Please beware of scammers. I am not on Telegram nor do I do giveaways in my comment section. Also, just to note, I forgot about the spaceship scene at the very beginning which is why I had those questions about the origin of the Predator. :)

finally a reactor that recognize billy's laugh 👍

33 minutes in - the alien has decided that Dutch is a worthy opponent and so he chooses to go more hand to hand. It's a question of respect and honour.

Billy cutting himself that way is an old native American tradition. The warrior spoils the game by taking first blood himself, thereby denying the enemy any glory.

26:05, Billy is cutting himself to deny the Predator the honor of drawing first blood on him. It may be at this moment that Billy finally realized what the Predator is and figured stop running like prey. Notice Billy wrapped the cord of his medicine bag around his knife. Perhaps that allowed him to get in one good lick before he died. I can't remember if the novel tie-in specified. Adhering to their twisted sense of honor, the Yautja admired Billy's bravery by making sure to remove and clean his trophy later.

The opening scene shows the Predator arrving on Earth, ejecting from its spaceship. Anna's monologue implies that this isn't the first time something like this has happened. The Predator (or one of its kind) periiodically comes to Earth to look for a worthy fight.

Billy's actions are those of a native spirit warrior. He rips the spirit bag from his neck wraps it around his hand and then draws a wound across his chest. This is to show his bravery and to deny the enemy's first blood.

Yes that is Carl Weathers who played in Rocky as well. Also at the end of the movie after the Predator detonates his bomb the chopper pilot looking down at the explosion is the actor who played the Predator.

The reason Arnold's shoulder was fine is because the Predator's shot mostly hit his gun, if you look closely you can see it split in half from the shot. Hence Arnold's shoulder was only kind of burnt instead of completely missing like Dylan's.

This is arguably my all time favorite movie, and the"aawww, that was the pu$$y joke guy" line was worth watching the reaction in itself, I laughed my ass off at that one.

Fun fact: the Predator was played by the late Kevin Peter Hall, who stood at a height of seven feet 2 inches, and played many similar monster characters during his career. Loved your reaction to this stone cold classic!

Most reactors miss this, since it goes by so fast - the Predator split Dutch's gun in half with his shoulder cannon (right before the "Get to the choppa!" line.) That's why the shot didn't kill him outright.

I think you are the only woman I have seen react to this that laughed at and enjoyed the one character's jokes. Just one of the many reasons I love watching your reactions! Looking forward to seeing you watch the second one.

This movie could have been called "The Governors" because both Jesse Ventura and the Schwanzenegger became governors of their respective states: Minnesota and California. The second Pedator movie does answer some, but not all, of your questions. And it has some fun twists. Definitely recommended if you enjoyed this one. It's cool that you drew some parallels between Predator and Alien. Consider watching Alien vs. Predator (aka AVP). It's not the greatest movie in the world, but it does develop both stories in interesting ways.

Not just a great action film…a great movie of any genre. Sensational writing and even acting…Arnold has never been better 🎉❤. (Thanks, Bunny 😊). Filmed in Mismaloya, Mexico

"If it bleeds, we can kill it." My favorite Arnold line.

26:05 Billy cuts himself as a taunt. Denying his enemy the honor of drawing his blood. 26:28 kicked, not shot. As "Dutch" observed earlier, the Predator did not shoot her because she was unarmed. She doesn't look like she really has much, if any, experience with military rifles, and the Pred already killed an experienced team one by one. She would only be redesignated as a target if she fired a gun, and die as well.

This was one of my favorite movies when I was a teenager. This was the movie that started to separate Arnold from Stallone. It's part action, part horror, part science fiction and all 80s😁

This film has the distinction of having three politicians in the cast. Arnold Schwarzenegger went on to become governor of California (2003-2011). Jesse Ventura went on to become governor of Minnesota (1999-2003). Sonny Landham ran for governor of Kentucky but was defeated in the Republican primary. Sonny then ran for the Kentucky state House and was defeated. Sonny then ran for US Senate of Kentucky and was defeated.

Yes you were right, that is indeed Carl Weathers who plays Apollo Creed in Rocky. Dutch kicked the gun out of her hands so she wouldn't get killed for being armed. Dutch didn't actually get shot in that scene. The plasma bolt hit his gun which broke apart and subsequently turned to shrapnel, wounding him in the process.

By cutting himself Billy was stealing part of the Predators victory by drawing first blood.

Predator mimicking and taunting Dutch's men is not only intimidating 😳 but downright scary too! Especially when the Predator uses Billy's laugh at the end of the film before the Predator nuked himself! -OG

You just watched an absolute masterpiece of the action genre.

One element of this movie that may not be obvious in 2023 is that it came out at a time when there were tons of generic action movies. So the first part of the movie plays off those expectations, setting it up as a typical genre entry. Then the predator subverts all that. It made the movie really stand out.

Billy is a Native American tracker, who can read the ground like a book. Again you see Arnie’s real-life good friend Sven, who kills one of the hostages, then kills him with “knock knock”. Blasting away with every gun into the jungle were often done by troops after being ambushed, just hoping you would hit something or at least make the enemy keep their heads down or withdraw. Names in this film like ‘Jim Hopper’ would appear in the TV series ‘Stranger Things’ as a tribute to how popular this film is. Metal and other man-made objects would stand out from the jungle environment in the Predator’s infra-red visions. Mac died with a hole through his head. The Predator would not blow up a skull and be denied a trophy. Bunnytail! Finally someone said it! “Who’s camouflaged now, M………r!” With the situation reversed, the ambushed Predator fires blindly at the jungle hoping to hit something! Actor Kevin Peter Hall who was in the Predator suit was also the helicopter pilot who rescued Arnold. He played Harry the Bigfoot in the film and series ‘Harry and the Hendersons’. All your questions will be answered if you continue with the sequels.

You must not have been paying attention: in the opening of the film, a spacecraft flies past our POV. As it cruises above Earth's atmospher, it releases a pod which then falls to Earth. So, yes, the Predator is an alien. And he is on safari, hunting big game and collecting skulls as trophies. A rite of passage? An excuse to get away from the wife and kids? Who knows, but he's definitely here to do some hunting.

Predator is all about the contrast between the first and 2nd parts of the movie. In the first part, the Special Forces team couldn't see him and were shooting blindly into the jungle. After Arnold figured out how to camo himself, the roles reversed. He was hitting predator with explosive arrows from the trees. Predator couldn't see Arnold and began firing blindly into the jungle.

Alan Silvestri did this score along with over 100 other films. He is most known for scoring the Back to the Future films.

After seeing these guys' awesome tracking skills at the beginning (being able to identify the type, direction, and number of people in the jungle at the helicopter crash); the part after the first kill when Dutch says "Did you find Hawkins?", and Poncho responds "I... I can't tell...". Gold.

Corridor Crew recently tested the mud technique against infra red detection... it worked surprisingly well

The predator design is so iconic, and to think what it could’ve been if they didn’t bring in Stan Winston...

If you're curious about completing the franchise, I suggest Predator 2 (1990) and Prey (2022)

the late Sonny Landham (Billy) was an incredibly underrated actor.

The helicopter pilot at the end is Kevin Peter Hall. The preditor. They did that so he could be seen by the audience. Great reaction. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

Late to this show - via the algorithm recommendation, but worth the wait. So sad to hear the news of Carl Weathers' passing. May he rest in everlasting peace.

"Hotdog down a hallway" - best part of the reaction! lol

Fun fact: the Predator design was switched up during production, from a more insectoid looking creature to what we see in the final film. Also, Jean-Claude Van Damme was the original suit actor for the 1st design of the Predator, with some of his shots being used for the reference passes for the Cloaking fx, but they fired him after the redesign because JCVD was difficult to work with and was also too short for the new look Predator, so they got someone else in who better suited the size they wanted

This was the first Arnold film I saw and I was very surprised at the twist and progression of the plot. I'm not into dumb action movies and pointless shootouts and explosions, but this movie wasn't heavy-handed, it just got more and more exciting. And the alien had a fascinating mask. When it takes off its helmet and roars - that's one of the highlights for me.

You asked so nicely for people to leave comments, so I'll share this: The first time I saw this movie I was about 10 years old and at a birthday party. Apparently I was the wuss of my friend group, I spent a good portion of it covering my eyes because the idea of an invisible monster was terrifying. After it ended I had to walk home in the dark (relatively normal; it was a small, safe town and not a long way) but as soon as I stepped outside I started imagining those glowing eyes in the trees. I ran my ass home as fast as I could, lol. I waited until I was a more appropriate age before I watched it again and could appreciate how good it is.

At 31:30 if you rewatch that scene you can see the predator using his helmet's targeting system to triangulate approximately where the rock was thrown from, and then just fires in that general direction.

You did a sensational job with this reaction video. Unlike a lot of people you were able to follow along and understand what was going on throughout the entire movie. Great job.

Special Operation teams train an insane amount so they can predict each other's moves and preferences this is key to their effectiveness; Dillon (Apollo Creed) has been running a desk so long he is out of practice throwing off their routines. These types of teams have and respect rank but in field and off they are brothers first rank second. They need to talk and act fast, so ideas need to be conveyed quickly to preserve the mission effectiveness and safety of team members. Jesse Venture the "sexual tyrannosaurus" who operates "old painless", was a Navy Seal in real life who served in Vietnam war.

It's a macho action movie that turns into a slasher film halfway through, but with action heroes instead of campers. The thing is the Predator's honor is very self-serving. It's hunter's honor - they want a good game, a 'fair fight'... but they don't actually expect to lose. Just like lion hunters don't really expect the lion to get away or be hurt.

This movie was conceived with a joke. "Is there anyone Rocky can't lose to?" "IDK maybe an monster or an alien."

Movie still holds up pretty well after all these years. Like the Alien movie, this started it's own franchise (in movies, books, video games, and comics) which has been both stand alone and mixed in with Alien. The knock off Contra sweatshirt I bought last year has a picture of Arnold from this movie on it, as well as one of Stallone from Rambo.

I saw this in the theater back in 1987 and I also saw the sequel in the theater in 1990. Billy was a cool character and I hated to see him die way back in 87 lol. Predators (2010) was pretty good but I thought the ending to that one could have been much better. Prey was pretty good too. Great reaction Bunnytails!!

The predator in this movie on his planet it's a well respected dentist. He was on our planet just for a safari.

My father, a decorated combat veteran, never hunted. He told me that he didn't hunt, because he was hunted by and hunted the most dangerous prey ever, armed men.

The voice of the Predator, like the clicking sounds, was done by Peter Cullen, who is also the original voice of Optimus Prime from Transformers.

Awesome reaction as always. Yes, the second one will answer questions and also make you keep wanting to ask more.

Great reaction, that part in the helicopter at the beginning. That's just soldier banter. When things are about to get sketchy, dark humor and banter lighten up the mood.

They filmed this movie in Chiapas state Mexico. They supposedly were in a Central America country.

This is the best Predator movie.

The predators are a bit of an enigma, but some hints as to their motivation were put in this film. Predator 2 clarifies it a bit more, and isn't a horrible movie. I haven't seen any of the other except for Prey, which is a prequel (and is fantastic).

This for me is underrated for the performance Arnold gives, and so much of it purely physical as the cast gets whittled down and there's less need for dialogue. By the final act we are almost in a silent film and Arnold gives his all letting us know everything going on inside of Dutch's mind. The atmosphere and the way they light Arnold to give focus to the whites of his eyes works with Arnold's movement and reactions to make for pure film language telling us a story we are invested in. There's far more to recommend with this film beyond just appreciation for supposed 80's cheese I think.

You're correct. Carl Weathers played Apollo Creed. He also played Chubbs in Happy Gilmore.

At first glance, Predator doesn't seem to be a deep and meaningful artwork. BUT, it is one of the most explicitly philosophical movies of all. The theme is "the human mind as our means of survival". And I can't think of another film that does it better.

bunnytails, the soldier kicked the bird, a vulture because it was eating the remains of a dead U.S. serviceman. Although I think this is a great movie, I actually preferred Predator 2 even though it did not do as well at the box office because it explains a lot of things about the aliens not answered in this movie. I high encourage you to react to Predator 2 which I also think you will enjoy watching.

16 minutes in, when everyone starts shooting, they were responding to the first guy shooting - the rest didn't have a clue what he was shooting at but they assumed there was a good reason and no time to ask questions. After all, there might have been a dozen enemies out there.

6:17 "Where is the amazon even located?" It's on the internet. It's where you buy your goodies.

GET TO THE CHOPPAAAAA...

Fun fact: Jesse Ventura(big guy with the minigun) named his autobiography "I ain't got time to bleed", was also former governor of Minnesota.(funny because Arnie was also gov of California). But I won't get into politics here. That interracial bro fist handshake in the beginning has aged well, imo...it is so iconic, and a symbol of unity, and brotherly love! The Predator code of honor and cockiness in wanting a worthy opponent is part of what makes them so cool, but weak compared with Aliens, who have no such concept, and only care about breeding and spreading their insect-like race. So many clever things in this movie, like disguising the heat signature with mud. If you missed the UFO landing in the beginning, it starts off like any regular commando type movie, then your mind gets blown when you discover there's an alien creature hunting humans. 10/10 one of the best movies, and without the whole romance or womanizing of the only female character. (The pussy jokes were hilarious though...omg bunny, hot-dog down a hallway? Hahahahah! I'll keep my thoughts to myself on that comment) Anyhow, I loved watching this with you... Get to da Chopper! Have a happy New Year!

26:26 As Dutch deduced earlier; the Predator didn't harm Anna because she was unarmed, which was correct. a little bit of lore-dump: The Yautja(which is the name of their species) have some strict laws when it comes to their hunting. Only kill species that pose a threat or challenge, which ranges from deadly predators to armed warriors. Killing unarmed civilians, children, or pregnant individuals are deemed as acts of cowardice and are punishable by death or exile from their clan. Their hunts are recorded by their helmets, which are later played back to their elders to judge if they are worthy to rise in ranks.

6:18 The Amazon Rainforest is in Brazil. Predator takes place in Guatemala in Central America

Sadly this is the only Predator movie I like. It went downhill after this one. But it's wonderfully 80's. Great movie.

This movie is the source of several memes. The shot where Arnie and Carl Weathers clench hands, showing off their biceps is a visual meme. Also, the phrases, "If it bleeds, we can kill it," and "Get to the chopper" are well known phrases.

Hi Babe! This was filmed in Mexico! When the Prediter was invisible, it was played by, Jon Cleud Van Dame wearing a pink body suit! At the very beginning, you saw an alien space craft drop a capsule to the Earth, so you know the Predators is an alien! Recommendation, Conan the Barbarian!

I'm old enough to remember when this movie first came out. It was a hit.

A timeless classical 🎭

Billy was challenging the predator to a fair one-on-one combat. Billy cut his chest to deny his opponent drawing first blood in the fight.

The predator has never looked any better than in this film.

Dillon is CIA and Dutch and his team are ODA (US Army Special Forces(Green Berets)) - Dillon is a tag-along and has no authority directly - his top goes to the SECDEF (top of the DOD) and he goes to the top of the Army - the CIA commonly recruits from the teams - Dillon used to be a teammate of Dutch before the CIA recruited him - the team knows it so there's a shit ton of baggage there

This movie has a lot of IMDB value. First: There are 2 Governors in the movie: Arnold and Jesse "The Body" Ventura (the funny guy you like, also an ex Pro Wrestler and G.I Joe character "Sgt. Slaughter" , sharing one of his later wrestling monikers). Also, the guy with the Pu**y jokes is Shane Black, the writer of the original Lethal Weapon movie and director of one the sequals "The Predator".

I will watch your reaction later, and then come back to make further comment. For now, I must say that this original Predator movie is one of my all time favorite movies of any kind. I love the cast. I love the location. I love the plot. I love how they did the Predator. I love the writing. I love this movie!

Oh this film is a classic, this is the best predator film . RIP Carl Weathers

Rest in peace to beloved actor Carl Weathers (Dillion (Predator) Apollo (Rocky), Chubbs (Happy Gilmore), to name a few. 1948-2024 We love you 💐

The mini-gun in reality is always mounted on a pivot in the door of a helicopter or on a truck. If anyone tried to hold it while firing, the recoil would spin him around and he would strafe everyone in every direction.

That is indeed Apollo from Rocky. The actor's name is Carl Weathers.

a heart warming story of a kind hearted alien trying to save a kid napped woman from a group of soldiers 😅

I'm sure it's already been suggested, but +1 for "The Thing".

Ventura's multibarrel ubergun is a Minigun (ironically, since its not mimi). Weapons like that seem unlikely to be human-carried in general, they are extremely heavy, go through lots of ammo real fast, and need a battery to power the motors that operate it. Kind of tough to carry all that through the jungle, but that's pretty much the core of Jesse Ventura's character. Ventura was a pro wrestler for a long while, and would become Governor of Minnesota as an Independent. Miniguns are usually mounted on a boat or chopper. Larger examples are mounted in aircraft, or as is the case with the A-10, the aircraft is mounted to the weapon. The Amazon is in South America, primarily Brazil. This is supposed to take place in Guatemala, so the river is likely the Motogua. Apollo's character is CIA, while Ahnold's team is paramilitary mercenaries, not active duty, and answer in no way whatever to the CIA.

Yes Dillon is played by Carl Weathers who played Apollo in the Rocky movies.

"...why'd he kick the bird..." Because it was eating the dead people, and he was upset about that. "...I know you like working alone..." It's not that. Giving away their position is a threat to _all_ of them. If the enemy detects where they are because he made a stupid mistake like that, they could attack their small group with larger numbers, negating the _very needed_ advantage of surprise for a smaller force to deal with a larger one. In other words, what he's telling them is that if he threatens the safety of _all_ of them again, out here in the jungle where 'chain of command' is a mere nicety and _survival_ is what matters more, he'll kill the guy rather than letting him risk _all_ their lives with his incompetence. Remember that they were forced by higher-ups to take him with them. Now, Dillon has the option of just not following and hanging back until the thing is done, then he won't be giving their position away, but if Dillion _chooses_ to continue, he can't be allowed to threaten them all just because he wants to be there. You talk about a 'superior officer', but out there, on the battlefield, rank doesn't matter. That's what this shows. Dillion was in charge back at base camp because rules and regulations and so on mattered more than skills, but out in the jungle, when it's do it right or die, rank means _nothing._ This shows up later as well with saying Anna is Dillon's baggage, if they fall behind they're on their own. "...where is the Amazon even located..." South America. However they're not _in_ the Amazon. They're in a rainforest (believe it or not, there's more than one). This one is supposedly taking place in Guatemala in Central America. It was filmed in a tropical jungle in Mexico. "...automatic machine gun..." A minigun. And no one can use it like that. No one _human,_ anyway. You _can,_ if you are strong, hold it and fire in roughly a direction you would like, but only in _extremely_ short bursts. Each bullet fired is like getting hit with a three pound bean-bag. The minigun usually fires 3000 rounds per minute, or 50 per second. Even a full second on auto-fire would be like a 100 pound person jumping into you (reduced some because it's not all at once). When those guns are used in real life, they're almost always on a tripod, and that tripod has _hundreds_ of pounds of sandbags holding it down, _or_ it's _bolted_ to a something like a truck or helicopter or wall... and more often the sandbags because, let's face it, 100 pounds jumping into the side of a vehicle is _going_ to send it off course. If you want to see someone fire one for about half a second and get _shoved_ six inches or so backwards, sliding along the ground, and ending up twisting some, you can watch that here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpt2msiB1a2qh3U.html "...how you gonna look nonchalantly behind you at an explosion..." Experience. Lots and _lots_ of experience. After it's happened a few dozen times to you, you get to the point that you recognize which explosions behind you are a _threat_ and which ones you can ignore. ... The trick is surviving long enough to _get_ that experience. "...I don't know why I wasn't expecting this level of violence in an Arnold movie..." Maybe you watched Twins? Or Jingle All the Way? "...this guy and his pussy jokes... I wanna hear another one..." Ask and ye shall receive: What do the Mafia and a pussy have in common? One slip of the tongue, and you're in deep shit. What do you call a Roman soldier with a smile on his face and a piece of hair between his two front teeth? A Glad-he-ate-her. What do you call an Oscar winning film about a vagina? Lawrence Of A Labia. Boy: "Want to hear a joke about my dick? Never mind, its too long." Girl: "Wanna hear a joke about my pussy? Never mind, you won't get it." No Vagina Jokes. Those aren't funny. PERIOD. No Period Jokes either. Women might ovary act. One day on the farm, a little boy kicks a cow. His mama says if you kick the cow you get no milk. The next day the boy kicks the pig. His mama says if you kick the pig you get crappy bacon. The day after he kicks the chicken. His mama says if you kick the chicken you get no eggs. His daddy walks through the door and kicks the cat. The little boy says to his mam: "Should I tell him or do you want to?" A girl came to her mom and said "Mommy! I've got 5 dollars!" Her mom said "Where from?" "Tommy from down the road he dared me to do a cartwheel," she replied. "Dear that boy is just trying to see your panties!" her mom told her. The next day the girl comes to her mom and says "Mommy I've got 10 dollars!" Exasperated, her mom says, "I told you don't trust that boy!" The girl responds, "NO mommy! I tricked him! I didn't wear panties today!" Two women are standing on the bridge and one says to the other, "You know I want to pee off the bridge like men do." So she goes to the side of the bridge and squats over the water and pulls down her pants and says "You see that canoe down there, I'm going to pee on that canoe!" And the other woman says, "That's not a canoe, that's your reflection." "...I just wanna know how they move so quietly..." It's a lot easier when the camera isn't set to pick up sounds. ... ... In a more realistic setting, practice. "...so it hunts for sport and for fun..." Remember Anna saying that this thing, which has visited before, is called "The Demon That Makes Trophies of Man". Trophy hunters kill for sport and fun. Although (not mentioned in this movie, but in comics and maybe one movie), the species doesn't do this _just_ for fun. It's also a sort of 'coming of age' test. You have to hunt something _dangerous,_ using skill and tech to win. The more dangerous the prey you hunt, the more honor you get in succeeding. This is what leads to the movie 'Alien vs Predator' movie. "...you just wanna fight him with a knife..." Remember what I said above about honor? Same sort of idea here. Billy knows he can't win. He knows that running as he did won't work. So he's choosing to end his life honorably by facing it head on with as traditional a weapon as he has available (likely he'd have preferred a spear, but didn't have one on hand). The exact symbology of all of it... is most likely a mishmash of vaguely Native American things, without being really connected to any one of them (though I admit this is a guess on my part). "...why did he kick the gun out of her hand..." Remember earlier? "It didn't kill you because you weren't armed." He saved her life by _stopping_ her from _becoming_ armed. At no point during this did the Predator see her with a weapon. She is, thus, harmless. The Predator killed the one _injured_ soldier who _had been_ armed for the same reason a responsible hunter of dangerous prey (like hippos or lions or whatever) will track and put down any wounded animal, it's cruel to leave them. ... This makes less sense in their specific case, but it follows the same sort of idea. You don't leave wounded animals out there to suffer. Finish them off, even if they're no longer dangerous due to their injuries. But at _this_ point Anna can get away because the Predator doesn't _care_ about her. You see this same sort of 'hunter ethic' in the second movie, too, where the Predator refuses to kill a potential prey for reasons that every hunter would agree with (but not one that came up here). I don't wanna spoil it, just in case you choose to watch. "...it just kinda singed his shoulder..." It hit his _weapon_ instead of _him._ As such the weapon was destroyed (which is why he didn't try to find it), but he was mostly okay. "...does the mud help with the heat sensor, too..." It would... for about 30 seconds. Then your body heat would warm it up, and... no. But then, again in comics and so on, they're not using 'heat vision' exactly, it's something else. "...where did he come from..." In the opening moments of the movie, you see him get dropped off by a larger ship in space. So... yes, he's an alien. "...I feel like that thing is smarter than to walk into an obvious trap like this..." It fell for the _first_ trap with the net. It's really more about being overconfident. It likely figures there's just one left, and as far as it knows that one isn't even armed anymore, just injured. It may be expecting something closer to Billy's resignation and death. Plus... it's relying on its camouflage and armor to protect it. "...why'd he drop him..." Honor. Dutch is out of weapons, shown he's capable. Sure, the Predator could win _now,_ that's _easy._ But that's not a _fight_ anymore. That's Dutch running out of weapons. No, no, no. _Clearly_ this has to come down to something else, so that he can go back and admit, "Yeah, he got me with a few lucky shots, but then he ran out of weapons. So instead of shooting him, I took him down with my bare hands!" Much better story. "...I don't understand this thing's motive..." Yeah, neither do I. I mean... I use the word 'honor', but... honor makes no sense to me. I think it's kinda dumb. "...what you want me to watch next..." I'd recommend Spaceballs... because in order to watch it, you have to have seen a number of other movies which are _also_ awesome, and if you haven't, they'd be good for reacting to as well. Those movies are: Planet of the Apes (1958), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Alien (which you've seen), Raiders of the Lost Ark (or just see a poster of it), Star Trek the Original Series (which you've seen), and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (though if you haven't seen 'A New Hope' and 'The Empire Strikes Back', you should watch those first, especially if you can get your hands on the de-specialized editions where they don't have the 'improvement' made to make it more in line with the prequel trilogy). Great reaction! Have a nice day!

The Jim Hopper they mentioned several times is also the name of the sheriff from Stranger Things

Prey is also excellent (For me at least, second only to this original.) Predator is such a great subversion given how it starts and other 80s action flicks where the meat heads would just tear any threat up on screen. Here, all their strength and weapons are virtually useless, the Predator so far surpasses them that for the bulk of the time its just making sport of them. Its only through a mixture of luck and Dutchs cunning that the Predator is finally brought down. (Im pretty sure this was all very deliberate as well, even the subplot turns the whole action hero thing on its head.)

32:51 I always say that this is the best movie "monster" ever made. It's exceptionally hideous, terrifying and realistic.

The Predator took off its mask because audiences would have pissed off at being denied a full reveal.

A small amount of it gets explained in the sequel.

Get to the chopper!

For the next Arnold movie check out his breakthrough movie that put him on the map .." Conan The Barbarian " ( 1982 ).. best soundtrack/ score.. real stunts and fight choreography..great cinematography..best narrator ..even with flaws..it's good..the best sword and sorcery movie fantasy in my opinion..because of the realistic feel ..all those others are fun only none have a more effort put into them to consistently have the realism ..no cgi everywhere..no claymation ..more sword than sorcery

Your first instinct was correct: that black man WAS the actor who played Apollo in the Rocky movies.

10:28 Watch when Mac squishes the scorpion. It's placed tail first beneath his boot, but Mac lifts his foot, suddenly the scorpion has turned around.

Bunny, this was my favorite Predator movie until Hulu made a prequel based in Saskatchewan during pioneering era. I can definitely recommend skipping the others as they were way lower budget and super archaic (although there's an Easter egg at the end that refers to the 2nd or 3rd one regarding a musket)

You need to re-watch this after you react to "Prey." "Prey" turns a number of "Billy's" cryptic lines into really cool dialogue. Once you watch "Prey," everything "Billy" does and says makes complete sense.

Moral of the story: If the stone-cold, not-easily-amused, native-american tracker of your squad is scared; you should be too...

This is supposed to take place in Central America, during the Cold War. Dillion is supposed to be CIA. Soldiers and marines often dislike the CIA. The intelligence agencies provide them with information, but that information is often incomplete or they have agendas of their own that they don't make regular soldiers aware of. This tends to breed distrust and animosity. In the alien's society, rank and prestige is based on how well one does in the hunt. The tougher and more dangerous the prey a hunter manages to take down, the higher their standing in society. That means they spend a great deal of time traveling around the galaxy looking for the toughest prey possible.

Predator 2 is it's own film, different and still very good.

It shows at the beginning of the movie a spaceship flying towards Earth and shooting a pod down to earth

26:01 He's dying on HIS OWN TERMS. Billy knows he can't survive so as a warrior he's making a final warrior's stand.

Funny fact, as soon as the nuke went off after Arnold escaped the blast, the black pilot in the helicopter is the guy who played the predator Kevin Peter hall