Predators
 

Anyone else excited about this reboot/sequel to the Predator franchise? At first glance it seems like a bad idea, but the people involved (Robert Rodriguez, Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne) really hint at a lot of potential IMHO. Plus the trailer is pretty good:

Man, Hollywood can't get enough of these reboots eh. That trailer looks pretty good though, and I guess if I ever get tempted back into the cinema anytime soon it'll be to watch that. Talking of franchise reboots (and digressing a little), judging by the trailers the new version of Nightmare On Elm Street looks fairly decent too.

Yeah, it's kind of depressing when you consider how many writers out there with great original ideas are not getting work because the executives want to rehash every single thing ever made. In this particular case though the result really does look pretty good to me.

Haven't seen the trailer for the new Nightmare On Elm Street yet but have to admit I'm suspect.

reboots wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that it's pretty indicative that the well of creativity in Hollywood is running dry.

maybe we should be teaching kids how to use their imaginations again instead of just hopping them up with ritalin.

And so you should be. As far as I can remember at the moment, the only remakes I've ever seen which I prefer to their originals are the Thing, Ocean's 11 and Escape From Precinct 13. I'll end up seeing both Nightmare and Predators for sure, but I won't expect to be blown away or anything.

I don't think it's that creativity in Hollywood has run dry, I think it's more that the powers that be have become overly cautious about taking risks with unknown "product". The irony of course is that this cautiousness is probably hurting their bottom line more than helping it.

fair although anytime i see anything somewhat creative it didn't come out of southern california...

Well, to be fair Predators isn't a remake, it's sequel. It's only a reboot in the sense that they breaking off from the whole Aliens vs. Predator thing.

You are definitely right about remakes as a rule though. I agree that The Thing is an exception. As is, in my opinion, The Fly.

I'm anticipating this to just be a watchable action movie.

If there was anyone else doing it besides Robert Rodriguez, I am not sure it would be that great. I am really really hoping that he pulls this off. I am looking forward to it!

I checked the trailer on Son Of Geek a couple of weeks back and I have high expectations for this. The first is still a classic.

i have high hopes. but i fear they will be dashed by the final product :(

As long as it is as good as Predator 2 with Danny Glover then I'll be happy...

They are still keeping it connected to Alien franchise, though...Alien then Aliens...Predator then Predators? Maybe I'm just picking on it...

I'll still watch it, though...I love the Predator movies. And the Alien movies, for that matter....but I really really hated the Aliens vs. Predator movies. Especially the whole Weyland-Yutani connection they tried to make.

I can see the appeal of having options and play style change when you pick a "class" in AVP. You're not just getting a different weapon like you would in typical FPS, but Rebellion has managed to make the player feel that they must change the way they move, attack, flee, track, and recover in battle.

What on earth are you talking about?

Didn't it come out like last week? I'm sure you still have time to see it in the theater if you want.

It was okay. Badass enough to be entertaining throughout, but it didn't blow me away or anything.

It was pretty good. Great opening.

Only one of the group is actually a prisoner, though. The rest of them are military (governmentally sanctioned or otherwise) types from various parts of the world.

Oh, and Topher Grace.

Works well as an action movie, but lacks the horror element of the first. I thought the characters was killed off far to quickly, before they had contributed to the fight with their own unique skills. It was also unnecessary to include two Predator races. Was the "classic Predator" the only one of its kind on the planet? What was it doing there, and why was it tied up?

I thought this movie was a disappointment. The storyline lacked but it didn't even make up for it in great action scenes or gore. It had potential but it just didn't do anything for me.

I actually liked it quite a bit. Yes, the story line was definitely lacking, but I appreciated the minimal gore and effects...don't get me wrong, I love me some gore but I just thought it worked for this movie. Plus, I didn't go in with super high hopes...so that could have something to do with it.