Predator Fan Film WTF?
January 11, 2024 10:23 AM Subscribe
Predator: Dark Ages
Regarding the mystic power of a ludicrous sci fi one off featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger on generations of wannabe monster movie auteurs. Excluding of course any reference to the execrable corporate mashups of all things Alien vs. Predator and their occasionally molecular acidic ilk for all the obvious they suck reasons.
See also
Predator: The Creature from the Big Mountain
Predator: Now with Nazis!
Predators World War
Predators: Now with more Nazis -- only worse!
Zatoichi vs. Predator
Predator: Now with legendary blind Samurai swordsman!
Predator: Final Stand
more like Predator: The Total Pits amirite?
Warrior Predator: Now with Prey ripoff
Oh. Come. On. Already.
Also, Predator at 2017 Japanese Comic Com
Really? You kiss your mom with that mouth?*
Seriously, that suit is a piece of work.
YouTube Predator Fan Film Archive -- Yikes! --.All of the above plus more: In the words of Leonard Plympth-Garnell, Simply odious!
Tomorrow: The Go Fund Me page for my upcoming my own mash up of Predator Gets A Root Canal from Dr. Orin Scrivello D.D.S. Oh, C'mon -- Apart from Cream Puffs, with that Ridiculously Small and Silly Mouth, How Can a Predator Eat at Anything at All? Give early, give often and give liberal liberal liberally!
Honestly, as crappy as some of these are, these guys -- for the most part, I am guessing -- took the time, effort and sometimes money to actually make these videos. Which in my opinion is no small thing when you think.about it. No, really!
Regarding the mystic power of a ludicrous sci fi one off featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger on generations of wannabe monster movie auteurs. Excluding of course any reference to the execrable corporate mashups of all things Alien vs. Predator and their occasionally molecular acidic ilk for all the obvious they suck reasons.
See also
Predator: The Creature from the Big Mountain
Predator: Now with Nazis!
Predators World War
Predators: Now with more Nazis -- only worse!
Zatoichi vs. Predator
Predator: Now with legendary blind Samurai swordsman!
Predator: Final Stand
more like Predator: The Total Pits amirite?
Warrior Predator: Now with Prey ripoff
Oh. Come. On. Already.
Also, Predator at 2017 Japanese Comic Com
Really? You kiss your mom with that mouth?*
Seriously, that suit is a piece of work.
YouTube Predator Fan Film Archive -- Yikes! --.All of the above plus more: In the words of Leonard Plympth-Garnell, Simply odious!
Tomorrow: The Go Fund Me page for my upcoming my own mash up of Predator Gets A Root Canal from Dr. Orin Scrivello D.D.S. Oh, C'mon -- Apart from Cream Puffs, with that Ridiculously Small and Silly Mouth, How Can a Predator Eat at Anything at All? Give early, give often and give liberal liberal liberally!
Honestly, as crappy as some of these are, these guys -- for the most part, I am guessing -- took the time, effort and sometimes money to actually make these videos. Which in my opinion is no small thing when you think.about it. No, really!
It's the pick of the litter for sure.
posted by y2karl at 11:40 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
posted by y2karl at 11:40 AM on January 11 [1 favorite]
Prey is indeed amazing!!
posted by supermedusa at 11:44 AM on January 11 [3 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 11:44 AM on January 11 [3 favorites]
Predator vs. Magnus: Robot Fighter is good
No, seriously
For real I mean it
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 12:10 PM on January 11 [3 favorites]
No, seriously
For real I mean it
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 12:10 PM on January 11 [3 favorites]
As this magnificent post underlines, I think the Predator endures as a cultural presence because it's such a strong, simple concept that it's begging to be re-contextualized in new and interesting places and times and situations. I love so much when creative enthusiasts pick up the torch like this.
When I worked at the movies it was a common conversation starter - which historical figure do you think could take the Predator? My favorite answer was T.E. Lawrence.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 12:12 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
When I worked at the movies it was a common conversation starter - which historical figure do you think could take the Predator? My favorite answer was T.E. Lawrence.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 12:12 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
Predator vs. Magnus: Robot Fighter is good
No, seriously
For real I mean it
okay, but aside from that, is there any other movie ever with "vs" in the title that's any good?
posted by philip-random at 12:42 PM on January 11
omg watching Dark Ages now (my inner Medievalist is excite!) and its impressively well done, and quite gory!!
posted by supermedusa at 12:43 PM on January 11
posted by supermedusa at 12:43 PM on January 11
Kramer vs. Kramer?
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:44 PM on January 11 [6 favorites]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:44 PM on January 11 [6 favorites]
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
posted by vverse23 at 12:56 PM on January 11 [6 favorites]
posted by vverse23 at 12:56 PM on January 11 [6 favorites]
Kramer vs Kramer was a tour de force of modern cinema. That Michael Richards could play both roles with total conviction was beyond amazing The ground breaking cgi by at the time the fledgling ILM brought the post apocalyptic scenario into sharp focus, and the over the top stunt work in the battle scenes insure this film retains its place in the hearts of filmgoers for generations.
posted by evilDoug at 12:58 PM on January 11 [12 favorites]
posted by evilDoug at 12:58 PM on January 11 [12 favorites]
What, no Batman vs. Predator?
(aka "Batman: Dead End", which I first came across being passed around on CD-Rs back in the day)
(more previously)
posted by Luddite at 1:00 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
(aka "Batman: Dead End", which I first came across being passed around on CD-Rs back in the day)
(more previously)
posted by Luddite at 1:00 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
is there any other movie ever with "vs" in the title that's any good?
Joe vs. The Volcano
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 1:19 PM on January 11 [4 favorites]
Joe vs. The Volcano
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 1:19 PM on January 11 [4 favorites]
is there any other movie ever with "vs" in the title that's any good?
Scott vs the Pilgrim
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 1:24 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
Scott vs the Pilgrim
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 1:24 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
(more previously)
D'oh! Got so far in the weeds making this that I neglected my Searching. Sorry, zippy.
posted by y2karl at 1:26 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
D'oh! Got so far in the weeds making this that I neglected my Searching. Sorry, zippy.
posted by y2karl at 1:26 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
I want Predator vs Gyeongseong Creature
posted by gottabefunky at 1:41 PM on January 11
posted by gottabefunky at 1:41 PM on January 11
Well, that covers all the angles. Not to mention internet searches.
posted by y2karl at 2:01 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
posted by y2karl at 2:01 PM on January 11 [1 favorite]
Predator: supposedly the result of the Thomas Brothers taking seriously the suggestion that, after Rocky IV and the final fight against the nigh-superhuman Dolph Lundgren, the only place for the Rocky franchise to go (not counting where it actually went) was for Rocky to fight an alien. Basically a reskinning of Alien (instead of a mostly-empty starship where a stealthy alien eliminated the humans one by one, it was a mostly-empty jungle), but still pretty effective in how it set its own pace and punctuated the endless green jungle with splashes of red.
Predator 2: this one followed the example of Aliens, with their version of the Men in Black thinking that they had the fight all figured out in advance and were so, so wrong. A pretty good cast with a so-so script that I've rewritten in my head so many times. For some reason, we didn't get another installment in the franchise for over a decade.
The AvP movies: well, we could have waited longer. Only watched a bit of the first one and none of the second, save for a particular scene that I ran across on YouTube and wished that I hadn't. I do love the action-figure webcomic Alien Loves Predator, though.
Predators: Another one with a great cast and so-so script. Again with hunting through the jungle, only it's an alien planet and there's more than one and they've also got a, Christ, a Predator dog, and who cares.
The Predator: You know, Shane Black does come up with some good bits for his movies, but then he throws in something that's just really dumb; in this one, it's that there's this elaborate security setup for a MiB-type secret government facility, but then they've got the captive title character in a big room with slim to nil internal security, restrained by metal bands which seem to have been cut from aluminum soda cans, and, well, you can guess the rest; it was dumb when they did it in the Species movies, twice, and it's dumber here.
Prey: not just great, but you wonder why it took this long to come up with a decent sequel/prequel/whatever.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:09 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
Predator 2: this one followed the example of Aliens, with their version of the Men in Black thinking that they had the fight all figured out in advance and were so, so wrong. A pretty good cast with a so-so script that I've rewritten in my head so many times. For some reason, we didn't get another installment in the franchise for over a decade.
The AvP movies: well, we could have waited longer. Only watched a bit of the first one and none of the second, save for a particular scene that I ran across on YouTube and wished that I hadn't. I do love the action-figure webcomic Alien Loves Predator, though.
Predators: Another one with a great cast and so-so script. Again with hunting through the jungle, only it's an alien planet and there's more than one and they've also got a, Christ, a Predator dog, and who cares.
The Predator: You know, Shane Black does come up with some good bits for his movies, but then he throws in something that's just really dumb; in this one, it's that there's this elaborate security setup for a MiB-type secret government facility, but then they've got the captive title character in a big room with slim to nil internal security, restrained by metal bands which seem to have been cut from aluminum soda cans, and, well, you can guess the rest; it was dumb when they did it in the Species movies, twice, and it's dumber here.
Prey: not just great, but you wonder why it took this long to come up with a decent sequel/prequel/whatever.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:09 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
Raphael Adolini's flintlock pistol was the backstory hundreds years old reverse double whammy easter egg of all time.
posted by y2karl at 10:15 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 10:15 PM on January 11 [2 favorites]
Hands down the two Predator movies worth a damn are the OG and Prey. If I'm being honest, I think I prefer Prey.
posted by drewbage1847 at 8:53 PM on January 12 [1 favorite]
posted by drewbage1847 at 8:53 PM on January 12 [1 favorite]
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Next up: Predators (which we've both seen but remember only vaguely), The Predator (also have seen but remember vaguely), and Prey, which is fucking amazing and the best of the lot if you don't count the OG.
He suggested maybe we do the Alien franchise next but stop before Prometheus (we hated it).
I have seen the Dark Ages short film and thought it was pretty good!
posted by Kitteh at 11:16 AM on January 11 [4 favorites]