Shane Black Directing Predator Sequel! - Part 1

[TheVileOne]

I think that's just for effect. It's not him actually controlling the ship.

Why would they even hint at it for effect?

 

[TheVileOne]

Hah, well if I awoke on a table with someone trying to remove my pants, I guess I'd freak out too! t:

As Moridin stated earlier, it's quite likely that the scenes aren't actually linked. It would seem a bit daft if so. There's a chance the kid (who has that alien tech) somehow emits a signal to the Predator ship (which then crashes) but I doubt he's controlling the crash.

Then why did they edit it that way in the trailer? This is the way it was edited at CinemaCon as well.

Why is this kid even in the movie? Why does a kid get a package of alien tech?

I was under the impression that advanced screenings or whatever had been well received?

IMO, test screenings and focus groups are mostly BS. They either take the wrong message or they only listen to the results they want to hear and drown out the rest.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was apparently doing well in test screenings before it came out.

 

[StarLord]

Why would they even hint at it for effect?

I dunno. A kid is playing make believe etc. but it happened.

 

[Flash525]

Then why did they edit it that way in the trailer? This is the way it was edited at CinemaCon as well.

The same reason the put Hulk in that Wakandan scene he wasn't in; to get people talking.

Why is this kid even in the movie? Why does a kid get a package of alien tech?

I'm sure, if you watch the film, these answers will present themselves. Otherwise, just come back here a few days after the films release and someone will tell you.

There was a child in Alien. There was a child in Requiem. Children exist, and can add to the plot of a film. I further believe this child has (what we'd perceive as) a disability, which makes him key to defeating the threat posed.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was apparently doing well in test screenings before it came out.

I didn't mind Legend of the Sword. Sure, it wasn't remotely historically accurate, but it was an enjoyable popcorn flick.

 

[Schlosser85]

Think he just means subverting expectations by killing the kid, Moridin. I don't think the kid'll die, but it'd be the type of ballsy writing Shane would do. Remember he wanted to brutally kill Riggs at the end of his Die Hard sequel before the suits got all over that.

You mean Lethal Weapon?

IIRC, wasn't Riggs originally meant to actually die when Joss Ackland riddled him with a machine gun at the end of Lethal Weapon 2, and him miraculously surviving was a last minute addition?

 

[P Supreme]

Boyd Holbrook oozes charisma I love this guy but this trailer is pure Manure

 

[Spider-Fan]

This looks very meh.

 

[Prettyricky]

I hope this isnt another dawsons creek type crap like avpr was. I really do hope they show humans finally researching these creatures and maybe more mythos established. Also ditching the dumb every 100 years they comeback to earth stuff.

 

[TheVileOne]

The same reason the put Hulk in that Wakandan scene he wasn't in; to get people talking.

Except Hulk wasn't even in Wakanda. And they overlayed a Hulk CG model over the Hulkbuster model. Which was a bit pointless IMO, since we knew Hulkbuster was already in Wakanda as well and people had already guessed it was Banner piloting it.

There was a child in Alien. There was a child in Requiem. Children exist, and can add to the plot of a film. I further believe this child has (what we'd perceive as) a disability, which makes him key to defeating the threat posed.

I didn't mind Legend of the Sword. Sure, it wasn't remotely historically accurate, but it was an enjoyable popcorn flick.

Requiem was horse manure and it's probably a comparison this film would not want to draw.

 

[Neno_Kos]

this will suck so bad. they ruined it. thank god for 80's original classic

 

[Kane52630]

You guys are seriously thinking this will be another AVP:R?

 

[Flash525]

Except Hulk wasn't even in Wakanda. And they overlayed a Hulk CG model over the Hulkbuster model. Which was a bit pointless IMO, since we knew Hulkbuster was already in Wakanda as well and people had already guessed it was Banner piloting it.

Is that not what I've just said? The trailer for IW showed Hulk in Wakanda, when the film didn't have him in.

Requiem was horse manure and it's probably a comparison this film would not want to draw.

It's easy for people to criticise a film before actually watching it.

 

[TheVileOne]

It's not the film we are criticizing. It's the footage in the teaser trailer

 

[Link]

Trailer is way too generic for what this could be. The editing kills off all possible suspense. I don't know.

 

[TheVileOne]

This is the hard thing about reboots, remakes, soft reboots, reimagines, and requels. It's trying to get that intangible perfect storm to happen all over again.

 

[Aximili86]

You mean Lethal Weapon?

IIRC, wasn't Riggs originally meant to actually die when Joss Ackland riddled him with a machine gun at the end of Lethal Weapon 2, and him miraculously surviving was a last minute addition?

Yeah, ****, sorry. Brain fart, meant his LW2 script yeah. Die Hard, psheesh.

And yeah, Black's script for LW2 (wasn't called Lethal Weapon, had a totally different title which I'm blanking on right now) shared similar elements to what we got in the final film. South African villains and the Krugerand MacGuffin. Apparently it was like a million times darker than the first movie though and the producers didn't want any part of it. And nah, I think they scrapped Riggs dying pretty early, as soon as Black bailed and they got the new writing team on board. Could be wrong on that, but from memory it was one of the reasons they rejected Shane's script in the first place, the hot-****-at-the-time Gibson being snuffed.

 

[Aximili86]

You guys are seriously thinking this will be another AVP:R?

Nobody really said that. Just that the setting and some of the mood have a couple of similarities. No movie by Shane would ever be anything resembling that pile of dog**** quality-wise.

 

[Guts]

I hope this isnt another dawsons creek type crap like avpr was. I really do hope they show humans finally researching these creatures and maybe more mythos established. Also ditching the dumb every 100 years they comeback to earth stuff.

Was that ever established in the movies? It's not like Predator 2 takes place 100 years after the first movie?

 

[Nathan]

After that Trailer, I'm not getting my hopes up that the Movie will put the Predator franchise back into the spotlight. Though if the Predator action is decent, it can be at least a guilty pleasure to watch. I can even get some enjoyment out of AvP:R, watching Wolf just **** up everybody's day.

 

[P Supreme]

I hoping its just a bad trailer cause I like everyone involved minus Munn she is terrible IMO you have to hit with the first teaser cause they will be getting bad buzz until they release the actual full trailer

 

[chaseter]

The #metoo movement had better Predator reveals than this trailer.

 

[Da-Scribe]

I did not at any point think the kid was actually piloting the spaceship. Pretty sure it's just edited to position the imagery of an innocent child playing around against the imagery of what will be a violent invasion by an alien race of warriors. And it's darkly humorous, because the kid is pretty spot on.

That's what I took from it anyway.

 

[P Supreme]

The #metoo movement had better Predator reveals than this trailer.

lololololololololololololololol

 

[StarLord]

You guys are seriously thinking this will be another AVP:R?

Had to take my damn night vision goggles to see that thing.

 

[The Shape]

I did not at any point think the kid was actually piloting the spaceship. Pretty sure it's just edited to position the imagery of an innocent child playing around against the imagery of what will be a violent invasion by an alien race of warriors. And it's darkly humorous, because the kid is pretty spot on.

That's what I took from it anyway.

Correct.