You mentioned how impressive it was that the actor playing Predator was able to move so well while wearing the suit. Keep in mind that Kevin Peter Hall was 7'2" (218 cm)! He also played the helicopter pilot. RIP KING
@@LPJack02 yeah I think being that tall with the genes has some bad consequences cause most tall people like that height don't live long unfortuantely.
Fun fact: the Predator was voiced by Peter Cullen (including that classic Predator clicking noise) aka the voice of Optimus Prime. The man had a penchant for voicing aliens in the 80's
When Billy cuts his chest with the knife, it’s meant to force the Predator to fight him in honorable combat. Billy believed they were “all going to die,” and he decided that rather than dying while running away, he would rather die fighting. As for the self-harm, if the Predator refused to fight an opponent who challenged him to single combat despite being at a disadvantage (the self-harm) then it would be seen as cowardice on the Predator’s part. It would have been dishonorable to ignore him or kill him at a distance with his plasma caster. Even though Billy thought they would all die, he still tried to buy Dutch and the others time to get away by forcing a fight with the Predator.
Yeah..maybe not familiar with old warrior code I guess? 100% what he was doing yeah. Billy expected a fair fight from it, and he got it for the most part. Plus either way he'd distract it for the others like you said
He doesn’t tank the laser with his body. When Dutch takes the laser, it hits his gun, causing it to break in half and he is only injured by the shrapnel from the gun coming apart.
When they all went nuts on the forest it's called defoliation. They use maximum engagement to eliminate an enemy's ability to find cover or run away. It is a real tactic.
The scene where they're just blasting into the forest like they're trying to kill the trees seems silly, but it's meant to show how these guys who are used to being apex predators don't know how to handle being prey.
A little info about the Predators to help you understand what their deal is. Predators are a species and society of galactic hunters who’s only true goal in their lives are to prove themselves as worthy and powerful hunters. Once they find worthy kills they collect the skulls of their kills as trophies and to show off to the other Predators on how badass they really are. And when they find a REALLY worthy opponent (like Arnold’s character), they will disarm themselves and remove their helmet as a weird sign of respect. It’s the Predator telling Arnold, “Hey, I see you as a worthy prey. I know I’m physically and technologically advanced than you, let me get down to your size for a more fair fight.” It’s a code of honor type thing. The reason for their self destruct is that when a Predator loses a battle with a worthy opponent, they become disgraced and the only honorable way to die is to blow themselves up. It also helps prevent the opponent from stealing their technology.
Predators are pussies with overinflated ego. Any fat asthmatic nerd could have had as much kills with close to invisibility disguise and high tech weaponry. When he found a "worthy opponent", he disarmed himself as a sign of respect? Yeah, disarmed himself when his equipment started malfunctioning and when the "worthy opponent" was already worn out by the aforementioned high tech weaponry and the physiological trauma after seeing the death of all his comrades. Also I'm pretty sure that he knew damn well that he is physically much stronger than a human even without his weapons. And in the end, instead of admitting his loss to a "worthy opponent" as a noble warrior, he decided to self destruct with the hope of taking his opponent down with him.
@@ARC--ms1se It's hunter honor - just like you don't kill baby animals and you don't kill pregnant animals. No sport, but more importantly it's immoral.
Honestly I hope you keep on with these movies, if only to get to 'Predators'. It's the third Predator movie, and honestly, I feel like it's criminally underrated. It seriously deserves more attention.
I fully agree. I loved "Predators" one of the best in my opinion. It showed everything they are about and gave us a group of badasses like this one. Prey is really good too
Unfortunately it seems like a lot of people don't realize it's Billy's laugh, so they come away thinking the Predator just has a silly laugh, rather than thinking the Predator just used Dutch's dead friend's laugh to mock and disturb.
You keep saying CGI. That effect was no CGI. Here's what I found: Even the famous Predator camouflage or ‘invisibility effect’ was achieved with camera techniques, not CGI. First Hall would do the scene in a suit that was bright red (as it was farthest from the green of the jungle and the blue of the sky). The scene was then replicated, but without the actors, using a 30% wider lens on the camera. Once the red was removed from the first shot with chroma key techniques, leaving an empty area, it was combined optically with the second take. The result? The trees from the second take filled in the empty area, and because of the second take’s wider lens, it left a vague outline of the Predator with the background scenery seeming to bend around its shape, creating one of the highlights of the film.
It's funny how many people seem to think that "CGI" is just the term you use for special effects...but at the same time, assume that actual computer effects have been around forever. Its like...the "CGI" isn't "janky"...it's some incredibly sophisticated practical and in-camera effects dreamed up by some ridiculously creative and skilled people. The old work don't get no respect no more! 🤣
You are right, but wrong too. It still needed a computer to render and merge the shots. Not a computer made animation, but computer generated nonetheless. There was no physical matting or hand drawing.
The predator species is actually called the Yautja and if they’re beaten in a fair fight they’ll commit ritualistic suicide. This explosion also vaporizes any of their technology so that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
One of my favorite movies! I found it funny how you called Arnie a "Commando". You should check out his movie "Commando"! Another breakneck pace action movie of his.
If I remember correctly the space ship at the start was only added to the home release as they want to keep it suspenseful and was sold as a generic military action flick.
There are so many iconic quotes in this movie! Also fun fact, The duffer brothers named hopper from stranger things after the hanging corpse in this movie
The team is a family that's been together a while. Remember Afghanistan? Cambodia? They are the best of the best. Best training. Best discipline. If a team member who is not the designated mini-gunner has a reason to wordlessly yell and scream while mini-gunning a few acres of jungle out of existence... Then that reason is so immediate and serious that there's no time to figure out what is going on. Regardless of whether it's offensive fire or suppressing fire.
The pacing, music, pyrotechnics, stunts. Perfect action. CGI is getting really really good but can’t beat good practical effects. Maybe just an old school guy but I still believe in 2022 this is still top tier action.
OMG YES, Thank you so much for Reacting to this, ur literally the best😌💅 Also, The predator's are called Yautja's and they skin the people to intimidate other potential victims (and the skinned victims are mostly seen as easy prey)
The third movie "Predators" is an underrated entry in my humble opinion. The newest movie "Prey" was legit crazy good! I would dare say on the level with this one, just for different reasons.
Its not perhaps best Arnold film, but its most Arnold film, pure, unapologetic 80's action film. I love it. I think it had Bill Paxton (RIP) first voice role in movies as radar operator... Fun facts. Same armourer was used in this film as Commando. Hence you have Valmet M78/83s (playing as rpk) in guerilla base what Arnold was using first part of Island shoot out. And the Knife Mack (Bill Duke carries ) is the same knife from Commando Arnold used.
The blast hits Dutchs gun. He turned just in time like Blaine did when the first shot grazed him. And it's supposed to be a combination of the cold water and cold mud that camouflaged him.
I always thought the first shot at Blaine hit the porcupine, which is why blood seems to splatter on his face. The second shot hit Blaine in the torso and killed him.
Predators able to mimic small phrases bits of language which he uses like a duck call bring the targets where he wants them it's a really fun little detail that they play around with
19:42 So I’ve seen posted elsewhere that in some Native American tribes the warriors would bloody themselves before battle to prevent their enemy from drawing first blood.
The word that Mac shouts when he first sees the Predator standing over Blaine's body is "CONTACT!" It's what you say when making contact with the enemy.
Predator's have certain type of barbarian warrior culture and customs they hunt, they always search for bigger game/tougher pray, they also hunt for right of passage to become adult, and as u see they collect trophies of their pray
Great reaction. 😎 I remember seeing a man in Predator costume in the shopping centre. He was six foot tall walked past got so freaked out. Exactly like the movie. ❤️
About the mud hiding his heat signature... think about when you shut the water off after a shower, but before you dry yourself. You always feel cooler while wet, so cover yourself in thick wet mud, you will feel pretty cold. I remember hearing something a long time ago about how cold they actually felt covered in mud. Also, the blast hit Dutch's gun, not his body. It isn't made that clear on film.
Pigs use mud to keep cool because they can’t sweat and also to ward off biting insects. The only reason why mud might help mask a human’s heat signature is because they are in a freaking South American jungle in a very hot year, which is the only time the Predator would show up.
You HAVE to watch The Terminator and T2 on here! If you haven’t already watched them on your own. It’s so good, and then there’s Arnie. Also another must watch Arnie film is the OG Conan the Barbarian.
Love this movie! But for the record, no, mud wouldn't cover your heat signature for more than a couple minutes -- it would quickly warm up to your body temperature. If it magically acted as a perfect insulator, THEN it'd hide you ... but you'd also have a heat stroke before long. I've seen a fan theory that the Predator's helmet doesn't actually see heat; it just uses false color to highlight unusual things about the environment. (After all, the jungle would be pretty close to body temperature just by itself, so humans wouldn't really stand out that much in infrared.) Hence, the mud only protected Dutch because the helmet filtered it out as unimportant. I think the theory is trying too hard and it's just a minor flaw in the writing, but YMMV.
As a kid, I was into geology and assumed it was VOLCANIC rock/mud, aka igneous rock. You can find igneous rock in places that havent had volcanoes for millions of years, but the rock is still there. These rock, sometimes even FLOAT, they have so many tiny airpockets from when they were cooling lava. These rocks are porous and basically a natural ceramic...which is how they make heat shields for the space shuttled: cross-layering micro-porous ceramic. The micro (sealed) pores prevent heat transfer, like the vacuum inside an old-school Stanley Thermos. In my mind, if it was porous mud, then i'd be more heat proof than actual mud: wet or dry. True or not? beats me Scientifically valid or not? Dont know. But, as a kid into rocks in the 80s, it made sense to me.
I think it's kindof both - the mask is definitely using false color and highlighting a particular temperature range. Which becomes a problem when the mud brings the temperature out of that range and the highlighting starts working against them. Of course they could change the settings but they'd need to figure out what was going on first.
@@ianburns1167 ooh! GREAT point! I didnt consider the SETTINGS on his mask YOu're right, it highlights certain temp range to make it stand out against the background blue. It must be a NARROW range, considering South American jungle has to teaming with wildlife in ranges close to human which didnt show up on his helmet display. Well played, sir.
Late to commenting on this, but anyone that the Predator guts and skins means they were just base prey, not worth collecting a trophy from. They basically just get hung out as territorial markers, intimidation displays, and if the Predator is feeling peckish, eaten. If the Predator finds you a honorable opponent though, like it did with Billy, it takes the skull and discards the body without skinning or further defiling it. No idea what it would have done with Arnie had it killed him after the one on one fight, if it might have taken his whole body or just the head.
Everyone really fulfilled a predetermined role that worked really beautifully. Billy was the tracker, with an implied ingenious background. (talismans, knives, role as a tracker). He sensed the Predetator before he even saw him and knew to be afraid. Like animal to animal. He was the closest to "nature" so to speak from all of them.
One of my favorites... it was always on tv in the 90s. 17:25 that's the Little Richard - Long Tall Sally song Mac is 'singing' (which was playing at the beginning in the helicopter)
you: "my young mind....it thinks that old equals bad, but it doesnt." Comments like this (and you've said it at least twice) that makes me really like you as a reactor.
The Yautja (name of the predator's species) are all about the glory of the hunt. They have a preference to warmer climates but ultimately they travel throughout the universe looking for the most dangerous creatures to hunt, the more dangerous the prey the more glory they receive in killing it. They also look to take pieces of the prey as trophies, most commonly the skulls though sometimes a they may take a personal weapon or other object. If they find a particularly dangerous creature to hunt they will often strip themselves of their gear and try and kill the creature with their bear hands or as little gear as they deme necessary to make the fight as even as possible (which is why the Jungle Hunter didn't kill Dutch). In regards to why everyone always looked so sweaty in the movie it's because they absolutely were. Not only were they in the middle of the Mexican jungle for weeks during the shooting but the majority of the cast were suffering from Traveler's Diarrhea because the place they were staying at had terrible water purification.
The original "predator" suit was the really bad looking red one, that had Jean Claude VanDamme in it before he made it big. But the suit was so laughable, they managed to convince the legendary Stan Winston (check out his fx work) to make what is now the iconic Predator suit.
The reason that the Predator set off the mini nuke at the end was to destroy any trace of it or its advanced equipment, which is probably a rule of the Predators "never let your enemies get your weapons".
The best part is that this movie starts as an 80s action movie, explosions, gunfights, and body flails. Then, it becomes a slasher-stalker with scary implications
The predator species is called yautja. They live on a mostly hot planet called yautja prime and there are multiple different species of yautja for different areas of the planet. The movies don't really dive to deep into that other then the other species we see.
For some reason my favorite moment in the movie is when the guy with the glasses catches the ball and smiles. As a little girl I thought that was the coolest thing.
I hadn't thought of it this way before, but I saw somebody say that this movie was taking the cast of a typical '80s action flick and dropping them into a horror movie.
If the predator killed billy after he demanded close combat, the predator would be dishonoring their species code. Another rule was the if you are to be defeated in a hunt, you must commit suicide.
Im just mesmerized and happy bc u started to do all the films I watched like transformers, this one... Damnn and u growing!! Im so happy for you Seb, for real man, you deserve all the love from the bottom of my heart. Keep doing things the way you are, naturally, and always with a big smile giving us great vibes while watching you. Cheers from Brazil my dude, love you work!
YYYYYES! God i've been waiting for you to see the Predtor franchise. After you only watched 2 Alien movies I was worried it might never come around. as always, fun watching you see the olden goldies.
27:50 Self-destruct is partly out of their society's weird, ridiculous honour system, and partly out of a standing law they've got about Don't Let The Humans Get Hold Of Our Stuff. It's an honourable death and a way to make sure humanity doesn't get their technology.
The actors were badasses in real life. The actor who plays Billy the tracker had to have a bodyguard while filming to stop him from killing his co-stars. His bodyguard was to protect everyone else.
Arnold does not get enough props for his acting in this movie imo. Even just his looks at the end. It's not a looks of triumph or "I did something great", it's of a man who's broken, beaten and has PTSD now.
People tend to call them just “Predators” because they have no name, in the same way that “Xenomorph” was never intended as a specific name (it’s literally just a throwaway line that means “Alien”).
You missed the deleted scene where Dutch pulls out Captain America's shield and blocks the Predator's punch and then a cut to a 6 year old Chris Evans eating a juice pop, stops eating while watching the movie and says "What the shit!?"
Hi Seb. Correct. The aliens are called xenomorphs and the spider/scorpions are called facehuggers. Predators are called Yautja and are a deeply honorable race in the hunting game. They are a very intressting race and are worthy a search for more info. Enjoy the franchise!
I always have a problem with Arnold blowing up that helicopter. That could have been their ride out of there. The dudes inside were already dead. It made no sense to me at all.
Mac was singing Long Tall Sally by Little Richard “I’m gonna have me some fun” The laser hit hit the rifle. He didn’t want her to shoot because the predator would see her as a challenge if she grabbed a weapon He had to use arrow and traps because all his weapons were gone beyond the knife The predator uses heat seeking technology, the mud masked his body temp
The predator race is called the "Yautja" but through lore, most if not all of the different Yautja whos been seen through movies and comics have their own names or titles.
If you notice. They say the guy they found dead was Jim Hopper. Just like stranger things and they talk about Hawkins. There's a theory that this film and stranger things takes place around each other
one of my all time favorites! side note, kinda sad that you didnt take your shirt off too 😁. j/k. couple notes. Mac lost his best friend and was solely focused on revenge. his "rantings" were perfectly natural in that situation. and we assume it fought Billy honerably, although i wish we had seen it. watch Predators for the yakuza fight which was a matter of honor as well. Prey had some decent melee combat as well. and you can camo with mud to a certain degree although i think it should have see seen arnold's eyes at least since they werent covered in mud... unless arnold had his eyes closed. 🤷 as always, i enjoyed your reaction!
My #1 favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movie! Facts you didn't know about the movie: Jean Claude Van Damme played the Predator in some parts of the movie, but quit production as he was tired of wearing the original suit which looked like a lizard insect hybrid. He even wanted to kickbox Arnold but the producers refused. Kevin Peter Hall, RIP, was cast as the titular character as he was more of an intimidating opponent for Arnold's character Dutch, being 7'2". Oscar Winning VFX company Stan Winston Studios designed the PREDATOR suit and would later return to the franchise for PREDATOR 2 in 1990. Half the cast and crew got food poisoning except for Arnold and Director McTiernan whom ate Spaghetti O's and PBJ Sandwiches, like Spielberg and Ford on Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Schwarzenegger would later hire his own personal Chef to give the actors the food they needed. The producers hired a bodyguard to protect people from Sonny Landham, RIP whom played Billy, as he was prone to violent outbursts. Landham said in an interview that, "We weren't making a movie, it was a survival story for all of us." It was 110° in the shade, while it was 42° at night. It rained for 2 weeks, making filming even more difficult. It was a box office success, making $100 million dollars ($350 million dollars today) against an $18 million dollar budget. It was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to InnerSpace. Its now considered to be one of the best Sci-fi Action movies ever made.
BTW, Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally hired to play the alien but he bitched and moaned about the harsh conditions wearing the suit so they dumped him and got Kevin Peter Hall who was a trooper who never complained.
You mentioned how impressive it was that the actor playing Predator was able to move so well while wearing the suit. Keep in mind that Kevin Peter Hall was 7'2" (218 cm)! He also played the helicopter pilot. RIP KING
He also played Harry in “Harry and the Hendersons ”
@@scottalynch Kevin was also Preddy in the vastly underrated sequel, too. 🕯
He was 35 when he died.
@@LPJack02 yeah I think being that tall with the genes has some bad consequences cause most tall people like that height don't live long unfortuantely.
Must not forget about The Misfits of Science!
Fun fact: the Predator was voiced by Peter Cullen (including that classic Predator clicking noise) aka the voice of Optimus Prime. The man had a penchant for voicing aliens in the 80's
Beat me to it.
And depressed plush donkeys, apparently. Props to Disney.
All based on a crab sound.
When Billy cuts his chest with the knife, it’s meant to force the Predator to fight him in honorable combat. Billy believed they were “all going to die,” and he decided that rather than dying while running away, he would rather die fighting. As for the self-harm, if the Predator refused to fight an opponent who challenged him to single combat despite being at a disadvantage (the self-harm) then it would be seen as cowardice on the Predator’s part. It would have been dishonorable to ignore him or kill him at a distance with his plasma caster. Even though Billy thought they would all die, he still tried to buy Dutch and the others time to get away by forcing a fight with the Predator.
I always took it as Billy not wanting the Predator to draw first blood so he did it himself first.
I thought it was doing it for the extra adrenaline rush, figuring he'd need it.
@@carloszestyboy2901 yes it's to deny them the first draw of blood.
Yeah..maybe not familiar with old warrior code I guess? 100% what he was doing yeah. Billy expected a fair fight from it, and he got it for the most part. Plus either way he'd distract it for the others like you said
Predator Honor Code - If their opponent requests melee combat, a Predator must respect it.
He doesn’t tank the laser with his body. When Dutch takes the laser, it hits his gun, causing it to break in half and he is only injured by the shrapnel from the gun coming apart.
Beat me to it. It also looks like he picked up a different weapon than he fired.
Also, it’s not a laser.
@@Retrovorious It's a little light bulb that blinks 😂
Nah. He shielded it with his manly man meat. He rolled nat 20 on his Constitution saving throw.
@@Retrovorious tf is it than a paintball gun?
The predator mimicking Billy’s laugh at the end….. 🥶🥶🥶
When they all went nuts on the forest it's called defoliation. They use maximum engagement to eliminate an enemy's ability to find cover or run away. It is a real tactic.
The scene where they're just blasting into the forest like they're trying to kill the trees seems silly, but it's meant to show how these guys who are used to being apex predators don't know how to handle being prey.
Yeah, same reason we see them being action heroes for the first 30 minutes - these guys are super badass, and they're being toyed with for sport.
Dude, this movie is legendary... one of my most favorite. And remember... old action movies are always better than the new ones.
A little info about the Predators to help you understand what their deal is.
Predators are a species and society of galactic hunters who’s only true goal in their lives are to prove themselves as worthy and powerful hunters. Once they find worthy kills they collect the skulls of their kills as trophies and to show off to the other Predators on how badass they really are.
And when they find a REALLY worthy opponent (like Arnold’s character), they will disarm themselves and remove their helmet as a weird sign of respect. It’s the Predator telling Arnold, “Hey, I see you as a worthy prey. I know I’m physically and technologically advanced than you, let me get down to your size for a more fair fight.” It’s a code of honor type thing.
The reason for their self destruct is that when a Predator loses a battle with a worthy opponent, they become disgraced and the only honorable way to die is to blow themselves up. It also helps prevent the opponent from stealing their technology.
Also there are different types of predators like the berserker, the wolf, the upgraded and more
Predators are pussies with overinflated ego. Any fat asthmatic nerd could have had as much kills with close to invisibility disguise and high tech weaponry. When he found a "worthy opponent", he disarmed himself as a sign of respect? Yeah, disarmed himself when his equipment started malfunctioning and when the "worthy opponent" was already worn out by the aforementioned high tech weaponry and the physiological trauma after seeing the death of all his comrades. Also I'm pretty sure that he knew damn well that he is physically much stronger than a human even without his weapons. And in the end, instead of admitting his loss to a "worthy opponent" as a noble warrior, he decided to self destruct with the hope of taking his opponent down with him.
and i think it also that they don't want to become their preys trophie
They also if I believe don’t kill any unarmed people because they’re not seen as a threat correct me if I’m wrong
@@ARC--ms1se It's hunter honor - just like you don't kill baby animals and you don't kill pregnant animals. No sport, but more importantly it's immoral.
Honestly I hope you keep on with these movies, if only to get to 'Predators'. It's the third Predator movie, and honestly, I feel like it's criminally underrated. It seriously deserves more attention.
I fully agree. I loved "Predators" one of the best in my opinion. It showed everything they are about and gave us a group of badasses like this one. Prey is really good too
@@AlbinoBlackMonkey Did Trejo dirty, but I did love it.
I say watch them all. They all have something worth seeing, even if they are not all as good as the 1st.
No it doesn't deserve anything... Predator 1 and 2 are the only good ones.
To me Predators is the best sequel to Predator.
Using Billy’s laugh at the end is one of my favorite things in any film.
One of my favourite moments of the movie, and so often overlooked.
Unfortunately it seems like a lot of people don't realize it's Billy's laugh, so they come away thinking the Predator just has a silly laugh, rather than thinking the Predator just used Dutch's dead friend's laugh to mock and disturb.
I just realized the meme with the 2 guys doing the muscle hand shake were these 2 holy shit 🤣
The thing I love about these 80's movies is the insane amount of practical effects and how good they look.
You keep saying CGI. That effect was no CGI. Here's what I found:
Even the famous Predator camouflage or ‘invisibility effect’ was achieved with camera techniques, not CGI. First Hall would do the scene in a suit that was bright red (as it was farthest from the green of the jungle and the blue of the sky). The scene was then replicated, but without the actors, using a 30% wider lens on the camera. Once the red was removed from the first shot with chroma key techniques, leaving an empty area, it was combined optically with the second take. The result? The trees from the second take filled in the empty area, and because of the second take’s wider lens, it left a vague outline of the Predator with the background scenery seeming to bend around its shape, creating one of the highlights of the film.
I didnt know that. That's sick and I love this movie even more for it. Thanks
It's funny how many people seem to think that "CGI" is just the term you use for special effects...but at the same time, assume that actual computer effects have been around forever. Its like...the "CGI" isn't "janky"...it's some incredibly sophisticated practical and in-camera effects dreamed up by some ridiculously creative and skilled people. The old work don't get no respect no more! 🤣
Plus it’s 1987 lol. Effects are amazing for that time.
You are right, but wrong too. It still needed a computer to render and merge the shots. Not a computer made animation, but computer generated nonetheless. There was no physical matting or hand drawing.
The predator species is actually called the Yautja and if they’re beaten in a fair fight they’ll commit ritualistic suicide. This explosion also vaporizes any of their technology so that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
One of my favorite movies! I found it funny how you called Arnie a "Commando". You should check out his movie "Commando"! Another breakneck pace action movie of his.
Agree. It's very 80s... cheesy, over the top, and fkin AWESOME!
They didn’t need to know what they were shooting at, their teammate was shooting and that’s all they needed to know! 😅✊🏽
If I remember correctly the space ship at the start was only added to the home release as they want to keep it suspenseful and was sold as a generic military action flick.
There are so many iconic quotes in this movie! Also fun fact, The duffer brothers named hopper from stranger things after the hanging corpse in this movie
The town of Hawkins is named after the character Hawkins
Sebastian: Arrrrnoldd
Sees his last name: My man 😎
The team is a family that's been together a while. Remember Afghanistan? Cambodia?
They are the best of the best. Best training. Best discipline.
If a team member who is not the designated mini-gunner has a reason to wordlessly yell and scream while mini-gunning a few acres of jungle out of existence... Then that reason is so immediate and serious that there's no time to figure out what is going on.
Regardless of whether it's offensive fire or suppressing fire.
And to then search the area that was mowed down on the word of someone you trust so fully, only to find no bodies or blood, that would be terrifying.
The pacing, music, pyrotechnics, stunts. Perfect action. CGI is getting really really good but can’t beat good practical effects. Maybe just an old school guy but I still believe in 2022 this is still top tier action.
Surprised you didn’t peep the meme when they were arm wrestling. Also, the actual name of the Predator species is Yautja
OMG YES, Thank you so much for Reacting to this, ur literally the best😌💅
Also, The predator's are called Yautja's and they skin the people to intimidate other potential victims (and the skinned victims are mostly seen as easy prey)
I could've sworn they were called Klingons.
@@cookiedestroyer2801 nope, Klingos are something completely different ^-^
@@AnCatalyst LoL yeah im jk
@@cookiedestroyer2801 its oki
Worthy prey get their skulls taken 😁
The third movie "Predators" is an underrated entry in my humble opinion. The newest movie "Prey" was legit crazy good! I would dare say on the level with this one, just for different reasons.
John McTiernan had one of the best sets of back-to-back releases with this in '87 and Die Hard in '88.
"He's such a commando!" about Arnold
actually, the movie he did before Predator was called Commando! LOL
Its not perhaps best Arnold film, but its most Arnold film, pure, unapologetic 80's action film. I love it. I think it had Bill Paxton (RIP) first voice role in movies as radar operator... Fun facts. Same armourer was used in this film as Commando. Hence you have Valmet M78/83s (playing as rpk) in guerilla base what Arnold was using first part of Island shoot out. And the Knife Mack (Bill Duke carries ) is the same knife from Commando Arnold used.
The blast hits Dutchs gun. He turned just in time like Blaine did when the first shot grazed him. And it's supposed to be a combination of the cold water and cold mud that camouflaged him.
I always thought the first shot at Blaine hit the porcupine, which is why blood seems to splatter on his face. The second shot hit Blaine in the torso and killed him.
@@tjbanville Yes this is true
Predators able to mimic small phrases bits of language which he uses like a duck call bring the targets where he wants them it's a really fun little detail that they play around with
19:42 So I’ve seen posted elsewhere that in some Native American tribes the warriors would bloody themselves before battle to prevent their enemy from drawing first blood.
And i also see it as billy using his blood as an invitation and carving himself up without flinching to try and earn predators respect to have a fight
Mac is yelling "contact" when he first sees it, and the predator hits Dutch's rifle, that's why he didn't die.
I love watching guys watch this for the first time. You can see the testosterone levels rise with each scene 🤣
The word that Mac shouts when he first sees the Predator standing over Blaine's body is "CONTACT!" It's what you say when making contact with the enemy.
"was that English?"
yeah he was shouting "CONTACT!" because he encountered the enemy
it's a military term
Greetings from Finland!!! Yes you should definitely continue this franchise!!! "I'll be back" 😎
Predator's have certain type of barbarian warrior culture and customs they hunt, they always search for bigger game/tougher pray, they also hunt for right of passage to become adult, and as u see they collect trophies of their pray
If Dutch had let Anna shoot that gun, she'd have become prey since the Predator would know she could fight back.
Great reaction. 😎 I remember seeing a man in Predator costume in the shopping centre. He was six foot tall walked past got so freaked out. Exactly like the movie. ❤️
About the mud hiding his heat signature... think about when you shut the water off after a shower, but before you dry yourself. You always feel cooler while wet, so cover yourself in thick wet mud, you will feel pretty cold. I remember hearing something a long time ago about how cold they actually felt covered in mud. Also, the blast hit Dutch's gun, not his body. It isn't made that clear on film.
Pigs use mud to keep cool because they can’t sweat and also to ward off biting insects. The only reason why mud might help mask a human’s heat signature is because they are in a freaking South American jungle in a very hot year, which is the only time the Predator would show up.
Another classic you NEED to see is Robocop.
Oh and "Starship Troopers"..
I would love to hear how you see them and do you see what they really are. ;D
Starship troopers is glorious xD
You HAVE to watch The Terminator and T2 on here! If you haven’t already watched them on your own. It’s so good, and then there’s Arnie. Also another must watch Arnie film is the OG Conan the Barbarian.
Love this movie! But for the record, no, mud wouldn't cover your heat signature for more than a couple minutes -- it would quickly warm up to your body temperature. If it magically acted as a perfect insulator, THEN it'd hide you ... but you'd also have a heat stroke before long.
I've seen a fan theory that the Predator's helmet doesn't actually see heat; it just uses false color to highlight unusual things about the environment. (After all, the jungle would be pretty close to body temperature just by itself, so humans wouldn't really stand out that much in infrared.) Hence, the mud only protected Dutch because the helmet filtered it out as unimportant.
I think the theory is trying too hard and it's just a minor flaw in the writing, but YMMV.
As a kid, I was into geology and assumed it was VOLCANIC rock/mud, aka igneous rock. You can find igneous rock in places that havent had volcanoes for millions of years, but the rock is still there. These rock, sometimes even FLOAT, they have so many tiny airpockets from when they were cooling lava.
These rocks are porous and basically a natural ceramic...which is how they make heat shields for the space shuttled: cross-layering micro-porous ceramic. The micro (sealed) pores prevent heat transfer, like the vacuum inside an old-school Stanley Thermos.
In my mind, if it was porous mud, then i'd be more heat proof than actual mud: wet or dry.
True or not? beats me
Scientifically valid or not? Dont know.
But, as a kid into rocks in the 80s, it made sense to me.
I think it's kindof both - the mask is definitely using false color and highlighting a particular temperature range. Which becomes a problem when the mud brings the temperature out of that range and the highlighting starts working against them. Of course they could change the settings but they'd need to figure out what was going on first.
@@slchance8839 CONFIRMED: Dutch was getting an exfoliating pumice-mud bath. Nice day at the spa.
@@ianburns1167 ooh! GREAT point! I didnt consider the SETTINGS on his mask YOu're right, it highlights certain temp range to make it stand out against the background blue. It must be a NARROW range, considering South American jungle has to teaming with wildlife in ranges close to human which didnt show up on his helmet display.
Well played, sir.
@@IgnisKhan i bet when he got off that chopper, his skin was smooth like a dolphin all his pores unclogged.
"Spider went under the carpet now I have to burn the whole room." Said so casually by SebScreen. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💖💖🙏🏾💖
Late to commenting on this, but anyone that the Predator guts and skins means they were just base prey, not worth collecting a trophy from. They basically just get hung out as territorial markers, intimidation displays, and if the Predator is feeling peckish, eaten. If the Predator finds you a honorable opponent though, like it did with Billy, it takes the skull and discards the body without skinning or further defiling it. No idea what it would have done with Arnie had it killed him after the one on one fight, if it might have taken his whole body or just the head.
Everyone really fulfilled a predetermined role that worked really beautifully. Billy was the tracker, with an implied ingenious background. (talismans, knives, role as a tracker). He sensed the Predetator before he even saw him and knew to be afraid. Like animal to animal. He was the closest to "nature" so to speak from all of them.
*Indigenous* lol
One of my favorites... it was always on tv in the 90s.
17:25 that's the Little Richard - Long Tall Sally song Mac is 'singing' (which was playing at the beginning in the helicopter)
you: "my young mind....it thinks that old equals bad, but it doesnt."
Comments like this (and you've said it at least twice) that makes me really like you as a reactor.
The Yautja (name of the predator's species) are all about the glory of the hunt. They have a preference to warmer climates but ultimately they travel throughout the universe looking for the most dangerous creatures to hunt, the more dangerous the prey the more glory they receive in killing it. They also look to take pieces of the prey as trophies, most commonly the skulls though sometimes a they may take a personal weapon or other object. If they find a particularly dangerous creature to hunt they will often strip themselves of their gear and try and kill the creature with their bear hands or as little gear as they deme necessary to make the fight as even as possible (which is why the Jungle Hunter didn't kill Dutch).
In regards to why everyone always looked so sweaty in the movie it's because they absolutely were. Not only were they in the middle of the Mexican jungle for weeks during the shooting but the majority of the cast were suffering from Traveler's Diarrhea because the place they were staying at had terrible water purification.
Alien Vs. Predator is a fun movie. Best of both worlds in a head to head matchup!
Still one of the 80s movies of all time.
The original "predator" suit was the really bad looking red one, that had Jean Claude VanDamme in it before he made it big. But the suit was so laughable, they managed to convince the legendary Stan Winston (check out his fx work) to make what is now the iconic Predator suit.
The reason that the Predator set off the mini nuke at the end was to destroy any trace of it or its advanced equipment, which is probably a rule of the Predators "never let your enemies get your weapons".
The best part is that this movie starts as an 80s action movie, explosions, gunfights, and body flails. Then, it becomes a slasher-stalker with scary implications
The predator species is called yautja. They live on a mostly hot planet called yautja prime and there are multiple different species of yautja for different areas of the planet. The movies don't really dive to deep into that other then the other species we see.
Absolute *CLASSIC* action movie
Personal ranking of Predator movies:
- Predator
- Prey
- Predators
- Predator 2
- The Predator
You crazy. Predator 2 is rad.
Prey is so overrated
@@2254davidthe film was great
@user-zt8uk4gl4x no it wasn't
@user-zt8uk4gl4x no It wasn't it was terrible
For some reason my favorite moment in the movie is when the guy with the glasses catches the ball and smiles. As a little girl I thought that was the coolest thing.
Fun fact: the chopper pilot that you see at the end is the same guy who played the predator in the film.
I hadn't thought of it this way before, but I saw somebody say that this movie was taking the cast of a typical '80s action flick and dropping them into a horror movie.
The creature in the Predator series is called Yautja, (pronounced Ya-OOT-ja).
20:06 It goes by pretty quickly, but the Predator's shot actually hits Arnold's rifle, blowing it in half. That's why he didn't die like his friends.
The 80's were the best years for film! Watch them all!
If the predator killed billy after he demanded close combat, the predator would be dishonoring their species code. Another rule was the if you are to be defeated in a hunt, you must commit suicide.
Im just mesmerized and happy bc u started to do all the films I watched like transformers, this one... Damnn and u growing!! Im so happy for you Seb, for real man, you deserve all the love from the bottom of my heart. Keep doing things the way you are, naturally, and always with a big smile giving us great vibes while watching you. Cheers from Brazil my dude, love you work!
You should react to the 1981 movie Conan the Barbarian! Another great acting by Arnold!
YYYYYES! God i've been waiting for you to see the Predtor franchise. After you only watched 2 Alien movies I was worried it might never come around.
as always, fun watching you see the olden goldies.
27:50 Self-destruct is partly out of their society's weird, ridiculous honour system, and partly out of a standing law they've got about Don't Let The Humans Get Hold Of Our Stuff. It's an honourable death and a way to make sure humanity doesn't get their technology.
It's so weird that half of this cast went into politics and became governors and senators.
If youre wondering why the predator decides to blow itself up at the end, it does that to prevent its technology from falling into enemy hands
The actors were badasses in real life. The actor who plays Billy the tracker had to have a bodyguard while filming to stop him from killing his co-stars. His bodyguard was to protect everyone else.
Arnold does not get enough props for his acting in this movie imo. Even just his looks at the end. It's not a looks of triumph or "I did something great", it's of a man who's broken, beaten and has PTSD now.
"With biceps like that, you just live forever." Nah, Seb, you LIFT forever. : )
People tend to call them just “Predators” because they have no name, in the same way that “Xenomorph” was never intended as a specific name (it’s literally just a throwaway line that means “Alien”).
Instead of blowing up the chopper where the hostages were, why didn't they just fly it out of there? Huh!
You missed the deleted scene where Dutch pulls out Captain America's shield and blocks the Predator's punch and then a cut to a 6 year old Chris Evans eating a juice pop, stops eating while watching the movie and says "What the shit!?"
26:52 - Get to tha' Yautja Boozer!🤣🤣🤣
Hi Seb. Correct. The aliens are called xenomorphs and the spider/scorpions are called facehuggers.
Predators are called Yautja and are a deeply honorable race in the hunting game. They are a very intressting race and are worthy a search for more info.
Enjoy the franchise!
I always have a problem with Arnold blowing up that helicopter. That could have been their ride out of there. The dudes inside were already dead. It made no sense to me at all.
The Predator self destructed to cover up evidence of it’s presence and keep its tech out of terrestrial hands.
Mac was singing Long Tall Sally by Little Richard “I’m gonna have me some fun”
The laser hit hit the rifle.
He didn’t want her to shoot because the predator would see her as a challenge if she grabbed a weapon
He had to use arrow and traps because all his weapons were gone beyond the knife
The predator uses heat seeking technology, the mud masked his body temp
Hey Seb! Hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing well! 😊 Yay Predator!! 🎉 GET TO DE CHOPPAAAAA!! 😂
The predator race is called the "Yautja" but through lore, most if not all of the different Yautja whos been seen through movies and comics have their own names or titles.
Another great underrated Arnold movie - Commando (1985)
7:18 they do, its a trilogy called the expendables, so good for action loving people
He told the girl not to take the gun, because without a weapon she is not a threat and the predator only hunts other predators.
Feel like Jesse 'the body' Ventura was disrespected, and evidently Millennials have never heard Long Tall Sally
Predator 2 has multiple predators
I was dying when i saw the scene of 6 minutes of shooting to the threes
I think he also said "get to the chopper" in Commando too.
If you notice. They say the guy they found dead was Jim Hopper. Just like stranger things and they talk about Hawkins. There's a theory that this film and stranger things takes place around each other
I am a HUGE fan of the alien/predator franchise, Im so happy you finally watched this
Desperately need you to watch all the predators for the first time like I did this summer some are great some suck but it’s a fun experience
Him having a fire while prepping for the fight was the most stupid thing logically about this movie... other than that it kicked ass !
“Spared no expense” 😂😂 🦕
one of my all time favorites! side note, kinda sad that you didnt take your shirt off too 😁. j/k. couple notes. Mac lost his best friend and was solely focused on revenge. his "rantings" were perfectly natural in that situation. and we assume it fought Billy honerably, although i wish we had seen it. watch Predators for the yakuza fight which was a matter of honor as well. Prey had some decent melee combat as well. and you can camo with mud to a certain degree although i think it should have see seen arnold's eyes at least since they werent covered in mud... unless arnold had his eyes closed. 🤷 as always, i enjoyed your reaction!
The Predator aka the Yautja are alien hunters that is looking for a worthy opponent and collect skulls with the spine as trophies.
My #1 favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movie!
Facts you didn't know about the movie:
Jean Claude Van Damme played the Predator in some parts of the movie, but quit production as he was tired of wearing the original suit which looked like a lizard insect hybrid.
He even wanted to kickbox Arnold but the producers refused.
Kevin Peter Hall, RIP, was cast as the titular character as he was more of an intimidating opponent for Arnold's character Dutch, being 7'2".
Oscar Winning VFX company Stan Winston Studios designed the PREDATOR suit and would later return to the franchise for PREDATOR 2 in 1990.
Half the cast and crew got food poisoning except for Arnold and Director McTiernan whom ate Spaghetti O's and PBJ Sandwiches, like Spielberg and Ford on Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Schwarzenegger would later hire his own personal Chef to give the actors the food they needed.
The producers hired a bodyguard to protect people from Sonny Landham, RIP whom played Billy, as he was prone to violent outbursts.
Landham said in an interview that, "We weren't making a movie, it was a survival story for all of us."
It was 110° in the shade, while it was 42° at night.
It rained for 2 weeks, making filming even more difficult.
It was a box office success, making $100 million dollars ($350 million dollars today) against an $18 million dollar budget.
It was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to InnerSpace.
Its now considered to be one of the best Sci-fi Action movies ever made.
Thanks for the info. Know where I can read up more on sonny Langham?
Seb if you will continue this franchise you will be the best.
The scary part is that the predator didn’t actually laugh at the end it was playing back a recording of billy laughing
BTW, Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally hired to play the alien but he bitched and moaned about the harsh conditions wearing the suit so they dumped him and got Kevin Peter Hall who was a trooper who never complained.