^^ True.
If this were all real life…I’d expect to die, but so long as I could tell everyone in the afterlife that I lasted 15 minutes with a Predator.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not everyone wants to punch Adrian Brody in the face…but everyone that could possibly be interested in seeing a “Predator” movie does.[/quote]
I saw Splice with Adrian Brody in it the other day…I wanted to punch him in the face the whole time. I don’t know what it is about that guy.
Looking at that pic of brody, all I can think is these guys didn’t stand a chance but brody…
[quote]four60 wrote:
Looking at that pic of brody, all I can think is these guys didn’t stand a chance but brody…[/quote]
Most of them failed because they didn’t have the mental strength nor the wits to beat Predator.
The only guy who beat it, did it not through his exceptionally sculpted physique, but due to his wits and general bad-assery.
If Brody and co. start firing 50,000 rounds of lead into an EMPTY TREE and keep firing despite the fact that they’ve run out of bullets, then yes, they don’t stand a chance either.
PS. One of the best lines in cinema history:
“Blain: I ain’t got time to bleed.” LMAO!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not everyone wants to punch Adrian Brody in the face…but everyone that could possibly be interested in seeing a “Predator” movie does.[/quote]
Thank you. Someone like that wouldn’t even get a chance to stand over a predator with that look of defiance…you know…if this shit were “real”.[/quote]
If guys like frail-looking Audie Murphy and average-looking, highly-trained Special Forces members can be genuine badasses in times of crisis, I’m willing to suspend reality long enough to see how the story brings a guy built and “trained” like Brody to stand in front of an injured Predator (most likely after an hour or two of suspending reality to believe the whole “transported across space to another planet and encountering Predators hunters, Predator dogs, and Predator hawks”-thing.")
Elsewhere on the io9 site, Brody talked about how he prepped for the role:
“I give my word that I know what I need to do to deliver a level of truth and authenticity with a role like this. I put on 25 pounds for this role, but that wasn’t the point - they didn’t hire me to be a body-builder. But in order to playful with it as well I should be strapped, but it’s not the physical strength that outsmarts an alien with energy-based weapons and higher tracking skills, and a culture of hunting and trophy-hunting, you have to outsmart them.”
“I didn’t stay in a hotel… [Instead,] I isolated myself… My nightly ritual was poring over survival manuals and military and paramilitary training books. I was reading Sun Tzu. I was studying meditation. I was on a very strict diet. I wasn’t drinking. I wasn’t eating sugar. I wasn’t having sex. I had to kind of go there, for me, because this was a tremendous opportunity.”
[quote]Wolbarrett wrote:
I almost forgot, Morpheus is in this bitch. He’ll get his arm chopped off while talking shit to the predator. Just like Action Jackson.[/quote]
I’ve seen a few pics from the movie with Trejo dual wielding MP5s. Would be a little ironic for Machete to get his arms chopped off (err, blasted off via cannon. Quite less ironic, but whatever.)
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not everyone wants to punch Adrian Brody in the face…but everyone that could possibly be interested in seeing a “Predator” movie does.[/quote]
Thank you. Someone like that wouldn’t even get a chance to stand over a predator with that look of defiance…you know…if this shit were “real”.[/quote]
No human could.
Unless they’ve got a shank in their hand.[/quote]
I don’t know…maybe someone Like Ronnie Coleman or Marius could get one shot in before they spent the next 4 days skinning them.
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If coleman psyched up with a couple of cries of “yeah buddy” i think he’d be ok, or at least buy some time by T-Bar rowing the confused predator for reps…
See this? This is a doll of some sort some guy on the internet made of Blaine, the character played by Jesse Ventura in the first “Predator” movie.
It is able to kick Adrian Brody’s ass.
By the way, Adrian Brody’s first name is also a girl’s name. Pointing this out about Jesse Ventura will only get you killed.
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
Looking at that pic of brody, all I can think is these guys didn’t stand a chance but brody…[/quote]
Most of them failed because they didn’t have the mental strength nor the wits to beat Predator.
The only guy who beat it, did it not through his exceptionally sculpted physique, but due to his wits and general bad-assery.
If Brody and co. start firing 50,000 rounds of lead into an EMPTY TREE and keep firing despite the fact that they’ve run out of bullets, then yes, they don’t stand a chance either.
PS. One of the best lines in cinema history:
“Blain: I ain’t got time to bleed.” LMAO![/quote]
I disagree. Predator had an amazing advantage. Cloaking, thermal scanner, he stuck to the trees, and the ultimate element of surprise: They didn’t know he existed.
If they went up against a human being, they wouldn’t have lost a single man. And when they fire rounds at the predator, that bitch RAN!!!
Lets get this bitch back on track:
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
Looking at that pic of brody, all I can think is these guys didn’t stand a chance but brody…[/quote]
Most of them failed because they didn’t have the mental strength nor the wits to beat Predator.
The only guy who beat it, did it not through his exceptionally sculpted physique, but due to his wits and general bad-assery.
If Brody and co. start firing 50,000 rounds of lead into an EMPTY TREE and keep firing despite the fact that they’ve run out of bullets, then yes, they don’t stand a chance either.
PS. One of the best lines in cinema history:
“Blain: I ain’t got time to bleed.” LMAO![/quote]
I disagree. Predator had an amazing advantage. Cloaking, thermal scanner, he stuck to the trees, and the ultimate element of surprise: They didn’t know he existed.
If they went up against a human being, they wouldn’t have lost a single man. And when they fire rounds at the predator, that bitch RAN!!!
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Ok, ok - you have a point. I was trying to stress that their physical size wouldn’t be an advantage since, as you say, Predator uses so many tools and skills to his advantage.
You must agree that standing on a massive log-bridge, cutting your own chest and screaming into the night is a surefire sign of being mentally beaten. (Or was it someone else that does the screaming? I forget!)
Either way - I hope the action is top-notch. Looking forward to this.
blah blah blah you fucking nerds.
Hey guys isn’t Fishbourne a long time survivor on the planet. When I read it a while back I am almost positive he is the only guy that lives in the hunting zone, and the others find him and he gives them advice. I am surprised you are all focused on Brody because I believe Topher Grace is in this bitch as well. Last I heard he was supposed to be a Serial killer or some such.
[quote]mcstoots082 wrote:
Last I heard he was supposed to be a Serial killer or some such.[/quote]
I guess he could smother an elderly person, but only if they’d already lost the will to live.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
If guys like frail-looking Audie Murphy and average-looking, highly-trained Special Forces members can be genuine badasses in times of crisis, I’m willing to suspend reality long enough to see how the story brings a guy built and “trained” like Brody to stand in front of an injured Predator (most likely after an hour or two of suspending reality to believe the whole “transported across space to another planet and encountering Predators hunters, Predator dogs, and Predator hawks”-thing.")
Elsewhere on the io9 site, Brody talked about how he prepped for the role:
“I give my word that I know what I need to do to deliver a level of truth and authenticity with a role like this. I put on 25 pounds for this role, but that wasn’t the point - they didn’t hire me to be a body-builder. But in order to playful with it as well I should be strapped, but it’s not the physical strength that outsmarts an alien with energy-based weapons and higher tracking skills, and a culture of hunting and trophy-hunting, you have to outsmart them.”
“I didn’t stay in a hotel… [Instead,] I isolated myself… My nightly ritual was poring over survival manuals and military and paramilitary training books. I was reading Sun Tzu. I was studying meditation. I was on a very strict diet. I wasn’t drinking. I wasn’t eating sugar. I wasn’t having sex. I had to kind of go there, for me, because this was a tremendous opportunity.”
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I’d be pleasantly surprised if any of Adrien Brody’s prep is evident in the movie. The film makers at some level (if not the director, it’ll be the producers, and if not the producers, it’ll be the execs) will balk at authenticity because ‘authenticity’ is apparently boring to watch…even though there are countless documentaries that prove otherwise.
Just the fact that you mentioned Audie Murphy tells me that you are aware he was the most decorated soldier in WWII, but to the uninitiated, he is far less bad ass on screen than was in real life (a rarity given that he was an early action star).
If they made an Audie Murphy biopic today, I guarantee that major creative liberties would be taken. For anybody familiar with Murphy’s accomplishments, that would be ridiculous - but they’d do it anyway (as if being a bona fide badass in real life is not enough… but for Hollywood it usually isn’t).
When it comes to movie badassery, characters are only as tough as the writers want them to be…and writers will scribble strictly according to current trends. If current trends don’t measure up to what people consider ‘badass’ then it’s going to end in tears for people that want more for their ticket fee.
That’s not to say they can’t slip in a few references for the more discerning viewer, it’s just that they usually don’t bother. They aren’t paid to do that.
The focus is already squarely on Brody’s body: heck, some forums are starting to call him “AB” (retch). FTR, Danny Trejo is probably the most genuine badass in Predators, but he meets his maker early in most of his movies. Real-life prowess usually has nothing to do with it.
[quote]mcstoots082 wrote:
Hey guys isn’t Fishbourne a long time survivor on the planet. When I read it a while back I am almost positive he is the only guy that lives in the hunting zone, and the others find him and he gives them advice. [/quote]
I was going to point this out as well. His character is supposed to have been surviving for years under those conditions. If anyone in this movie is a bad ass, he is.
And as far as everyone saying this guy doesn’t look like he could take on a Predator, if this guy is special forces, 99% of the time this would be exactly what he would look like. My best friend is an ex-Ranger, and even though he does love bodybuilding and being as huge as possible, this is exactly what he looked like when he was in and he was a Ranger for 6 years.
My dad’s best friend was one of the few black SEALs that ever made it through training and he looked pretty much the same way and was a certifiable bad ass in every sense of the word.
Another friend of my dad’s was a sniper, same deal.
For guys like that, it is more about intelligence, wits, being 5 steps ahead of your opponent and keeping calm in a stressful situation. The vast majority of the guys who do stuff like that are the most unassuming looking guys you could ever meet.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not everyone wants to punch Adrian Brody in the face…but everyone that could possibly be interested in seeing a “Predator” movie does.[/quote]
Thank you. Someone like that wouldn’t even get a chance to stand over a predator with that look of defiance…you know…if this shit were “real”.[/quote]
No human could.
Unless they’ve got a shank in their hand.[/quote]
I don’t know…maybe someone Like Ronnie Coleman or Marius could get one shot in before they spent the next 4 days skinning them.
[/quote]
Why would you pick a WSM or a BB if you needed to fight? How about this guy? The two guys you mentioned would get killed faster than I would.
V
Pred would tap out.
[quote]mcstoots082 wrote:
Hey guys isn’t Fishbourne a long time survivor on the planet. When I read it a while back I am almost positive he is the only guy that lives in the hunting zone[/quote]
Yeah - and after being a guest in ‘Club Pred’ I hope his character is nuttier than a squirrel turd in a jar of Jif…
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not everyone wants to punch Adrian Brody in the face…but everyone that could possibly be interested in seeing a “Predator” movie does.[/quote]
Thank you. Someone like that wouldn’t even get a chance to stand over a predator with that look of defiance…you know…if this shit were “real”.[/quote]
No human could.
Unless they’ve got a shank in their hand.[/quote]
I don’t know…maybe someone Like Ronnie Coleman or Marius could get one shot in before they spent the next 4 days skinning them.
[/quote]
Are you retarded? Mariusz got his ass WHOOPED by an unconditioned Tim Sylvia. I can’t even imagine how owned Ronnie Coleman would be.
I’m sure someone like Mariusz would get rocked in seconds by a 7 foot, 400 pound warrior equipped with the latest in technological warfare. Even without the latest technological warfare.
No human could ever beat an Alien or a Predator in hand to hand combat. The only way a human could win is through intelligence.
That’s the point of this movie. A bunch of fiendishly intelligent people stand a chance against predators.
Fyi, in the first Predator, Arnold won by outsmarting the Predator, not by out muscling him.
[quote]Vegita wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Not everyone wants to punch Adrian Brody in the face…but everyone that could possibly be interested in seeing a “Predator” movie does.[/quote]
Thank you. Someone like that wouldn’t even get a chance to stand over a predator with that look of defiance…you know…if this shit were “real”.[/quote]
No human could.
Unless they’ve got a shank in their hand.[/quote]
I don’t know…maybe someone Like Ronnie Coleman or Marius could get one shot in before they spent the next 4 days skinning them.
[/quote]
Why would you pick a WSM or a BB if you needed to fight? How about this guy? The two guys you mentioned would get killed faster than I would.
V[/quote]
Current odds odds on Fedor whippin’ Predator’s ass…3 to 1 at the sportsbook at Mandalay Bay.