Predator 1 is partly about (like Apocalypse Now, Rambo, Red Dawn) the American desire to become the Viet Cong, subconsciously perceived as the 'purer' Americans.
US mercenaries get to return to hardy, low-tech, 'farmers-with-rifles' beating the modern hegemon with raw pre-societal guile & tenacity
Predator one and two leaves open this ambiguity re whether Predators are noble warriors, honourable hunters, or basically just an interstellar version of rich arseholes hunting giraffes with a sniper rifle. I feel like Predator: Killer of Killers definitively settles it in favour of the second view.
June 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Predator 1 is partly about (like Apocalypse Now, Rambo, Red Dawn) the American desire to become the Viet Cong, subconsciously perceived as the 'purer' Americans.
US mercenaries get to return to hardy, low-tech, 'farmers-with-rifles' beating the modern hegemon with raw pre-societal guile & tenacity