Talk:Super Predator

Predator is one of the greatest science fiction movies ever. The original predator, played be the late Kevin Peter Hall, was claimed to be as tall as 7'6" (by Director Joel Silver) but was probably 7'2" or 7'3". With shoes and mask, ok, we are at 7'6". He starred as the Predator in the first 2 movies, before his untimely death. In Predator, an elite team of US Army soldiers, headed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, are stalked and eliminated, one by one, by this Predator. It is never made clear what unit this team was, other than some generic special forces rescue teams, who are conned/ordered to infiltrate a guerilla camp and rescue some other soldiers (green berets out of Fort Bragg apparently). This is where Arnold famously claims We ah(sic) a rescue team, not assasins. I won't turn this into a military lecture, suffice it to say, you follow orders. SEAL Team 6 killed Osama Bin Laden under orders. What those orders were, I can't say other than it was probably to kill not capture, because his capture would open up a can of worms, and a circus around the entire issue. When you enter the military, you are trained for war. War involves the taking of other human lives. If you don't want to be an assassin don't join the military, and join Spec Ops. Anyway, since the original, the Predators, or Yautja, if you prefer, have gotten smaller, then bigger built but about as effective as the Salvation Army would be in a war zone. Only in AVPR did the makers finally acknowledge that in a one on one fight, the aliens don't stand a chance (why they grew 20 foot long prehensile tails in AVP I'll never know) unless they have much greater numbers. So then we finally reach the movie Predators. Our classic Predator is about 2 inches taller than Adrian Brody, while the Super Predators are somewhat shorter than the original Predator. They are larger muscled in appearance than the classic predator in AVPR, but not as heavily built as those in AVP. They are able to kill a 'classic" Predator in a fight, and lose a fight to a man with a sword. Remember, this is the same species that stalked and eliminated not one, but two special forces teams on earth.  I love the Predator concept.  I love the potential combination of battles with Aliens, and another species of Predator.  What I ( I and many of my friends ) do not like is this ridiculous inconsistancy.  If I were a billionaire, I would buy the franchise and fix the whole mess, but I am not.  All I can do is  present my case, and hope someone at some point, will realize what I already know.