Let's talk Predator, 1987

So, in a movie about an alien who visits Earth for the purpose of hunting humans for sport - using advanced technology such as an extremely powerful shoulder-mounted energy weapon, a disk/blade weapon that can cut through anything and return to the user like a boomerang, and an invisibility cloaking device - the detail you took issue with as being unrealistic was that a couple of the human soldiers used a large impractical gun that would be difficult to lug around and fire controllably?

Something tells me you're thinking too much while watching these types of movies.

(I think that was the longest run-on sentence I've ever typed.)

EDIT: Also, the sceen from your picture where that dude sees the Predator for the first time, and loses it, firing his minigun continuously and mowing down the whole rainforest, while the rest of the soldiers join in, was definitely one of my favorites.

 

Well, the use of the hand held mini-gun set the tone of the movie prior to the arrival of the Predator. I thought to myself, wait a minute...a group of highly trained, experienced commandos in the middle of the Central America jungle, on foot...would not choose an impractical weapon like a "portable" mini-gun. These are supposed to be professionals right? They'd choose something lighter, making them more mobile...

Helicopter insertion/extraction, that was the mission prior to the arrival of the Predator, correct?

How about making that more plausible prior to the suspension of disbelief required with alien technology.

 

Logically, you're correct, I agree. However, I think the point from a cinematic perspective was to convey that these are some bad-ass guys who shouldn't be messed with.

 

80s action movie were notorious for that. I don't know much about weapons and military tactics, but I usually can't stop laughing when I watch stuff like that. But it's entertaining. I wouldn't expect a serious, accurate war movie when I read the back cover of the DVD... I mean VHS tape.

 

I agree, it's a movie afterall...not a documentary. It was still entertaining.

 

Because then there wouldn't have been the awesome scenes that included the mini-gun.

Just think of it like you would a video game.

Inventory space doesn't matter.

 

The second Predator sucked. The original is great.

 

Kindergarden Cop is awesome.

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You missed Commando. Commando is one of my favorites.

 

I prefer "simulation" to fantasy in terms of PC games. I want something to mirror reality as much possible. There are former military guys often used as consultants on films to bring realism to a particular scene.

Dale Dye, for example...often an actor as well as a professional consultant, he is a bonafide combat veteran and adds credence to a movie.



I understand, Predator is sci-fi...however Jesse Ventura is a bonafide combat veteran and would have made an excellent consultant to enhance realism. They chose to go the "bad ass" route along the lines of Rambo using a hand-held .50 caliber machine gun. It's cinematic, but not realistic.

Batman - The Dark Knight film for example shows a civilian version of a C-130, an L-100 using a Fulton surface-to-air recovery system that I thought was flawed in it's technique...had I been consulted I believe the film's realism could be enhanced.

 

I didn't miss Commando. It came out in 1985, and thus, was included when I said, "80's Arnold action movies".