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Nimrod Antal Talks About PREDATORS!! CGI or Practical Predators?? Arnold?? And More...

Published at:  Nov 30, 2009 1:21:12 PM CST


Merrick here...



ComingSoon talked to Nimrod Antal, who's directing the new PREDATOR movie under Robert Rodriguez's producership (is that even a word?) . The interview (which you can find HERE) touches on several points of interest to fans of the original PREDATOR film, and Geeks in general.

As for the ever-troubling issue of whether practical effects or CGI will make the Predators real this time around, Antal says:
While Rodriguez has embraced doing things using CG animation, Antal has preferred the aesthetics of doing things practical and in-camera over the years, so we wondered whether they were able to find a happy balance there. "I think we both recognize that the original film was as good as it was because of the practical, because it was a guy in a suit, because it was the jungle, so we stay true to that. We were in Hawaii for a month in the jungle, so there's going to be some pretty impressive locations."



When asked whether or not an appearance by Arnold might somehow be shoehorned into the film's plotline:
Wisely, Antal remained coy, only saying, "Time will tell. We'll see, but we are trying to stay with the original as far as the monster and the atmosphere and the tone of the film, but we are trying to do something new and contemporary and feels fresh."



It should be noted that a variant of the PREDATORS script does leave room for a short Schwarzenegger cameo. By "variant" I mean that a sequence is scripted which would allow for Arnold's "Dutch" character to appear very briefly, although this isn't required to make the whole piece work. I'm not sure said sequence is actually incorporated into the body of the full script - it's an addendum, I believe.

Gyula Pados, who did such a wicked/fine job as Director of Photography on KONTROLL, is DP on PREDATORS as well. If you've never seen KONTROLL, it's rather cool and interesting. You can rent a DVD of the film, or stream it, via Netflix HERE. Or, the it can be purchased HERE .


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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:19:33 PM CST

    Meh

    by kontarsky

  • Nov 30, 2009 1:20:54 PM CST

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    Does Adrien Brody's nose count as a practical effect?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:21:51 PM CST

    Couldn't give a fuck about this film.

    by scriptgirl_nipples

  • Nov 30, 2009 1:22:49 PM CST

    Script does not exist in this dojo

    by cobra--kai

    Not read the script but i've heard bad, bad rumblings. Anyone here read it yet?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:23:50 PM CST

    Just make Predator 3!

    by connor187

    Set in in Afghanistan with US and UK troops and be done with it! Thats all I ask, it aint much.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:24:21 PM CST

    RedHorseVector

    by kontarsky

    Thanks for the link. I really liked the first AvP game, so definitely will be checking this one out as well.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:27:43 PM CST

    Script here

    by kontarsky

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/pha7i6

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:28:36 PM CST

    Um, this is Predator 3

    by solanine

    Yeah. Anyway, i'm cautiously optimistic. Still don't buy Brody and Eric Foreman as marines, bur I'll wait until a trailer.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:31:16 PM CST

    Yes please!

    by slone13

    Anything to wash the AVP taste out of my mouth.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:33:50 PM CST

    ...I would like to thank the Academy....

    by black_super_predator

    What could be better than this? Movies based on board games? Risk? Battleship? What's next, Gnip Gnop The Movie? Returning to the "roots" of the original film is brilliant as the jungle itself was a character in the first film. Throw in a shot of Arnie and you have possibly the finest sequel ever made. So look out World of Warcraft. Be careful, Spidey 4! The Predators are on the prowl again!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:35:03 PM CST

    Don't kill off Dutch!

    by zombieheathledger

    I'd hate it if they brought back Arnie just to kill him off. His surviving the original is one of the great man vs. monster survival movies of all time. Kinda ruins it when they kill off the protagonist in a sequel like they did in Hostel 2.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:36:49 PM CST

    KONTROLL is a great movie

    by palimpsest

    Said it before, and I'll say it again. If you've not seen it, get hold of a copy. It proves that Antal's got the chops to produce a thrilling piece of work out of absolutely nothing. Here's hoping he doesn't get steamrollered by Hollywood shenanigans / tinkering Mexican philanderers / large Austrian budget-bunglers etc

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:39:03 PM CST

    Antel talks about himself in the third person?? wtf

    by starchildad

  • Nov 30, 2009 1:39:11 PM CST

    Predator 2 wasn't that bad.

    by soupback

    It wasn't good, but there were some good moments, like Paxton's joke about giving his underwear to his doctor.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Nov 30, 2009 1:42:37 PM CST

    OK, p*ssy face, it's yo move...

    by avaturd

    That line alone made the P2 worth it.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:43:06 PM CST

    Nah Solanine it Predators! not Predator 3!

    by connor187

    I am just nit picking by the way. Its just, it feels like another spin off to me, I want a simple Predator sequel with one Predator again set on earth. Not Multiple Predators which are different colors/sexes etc, with a "Multicultural" team of unbelievable bad asses tacked on the side for stupid measure!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:46:05 PM CST

    I wanna see the Predator Home Planet

    by rexgattling

    and They should battle female Predators with Tits that shoot laserz

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:46:33 PM CST

    That Robert Rodriguez script really fucking blows

    by zombieheathledger

    You can tell by his writing that he thinks it's REALLY. FUCKING. COOL. but the only coolness that counts is on the screen and what is said, not how many times you type "fucking" in your script for emphasis. I can't believe he actually uses the trite "concrete jungle" adjective earnestly. How pedestrian. If not for Sin City I would completely hate this guy.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:49:38 PM CST

    And set the fucker in Afghanistan!

    by connor187

    Have the Predator killing both coalition and Taliban fighters. Have a cameo with Dutch giving advice etc. Have Apache helicopters chasing the fucker through canyons. Have it be a fucking brilliant old fashioned action film all the way and bring back John Mctieran to direct.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:51:51 PM CST

    The best film you'll ever see with a name like Nimrod--

    by the reluctant austinite

    I remember the first movie I saw with Antal's name on it, and my MST3K inner voice instantly alerted me to trouble ahead. Oh God, this was directed by a Nimrod and they're not even trying to hide it! Anyway, I liked the film a lot, and I've been a fan ever since. "Let a Nimrod direct it!" has been my rallying cry ever since.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:53:54 PM CST

    watch Kontroll if u haven't

    by gungan slayer

    Really awesome movie. I highly recommend it.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:56:38 PM CST

    Should just wait til Avatar is old-

    by tomonicker

    then just re-use their Jungle planet with a few tweaks as the new Predator Playground... Hell, they could even be hunting the Navi, whatever the hell they're called. They will suceed where the humans failed. ;-)

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  • Nov 30, 2009 1:57:18 PM CST

    SCHWARZENEGGER? Predators & Commando II from Fox

    by abking

    I hope Arnie says yes. Rodriguez needs to film the scene in California so Arnie will say yes. It's awesome that the cameo would set up DUTCH for PREDATOR 4. If Arnie says no to the cameo, fans want COMMANDO II which could happen with Arnie and Joel Silver. Silver wants a reboot and Arnie fans want Arnie back in a Rambo 4-esque JOHN MATRIX update. Check this out...http://arnoldfans.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=futureprojects&action=display&thread=203......and.....http://www.thearnoldfans.com/news/1574.htm

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:01:43 PM CST

    Arnold for Predator 4?

    by spectrebeeyatch

    Haha I could see Predators ending with the last human survivors finding some sort of Predator holding cell and they open it and Arnold is inside he looks up and goes: "Get to the chopper"... credits. Doesn't make any sense but people would love it. I also dug someone's suggestion of having a predator show up in Afghanistan. This seems very obvious I'm amazed they haven't gone that direction.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:05:25 PM CST

    Another remake of another garbage movie.

    by subtitles_off

    Fuck you all.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:05:56 PM CST

    CGI all the way! No need for actors!

    by requisitemonkey

    Rogriguez is a genius, and great screenwriting runs in his family. His kid is the next Charlie Kaufman! (Sarcasm)

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:06:58 PM CST

    if you think the script sucks, there is no hope for you

    by chronicallydepressedlemming

    Quite frankly. I thought the script was brilliant. It read like a proper 80's predator movie, and I loved every page of it aside from the possible Arnie ending.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:11:53 PM CST

    the script does suck, we've seen it all before

    by zombieheathledger

    it was called Predator 1, act 2. If you think this script is good, you probably like TF2.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:17:08 PM CST

    the phrase "staying true ti the original" makes me nervous

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Because that worked so well for the Alien movies.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:18:50 PM CST

    call it JOHN PREDETOR

    by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby

  • Nov 30, 2009 2:19:03 PM CST

    Script DID suck.

    by ginge_muppet

    And so will the movie because YET again the man behind the lens is a no-name jobber.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:22:23 PM CST

    What I've read of the script is terrible.

    by ganda1f

    Seriously, if it's the motley-crew-kidnapped-taken-to-predator-planet script, then I hope it undergoes some serious revisions and rewrites before filming. By that I mean, I hope they throw it out and start from scratch.It played like an introduction to a stunningly average video-game - right down to the perfectly ethnically diverse but stereotypical group of badasses. Then quickly turns into the first Predator film, except X-TREME!Someone above mentioned it should have been set in Afghanistan. They are right - it would be the perfect setting, and allow the film to organically introduce a convincing group of badasses (SFOD-D, SEAL, Recon, SAS, Para, whomever) in a high-pressure environment rather than shoe-horning in a group of idiots who get kidnapped by the Predators before the title roll.Plus, Afghanistan would offer a great visual contrast to the first two films.Oh well, no matter how much they cock up this film, at least I'll always have the first one to enjoy. It still holds up really well - even the second one, if you can ignore the shoulder pads and 'futuristic' cars, is still a fun ride.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:23:52 PM CST

    MEET BLACK SUPER PREDATOR.

    by zombieheathledger

    Fucking. Lame.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:26:42 PM CST

    To Catch A BLACK SUPER PREDATOR

    by zombieheathledger

    Hey, Black Super Predator, I'm Chris Jansen with ABC TV, why don't you have seat. (Super Black Predator takes a nervous drink from his sweet tea.) Chris Jansen: What's in the bag? I've gotta transcript here I'd like to read to you. Do you go by InterstellarStud69?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:26:43 PM CST

    A V A T A R - Fucking your eyeballs in 18 days!

    by motoko kusanagi

    Fuck yeah!James Cameron FTW!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:29:17 PM CST

    Woooo! AVATAR! YEAH!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Ia anyone really excited about Predator?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:30:20 PM CST

    I don't know jack about this guy

    by i am_notreal

    But I assume English is not his first language. Either that, or the writing in the original piece was very sloppy.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:31:08 PM CST

    Tell me this part of the script isn't a Riggs rip off from ALIEN

    by zombieheathledger

    STANS
    A ship? A ship?! What are you gonna
    do with that ship, man? Push the
    start button? Throw it in gear and
    drive home?
    Becoming unglued:
    STANS
    That thing fucked us seven ways to
    Sunday! You saw what it was doing
    back there? We’re gonna end up as
    rugs and ashtrays! We’re dead meat!
    We don’t have a fucking chance!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:35:45 PM CST

    Arnie Arnie I want my Arnie..

    by kstew

    Film reviews of Youth in Revolt, New Moon, and many many others here at Sick Picks!! http://sickpicks.blogspot.com/

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:41:00 PM CST

    I ve got this scene in my head....

    by connor187

    of an Apache helicopter hovering in a canyon in Afghanistan, they are surveying the area, looking for Taliban etc, A fully cloaked Predator leaps onto the front of the Apache, Terminator 2 style. This scares the shit out of the pilots inside, alarms are ringing as the Apache starts to rotate out of control, The cloaked Predator is smashing the fuck out of the glass. The pilots are screaming mayday mayday! The Predator thrusts his spear through the glass into one of the pilots chest. The helicopter rotates toward the ground, the Predator leaps off just before it hits. It exploads, the Predator lands and turns off his cloaking device, he thrusts his arm into the air with his spear in hand, letting out the famous predator cry as he dose. Now thats the shit I want to see, give me a call Nimrod.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:47:06 PM CST

    Like the 80's with ARNOLD...SLY is king of action

    by abking

    If Fox gave Arnie a 3 picture deal with TRUE LIES 2 with Cameron, COMMANDO II with Joel Silver and PREDATORS/PREDATOR 4, it will be like the 80's again. Right now, STALLONE is the king of action films.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:47:09 PM CST

    Why does Arnold have to make an appearance

    by sithmenace

    in every franchise he helped make famous? Shouldn't there be just as much talk about whether Danny Glover is going to be in this? Is everyone going to demand Arnold in Jingle All The Way 2?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:49:34 PM CST

    how about a mix of cg and costumes?

    by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken

    or how about not making this lame cash in at all?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Nov 30, 2009 2:50:30 PM CST

    BLUE PEOPLE IN YOUR FACE!!!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Yeah! Blue!!!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 2:51:30 PM CST

    Subtitles_Off

    by peter_dickinson

    Predator is a garbage movie? I don't care who you are back in the world, you crap on this movie one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here. Got that?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:05:04 PM CST

    see if this 'gem' from the RR script doesn't make U puke

    by zombieheathledger

    Black follows it, fading back to invisibility, certain as
    death and taxes.
    We understand the game being played. A duel of hunters.
    Technology against survival skills. Terminator vs. Rambo. Just awful, awful, laughably bad, cliche' ridden, shit. PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS MOVIE!!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:08:14 PM CST

    You people can watch Army of Darkness

    by lockesbrokenleg

    but not like this shit? There's a problem.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:09:22 PM CST

    CGI is for pussies

    by imp_fx_com

    Practical is always better because it's real and actors can react. Too much lame CGI these days. I'm sick of it!

    P.E.G. Practical Effects Group on Facebook.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:10:21 PM CST

    then there's this bullshit in the RR script

    by zombieheathledger

    "As any hunter knows, it’s impossible to track over water." This is after (spoiler) the SUPER BLACK PREDATOR tracks them like a dog would by pheremone scent. Mythbusters had an entire episode that proved that escaping the scent trail by going into a water source is bullshit. The dog had not problem picking up the scent. The only way to get the dog to lose the scent was to go in paved, populated areas. Jesus, this script sucks.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:11:13 PM CST

    Hawaii as jungle locale

    by skimn

    Hasn't Lost filmed the shit out of Hawaii over the years?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:15:59 PM CST

    Predator on Mars

    by ny000682

    Set it in the early next century on a Mars terraforming colony that has a bioshphere jungle. You know it would be awesome

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:16:04 PM CST

    If it sucks...

    by asimovdiedofaids

    ...the shitstorm on this site with all the expected "Nimrod" references is going to be fuckin' hilarious!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:16:35 PM CST

    Arnold in Jingle All The Way 2

    by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave

    This time it can be set at easter and Arnold has to battle it out with Sinbad dressed in a giant rabbit costume for some chocolate eggs. Ding! Money in the bank, Hollywood!I read the real Commando 2 script - pretty bad, but it did have some good moments. The bad guy's death in Last Boy Scout was stolen from that script. Some of the rest was funneled into Die Hard. I do remember it had a hilarious scene of Arnold disguised in a wedding dress, smoking a stogie, and when one of the enemy grunts lifts the bridal veil, arnold says "pucker up", before blowing the goon away with a shotgun.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:25:03 PM CST

    Arnold in a wedding dress

    by burnhollywood

    I bet half the fanboys on this site would fuck him...
    "OHMIGOD! IS ARNOLD GONNA BE IN IT?! PLEASE, OH PLEASE...!"

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:29:27 PM CST

    PREDATORS: PARKED IN THE RED ZONE

    by mattforce7

    arnold, you no tax paying mother fucker

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:31:13 PM CST

    ZombieHeathLedger, you clutz

    by chronicallydepressedlemming

    most of the stuff you cited in the script as 'sucking' was visual cues for a director to give the 'feel' of the film. It's not fucking narrated you idiot. Try to to get some perspective.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:37:56 PM CST

    further to my point

    by chronicallydepressedlemming

    That part you posted about the water/tracking thing. We'd see on screen, a POV of a Predator tracking a visible trail, only to have it stop at the water's edge, then we see the visor change a few times to one where we see a floaty gas trail clean across the water and the jungle beyond. What, exactly, is wrong with that?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:38:51 PM CST

    lemming, you diseased fuckwad

    by zombieheathledger

    no shit asshole. But it goes hand in hand with how tired and cliche'd the plot, dialogue and action sequences are. Absolutely nothing new to see here. Just ass. Like you.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:39:02 PM CST

    Someone MUST say GET TO DA CHOPPER!!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Nov 30, 2009 3:39:59 PM CST

    actually the Arnold ending is the better or the two

    by zombieheathledger

    The original ending is so half-assed twilight zone, unsatisfying horseshit.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:41:42 PM CST

    But tracking on water doesn't stop you fucking idiot!

    by zombieheathledger

    That's the whole point. According to the script (spoiler) the pheremone scent would end at the water, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN! God, you need to just STFU before you show just how far down your stupidity goes.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:44:35 PM CST

    The script is extremely promising.

    by dr. samuel loomis

    But a script can only go so far with a movie. Rodriguez did finish the script many many years ago and has tampered with it recently again with others. I mean it's everything a diehard Predator fan could hope for, and Vacancy was intense. So I have hope for it, it could be worse, it could have been directed by Marcus Nispel.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:51:04 PM CST

    connor187, I think you've seen Wolverine too many times

    by revenge_of_fett

    Cuz that was pretty fuckin' gay.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:51:40 PM CST

    This director...

    by skyway moaters

    ... has an armored car heist movie called "Armored" (clever title) starring Matt Dillon opening any day now. I'm surprised no one's mentioned it. I don't know anything about it myself. Off to have a snoop 'round...

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:56:09 PM CST

    Holy shit...

    by skyway moaters

    Jean Reno is in this thing!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 3:59:14 PM CST

    At least we know the makeup will kick ass...

    by dr. samuel loomis

    look at this guys fricken track record.

    http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0304948/

    Insane.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:00:14 PM CST

    Afghanistan

    by redkamel

    How about some tanks conducting training excercises following each others thermal trails? They seeing a predator loping/creeping towards the other tank. They radio, and the predator stops and looks at the first tank, then disappears on the scope. you see the second tank get start driving fast, then all of sudden stop. The first tank goes to investigate and the tanks is cut open, and inside is discharged magazines and cut up bodies.
    Man, Afghanistan and Arnold in the holding cell is a great idea. Except his holding cell should be very nice, and have several Predator heads in it. One of the rescuers looks at the others and says "we need to get to da choppa!" Da Choppa being what their escape ship is called.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:18:16 PM CST

    RE: "Armored" Sounds like it could be a decent...

    by skyway moaters

    ... "actioner". From1 Spoiler heavy review at RT: SPOILERS: Practical, effects, action packed, plot light, inside job armored car heist goes ("hilariously"?) bad, ends in bloodbath. Matt Dillon, Lawrence Fishburne (sp?), Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich. Sound a bit like "Resevoir Dogs" to you chaps?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:20:17 PM CST

    "Armored": Same DP as "Pulp Fiction".

    by skyway moaters

  • Nov 30, 2009 4:23:02 PM CST

    The only way an Arnold cameo would work...

    by dickballsworth

    ...is if they they have the new cast (or main character, or whatever) view a videotaped debriefing of Dutch after the events of the first movie. What happened, what Dutch perceives are the strengths and weaknesses of the creature, etc. "Vat do I know about it? Dat ting killed my whole fucking unit, DAT'S vat I know." They can film it now on low-rez VHS and doctor it up to make Arnold look 20 years younger (a'la Professor X in the Wolverine movie) and no one's the wiser, PLUS it gets geek points for staying canon and giving a callback to the first and best Predator film.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:30:47 PM CST

    Ledger you and Lemming

    by anusuldarkley

    need to get together and fuck. There is to much sexual energy between you two.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:36:48 PM CST

    Motoko Kusanagi, are you infact Japanese?

    by fa_tass_dinomolester

    If so, I'm afraid you may have to commit seppuku after losing face so badly when Avatar becomes the laughing stock of the end of the decade! And unfortunately, the script for this sucked badly. Super-Predator my big fat dino-molesting ass! They MAY be able to dredge a passable action flick out of this, but I doubt it. I guess we'll always have the heinously underrated Predator 2...

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:37:48 PM CST

    Wild Wild Predators

    by alkohal

    I had always hoped the 3rd Predator movie would take place as a prequel in the wild west as seemed telegraphed at the end of predator 2. Come on you know that woulda been a hell of a western.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:41:35 PM CST

    Motoko Kusanagi tells it like it is...

    by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave

    He has proved to be a wise prophet and a hero. Avatar will indeed be ravishing deserving eyeballs very shortly.Rather satisfyingly, it will also be fucking idiot trolls and haters in the ass as well. Tough luck, dickheads!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:41:50 PM CST

    "Time will tell" pretty much answers it.

    by ricarleite2

    It's a fucking Jar Jar killing in a PG-13 fashion.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 4:51:34 PM CST

    Just read the script....*SPOILER*

    by mjdeviant

    I actually like it. Should be a good "forget about the AvPs" movie, even if some parts SCREAM homage to the original. I only have beef with the ending involving Edwin. *SPOILER* I think he should have killed Isabelle and then Royce should have killed him. Also, if Arnold shows up, it should not be at the end like that. Or as "Noland". Maybe let Royce get on the ship to go home with all the predators and one of the predators has Dutch's dog tags on him. And maybe in the background they could have the best warrior of all time's gear, CONAN'S!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:10:36 PM CST

    KONTROLL was a solid piece of film work

    by yackbacker

    This guy's got legit talent. I am not excited about this movie per se, but I do like Antal getting recognition.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:11:19 PM CST

    MJDeViant *SPOILER*

    by zombieheathledger

    I didn't like Edwin killing Isabelle because, who would he have left to talk to after that? He would at least keep her alive to torture. Plus, what the was inferred in the original ending? That she was an alien? And then they cut away? That would be the money shot! The second ending with Arnold works much better IMHO.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:17:04 PM CST

    Hawaii: lush foliage, big trees, no snakes, no bears

    by creasybear

    and the studio gets to bribe the actors with posh hotels within driving distance of the outdoor shooting. Marriage made in heaven. (Although in the Rundown, that winds up giving you South Americans who look suspiciously like Hawaiians.)

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:31:15 PM CST

    Less CG more practical

    by macready452

    Less CG more practical"Why did you say it twice?""I didn't."

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:38:05 PM CST

    if there is no cg in this film

    by harrylove

    except for the lasers and some outer space shots then i am in!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:38:16 PM CST

    I don't know if that was bullshit or not

    by darth busey

    but having this movie end with them opening a holding cell door to find a grizzled 60 year old Arnold would be fucking outstanding.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 5:39:08 PM CST

    this kinda gets my hopes up a little

    by bmacsmith

    if its true they recognize simplicity and practical effects were what made Predator great. and btw, Predator 2 is a great movie. unfairly maligned.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 6:19:55 PM CST

    Fuckin' Voodoo magic, man!

    by loafroaster

  • Nov 30, 2009 7:21:05 PM CST

    Another piece of crap from Holywood

    by ominus

    and mark my words,they will have female predators in the movie.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:25:47 PM CST

    Loved Predator 2

    by anusuldarkley

    Waiting for some great whoever vs. predator films. Friday the 13th:Jason vs. Predator. Nightmare on Predator Street: Freddy vs. Predator. Wall E vs Predator. The sequel ideas really can be endless.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:26:27 PM CST

    and since i mentioned it

    by ominus

    they should have the female predators to hunt human males to rape them and take their dicks as a trophy.but only males who dont carry a gun and they are virgins.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:29:17 PM CST

    Rogue Predator

    by anusuldarkley

    decides to hunt creatures that aren't dangerous. Cows vs. Predator. The "truth" behind cow mutilations. Smurfs vs. Predator. Handy Smurf as the only survivor of the village.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:33:21 PM CST

    yeah we have to get a CGI cameo of Arnie

    by ominus

    he faces a new predator,but instead of making traps to kill him,he will just keep grabbing him and throwing him from wall to wall.he even forces the predator to one or two defenestrations,just to spice up the action.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:38:14 PM CST

    lockesbrokenleg

    by the_shogun_gunslinger

    Only Retard_Rape matches you for both lack of taste and talking out your ass 100% of the time.

    And RR hasn't made a good movie since Desperado... try to watch Sin City again.. I dare you... fucking boring shit. I hate the way action writers try to make every character spew trite tough-guy shit. The Predator franchise is dead.. and you know what? I'm fine with that. The first movie alone was perfect in every single way.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:42:54 PM CST

    Predator in Pandora

    by ominus

    the predators hear of a strange, alien planet with a very hostile enviroment and very dangerous wildlife.the only intelligent creatures there,are some blue cat-like humanoids,called the Navi.they are tall,strong,flexible and can use Pandora's enviroment and wildlife to their advatange.these native savages seem to be formidable adversaries for the predators.
    the Predators are skeptical about this,since Pandora is a bit far away from their homeplanet,and most importantly the planet's strong magnetic fields doesnt allow their advanced weaponry to operate there.they will be on a disadvantage.
    but when they hear that their favorite prey,the humans, is also en route to Pandora to colonize it,they get ecstatic and without a second thought they pack their luggages and fly to Pandora.
    ITS HUNTING SEASON FOR THE HUMANS AND THE NAVI.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 7:47:47 PM CST

    FUCKIN 14-YR OLD FANBOY SCRIPT BULLSHIT

    by spud mcspud

    If this is the best Rob-Rod can come up with, then fuck him. He's well on the way to being as fucking irrelevant as his mate Tarantino after that one-two mehfest GRINDHOUSE and that boring-as-fuck INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.

    There's not a single interesting character - how fucking ripped off from PITCH BLACK is that ending with Royce? Should have just called Isabelle Caroline and had done with it! - and not a single decent cool line that you'd remember and bullshit about with your friends. They don't just recycle ONE line from the first movie, but fucking TWO!

    That's how creatively bankrupt shit has got these days. Robert Rodriguez - once a fucking safe pair of hands for anything genre - has become a boring-ass do-it-for-the-money hack fanboy fanfic writer, who commits the cardinal sin of scriptwriting - his script is BORING.

    Fucking hopeless. I wouldn't use this shit to wipe my ass on.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 8:32:54 PM CST

    Positively Laughable -

    by thusspakespymunk

    Even before this is even made - assuming it's not yet another dead project (as I predict ... it won't make it past talk, much like JUSTICE LEAGUE and TINTIN) - you know how this is going to go. They will talk a big talk about using practical over CGI, but one of two things will happen. Either they'll be overridden by the producers (WOLFMAN) or they'll go for shakey-cam shots of the PREDATORS in the trees where you never get a clear shot because they can't afford the sweetening of the InvisArmor or any of the other Predator weapons. They'll throw in some contrived explanation ("It doesn't work in this climate!") and you'll just never get a clear shot of the PREDATOR, even at the end, and they'll only tear off half the mask so you can get just a little "skin" action without looking too "fake." It'll be pure bullshit a mile long. And with so many human characters with different backstories, it's obvious the PRedator will BARELY be in thre movie. Fail.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 8:42:01 PM CST

    Ominus ... Except,

    by thusspakespymunk

    once they get to Pandora and hear a Na'Avi say "YEAH, BITCH!' they fall over laughing their weird laugh: #Kaaah Kaaaah Kaaaah Kaaah!# and the movie ends.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 8:51:05 PM CST

    I've been looking everywhere for the it!

    by johndillingers20inchseveredcock

  • Nov 30, 2009 9:01:01 PM CST

    No Plastic Arnold Please

    by twisk

    Just please don't pull a Terminator Salvation and dump a plastic CGI Arnold on us. kthnx

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:22:51 PM CST

    Sin CIty was a pile of shit!!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Black and white shit!!!

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:37:26 PM CST

    Fuckin' lockesbrokenleg

    by al swearengen

    Hoopleheaded cocksucker.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:40:37 PM CST

    Al Swearengen

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Are you Kevin Smith?

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:45:35 PM CST

    Fuckin' lockesbrokenleg

    by al swearengen

    No, I'm the owner, proprietor of the The Gem saloon and whorehouse. You...are a fuckin' cocksucker.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:46:13 PM CST

    "Why does Arnold have to make an appearance?"

    by mr. murdoch

    "in every franchise he helped make famous?" -- SithMenace asked?

    Because, clearly, these franchises arguably WERE made famous due in a large part to Arnold's presence and charisma, and are clearly not nearly as famous WITHOUT him... Check the general response to TERMINATOR: SALVATION vs. TERMINATOR 1/2, even 3, and AvP or even PREDATOR 2 vs. PREDATOR. Why was there a built-up demand for Arnold to return for KING CONAN? Why do people like Jay Leno keep asking Arnold "Are you coming back to movies after you're term as Governor is over?" Because, clearly, despite whatever "ACTING" skills this guy may "lack," there is something about the guy that appeals to a LOT of people -- and I'd argue that he could have just as popular and interesting a career resurgence as Stallone has had, if he chooses to return to filmmaking in a bigger way.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:50:33 PM CST

    Arnold = $$$$

    by mr. murdoch

    for the most part, a la what I said above. The industry knows this -- thus their constant ribbing and twisting of Arnold's arm through media "mouthpieces" like Leno, et al, requesting him to return to the Hollywood scene. I rather like, actually, how Schwarzie has been rather coy about the whole thing, whether he will or not...

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:53:05 PM CST

    Not even Arnold could save this mess.

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Nov 30, 2009 9:53:55 PM CST

    And Arnold is clearly "testing the waters"

    by mr. murdoch

    with the public, with stuff like letting filmmakers use his "presence" for things like McGoogle's TERMINATOR: SERVITUDE, and cameos in Stallone's upcoming EXPENDABLES. He's checking if the demand is still "out there."

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  • Nov 30, 2009 9:57:48 PM CST

    Perhaps not, Lockes

    by mr. murdoch

    All I'm saying is that I completely understand why industry people, producers and directors are constantly throwing out Arnold's name, or indeed "talking back" to franchise fans about ideas of re-establishing Arnold's numerous famous characters...

    Geez, let me know if I sound too much like ABKing here... ;-)

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  • Nov 30, 2009 10:08:07 PM CST

    I like ominus' idea of..

    by macready452

    female predators raping and ripping the dicks off AICN talkbackers.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 10:28:09 PM CST

    CRUSADE, CAMERON MOVIES, COMMANDO II

    by abking

    Arnie should make CRUSADE, MANY MORE JAMES CAMERON FILMS AND COMMANDO II.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 10:29:20 PM CST

    Arnold will have a cameo in it.

    by dr. samuel loomis

    The whole CG crap in T:S was because of something with Arnie in office, well since then something has happened on his term allowing him to be in film now, hence him in The Expendables. It's all up to him though, you know the studio will want him to do it, but it's up to him whether or not its that important.

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  • Nov 30, 2009 11:17:40 PM CST

    I know James Cameron is not God

    by sithmenace

    and there are alot of movies he should stay away from, but I always wondered what a Cameron directed Predator sequel would have been like. I imagine it would have been as badass as Aliens, but with smarter creatures.

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  • Dec 01, 2009 12:21:28 AM CST

    The Afghanistan idea is a decent one

    by turingtestee

    But they also indirectly manipulate world affairs to keep countries in a state of war . . . for reasons other than trophies. That should be Predator 2. Give it something more interesting to do than use different weapons. Thats what bugged the shit out of me with Predator 2, too much effort and story went into a new spear, disc, med-kit, visor settings (actually kind of cool), and that stupid fucking trophy wall, and not enough into making the predator more interesting, or defying any expectations of them.

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  • Dec 01, 2009 12:27:33 AM CST

    NO MORE PREDATORS!!

    by freebeer

    Come up with a new movie monster you jerks!! And NOT another Cloverfield asshole

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  • Dec 01, 2009 12:30:51 AM CST

    Shoulda Been An All Out Invasion Flick

    by freebeer

    Turns out Predators weren't just here for a hunting trip, but to see if we posed a future threat, and weither the risks of invading our world outweighed the potential risk of allowing us to evolve to become a danger to their species in the future.

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  • Dec 01, 2009 2:57:55 AM CST

    Arnie should just go into hiding...

    by hb_dad

    ... after how badly he's fucked California! I love many of his old movies but the guy has proven as Governor that he is a total D-Bag!! Fuck him!

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  • Dec 01, 2009 3:00:28 AM CST

    my fave film of all time

    by waka_flocka_flame

    please don't fuck it up

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  • Dec 01, 2009 8:01:08 AM CST

    cameos from original films

    by cloudrider`

    it's like a formula these days. if you make a remake/re-imagining/whatever, you must slip in the original lead characters for a scene or two(or even a major part). why is that? it's like a wink wink to the audience and i always find that to be irritating. takes me out of the movie everytime.

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  • Dec 01, 2009 8:38:10 AM CST

    MR. MURDOCH

    by scarywaitress

    Look, of COURSE the morons crunching the numbers for this steaming-pile-of-horseshit-to-be are throwing out Arnold's name for a cameo... and of COURSE it's understandable. But that's like excusing a serial killer because his mommy locked him in the closet one too many times. IT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE BEHAVIOR, man. I for one am so, so very sick of all these cameos by the "original" hero of a franchise which, by movie 3- and, in my opinion, in this case movie 2, because Predator 2 sucked it hard- that I can't even muster the desire to see a PREVIEW of this piece of crap, precisely BECAUSE they keep throwing Arnold's name around. Also, because of this quote: "but we are trying to stay with the original as far as the monster and the atmosphere and the tone of the film, but we are trying to do something new and contemporary and feels fresh." HOLY FUCKING SHIT ON A STICK, how many fucking times have we heard THIS EXACT LINE??????? Oh. My. God. This guy needs to go back to his day job at McDonalds and stop bothering us.

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  • Dec 01, 2009 9:40:50 AM CST

    GET TO THE CHOPPAH'S

    by glory_fades_immaxfischer

  • Dec 01, 2009 6:03:38 PM CST

    Hopeful

    by cobbio

    I've seen "Kontroll" and for a budget film, it's pretty cool and fucked up. I liked Antal's directorial skills.
    Therefore I'm pretty excited to see what'll happen with "Predators." Not sold, obviously, but hopeful.
    "AVP" and "AVPII" were two of the worst films in history, piles of shit I can't even begin to describe the smell of. But I liked "Kontroll," so I hope Antal delivers the goods.
    Good luck, man!

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  • Dec 02, 2009 2:52:57 AM CST

    Just bring back Alan Silvestri, for God's sake!

    by bv

    That's all I ask. Give me the damn Predator theme one more time.

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  • Dec 02, 2009 5:40:01 AM CST

    If they can't get Arnie, use Gary Busey again!

    by photoboy

    Like they did in Predator 2...

    I'd like to second BV's comment above about getting Alan Silvestri back. What's the betting they hire some hack who ignores the original themes and turns out something bland and lifeless like the idiots who scored T3 and T4 (I expected better from Elfman).

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