PredatrHuntr
Master Member
I have to get this off my chest...it's been bugging me and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
I feel we have lost something important in PREDATORS and it took me a while to figure out what it was. I watched the movie twice in theaters and during the second time I was paying very close attention to the way the Predators move. They don't have the mannerisms and traditional "Predator" characteristics. What do I mean? It's been mentioned before how Kevin Peter Hall created the slow methodical movements that Ian Whyte later replicated in AVP: Requiem.
I'm talking about how the Predator curled his fingers around the Bio when he took it off; cocking the head; tilting the head quickly; the taunting body language, etc, etc.
If you watch The first and second Predator movies, you see KPH bring the creature to life just by the way he moves. I can't describe it any way other than to say he moves very methodically and in an "alien" way.
Ian Whyte also did a phenomenal job of portraying that as the Wolf Predator in AVPR. He was able to mimic KPH perfectly. Ian was a perfect Predator. The only problem is that the film was too dark too see him!
Now don't get me wrong...I did enjoy Predators very much. It brought back the character to the big screen and introduced some cool ideas and new faces. While Brian Steele did portray Berzerker I felt that the Predator was...missing the feel of a Predator. He looked and sounded like a Predator but the movements were more like Jason Voorhees.
Should the new Predators be exactly the same as KPH and Ian Whyte? No but they should be recognizable by not only the way they LOOK, but also by the unmistakeable ways a Predator moves.
Some y'all might disagree with me but I feel that I had to speak up so that whoever does the next movie can take some time to study Kevin Peter Hall in P1 and P2 and Ian Whyte in AVPR. The Predator became a legend because of the way KPH brought it to life with his own style of acting...I only hope the next guy in the suit trys to emulate that again in a way that makes me and everyone else INSTANTLY recognize the creature on the screen...
I feel we have lost something important in PREDATORS and it took me a while to figure out what it was. I watched the movie twice in theaters and during the second time I was paying very close attention to the way the Predators move. They don't have the mannerisms and traditional "Predator" characteristics. What do I mean? It's been mentioned before how Kevin Peter Hall created the slow methodical movements that Ian Whyte later replicated in AVP: Requiem.
I'm talking about how the Predator curled his fingers around the Bio when he took it off; cocking the head; tilting the head quickly; the taunting body language, etc, etc.
If you watch The first and second Predator movies, you see KPH bring the creature to life just by the way he moves. I can't describe it any way other than to say he moves very methodically and in an "alien" way.
Ian Whyte also did a phenomenal job of portraying that as the Wolf Predator in AVPR. He was able to mimic KPH perfectly. Ian was a perfect Predator. The only problem is that the film was too dark too see him!
Now don't get me wrong...I did enjoy Predators very much. It brought back the character to the big screen and introduced some cool ideas and new faces. While Brian Steele did portray Berzerker I felt that the Predator was...missing the feel of a Predator. He looked and sounded like a Predator but the movements were more like Jason Voorhees.
Should the new Predators be exactly the same as KPH and Ian Whyte? No but they should be recognizable by not only the way they LOOK, but also by the unmistakeable ways a Predator moves.
Some y'all might disagree with me but I feel that I had to speak up so that whoever does the next movie can take some time to study Kevin Peter Hall in P1 and P2 and Ian Whyte in AVPR. The Predator became a legend because of the way KPH brought it to life with his own style of acting...I only hope the next guy in the suit trys to emulate that again in a way that makes me and everyone else INSTANTLY recognize the creature on the screen...