AND PROVE YOU ARE SKILLED ENOUGH TO TAKE ON MORE DANGEROUS PREY.
That's right... the Yautja consider hunting HUMANS more dangerous than HUNTING FRIGGIN' XENOMORPHS.
People might tell you Predator 2 sucks, but don't let that dissuade you. It's a bit of a step down in quality, but it also has some interesting concepts and is a good evolution of the series.
I like the sequel better than the original. It actually did more to establish Predator lore going forward than the first movie did.
Those ppl would be struck off any oxygen list for me
2 doesn't suck, not as good as 1
@@neohubris exactly👍
PREDATOR 2 IS AWESOME !!!
18:06 That was a really moving and heartfelt monologue by Bill Duke. He doesn't get enough credit for his acting in that scene. All the characters are so well done that I wouldn't have minded a prequel that showed some of their backstories.
28:45 Originally, Dutch was supposed to beat the Predator when they fought hand-to-hand, but it was Arnold who said that wouldn't make any sense. He said "He's a monster. I'm just a man," so it was rewritten with the Predator kicking Dutch's butt and Dutch having to outsmart it to survive. There weren't a lot 1980's action stars whose egos would have let themselves definitively lose a fight for the sake of a better story.
"Predator 2" isn't as good as the original, but I still think it's very good. "Predators" is just okay and pretty forgettable. The Alien/Predator crossovers are quite disappointing but watchable if you've got nothing else to do. "The Predator" is not good. Your reactions are great, so watching you react to even a bad movie would be interesting.
@Krister L What other strong guy has managed his career to become one of the highest paid actors ever, and then moved on to high political office? Arnold has brains AND brawn.
Hell, the only reason Danny Glover won like that in the second was the Predator was short a arm, and got gutted with his own weapon. That's it.
All the cast in the movie were such great characters,and beliveable,cocky Blaine,crazy Mac,native Billy,"pen-pushing" Dillon etc.
@@JnEricsonx And inexperience. The predator made a fatal assumption that his wounded prey was helpless and came in too close. It's shown in alien vs predator that the predators have a hierarchy of skill. I assumed the one Danny Glover beat was less experienced.
@@nonconsensualopinion Yep the director said it back then. He said that the predator in the 2nd movie was younger.
I really wish they didn't open with a shot of the ship dropping the Predator off on the planet. If you don't know it's an alien going in, this movie would have a hell of a twist halfway through.
I always thought so too. And the same with The Thing.
@@Rastafaustian Hell yeah, even moreso with The Thing. Whenever I've shown someone The Thing for the first time, I always skip past that scene so they're always shocked when it becomes an alien movie and not a movie about some guys going crazy in Antarctica.
"Cowboys and Aliens" is similarly undermined by its title. If it had been called simply "Absolution" after the town (and certain plot elements) it would open as basically a regular western with only Jake's curious wristband giving a clue that anything extraordinary awaits. Though from what I understand, the graphic novel that it's adapted from is far wackier and suits the silly title.
I remember watching the documentary and someone involved said that the studio insisted that the first shot be added. The director was not pleased.
Ikr, I would've preferred the alien reveal halfway through the film myself instead of at the beginning of the film .
'She out here acting like it's Nickelodeon Slime Time' -- DEAD.
Never seen you react before but GODDAMN you're funny. I'm sticking around.
she's got some great quips in big trouble in little china, too
Yes tell a friend. Ive been watching her since Galaxy Quest (beggining of year approximately) . She is just naturally funny. She has many more Alanaisms. Terminator, Terminator 2, Tremors are good ones
Alanda on machines and AI always trying to kill us in fiction "Why are yall always trying to kill us? You know you'll just be bored when were gone."
There's something rather epic about someone enjoying 'Predator' while having a nice cuppa tea.
Great reaction!
This movie still holds it's own even though it is over 30 years old.
A little thing that I love about this movie but no one really mentions, it’s basically a slasher film but instead of drunk teenagers it’s 80s action movie heroes, the kinds of characters who take out armies so the fact the predator is just taking them down all the more intimidating.
Also check out the film “killer Klowns from Outer Space” it’s the epitome of B movie fun
Yeah it's a horror movie in disguise. Unfortunately all of the sequels largely dropped the creepy atmosphere of the original.
Your commentary was hilarious! XD
When Anna revealed that she could speak English and you said what we were all thinking "...BITCH!" LOL
I simply love your reactions. So glad you're watching these older movies. This first predator movie is the best, hands down
the beauty of this horror movie, the monster wasnt chasing and killing teenagers. the first third of the film shows how competent and dangerous Dutch and his guys are.
Also surprised people by putting Arnold in the main role who wasn't known for anything other than big action movies and sci fi. Flipped the whole action bravado genre on its head
Oh my God, I love you Alanda, with your teacup and saucer getting ready to watch Predator❣️
she got dimensions 🤣
@@AlandaParker pinky out for maximum dissonance!
I love the Predator movies. Everyone trash talks Predator 2 but I think it is underrated. Danny Glover, Bill Paxton, Morten Downey and Gary Busey before he mutated. Solid action flick with a lot of personality.
This movie was in production hell. They needed a rewrite half way through shooting the movie, that's when they brought in Shane Black. Because he was writing the movie as they filmed, they cast him as Hawkins so he could be on set while writing. One night, in the hotel, Black was trying to come up with the ending of the movie. He had planned out this big cat and mouse fight sequence, but he couldn't figure out how Arnold was going to kill the Predator. After a few hours of suffering from writer's block, Black decided to take a break and watch some tv. He sat back and watched some Looney Toons, and there he got his inspiration for the ending.
He killed off the Predator with a Wile E. Coyote gag. 🤣
Are you on drugs or just guillable?
Arnold Schwarzenegger was able to get the same guy who did the Terminator design to do the Predators final design as well.
Stan Winston the beast :D
He was the one who suggested to wear real combat packs with all the equipment instead of the movie props because he felt it added to the realism
Winston only came into the picture at the last second after the director wasn't happy with the original insectoid design that they'd already been filming with (which was originally played by none other than Jean Claude VanDamme)
@@Enrique-Garcia Yeah, and Winston was key in turning that Gigan-ripoff looking thing into the mandibled dreadlocked mountain of awesome that is the Predator :D
@@Sara_Feingold never thought about it, but it did look like Gigan originally didn't it lol
"He cuttin down acreage" One of the all time best lines I have ever heard a reactor say to this scene. Just fantastic! Btw, the actor who played Hawkins (AKA the guy with glasses that died first) wrote: Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
10:12 "and the scorpion said 'it's in my nature' " props to you girl that's a cool story too!
I love her reactions. That's how it should be !
No over the top ranting/rambling, No useless theories you don't need, just react an appreciate.
The great thing about Predator is that all the military guys think they're in an action movie, and realise too late it's more like a jungle-based slasher. The sequels vary a lot in quality but are mostly worth watching, I'd say :)
As for recommendations - have you ever seen Candyman? Tony Todd's most legendary role.
I haven't but I've heard of it! I'll put it on my list. I know it's scary so it might take me a minute to get there 😂
@@AlandaParker Here to second Candyman, that movie is spectacular
An incredible classic that holds up because of the amazing talent at Stan Winston studios back then. also great jack burton reference : P
I hope Carl Weathers sees your video and blushes (he’ll be brushing his “bombass mustache”)
Alanda quote of the day "Shes out here like its Nickleodian Slime time"
Love spending my Saturdays with you Alanda. Great reaction. Love from LND
Isn't it beautiful when someone discovers the origin of a meme?
Which meme?
@@dubuyajay9964manliest handshake ever.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
@@Justanotherconsumer Oh yes.
You were right about the Predator wanting a “Mano y Mano.” Yauta have a strict honor based warrior culture, so when one finds something that can be a genuine challenge or threat, it’s like Christmas come early for them.
Well, they say they're honorable, while using a cloak and advanced sensors and a plasma cannon to get the kill before their prey even knows they're there.
So it's more like if you were hunting deer, and a stag got up on its hind legs and challenged you to fisticuffs.
As child of the 80s Arnold was and still is my hero when it comes to action
Definitely the mark of a great movie. She says “what is going on??” and moments later it’s clear what’s going on.
Seeing you easily snap to what’s happening really shows the skill of the movie makers.
Your reactions are hilarious and insightful at the same time. Some FYI for you the black helicopter pilot you saw at the end was Kevin Peter Hall ( RIP ) he was also the PREADTOR. At 7'2" plus the costume Hall made a very imposing creature. Actually Jean Claude Van Damme was hired to play the creature but was unhappy with the role and so he dropped out or was fired. So with a redesigned costume Hall was chosen to play the Predator. Hall complained that it was so difficult to actually see anything while in costume that during the fight scenes with Arnold he would sometimes actually hit him when he wasn't supposed to and vice versa. The movie was filmed in Hawaii.
Actually, the movie was filmed in Mexico. Yea, depending on who you asked, Van Damme was either fired or he quit.
@@ghost7524 My mistake it was Predators (2010 ) that was filmed in Hawaii
@@rccraig7580 No problem..
I was lucky enough to visit the Predator filming location back in 2015. It's now a zip-line tourist attraction just outside of Puerto Vallarta. The enemy camp seen at 8:06 is now a restaurant. They even have a life-sized statue of the Predator there!
I visited many years ago when it was just a lagoon and a bar. Gorgeous place though.
“Put on a mud mask if you want to live.” legit got an lol from me.
22:30 “Aw, man. Just two brothas and the beast.” ☠️🤣
I absolutely love that Carl Weathers is in the Mandalorian.
My favorite role of his is when he played himself on Arrested Development
They needed an enemy intimidating enough to go up against Arnold's muscles 💪. They got 7' 3" tall Kevin Peter Hall to play the Predator. And boy did he come through! Kevin also played Bigfoot in Harry and the Henderson's. -OG
Shane Black, had wrote the screenplay for the movie Lethal Weapon. They casted him here so that he would be available to make on-the-fly and uncredited script changes while on set.
R.I.P... Kevin Peter Hall - The Preditor...
I thought he was also on set to keep an eye on the director, who was considered a bit of a neophyte.
@@killersalmon4359 Yeah that too
I was looking for this bit of trivia, also he wrote and directed the latest Predator movie
oh wow!
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*Fun Fact* The Soldier named Hawkins aka bad dad jokes yeah because of *Shane Black* ; He set this franchise back 10 years.
Alanda Parker lol "You out here like its nickelodean slime time" that was hilarious!
I LOVE watching reactors react to the Epic Handshake meme! Yup, this is THAT movie.
Predator 2 is the only sequel worth watching.
"She's out here like it's Nickelodeon slime time".Haha, I'm crying over here.
I don't know how I ended up being recommended this video, but you have a wonderful turn of phrase. Most enjoyable.
8:29, now Dutch knows what the mission really was: it was a Search And Destroy operation. And Dillion used him for his expertise.
Yeah, we were watching it...and?
I know a lot of people hated Dillon at least early in the movie, but he didn't ask them to do anything he wasn't willing to do. He was there with them after all. And he was there to find his men.
Love the videos. As far as the sequels go: 2 is underrated, in my opinion; Predators is basically a really well done and well cast rehash of the first, and The Predator...exists...
What is your opinion on AVP, the first one is interesting the sequel should never have been made. At least not what we got
😂 def gonna get into Predator 2!
"Two brothas and the beast." Your commentary is so awesome. LMAO!
Get to the choppa!
Alanda has a new Arnold movie!
Yeah. Predator mimicking it's prey makes him that much scarier. It's both intimidating 😳 and taunting at the same time. Predator using Billy's laugh before self-destructing was wild. -OG
Alanda
Fun Fact is that action actor, Jean Claude Van Damme was scheduled to play "Predator", but studio and producers felt that he was too short for the part. Then another actor named Kevin Peter Hall gotten the part as "Predator" due to his size at 7'2" taller than Arnold. Kevin also played as an African American helicopter pilot in the end when they rescued Arnold. Sadly, Kevin Peter Hall died of complications after tainted blood transfusion (AIDS). Kevin also acted as Bigfoot named Harry in a comedy named Harry and the Hendersons
By the way, actor, Shane Black (Hawkins) who also a screenwriter of such as screenplays like Lethal Weapons 1&2 and Last Boy Scout. He is also a director too. Shane wrote and directed a direct sequel to Predator 1& 2 named The Predator that was released 2018.
That log wasn't actually the trap. The log was supposed to drop and the rope was supposed to wrap around the Predator's foot and pull him up into the spikes.
Dutch, Billy, and Blain all became governors. The black helicopter pilot was the same guy who played Predator.
This is a modern retelling of the medieval tale of Beowulf - a military commander who unknowingly brings his troops into a kingdom where an invisible monster kills soldiers every night.
Holy moly, in the last 30 odd years I've seen this movie more times than I can count and I've read and seen every adaptation of Beowulf I can find; and I've never made that connection.
@@chadfalardeau5396
Yaujta = Beowulf????
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@@Menaceblue3 Dutch is Beowulf, the Predator is Grendel.
I saw this in college.. literally last century! You have to watch predator 2 now with another great: Danny glover, bill Paxton, Gary busey, Ruben blades, a lot of fun...
"I ain't got time to bleed." Is a famous line from this movie. I used it from time to time in my civilian life!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Over here making a papasan chair?"..... YES, Thank you!! 🤣🤣🤣
Carl Weathers mustache IS pretty baller in this movie.
"Bitch, I see your Winkle-In-Time-lookin' ass!"
I'm fuckin dying here! lmao
you would love Predator 2 with Danny Glover going up against the alien hunter!
"He's up in here.. makin' a Papasan Chair??" was my favorite one liner. This is like MST3K but super fast.
That is high 👏🏾 praise 👏🏾, I love MST3K! Thank you 💛
"Just cause your gorgeous with a bomb ass mustache" that is the best description of Carl Weathers I've ever heard lmfao
"It has a dental kit, on its thigh holster?!?"
🤣🤣🤣
Fun Fact - 31:02 The guy in the helicopter with the sunglasses is Kevin Peter Hall, the actor who played the Predator in P1 & P2.
I can't get enough of you and your reactions! You're TouTube's best kept secret and have quickly become my favorite. Gorgeous, funny as hell, sassy, insightful and on point with the witty quips... you keep this up, and your channel's gonna blow up.
Keep going with the Predator series. They're all good.
The guy telling jokes is Shane Black. He made up those jokes for the movie. He assisted on the script for this movie, wrote Lethal Weapon a bunch of others, and he also wrote and directed the most recent "The Predator" from 2018
Oh, and the pilot of the helicopter that looks over his sunglasses at the mushroom cloud at the end, is the guy that played the predator.
The look on your face when the monster was revealed! ❤
Have you seen The Matrix??? I think you'd really appreciate it and also the hotness that is Neo and Trinity
LOVE 😍😍😍😍 The Matrix! honestly Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss two of the most gorgeous bitches to ever live
Oh I love you for this!!! Predator and the series was my dad’s and my own favorite movies especially this one!
“Why is this freshly manicured hand-“
😆 They’re claws, Alanda! He’s a reptile-man with a starfish face!
I always loved the soft "growling" of the Predator, and the fact that the creature is a sport hunter. Sparing the unarmed.
Fun fact: Kevin Peter Hall (the Predator) can also be seen in the end (unmasked) with a cameo as a chopper pilot.
Predator 2 was a good movie and Danny Glover plays a great role in it.
17:52 When the most fearless member of your team tells you "We're all gonna die"....that's when everyone shit their pants! LOL
"Just two brothers in the beast"
😂😂🤣🤣 Right sis.
"Bitch, I see you Wrinkle In Time looking ass"
😂😂 You be killing me. You quick with it, sis. Great reaction once again.
Predator took off his ish and was like "let's run this fade real quick.."!😳☠🤣
Awesome reaction. I've seen this movie more times than I can remember, but I never realized that the Alien was using Billy's laugh at the end. Keep up the good work. : )
"Put on this mud mask if you want to live" 26:15
I will never forget that line now!!!!!!!!
“Put on this mud mask if you want to live” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Put on this mud mask if you want live”😂👍
Loving your sense of humour
The guy cracking jokes the whole movie is Shane Black. He directed a movie called The Nice Guys with Russell Crow and Ryan Gosling. Definitely worth watching.
He wrote Lethal weapon
We do not speak of Iron Man 3.
You're hilarious! "Freshly manicured hand." 🤣🤣🤣
31:03 The black chopper pilot is Kevin Peter Hall the man who played the Predator in both this and the squeal. Sadly KPH is died in 1991.
Sonny Landham (Billy) was one of the few to break out of the adult film industry and make it in mainstream movies.
Oh wow! We love a performer with range 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I LOVE watching your reaction videos. You are a breath of fresh air. 😂
One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movies
Predator 2 next plz, very good sequel.
Shout out for noticing the memes.
"Freshly manicured hands"!
Fun Fact: the guy who told the cringe-worthy jokes in the movie is Shane Black, who wrote the movie Lethal Weapon (amongst other films).
The Predator is one of the all time greatest movie makeup and prosthetics!! 💯
Billy: “There’s something out there waiting for us, and it ain’t no man. We’re all going to died.”
Dillon: “The mans losing it. He’s loses his cool.”
Me: Even scared, Billy still says that line pretty cool. Start crapping your pants too lol.
Have you seen “true lies”? I’d love to see you react to that if you haven’t seen it
Commando, Running Man, and Total Recall are some of Arnold best films. Commando was over the top even for the 80s.
Fun fact - The soldier in the glasses, the comedian, Hawkins, is the director of Lethal Weapon 🙂
Thank You for not including the F slur scene at the beginning in the chopper! Ps. Your content is awesome! Its been fun seeing your first time reactions, and perspectives, on films that I grew up Watching, and Loving!
I find it hilarious that two of these actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jessie Ventura both became Governor's of California and Minnesota respectively