Predator (1987) | Canadians First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | BICEP THE MOVIE!! 

When Simone asked why one of them was drinking water from a vine instead of his canteen -- it's because they don't know how long they'll be in the jungle or when they'll be able to resupply. By scavenging wherever they can, they're giving themselves more time in the field and on mission without having to worry about it.

In case you're wondering, when the Predator weapon hit Arnold and didn't hurt him, it actually hit and destroyed his gun; he was only clipped by shrapnel. Hard to see.

Many people dont realize that when the Predator picks Dutch up and looks at his skull he is checking if he is human. He has never been pushed so far, even hunted by another human. Once he sees hes an "ordinary" human who did it solely with his wits and guile and not actually some superior species different to humans he respects Dutch. That is why he follows by immediately trying to level the playing field. Predators may be violent killers but they have a deep sense of honor and respect for hunting and combat.

11:50: How can you criticize that? It's one of the coolest scenes ever put on film. The whole team knows Mac wouldn't be laying down that kind of firepower without a good reason so they all join in no questions asked.

I love how Simone is completely unashamed of her love of beefcake shots. 😂

The Arnold battle cry is also one of the coolest moments in any movie I've ever seen, along with the buildup of the score and how it echoes out into the jungle. So intense!

I saw this in the theatre in 1987- when the Predator got out its surgical first aid kit, someone in the audience yelled out- *HE'S A DENTIST!*

RIP Carl Weathers

Stan Winton is basically THE creature designer, one of the top tier ones for sure with tons of credits to his name.

I love that Simone laughed at the dirty joke and George just groaned. lol

Stan Winston is one of THE BEST special FX guys in Hollywood of all time. His work includes, among many others: Aliens, Predator 1+2, Terminator 1+2, Iron Man, Jurassic Park 1+2+3, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones 4, Avatar, The Thing. He worked together with Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Tim Burton, and many others. An absolute LEGEND.

I love that the first half is typical 80's action, just to showcase how tough and skilled the commandos are. It really drives home just how badass the Predator is as it dispatches the team one by one, pretty much effortlessly.

If you notice, Billy is the only one of Dutch's squad where the skull was taken instead of just the skin. This is because Billy dropped his guns, and turned to fight on a log, where he couldn't be flanked, IE had to fight head on. The implication is that the predator respected this, and fought him in kind, and valued his skull as a more worthy opponent.

Yes, the Predator species use the Earth as their hunting ground. They're trophy hunters so they only go after healthy/dangerous prey, this one judged Arnold to be impressive enough to warrant facing him hand to hand for ultimate bragging rights at the hunting lodge. Predator 2 is also good cheese, after that the series is regular cheese imho

"Wow. This movie is just swimming in testosterone so far" "I like it" That exchange was everything 😄😁

"Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jurassic Park" sounds like a movie I never knew I needed to see before now xD Btw, really love how much better your reactions are getting over time, you two are becoming so much more relaxed and honest, keep it up

"Feels a bit cheating when you have advanced technology like that." Said every hunted animal ever.

"This movie is just SWIMMING in Testosterone!" Damn right! It's the most "macho", manly movie ever made! It wasn't Rated R for the VIOLENCE! It was rated R because ANY male under the age of 17 who sees it would prematurely hit Puberty from excessive Testosterone exposure through the screen! Like 90% of Franchises, you guys can see the NEXT one (the sequel), but I recommend AVOIDING anything AFTER Predator 2!

If you're looking for another 80's action classic, I highly recommend RoboCop (1987 - Director's Cut). No wasted scenes, most of the practical effects still holds up today and an absolute masterpiece in the sci-fi action genre. Hope you add it on the list!

The predator was played by Kevin Peter Hall, who also played the title roles in Harry and the Hendersons and Monster in the Closet. He also had a cameo at the end as the helicopter pilot. Four years after this movie came out, he contracted aids from a blood transfusion and ended up dying from it. He was only 35.

Predator is one of the greatest action movies ever created. Little Tidbits: 1) Showing the Alien spaceship in the beginning apparently was a studio mandate. Thinking audiences would not know what’s going on so it was added post production. I think the director was not even aware of it. 2) originally the creature looked horrible. Like a salmon colored rubber suit mantis, which was played by Jean Claud Van dam. You can find it online. They had to scrap that and start from new, needles to say it was 100% the right move. 3) if you I want another great campy/ cheesy Arnold movie, you should watch True Lies. It’s Arnold and James Cameron together and it’s one of the best early 90s action movies.

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23:30 The Predator was impressed by Dutch's cunning and resourcefulness, so he saw him worthy of hand-to-hand combat

Love the two of you. I been re-watching my entire generation through your eyes. You can't know how much this means to me. I remember the exact movie theatre and the feelings after I left this movie back in the 80s. To re-see this with young, new audience? It just means a lot. Thank you for uploading this!

Conan the Barbarian. Schwarzenegger, Mako, Max von Sydow, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, swords, snakes, and an epic score by Basil Poledouris.

"They didn't explain why any of this was happening." "It's like a big game hunter." And that's the genious of it, they did explain it just not with words.

The actor who played the Predator, Kevin Peter Hall, was also the copter pilot at the end who exclaims loudly upon seeing the explosion. He was over 7 and a half feet tall.

Billy is a true First Nations warrior. He understood that he was going to die, so he choose to meet his fate straight up, having prepared himself for death, while looking at it in the eyes, and not running away like a coward. Respect. R.I.P. Sonny Landham

This movie is a masterpiece of subverting expectations, unlike a lot of movies which just use it as a gimmick. At the beginning the squad is shown of as this indestructible, macho machine that just obliterates everyone in the camp. Similar to other action movies during 80's. But eventually end up getting picked off one by one by Predator, seemingly helpless and powerless after all the bravado.

There is more Predator lore and backstory in Predator 2 You’re so right about this movie being really good at building suspense and tension (we don’t see the Predator’s face till 45 minutes in)

The Yautja ( Predators ) are one of my favourite alien species. Unfortunately the movies go steeply downhill after P2, but the comics are pretty good. The first AvP comic is perfection.

16:38 "It looks like a Protoss!" Funny you should mention that; Starcraft took some pretty heavy design inspiration from the Aliens and Predator franchises. While the Zerg are a bit more obviously Aliens with the serial numbers filed off, the Protoss definitely drew inspiration from Predator.

You asked a question about the camouflage paint . It doesn’t matter what the pattern of the camouflage is the idea is to break up a solid mass . Human beings can see colour however the majority of animals do not show by breaking up the solid mass you blend in to your surroundings more for example if you were a Deer Hunter it wouldn’t matter if your camouflage colour was blue orange or yellow just as long as it had the breaking up with a solid mass. it would be harder for the animal to see you.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the studio added the shot of the spaceship at the beginning against the director’s wishes so people would know the Predator came from outer space. McTiernan wanted the buildup and the big reveal of the Predator.

This is one of the rare movies that doesn't waste a single shot. I feel like every shot is used to its fullest to keep that tension on. Even the part where Arnold jumps off the cliff, you think you have a moment to breathe, but you don't.

I still remember being a kid and going with a group of friends to the theatre when this came out and being amazed at the story and the concept of an alien hunting them down in the middle of a jungle. Well done, my fellow Canadians!

When it comes to tactical face-paint the pattern definitely makes a difference, the proper way to apply it is; apply dark colors to highly reflective areas of the face (forehead, bridge of nose, cheek bones) and apply light colors to darker areas of the face (around eyes, lower cheeks, under chin) then blend together. If done correctly you can't even recognize your best friend, no one in this film uses the facepaint correctly.

I actually love the scene where they shoot at the trees. So the story is the studio saw a rough cut of the movie and sent a note back to the director for more gunfights and explosions. So he shot that whole scene out of spite to the suits at the studio. And it made it to the final cut awesome.

The pattern doesn't really matter as long as you darken the parts of the face that are normally light and lighten the parts that are normally darker, essentially trying to "flatten" the face. This really helps prevent people recognising that they are actually looking at a face. Many people that use camo have their own favourite methods, although blotchy patterns tend to be favoured over say, pretending to be a member of KISS.

One of my all-time favorite films. The story behind the creature design is interesting. Originally, the creature was played by Jean-Claude Van Damme wearing a big rubber suit that looked like a bug. There's footage of it. It looks terrible. They eventually scrapped the idea and brought in Stan Winston, who was one of the best-known effects guys in the industry (Arnold knew him from working on Terminator). Winston designed the new creature, and the rest is history.

Ok, I'll admit it, you guys are the most entertaining movie reactors I've seen in a looooong time lol

You gotta admire the ABSOLUTE Brilliance of this movie It starts like any 80's Action flick, with a Highly trained squad of US military that dispense Freedom at 2000 rounds per minute to South Americans. Not only showing that they have the skills and the Fire Power, but also the Attitude of Grizzled Veterans and Sonofabitches. Only for the movie to do a total 180* where those Bad Asses that had enough Testosteron to impregnant a whole darn State by their sheer presence, gets picked One by One by an Unknow enemy, to whom their skills and firepower Means shit, where they start to break mentaly and are under immense stress, even tho we saw them moments before shrugging off danger like it was nothing. From an Action flick it become a Thriller/Horror movie. For it to ONCE again shift into something else during the final climax of the movie, where the Hunter becomes the Hunted and Arnie uses the Predator's own tactics against it before duking it out Mano-a-Mano with one of the Most intimidating and Bad Ass looking Alien that cinema ever made. Once Again John McTiernan showing a Masterful movie that flips any preconceived notions that you would have on its head to give High entertainement of the best kind. This is an ABSOLUTE Cult Classic of Cinema and anyone telling you otherwise is One Ugly Motherfucker.

Two things I've learned from this movie reaction: 1) This is the horniest we have ever seen Simone. Get it, girl! 2) When they get to react to some baseball movies, George can't say 'pitching'. Great reaction as always, guys.

Idk about anyone else but sonny landem and Carl weathers had me cracking up in this movie when sonny says “we’re all gonna die” after giving a big speech and Carl saying “man’s losing his cool, nothing but a couple guys running around out there and we gotta take em down.” Lmfao 🤣

I always liked how the Predator fought Dutch hand to hand lol. Dutch had obviously gained the Predator’s respect by this point but it seemed like the Predator was also just done with Dutch’s crap. Seemed to me like the predator was frustrated for not being able to kill Dutch like it did the rest of his squad. It was basically thinking “Okay, you little prick, I’ve had it with your bullshit” when it had him by the throat. Lol

Now you need to watch "Commando". Its basically peak Arnold 80's cheese, and just as awesome.

Loving the new graphics with Simone's face. I didn't think we could top Roger Rabbit but here as Arnold is fabulous! Also George at the start "This movie is swimming in Testosterone". You ain't seen nothing yet! Loving the reaction to the movie, you guys are highly entertaining and I really enjoy the dynamic of you working things out as the movie goes along.

Anna said earlier in the film "the creature or makes trophies out of man". Also when the Yautja shot at Dutch after he kicked the gun out of Anna's hand he didn't shoot Dutch. He shot the gun. Also the reason why he kicked the gun out of her hand is because it's in the Yautja honor code not to kill anything that isn't armed with some form of weapon. Also at the end of the film the piolet of the helicopter was Kevin Peter Hall. It was his face cameo in the film because he played the Yautja. He was in the suit. He is like 7'3”. He played the Jungle Hunter and and Urban Hunter in the 1st and 2nd Predator movies before he died in 1991.

The "shooting up the jungle" scene was the directors response to the studio wanting "more shooting action" in the movie

Well, now you have to watch 'Commando' with Arnold, for maximum 80's action cheese. It's glorious!

The first time I watched this movie, I stumbled across it on tv. I somehow managed to miss just the first minute with the spaceship, and didn't know that scene existed until I re-watched it. Watching the whole first half of the movie not knowing it's an alien makes it so much better.

"You know what that was ?" Yup. One of the greatest sci fi/action movies ever made.

The sound effects editing for Predator was brilliant. In movie theaters with good sound systems, you would often know where the alien was from the rustling of leaves and the crackling of tree branches. This added to the suspense since the audience would sometimes know where the camouflaged creature was before the characters in the film had any clue. This was especially effective on the big screen where the director could sonically place the creature above and below, and to the left and right of the soldiers.

The Running Man, Total Recall, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonja, The Terminator & T2 are all amazing 80s Arnie cheese that I love! (Yes T2 was '91, but it's still an A.S movie that SHOULD be watched)... The Expendables 1,2&3 all play on the fact that they hark back to the 80's action cheese, as all of the 80s action stars are in them, including Arnie :)

I love the soundtrack to this. Perfect blend of suspense and action score! Composed by Alan Silvestri, same guy behind Back to the Future.

Jim Hopper and his men got into a firefight firing in all directions and hit nothing. The moment you're laughing while they fire into the jungle is the scariest part of the entire movie. This crack team of commandos has been reduced to scare children.

You have got to react to Predator 2 (1990) ... no Arnold, but a worthy sequel. It continues the storyline 10 years after the events here. To quote from the trailer - "He's in town with a few days to kill."

"Whatever this is it's DEFinitely necessary" made LOL for real. 🤣

I know this was months ago, but for the scene when mac starts firing into the jungle, then the rest come in and start firing. When all you know is there a dead squad mate on the ground, another screams CONTACT and is blanketing the area with mini gun fire, you’re not going to stop and ask questions. You are going to fire your weapon as much as you can as fast as you can to make sure whatever threat is out there is dead. The questions can come after.

I love watching people new to these movies saying things like “Stan Winston… why does that name sound familiar?” Because he designed pretty much every iconic creature from the 80s and 90s!

20:35 Yep, tht's exactly what this was: Collecting trophies. The Predator is simply on a hunting trip, that's all. However he's only interested in hunting the most dangerous prey whic is the reason why he hunts down elite soldiers and guerilla fighters. And its also the reason why he usually only hunts men (more dangerous adversaries). By the way - the predator's skull collection is in no way more gruesome than the stuffed animal heads human hunters collect. It's actually exactly the same.

With facepaint you are trying to break up the silhouette of your face so either a blotch or a stripe works as long as its a bit random. But yeah generally its a gecko blotchy look or a tiger/zebra stripe. We just copy nature because it figured it out for us.

Everyone always says that about Arnolds arm. If you watch it back, his gun takes the blast and is split in half. He gets some shrapnel in his shoulder, but doesn’t take the blast.

I always found the Yautja (or as we know them Predators) fascinating. Intergalactic tribal hunters is the easiest way to describe them. Supposedly the females are actually MORE dangerous than the males but that is just according to backstory lore...we have never seen one in films. The females raise the young on the homeworld and then when old enough the Predators go out into space and try to prove their worth by collecting trophies of creatures...only the most impressive trophies are of interest to them...the rest they tend to just kill. To them planets are hunting grounds and the creatures living on those worlds are simply prey...its that simple to them. The first battle was kind of important because the predator was watching them like "so...this is how they fight..." he was learning about them. But they do have an honour code; they don't kill unarmed people, not women (unless they attack first) or sick people or elderly (unless they attack first). Their technology is extremely advanced and like nothing our world has ever known and one of the biggest rules of their code is "if you are going to die...destroy all evidence" so basically a for of hara-kiri or suicide...they destroy their technology to stop enemies learning about it. We know they have encountered many powerful species (form the films and comics we can put this together) including the dinosaurs, the xenomorphs from ALIEN, humans and various other alien species. It is also a theory that part of the reason Humanity managed to enter space age in ALIEN was because they got a hold of Predator tech and reverse engineered it to advance to the space age.

One of the BEST Predator reaction videos I've seen so far ( and I watch them ALL ). Simone & George come into this knowing nothing which is perfect because they have no idea what to expect, which allows them to be completely surprised with each development. They are in the same boat as the characters, trying to figure out what's happening each step of the way!

I swear, Simone's introductions get funnier every time lol

18:20 Billy went in with only a knife because he bet on the Predator having a some kind of code of honor when it comes to hunting their prey - which they in fact do. Predators only use their guns if their prey can attack long distance - if they fight melee, so does the Predator. One of the sequels has a pretty bad-ass scene with a Yakuza guy with a katana going up against a predator

"Stan Winston. Why does that sound familiar?" EYE ROLL OF THE CENTURY

I love this movie. It takes the entire over the top 80s action movie and drops it right on its head. And yes, if done correctly face paint can help hide you. What you see in the movie is not done correctly. The entire idea behind camouflage is to break up your silhouette because the human mind wants to pick out things that it recognizes. Like faces. You need irregular patterns covering the entire face for that.

I'm actually really stoked you two enjoyed this, glad I voted for it. Tons of fun watching you react to this. Tossing in yet another plug to watch _The Hunt for Red October,_ another fantastic McTiernan flick. And it's currently up on Amazon Prime, if you happen to have that.

I saw this movie on TV and missed the beginning, so I never saw the "alien ship coming in", and I agree it's better with the suspense of just slowly figuring out what's going on. Was a bit disappointed to see that scene at the beginning of the movie when I saw it later.

Okay, so. This is the first video I've seen of you guys. The fact that you picked up on the first shot and asked what it would be like to see this movie without it. That shot was actually added in by the studio at the end of production against The wishes of the production crew and director. Great pickup! Subscribed. Great video.

Everyone beat me to explaining the face paint .., Billy was drinking sap from the vine even though he does have a canteen. The reason for this is noise discipline - if you drink any of what's in the canteen, the rest will slosh around as you walk and could give away your position. If you're going to use it all, fine ... either completely full or completely empty.

Jean Claude van Damme played the Predator in some parts, but quit production as he was tired of wearing the original suit, which looked like a giant lizard/insect hybrid with legs like that of a goat. Kevin Peter Hall, 7'2" was cast as the Predator. James Cameron, whom worked on The TERMINATOR with Winston, came up with the design of the mandibles.

The actor that plays the helicopter pilot at the end of the movie is also the one that brought the predator creature to life in both this movie as well as the sequel. His name was Kevin Peter Hall and he unfortunately passed away in 1991 due to an AIDS related illness at the age of 35.

A few points for your consideration. The scene where they’re all shooting blindly into the jungle for a couple minutes was John McTiernan reacting to the studio’s demands for “more gun action.” His response was make it completely ridiculously over-the-top, basically saying “You want gun action? HERES SOME GUN ACTION THEN! _HAPPY NOW?!“_ The guy who played Hawkins, the solider with the glasses, is Shane Black, the script writer who invented the buddy cop genre when he wrote the _Lethal Weapon_ movies. He’s one of the great Hollywood writers now, and his latest one, _The Nice Guys,_ you should really check out. Also, I don’t know if anybody else has mentioned this, but the opening “spaceship” shot was added post-production because the studio thought the audience wouldn’t “get” the setup. The original script kept the monster’s origins secret until halfway through, and even then you wouldn’t be sure of _what_ it actually was until the final reveal.

One of the greatest creatures ever designed for cinema, alongside the Xenomorph from Alien (there's a reason there are crossovers between these two franchises). Now though, you HAVE to do Predator 2 at some point. You can probably skip the others (Predators isn't so bad I guess). But imo, Pred 2 is even better than the original.

Personally hold this movie in high regard particularly for it one liners and rewatchability! But mostly just love the eighties flicks. Great reaction guys!

I'm glad you both got to see this one. I was invited to go see it in the theater but my parents shot it down saying I was too young (bummer). The face camouflage is an interesting point to make and also serves as foreshadowing during the helicopter scene to show solution to fighting the Predator is full body mud camo (good writing). In the beginning face paint is just there to help with camouflage and terrain. So the colors are more important than the pattern in most instances. I have only used pseudo stipe pattern like Dutch does. But it is very annoying to clean off. It also helps to minimize reflection when you sweat. In this movie it serves very little purpose because their arms are bare. The whole idea is to cover up and leave no human colors to be identified and give away your position. Granted it is like 100 degree 100% humidity so they are using it to keep their faces a little less noticeable when they are looking over cover. You notice that they peek over logs or out of brush before the first battle.

Like the way hunters mimic animal calls the Predator can imitate us. "Anytime."

fantastic movie + reaction! John McTiernan made some of the best movies in the late 80's/90s: Predator(1987), Die Hard(1988), Hunt For Red October(1990) and the underrated The 13th Warrior(1999), all recommended!

Wicked, Predator is awesome. Fun fact the voice of the Predator is Canadian voice actor Peter Cullen who has also been voicing Optimus Prime since the 80's

Arnold wasn’t killed by the blast because it was his gun that was hit. The gun exploding shrapnel is what injured him.

Predator 2 is definitely worth watching, guys! It might not have Arnie in it, and the setting may be completely different, but a lot of the elements are retained while at the same time doing something new.

Definitely check out the sequel. Predator 2 is different but still good.

George, I know you thought the alien technology made it unfair, but when you're dealing with hunting, when someone hunts an animal, we don't arm them equally.

Hey George and Sophie, even in the scene right before Dutch tells Dillon they're making a stand, when they're talking about the predator being able to get Blaine's body without them noticing and Dutch saying something about him picking them off one by one, to which Billy responds with " Like A Hunter", that's when the realization hit Dutch

The scene where Shane Black tells Billy the joke about the "echo"----- when I worked for Shane Black as a concept artist on Iron Man 3, I tried to tell him the same joke. BUT!!! I didn't realize there were two female PAs behind me. He stopped me before I got to the juicy part. But he did laugh, and said "catch me with it later. I promise a big Billy laugh." He knew I had to tell him that joke. He understood it was a fan boy moment! Best Boss, talented Director.

True Lies, Commando, Conan, and Last Action Hero all deserve a watch!

I heard there were arguments over whether to show the spaceship clip at the start. I THINK the story is the director didn't want the scene and removed it, but the studio put it back and insisted on keeping it.

You've done two of John McTiernan's four masterpieces, now you gotta do the other two: The Hunt For Red October, and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). The former is a great thriller, and the latter is a caper with a big dose of romance. Highly recommend both.

One of the best movie screams in cinema history: Bill Duke's "CONTACT!!!!" 11:42

Humans have evolved to see faces. It reached a point where we can see faces in clouds or wood grain, or toast. Face paint is used to hide the things on a face that make it look like a face. The most basic way for this is to put dark colors on the "high" places and light colors on the "low" places. The idea is to flatten the face. for that reason symmetry is bad as well. Darth Maul still looked like a face because it was balanced on each side.

The movie does a massive switch half-way through, from cheesy action flick with over-the-top testosterone, to a slasher movie; with Arnie and his crew the over-sexualised cheerleaders getting picked off one by one. Also, the helicopter ride at the start is a masterclass in introducing characters. No movie has done a better job of cramming everything you need to know about its cast into such a short time.

Fun fact: the Predator's speech patterns (those clicks and ticks) were done by Peter Cullen (the voice of Optimus Prime, Eeyore, and many more) after he had done the sounds for King Kong. His throat was fucked up from the constant roars, grunts, and growls he performed. He wanted a low-effort gig while his throat was healing. So, he went to recors this. He got there and requested that they show him what the creature look like to get an informed performance. His first though about it was that the face reminded him of a dying horseshoe crab he saw on a beach when he was young. He remembered the air cracking and popping as the crab's shell had been punctured, so he used a similar sound for the creatures vocal qualities. To my knowledge, he did at least the first two films. Every film after that just re-uses those sounds. Also, Kevin Peter Hall deserves all the credit for the physical performance. He was a great creature actor, and may he rest in peace. He was taken way too soon.

This is the ultimate 80's action movie. Just non-stop crazy action. Great creature design and really good at making the badass good guys feel weak. Just wonderful all around.

Conan the Barbarian (1982) is an overlooked Arnold classic. Maybe because it predates Terminator which was his big breakout movie.

Please watch "True Lies"! From James Cameron and also with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Just a fun fact, Arnold, Jesse and Carl kept comparing bicep sizes and Arnold got the wardrobe dept to give the other actors an extra size up that made it looked like they were smaller in comparison.