In 1987, the fantastic action movie "Predator" was released with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role. He was a great success with the audience and critics and became a cult picture. The fictional race of the Predators was specially invented for this picture. Who this is and what alien aliens were - this is our article.
History of creation
The fictional race of predators was invented in 1987 specifically for the filming of the fantastic action movie "Predator". Alien hunters (as they are also called) became the main antagonists of the film. The appearance of the Predators was worked by visual effects master Stanley Winston. At first, a humanoid stranger was invented with a head, like a dog, and a long neck, but then this idea was abandoned. It was decided to dwell on the fact that the fictional race Predators are humanoids equipped with mandibles and wearing the special mask they need to detect prey. They are representatives of a technologically advanced civilization, standing an order of magnitude higher than humanity. The idea of mandibles, like in insects, was proposed by director James Cameron. He turned out to be right - the awesome kind of jaw became one of the most memorable and frightening details of the appearance of space hunters.
Predators: Description of the Alien Alien Race
Space hunters are large humanoids. Their growth reaches two and a half meters. The skin is pale yellow. There are subspecies with a dark green skin. Persons are not secular. The jaws of the Predator are equipped with two pairs of mandibles. Behind them is a mouth opening. The hairline is rather peculiar - it is a short, hard, black bristle of dark color. There is it on the front of the body. On the head, the hair is braided in a kind of dreadlocks. The blood of the Predator is green.
Physically, they are much stronger and faster than people, which makes them one of the most dangerous opponents.
Judging by the places of hunting, this race lives in a tropical climate, it needs high humidity and temperature. If we take into account the novelization of paintings about Predators, then the atmosphere of the Earth for them is slightly poisonous. There is no information about the language and written language. It is known that they can well imitate someone else's speech and are able to understand individual words.
Predator Weapon
This is a high-tech race, numbering many hundreds of centuries. For all the time of its existence, predators have created a huge number of the most diverse weapons. In their arsenal are energy and atomic weapons, camouflage, which makes hunters practically invisible, and masks that help detect prey. Hunters and edged weapons are actively used, which is very diverse: wrist blades, spears, throwing discs.
Predators have long mastered interplanetary flights. Judging by the comics, they travel most of the time visiting other star systems.
Classes
There is practically no information about what this race does. It is only known that they hunt for the sake of sports interest on all other creatures. To some extent, they are collectors - during the hunt, predators collect trophies. These are the skulls of defeated enemies. Those who engage in hand-to-hand combat are honored - their skull is torn out along with the spinal column.
Relations with other races
Predators, whose physique and growth make them stronger and more enduring than other creatures inhabiting the Universe, do not need to conclude peace treaties. In any case, from films about them it follows that they visited the Earth as far back as the Middle Ages (the old musket and the samurai sword were shown as trophies in the paintings about them. Since over the centuries they have never let humanity know about themselves, this suggests that the fictional race of the Predators is not interested in any contact with people. For space hunters, the Earth is a place of hunting and a base for replenishing the prey that they take to their lands. Apparently, other living creatures of other planets are of interest to Predators only about how the object of hunting.
Code of honor
Predators, despite the fact that they are ruthless hunters who consider any living creature primarily as potential prey, adhere to the code of honor. They do not touch pregnant women, children and patients. In others, they value courage and the will to win. If they meet a worthy opponent capable of defeating one of them, predators recognize his strength and can let go. In the film “Predator-2,” the protagonist for the victory over one of the space hunters was awarded his relatives with a pistol of the 16th century.
Defeat is a terrible shame for the Predator. If this happens, to restore their honor, they choose suicide through a micronuclear explosion.
Alien Hunter Films
For the first time, Predators (fictional race), photos of which can be seen later, appeared in a fantastic action movie with the participation of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Despite the fact that it was released back in 1987, the special effects of the painting were highly appreciated. It was decided to consolidate the success by creating continuations of the action movie about the confrontation between space hunters and people. An interesting fact: the joke that the Stallone hero in a series of paintings about Rocky has no one to fight with, except perhaps aliens, is somewhat involved in the appearance of the film. As a result, a scenario appeared in which the hero of Schwarzenegger engages in a fight with a Predator - a hunter who arrived on Earth from the depths of space. The role of the latter was played by Kevin Peter Hall, although Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally chosen, but he lost to Schwarzenegger in growth and physical development.
In 1990, the sequel to the first film, Predator 2, was released. If in "Predator" the action took place in the jungle, then in the sequel events unfold in Los Angeles.
In 2010, a picture was released, which became a new reading of the story of alien hunters. Robert Rodriguez and one of the main roles in the film, Adrian Brody, were once struck by the "Predator". Rodriguez wrote several versions of the script back in 1987, but they were not interested in the film studio. Only 20 years later, they were remembered and offered to the director to make a new film based on his old achievements. But he decided to limit himself to the role of producer.
The action in the third part, entitled "Predators" (this is done specifically by analogy with the film "Aliens"), takes place on a planet on which there is a company of strangers to each other. All of them, as it turns out, are warriors. Among them there are both professional military men from different countries and criminals. What brought them here and why - it remains to be seen.
In 2004, Paul Andersen made the film Alien vs. Predator, which connected the heroes of two cinematic universes. In 2007, his sequel, Aliens vs. Predator, was released, which received negative reviews from critics and was called the worst sequel.
Computer games and comics based on films about Predators
The success of the first picture about space hunters in 1989 led to the appearance of comics, where they became the main characters. Interesting crossovers arose, such as Aliens vs. Predators.
In 1987, the first computer game was released for most of the then existing Predator platforms. In total, 4 games were released in the Predator universe.
Conclusion
The fictional race Predators, having appeared in 1987, gained great fame. Space hunters, along with Aliens, have become one of the most interesting cinematic creatures.