Predator 2 - re:View
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2024
- Colin is back to talk to Jay about Predator 2, sketchy movie theaters, and giant pants. Predator 2 was not well received when it was released and it flopped. That didn't stop 20th Century Fox from desperately trying to turn this thing into a franchise. Is Predator 2 all that bad? Jay and Colin's reaction may shock you! (or not)
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Danny Glover has stated in interviews this is his second favorite performance he’s ever done because he was allowed to be a proper action star. He pushed himself to get into the shape of his life at 42-years old and just went for it. Glad to see the film steadily growing in popularity 33-years later.
In all the years that I've defended this flick, after pointing out lots of the stuff stated in this video, I always end it with a Glover impression when I say he is NOT "too old for this shit".
the way he slaps his hand in front of Gary Busey's face is top
What was his first?
@@charlottecorday8494 at the time that he was bringing up Predator 2, he mentioned his favorite being his performance as Mal in the film Silverado.
@@K_Rob
“Now, I don’t wanna kill you and you don’t wanna be dead.”
“Pants Trophy Effects By” has to be the crowning credit of Colin’s career.
Someone has to add that to his IMDb page.
Seeded the Predator vs Killer Clowns from Outer Space franchise.
This comment was visible before I watched the episode and I was SO confused.
Only second best. Reassembling TwinDragon Encounter is not only Colin's best achievement, but it's the best thing that's happened in film since Citizen Kane.
The fact that he put a pair of JNCOs in there... *chef kiss* What a legend that Colin.
That Predator invisible alley walking scene is one of my favorite VFX shots ever. I still got no clue how it looks so good.
It's cool seeing you here. I guess RLM really is your favorite CZcamsrs' favorite CZcams channel.
Damn the predator, red letter media, and max all together. All my favourites
To do the Predator stealth mode shots, I think they use the same camera footage shooting the background, in layers cut into shapes of a sort of topographic map of the Predator, and they increasingly distort the image as the layers represent thicker parts of the creature.
For the awesome water shot, I think what they tweaked from their usual approach is they also desynchronized the video on the layers, so each layer is showing the shot a few moments earlier than the last. This gives the splashes the illusion that they are wrapping around the Predator’s feet as he moves through his step, and even kind of look like they’re splashing up again when he lifts his foot, when really we’re just seeing one splash for each footfall distorted in time through the layers.
Can we get a Let’s Goooooo!!!!!
@@stevebernard1295 IIRC from a behind the scenes special years ago the splashes were recorded first; basically there were boards just below the surface with a little pneumatic hammers under them that made the splashes. They laid out a board for each footstep, firing the hammers in time to how they wanted the Predator to walk. Then they recorded the actor in the red chroma key suit following the same path and timing, then spliced the footage together as you described. Really cool shit for the time, still looks great.
I love how Colin says: "She has like anime hair." clearly thinking about the Golden Age of anime OVAs during the 80s when in fact modern anime characters and hairstyles look so wildly different. Colin is truly a G.
Modern anime all the characters look like they have Lego hairstyles lol
Tbf around that time every character had either Cloud hair or a bowl cut
I miss 80s catgirls.
They were usually feral babes.
Now, they're always uwu.
Modern anime is a cesspool made to satisfy fat otakus
"he's in town with a few days to kill" is the greatest tagline ever
Goddamn, I must’ve read that tagline a million times and it’s only now whilst reading your comment I’ve got it
Wow, you saying that you got it after reading it a million times, got me to realize there was something to get and thus, I also got it, after having read it a million times. @@OFED
Yeah I was kind of disappointed they didn't have THAT poster in the background.
Yeah, I appreciate the possibility offered that the hunters are just extreme sport-hunting enthusiasts, hobbyists with a lot of commitment, from an unknown core culture, instead of honor-guard Klingons as established in the lesser movies. They give prey a chance to fight back because them's the rules of their game.
Oh I agree. Lol
That was a heart warming story of Colin watching Predator 2 in his dad's favorite porno theater.
So you know about the "Columbian Girl" too?
Colin's dad was expecting a different predator movie
I want this to be the first comment people see as the video clicks open
You have absolutely no way of knowing if that was his favourite porn theatre.
NO IT WASN'T!!! It was a heartwarming story about Colin watching Predator: The First Predator at his dad's favorite porno theater. He CLEARLY said that he saw Predator 2: The Second Predator at the mall and then called his brother. Sheesh! Pay attention, will ya! (sarcasm)
Danny Glover plays some sort of Honey Badger / Goose hybrid in this movie. So fearless and intimidating that the Predator spends the final act running away from him.
Godzilla vs Honey Badger / goose hybrid is the place holder name for the next movie in the titans universe.
@@pleopodHoney Badger holding Kongs head in the poster.
The greatest quote in film history is when Olivia Munn's charicter in "The Predator" was basically about how autism is the next link in the evolutionary chain
As an autistic person I can confirm she is correct
@@FlamingLiberalSA We can confirm you had the MMR jab.
@@telsuttonSatire isn't funny when it's just believable stupidity
Okay... being in NDIS support work (in Australia), and helping care for a number of Autistic men of various ages... yeah, nah. I think the amount of Autistic geniuses would be about proportional to the amount of geniuses in the general population; i.e. very few. Most of the Autistic guys I work with are cool dudes, but not going to... solve any of life's great mysteries, let's say.
@@BrettJones27 One of my daughters is autistic/adhd, and her IQ is ridiculous... currently aceing her BSc degree in Manchester, whilst working 22 hours a week. All her friends are high-functioning autistic boffins, and she a set up a group for similar kids whilst at comp.
I don't know how much effort was put into that pants trophy shot but it was totally worth it.
Had to like the video just for that.
@@jeffphillips1832same here, and wouldn’t it be cool if the trophy they gave Glovers character was some pantaloons👍
@@williamcurry4868 Yes as long as someone says, "pantaloons" repeatedly.
Jnco jeans 👖 was the crowning achievement
Is like the pants version of the cigarettes in the fifth element
For a second I thought "Wow that pants trophy shot was really good" and then I remembered their guest is a professional vfx artist
I really want to understand this comment. Can you explain it to me?
@@matthewmcclure1364 21:02
@@matthewmcclure1364 shot of the trophy case of pants in this video was done by Colin because he’s a professional vfx artist. I thought Jay just suddenly got really good at editing but then I realized what their guest does for a living
@@bleachedbonez 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️holy smokes, I didn’t have any sense that that was inserted. I really thought that was part of the movie. I don’t think I was paying enough attention to what the guys were actually saying, and it does look super slick.
@@matthewmcclure1364 yeah colin worked in like hollywood type shit
For years I thought everyone regarded Predator I & II equally. When I found out otherwise I was perplexed. Schwarzenegger and Glover’s characters were simultaneously completely different and the same in the best way. And I friggin loved King Willy man.
same. They are equal in my opinion
100 percent. I love them equally
I think they’re an amazing 1-2 combination. Predator 2 is a little cheesier and over the top but Glover is flawless in it and I love both.
I always thought the predator's motivation was to hunt Danny Glover's character after witnessing him be a total badass in the opening scene, marking him as the ultimate trophy. It starts taking his team members as an indirect challenge and even kills King Willy after he gives advice.
I guess that's what the Predator did in the first movie, as well. It saved Arnold for last after identifying him as the ultimate warrior and leader.
The Predator walking through the water, and the reveal in the reflection, is one of the best FX sequences ever.
The Director flexing his Horror Chops for sure.
And it’s from 1990!!
We need @CorridorCrew to break down this scene
@@orinn777there's another Predator 2 review on CZcams by a channel called Oliver Harper, who breaks down how it's done at the 20min mark
@@ezza_t Good shout
That scene where Predator slowly walks towards King Willie, while water messes up its cloak is so superb and creepy.
Heads down one of the best scenes.
Dread. True dread.
I also like when the Predator said it’s morbin time on the ship.
Is King Willie the pirate from The Goonies?
AHHHHHHHHHGĜHHHHHH
I absolutely died at the "Huge Pants Trophy Collection". This is from the afterlife. I am dead.
"I don't think he gives a fuck." Is one of my favorite movie lines ever.
"A shit"...imposter fan...get him 👉🏻
Lol, you right, I mistyped it as I was thinking it.
@Surefire11B it's all good , just joking mate 👍🏻
The first I heard about Predator 2 was on some entertainment show, and I remember the hostess saying, "Unlike the first movie, where Arnold used his brawn to defeat the Predator, Glover has to use his brains to triumph in the sequel." Then I saw both movies and realized that whoever wrote that BS hadn't seen either movie, because that's the _exact opposite_ of what happens in both movies. Arnold outsmarts the Predator with the mud and traps, while Glover just beats it in hand-to-hand combat using its own weapon. It taught me not to trust reviews and previews.
That was the day you lost your trust in humanity.
What she said was beyond stupid
Your right, but to be fair, #1 has the team clearing a plot of jungle vegetation with just bullets, while #2 has Busey's team in hazmat suits hunting with nitrogen guns.
@@OnyDeus That doesn't really make the comparison work.
In the first movie you have the elite mercenary team, the baddest fuckers around, encounter a deadly alien monster they can't even _see,_ and they wig the fuck out. The deforestation sequence is a display of brawn with no brains, just panic, and they get picked off one by one as the movie goes, until Arnold's character is left with almost nothing, but he has learned enough important things about his enemy that he can finally outsmart him and win.
In Predator 2, the planning and preparing isn't the idea or makings of Glover's character, that's by Busey's character and his guys, Glover just discovers this on his quests as a detective trying to figure out the truth of these wild killings. Busey's planning _doesn't work,_ he tried to be clever but the Predator still outsmarts him and kills him, Glover finally defeats the Predator by being a better warrior who never surrenders. Even when he realizes that there's a half dozen more of these beasts, he doesn't give in, he's ready to continue giving his all until the end, and that's probably why the other Predators respect him and let him go, complete with a souvenir.
I never really thought about it until just now, but I realize that this is an inversion, and not a bad one, especially when you consider how the movie is generally pretty derivative of the first one. When you consider how incredibly quickly this movie was written, shot, and edited, that makes it all the more impressive. Predator 2 _is_ derivative a cash-in sequel, but a shockingly good one, all things considered.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine you're absolutely right. I wasn't trying to be serious, but I'm glad it helped you come to that observation. I never noticed that either, cool stuff.
The nerd guy on the train was a reference to Bernard Goetz, who shot a gang member in the NY subway. His trial was pretty famous in the 80s. In Predator 2 the extrapolation is that all commuters will be armed like Goetz
Good call.
Yep! As soon as I saw that clip, I was trying to remember Goetz’s name. It was pretty obvious they were referencing him.
Interesting
Goetz was the man!
@@charlottecorday8494
Hey thanks!
One theory I always liked about the Predator's motivation in this film is that the one we follow is the young blood of the tribe. He needs more weapons, he's more reckless than the Predator in the first film with how often he dives into crowds rather than always picking people off one by one, allowing himself to get more easily and more heavily injured than the one in the first film did, even the roar we hear throughout the film is a higher pitch than the previous movie.
no one ever mentions the fact that the person that worked on the alien skulls for the trophy room was Adam Jones of TOOL he also worked on elm st. 5, terminator 2, Jurassic park and a bunch of other stan winston projects
Damn didn’t know that at all nice tidbit
@@micahclawrenceyeah dude is pretty damn creative. hes done alot more than that too but I dont know all the actual work he has done on what projects but he certainly doesnt get credited often enough for his sfx work
I think the reveal of the alternate vision modes is one of the coolest twists in any sequel. Man was playing on hard mode intentionally
Well, yes and no. It's shown in the first movie they have heat vision naturally. So it only stands to reason they would prefer heat vision as their default.
The expansion of the Predator tech in this movie was the best part in my opinion. The first aide kit was probably my favorite. Was so fascinating seeing that for the first time.
The only thing that bothers me about predators seeing default infrared is the question of how they became so technologically advanced. You can't distinguish wires, you can't leave written notes.
@@HellecticMojo sure you can. I use infrared all the time and so do many electronics troubleshooting/metrology engineers. It's amazingly cheap To get sensors capable of incredible things and sensitivity. Easily being able to distinguish between ink or paper on a written note. Because everything absorbs and radiates different amounts of heat. Sensors are so cheap and sensitive now that you can see the heat differential and markings Left behind as you drag your fingers across the wall.
You can decipher an alarm pad code, because fingers will leave behind tiny amounts of heat, ascending in contrast of the order the buttons were pressed. You can look at a tiny ball bearing and see the miniscule area where the heat is building up.... To help find a fault and diagnose issues.
@@hullinstruments i actually didn't know there was infrared that advanced thats really cool. thanks for teaching me something lol
Predator 2 was notoriously edited to hell and lost a LOT of violence. I'm assuming Busey's top half was filmed, but got chopped.
True! How I wish we could have gotten a director's cut with all of that stuff back in.
4:10 i think for some reason the upper body part was perfectly positioned on the disc and flew away.
.......in half 😊
I always wondered if his top half got stuck on a meat hook somehow
Pun intended.
I feel like not enough people talk about Alan Silvestri's scores. He's a bit hit or miss, but when he cranks out a proper banger like the themes for Back to the Future, Predator, Forest Gump and Avengers, they are legendary.
Van helsing
The subtitles turned 'Gary Busey' into 'Scary Music', which is what he's called now.
"it's ok, i'm a cop"
"I don't think he gives a shit"
It makes sense that the predator arrives.. goes to where a war is taking place .. and then it notices that Mike (Glover) single handedly takes out a whole bunch of dudes.. so it sees him as a great warrior (trophy)...it then goes and takes out a bunch of the scorpios to test himself against those warriors and challenge to Mike...then It also notices glover talking to everyone like hes the boss even to his superiors...a lot of it is based off the predator watching Mike in the first battle.
Yeah the movie actually did a better job in establishing why the Predator and cop team was connected than this retrospective let's on.
It went after Glover's team when taking note they were his subordinates and after the level of skill he displayed in that first gang war fight.
Okay but why is the Predator watching Mike sleep
Why is the Predator at Mike's wedding
I think he has enough combat data now
nevermind he's mentoring Mike's autistic grandson and they're really connecting, hooray for all this combat data
@@LAVATORR lolololol
@@LAVATORR I hope more people see this comment
@@LAVATORR Predator's had the ring in his pocket for months, he's just working up the courage to pop the question to Mike
The predator stealth effect was done with chroma key using a guy in a red suit. It was like how'd you do an invisibility effect, except you apply a distortion to the background before covering the guy's outline with it.
They talk about that in the re:View of the first movie, I think they were talking about the water effect specifically because you can see the water splash through the moving leg and that's not something you can just key out. My guess is like Colin said, they just used an air cannon and the moving legs are an optical effect. It looks good but the legs splash up a bit too much water for it to look like real footsteps.
@@Kidd724I remember the invisibility effect in Prey being very uncanny and distracting, like they overuse it.
I'm this old today (42) when Lo Wang in Shadow Warrior says "Ancient Chinese Secret" was a reference to a bloody washing power advert from the 70s America!!!
Same with Deus Ex: Human Revolution.....
@@scalarmotion what part?
@@kerbal666 there's a part where old Tong calls you, Adam goes "wait how did you even get my frequency" and Tong just drops the "Ancient Chinese secret".
I don't know why it still lives rent free in my head
@@scalarmotion cool. Fair enough
Finally, 5 years after the first Predator review. Just in time!
God, it’s been 5 years already?
5 years until the Dune: Part Two review
We can finally stop refreshing that browser.
The pants gag is the stupidest thing ive ever seen. I love it.
The edit is actually really good.
I never noticed the pants at all as “oversized” until this review. 🤷🏾♂️. Hell, I’ve always been like, “I wanna pair…”
@@Grimloxz I honestly think that was just how things were in the 90's.
@@MrStath1986 This. 90s fashion was silly.
The best thing about the first Predator movies is that they both start out as a different genre and then suddenly you're in a scifi action thriller instead. The First movie is the typical 80s Soldier/Special Ops and the second one starts as a gritty, Hard Boiled cop movie.
23:35 he's not overacting. The character likely thinks he's having a heatstroke (do to over exertion/having a gunfight during a record breaking heatwave) which causes hallucinations, so he's trying to shake some sense back into his mind when he sees the Predator, likely mistaking it for a hallucination.
Danny Glover punching the camera while saying a perfectly timed "F you" was one of the best parts
Another is right at the end when he's spent the entire film hunting one of these things, finally kills it and then is surrounded by a whole bunch of others, is totally messed up and just says "who's next", probably one of the most bad ass things to say in that situation
Yeah that phrase and scene saved the movie
Fun fact: those Predators were played by members of the LA Lakers, who they hired _specifically_ to convince Danny Glover, a devoted Lakers fan, to sign on.
@@n3onkn1ghtand on CZcams you can see them doing a battle dance in costume on the set
@@n3onkn1ght i think it's more he was actually buddies with some of the Lakers and got them to pitch in since there was a lack of 7 foot people to put into suits.
Balls of brass, sire'. Polished to the 'nth degree.
The first movie was set up as a stereotypical military action film that turned into a sci-fi thriller. The second movie was set up as a stereotypical cop action film turned into a sci-fi thriller.
As I remember, the rest of the Predator movies stopped doing this and just played it straight instead of using some popular action movie type as their setting.
Maybe a screwball romp... that becomes a Predator movie.
So, given Hollywood trends, if they'd made a predator 3 in the mid-90s, it'd be predator vs. Kevin McKallister.
And that's why the later sequels fail/don't work; they don't have the transition from one genre to another within the same movie.
@@mroctober3657 that was the 2018 one, ragtag group of veterans held prisoner by the government and an autistic child who finds a predator mask and blows up someone’s house
Exactly what i was going to say.
"I don't think Jamaica has anything to do with VOODOO...?" - Jay Bauman's Wrongest Statements, 2024 Edition.
One thing that I think people miss about this movie is that the "Predator" from the first movie is not the predator in this movie.
In this movie , Danny Glover's character is The Predator.
King Willy is one of my favorite supporting characters in any action movie.
"You never see the eyes of the demon, until him come calling."
King Willy & Screwface from Marked for Death buddy comedy.
Such a great line
@@NMNtotally. Evil Rastafariam gang leaders.
This movie is great BECAUSE it has so many quotable lines. Loved from the first viewing. I think they’re right though - it hombre because everyone wanted Arnie back.
*CyANT
As a Jamaican I always found the kings willies crew comical, I assumed all the voodoo stuff was just showing some sort of ancient cultural connection since they had been around for centuries, they assumed that predator was a demon and were just mimicking rituals their ancestors picked up from earlier visits.
Yeah, I got the impression they weren't terribly serious about it themselves, since they seem to get a good laugh out of calling their terror campaign "voodoo".
Also the Predator has dreads too 😂
I saw the voodoo guys as a reference to the "urban jungle" theme. Like carrying over some of the jungle themes from the first movie.
the mental image of danny glovers pants in the predatory trophy room is hilarious
RIP Carl Weathers. Legendary badass! And RIP Bill Paxton. Only man to be killed by a yautja, terminator, and xenomorph. Lance Henrickson doesn't count since he was an android in Aliens 😂
Predator in different places/eras is basically what the long-running Dark Horse Comics was all about, including the far better version of Aliens vs. Predator comic series.
yes, the Dark Horse Alien vs. Predator comic series was infinitely better than the movies we got.
The videogame Aliens vs Predator 2 also had a genuinely cool story, shame it's not available for sale due to licensing. Wish Nightdive would remaster it.
@@skarnak1 Totally agree!
Remember alien vs predator vs terminator?
I always feel bad for people who only know and/or interact with AvP from the movies. There's some really cool stuff out there for that series too.
I almost broke my hip after the notification popped up on my phone. I now know what life is like for Rich Evans.
Sounds like you have Lyme Disease.
Yeah idk why this is in my feed lol I thought rlm blocked me for being too annoying lol
Sounds like like you have Lyme disease
He broke his hip sitting down due to Lyme Disease
Was your phone's vibration intensity on 'sledgehammer'?
Colin's reference to "moving the needle" on Predator 2 is exactly how I feel about Terminator and Terminator 2. Sometimes I think T2 is better, other times I think T1 is better. But both are great and that's what important.
I distinctly remember that after watching the original at age 12, my mom and Dad assumed this movie would be about the same.
20 minutes or so in, and I had seen more nudity and gore than anyone my age should’ve.
Regarding the FX in the alleyway scene: they dedicate plenty of time to describe this particular special effect in one of the making-of featurettes on the DVD/Blu-ray release, something that really stuck with me throughout the years, impressive as it is. Hours were spent to film that little episode: basically, they had to shoot multiple identical takes both with and without Kevin Peter Hall present in the scene. The whole puddle assembly had these little panels underneath the water that would punch up to simulate the heavy steps of the Predator. KPH would then have to act out the same scene in time with the effects. It was heavily choreographed and then put together in post as a single shot. I may forget a couple of things here and there but that's pretty much the gist of it. 😄
Hollow Man (2000) used the same technique I think; the wiki describes the repeated takes on a precise mechanical track, as you have said.
To isolate the desired parts in that production, quote:
"Where [Hollow Man] was outlined in smoke, water and blood, [Bacon] wore a latex body suit, face mask, contact lenses and a dental plate all of one color; green was used for blood, blue for smoke, and black for water" (Douglas Keesey, 2006)
That film looked great and there's a couple of very similar scenes to the alleyway scene. I wonder if it was the same Sony fx crew.
I was in a head on collision over 10 years ago. I had to stay in a hospital for a month after for recovery and operations. While I was staying there, my brother brought a stack of dvds to keep me entertained. I watched predator 2 countless times during that month while on a lot of meds. Weird happy sad memories of watching this with my family in a hospital … numerous times.
Sucks being stuck in a hospital. Ugh. Glad you got better tho.
Funny how movies/shows can remind you of a very specific time in your life. I broke my knee close to 10 years ago and remember watching countless hours of Cutthroat Kitchen of all things while hopped up on meds haha. Glad you're doing better.
@@E_Chap Broke? You wanted to say you took an arrow into your knee, right?
That whole subway sequence is absolutely gripping and Bill Paxton truly delivers. It's as badass as the moment Danny Glover sees more Predators and just says "okay, who's next?"
It's a shame Hollywood has abandoned well timed one liners like that.
Had to check out the PANTS TROPHY EFFECT in the credits, it was really overkill level well made for a video like this!
When I was a kid my friend and I got in trouble for yelling "Fucking Voodoo Magic!" on the school bus.
Shit happens(sorry)
Oh yeah that seen before.
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Film fact. Gary Busey was not cast in this film. They just followed him around with a camera during the shoot.
A lot of people assume The Predator must have been make-up or maybe animatronic? Nope, that's all Gary Busey baby.
Couple of comedians here
I want to see a fan edit where Keyes goes to heaven and comes back as Quigley.
I'm convinced that every movie with Jeff Goldblum is just them filming Goldblum on a typical day for him, then adding in other actors and plot points to make a film.
@drygnfyre I hope Death Wish and The Fly weren’t typical days for him
Three of the most badass scenes ever. King willie, the xeno skull, and the predators coming out at the end. With the intense score. These wrecked my kid brain at the time.
Predator 2 is a very underrated Sequel imo.
RIP Kevin Peter Hall. His movement and physique really made the Predator. What a legend!
Very underrated indeed. Prey on the other hand is very overrated.
Nah it’s trash and bizarre. The only good Predator movie is the original.
@@Ethan_Alexandur Well, agree to disagree.
I'm not saying it would have been easy to replace him in terms of his physical performance, but it was almost like they didn't even try.
He was a really handsome guy, too. It's funny that he ended up playing monsters.
That editing on having Danny Glover find the Predator’s pants collection is absolutely perfect. Nailed it, Jay (or maybe more Colin?)
The MC Hammer pants sealed the deal.
Jnco pants made me laugh
The pants were courtesy of Colin, according to the end credits.
@@goonsolo5938 yup, I saw that afterwards, but I think maybe Jay put them into the scene and did the tracking?
That scene is only in the Tailor's Cut
15:49 Hopkins is actually Jamaican. I believe in the original script the gang was supposed to be Rastafarian and/or some variety of Obeah, but the producers were afraid the audience wouldn't know what that was, and made them change it to Voodoo. King Willie still namedrops Rastafari terms in his dialogue, so I'm assuming the change was made pretty late.
Notes.
Not the first time Downey did stuff with wrestlers, like Roddy Piper at WrestleMania 5. 6:50 Dr. David Schultz, the wrestler who slapped a reporter for asking if wrestling was fake in the 80s.
To see where Adam Baldwin came from this all the way to Serenity/Firefly and other shows, pretty cool.
The one thing i loved about The Predator was casting Busey's son Jake Busey as Sean Keyes, the in universe son of his character here.
I have never been more disappointed in a film than I was in The Predator(2018).
too much talent was wasted on it.
just consume product and get excited for next product
The worst part is I loved the look and outfit of the predator in that movie. He looked so great!
But the internet told me you just need funny white guys and hyper violence, but the woke feminist one was better? 😮😮😮 (Im just playing, kids. Predator 2022 was good though)
Yeah The Predator bummed me out, luckily Prey was awesome
Hollywood 1997 is always a nightmare:
Terminator, Escape from New York, Predator 2... if only Robocop commited to the same timeline.
Someone should make some new retro-futurism sci-fi movies with that 1980s vibe and have it set in the distant future, 1997.
Demolition Man?
@@GRORGvideot That may have been 1996, I'm not certain tho.
What was with 1997 that they set it in that year lmao
Also Turbo Kid
"...really famous scene of them all dancing in the ship"
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THANK YOU, RLM, FOR SHOWING US!
Bill Paxton plays the grand-grand-grand-dad of the Bill Paxton in Aliens and that's a hill I'm willing to die on.
the score from Alan Silvestri is absolutely incredibl, also the reason the FX don't look as good in later sequels is because the legendary Stan Winston passed away and didn't work on the later films
Alan Silvestri is the greatest 80’s action film score dude; and it’s not even close.
Amazing work - not a criticism, but always thought definitely his work on Back to the Future and Predator overlapped a bit, and you can hear similarities at times.
@@liquidtmd27 if it ain’t broke, why fix it ?
You cant see the eyes of the Demon, until him come calling. Best line in the movie.
Always happy to see Colin return for one of these!
Man, I hated JNCO pants and the people that wore them. Seeing them in the trophy scene was the funniest thing RLM has put out in a long while. Kudos to Colin for that.
Predator 2 is an underrated Gem. Deserves way more credit.
I agree far superior to any other Predator film which came after it.
@anubusx I wish they stopped making these movies after this one. I mean look how much they messed that character up😮💨
@@anubusx Nah I take both Predators and Prey over Predator 2. Definitely Prey without doubt. Haven't seen Predators since it was new though.
Danny glover was so good in the role.
It's not as awful as the Predator films after it, but it's still a really boring and badly made sequel.
RLM talking about classic 80s 90s not-as-good sequels is what I live for
not-as-good sequel is you being kind. This film was horrific.
@@chiefchimp2789
Nah, Predator 2 is great
@@chiefchimp2789 Imagine being this wrong.
You are mistaken.
Hollywood, the gift that keeps giving...RLM poor sequels.
I watched Predator 2 again about 6 months ago for the first time in probably 15 years and I really enjoyed it but for different reasons than when I was a kid. The Robocopesque dialogue and feel of the city really stood out to me, the moment on the train when all the passengers pull out guns killed me 😅
That Alan Silvestri score is phenomenal.
Time to rewatch Predator 2!
you dont even know if their review is a positive one
@@xAlbinoNarwhalx Why would that matter?
@@xAlbinoNarwhalx..and? You don't need to watch a review before you watch the movie... in fact I think it's better to not watch the review until after you've seen the movie!
@@xAlbinoNarwhalx I believe most of their re:View videos tend to lean more toward their positive critiques/films they enjoy; I believe they established that in their first re:View video years ago if I remember correctly.
The first Predator comic was released in 89 and followed Dutch’s brother John, who was a NYPD Detective, hunting the Predator during a heatwave. It’s basically the exact same idea as Predator 2. Also Alien Vs Predator comic was released in 90 and I think was just an idea from the studio. The original AvP comic was great and is on a futuristic desert planet and has a similar plot to the movie. It’s like a avp space western. I’d recommend those early dark horse comics
Dark Horse - "Aliens: Colonial Marines." MARINE XENOMORPHS. WITH GUNS AND SHIT.
_Aliens vs. Predator 2,_ the video game (of all things), has one of the best plot ideas for a Predator story: the hunter tallied a man as a successful hunt on its scorecard, but the guy got put back together with modern medicine, so all the hunter's there to do is put him down and make sure its stats stay cherry
_"The original AvP comic was great and is on a futuristic desert planet and has a similar plot to the movie. It’s like a avp space western."_
In the comics it's the same universe as the Aliens movies, meaning theres also Colonial Space Marines in the AvP comic universe, like depicted in the AvP first person shooter games.
It's an awesome sci-fi action and horror setting because it combines xenomorphs, predators and space marines in a "natural" way, like they all just belong into that same universe. Something the movie adoptions completely failed to grasp, particularly the first movie, when they make the setting current-day.
@@n3rdy11 ya true. I loved all that stuff as a teenager. I played the AVP extinction game a ton. It all kinda blurs together but they should bring it back to colonial marines.
The Dutch’s Brother angle is fuckin terrible. Glad that didn’t see the light of day.
Schoolboy fantasy writing.
Dear Colin, the pants trophy case edit had me HOWLING on my couch. Thank you so much for that!
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"A couple video games"
and AvP2, best one ever :)
Yeah, the motive for the hunter in the "Predator" storyline of _AvP2_ is flat-out smarter than most Predator movies.
I was a sequels kid for some reason. Robocop 2, TMNT 2, Home Alone 2, Ace Ventura 2, Predator 2, Gremlins 2, Child's Play 2, the more obvious ones like Terminator 2, Star Trek 2, Mad Max 2, Aliens... Yes, the first installments are typically objectively better, but the sequels are a ton of fun because they're never taken as seriously and ideas are really let loose creatively, for better or worse.
Sequels back then were just different, most of those movies you listed are classics and the sequels were often just as good as the originals sometimes better. It's sad because today more often than not when you hear it's a sequel it's probably going to be a uninspired soft reboot cashgrab, one of the biggest examples being the recent Star was sequels...
Gremlins 2, especially, was Joe Dante going, "Oh, I'll GIVE you a fucking SEQUEL."
@@wedgeserif556 The Key & Peele skit "Gremlins 2" brainstorm is pretty on point.
Same here. I saw so many 2's as a kid and never got around to the first until later in life. Return of Jafar, Home Alone 2 to name some examples.
@@-Zevin- Idk, I think only in retrospect they are classics. I've had too many arguments growing up with people claiming every sequel I listed (save for the obvious ones) just plain sucked, most especially in comparison to their predecessor. I'm sure the metacritic scores reflect as much too. And they're not entirely wrong, some lacked structure, had meandering or nonsensical plots, etc. But my most important metric has always been entertainment value, which they all had in spades.
But you do make a good point in contrasting that era of sequels, which sometimes bordered on experimental in their vision, to what we have now, which are sterile, soulless, uninspired cash grabs.
I’ve been waiting years for you guys to review this masterpiece. I’ll die on the hill that this is the ultimate Predator movie
2nd best. This isn’t Godfather 2
Its definitely my favorite, I am heavily biased due to nostalgia though, it was my first experience with Predator
It made its rounds on late night cable and that's probably why I like it so much. I was a little kid and only ever caught bits and pieces, but the visuals stayed in my mind forever.
This is one of my favorite movies that I've been singing the praises of for decades. And I still think it has aged amazing. So many cool set pieces, so much lore, actually great cast...so much amazing Danny Gloverisms.
Bill Paxton is the only actor to have been killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator!
Lance Henriksen almost counts thanks to AvP but the Alien Queen doesn't really 'kill' him in Aliens.
That is some top notch special effects with the wall of pants, really well done
The film flopped because for some reason Fox released this film for Thanksgiving and had it compete with another film they released...Home Alone. Rocky V also came out along with a pair of Disney films (Three Men and a Little Lady and Rescuers Down Under). Fox had Predator 2 and The Exorcist III and they decided that for September and October they were going with Pacific Heights and Marked for Death
Its crazy that there were so many good movies released back then that they could actually kill eachother's momentum by overlapping
Now theres like 2-3 watchable movies a year, everything else just gets dumped on streaming sites
Predator 2 was a favourite of mine since 1990 when I snuck in a few times to see it. Decades later, Predators (2010) has become my preferred sequel.
That pants gag was so hilarious, bravo RLM.
12:54 - ...the prologue of Demolition Man is _also_ set in the gangwar-torn future LA of 1997.
Make sure to eat Taco Bell tonight, winner of the Franchise Wars.
@@drygnfyre
Taco Bell is the reason they had to switch to the three seashells. All of humanity ran out of toilet paper thanks to the deluge of diarrhea caused by Taco Bell being the only restaurant choice.
1996, but yeah - close
@@drygnfyre"Carls Jr. F*ck you, I'm eating"
Predator 2 is such a fantastic sequel. I think the energy is so frenetic in a fun way and the violence is amazing.
I love Colin I could listen to him talk about movies all day
This popping up in my feed was just a pure blessing
I loved the early 90s zeitgeist that Los Angeles was inevitably going to become a failed city and urban warzone. Predator 2 and Demolition Man being the best examples.
T2 also echoed it.
Escape from LA being the worst?
The Jay/Colin review combo is always great. His presence, good-natured Canadian demeanor really classes this dump-hole channel up a bit. Thanks fellas!😁
That Pants shot is absolutely incredible.
The wolverines vs predator series from laat year is amazing. They bounce back and forth from current to past and pretty much interject him being hunted by them as the ultimate prize foe the metal on his skeletons.
Colin is older than both Mike and Rich. Canadian healthcare and clean living vs the Wisconsin Lifestyle
Canadian voodoo.
Forgot to mention, when Danny glover was with Gary busey in the home base lab, they talk about the first movie. You even see clips of the jungle and brief cameo by Ana from the first movie. 👍🏽
Yeah I always got the impression it's implied that these were the guys pulling the strings the whole time in the first movie who sent dillon and mac's team to the jungle.
Bill Paxton: the only absolute badass to be killed by a Predator, Alien, and Terminator... though not in that order.
The pants were great, but the closing scene with the dancing to your tune was the best!
With this video talking about Predator 2 and the last talking about Robocop 2, it just proves that next time Colin comes down, he needs to talk about Aliens with Rich Evans.
Danny Glover's Predator 2 suit predicted the 2003 NBA Draft.
Why 2003?
@charlottecorday8494 They just wore the biggest suits.
Predator 1, really was one of the best action flicks ever made
Predator 2 really grew on me when I saw it repeatedly on cable back in the day. I like it almost as much as the original now. It's good and I appreciate how they tried to change it up from the first movie. And yeah, I find it so hard to believe they did all the photography in four weeks. If true, wow!
I had that Predator 2 poster with the breakdown of all the weapons. It was a fold-out that came in an issue of Lobo the year P2 came out. I had it in my school locker because I was a clueless nerd.
I think a friend of mine had it, too.
Danny Glover's pants and other characters insane sweat drenched blazers in a not so distant future of 97 were bothering me immensely the whole movie. I'm glad someone else noticed it too and I'm not the only one!
This movie always had a soft spot in my heart! But I have never seen the dancing Predators video, HILARIOUS! Great video as always!
"they couldnt get him back"
I indeed see what you did there Colin
My moms friend took me to see this when I was 10 years old. I had already seen the first one recently so my mom figured it couldn’t be much more horrific than that. Boy was she wrong.
Lol, I can imagine when you get to that sex scene and then the..ritual murder she may have said to herself "Oh Boy"
My mom had the same theory when she took me and my cousin to see RoboCop 2. She was also wrong.