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Old 09-28-2018, 05:11 PM   #22111 (permalink)
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Predator 1 is fun but still overrated.
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Old 09-28-2018, 05:13 PM   #22112 (permalink)
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Old 09-28-2018, 05:15 PM   #22113 (permalink)
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Predator 1 is fun but still overrated.
On its own, or against the rest of the franchise?
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I watched it a few months ago and was surprised that trying to be an action movie castrated the horror and trying to be a horror movie kept it from being a truly satisfying balls out gun romp. It doesn't quite excel at anything, it just has an amazing creature design paired with peak Arnold.
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Old 09-28-2018, 05:27 PM   #22115 (permalink)
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I watched it a few months ago and was surprised that trying to be an action movie castrated the horror and trying to be a horror movie kept it from being a truly satisfying balls out gun romp.
Couldn't disagree more. It was a perfect marriage between the ultra gun romp movies and the space alien movies of that era - with the Alien making the macho super tough mercenaries want to cry for their mommies when the final **** hit the fan.

Wonder how much critical perception is altered when seeing something when it first hit the big screen, as to seeing it in hindsight.

Alien 2 and Predator are both unmatched in perfectly marrying the super confident human uber soldier and an alien creature - who bitch slaps the **** out of the supposed elite humans for the bulk of the movie.
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Old 09-28-2018, 05:50 PM   #22116 (permalink)
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I'd say Aliens is overrated as well but it still chestbursts Predator.

Starship Troopers > Aliens/Predator
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I'd say Aliens is overrated as well but it still chestbursts Predator.

Starship Troopers > Aliens/Predator
Hmm... maybe, but if you remove the "s" from Aliens, it's another thing entirely.
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Obviously.
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I like Aliens, but James Cameron is overrated in general.
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Old 09-28-2018, 06:18 PM   #22120 (permalink)
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Aliens certainly doesn't hold a candle to Terminator 2.
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