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Were the Predators feminists (some spoilers)
posted by aholejonesSTAFFMOD on September 16, 2018 at 4:40 PM
I noticed they were rather picky and choosy on whom they decided to wreak their over the top violence on.
Predator:"Oh look, there's Olivia Munn coming after me with a tranquilizer gun....better ignore it she is obviously not a threat".
Predator:"Hoo boy, here she is again shooting at me....nah I should just leave her be....girl power and all that!"
Predator:"Hot diggity did she just empty a whole assault rifle clip in me......well....enough is enough....but I don't want the people of earth to think negatively of me. I better just slap her out of my way"
Predator:"Well...well....lookee here! An irishman with a sniper rifle aiming at some humans and paying absolutely no attention to me. I better rip his arm off and smash his face in just to be sure."
While I'm here, I have to point out that the autistic kid, who has one of his fits in the beginning of the movie, and decides to rearrange all the chess pieces some bullies knocked off to the floor, that he does a rather shoddy job and places at least one or two pieces in such a manner that they occupy more than two spaces on the board. If he was so pedantic and over attentive he wouldn't have done such an error. This is making a complete mockery out of autism and took me out of the whole film!
I also have to point out that the "Predator killer" suit was just ridiculous. Looked like something out of a japanese cartoon.
Reply by olliethecat
on September 17, 2018 at 5:39 PM
I can't understand why she stopped to take all her clothes off just after the predator got free. If she really wanted her own stuff, rather than the very fetching overalls she was given, why not just grab them and run like hell.????
Reply by Innovator
on September 20, 2018 at 4:22 AM
I think, the doors wouldn't open until she was decontaminated. The AI voice was stating that decontamination was required.
Reply by olliethecat
on September 21, 2018 at 3:21 PM
Mmmm that makes sense. But there were 2 booths, she could of pressed the 'start' button in one and hidden, fully clothed, in the other. But, to be honest, there were a lot of WTF moments that didn't make sense. I'll have to watch it again when 2nd hand dvds are selling for 10p.!!!
Reply by A-Dubya
on December 15, 2019 at 8:27 PM
I was thinking the same thought while watching this pile of garbage earlier today. They seem to have no problem with butchering and annihilating the male characters, but they shy away from killing female characters. That kind of discrimination by a supposed bloodthirsty, ruthless Predator just took me out of the film. Also, I hated how the little kid and Olivia Munn's characters were somehow supposedly badasses all of a sudden. It was embarrassing and very, very poorly done. This was one I wish I never watched.