PREDATOR turns 20

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Just a quick notice -- today, June 12th, 2007, is the twentieth anniversary of the theatrical opening of PREDATOR, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Kevin Peter Hall, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Langham, and a boatload of weaponry.

I remember being very favorably impressed by the rigged minigun when I was a kid. For the adult gun geek, though, my heart has to go to the scene where Bill Duke glimpses the titular alien and shoots after it, leading his buddies to join him in hosing the rainforest with full-auto fire for a good sixty seconds. I know folks have occasionally cutting down unwanted trees with firearms, but PREDATOR's exercise in land-clearing takes that to a whole new level. I came to guns late in life, but PREDATOR's depiction of plinking left a mark that remains.

(It's kind of fun to think of a PREDATOR-style class III shoot, but safety would be a bear. Have to stand a good ways back from the foliage. And forget the grenade launcher, obviously. :) Though you might be able to do some entertaining things with Tannerite.)
 
Those eyes...disappeared. But
I know one thing, Major...
(pause)
...I drew down and fired
right at it. Capped-off two
hundred rounds and then the
Mini-gun; the full pack.
Nothin'...nothin' on this
earth could have lived...not
at that range.


macside.GIF
 
One of the greatest moments in cinema history is in "Predator".

At the end of the movie where Arnold is fighting it hand to claw, Arnold punches the Predator, and it just shakes it off then punches Arnold right back. The camera goes to a medium shot of Arnold absorbing the impact of that Predator punch.
Pure art I tell you.
Also, that Indian going all "Heart of Darkness" was kind of cool too.

Seriously though, as far as action movies go, it set a new standard.
 
I liked that movie also. But, one thing I thought was so far fetched from the moment I saw it was how any single human could hold a minigun steady for the full belt without flying backwards. A 5 second burst will slide a Huey sideways for about 20 feet if the pilot doesn't compensate for it. Yes, the caliber is considerably larger, but the Huey weighs a tad bit more than a man also.

Still, it was a good movie.

[Added]
Oh, and P-II was as bad as the original was good.
 
That whole insertion crew was the epitome of tough! At one point one of Arnie's men points out to Ventura that he is bleeding and in typical bad-boy language he matter-of-factly says, "I ain't got time to bleed." Stuff like that gives me the warm and fuzzies. :D
 
Jesse Ventura wrote a book, the title was "I ain't got time to bleed". Great book, if you like Hulk Hogan or are into the WWF/WWE/RAW whatever... Don't read the book as he lays it all out.
 
An absolutely bad a$$ movie...Just like most arnold movies, cheesy one liners, and great action. What more can you ask for?:D

Ya gotta love the jungle mini gun scene(s)
 
I remember seeing it when it first came out in theatre's. I had just turned 8 and we were at the beach, Emerald Isle NC.
 
I was 32 and my Southern Belle date and I went to see this at the Picture show.
Great Movie.
Now seeing this in the South, with like kind, is interesting, and downright funny.
See most of us never owned, much less used Camo clothing. Still don't.
We had all sorts of tacky comments about how much good camo really does...

Now the mini-gun, we always thought farm and ranch trucks, tractors, combines and all should have one..."Predator Control of Course" :p
 
I was working at a movie theatre when this came out.


God, I feel old.


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