posted on Jan, 14 2008 @ 10:05 AM
Originally posted by out there20
The predator stands at least 7ft tall, the same hieght reported among the warrior class. It also has scaley lizard like skin, no tail, and is
extremely viscous, and is very muscular. All the qualitiesof the warrior class.
The reason the yautja are over seven-feet tall is due to the original actor, Kevin Hall himself being over seven-feet tall. Originally, Jean-Claude
Van Damme was slated to play the yautja in the first Predator film. Van Damme is only 5'10; if it had panned out, the yautja would have been
portrayed as much smaller.
A close examination of the yautja's skin reveals it is smooth like a humans, not scaly. You may be mistaking the spot-markings on their skin as
scales.
And of course it is going to be a very vicious animal; it's about a creature hunting soldiers for sport.
Originally posted by out there20
Although there is one difference, the only thing i see about the predator that doesn;t look reptillian is it's face, but hey, it's a movie, gotta
twirk somethings.
Actually, the yautja was built around the concept of it having mandibles; the creature wasn't built as a reptile then it's appearance tweeked.
Originally, Stan Winston designed the creature to have a dog-like head, and a single eye, with horse or satyr-like legs; hardly reptilian at all.
Originally posted by out there20
And then there is the tv show "V". About shapeshifting alien lizards.
Have you actually seen "V"? The aliens in that were not shapeshifting. They wore disguises that made them appear human. And the Visitors
themselves were not a warrior-race. One of the reasons they came to Earth was to enslave us to be a warrior-race (and a food source).
V was intended to be an allegory for the rise of fascism, inspired a lot by Sinclair's "It Can't Happen Here." NBC wanted a sci-fi hit to
coat-tail on the success of Star Wars; the creators originally wanted it to be a straight drama.
Predator
V
Humans are imaginative creatures; we can create monsters and aliens on our own, without there being a government conspiracy or influence behind it.
If Predator/V are supposed to be "real," then why not Terminator, Dark City, Alien, or Cloverfield?