Fox to reboot the Predator Franchise! - Blu-ray Forum

Galactus · 01-31-2009, 01:02 AM

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The upswing to this bit of news is that Robert Rodriguez and his Trouble Maker Studios are reported to be producing this reboot for Fox.
In recent news Bloodydisgusting.com is reporting that Fox will indeed reboot the once successful Predator franchise. The first movie in the series (1987) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was pretty damn good. In an all out battle between mortal human's against the best of a superior race of Predators, the movie showcased one Predator taking out a elite military team. Building up the suspenseful end to the movie with Arnold defeating the Predator.

This from the studio "In the reboot a team of commandoes face down a mysterious race of vicious monsters." Hmm, sounds oddly familiar. But the twist is instead of one Predator our fearless team of commandos is facing a race of vicious monsters. The whole race? Seems like the odds are defiantly in the Predators favor. Remember it only took one to take out an elite military team originally on a rescue mission. Now it would be fun to see what damage the whole race of Predators could do, but at what expense to the movie. Making the Predator movie franchise into a race war seems unbelievably predictable. Simply put, the human race would have no chance in winning, making the end of the movie dull and easy to figure out.

The upswing to this bit of news is that Robert Rodriguez and his Trouble Maker Studios are reported to be producing this reboot for Fox. That gives the project certain hope, as Rodriguez has been fairly successful in the past. No writer and no script has been attached yet.

Fox hasn't totally crucified this franchise,,,,yet. Let's hope they don't and hire a good script writer and maybe change a few things about the direction of this film.

GreenScar · 01-31-2009, 01:12 AM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=84316

Was posted earlier. This has me a bit worried.

STARSCREAM · 01-31-2009, 01:24 AM

Idiotic.

fletchlives · 01-31-2009, 01:26 AM

UUUggggghhhhh. Disaster in the making here. Are there any original ideas left?

ajgoodfella7 · 01-31-2009, 01:31 AM

This is the worst idea I've heard in a while. I don't understand why someone would want to reboot a movie that is already as good as it could possibly be. Rodriguez is setting himself up for failure from the start. How about trying to make something original?

Galactus · 01-31-2009, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jasonbird

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=84316

Was posted earlier. This has me a bit worried.

sorry did a search nothing showed up.

jadedeath · 01-31-2009, 03:36 AM

Could be a colonial marines thing...

I dunno, if they do it that way and land on a planet where the predators are hunting... it *COULD* work.

I'm massively stressing the 'could' in that sentence and may have given myself a hernia.

Logan

brett_day · 01-31-2009, 03:37 AM

i wish peeps would leave classic movies series well enough alone! when they go back to these older movies and bring them back to life again it always ends in disaster

Blu Man · 01-31-2009, 03:39 AM

Never watched any of the old preditors.

brett_day · 01-31-2009, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu Man

Never watched any of the old preditors.

wow, the original is an absolute must see! what a classic!

andyman1970 · 01-31-2009, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by fletchlives

Are there any original ideas left?

Apparently not in Hollywood. Just think about all the remakes, er, I mean "reboots" that are coming out.

nolfoc · 01-31-2009, 04:08 AM

its one thing to reboot a movie that needs it... but studios shouldnt really try to reboot something that is already a masterpiece, they are basically setting themselves up for failure... movies that need a reboot in the franchise companies should tap into them and reboot... I.E. Batman franchise. (it basically started going downhill after the 2nd, and I'm not even a fan of the first and 2nd, but i will admit it needed a reboot in the franchise). the predator movies only got embarassing when they came out with the alien vs. predator movies... predator and even predator 2 (without arnold) were great movies.. if they wnat to do another one they should really just make a 3rd movie instead of making a reboot for a movie that doesn't need one... whats next Jaws? Godfather? i can't wait for this to fail oh yea and the karate kid as well.. why oh why

Blu Man · 01-31-2009, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by brett_day

wow, the original is an absolute must see! what a classic!

I'll check it out some time and see what I think.

Astalder · 01-31-2009, 04:35 AM

What's so hard about creating an original SciFi franchise? First Predator is one of those movies that doesn't seem to age, I see nothing to gain here.

supersix4 · 01-31-2009, 05:14 AM

awsome news I hope they reboot it with new action shots... and we really get some great kills.

great news

Chris60119 · 01-31-2009, 05:51 AM

so is this Predator......3?

supersix4 · 01-31-2009, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by frettless5

so is this Predator......3?

i think they are going to try to redo the first one just a dif. way

and if they do that then I hope its not 100% on because that would SUCKKKKKKKKKK

I wanna see some new team members and some new kills

it wont ever live up to the first so we might as well get some new action.

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01-31-2009, 01:12 AM	#2
GreenScar Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:2	https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=84316 Was posted earlier. This has me a bit worried.

01-31-2009, 01:24 AM	#3
STARSCREAM Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Dagobah Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:67	Idiotic.

01-31-2009, 01:26 AM	#4
fletchlives Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Detroit, Michigan 4K collection:231 Blu-ray collection:789 DVD collection:531 Blu-ray reviews:4	UUUggggghhhhh. Disaster in the making here. Are there any original ideas left?

01-31-2009, 01:31 AM	#5
ajgoodfella7 Active Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Pittsburgh, PA Blu-ray collection:156 Trading Score:6	This is the worst idea I've heard in a while. I don't understand why someone would want to reboot a movie that is already as good as it could possibly be. Rodriguez is setting himself up for failure from the start. How about trying to make something original?

01-31-2009, 03:36 AM	#7
jadedeath Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007	Could be a colonial marines thing... I dunno, if they do it that way and land on a planet where the predators are hunting... it COULD work. I'm massively stressing the 'could' in that sentence and may have given myself a hernia. Logan

01-31-2009, 03:37 AM	#8
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	i wish peeps would leave classic movies series well enough alone! when they go back to these older movies and bring them back to life again it always ends in disaster

01-31-2009, 03:39 AM	#9
Blu Man Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:United States Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:1	Never watched any of the old preditors.

01-31-2009, 04:08 AM	#12
nolfoc Banned Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 108 Trading Score:49	its one thing to reboot a movie that needs it... but studios shouldnt really try to reboot something that is already a masterpiece, they are basically setting themselves up for failure... movies that need a reboot in the franchise companies should tap into them and reboot... I.E. Batman franchise. (it basically started going downhill after the 2nd, and I'm not even a fan of the first and 2nd, but i will admit it needed a reboot in the franchise). the predator movies only got embarassing when they came out with the alien vs. predator movies... predator and even predator 2 (without arnold) were great movies.. if they wnat to do another one they should really just make a 3rd movie instead of making a reboot for a movie that doesn't need one... whats next Jaws? Godfather? i can't wait for this to fail oh yea and the karate kid as well.. why oh why

01-31-2009, 04:35 AM	#14
Astalder Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Houston, TX Blu-ray collection:190 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:11	What's so hard about creating an original SciFi franchise? First Predator is one of those movies that doesn't seem to age, I see nothing to gain here.

01-31-2009, 05:14 AM	#15
supersix4 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:572 Blu-ray reviews: 53 Trading Score:3	awsome news I hope they reboot it with new action shots... and we really get some great kills. great news

01-31-2009, 05:51 AM	#16
Chris60119 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2008 Location:Savannah GA Blu-ray collection:850 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 35	so is this Predator......3?

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