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Remember when Ah-nold was cool?
Aug. 28th, 2008 01:10 pmI watched Predator again on Monday. I hadn't forgotten how much I loved that movie or anything, but it's been a while since I'd seen it. I've been heavily wrapped in the mythos of the universe and the Aliens crossover stuff (to the point that I was summarily told to "stop talking about this stuff as if it were real"), ( So I promise to try and not do so in this waxing poetic about it )
All in all, still a very satisfying movie, all things considered. I'm laughing at how macho-butch this movie was, but it was the 1980s. That stuff looked great when you had the great Red threat hanging out in Russia (starving and freezing, but we didn't know that) to worry about.
My family had HBO in the 80s, and they'd tape stuff off of it (TAPES! Remember those?). One of the tapes was a triple threat of Predator, Robocop, and The Running Man. (Speaking of butch 80s movies...) When I was a kid, I wasn't as comfortable with bloody, violent stuff (I know: WTF?). I worked my way backwards through that tape until I was brave enough to watch Predator. I mean, for all the blood and guts of Running Man, it couldn't compete with Robocop for gross-ness. (Guy splattered on windshield, a hand shot off with a shotgun, guy stabbed in the jugular, the Ed209...) Once I got a handle on Robocop, I tried watching Predator. It took a few tries just to get past the skinned corpses. I'm glad I did because it's an awesome movie but also because it's an awesome concept that I've enjoyed in other guises over the years.
Except for Aliens vs Predator: Requiem. That was just...ew.
All in all, still a very satisfying movie, all things considered. I'm laughing at how macho-butch this movie was, but it was the 1980s. That stuff looked great when you had the great Red threat hanging out in Russia (starving and freezing, but we didn't know that) to worry about.
My family had HBO in the 80s, and they'd tape stuff off of it (TAPES! Remember those?). One of the tapes was a triple threat of Predator, Robocop, and The Running Man. (Speaking of butch 80s movies...) When I was a kid, I wasn't as comfortable with bloody, violent stuff (I know: WTF?). I worked my way backwards through that tape until I was brave enough to watch Predator. I mean, for all the blood and guts of Running Man, it couldn't compete with Robocop for gross-ness. (Guy splattered on windshield, a hand shot off with a shotgun, guy stabbed in the jugular, the Ed209...) Once I got a handle on Robocop, I tried watching Predator. It took a few tries just to get past the skinned corpses. I'm glad I did because it's an awesome movie but also because it's an awesome concept that I've enjoyed in other guises over the years.
Except for Aliens vs Predator: Requiem. That was just...ew.
