tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post4235340090602404097..comments2024-03-17T07:11:44.454-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Thirty Years Ago: Predator (1987)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-83070116493906601322017-06-13T10:39:07.693-04:002017-06-13T10:39:07.693-04:00Not to mention that there's 2 future governors...Not to mention that there's 2 future governors in the movie.<br /><br />But I rather disagree that the politics come to nothing in the movie. The soldiers are being moved around by politicians they can't see, for agendas they can't know. And this is exactly how the Predator >appears< at first. Shadowy and unseen. But in the Predator's case, this isn't correct.<br /><br />I think the movie does a good job of informing the audience as to the Predator's intentions. He's a hunter, and not like most human hunters, who gun down animals not able to defend themselves. Drop your weapons, and he has no interest in you. He's about keeping the contest even. Even to the Predator, it's not about who has the biggest guns.<br /><br />And so the Predator turns out to be relatively honest. He's after sport. I don't think there's anything 'unearned' or vain about his attitude. Sure, he thinks he can win. He probably has, many times. And against anyone of the humans but Dutch, he would.raitonoreply@blogger.com