Originally, Dutch was supposed to beat the Predator in their "man to man" fight because that's what everybody expects from Arnie, but it was Arnie himself who said "I can't beat him. He's a monster. I'm just a man," so it was rewritten with Dutch losing the fight and having to use his wits to prevail. When I read that, I couldn't help thinking of how certain contemporary action stars' egos could never bear being shown getting their asses kicked on screen.
@@neilgriffiths6427 80's action flicks have more heart and depth than you think. Today they are so preoccupied with the vFX that the forget to make the story multi-layered. That's what keeps audiences coming back for more.
My brother worked on The Player, a TV action show starring Wesley Snipes. He said that Snipes' ego wouldn't allow his character to lose a fight. Snipes' conception of his characters was basically that they are so highly trained and skilled that they simply can't lose. Which tends to make for crappy drama. But he gets away with it because he's stypically the main draw of any show/movie he's in.
@@jenmurrayxo If you like him shirtless in a cool movie you should consider watching Conan the Barbarian from 1982. Not explosions because it's a fantasy movie based on the novels written by Robert E. Howard, but Conan is one of the three most iconic Arnie movies (the other two being Predator and The Terminator). There's many more though: Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies, The 6th Day, Last Action Hero, Eraser, Red Heat...
Billy had resigned himself to his fate. He knew he would die, but he was going to stand instead of run, perhaps give his friends some extra time. He also cut himself because he wanted to take the first blood away from the Predator, a small mind-game victory, but still a victory.
Fun fact! The Pilot in the helicopter at the end of the film is the actor in the Predator costume and makeup. This was a great reaction! I just subbed.
The helicopter scene at the beginning…like you said, it isn’t quite stealth, but it’s as close as you can get. My father was in Vietnam and they’d do night insertions into the jungle. The helicopters would fly in formation with one trailing without its beacon lights activated. They would fly around the area while the one running dark would come in and drop off the men, then all fly away. Unless you where right there under them it just looks like some helicopters were flying around the area. You can’t tell that one dropped off some men. The scene in the movie isn’t very dark, but if it was it wouldn’t work very well on camera.
The Special Forces pilots called Nightstalkers have taken it to a whole new level.They fly at night with no lights on and they only use night vision googles to see.The Bin Laden raid,the Special Forces pilots used new top secret stealth choppers and people on the ground couldn't hear the choppers until they were directly above them.
@@bcm3938 They did.The SEAL guys raided the compound fast.They set up a perimeter and they warned the locals from approaching them. A chopper was damaged and the SEAL guys destroyed it before they left the area.In fact,some locals heard the Stealth choppers and were confused and they came out trying to figure out what was happening.The SEAL guys pointed there weapons at them and told them to stay back.
Jen: "It's not a man." Billie: "...and it ain't no man." I love it when Jen says the line right before the character does. 👍 I think she does it at least once in all her reactions. 😄
Whoever did the make-up for the predator is a god. from the time i saw it 30+ years ago to today, it still looks so god damn real to me. incredible work
Not only one of the best sci-fi films ever but one of the best for any genre. Masterful movie in all respects. Arnold has never been better. Super credit for John McTeirnan 🎉
At 11:20 your unborn son was fuled with so much testosterone that he came out immediately with six pack abs, a full beard, a scar on his face with a spartan sword and a full auto M16, screaming like a Spartan King
The Predator is an intelligent species. They take skulls as trophy's (similar how hunters take antlers) and value honor, which is why it viewed Arnold as a worthy opponent to fight hand-to-hand, making it somewhat fair.
Love it. Fun fact, Arnold is a massive prankster on movie sets, and he got Jesse Ventura pretty good. Had the wardrobe lady lie to him when she was taking measurements. "Wow, your biceps are bigger than Arnold's". And then Arnold just kept quiet while Jesse bragged and bragged about it to everyone.
The character Hawkins (guy in the glasses who keeps telling Billy bad jokes) is screenwriter Shane Black. He wrote Lethal Weapon (1987), Monster Squad (1987), Last Boy Scout (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and more to this day. He's a legend. He was an uncredited script doctor for Predator (he made the script better than what it was).
SHANE BLACK didn't write them , he was basically a script editer PREDATOR 1987 : he shortened the dialogue & removed the exposition scenes & removed several scenes about the backstory of why the RUSSIANS were there including why they needed ANNA to translate for them LETHAL WEAPON 1 : he took out the entire backstory exposition of ROGER'S previous partner and why ROGER was getting RIGGS as his new partner he also removed several scenes of MARTIN RIGGS trying to SELF DELETE including walking into the middle of a gunfight & running on foot towards a speeding truck head on he also removed RIANNE'S boyfriend getting killed by the GENERAL'S men when she was kidnapped when he was walking her home
The Predator was played by Kevin Peter Hall, he was also the black chopper pilot at the end. The director wanted to give him some real face time for being such a good sport during filming. Kevin Peter Hall stood over 7 feet tall. He was also Harry in Harry And The Hendersons. He was such a cool "creature" actor. Unfortunately in 1991 or ;92 he was involved in a bad car crash and required surgery. He received contaminated blood at the hospital and passed away. RIP KEVIN PETER HALL
The black guy in the helicopter at the end was the actor who played The Predator. He did such a good job they gave him a small cameo roll at the end. Jean-Claude Van Damme (before he was famous) was cast to play the Predator, but he quit as the conditions were so harsh with the heat and wearing the suit for 12 hours a day.
This movie is a staple in sci-fi cinema despite mixed reviews upon release. The practical effects are masterful and the directing style by McTeirnan is very particular to his keen sense of awareness. All the tension and suspense are this directors' trademarks and the reveals are perfectly timed. The action is intense and the characters are all likeable in their own way even with limited screen time. The creature itself is celebrated among all movie lovers and noted as one of cinemas greatest antagonists. Film Note: Van Damme was the original Predator in a different costume but it looked awful and, depending on what you believe, he was fired from the movie for various unconfirmed reasons. Also, the sounds the predator makes are done by the guy who does Optimus Prime.
Late actor, Kevin Peter Hall who was 7FT 2Inches stepped in as the Predator because it was rumored that Van Damme was too short for the role as Predator. They wanted Predator taller than Arnold. KPH has a cameo at the end as helicopter pilot when rescuing Arnie and girl as Predator self-destruct. KPH also starred as Harry, The Bigfoot in Harry and the Hendersons.
The Predator is played by Kevin Peter Hall (R.I.P.!). He also played the helicopter pilot at the end of "Predator" and Harry in "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987), one of my favorite childhood movies. Please watch it too!
He also played Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln in Misfits of Science - a clutsy scientist so bad at basketball that he devoted his scientific career to figuring out how to shink himself so people would stop bothering him about it.
@@Gort-Marvin0Martian Yeah, but it was mostly the stunts they wanted him to do. Basically, "You want me to do _what_ while wearing stilts? I'll break both my legs! F--k this, I quit."
Another small bit of cool trivia, the weird bubbly/clicking sounds that the Predator makes are done by none other than the voice of Optimus Prime: Peter Cullen! Always enjoy your reactions, Jen! And perfect timing, my neighbour was throwing out one of those nerf toy guns that looks like the big minigun in the movie - so, I was able to get it from them and am planning a Halloween costume as Blain from Predator - the bloke that says he doesn't "have time to bleed"
As a kids in Denmark we played Predator in school. It was a weird mix of tag, flag football and dodgeball. The girls were predators and the boys were soldiers. Only the predators could use the dodgeball balls to "kill", or by pushing a soldier to the ground. The soldiers could "kill" a predator by taking its' flags. I still remember being shoved down by the savage and chubby girl from Greenland. This game was invented after we watched Predator at a VHS movie marathon. If I remember correctly we were 9 or 10 when we first came up with this game.
Sam Winston is a name that you must remember as he is the master creator of some of the greatest creatures in 80s and early 90s films. The music and the edit/sound effects also were great as the cut to a new scene gives you a jump scare because the sounds are so intense. I'm glad that you enjoyed this. Later on, be sure to watch "Alien vs. Predator" now that you know both species of creatures. 🎥❤
Just a bit of FYI trivia: There's a comic book called "Billy's Last Stand" that depicts fight on the log bridge against the Predator. Short story even shorter, it shows Billy doing surprisingly well fighting blade vs. blade and the Predator resorting to using its invisibility to get behind him and stab him in the back. There was a Predator 2 sequel two issue comic published by Dark Horse Comics which, like the movie showed another Predator hunting in a violent crime ridden urban environment, but the comic was set in New York instead of Los Angeles, and the protagonist was Dutch's older brother Mike instead of Danny Glover. Mike had a great cynical catchphrase whenever somebody expressed alarm. My favorite example it was when someone was afraid of what the Predator species could do if humans tried to forbid them from hunting. The other character said "New York could be destroyed!" and Mike replied "You say that as if it were a bad thing."
That's super interesting. I'll have to check that out. I must say that's the one thing I really didn't like about this movie. Billy going out the way he did just didn't make any sense to me at all. He was portrayed as such an adept tracker up until that point, so for him to just go out and expose himself to be picked off so easily was a big disappointment. I'm definitely curious of an extended take on that. 👍👍
@@cbretschneider If I remember correctly, the novelization of the movie implied that Billy's Native American ancestors had probably been hunted by Predators and that he felt that he was fighting for them, but after that, it just said something like Poncho heard his best friend's dying scream.
@@cbretschneider Billy's fight with the Predator could also be one of those things that they actually filmed, but cut out because it spoiled the suspense or whatever. I wish they had at least told us his motivation; more of a hint that he was taking a stand to give his friends time to run or whatever would've been nice. As it is, the scene _almost_ feels like his mind's snapped.
Let's not forget Junior. Most people don't realize Arnold is hilarious. I wouldn't call it a "comedy" per se, but Last Action Hero is funny too. "This is for blowing up my second cousin Frank's house." He slugs him in the gut as hard as he can... "And this is for blowing up my ex-wife's house." He gently slaps his wrist.
When Jesse came back to wrestling as a TV commentator after filming this, he'd talk about being a big Hollywood star and would practice his Oscar acceptance speech lol
I'd love to see you react to an old fashioned action film, like 'Where Eagles Dare'. There's also all the James Bond movies in order starting with 'Dr No'
Where Eagles Dare is superb old school action / war. I watch it every 2 or 3 years. Clint Eastwood's body count of Nazis / Germans in that film must be in the triple figures!
I like how everyone loves and quotes the line "Ain't got time to bleed", when the whole point of that line is that it's fucking stupid. That's why he replies with "....Okay."
Another great action star played as the previous alien design before the current one. Actor known his best roles in Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Death Warrant, Double Impact, Universal Solider, Hard Target, Street Fighter and many more. It was Jean Claude Van Damme
@@jenmurrayxo Start with Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Hard Target, Street Fighter (1994), Sudden Death, The Quest and many more
@@jenmurrayxo Timecop is one of his high biggest budget films in 1994 before Street Fighter came out. He plays as Max Walker, an TEC (Time Enforcement Commission) police officer who time travels from the year of 2004 to 1994, to save his wife Melissa (played by Mia Sara from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Legend) from an corrupted Senator named McComb (played by Ron Silver from Blue Steel 1990) who buying the presidency in a greedy high priced way and goons. Max has to stop him from changing the fate of the future before it's too late. Remember this when u see the movie: Same Time can't not touch with Same Matter and Occupancy.
5:37 mark: "Okay, blonde Arney..." Shorten it to Blarney, add a lilting accent, pour a shot of Jameson with a Guiness chaser and we could title the movie O'Predator.
" You need to ReMud" 😆 Words I never thought would be spoken but so True! 🙄 It wasn't Evil the Predator was just copying Billy's Laugh, although yeah it sounded Evil! 😬
sorry i miss the live..buying green stuff for the yard.....i was off a little...i thought blanky would come up a little later but no..3:55...great react as always..
I'm sure most things are covered yet I'll add - I've always liked the red interior lights in the choppa' which contrasts nicely when they arrive. Our eyes are also being affected by the red which makes the transition to the jungle hues more effective.
When the alien jumps into the river, he shorts out his insivibility shield. (Temporarily, sure, but the symbolism's the important thing.) When Arnie jumps into the river, he gains his invisibiltity mud. This is where the alien stops being a predator hunting Arnie and Arnie becomes the predator hunting him.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast to play the Predator, but the rumor has always been that he got himself fired on purpose so he could star in Bloodsport
I only wish we got to see Billy fight the Predator, knife versus wristblade. Even though he lets out a chilling scream, I hope he put up a good fight to the end. Easily my favorite character of the movie.
Something that you were probably unaware of is that Carl Weathers and Jesse Ventura co-starred in this movie as well Actor Shane Black, the guy who played Hawkins, actually brought us the movie "The Predator" not too long ago
The Predator's laugh at the end was Billy's from the, uhh, "echo joke" that he was trying to copy. Also, I always seem to forget how extra hard that R rating is for gore.
This movie along with Alien, set the stage for all Sci Fi/Action movies that followed it and they set the bar really high up, to the point that they and the storylines have never actually been bettered; you really need to review John Carpenters - The Thing with Kurt Russell, another classic with more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at.
Arnie was absolutely on fire throughout the 80s and into the mid-90s. I lived through it, I did bodybuilding back then, Arnold was me and my training partner's hero, we'd go and work out for 3 hours, come home, eat an entire roast chicken and a loaf of bread each and then watch Arnie, Sly and JCVD movies into the night. Have a look at: The Running Man, Total Recall, Commando, True Lies, Red Heat, all rippers!
I know you weren't trying to be funny but that "I gotta stop watching movies where people get skinned." made me pause and rewind because that was hilarious. Seems like a good t shirt logo.
To answer your question, no. Action movies do not typically have a full orchestral score. This one was composed by Alan Silvestri, the same guy who did the Back to the Future soundtracks. I can hear similarities between this and especially Back to the Future 2, with a great use of percussion. I was a percussionist in an orchestra. It is so fun. I would have loved to perform something by Silvestri, but we usually did stuff like Tchaikovsky, Carmen, and Gershwin.
I saw this in the theater, and it still holds up well today. CGI will just never be as good as practical effects, because not amount of CGI could have made a better looking Predator when he took his mask off. Too bad the sequels did not do as good of a job with the effects or stories.
So iconic! There is so much to like about this film: the great character actors, the memorable cheesy one-liners, the loads of violence, the creature design, etc. I could talk about this film all afternoon because it was so appealing to me as a kid going into the sixth grade. Every time a trailer came on t.v. for it I got chills, and the movie totally lived up to all my lofty fan boy expectations. Bravo to all involved with this gem. Now, True Lies? 🤔
I saw this opening weekend , there was no other movie that could compare, you felt like you were in the jungle with them.... when Arnie was running before the waterfall plunge, we were like... Dammm Arnie Runs news @11pm... it made the Predator that much more frightening...how the counterbalance of the trap just about killed it, instead of the trap itself...all those things in the finale, were awesome, it using their speech to taunt and mimic them...the move stands the test of time like no other.
Arnie opted out of the sequel because he wanted it to remain in the jungle. There was one person from this one who made an appearance in the sequel but you'd have to watch real close. During the screening, the actor who was wearing glasses' mom walked out when his character was killed. Kevin! My namesake! Giant of a man with an equally big heart, married the actress who played Olivia on Sesame Street.
Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers Franchise also did The Predator vocalizations in the movie. He did the growls and snarls, and when his mask is off, they used the sound of a bear, pig and crocodile to make him roar.
Wrestling was such a huge part of the culture back then and even though Jesse Ventura was a bad guy, big mouth wrestler/commentator at the time...The whole Movie theater cheered really loud when Jesse Ventura's name came on the beginning credits at the very start of the movie. I'll never forget it.
@@jenmurrayxo That's up for debate. I guess it's an attempt at comedy. Originally Arnie's voice was dubbed because of his accent but the new Blu-ray release has his own voice.
Please watch TRUE LIES! A action comedy film by James Cameron with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis!
yes, great movie
A million times YES!!!
YES!!!
Agreed, great fun too!
YES! True Lies is like THEE definition of 1990's action movies. Funny as shit, too lol
Originally, Dutch was supposed to beat the Predator in their "man to man" fight because that's what everybody expects from Arnie, but it was Arnie himself who said "I can't beat him. He's a monster. I'm just a man," so it was rewritten with Dutch losing the fight and having to use his wits to prevail. When I read that, I couldn't help thinking of how certain contemporary action stars' egos could never bear being shown getting their asses kicked on screen.
@@neilgriffiths6427 80's action flicks have more heart and depth than you think. Today they are so preoccupied with the vFX that the forget to make the story multi-layered. That's what keeps audiences coming back for more.
Arnie is such a cool dude 😎
My brother worked on The Player, a TV action show starring Wesley Snipes. He said that Snipes' ego wouldn't allow his character to lose a fight. Snipes' conception of his characters was basically that they are so highly trained and skilled that they simply can't lose. Which tends to make for crappy drama. But he gets away with it because he's stypically the main draw of any show/movie he's in.
@@jenmurrayxo If you like him shirtless in a cool movie you should consider watching Conan the Barbarian from 1982. Not explosions because it's a fantasy movie based on the novels written by Robert E. Howard, but Conan is one of the three most iconic Arnie movies (the other two being Predator and The Terminator).
There's many more though: Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies, The 6th Day, Last Action Hero, Eraser, Red Heat...
@@HH-hd7nd Crom!
13:25 You know if the toughest badass in the group says "We're all gonna die"... that's when I crap my pants LOL
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You know when you couldn't even get the time stamp right, you are efffffed up
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Billy had resigned himself to his fate. He knew he would die, but he was going to stand instead of run, perhaps give his friends some extra time. He also cut himself because he wanted to take the first blood away from the Predator, a small mind-game victory, but still a victory.
Interesting take. The novel also goes a little deeper into what happened between the two.
Interesting Theory, with the first Blood. I think he also cut himself for the adrenaline and to feel stronger!
Predator gave him more honor as well taking the entire spine not just his skull.
Fun fact! The Pilot in the helicopter at the end of the film is the actor in the Predator costume and makeup. This was a great reaction! I just subbed.
Thanks Jeff! ☺️👍
No kidding? I didn't know that. That's awesome.
The helicopter scene at the beginning…like you said, it isn’t quite stealth, but it’s as close as you can get. My father was in Vietnam and they’d do night insertions into the jungle. The helicopters would fly in formation with one trailing without its beacon lights activated. They would fly around the area while the one running dark would come in and drop off the men, then all fly away. Unless you where right there under them it just looks like some helicopters were flying around the area. You can’t tell that one dropped off some men. The scene in the movie isn’t very dark, but if it was it wouldn’t work very well on camera.
The Special Forces pilots called Nightstalkers have taken it to a whole new level.They fly at night with no lights on and they only use night vision googles to see.The Bin Laden raid,the Special Forces pilots used new top secret stealth choppers and people on the ground couldn't hear the choppers until they were directly above them.
@@thedragonlee76 I wonder if they heard them when they crashed into OBLs house.
@@bcm3938 They did.The SEAL guys raided the compound fast.They set up a perimeter and they warned the locals from approaching them. A chopper was damaged and the SEAL guys destroyed it before they left the area.In fact,some locals heard the Stealth choppers and were confused and they came out trying to figure out what was happening.The SEAL guys pointed there weapons at them and told them to stay back.
Jen: "It's not a man."
Billie: "...and it ain't no man."
I love it when Jen says the line right before the character does. 👍 I think she does it at least once in all her reactions. 😄
Whoever did the make-up for the predator is a god. from the time i saw it 30+ years ago to today, it still looks so god damn real to me. incredible work
Better than that CGI crap in the last movie
Stan Winston, creature effects genius! (RIP)
Not only one of the best sci-fi films ever but one of the best for any genre. Masterful movie in all respects. Arnold has never been better. Super credit for John McTeirnan 🎉
"I thought he was going to say like a Predator!" The movie was called Hunter before it changed.
At 11:20 your unborn son was fuled with so much testosterone that he came out immediately with six pack abs, a full beard, a scar on his face with a spartan sword and a full auto M16, screaming like a Spartan King
"Many shots of him you know, tugging on stuff..."
"Hey! Phrasing!" - Archer.
The Predator is an intelligent species. They take skulls as trophy's (similar how hunters take antlers) and value honor, which is why it viewed Arnold as a worthy opponent to fight hand-to-hand, making it somewhat fair.
Yeah but like most people who claim to have on have very little to me the predator is vindictive well he's vindictive lol
Predator's species are known as fictional Yautja species.
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The M134 Minigun is called a "minigun" because it is the 7.63 mm version of the 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon which is used by aircraft.
Predator is the movie with the most testosterone packed in its running time.
Love it. Fun fact, Arnold is a massive prankster on movie sets, and he got Jesse Ventura pretty good. Had the wardrobe lady lie to him when she was taking measurements. "Wow, your biceps are bigger than Arnold's". And then Arnold just kept quiet while Jesse bragged and bragged about it to everyone.
Actually Jesse bet him a bottle of champagne as a result of that, only to discover the wardrobe lady had lied about it.
The character Hawkins (guy in the glasses who keeps telling Billy bad jokes) is screenwriter Shane Black. He wrote Lethal Weapon (1987), Monster Squad (1987), Last Boy Scout (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and more to this day. He's a legend. He was an uncredited script doctor for Predator (he made the script better than what it was).
he also wrote and directed the latest predator film, though it didn't live up to the hope i had for it.
@@oldfrend that's why i didn't mention it. even spielberg has 1941.
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didn't write them ,
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script editer
PREDATOR 1987 :
he shortened the dialogue
&
removed the
exposition scenes
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removed several scenes
about the backstory of
why the
RUSSIANS were there
including why they needed
ANNA
to translate for them
LETHAL WEAPON 1 :
he took out the entire
backstory exposition of
ROGER'S previous partner
and
why ROGER was
getting RIGGS as his
new partner
he also removed several
scenes of
MARTIN RIGGS
trying to
SELF DELETE
including walking into the
middle of a gunfight
&
running on foot towards a
speeding truck head on
he also removed
RIANNE'S boyfriend
getting killed by the
GENERAL'S men
when she was kidnapped
when he was walking her home
Bill Duke (Mac), started his career as a TV director, including episodes of Dallas, Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues.
He was an actor long before that, playing a great part as "Duane/Abdullah" in "Car Wash".
@@Britcarjunkie I love him in that.
Fun fact: The Predator blood is just the juice out of some glowsticks mixed with a bit of gel to make it less runny. =)
"if i ever shoot a giant gun, i'm gonna scream the whole time! Ahhh!" you need to watch "Hot Fuzz" amazing comedy
The Predator was played by Kevin Peter Hall, he was also the black chopper pilot at the end. The director wanted to give him some real face time for being such a good sport during filming. Kevin Peter Hall stood over 7 feet tall. He was also Harry in Harry And The Hendersons. He was such a cool "creature" actor. Unfortunately in 1991 or ;92 he was involved in a bad car crash and required surgery. He received contaminated blood at the hospital and passed away. RIP KEVIN PETER HALL
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Billy was my favorite not only was he a good tracker but he could sense the predator
I love how this movie transitions from a high octane action movie to a pulse pounding slasher flick, complete with a knife wielding mask-clad killer.
The black guy in the helicopter at the end was the actor who played The Predator. He did such a good job they gave him a small cameo roll at the end. Jean-Claude Van Damme (before he was famous) was cast to play the Predator, but he quit as the conditions were so harsh with the heat and wearing the suit for 12 hours a day.
The laugh was Billy’s laugh
This movie is a staple in sci-fi cinema despite mixed reviews upon release. The practical effects are masterful and the directing style by McTeirnan is very particular to his keen sense of awareness. All the tension and suspense are this directors' trademarks and the reveals are perfectly timed. The action is intense and the characters are all likeable in their own way even with limited screen time. The creature itself is celebrated among all movie lovers and noted as one of cinemas greatest antagonists. Film Note: Van Damme was the original Predator in a different costume but it looked awful and, depending on what you believe, he was fired from the movie for various unconfirmed reasons. Also, the sounds the predator makes are done by the guy who does Optimus Prime.
Late actor, Kevin Peter Hall who was 7FT 2Inches stepped in as the Predator because it was rumored that Van Damme was too short for the role as Predator. They wanted Predator taller than Arnold. KPH has a cameo at the end as helicopter pilot when rescuing Arnie and girl as Predator self-destruct. KPH also starred as Harry, The Bigfoot in Harry and the Hendersons.
The Predator is played by Kevin Peter Hall (R.I.P.!). He also played the helicopter pilot at the end of "Predator" and Harry in "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987), one of my favorite childhood movies. Please watch it too!
You beat me to it. I think it was great that they gave him credit by letting play two roles.
He also played Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln in Misfits of Science - a clutsy scientist so bad at basketball that he devoted his scientific career to figuring out how to shink himself so people would stop bothering him about it.
van damme was the first pred hall came later when vd quite the part hall took over
@@williamking1554 He wasn't big enuf anyway!
@@Gort-Marvin0Martian Yeah, but it was mostly the stunts they wanted him to do. Basically, "You want me to do _what_ while wearing stilts? I'll break both my legs! F--k this, I quit."
25:02 - That black pilot is 7'2" actor (Kevin Peter Hall) who was in the Predator suit.
When somebody watches a movie holding onto a garment up at your face throughout the movie, You must have enjoyed the movie huh 😂😂
Such amazing prosthetics and costume for the predator.
Agreed, that alien face is CREEPY!
"I hope his mud is still intact." LMAO
I’m not afraid of anything. That being said, if billy is afraid, you better run
Peter Cullen who is Voice of Optimus Prime is the Source of Predators Noises
Another small bit of cool trivia, the weird bubbly/clicking sounds that the Predator makes are done by none other than the voice of Optimus Prime: Peter Cullen!
Always enjoy your reactions, Jen! And perfect timing, my neighbour was throwing out one of those nerf toy guns that looks like the big minigun in the movie - so, I was able to get it from them and am planning a Halloween costume as Blain from Predator - the bloke that says he doesn't "have time to bleed"
Oh that'll be an awesome costume!!
I think this is the most quotable film ever. I know every line like the back of my hand.
As a kids in Denmark we played Predator in school. It was a weird mix of tag, flag football and dodgeball. The girls were predators and the boys were soldiers. Only the predators could use the dodgeball balls to "kill", or by pushing a soldier to the ground. The soldiers could "kill" a predator by taking its' flags. I still remember being shoved down by the savage and chubby girl from Greenland. This game was invented after we watched Predator at a VHS movie marathon. If I remember correctly we were 9 or 10 when we first came up with this game.
"That gun is bananas." Wonderful. I couldn't have put it better myself.
One of my favourite movies, saw it at cinema when I was a young tyke ( about 16 😂 )
Featured 2 future U.S. governors. Jesse "I ain't got time to bleed" Ventura and arnold.
Sam Winston is a name that you must remember as he is the master creator of some of the greatest creatures in 80s and early 90s films. The music and the edit/sound effects also were great as the cut to a new scene gives you a jump scare because the sounds are so intense. I'm glad that you enjoyed this. Later on, be sure to watch "Alien vs. Predator" now that you know both species of creatures. 🎥❤
Stan Winston - sorry...
Just a bit of FYI trivia: There's a comic book called "Billy's Last Stand" that depicts fight on the log bridge against the Predator. Short story even shorter, it shows Billy doing surprisingly well fighting blade vs. blade and the Predator resorting to using its invisibility to get behind him and stab him in the back.
There was a Predator 2 sequel two issue comic published by Dark Horse Comics which, like the movie showed another Predator hunting in a violent crime ridden urban environment, but the comic was set in New York instead of Los Angeles, and the protagonist was Dutch's older brother Mike instead of Danny Glover. Mike had a great cynical catchphrase whenever somebody expressed alarm. My favorite example it was when someone was afraid of what the Predator species could do if humans tried to forbid them from hunting. The other character said "New York could be destroyed!" and Mike replied "You say that as if it were a bad thing."
That's super interesting. I'll have to check that out. I must say that's the one thing I really didn't like about this movie. Billy going out the way he did just didn't make any sense to me at all. He was portrayed as such an adept tracker up until that point, so for him to just go out and expose himself to be picked off so easily was a big disappointment. I'm definitely curious of an extended take on that. 👍👍
@@cbretschneider If I remember correctly, the novelization of the movie implied that Billy's Native American ancestors had probably been hunted by Predators and that he felt that he was fighting for them, but after that, it just said something like Poncho heard his best friend's dying scream.
@@cbretschneider Billy's fight with the Predator could also be one of those things that they actually filmed, but cut out because it spoiled the suspense or whatever. I wish they had at least told us his motivation; more of a hint that he was taking a stand to give his friends time to run or whatever would've been nice. As it is, the scene _almost_ feels like his mind's snapped.
That ending with the music and the smoke clearing and Dutch broken. Very emotional.
Who would have thought when this came out there would be 2 future Governors here.....
i un-ironically watch this multiple times a year so auto like and cant wait to see the reaction as the tension builds.
I highly recommend the Schwarzenegger comedies "Twins" and "Kindergarten Cop".
Why? They are shit. Recommend the running man .
I need to see that happen.
Let's not forget Junior. Most people don't realize Arnold is hilarious. I wouldn't call it a "comedy" per se, but Last Action Hero is funny too.
"This is for blowing up my second cousin Frank's house."
He slugs him in the gut as hard as he can...
"And this is for blowing up my ex-wife's house."
He gently slaps his wrist.
So funny moment here, the helicopter pilot that picks them up, is the actor who played the Predator :)
A true classic movie. Same with others old movies he played in.
Now you need to do other Arnold classics like “Total Recall”, “The Running Man” and “Kindergarten Cop”. You’ll not regret it.
When Jesse came back to wrestling as a TV commentator after filming this, he'd talk about being a big Hollywood star and would practice his Oscar acceptance speech lol
All these comments....can't believe no has said "GET TO THA CHOPPAH!!!!!" Yet!
Universal Soldier 1992 with Van Damme might be your kind of action film!
I'd love to see you react to an old fashioned action film, like 'Where Eagles Dare'. There's also all the James Bond movies in order starting with 'Dr No'
Where Eagles Dare is superb old school action / war. I watch it every 2 or 3 years. Clint Eastwood's body count of Nazis / Germans in that film must be in the triple figures!
I like how everyone loves and quotes the line "Ain't got time to bleed", when the whole point of that line is that it's fucking stupid. That's why he replies with "....Okay."
A lot of people miss it, but that terrifying laugh at the end was the predator playing back Billy laugh....
Another great action star played as the previous alien design before the current one. Actor known his best roles in Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Death Warrant, Double Impact, Universal Solider, Hard Target, Street Fighter and many more. It was Jean Claude Van Damme
I've never seen one of his movies. Where to start?
@@jenmurrayxo Start with Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Hard Target, Street Fighter (1994), Sudden Death, The Quest and many more
@@jenmurrayxo He's the 3rd great action star after Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger
@@jenmurrayxo Also Timecop
@@jenmurrayxo Timecop is one of his high biggest budget films in 1994 before Street Fighter came out. He plays as Max Walker, an TEC (Time Enforcement Commission) police officer who time travels from the year of 2004 to 1994, to save his wife Melissa (played by Mia Sara from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Legend) from an corrupted Senator named McComb (played by Ron Silver from Blue Steel 1990) who buying the presidency in a greedy high priced way and goons. Max has to stop him from changing the fate of the future before it's too late. Remember this when u see the movie: Same Time can't not touch with Same Matter and Occupancy.
Great 80's action movie, P2 will give a few more hints of what the aliens are all about. Loved the reaction , 👍
Like with "Aliens", Dark Horse Comics really did a nice job creating some interesting lore about the Predators and their apparent "hunter" culture.
This movie is Action, Sci-fi and Horror. It is awesome
HAH! Krom laughs at the youthful ignorance of this shield maiden! She does not yet know my lord's Riddle of Steel, nor WHAT IS BEST IN LIFE!
Shane Black ,the guy telling dirty jokes wrote "Lethal Weapon ". Also Jean Claude Van Damme was originally the Predator.
All I can say is “Boom!”
5:37 mark: "Okay, blonde Arney..." Shorten it to Blarney, add a lilting accent, pour a shot of Jameson with a Guiness chaser and we could title the movie O'Predator.
I actually have the quote "I ain't got time to bleed " tattooed on me....love the quote
Picturing you firing a rifle while screaming at a shooting range somewhere is cracking me up🤣🤣
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"Is it the thing?"
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I very much enjoy your reactions, Jen.
Thank you! ☺👍
Another great reaction, shoutout to the EDITOR
Have a great weekend 😎
Absolutely! Steph G is the editing Queen! 👍
Thanks Steve!!! Hope you have an awesome weekend too - and Jen, reactor EXTRAORDINAIRE 😊
" You need to ReMud" 😆 Words I never thought would be spoken but so True! 🙄 It wasn't Evil the Predator was just copying Billy's Laugh, although yeah it sounded Evil! 😬
sorry i miss the live..buying green stuff for the yard.....i was off a little...i thought blanky would come up a little later but no..3:55...great react as always..
Lollll I was clutching my blanket pretty tightly!! 😆
One of my favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movies
I'm sure most things are covered yet I'll add - I've always liked the red interior lights in the choppa' which contrasts nicely when they arrive. Our eyes are also being affected by the red which makes the transition to the jungle hues more effective.
I love watching this from the viewpoint of going in blind.
The best interview to watch about this movie is Jesse Ventura's. He was in special forces and a pro wrestler before doing this movie.
Side note: Arnie became the Governor of California, 'I ain't got time to bleed' Jesse Ventura became the Governor of Minnesota.
nice moment...billy was already looking towards where the pedator was when it was med kitting himself...and the lady was like ok what :)
There’s something so inherently bad ass about Billy taking off all his shit and grabbing his knife… Always loved that moment..
Helicopter pilot in the end is actually the actor who played the predator.....
When the alien jumps into the river, he shorts out his insivibility shield. (Temporarily, sure, but the symbolism's the important thing.) When Arnie jumps into the river, he gains his invisibiltity mud. This is where the alien stops being a predator hunting Arnie and Arnie becomes the predator hunting him.
Now you see why Arnie paused and grinned at the camera in Terminator 2 when he picks up the Minigun!
RIP Carl and Sonny. Two great actors that I didn’t ever want to go.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast to play the Predator, but the rumor has always been that he got himself fired on purpose so he could star in Bloodsport
I only wish we got to see Billy fight the Predator, knife versus wristblade. Even though he lets out a chilling scream, I hope he put up a good fight to the end.
Easily my favorite character of the movie.
Its implied by the predator taking his skull as a trophy that billy was a worthy opponent. It was the only trophy he took from the whole squad.
@@squatchnasty234 no it wasn’t he collects all their skulls lol you can see macks skull with the hole left by plasma caster bolt
Something that you were probably unaware of is that Carl Weathers and Jesse Ventura co-starred in this movie as well
Actor Shane Black, the guy who played Hawkins, actually brought us the movie "The Predator" not too long ago
The Predator's laugh at the end was Billy's from the, uhh, "echo joke" that he was trying to copy.
Also, I always seem to forget how extra hard that R rating is for gore.
now its gotta be commando and conan the barbarian. 2 more arnie classics
This movie along with Alien, set the stage for all Sci Fi/Action movies that followed it and they set the bar really high up, to the point that they and the storylines have never actually been bettered; you really need to review John Carpenters - The Thing with Kurt Russell, another classic with more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at.
Arnie was absolutely on fire throughout the 80s and into the mid-90s. I lived through it, I did bodybuilding back then, Arnold was me and my training partner's hero, we'd go and work out for 3 hours, come home, eat an entire roast chicken and a loaf of bread each and then watch Arnie, Sly and JCVD movies into the night. Have a look at: The Running Man, Total Recall, Commando, True Lies, Red Heat, all rippers!
I know you weren't trying to be funny but that "I gotta stop watching movies where people get skinned." made me pause and rewind because that was hilarious. Seems like a good t shirt logo.
To answer your question, no. Action movies do not typically have a full orchestral score. This one was composed by Alan Silvestri, the same guy who did the Back to the Future soundtracks. I can hear similarities between this and especially Back to the Future 2, with a great use of percussion. I was a percussionist in an orchestra. It is so fun. I would have loved to perform something by Silvestri, but we usually did stuff like Tchaikovsky, Carmen, and Gershwin.
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I saw this in the theater, and it still holds up well today. CGI will just never be as good as practical effects, because not amount of CGI could have made a better looking Predator when he took his mask off. Too bad the sequels did not do as good of a job with the effects or stories.
yes it will its just a matter of balance
We have to thank late legendary special makeup artist, Stan Winston and his crew designed and created Predator's head and suit.
Someone mentioned James Cameron gave Stan Winston advise on Predator's design.
AVP2 had decent effects but the writing was trash.
So iconic! There is so much to like about this film: the great character actors, the memorable cheesy one-liners, the loads of violence, the creature design, etc. I could talk about this film all afternoon because it was so appealing to me as a kid going into the sixth grade. Every time a trailer came on t.v. for it I got chills, and the movie totally lived up to all my lofty fan boy expectations. Bravo to all involved with this gem.
Now, True Lies? 🤔
I saw this opening weekend , there was no other movie that could compare, you felt like you were in the jungle with them.... when Arnie was running before the waterfall plunge, we were like... Dammm Arnie Runs news @11pm... it made the Predator that much more frightening...how the counterbalance of the trap just about killed it, instead of the trap itself...all those things in the finale, were awesome, it using their speech to taunt and mimic them...the move stands the test of time like no other.
Arnie opted out of the sequel because he wanted it to remain in the jungle. There was one person from this one who made an appearance in the sequel but you'd have to watch real close.
During the screening, the actor who was wearing glasses' mom walked out when his character was killed.
Kevin! My namesake! Giant of a man with an equally big heart, married the actress who played Olivia on Sesame Street.
Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers Franchise also did The Predator vocalizations in the movie. He did the growls and snarls, and when his mask is off, they used the sound of a bear, pig and crocodile to make him roar.
Wrestling was such a huge part of the culture back then and even though Jesse Ventura was a bad guy, big mouth wrestler/commentator at the time...The whole Movie theater cheered really loud when Jesse Ventura's name came on the beginning credits at the very start of the movie. I'll never forget it.
The thermal vision beats sounds so soothing with amazing visuals,stunning.
I like to call this "Two Governors in the Jungle" since it has two governors... in the jungle. ;-)
Another great review of another great flick…. Jen’s favs… muscles, guns and explosions… got it!
Loll it's true!! 🤣👍💪
The pilot at the end played the role of predator
Jen, please watch Arnie's very first movie, _Hercules in New York._
Is it serious or a comedy?
@@jenmurrayxo That's up for debate. I guess it's an attempt at comedy. Originally Arnie's voice was dubbed because of his accent but the new Blu-ray release has his own voice.
And after that, "The Villain", and "Raw Deal".
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1:48 That handshake is epic!
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