Predator: An Oral History

[SpeedBash]

The original Predator movie was released in the USA 30 years ago in June 1987.

If you are a fan of the movie and are also interested in what happens behind the scenes, then this recent Hollywood Reporter article is worth a read: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/preda...

As is this one from Stan Winston Studios regarding the Predator suit: https://stanwinstonschool.com/blog/predator-30th-a...


If the above has got you in the mood, then tuck into the below videos.

7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Predator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0il3ysn4z-M

The Making of Predator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb_XfVGP_GE

Predator - Original Suit with Jean-Claude Van Damme: https://youtu.be/A1GfUoB0kog

Stan Winston's Predator FX Team at Monsterpalooza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8SQUWr1w6g



(BTW, a similar Terminator Oral History can be found here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Leroy902]

Still one of my favourite movies of all time.

[texaxile]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2BZCW4SpHE

[Halb]

THere's a lil clip of Jesse telling a funny gym story about Predator and AhNold but I can't find it now.

edit, seems it's not on youtube anynore, but it's on DM
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x405suw

THese are good vids though, Rossatron explains why Predator is so good

Predator: Why Is It So Good?

https://youtu.be/Ls2jtkIrqd4

Arnold Schwarzenegger VS Jesse Ventura!

https://youtu.be/SkZUSorrxl4

Jesse Ventura on Filming Predator

https://youtu.be/qMNN85sviTs

Jesse Ventura interview: Chewing tobacco helped me get “Predator” role

https://youtu.be/63EGyNlpZUw

PREDATOR: DARK AGES

https://youtu.be/YRD8jAk274I

Edited by Halb on Tuesday 27th June 11:06

[Otispunkmeyer]

I ain't got time to bleed!

[popeyewhite]

Halb said:

PREDATOR: DARK AGES

https://youtu.be/YRD8jAk274I

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I know Kevin Peter Hall is no longer among us, but surely they could have found someone nearly as tall as him!

[mp3manager]

Still the best thing on the internet.



https://youtu.be/qlicWUDf5MM

[wjb]

Love this film, I know a guy called dillan, and whenever we see him we say "dillan, you sonofabh"

You'd think that would get old after over 2 decades. But it hasn't, not for us anyway

[SpeedBash]

To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Predator is back in cinemas in November 2017.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Zw0hGAxXo

[Halb]

Watch it
The cinema cut has extra footage

[Billyray911]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/preda...
A really enjoyable read that,thankyou.
I remember watching Predator at a midnight premiere at the Odeon in Birmingham.I came out of the showing with the same smile on my face as I had,after seeing Die Hard for the first time!
Think I’ll book a ticket, leave the wife at home and reminisce!

[Matt_N]

Looks like Cineworld will be showing it, handy as there is one 5 minutes from me.

[nigelpugh7]

SpeedBash said:

To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Predator is back in cinemas in November 2017.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Zw0hGAxXo

As many have said earlier, still one of the best films of all time for me and the crew!

We have also booked to go and see it for the 30th Aniversary at Cineworld NEC next Thursday, I can’t wait!

“ Anytime! “

[steviegunn]

Otispunkmeyer said:

I ain't got time to bleed!

"Huh, you got time to duck"

One on favourite movies, wore out two copies on vhs back in the day I watched them so much.

[nigelpugh7]

steviegunn said:

"Huh, you got time to duck"

One on favourite movies, wore out two copies on vhs back in the day I watched them so much.

So funny, that’s what we did too!

As a result I now have four dvd copies and one on blue ray too, two of them are not even opened!

[Lance Catamaran]

And yet, for quite unfathomable reasons, it has a 40 score on Metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/predator

[nigelpugh7]

Lance Catamaran said:

And yet, for quite unfathomable reasons, it has a 40 score on Metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/predator

I think when it first came out the critics were not that impressed.

However as time has gone by, it’s become a classic compared to so many also ran movies in the same genre over the 30 years.

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, it’s easy to see the hand of mcteirnans masterful directing in most of the movie.

I was shocked to learn it was the 2nd unit director who managed the scene in the geurillas village at the start of the film. As you watch it back, it’s so easy to see the poor quality of the static shots, compared the the brilliance of some of the wide to close panning action in the rest of the film under mcteirnans direction.

[Sa Calobra]

THIRTY years old? Yet it's still fantastic.

Best scene is when Arnie loosens the truck generator off it's blocks onwards. Put this bit on full sound system and enjoy..The Orchestral score was bang on.

'Stick around'


Eeeee the Arnie one liners.

[Halb]

So who think's that The Predator will suck massive donkey dicks?

[nikaiyo2]

Bit of triv the actor who played the helicopter pilot was also the Predator.