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Robert Rodriguez Enlists An Oscar Winner To Lead The Mercs In PREDATORS!
Beaks here...
Could he kick Dutch's ass? Probably not. I just hope he fights dirtier than he sails.
By casting Adrien Brody in PREDATORS, producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal have opted for an action lead somewhere between the ripped Arnold Schwarzenegger and the physically unspectacular Danny Glover. For those of you hoping Rodriguez and company would go the body-builder route (hey there, AB King!), they did bring in noted ass-kicker Oleg Taktarov! Is that enough beef for ya?
According to Variety, Brody lobbied the hell out of Fox for the lead in this film. As is standard with any potential franchise, Brody has also signed on for an undisclosed number of sequels/prequels. This doesn't mean he's a lock to come back; it just means the studio is keeping its options open.
We learned a week or so ago that Danny Trejo is also heading to the jungle to tangle with the universe's most ruthless hunters. He'll be joined by Alice Braga, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (thanks copy/paste!), Louiz Ozawa and THE SHIELD's Walt Goggins. All in all, not a bad team. I guess I'm optimistic. (Update: According to Bloody-Disgusting, Derek "Jason Voorhees" Mears is also on board. And Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter says Topher Grace is in negotiations.)
PREDATORS will begin shooting shortly in Hawaii. Production will then move to Rodriquez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin. Currently, the film is scheduled to hit theaters July 9th, 2010.
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Am I?
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Just ugh.
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wow maybe first but dought it
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could beat this guy's ass. This is definitely not in the spirit of the original of the ultra buff, kickass commandos.
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Definitely not what I had in mind. Adrian Brody and ass kicking don't belong in the same sentence. (unless it was Adrian Brody's ass being kicked)
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...ADVENTURELAND more like it.
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I loved The Pianist and Darjeeling Limited despite this guy. He's fucking goofy. I felt all my enthusiasm for the project drain away as soon as his name was announced. Fucking anal nimrod.
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if he lobbied hard for it? Shit, this isn't something he needs to do. This is a fanboy film, and if he's really that much a fanboy, fuck it. Let him in.
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...so sure, give skin and bones here a shot.
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As Frank-N-Furter would say... How did this happen!!?? Please go find someone else... Mr Brody isn't macho enough
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(Animaniacs) "I brody will fight the predators and im a PIA-NIST..your a what?...PIA-NIST PIA-NIST!!!!!".....MMMMMWWWWWAAAAA...GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!!!
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makes me wanna lick his chest. and his nipples.
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If you're gonna go the scrawny white dude route.
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...meathead who can barely growl his lines (no disrespect Mr. Ventura...you're the exception)
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... to play a lead. He REALLY made King Kong enjoyable. This could work if he's a Predator though...
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"You're one ugly mutha-fucka!"
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Sorry, but yeah, the photo's pretty gay.
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really. i guess Brody knows this will be a hit.
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...so this is going to be the soulful Predator installment. The hero (the admittedly dreamy Adrien Brody, but COME ON are you kidding me with this) is going to spend the whole movie staring balefully into the screen and then at the end, he and the Predator will be face to face, but Brody will be all conflicted, and the SpyKids will have to finish the job for him... because kids are basically little sociopaths anyway, you won't find THEM giving a moment's pause to contemplate right or wrong.
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Now I REALLY, REALLY want to see the picture!!! Even Shia would have been better!!
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Ever since Pianist he keeps appearing in shitty movies. He's a good actor, start cashing in the Oscar cred dude!!
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Even his character's name in HEAT was Trejo. That's how much he rules.
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I seriously just had flashbacks of alien v predator... I don't know- I have written this off as "I will see it if people here think it is good..." Usually I don't trust people here...
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But hated Brody in Kong (He actually managed to fuck that movie up) amd The Village (Ok that one sucked on its own) and anything else he's been in.
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Summer of Sam,King Kong (2005), The pianist, a couple others, I'm cool with that,Fuckin Walt Googins?! Good for him. This movie is sounding better and better each day. By default wouldn't it make YOU gay for thinking gay thoughts about a photo?
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Oct. 6, 2009, 8:36 p.m. CST
...aw, come on guys, he can be the skinny guy that's...
by ScaryWaitress
...good with knives and shit. You guys are just disappointed he isn't big enough to give you a titty fuck between his oiled pecks.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 8:36 p.m. CST
The movie is going to focus on some stupid social morality tale
by Particularly Hard Vato
Or some shit- inner conflict between the characters, people resolving differences and dealing with the regret from their past wrongs... some soul-searching bullshit and the characters will argue about who is worse. Some feminist empowerment bullshit from the female chick. And it will suck. They had better focus on them being stalked and no actor-ish bullshit.
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Please tell me he's going to play the slimy CIA/State Dept puke who sells them out and not a soldier of any kind. Murdering yet honorable aliens defy credibility less than Goggins as anything remotely macho.
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sounds dumber after each announcement.<p>I could actually see him as a lead in a Predator movie, but not one that's supposed to deal with the biggest bad asses on Earth. Wait, maybe this is a sign they ditched that lame idea...
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Cuba Gooding Jr. That guy'll be in anything.
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my post is meaningless because I consider the 2005 Kong a fantastic movie.
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Seriously, I haven't heard ANYthing about this that doesn't increase my optimism, and I really couldn't care much less about any other films involving the Predator thing. This just all fucking feels right.
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Harry you're sugar coating this because you are boys with Rob Rod. The casting pretty much sucks.
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Damn son.
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trash. like if shit pissed on itself that'd be Beaks.
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That must mean this is going to be more than just a stupid loud movie like the last two AVP movies...but still, what they hell is he going to do? Why would a Predator want to go all mano a mano with Adrian Brody? Maybe he is just going to tell pussy jokes.
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Adrian Fucking Brody? Can't stand even looking at the guy. Just because he lobbied the studio suits he gets the job? Just proves how clueless Fox really is.
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Seriously
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I don't know if you're attracted to Brody or if you're just being ironic, but as a longtime AICN reader, I appreciate your choices time and again. Fucking hilarious.
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That's awesome. I feel like they'll probably waste him and kill him off early though.
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...skinny brooding silent guy, as described in the script review. By announcing he's the lead, that means he's the one who survives to the end because the script review didn't describe a lead. So this news essentially spoils the movie. All the big badasses get killed, and brains wins over brawn, proving that the best predator is the smartest one, just as humans have dominated this earth even though we aren't the strongest species. And that sums up the next Predator movie.
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Let's start with the obvious jokes and work our way up the ladder to blissfully absurdist humor, ok?
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Oct. 6, 2009, 8:55 p.m. CST
Will the Predator say to Brody "You're one ugly motherfucker"?
by YackBacker
Now we're becoming more series-specific, lending a hat tip to McTiernan's masterpiece.
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...I was hoping for Linda Hunt. Or maybe even Marlee Matlin. Those girls could churn some serious Predator carcass.
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This is supposed to be a badass throwback to the original predator, and they cast fucking Adrian Brody as the lead?! Danny Glover could kick his ass with one hand and foot tied behind his back. Just look at King Kong, he was the lamest hero character imaginable, not an ounce of testosterone. The only way this won't suck is if he's killed 10 minutes in to fuck with the audience, like what they did with samuel jackson in deep blue sea.
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Over a plate of sea bass, in a room with slide machines clicking off logos in the background.
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"Maybe now the geeks will lay off of me and my Green Parka!"
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I guess "Nimrod Antal" is no longer the most dubious name attached to this thing...anywho, I found the details in the script review underwhelming. I guess we'll see...
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Oct. 6, 2009, 8:59 p.m. CST
There will also be a large (black) dude questioning Brody's will
by YackBacker
We will call him the "skeptical brother" and he will hate Brody in the first act, but by the end of Act 2, skeptical brother will let Brody know "You're alright, cracker" just as he dies.
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"Go ahead, make my day. But I can make it myself! I'm smart! I can handle things!"
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Here's hoping they're shooting on a different island than LOST. If I see that damned ubiquitous valley in PREDATORS, I'm gonna want Rodriguez' clothes, his boots, and his muttercycle.
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Wait, that actually happened... fuck.
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When I saw the line Oscar winner and Predators. He was last in Argento's Giallo this isn't exactly a step down for him.
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Adrien Brody is a joke, a poser. He's an annoying and awful "actor". I'm amazed he won an oscar. I can't believe they would f' up to this degree. Brody in a Predator film? WTF?!
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And I have a feeling he'll bring a similar vibe to this movie. Him in a jungle-based action movie does NOT work.
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Just finished polishing the script, its amazing
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Just updated the story. As you were.
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but Not even a whisper on Sin City 2
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As you were.
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someone from the WWE in the role? I welcome this trend of casting real actors in roles (Downey, Norton, Bale) that normally would have gone to body builders and former stuntmen. <p> Movies can make people as tough as they need to be onscreen. I was here to witness the attacks against Downey as Iron Man -- now everyone loves him.
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Brody blows (which likely explains how he got the part...). Move over Josh Hartnett!
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And thank god for that.
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THE EXPENDABLES might have something to say about that.
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I was thinking this was AvP 3, but now they got a strong lead. Topher Grace is also in talks which means this will get the proper studio push since it has name-actors versus a craptastic AvP re-hash with a bunch of faceless bodies to get killed. Between this & Ridley returning to Alien, I'm enthusiastic for the first time in 10+ years for these franchises..
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:17 p.m. CST
Michael Cera and Jessie Eisenberg were unavailable I guess
by YackBacker
Although I'm sure Steve Buscemi was open, but his asking price of $20 million per picture is downright selfish.
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...but my main problem is him being cast as the lead. He's a good character actor, but I don't find him to be a good leading man. Hr worked well in the Pianist because the lead role in that movie was different, and not the same as the lead role in an action film.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:20 p.m. CST
Topher Grace? Am I the only one who finds him insufferable?
by YackBacker
I can't explain it, but I really cannot stand his face. He's like every person you ever wanted to beat the shit out of, all concentrated into one human being. He could be holding a basket of kittens and I'd open fire indiscriminately.
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Ditto re: Topher Grace.
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It's still funny. But be sparing.
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News flash: Brody can't ACT. <p> And retard. Watch the original Predator before you say something so moronic again. If that era is "over", then we need a swift revival. <p> That is all.
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This is just stunt casting, and is the biggest sign that this film is going to be a box office bust!!!
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When Robert Downey Jr was cast as Tony Stark everyone was shaking their head and rolling their eyes, "Oh why did they cast him!?" And everything turned out fine. Why? Cause he's a real actor, not a stupid action hero! Now I see this happening again here. The movie's gonna be fine. Imagine if Iron Man had someone who couldn't act playing Tony Stark. That would be ridiculious and the movie woulda been terrible! I'm glad they're taking this movie seriously. (After the last horrible AvP movie)
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Ridiculous!!!
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When he kissed her and ran his hands over her ample breasts, slowly kneading her flesh under his long, forceful fingers? Sorry, I was channeling conspiracy for a moment, as you were.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:35 p.m. CST
So does this mean Brody is unavailable to play The Vulture
by YackBacker
In SPIDER-MAN 4? Larry David, you've got your opening, brotha!
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The fact that he kissed Haley Berry on stage only solidified his coolness.
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Glover is like 9 feet tall! He would destroy Brody.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:39 p.m. CST
MISCASTING MOMENTS: The little bug nuts in The Phantom Menace
by Phategod2
I think Hayden Christensen gets a bum rap with that script and screen play no one could have saved that POS and I'm talking about all 3 prequels.
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Predators form queue for a prize trophy - Brody's autograph.
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For all of you naysayers Predator 2 was actually a great flick. The chase sequence towards the end which lasted for about 30 or 40 minutes was awesome. Danny Glover did what he could do with a script like that. It was an enjoyable film, and I dare even to say it was even better than the first one. What great metaphor between the Predator and the Jamaican Gang.
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Brody sucked in King Kong, his nose was distracting. Get a bad ass, a real A or B list bad ass. Predator is a classic because of Arnold. Seriously, drop this dude and get a bad ass.
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<P>Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. Adrien Brody is a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus,.... just like me. <P>
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scary.
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ha! Nice. Shooting in Hawaii? Thank the stars, he's keeping it out of the studio!
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:44 p.m. CST
IT STANDS TO REASON THAT BEAKS WOULD POST THIS STORY
by BringingSexyBack
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Gnaw on nose!
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:46 p.m. CST
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ ALI
by BringingSexyBack
Thanks MS Word change case function!
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Rourke & Trejo going round and round with a couple of Predators for 2 hours = EPIC!<br><br><br>2 hours of Brody trying to talk to the Predators over a cup of tea while Trejo glares from the background while mowing Brody's yard = WEAK!!!
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Bam!...nose and abs. oh well, let's hope it works. real actor is a plus.
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When people laughed because they cast the comedic star of Moonlighting in an action movie?
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telling Danny Trejo dirty jokes in the hopes of making him laugh?
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I agree that all things awful in the prequels stem from the screenplays being (not so) borderline moronic. But Ewan did his part, made shit palatable where a lesser actor would have failed. Portman and Christensen were too busy playing grabass to do more than phone in their work. Ugh, why do we always go back to the prequels?!?! Oh that's right, because I keep mentioning them (I say as I play with my Darth Maul action figure)...
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... somebody who can act in a Predator Movie??????
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Oct. 6, 2009, 9:55 p.m. CST
Who'll tell the Shane Black "my girlfriend's big pussy" joke?
by YackBacker
It would be awesome if one Predator tells another that joke "God damn you've got a big labial palpus! God damn you've got a big labial palpus!" "Why did you say it twice?" "I didn't!"
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Are we really supposed to believe those scrawny fucks can take on Predators? Have we learned nothing from Spider-Man 3 and King Kong?
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whaaaat the fuck, Beaks....? Steal this pic off the wall of a girls insane asylum?
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The man was built to act like a tree.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 10:08 p.m. CST
I'm suddenly picturing THE EDGE being remade w/ a Predator
by YackBacker
David Mamet's THE PREDATOR'S EDGE GLEN ROSS starring Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin and Delroy Lindo. Speaking of which, anyone have any idea where Lindo is nowadays?
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I'm kind of glad they're not just going with a super-ripped team of commandos. Hopefully it works out.
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Yeah that'll be believable.
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I don't think Adrian Brody.
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please give this guy a career already, he was amazing in the shield.<p> this could be good. when rodriguez gets his shit together he's more than capable and brody is one of the best we have under 50, so go go predators.
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This project was sounding 100% ridiculous (especially after the 'Latino Review' script review. Ugh.)<br><br>Brody being hired gives me hope that they may be going in an unexpected direction with this.<br><br>Heh, maybe he's playing the 'Super Black Predator'?
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..However ill conceived it may be, Adrian Brody is a very talented actor, have you seen The Darjeeling Limited? Best Role since the Pianist!!
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Fuck Beaks, that guy is completely worthless. His humor makes me throw up. This asshole of a human being should be put in a bottle and sent out with the chinese current never to return.
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I'm sorry but the last Predator movies were loud and very lame. Irather see what a kickass director and good actor can bring to the franchise.
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BRODY?? FUCK THAT.
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They have to butch him up somehow. Definitely a leather jacket is happening. Maybe an eyepatch or a scar? Or Trejo gets the eyepatch because... well Trejo gets what Trejo wants. <p> Or they could go the other way and embrace the weakness that is Brody- give him an inhaler and an allergy to gluten.
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With truly lousy acting? At least with Brody there's a chance that people will be able to take the movie seriously.
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Even if this is the Rolls Royce treatment, with A-list, Oscar-winning actors, etc.-- these movies are formula. They consist of a bunch of guys entering a dangerous situation where each character is killed off one-by-one until either one or two dudes are left to triumph over an "unbeatable" foe. This is the same formula for the ALIEN movies, the same formula for the HALLOWEEN movies, etc. It can benefit from good acting and a smart script, but this shit is really paint-by-numbers so don't expect "serious" looks by moviegoers.
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This talkback is now about Larry David as The Vulture, as far as I am concerned. <p> They should also make him fly around with a pants-tent at all times.
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Jack Black was beyond terrible. I did like Naomi Watts, though. Prrrrrrrr.
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Are you kidding me? The dude is ripped. Have you ever seen him? WTF are you talking about? He's 63 and still ripped.
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Or this film will FUCKING suck!
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Reginald VelJohnson.
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He'd be anally raped by Iggy Pop.
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The Expandables will no doubt do good, and it will be a fun reunion/nostalgia type of flick with some good action, but that won't bring them back.
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hope he watches the sky for the meat loving predator birds.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 10:51 p.m. CST
WHEN YOU SAID OSCAR WINNER I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT MERYL STREEP
by BringingSexyBack
Now THAT would be casting I can get behind!!!
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That's the porn spoof name, for sure.
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But admittedly that was not his fault.
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That's the name for the sequel ...
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Shit, he does favor Spike! And if they can turn Keanu into a badass in The Matrix than they can turn Brody into a decent fighter.
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was good getting his brain splattered by Otis Driftwood
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Way to lose any chance this could not be shit. Not only is this the scrawniest guy you could possibly have found, but his only mode of acting is putting on a mopy face and hoping it comes across as gravitas and not sleepiness. He has anti-charisma, and his lifeless skeleton has no energy or verve to work with, he does not belong in this movie - this does not work. What the fuck?
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what a shit this will be.
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All we need now is to add Kate Winslet or Keira Knightly to the cast and we'll get a moving sci-fi/drama about teaching Predators how to love. This does not inspire hope. Brody=badass about as much as Richard Simmons=Goddamn Sexual Tyranosaurus. Lets hope they cast him only to kill him in the first five minutes.
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all the characters he played are plain boring and uninteresting
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or any of the hardbodies from Hurt Locker? I mean, you're fighting PREDATORS, right? Not little bunnies?
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...make others look badass.
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Predator suit in 110 degree Hawaii heat. fuckin torture.
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Dude, I'm about to watch KONTROLL as recommended by the professionals in the CENTURION talkback. I watched a few minutes of it already and it looks awesome. Have you seen it? If not, I think we have a great flick on our hands.
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About the character who's supposed to be the meek,unassuming serial killer type. I could see Brody playing a creepy little serial killer...but other than that,he's Predator poo-doo....
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Weird casting. I guess I'm still looking forward to the film though kinda.
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Oct. 6, 2009, 11:09 p.m. CST
So this is a multi-cultural group of badasses
by Particularly Hard Vato
I don't see how this is a multi-cultural group of badasses?
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The Danny Kaye Story.
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Brody plays pan-pipe to Predators, survives nuclear holocaust.
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I just checked it out on RT ... looks good! Queueing it now, thanks as always good buddy.
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“Of course I think it's relevant to what is happening today, ... We experience a lot of oppressive forces and we're powerless to a certain extent.” Adrian "bad-ass" Brody.
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I think Robert Rodriguez has the right guy. You can't bash the guy this early when you haven't even seen the film. I think Adrien can deliver the film with good acting. He has never done an action movie before and I think that's the point of Robert getting the guy. Robert was going for someone who is not familiar with the action genre. He wanted an actor with no experience with action movies. I'm no fan of Adrien Brody but you can't deny that he does have the acting skills since he is an Oscar winner. Does Adrien have what it takes to be a tough guy? I think he does. Just give the guy a chance. Adrien is no Arnold or Danny Glover, but I always thought Adrien would make a good action hero. Like him or hate him, Adrien's got a good luck for an action hero kind of guy.
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Oscar winners should have their names spelled correctly.
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Going to be the Predator or a combatant against one? Either way...cool!
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clearly you aren't paying attention. Blacks will rob me, jews will steal my money and this movie will suck cause Brody was cast in it. My snap judgments are right 100% of the time.
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Soon the hunt for a new Oscar will begin.
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Oh guess they couldn't find Clive owen in time. <p> Predator 2 sucked really bad-uh AVP 1 and 2 more so <p> It looks like RobRog is looking to samsh it over the fences into suckville-but who really knows
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I like Nimrod Antal's style in KONTROLL-- he could do a good job with PREDATORS is he's in his comfort zone. I hope Hollywood isn't rushing this guy to become a big-budget director. On the other hand, if they wait too long, you get a John Woo on your hands, where his best years were spent making films other than the U.S. Let me know what you think.
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....this movie is going to suck simply because the original is such a classic. I also think the movie is going to look cheap as fuck because it's being filmed on that asshole's studio lot. I really don't get why everyone is saying Adrian Brody is toooooo skinny. From that faggotty picture, he looks pretty ripped to me!
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Oct. 6, 2009, 11:39 p.m. CST
Danny Glover could pop Arnold's head off like a dandilion.
by JonQuixote
I won't go on my PREDATOR 2 is better than PREDATOR lecture again, because it's clear that some of you are lost causes. But some propers to Mr. Danny Glover, please, and his quiet bad-assery.
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.....there is no way Predator 2 is better than Predator! Go take your bullshit and shove it up your ass!
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His grizzled alco arse-kicker routine would go down a treat. Plus he could say dry sorta racialist things to wind up Danny Trejo and then Trejo could get all pissed off at him and just as Trejo is about machete Willis in the back he would get hoisted up into the trees by a some sort of predator trap. Or whatever
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Oct. 6, 2009, 11:46 p.m. CST
Senor Rodriguez, this is about latent gay muscle worship...
by BurnHollywood
...Same as THE EXPENDABLES.<p> This Talkback has spoken...you need to make the little closeted fanboys happy: Ditch Brody and give them a whole truckload of glistening, throbbing, veiny man-meat to ogle. DO IT. DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.
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Now THAT's the real casting news here. He's totally going to be the Hudson of the bunch.
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Does he just want a franchise for a steady paycheck?
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This guy's probably sitting around his Hollywood apartment, angrily glaring at the silent phone and wondering why his agent doesn't get him more parts...<p> I guess changing his name to "Marshal Ali" would break his parents' hearts or something...
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the only way this cunt is going to work in this movie is if he pulls a Steven Seagal and get's sucked out of a fucking airplane during the opening credits. RR has officially gone bat shit crazy with this one. Jesus, this is worse than sticking that untalented shit bag Shia LeButtfuck in Indiana Jones.
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I have no idea where people come from with this whole "Predator 2 is dogshit!" theory. It's a Predator movie, through and through. Maybe not as pretty and lacking in Arnold as the first movie, but aside from a really weak pot-smoking rasta gag, it's fairly solid. And Glover's "Alright, who's next" moment is gold.
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Only thing I remember him from the film was when he worked some dude over with a car door, but it kinda worked. Maybe he can pull it off. All he has to do is glare and hold some weapons.
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She looks like a latina Audrey Tautou.<p> I think the Predator will spare her, tie a ribbon around her neck and bring her back to the wife as an anniversary gift.
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Cuba Gooding Jnr has made me less excited whenver I read the words "enlists an oscar winner"
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When Adrien Brody fought a Protein Shake... the Protein Shake won.
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('cause otherwise he will not look nearly tough enough)
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Predators hunt alone, they can jump between trees or buildings and are physically bigger and stronger than Arnold Schwarzenegger in his movie prime. The idea of a 'Super black Predator' is completely pointless. The whole point of Predator was that ONE single enemy is physically and technologically superior in every regard. That's all it takes. This movie needs Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Seagal, Mr.T, Kurt Russell, Mel Gibson, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje AND Clint Eastwood leading them. Fill the movie with 1 liners, classic 80's action and untimely deaths. No-one cares if these guys are old, just as long as they are in great shape for the movie. With a cast like that, no-one knows who'll live or who'll die. Experienced ex-war veteran mercenaries pulling off some rescue mission in the jungle would be exactly their style.
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Oh wait, the tabs say she bwoke up with Bobbie<p> Ah-gin
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could have made more sense.<p> Just give it a good story and make it R rated and the cast should work itself out.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 12:40 a.m. CST
Have people forgotten that the first Alien movie
by HollywoodHellraiser
wasn't an action movie? Sure it was fast-paced but it play almost like a thriller where the stalker wasn't human but a GODDAMN Alien!<p>Now if Robert can bring some of that atmosphere to the franchise than Brody can delievered.<p>A Predator pretty much kills one way and thats straight up. It will be interesting if Robert decides to developed them more.
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Damn
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if you guys read the script you would know that. I think in a year, you all will be eating your words.
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Predator is not Alien. The only thing Brody can successfully deliver is his unusually vacant po-faced stare.
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Why not Gerard Butler? Or Clive Owen? <p>But Adrien fucking Brody? He always looks like he's about to cry all of a sudden.
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... not completely pointless.<p> Er, too late.<p>Get a new idea, already! I'm tired of this "let's make a buck off of someone else's good idea" era we're living in. Predator is someone else's idea and they're not going to do it better. Why can't these people come up with their own concept?
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I hate Brody. His elongated, crooked nose freaks me out too much. If the movie's in 3D, it'll be the scariest thing ever filmed.
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Brody stabs him with his nose<p> Short movie
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It looks like he's advertising condoms.
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Can't make a movie without some spam
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TROJAN MAN!
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Shit, I'd vote for the whole strike team over Brody. I suppose we should be grateful it isn't Predator 90210 or The Predator Diaries or some such shit.
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He and Harry have a working relationship!<p> They swapped bodily fluids or paint each others toes or something
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no, i dont always trust him with his films. but his casting is always solid. he has great taste in matching actors for the roles. and if he has a hand in picking brody, then i'm highly curious to see the how it'd work out.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 1:15 a.m. CST
Brody is one ugly motherfucker! his nose is a weapon!
by Professor_Monster
Proof as to who controls Hollywood. This guy may be good dramas but in stuff like King Kong and props that call for action - he looks more like the lawyer or agent who put the deal together.
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...for these types of movies but based on this news, it's clear that someone didn't get the memo.
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Could be raining<p> KRACK-BOOM
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giggity
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I've lost the will to live.
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I turned off the movie because of this puss. Brody merely poses and tries to lower his voice to act "tough". It's like an SNL sketch.
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You know when you get so taken out of a picture because someones nose is so goddamn fucking big. This guy and Jason Swartzman piss me the fuck off. The Darjeeng Limited was like the holocaust for me.
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anyone?
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they cast twinkle toes
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'cos what this movie needs is someone talking out the side of their face
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Was Arnold. <P> The guy is a body builder, not a soldier or a SFO (and an American one with a thick German accent). I don't thin Brody is the best choice, but he actually looks more like a SFO than Ahnold ever did. <P> They should cast an older guy though. The last guy should be an tough, EXPERIENCED Delta Force, DEVGRU or SAD operator. It is experienced predator vs. experienced Predator. No one under 40 need apply.
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The first predator is by FAR the superior film. Granted, I like the second film (and Arnold would crush Glover), but to say the sequel is "better" than the original is moronic by any standard. The first predator is a perfect film. It's mean, vicious, perfectly paced, and beautifully shot (unlike P2, which is spotty and often poorly staged). Predator is every bit as seminal as Die Hard. The tough guy element (Arnie) was just as crucial as the "regular" joe angle with Bruce Willis. The fact that this "indestructible" man is running like a child from this nightmare alone makes the film (sorry, Danny Glover, but you don't cut it). This illustrated and heightened the pure badassery of the predator. It made the film very primal. <p> Predator is the Apocolypse Now of SF films.
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So Im imagining they spin the whole "whos the predator... gasp! humans are"... Brody close ups sweating in the jungle hiding in the trees with his big fucking nose poking out and the predator sees it and attacks him. Im praying that he dies the first death and they go for a Samual Jackson in Deep Rising or whatever the fuck that shark movie was. But seriously... This movie is gonna be fucking disgusting. Sweaty big nose in jungle... Remember that. For 2 hours. And Danny Tearfaces scars. Just get some aids victims to walk behind the screen and this movie will be borderline horror again.
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Fuck... I really wish this is not happening. FUUUUUUCK
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Do they have support groups for this type of shit? I need to be held.
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Definetely got with a more "Aliens" mix of body sizes (though even Aliens didn't have anyone that makes Ethiopians look well nourished).
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show a bead of sweat traveling the length and we got a three hour movie<p> the waiting to drip part can be on the blu-ray extras
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what?
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said shut up nigger
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coggins is great. <p> shoulda won an emy.
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What the fuck is going on? Adrien Brody? Derek Mears? Topher Grace? Since his first attempt at trying to not play the skinny bitch worked out so well. <p> Ugh.
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AvP2 ruin it for everything?<p> Pull the sheet over the franchise<br> It was murdered by hollywood
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no dialogue, needs to be scored by the godfather team
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The ending of the film is the sweat dropping and causing a tsunami wave that overtakes hawaii killing the predator. Trejo looks as the waves come to him: "estos judíos de mierda son la muerte de mí" babelfish translation: "these fucking jews are the death of me"
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Damn Melvin, someone doesnt like your posts... RIP your posts. They will live in my memory. I shall spawn a pack of kin to take your words to the next life. 3 hour nose sweat to epic godfather music. All hail the lost posts.
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HE WOULD LAID THE SMACK DOWN ON THOSE CANDY ASS PREDATORS!!!! Who said wrestlers were shit!!! Fuck you man. This was tailor made for the Rock to properly step in to Arnies shoes on this. Instead we get Broody and the Rock will stink it up in another shitty kids movie. There is no justice in this world....
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give this film a chance. like someone said above, bodybuilders as action hero is a cartoonish 80s concept. who needs muscles when you can use your body as a weapon. jason bourne is not a bodybuiler, neo is not a bodybuiler, the new james bond is tough without the steroid. these action heroes are much more believable in this day and age than some guy who pumped iron 24/7. <p> rodriquez has great instict with casting(banderas, marv & dwight in sincity, etc.), and this new director's first film was nominated for an oscar. his FIRST film. i think predators is a very very good hand.
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he's a cartoon character, not an actor. that's why the kid-friendly movies suit him well.
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..I'm sorry, did we actually watch Predator 2. Glover was diesel. They actually constructed a scene for the sole purpose of showing his dieselness. The police sation scene in "Alverado" where he changes shirts while going thru some expostion with Danny. Glover was a rock in that picture you philistine.
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I'd prefer Brody in that
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than fucking ADRIEN FUCKING BRODY.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 2:55 a.m. CST
yeah and wtf at "physically unspectacular" Danny Glover
by TakingScorpiosCalls
he was bulked. definitely dropped that "too old" angle from the lethal weapons.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 2:59 a.m. CST
Particularly Hard Vato, hollywood is in introspective phase
by TakingScorpiosCalls
i too hate all of thise peeling-back-the-layers introspective "gray" characters trend. I really miss the days when the only time an action character would question himself was which gigantic machine gun he should use while smoking a cigar and cracking a Bond style quip.
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...Matt Damon. These guys really need some help with casting, as they have no ability to properly cast a movie!!!
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Well at least it's a serious actor! I'm more worried about Rodriguez's ability to put together a coherent film.
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Predator is like a modern Beowulf.
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Heres a tip: Deadlifts-Squats-Military Presses-Proteinshake. Repeat... (Pencilnecks can´t kill a goddamn Predator)
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BOUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh boy we are going to have a King Kong deja vu.
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From Arnold, Danny, to Brody? Should of got Bruce Willis.
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through buildings, where Danny Glover just won't fucking give up. Sure, Arnold defeated Predator 1, but Glover made Predator 2 flee in panic. HOLY SHIT! IT'S DANNY GLOVER! WHY WON'T HE STOP?! RUN!
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it's funnier, when a regular guy like Brody owns the predator. And we still have our huge badasses.
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true that. but the guy who directed wolverine professed that he was never into geek stuffs. and his oscar winning tsotsi is nowhere near a film geek material. nirmod's kontroll on the other hand, is very much a geek film.
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a memory of the past,never coming back,when in a Predator movie,u go from Arnie to Brody. <p>Accept it guys we live in the era of gayness,not badassness.The archtype of the badass hero from a hard smoking,swearing,muscular,babe screwing,gun carrying tough guy,has changed into the modest,intellectual,low profile,diplomat,with a decent body and only use of violence when necessary,hero with the pretty face who will fuck the babe because the rest of his teammates are 'savages' while he is the civilized one. <p>Our last hope Sly with his expendables.
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a reviewer's take: <p>"Kontroll" is the first work by a director who is clearly gifted and who has found a way to make a full-bore action movie on a limited budget; there are no special effects in the movie, all of the trains are real, and I gather at one point when we see Bulscu barely crawling onto a platform ahead of a moving train, he is really doing exactly that. Antal has a feeling for action, but what distinguishes "Kontroll" is his control of characters and mood. He could have given us a standard group of misfits, but his characters are all peculiar in inward, secretive ways, suggesting needs they would rather not reveal." <p> so he knows his action, and he can write a band of misfits pretty well. how can you geeks not be optimistic?
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Brody was going to sign the free Polanski petitiob but his agent told him to "keep his nose out of it".
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just because it has an alien,does not make it scifi.Check the dictionary about what scifi genre is about. <p>Its an action-thriller movie with some scifi elements,but its not a scifi movie.
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they are making a petite for the release of Polanski??????? and people curse MJ even now that he is dead,who never was convicted for raping kids,in opposition with Polanski who confessed his crime? <p>fuck you,you hypocritical human race,FUCK YOU.
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Great analogy. Definitely. Predator is a modern day Beowulf.
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I dont hold high hopes for this film, I enjoy RR's films but they are too camp to gel with the style McTiernans original. That said- the casting of Mr. Brody is.. interesting! Ill be keen to see how they plays out. Max California called it- Walton Goggins is going to be the Hudson of the bunch. I cant wait to see that, he definitely has some chops, id love to see him be a sleazy badass like jesse 'sexual tyrannosaurus' ventura. Sorry to get off topic but does anyone remember the news about a tv show about an ex con being developed for WG to star in? What happened with that?
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.. Danny Glover is fucking tonk in that film! I wouldnt say its superior, but a cool sequel none the less
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"Accept it guys we live in the era of gayness,not badassness.The archtype of the badass hero from a hard smoking,swearing,muscular,babe screwing,gun carrying tough guy,has changed into the modest,intellectual,low profile,diplomat,with a decent body and only use of violence when necessary,hero with the pretty face who will fuck the babe because the rest of his teammates are 'savages' while he is the civilized one." <P> Ominus, just remember, while we were all seeing the praises and basking in the "badassness" that is our generations action heroes of Sly and Arnold, our dads were laughing at them as gay body builders. Their action heroes weren't oiled up and muscle-bound "he-man" inflated from Steriods, but thin men like Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin or James Couburn, or the well-built but hardly muscle-bound Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen. And some of those guys actual SAW combat, unlike the 80s heroes. <P> Times change, and even our age of action heroes wasn't that great. <P> Still, Brody is a bad choice. I admit that.
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i dont see anywhere in the film any kind of social,religious,philoshopical,moral commentaries motivated by the appearance of the alien. <p>The movie could be easily described as a vietnam war movie,change the predator with vietcongs and u can still tell the same story about the primordial human instict of survival and the theme of the hunter becoming the hunted. <p>The Predator is a very original and very cool idea to tell that kind of story.But it doesnt belong strictly in the scifi genre, because u have an alien with lasers.
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True, he's not the classic SFO type, and he'd be fucking useless for anything remotely involving secrecy - he's a man mountain, how do you hide something the size of Ahnuld?? - but, y'know, PREDATOR is a bad-ass popcorn flick. Were it something like SNIPER, realism would be more important, but I'm guessing John McTiernan was going for visceral thrills over realism and attention to detail.<P> I take your point, though. And when some twat decides to remake the original PREDATOR, a realistic approach could be interesting. Who'd be Dutch in a realistic PREDATOR, I wonder?...
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I'd say that it's the alien with lasers that marks it out as SF, but that's just me...
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"Their action heroes weren't oiled up and muscle-bound "he-man" inflated from Steriods, but thin men like Clint Eastwood"<P> I just saw GRAN TORINO a couple of nights ago. And Clint Eastwood, at the age and physical condition he is in NOW, would fuck up most, if not all, the cast of PREDATOR. His performance as Walt Kowalski is fucking terrifying. If Walt tells you to get off his lawn - you'd get THE FUCK off his lawn, pronto.<P> "If I have to come back here, it's gonna get fuckin' UGLY!".<P> Clint is THE MAN. There is no-one greater in movies.
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i agree 100% with what you say,but i believe that our generation loved and embraced the heroes of their generation too.but i dont see the new generation to get fascinated by our heroes or the heroes of our dads.and thats a pity if its the truth.
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Blade Runner is not considered a scifi movie either,but more like a film noir placed on a scifi setting.
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muscle bound he-man wearing colorful spandex fighting crime even more so. <p> what is it with americans and their need to see their heroes so bulked up? and with HUGE guns to boot? compensating for something perhaps? it IS just an american concept. sly and arnold's brand of action movies were good while they lasted, but frankly, i'm glad we're heading to the 'introspective' thin men phase. it's just much more interesting n believable. bruce lee needs no muscle mass, and i'm sure he could take out the combo of arnie and sly.
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The unique appeal of the original PREDATOR for me was the sense of 'mystery'.<p> This was helped along by that brilliant score, by the camo effects of the Predator itself, and by the acting and script that put a great emphasis on the fact that the characters didnt know what they were up against.<p> We didn't get a full reveal of the Predator creature till literally the last 15 minutes of the movie.<p> This new PREDATORS movie doesnt have that luxury. Just like ALIENS didnt have that luxury. It will have to be badass in different ways and im presuming Adrian Brody is being cast as the Ripley archetype. Not physically strong - but mentally strong. Pulling the disparate human group together and giving them the leadership to fight back.
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Only problem is ALIENS did rather devalue the Alien monsters by having them gunned down in their dozens. From that latino review that talked about lots of regular Predators and a hunting party of three super Predators i'd guess Rodriguez is going the exact same route.<P> I'm not sure that I want to see lots of Predators killed cos that might devalue their threat and kudos too much?
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I don't want to be a negative ass (indeed you can see me praising Mann & Contact just yesterday elsewhere) but isn't there a problem with Rodriguez? I admit to really enjoying FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, but that was written by Tarantino. Spy Kids was horrible - the sort of tosh Hollywood did for kids before Harry Potter showed you could take them seriously. Sin City claimed to be 'noir' - but it was nothing of the sort, it was just black and white, and very nasty. I don't want to be all whiney, it's just that on this site you all get rightly annoyed about remakes and unnecessary sequels, so I don't know why everyone is so excited about this.
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Ok, I just put down the heroes of the 80s, but I will say two things: <P> 1) Cloud rider - each hero represents something about that generation. The 70s heroes were dark, cynical anti-heroes, just like the era that spawned Watergate and the embarrassment of losing Vietnam; the 80s gave us inflated muscle men to overcompensate for our feeling of emasculation at losing 'Nam, and to act as a moral boost against the Soviets because the Cold War just heated up thanks to Ronnie - America was big and tough like our heroes (or at least we told ourselves that); and in the modern age we turn to men in costumes because we are generation of children who wish to regress and have Batman, Obi-Wan and Optimous Prime fight our battles and not ourselves. And if it isn't them, it is a hero who is getting in touch with his "feelings", such as Jason Bourne or Bale as Batman, or even Jackman as Wolverine. <P> 2) Optimus, as I said above, as much as I don't like the 80s heroes, a lot of the modern heroes are "gay" for lack of a better term. Hell, I would prefer if they were really gay but not so damn emotionally and needy. Like I listed above, it seems every hero nowadays has to spend half the film brooding, crying or pouting about how it is so unfair. Even ant-hero turned arch-villain Vader was just a big whiny kid who wasn't let into the big club. <P> 3) But as bad as modern heroes are, or as ridiculous as American heroes seem, the heroes in the rest of the world are just as bad. I mean, like the Chinese have great fucking action heroes - they have to be tugged around on fucking wires. Yeah, that is real "macho", fighting people with your Fake Fu.
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The Rock.
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I take it Robert Rodriguez hasn't seen Giallo. Brody championed that film too.
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but some time ago,i had an interesting conversation about the scifi genre and somehow i started reconsidering my conception of what scifi really is. <p>Personally i dont like labeling things,but yeah if u take the strict meaning of what scifi and noir genres are,then BR is more noir and less scifi.the same thing apply for Predator.its more action-thriller,less scifi. <p>but anyway thats just me,ignore me.
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I am now officially looking forward to this. Fantastic, out of left field cast for this - definately the most talented cast in aPredator film so far. Great stuff.
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its fantasy,and unfortunately it did a big harm in the serious scifi genre.
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Brody is unarmed but manages to kill the Predator with his nose.Maybe he stabs it inside his brain,through his eye.
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chow you fat and many other asian heroes have died at the end of their films many times over. or they family and friends died. and they barely made it out alive themselves. that's the difference between asian and american culture. in the 80s american action films, all you need is a big gun and some muscles, and you can mow the lawn with a hundred bad guys, all by your lonesome, and still fly the flag by the day's end. it's just too... unbelievably grandiose, too pompous. and even now michael bay is still those kind of films. <p> but agree with your point 1.
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what about Snake Plissken then. He's as badass as it comes and isn't a muscle bound steroid freak.
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Not to start a pointless argument ominus, but I've got to disagree with you about that. As probably one of the few people here on this site who doesn't like BR, the reason I don't like it is because to me it isn't noir. Or at least not as much as it pretends to be. <P> True Noir to me is about regular people who succumb to the seduction of crime (DOUBLE INDEMNITY) or innocent people who make one bad choice or take a wrong turn and find out how unforgiving the universe can be (DOA or THE VANISHING). BR doesn't do either of those. It is really a detective story (with very little real detective work) surrounded by the visual style and iconography of noir, but none of its meaning. <P>
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That proves the rule. <P>
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is what i meant. so no, you cant revoke my street cred.
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That reason alone makes it A-okay to me. I trust Rodriguez, he makes fun movies. I never saw any of his kids movies, but I doubt I have to worry about that aspect for this....I also like risky casting. I wonder if Rodriguez ever drafted a Robowar sequel for Reb........
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That depends on the movie and the star. Jackie Chan usually had it "easy" in the sense that no one close to him died. <P> And Tony Jaa's big pain and sacrafice is that someone stole his elephant. His elephant. Think about it.
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I find it interesting and entertaining that viewers on a website, ranked Don Draper, a fictional character as the most iconic male personality of 2009. <p> Don is the man, his looks, the ladies, the drinking in the office and rarely fazed. <p> But it is interesting that is a fictional character and on top of that a guy from the 60's. Maybe it's a case of men wanting to be men again, and know that they have a place in the world and they matter. <p> And to your point the current heros being "gay". <p> I love how you reference Optimus because I am sure if you asked a group of 25-35 year old guys, when you were a child who did you think was a good example of a leader, if they answered honestly I am sure he would come up a lot.
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...is built like a brick shit house and is 6 foot 2...that aint unspectacular in my book. And it seems like Brody will be the "smart" one of the group, using covert actions to defeat the Predator because he works out that it is all a game of cat and mouse...
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the fact is that there is not a definitive description of what noir is.its meaning has changed with years and has become a bit ambiguous.eventually it lies to the individuals personal perception of what noir truly is. <p>so i wont argue with you,but i do have a different opinion about this.
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chan specializes in action comedy, with equal emphasis on both the action and the comedy. if the hero is dead at the end of the movie, it wont make for a very good comedy. i can't argue with you on tony jaa though. forget the elephant, what about the idol's head in ongbak.
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google
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the elephant or the idol's head are significant things for the Thailand culture.It may be look ridiculous to us,but its important for them.
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I miss The Shield.
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I think you paint American heroes a little bit to much with a broad stroke. I mean, I a recent trend in American movies has been that the hero looses his loved one - Batman lost Rachel Dawes, Bourne lost his girl in The Bourne Supremacy, Bond looses Vespar Lynn, and if Raimi didn't fuck up we probably would have seen Peter lose Gwen Stacy. <P> I think both Western audiences and Asian audiences have very comic book/childish heroes at times.
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the way tony jaa kicks his way all over town to look for them, we can all pretty much guess. :) no really, i dont belittle their importance to the culture, but you have to admit it makes for a very simplistic plot. 'this important item is stolen! find it, and kick the thief's ass and his goons's asses!'
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i meant 80s american action heroes. i like the current crop of american action heroes much better. <p> except when they're in michael bay movies.
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aren’t heroes at all. They’re underdogs. They find themselves in situations which they normally can’t handle but they come out on top by a combination of intelligence, creativity, physical ability and luck. Eg: James Bond, Indiana Jones, TinTin, Han Solo, John McClane, and yes Dutch in Predator. That’s also why most superheroes and pure muscle men movies are boring as hell.
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It *IS* the dojo!!!!!!
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Don't knock it till you see it, Adrien Brody will be good in it, he was great in Summer Of Sam...
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Oh? I'm not needed, today? Gosh, what will I ever do with my time?
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He looks as though he's about to gay someone to death.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 7:12 a.m. CST
Maria Owaza is indeed hot. She's like a Japanese Sasha Grey.
by dr sauch
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they could kill whole armies or hellspawn beasts or aliens from other planets with their bare hands.Arnies Conan was a hero larger than life,i think it was also the character who started painting the identity of the 80s hero,an identity which found its purest form in Sly's Rambo (in Rambo 2 more precisely) <p>I dont have a problem with heroes like Bourne (who is in fact a hero whose traits start from the 70s) or Keannu as Neo in the first Matrix movie. <p>But the problem is that with different heroes,you will eventually have different movies.For instance can u imagine Arnie replaced by Brody in the original movie? will the movie work the same? Can u have Arnie instead of Daemon as Bourne in? will it be the same movie? or the movie will have to change,to better suit the trademarks of the actor's personality and physical presence? <p>For instance remember the last scene in the Predator,after the explosion,where arnie is standing up,covered in blood and ashes,beaten,broken,but still maintaining that imposing,undefeated presence.That scene with these two opposite visualizations of the character,dont give wonderfully the impression to the helicopter crew (and also to the audience) that something really terrible,something not ordinary has happened to Dutch?which also gives a big weight on how a remarkably strong and dangerous villain was the Predator. <p>now take the exact scene and replace it with Brody.will it be the same? will the Predator and what has transpired radiate the same impression of awe? <p>no i dont think so that this will be the case,which means the director will try to make Brody look badder or the Predator look gayer.but whatever will be the case,we wont get the same appeal of danger,awesomeness and brutality from the original Predator movie.
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Cerebral does not exist in Arnold's dojo.
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As another talkbacker posted before about Bruce Willis probably seeming an odd choice for an action movie after Moonlighting. Not to mention that Kurt Russell was that kid from in Disney films and didn't he play Elvis before Escape from New York?
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I just pictured Mickey, Danny and Predator stalking each other and all three just saying "You're one ugly motherfucker" over and over. I'd pay to see that.
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Have you SEEN Moonlighting? Or Blind Date?
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so no its not such a weird.Btw Frank Cinatra was to play in Die Hard since it is essentially a sequel to an older movie of his The Inspector,but it didnt happen.there were also other candidates for the role before Willis was considered.
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I'd like to see a Predator game that uses the characters from the first movie, the jungle setting, & lots of Predators. Pick your character: Dutch is the best all-around, Mac & Billy have tracking, Poncho has explosives, Blain is the heavy, & Hawkins is the speed character with no defense. DLC extra characters of Bill Paxton, Danny Glover, & Gary Fucking Busey. Dillon is a NPC that provides info, then dies before the last few missions.
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Everything you wanted in a Predator movie and less! Derek Mears was cast, but the smart money is on the fact that he will probably be the first merc killed.
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ominus, i dont think it's fair to compare the 2 since you havent seen the new film yet. sure, different actor would dictate a different atmosphere to a film. but it's the same for all kinds of movies, not just action. if this new pred film turn out to be any good, and the brody's character is written well and perfectly suited for the actor, then i'm sure as much as you cant see brody playing dutch in the first film, you cant see arnold playing the lead in this new film as well.
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we've seen how the pred go against muscle bound he-man. we've seen how that dynamic works out. so why would we want to see the same dynamic again this time around? it's a new movie, with a whole new preds. it SHOULD have a different dynamic, otherwise it's just a repeat.
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practically everybody in Predator was an extreme macho. Dutch survived because he kept a cool head. So of course Brody is less impressive, but that doesn't mean that it cant't work. I don't want to be arrogant, but I'm pretty sure I can beat Sigourny Weaver in a fight. Still Alien&Aliens weren't bad movies.
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When I first read the topic my inital thought was "Adrien Brody". Don't really know why, but it turned out to be true.
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With Andy Serkis. Yeesh, I can't believe this wasn't yet mentioned in a tagline yet for this talkback... (Amusing shout-out in Predators: Adrian Brody's character runs into a giant killer ape early in the film, which is almost immediately destroyed by a Predator, establishing just how bad-ass Predators are.)
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"We're gonna need a bigger nose."<p> "That's no moon, it's Brody's nose."<p> "So I says to Adrian Brody, jeez you got big nostrils, jeez you got big nostrils... y'see... it was an echo."<p> "All you have to do is to decide what to do with the nose that is given to you."<p> Okay, i'll go do some work now.
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but it beats Sam Worthington.
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... I mean Woody Harrelson. Not woody, penis, I mean. Common he in Zombieland? Ultimate badass!!!
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if ripley can defeat the alien QUEEN all by herself, then brody can defeat the predator. it all depends on the story. and have you seen how jake gylenhaal look lately? brody is a good actor, and good actors can mold themselves into the part. we'll just have to see if the story can serve them well.
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Sam Worthington is just a big prank joke.
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FOR ALL Y0U HOMOS WHO ARE INTERESTED...
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that will be the ultimate geek movie. even better than the prospect of expendables and avengers.
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what's so bad about him? I think this is an interesting choice...
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FFS. YOU DOUCHEBAGS WHO ARE COMMENTING ON BRODY'S MISCASTING AND BAD ACTING IN KONG ARE ENTIRELY MISSING THE POINT. WHICH ISN'T SURPRISING CONSIDERING YOU WOULD ALL LOVE TO LIVE UP PETER JACKSON'S ARSE. <P> BRODY WASN'T THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT KONG WAS THE MOST OVERWROUGHT PIECE OF SHIT FILM TO COME OUT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. MY GOD.
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...I WAS READY TO GOUGE MY EYES OUT WITH A BROKEN PLASTIC SPOON. <P> ZZZZZZZZZ
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The guy is a pretty decent dramatic actor, but he's far from action material...King Kong pretty much proved that decisively. <p> ...and um yeh..that Shnoz is quite distracting
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would have been awesome in this...
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you're a stupid cunt..you need to know that now.
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What they couldn't get Paul Lynde?
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but male's naked chest with bazookas on both hands = macho. that is always funny to me.
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It's alright.
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...further up the thread, and it made me think of something. Gran Torino is Eastwood's Madadayo. Discuss.
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That was for a mens health cover around the time Hollywoodland came out.
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That was for a mens health cover around the time Hollywoodland came out.
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haven't you seen Batman: Dead End? It's a bit too geeky for me but some people here go absolutely crazy over it.
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it's dystopian. It isn't noir. <P>And TAINTLICK is a solvent huffing tool. <P>Although he is right about Kong, even if by accident.
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Great fucking casting for once.
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Jack could do it, partnering with Aaron Pierce and his worn out looking daughter
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I AM RIGHT ABOUT KONG BECAUSE I AM RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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I ALWAYS GET BENIGNI AND BRODY CONFUSED. TWO SKINNY HOMOS WHO WERE BOTH IN HOLOCAUST FLICKS.
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He's right about Kong. Though I can't think of a more overwrought film that came out 16 years ago ...
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Or it would've been if I had been there.
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Now that's a torso.
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IT'S OKAY TO ADMIT THAT THE ADRIEN BRODY PIC GETS YOU ALL HAPPY IN A CERTAIN KIND OF WAY. IT'S ALSO OKAY TO BE PART OF THE WAY GAY. WE'RE ALL FRIENDS UP IN HERE.<p> NOW GET OUT OF THE CLOSET AND LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR SECRET LONGING FOR PETER JACKSON AND HIS FURRY-ASS FEET! MY GOD...
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He looks like Achmed the Dead Terrorist, with skin, sans beard - but he would FUCK YOUR SHIT UP TERMINALLY. AND YOU KNOW THIS.<P> CLINT VS PREDATOR. You have NO idea how much I want to see that shit!!
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You are one ugly motherfucker. Take care now...
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WORK IT!!!!
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What happened to those rumors that MJW would be cast in it? He'd be 'effin awesome. A black arnie with actual acting ability and 5 black belts. Yes please.
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IT'S AAAAAAAAAAAALL ME UP IN HERE, BELIEEEEEE' THAT!!
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Nice to have you back! It's like a Stan Lee name. Peter Parker. Bruce Banner. Reed Richards. Titbag Taintlick...
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It's a good movie. It's a very non-Western movie in some ways too- relying on tone and symbolism a lot more than straight exposition. The quote cloudrider cited above was not accurate- KONTROLL was not an action movie any more than TRAINSPOTTING was an action movie. To me, action movies are concerned primarily with the action- if you remove the action elements you have a completely different show. With thrillers (which KONTROLL is) you can dial down the action considerably and have the same story. <p> Anyway, as a thriller, KONTROLL is quite good. Antal knows his visuals and distinguished characters very well. This is a memorable movie, I really enjoyed many parts of it. To be honest, I hope he doesn't get sucked into doing only big budget type movies. He made a very exciting and charming, small film in KONTROLL. I want to see more of that from him.
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Munich. Inglorious Basterds.The Green Hornet. Now Predators!<br /><br /> Adrien Brody can certainly bulk up enough to play a soldier. You guys do know he starved himself for The Pianist right? He's funny. Cocky Attitude. It's a subversive choice. What did you want, another WWE wrestler?<br /><br />I would like to see Oscar winners Mira Sorvino or Marisa Tomei as a Ripleyesque character in a Predator movie though. Mira was the hotness in that HOUSE episode last year and Marisa just keeps getting more milftastic. She's gonna be the Susan Sarandon of her generation...
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What? Drew Barrymore wasn't available?
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I think his performance in Splice will be a good barometer of his ability as an action lead. He was serviceable in King Kong but not great. In general I like the big nose freak, and think a focus on out-thinking vs. out-muscling the Predators is welcome.
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hardy har har
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Sounds like unfortunatly like something, straight out of a Family Guy episode.
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...that AINT cool news!!<P>Damn, this fucker was just one of the miscasting judgments that ruined Jackson's KING KONG for me in a big way. He was a an absolutely SHIT 'leading man' in that, and I'm really sorry he managed to grovel his way into this particular gig.<P>And and take the very 'watchable' Danny Glover's imposing screen presence any day of the week compared to having to endure this guy yet again...
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Oh just relax it's not that bad. You dumb fucks would complain about anyone announced. Carry on with your vaginal weeping...
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Can it?
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"quanteye for the straight guy."<p> You've taken so much dick in your ass that you cry spunky tears.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 10:36 a.m. CST
GET YOUR CLAWS OFF ME YOU DAMNED DIRTY PREDATOR!!!!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
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Now that's the show Tom DeLay should've gone on.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 10:39 a.m. CST
KING KONG NEEDED MORE NATIVE TITTY, LESS EXPOSITION
by BringingSexyBack
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But no. They went online, searched thousands of pictures of the actor, and said, "Okay which one's the GAYEST?" - PIECE OF SHIT, HARRY! PIECE OF SHIT!
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Wow, a bunch of pussies cast in this movie. All the 16yr old girls and gay dudes will flock to it.
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There needs to be at least one screenwriter tromping through the jungle.
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I dont say that u cant make a Predator movie with an actor like Brody.What i am saying is that u cant make the exact same movie.Look the guys here in the talkback,most of them want to see the badassery
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To supporting Polanski? Shit, that guy's connected.
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Is Micheal Jai Whites going rate to expensive for RR? Cast him in this fucking movie now, with a side kick, that guy from B-13 and Die Hard 4.0: Live Free Or Die Hard will due nicely.
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Will Hollywood PLEASE give this man a decent roll in a top Hollywood movie!
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in the original movie.They want muscles,swearing,toughness,sex jokes and blood.Do u think u will get these kinds of things in this remake,when the lead is someone who doesnot posses these traits? ofc no. <p>u will get a new Predator but it will be different,it will be according to the tastes of our modern era.Now that doesnt means that this remake will be a bad movie,but if its better or worse than the original,lies well to the personal taste,belief,perception of coolness and ofc age of the individual movie viewer.
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...like comparing apples and oranges, or Alien to Aliens. They're just completely two different animals. Predator really is a classic, genre changing picture, and although Predator 2 had no hope in matching that, it was a great movie in it's own way. The entire "urban jungle" motif -from cinematography to Sylvestri's heavy use of drums (more so than Predator) was perfect. Predator 2 did everything a sequel is supposed to do: give more of the same but add enough new ingredients to make it it's own beast.<p> Oh, and the whole drug cartel shoot out at the beginning was worth the price of admission alone.
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cos DuhWayne better be working on making Doc Savage happen.<p> Somebody better be working on making Doc Savage happen<p> And DuhWayne is the guy to play the part.<br> He's ready, he can do it<p> God, what'd he do loose a bet? The tooth fairy.... really?
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He's the perfect option for a predator movie!
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Brody running along side the Predetor down a corridor I'm there. Probably the most classic scene in all of the Predetor movies.
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Be a found footage flick! I LOVE THOSE!
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Soundtrack to this. Or the lead singer guy from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 11:17 a.m. CST
PREDATORS? WHAT IS THIS A MOVIE ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE COS?!?!
by BringingSexyBack
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that are the true bad ass motherfuckers in the special forces. Don't get me wrong, I dug Arnie in the original Predator, but I would laugh at the Bulky One 'cause I knew the skinny motherfuckers on his team were much more likely to be the type to do the work he was pretending to do. Ever watch Ninja Warrior? Fuckers attack these insane obstacle courses in Japan - and it's ALWAYS the skinny motherfuckers who make it through not the big bulky dorks. All that said, I'm not a big fan of Rodriguez, so I'm not expecting much.
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wasn't there a big nose hulk?
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Is an after-the-credits scene with Chris Hansen. You know it to be true. Only reason this hasn't happened yet is because Chris Hansen doesn't own a Predator suit.
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Brody is the worst possible choice imaginable. Even some gay guy of One Tree Hill or Gossip Girl has more testosterone than Brody. The only role he's right for is the sequel to the Antichrist, The Anti-Male.
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shoot this movie only in profile
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He's ripped as fuck.
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'There's not enough film'<br> 'our lenses aren't that wide'<p> This internet troll thinks there may ba a rock in a shoe but there's no way the sun is in anyone's eyes
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At least make it a DVD extra.
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with the assessment that modern day movie heroes are emo whiners. they're just not mindless, psychopathic steroid freaks. If anything they seem to be modern versions of the noir heroes of the 50's.
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Predator Vs. Proboscis... did someone already make this shitty joke? Too lazy to check... anyway, the asian female is indeed hot beyond belief. So I'm in. All the way, wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
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Thats funny, they'll probably do it on Family Guy.
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True dat then he'd tow little chum Predator pieces behind his boat for bait.
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Now what is your credentials again that let you pass judgement on others? Oh yeah, you're a nobody...
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like Captain James T. Kirk.
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Make it happen, thank you.
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Quantize credentials "best cumdumpster 2008".<p> 2009 tourney's up soon and he's training hard in the gaybar's toilet cubicle every night.
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That dude kicks serious ass military films and has the acting credentials to be a solid lead.
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Series7 is either William Dafoe or his mother.<p> Right? We're all on the same page
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On winning that award last year, and wish him luck that he can repeat his success this year.
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...though odd, has potential. All they need is Kurtwood Smith as 'Red the Pred' threatening to put his foot up Grace's ass.
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Quanitze doesn't need luck. He just needs strong wrist muscles and zero gag reflex.
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he isn't making a bitey face<br> *rarf!*
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the jap guy from Sasuke??? they showed Sasuke last year here in greek tv,holy shit man,Nagano is more badass than arnie,glover,the predator and sly with his expendables together.I read somewhere that after winning at Sasuke,he started competing in another more difficult sport game inspired by the Viking mythology.
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As proven by DONNIE BRASCO & PUBLIC ENEMIES, he can fuck you up. And I don't think we've ever heard JD say motherfucker before, but then again this fliq might not be r rated so maybe not even in this.
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Asimovlives has it sewn up.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 12:25 p.m. CST
Are the "Predators" Nazi's looking for his Piano?
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Be honest this is going to make more money than kiddie porn
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or at least his stunt nose does
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about horses<p> and their eff'in noses
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from the Predator's beating,just the way it happened in the original movie with arnie.Or level up that big tree trunk by themselves.
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Arnold wouldn't make it past first stage, he'd fall off the rolling log for sure!!!!!!
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This guy does my nut.
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maybe they both get their portrats done by Sears
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Someone get Stalone on the phone
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Oct. 7, 2009, 12:46 p.m. CST
Cuz he was such a great action star in King Kong! JESUS!
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Look, he's a good actor, I like him. But Adrien Brody vs. PREDATORS? FUCKING HELL! What a completely nutszoid idea!
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Jeremy Renner and fucking Ben Foster in this project, now. And I'm serious, man.
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not an ounce of body fat, but c'mon
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...is going to make a real purty one out of Brody when he's done with him.<P>Actually, I have nothing against Brody (or anyone else for that matter) being in this film. My bigger concern is Rodriguez and whether he can bring this long-dead franchise back to its roots. At this point, I have zero confidence in him.
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Have you seen Anchorite around? That guy owes me a ton of apologies.
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it'll work
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...in this movie, most of you cock-jockeys would've still been bitching and whining and complaining. Good to see that some things never change.
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What the hell is Robert thinking?
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...anchorite? No, can't say that I have. Has he returned under a new name? (Good luck getting those apologies!)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp8Y3aJHbXc
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No, I remember, and I still haven't watched a DIE HARD movie...
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predator1: over....over here... predator2: rrrrrrrrraaa predator1: over here predator2: WHAT?! predator1: will you look at that prey's nose? predator2: !! bouahahahahaHAHAHAHA
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I can't believe they chose wimpy ass Brody to be the lead in Predators... it's freakin' hilarious
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DJ Qualls and Brody should be a team in this film.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 1:37 p.m. CST
Brody: "You shall retreat to the heliocopter, post-haste!"
by MrMysteryGuest
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Oct. 7, 2009, 1:38 p.m. CST
Conspiracy needs to write a novel about Brody...
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
on RR's casting couch while Dakota Fanning watches. Where are you Conspiracy!!!?
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Oct. 7, 2009, 1:40 p.m. CST
Brody turns his head, his nose knocks down a predator!
by MrMysteryGuest
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Oct. 7, 2009, 1:42 p.m. CST
"Saailing...takes me awaaaayyyy...to where I'm going..."
by MrMysteryGuest
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Oct. 7, 2009, 1:47 p.m. CST
If it wipes AVP from the face of the earth, it will be worth it
by kevred
That whole AVP concept should never have existed in any form, print or film. It's just idiotic fanboy garbage. If they can make a somewhat respectable sequel here--and I highly doubt it will anything more than that--and Ridley Scott does something else with Alien, it will at least serve the function of making the AVP diversion as irrelevant as it deserves to be.
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Glover was in great shape then. Puts most cops I see to shame. I would bet on Predator 2's Glover over The Pianist any day.
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BRODY IS GOING TO SURPRISE US. <P> HIS ROLL IN PREDATOR WILL BE THE JACKIE EARLE HALEY IN WATCHMEN PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR. <P> I REMEMBER WHEN ALL OF YOU TWATS WERE WHINING ABOUT HALEY BEFORE THAT RELEASE, AND YOU ALL MADE FOOLS OF YOURSELVES. AS USUAL. <P> EXCEPT FOR BSB. BECAUSE HIS GAYNESS HAS GROWN ON ME AND ALWAYS MAKES ME GIGGLE LIKE A JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL WHEN I READ HIS POSTS.
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And look how that turned out. Just being a decent actor is not enough. This is an ACTION film film and Adrien brody is not an ACTION star. Why not put Paul fucking Giamatti up against the Predators?
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I disagree. I think the casting of Jackie Earle Haley was one of the more anticipated (and ultimately successful) aspects of WATCHMEN. I don't remember anyone prematurely whining about that bit of business.
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"...it come from dee other side."<P>They should cast a guy as King Willie's brother. Have him be the "Doobie Specialist" of the Merc team...
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Oct. 7, 2009, 2:32 p.m. CST
Adrien is the least of our worries. Topher Grace is the problem
by YackBacker
I don't care if he's playing the "Paul Reiser" asshole in the movie, it's too much to suffer through. Sorry, no ticket from me.
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I've had a good, long, hard think about this and Thomas Jane would be perfect to face up against Predators. As for Brody I have to say I think this is a mistake and although I like Adrian Brody, his acting and body of work is great, I just don't think he's right for the lead guy facing up to predators! Adrian Brody would be better in the role of the FBI's most wanted. Protest starts here; To Fox - Thomas Jane for lead role in Predators please!
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Him Keith David (or David Keith), Dafoe (mommy needs a new house!), Danny Trejo is fine, Brody would be ok as one of the supporting guys to that bunch. But not the main fucking guy. And Vincent D'Onofrio as a sort of homage to Colonel Walter E. Kurtz with him being some crazy nut living in the woods (Vinnie D'o is too fat to be a solider these days).
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WTF?????? Come on!
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I don't really care for this Adrien Brody dude. I've never liked him any any move I've seen him in. I certianly don't buy him as the leader of a mercenary group.
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I'VE MISSED YOU. LIKE MY PINKY MISSES MY ANUS.
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WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SHARE A TENDER MOMENT FROM THEIR LIVES SO THAT I MAY CONTINUE TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY?
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I REMEMBER YOU. YOU WERE THE FIRST TO WISH TITBAG A FOND FAREWELL WHEN HE MET HIS UNFORTUNATE AND EARLY DEMISE. <P> HE THANKS YOU FOR THAT KINDNESS AND ASKS THAT YOU NOT BE SUCH A FAG.
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And I'm glad you remember that I was the first to notice the newfound abscence of your lameness.<P>BTW - How many TAINTLICKS does it take to get to the center of TITBAG?
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YOU REALLY THINK BRODY IS GOING TO TURN IN SOME PERFORMANCE FOR THE AGES IN A FUCKING ROBERT RODRIGUEZ MOVIE??<p> AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!<p> BRODY IS A PRETTY FUCKING DECENT ACTOR, BUT BADASS HE IS NOT!! SURELY YOU MUST REALISE THIS BY NOW! SEARCH YOUR FEELING, PADAWAN... WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKIN' UNDERSTAND?? BRODY IS NOT THE MAN FOR THIS!!!<p> OH, AND JACKIE EARLE HALEY ROCKED BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALY FUCKING SCARY! NOW GIMME AN EXAMPLE OF A MOVIE THAT SUGGESTS ADRIEN BRODY CAN BE FUCKING SCARY! OR BADASS! OR ANYTHING BUT AN OVER-INTELLECTUALISING PUSSY!!<p> RODRIGUEZ, YOU'RE FUCKING THIS UP! DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!!!
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THE CENTER OF TITBAG IS A WARM AND FUZZY PLACE THAT SMELLS A BIT LIKE ROASTED MOTHBALLS AND WEEK OLD JISM. <P> TRUE STORY, THAT.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 4:01 p.m. CST
And PREDATOR 2 was a fucking rip-off of Dark Horse Comics' PREDA
by spud mcspud
The first Dark Horse Comics story on the then-new PREDATOR series was one where Dutch's brother Schaefer, and his partner Rasche, are investigating ritual killings that look like titbag-for-tat slayings between rival drug gangs - Hispanics, Haitians, Yardies and the like. The ENTIRE urban jungle thing, the remarks about it being one of the hottest years ever recorded, the entire shoot-out and subsequent find of the skinned gangbangers - EVERYTHING in PREDATOR 2 was ripped off of the first Dark Horse Comics PREDATOR story. FUCKING EVERYTHING.<P> Don't believe me?? Go to eBay. Buy the fucking thing, when you find one. Read it the fuck up. Then go eat a bag of dicks, because I am more right than TAINTBAG can ever be!<P> AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
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..EXACTLY BANNED HIM. HE'S NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP EVER SINCE AND IS INCONSOLABLE IN HIS GRIEF. <P> I JERK HIM OFF TIL HE FEELS BETTER BUT I'M AFRAID HE'S PAST ALL HOPE.
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The cartilage would make a nice sheath for a knife or something. <p>Seriously, though, this is an out-of-left field choice, which doesn't mean it's going to be good, but at least it might be interesting. Better than choosing The Rock or something obvious like that. You want a bit of variety for sequels - in Pred 1 we had the muscleman, in Pred 2 the aging cop, now we have the athletic geek. Personally I am looking forward to Predator 4 - Jonah Hill Vs The Predator. See how fast a fat guy can run!
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YOU'RE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A BITCHY LITTLE GIRL. YOU NEED TO MAN UP AND FAST YOU MONG.
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The ending to that first story was fucking better than the endings to PREDATOR and PREDATOR 2 combined. Genius stuff, and would have been awesome on screen.<P> Fox could do much, MUCH worse than casting someone as Dutch's brother, then cast everyone else and film that fucking first comic series as is. Do NOT pass go. Do NOT "make it your own". Do NOT cast Zac fucking Efron. DO MAKE IT FRAME FOR FRAME EXACTLY LIKE THAT FUCKING FANTASTIC STORY!!<P> **sigh** I know, no-one's listening, but I'm fucking right, as always...
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DON'T THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT YOU FAILED TO ANSWER MY QUESTION, AND QUALIFY WHAT WOULD MAKE BORDY A BADASS ACTION HERO!!<p> YOU HAVE NO ANSWER!<p> NOW GO TELL THAT TWAT TITBAG EXACTLY HOW PWNED HE ACTUALLY IS! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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...is all that could stand between Earth and a Predator takeover.<P> Jean Reno is the only badass with a big nose I can think of. Any takers?<P> LEON VS PREDATOR!
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I've been looking around for pics of Brody looking bad-ass but so far i've come up with nothing. He just looks like a candy ass. I can maybe see him as some kind of guerilla jungle fighter with long dirty curled hair and scruffy beard. Some guy who has fought in the jungle all his life. Or maybe with shaved hair portraying some kind of western special forces guy with cool toys and brains instead of brawn. Lets face it, even arnold couldnt take on the predator in hand to hand combat so muscle isnt going to win tha fight.
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Yes, it was great - but way too fucking expensive. The ending had dozens of Pred ships landing in New York and blowing the shit out of things.<p>I reckon Dolph Lundgren would have been a good choice as Dutch's bro back in the day (circa 89/90), at least based on the comic's illustrations. Dennis Franz as the partner.
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AND THAT'S ALL THE PROOF I NEED THAT HE WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME ACTION HERO.
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Brody was OK in the Bothers Boom, also Giallo. So, let us seeeeeee...
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Dang. Does he even speak English? <p> Oh, yeah: Brody sucks.
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In The Green Hornet?
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/CLOSED.
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Would be a piece of piss these days, though. This is the kind of CGI that Zoic could do in their sleep. Though on the evidence of DISTRICT 9 (and the budget), I'd plump for WETA.<P> Fuck Lucasfilm. For those prequels, you fat-necked bastard.
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I DRINK IT UP!<p> DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIINNAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!
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Back in the day, definitely. And Dennis Franz is kind of inspired. The DIE HARD 2 Franz, definitely.<P> "What weighs you down most, Carmine - the lead in your ass or the shit in your brains? Fat fuck..."
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I can't speak to Adrien Brody as a performer one way or the other, only to say that he was okay, but nothing special in the overblown beast that was King Kong. Folks aren't going to be coming to see an Oscar-caliber performance they are coming to see some Predators whup ass, and get their asses whupped. Now if it's taking place on Planet Predator, I guess there's only three ways it can end. 1. No one goes home because they died 2. they give the Preds such an entertaining fight that they keep 'em on planet for a rematch, or 3. the hero gives 'em such a memorable match that they are honor bound to send him/her back home. Oh well, nothing can suck more than the AvP movies.
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I think Brody is a decent actor, but I'm not really excited about him in this movie. But I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, especially if he plays the serial killer. And by the way, while I agree that the first Predator was better, Predator 2 was pretty good, and Danny Glover was definitely physically imposing enough for the role.
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Why would I be concerned about the element of beefcake regarding the Predators movie? No, really, I'm asking myself.
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I wouldn't call Predator 2 a "rip off". After all, Dark Horse licensed the entire property from Fox. The chance that Fox has the right to appropriate ideas from the comics is pretty strong. In fact, I think the smartest thing they could do is look more carefully at those comics and graphic novels--just as Superman or Batman or anything else should look at what has already been done with those characters. Why in the world not?
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Has insured that it will be the most ripped apart and bashed film, in all of internet history. Not to mention, all of the jokes that will follow. That only way it could get more bashed, is if Rob Schneider also gets cast in the film, as well.
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because Haley can ACT.
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CRUCIFY HIM.
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I have no problems with Topher Grace playing a Predator. <p> I DO have a problem with Predators taking Topher Grace to a Predator planet in order to hunt, thinking he'll be good prey.
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Fucking hilarious post!
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At least he's not a fake wrestler. I've had it with those 'roid raging assholes trying to get into the movies. Fuck you Steve Austin, right up your sludgy tailpipe.
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That's the first and last time you'll ever hear those words. I'm glad to be the one to deliver them.
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Particularly apt considering the topic.
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Plus Again, just heed Noted_Sage Yack_Backer, and you'll be able to afford allll the Cheerios ya need.
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Gimme a break. Good actor? Yes. Really good in the Pianist? Yes indeedie. But he was in a roll that you'd have wanted for John C. O'reilly or CGI Robert Mitchum, NOT the guy w/ the big Nose and oddly Ichabod Crane-ish build. Nononononononononono. <p> I prob. won't see this, either.
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I suck.
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Oct. 7, 2009, 7:10 p.m. CST
our dads' action heroes and our action heroes were both good
by TakingScorpiosCalls
sure one of them were not muscular and the other ones were. so what if our heroes didn't go to war, at least they looked strong. nowadays the movie heroes a)dont go to war and b)are puny looking. So really it's a loss-loss. And what's this realism talk? who gives a shit how a real merc would look, this is cinema not documentaries. Trying to make things realistic stinks (just look at the Nolan Batmans)
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I, TAINTLICK, HAVE JUST COME INTO A NICE SUPPLY OF H1N1 VACCINE. <P> I WANT ALL YOU FAGGOTS TO LINE UP, BEND OVER, AND TAKE YOUR FUCKING MEDICINE. <P>
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But if you say bend over, TAINTLICK, who's gonna argue? Not me.
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NOW THIS WON'T HURT A BIT. TRUST IN YOUR UNCLE TAINT.
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And knowing is half the battle!
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hahahaha
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Had I been eating any while reading that Jack Black/Jesse Ventura joke. Kudos.
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"I ain't got time to... ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!" (cue spazzed out air-guitar routine and a few bars of "Sha-na-na-naaa-nananana-naaa!") My god does Jack Black need a throat punch...
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Thank you thank you.
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Hugh Grant does that fake intellectual stutter too, like he's just fallen into the most BRILLIANT thought of all-time and he is overwhelmed by its importance as he's about to say it aloud. I nominate Michael Caine to deal out these throat punches.
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PVPVP!!! Yeah sorry but I did not see anyone else post it and thought it incumbent onto myself to post that title. Reminds me of when Mad TV had that one skit called Alien Vs Predator Vs Princess Diaries.
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Bleh.
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Jeremy Renner, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Ian McShane, Keith David, Carina Lau and/or Naomie Harris
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Oct. 8, 2009, 12:59 a.m. CST
Little did Dutch know that all the Predators were hunting were
by YackBacker
Tangerines the size of rubies.
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ah-men
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I'd just add Anthony Mackie and David Morse.
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Predator is such a great movie I hope they get this right.Arnold,Jesse Ventura,Sonny Landham etc in the original and they give us The Pianist and that 70's guy.Brody's a good actor but in a Predator movie?Trejo's cool and Walton Goggins was great in The Shield so glad they are on board.
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Adrian Brody? Meh, I am keeping an open mind about the whole casting and production of this "Rebooting" of the Predators Franchise...I am so apathetic about the way the whole Predator/Aliens Vs Predators series has gone so far! I feel that both Aliens and Predators (I loved Alien, Aliens and the first Predator) have been raped beyond all ruination...so this new Movie can't be any worst then previous installments. Who knows? Maybe Rodriguez will indeed give the title a much needed kick start/kick in the ass that will make Predator fans happy. Hey! Look at it this way!! At least Uwe Boll or Paul W Anderson aren't directing!! Ha!!
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i cant wait!
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but STARGATE UNIVERSE is completely different from BSG, which is why its alot better.
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can't help a twinge of bitterness at the lack of Shepard/McKayness. Just got SGU free off iTunes though so I'll give a look tonight.
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not need to be. period.
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from start to finish it was indeed incredible. first off it has one of the best intros i ever seen on TV. secondly the characters are a great aspect of the show, they act very naturally and awkwardly which makes it all real, then the dynamics and tension has this potential to make this series mainstream. if you were put off by how cheesy it was, then get over it, great sci fi was always cheesy. BSG wasnt really sci fi and if you say otherwise then you are blind.
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to be the new Arnie. fuck him anyway. bloody nice guy but fuck him.
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Oct. 8, 2009, 6:01 a.m. CST
FamousEccles-- i almost found a Shepard/McKayness in SGU
by DioxholsterReturns
Eli and Michael Scott, the scenes when they are together seems child-like and humorous. Michael is Shepard and Eli is like Mckay.
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HERC was dead wrong!, hes just a BSG fanboy who doesnt know any better, and we all know that BSG was super boring, in fact one of the Stargate writer's mentioned that BSG "cured his insomnia" he was right, that shit was complete agony. and we all know how disastrous the last episode was, oh look, God did it!---- they were having some Stargate envy since Stargate does feature God-like heroes and villains. and its laughable how the last scene was New York and times square with toy robots on giant screen--that was funny as well as retarded. just shows you that the main villains in BSG were crap from the getgo. and lets not forget that the BSG universe is a really small one, while Stargate's is huge making room for way more adventures and surprises--basically no limits.
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when arnie tries to lure the predator to his trap: <p>-I am over here...come on...do it...stab it in my ass
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whoever watched it and enjoyed it must be cryer.
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it makes me sleep better. some doctors prescribe it to their patients.
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CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR CULTURE HAS SLOWLY BEEN DUMBED DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE UTTERLY NONSENSICAL QUASI-RELIGIOUS BASTARDIZED OLD TESTAMENT DRIVEL IS TAKEN AS 'REALLY DEEP'. <P> KILL ME NOW.
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Oct. 8, 2009, 6:42 a.m. CST
STARGATE UNIVERSE right now is the only show worth watching
by DioxholsterReturns
dollhouse is boring, 24 is on a break, LOST is getting stupid, infact SGU is a better version of LOST. whatever else there its definitely too boring and tired to get me exicted.
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during that today show interview, he seemed interest.
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LOST HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER YOU FUCKING TWIT.
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watch it man, its too cool to miss.
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AT LEAST ITS WATCHABLE YOU FUCKING CUNT
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I FUCKING HATE EGYPTIAN ANYTHING. IT JUST MAKES ME ANGRY. THE WHOLE EGYPT TIE IN WITH STARGATE WAS PURE UNINTERESTING SHITE. <p> STARGATE SG1 AND ATLANTIS ARE NEARLY AS BAD AS THE WORST OF ALL SCIFI BLUNDERS: THE RETARDED AND DIPPED IN SHIT BABYLON 5. <P> HAVING SAID THAT, SGU WAS FUCKING RIVETING. I HAVEN'T FELT SO GOOD SINCE I HAD MY PRETTY LITTLE ASSHOLE TONGUE CLEANED LAST MONTH BY A HANDSOME STRANGER.
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EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE WITH YOU ON SG-1/ATLANTIS BEING BLUNDERS. I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT SGU BEING GOOD. AND PLEASE DONT TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFESTYLE.
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...jeeze dude, it IS that bad. Did you just like that particular photo or do you have a penchant for big noses? Personally, I wanted KONG'S to be the biggest one I saw in the movie...<P>There's actually a HEAP of other actors I'd have rather seen in this movie, instead of THIS very average 'thespian'.
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Did anyone make that joke yet? If not, I'm sorry, this TB is long and reading through it is not efficient at this point.
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in the woods he was familiar with and she wasn't. So he's going to take on Predators? Predator vs. Those We Don't Speak of.
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But he is.
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Fantastic! Who's got the popcorn?
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I'M WITH YOU, SIR
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to stand up for Glover & Predator 2. someday it will get the respect it deserves. may god rape the rest of you
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The era of big men kicking ass is over. I guess at 37 I have reached the age where it is officially "not like it used to be". The Rock comes to mind, or like an eariler post one of the guys from "The Hurt Locker". I am a Rodriguez fan of his R rated stuff, but this is a horrible idea. Glad a I have balls out DVD edition of the original Predator, because whenever I hear of a remake of a movie I was around for the original, my first instinct is to watch the original. This is a bad idea and I am disapointed that even in movies manly men are forbidden from kicking ass. At least Inglorious Basterds keep it real
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Give Bill a break, in the 80s he got his ass kicked by three of the coolest sci-fi villains.
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It was by FAR the most retarded script ever written, delivered by normally reliable actors who suddenly decided this was the movie for them to poop on, giving us scenes where the acting veers from dumb to incredulous to fucking stupid, in a movie where Maria Conchita Fucking Alonso is one of the better actors (Jeeeeesu what a fucking thought) and Gary Busey is actually one of the more restrained actors. The entire plot was ripped off of the Dark Horse Comics story from two years before (and which is VASTLY FUCKING SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY) and ends up a fucking mess which, though it may be studded with moments of sublime genius, is actually a steaming fucking load dropped on the heads of every true Predator fan on this planet. YOU SHOULD BE FUCKING ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!
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You must not see many movies. Predator 2 was not a brilliant piece of filmmaking by any means, but "the most retarded script ever written"? Not by a longshot! Have you seen the AVP movies? How about anything by Uwe Boll? What's wrong with you???
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I can still hear the moans that naked chick made whilst humping that dude on the bed. top quality rack. As for the new one - Face it people The Predator's time has passed. He was the star of a bygone age. I wish Hollywood would let him rest in peace instead of wheeling him back out in the vain hope of one more big payday.
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PER FUCKING LEASE we see about 5 minutes of bad ass (and it sure wasnt that lame ass retarded Jewbear shit which was about as threatening as goldilocks)...the rest is pure wank.
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The question is whether this film will be any better than AVP. Walton Goggins and Danny Trejo are in its favor, but Brody as the lead in an action film . . . steeeeeriiiike!
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