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Disney's Predator vs. Previous Versions
The concept of a "Disney's Predator" immediately introduces a significant divergence from all previous iterations of the Predator franchise, primarily due to the fundamental brand identity and target audience of The Walt Disney Company. To understand these differences, one must first examine the core characteristics of the Predator franchise as it existed prior to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios), and then consider how Disney's corporate ethos and creative directives would inherently reshape such a property.
Core Characteristics of Previous Predator Versions
The original Predator film (1987) and its subsequent sequels, spin-offs, and expanded universe materials (comics, novels, video games) established a distinct set of thematic and stylistic elements. These can be broadly categorized as follows:
1. Tone and Genre
Previous Predator films are firmly rooted in the action, science fiction, and horror genres. They are characterized by:
Intense Violence and Gore: The Predator is a hunter, and its methods are brutal. Previous films feature graphic depictions of dismemberment, evisceration, and other forms of bodily harm. The creature's trophy-taking involves skinning and decapitation. This is a hallmark of the franchise, contributing to its R-rating in the United States (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Films).
Mature Themes: The narratives often explore themes of survival, masculinity under duress, the ethics of hunting, and the primal fear of the unknown. They delve into the psychological toll of being hunted and the desperation required to fight back against a technologically superior adversary (The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction).
Gritty Realism (within a sci-fi context): While fantastical, the films often ground their action in a sense of visceral reality, emphasizing the physical struggle and the harshness of the environments.
2. Characterization of the Predator
The titular alien hunter, known as the Yautja, is consistently portrayed as:
Ruthless and Efficient: The Predator is a highly skilled and technologically advanced hunter, driven by a code of honor that dictates hunting worthy prey. It is not inherently evil in a human sense, but rather adheres to its own species' predatory instincts and rituals (Aliens and Predators: The Complete Guide).
Physically Imposing and Terrifying: Its design, with mandibles, dreadlocks, and advanced camouflage technology, is intended to evoke fear and awe. Its roars and clicks are iconic elements of its menacing presence (The Science Fiction Encyclopedia).
Mysterious and Alien: While some lore has been developed, the Predator largely remains an enigmatic figure, its motivations and culture only partially revealed, maintaining its status as an "other" (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
3. Human Protagonists
The human characters in previous Predator films are typically:
Hardened Professionals:
The concept of a "Disney's Predator" immediately introduces a significant divergence from all previous iterations of the Predator franchise, primarily due to the fundamental brand identity and target audience of The Walt Disney Company. To understand these differences, one must first examine the core characteristics of the Predator franchise as it existed prior to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios), and then consider how Disney's corporate ethos and creative directives would inherently reshape such a property.
Core Characteristics of Previous Predator Versions
The original Predator film (1987) and its subsequent sequels, spin-offs, and expanded universe materials (comics, novels, video games) established a distinct set of thematic and stylistic elements. These can be broadly categorized as follows:
1. Tone and Genre
Previous Predator films are firmly rooted in the action, science fiction, and horror genres. They are characterized by:
Intense Violence and Gore: The Predator is a hunter, and its methods are brutal. Previous films feature graphic depictions of dismemberment, evisceration, and other forms of bodily harm. The creature's trophy-taking involves skinning and decapitation. This is a hallmark of the franchise, contributing to its R-rating in the United States (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Films).
Mature Themes: The narratives often explore themes of survival, masculinity under duress, the ethics of hunting, and the primal fear of the unknown. They delve into the psychological toll of being hunted and the desperation required to fight back against a technologically superior adversary (The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction).
Gritty Realism (within a sci-fi context): While fantastical, the films often ground their action in a sense of visceral reality, emphasizing the physical struggle and the harshness of the environments.
2. Characterization of the Predator
The titular alien hunter, known as the Yautja, is consistently portrayed as:
Ruthless and Efficient: The Predator is a highly skilled and technologically advanced hunter, driven by a code of honor that dictates hunting worthy prey. It is not inherently evil in a human sense, but rather adheres to its own species' predatory instincts and rituals (Aliens and Predators: The Complete Guide).
Physically Imposing and Terrifying: Its design, with mandibles, dreadlocks, and advanced camouflage technology, is intended to evoke fear and awe. Its roars and clicks are iconic elements of its menacing presence (The Science Fiction Encyclopedia).
Mysterious and Alien: While some lore has been developed, the Predator largely remains an enigmatic figure, its motivations and culture only partially revealed, maintaining its status as an "other" (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
3. Human Protagonists
The human characters in previous Predator films are typically:
Hardened Professionals:
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00:00Hey everyone, Nezuko here. I'm on my Skyblock world, and I haven't really accomplished a
00:07whole lot since the last video, but I did want to talk about Predator Badlands, the
00:14new movie that just came out this weekend. Seems like everybody's got an opinion on it,
00:19so I figured what the hell, I'll throw my two cents in as well. Honestly, I did like
00:26it. I know a lot of people are enjoying it. It's just not my cup of tea, to be quite
00:33honest. I mean, it had some good stuff in it. I liked the way it started. I thought it started
00:39very strong, and for a minute, I was doubting some of the critics who usually label everything
00:47woke, and don't get me wrong, some things are woke, but not everything's woke. You can
00:52have female leads without the movie being woke. That term just gets tossed around like
01:00crazy. I'm just showing you how much lava casting I've accomplished. I really need, like, I almost
01:08wish I had a leecher just so I could fly around and show you how massive this cobblestone mountain
01:15has become. It's even wrapping around my little mini ocean, so I'm probably, everything you can see
01:22on this side, I'm probably just going to extend the ocean, give it a nice gradual, you know, drop
01:30into the depths. I don't want it, I don't want the ocean to be cubicle. I want it to be somewhat
01:34natural. If I ever find a way to get sand, then I'll actually put sand around it, but I probably have
01:41to probably just have to settle for gravel. I don't think I can get regular sand anywhere in large
01:47quantities. I don't even think there's a villager trade for sand. And duping's impossible without
01:56the end portals. But yeah, getting back to the movie, sorry. The movie, like I said, it started,
02:02it starts out promising. I was kind of interested to see a little bit more about the predators and
02:10their, uh, their world, their society. You know, I found all that kind of interesting.
02:16Um, I'm gonna put some, some dirt down and expand a little bit. Um, but to be honest, the, uh, I took
02:27my daughter to see it and she, she pretty much agrees with me like a hundred percent. Um, I don't know
02:34the actress's name, but they've, they've got a woman playing a synthetic or damaged synthetic.
02:41And honestly, she's playing the, uh, the antagonist as well. Okay. I hate when it does that. Um,
02:51so she's, she's playing two roles, two synthetics. Um, and, uh, to be just to be as blunt as possible,
02:59uh, it became a comedy as soon as she's introduced the, uh, the damaged synthetic.
03:07And, uh, and honestly, I just, I did not care for that in the slightest. It's, uh, it's very much,
03:14um, Disney star Wars or Disney Marvel humor. It doesn't land most of the time. It's very predictable.
03:23Uh, it's just, and it just, it just breaks the mood. Like, you know, it's supposed to be
03:33an action movie yet. You've got this person just cracking jokes all the time and what are supposed
03:41to be life and death situations. So yeah, it just, uh, it just rubbed me the wrong way. It really, um,
03:51it really took me out of the, uh, what was it called? Uh, suspension, suspension of belief, disbelief,
04:00whatever. Um, it really, it just really took me out of the film and, uh,
04:07and I don't blame the actress. It's just, oh my God. Stop doing that. There's just, there's just no
04:15place for it in the movie. It's just not, it just, it doesn't fit at all. This is, uh, this is the first
04:21PG 13, uh, predator movie. It's not rated R and they get away with that because it's only,
04:30uh, synthetics being damaged. It's not like actual people. So there's no, there's no blood.
04:37Um, synthetics and CGI monsters to be, to be, uh, perfectly honest. Uh,
04:46honest to God, man, I, I hate to say this because normally I try to find the, the good in movies
04:51when you're talking to somebody who really, really enjoyed Tron Aries. Oh, speaking of which,
04:56I got this very cool, um, collectible popcorn. I saw like a, um, uh, not a movie poster, but like,
05:05I saw an ad for it in the movie theater and I immediately just had to have it because,
05:10you know, I miss arcade cabinets. They're pretty much a thing of the past now.
05:14And, uh, I love the original Tron, uh, arcade cabinet. So who knows, you know, I'll probably
05:21end up building something like this eventually. I've always wanted to build my own arcade cabinet
05:26and probably make it Tron themed with, uh, it's actually quite a few, uh, Tron, good,
05:31good Tron games out there. Um, uh, sorry, I'm getting, I'm getting distracted though. Uh,
05:40yeah, it's just, it's just not good. I found myself, you know, begging for the movie to end
05:46and it, it does that thing where, you know, it tries to be, you know, subverts your expectations by,
05:53by having like three or four different endings. And it's just like, I'll give you a, for instance,
05:58spoiler warning here. If you don't want to know anything about the movie, you really shouldn't
06:02go see it though. It's garbage. Um, you know, um, spoiler warning though. Um, there's a scene
06:11where there's this giant monster. It's what the, the predator is supposed to be there to kill
06:17so that he can actually become a full fledged predator. You know, it's his, his trophy hunt or
06:22whatever. And, um, the, the monster eats the evil cyborg, the evil, uh, cyborg, the evil synthetic.
06:32And then I, I leaned over towards my daughter and I said, uh, watch, she's going to bust out of this
06:39unbeatable monster. And sure enough, you know, took, took a minute, but sure enough, you know,
06:45it did. It's just, uh, it's so revoltingly Disney and I don't hate Disney. I mean, look,
06:52I love the classic animations. I love a lot of Disney films that are, um, you know, Bolt.
06:59I know Bolt's not popular, but I thought Bolt was, uh, was awesome. So, I mean, I do like a lot of
07:04Disney movies. It's just, they're taking these action franchises that are, that are beloved by male
07:13audiences and they're trying to turn them into a family friendly fare. I don't want to see that
07:21in a predator movie. I want to see, you know, people scared of dying, running for their lives,
07:27being killed. And, you know, I basically don't want like a, a sci-fi slasher. I want to, to get to like
07:33the characters and I want to empathize with their fear and panic as they're being hunted. That's,
07:40that's the, the essence of the first film. You know, you've got these, these awesome characters,
07:45these likable, uh, hero, you know, archetypes and they're being hunted. And, uh, it's, it's kind of
07:52terrifying. It's like, oh my God, these guys are badasses. Anything that could haunt them has to be,
07:57you know, a demon. And, uh, sorry, that was a, that's how I get my gravel. And then I take my gravel
08:05and mix it with regular dirt to make course dirt. Most of y'all know how that's done.
08:10But, uh, yeah, basically you can turn gravel into, um, into regular dirt that way. You just
08:15gotta combine it and then hit it with a hoe or a shovel. But, um, but yeah, they, they keep doing
08:23this, man. They keep taking franchises that guys love and trying to either make them more appealing
08:30to women. That didn't go very far, did it? Trying to make them more appealing to women or,
08:36um, like I said, family friendly. Like, so the, you know, the whole family can go see a PG-13
08:43Predator movie. I don't want that. Nobody wants that. It's just, you know, by trying to appeal to
08:51everybody, they actually appeal to nobody. You know, my daughter's a very girly girl. She loves the first
08:58movie. You know, the one with Arnold. Um, she, she didn't love this at all. So everything that
09:06Disney's doing, they're, they're being really super retarded about everything. They're like,
09:10oh, let's stick a female lead in there. Let's, uh, put some cutesy animals in there. And there's a lot,
09:16I mean, a lot of cutesy alien monsters, um, creatures that are like helping out the Predator
09:26and the good synthetic girl. And it's just revolting. It's freaking, it's Mandalorian and Grogu.
09:36You know, that's essentially what I, what I'm expecting Mandalorian and Grogu to be.
09:40Um, you know, a dash of Star Wars with a bunch of, uh, family fairs, just slop, man. So,
09:51um, okay. It's not a whole lot more to say about the movie. Uh, like I said, I, I wasn't expecting a
09:58whole lot, but it, it even failed to, to meet those expectations. This is how you make the, um,
10:04the regular dirt. This is coarse dirt. And I got to sleep. I got to find a way to automate this
10:13or something. Cause it is, my God, it is slow. So slow going. But yeah, don't, don't waste your
10:20time. It's an awful, awful movie. The first 15 minutes or so before the synthetic female shows up
10:28is really good. It was really, you know, it's really, it's really good in comparison to everything
10:34else. I should say, uh, it's not like a masterpiece or anything, but it was interesting.
10:38It had my interests and I was like, for a moment, I was thinking, well, you know, it may be all the,
10:43uh, the online naysayers, the, the ones that scream woke woke, you know, I thought maybe they had,
10:50uh, gone a little too far with their reviews of this, but no, it is, it's garbage. It's absolute
10:57garbage. So, um, and, and they do a thing, the, um, real quick before I go, the, um, antagonist,
11:04the, the other female, uh, synthetic is of course a girl boss. She's like a female terminator.
11:15She's super strong, super clever. Um, just super everything. She's, you know, she's a better
11:22predator than the predator itself. So, um, oh, and there's also, I don't know what the hell started,
11:31but, um, if you're familiar with Grace Randolph, she's apparently shipping this predator and the
11:39synthetic cause they, they do, they do make an obvious, um, attempt to, uh, leave it, leave the door
11:46open for a sequel, uh, a sequel with the, uh, the predator's mom. And I was just like, I was groaning
11:57and just, I don't, I didn't give a fuck who heard me. I was like, come on, let's get the fuck out of
12:02here. I was so upset, man. I was so mad. Um, and surprisingly, I noticed it was a Monday, but surprisingly,
12:10the theater was almost empty. So I think the negative word of mouth is really getting around.
12:16Um, you know, the, the critics can only, the critics can trick us into the movie theater opening
12:22weekend, but you know, once people we know start talking about it, you know, it's going to get out
12:27pretty quick that it's garbage. So, and it's a shame too, cause this, this could have been a great movie.
12:32Uh, I really enjoyed Prey and this is directed by the same guy. Um, I think just, I think Disney just
12:39got involved and Disney did what Disney does and says, you know, Hey, put a girl boss in it. Uh,
12:46it's gotta, it's gotta appeal to women. So, and the ironic thing is, is women don't want to see
12:53girl bosses. They don't want to see these, these strong female characters. Um, this is, it's just,
13:01it's not fooling anybody. Anyways, I'll, I'll let y'all go. Just save your money. Please, please,
13:09please just don't go to see this movie. I mean, if you like super woke stuff, if you like Disney girl
13:15bossing, then you're going to love this. Cause it's just, it's the more, it's more of the same
13:22crap that Disney's been doing. Um, well, since, since forever, but anyways, I'll let y'all go.
13:29Thank you again so much and, uh, for watching and if you're still around and, you know, take
13:36care of yourself. You got any suggestions for my skyblock world, or you know how to build a
13:42uh, simple dirk or converting machine, uh, point me in the right direction in the comments and
13:47greatly appreciate it. Cause this is gonna, this is gonna take forever at this rate. I mean,
13:51two stacks of dirt went nowhere and I've still got to cover mountains and things like that. So
13:59quite possibly my ocean floor. So it's, I need, I need, I need to speed this up somehow. Um, but yeah,
14:06y'all take care and I will catch y'all later. Okay. This is just going to be my outro. I'm just
14:14running over here to, to see the, uh, the lava get turned into a cobble.
14:25And then I'm going to say goodbye. Bye. Catch you later. Okay.
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