Silent. Invisible. Invincible. The Ultimate Hunter

No I m not talking about the Hunter from Unreal Tournament, this is the creature that was first seen in the movie Predator (1987). The movie started Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan Dutch Schaefer and the late Kevin Peter Hall as the (Yatuja) Predator. Predator is a character that has the ability to bend light making him near invisible and with an array of weapons at his disposal (plasma gun on the shoulder) makes him nearly invincible.

But "If it bleeds, we can kill it,". Imaging coming face to face with a creature like this who opens his mouth in four different directions. Whoa! This character was portrayed perfectly by the late actor Kevin Peter Hall. A less known fact about the actor is that he was actually blind.

An excerpt from a book published 1993:

Arnold confesses to have had some initial anxiety when first confronted with the creature:

-There was plenty of fear there, believe me. Working with something like this was wild in reality because he[monster Kevin Peter Hall, who stands a foot taller than Schwarzenegger] couldn’t really see. Not only in the movie does he have heat seeking eyes, but in reality the sonuvabitch couldn’t see. So when he’s supposed to slap me around and stay far from my face, all of a sudden WHAP! There is his hand with claws on it! (Flynn, John L. The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, p116)

The second part of the movie that came out in 1990 also had the same guy playing the Predator. For the menacing one and the elderly one (in the end). Towards the end of the movie there is a xenomorph (Alien) skull seen in the spacecraft. Now what does that show? Simple this is where the story idea for AVP came right? Wrong! The cross over was done a year before the movie was release through a comic titles Alien Vs Predator. Imagine after more then 14 years someone had the guts to pull of a movie like AVP. Also this story is very different from the comics.

Story on the sequel for AVP:
Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest is the upcoming sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator film. Filming began on September 25, 2006 in Vancouver. Tom Woodruff Jr and Alec Gillis from Amalgamated Dynamics will be handling the special effects for the film as they did for the previous installment and Daniel Pearl has signed on as director of photography. Shane Salerno wrote the script. Reiko Aylesworth and Steven Pasquale will play leading roles in the film. ComingSoon.Net has reported a release date of December 21, 2007, however, according to other Internet reports, the film will debut in Australia on September 27, 2007 casting doubt on the North American date. The film is expected to be rated R, as opposed to the PG-13 rating of the original.

Visual effects artists and commercial and music video directors the Brothers Strause have been announced as the directors of "AvP2". A June 1, 2006 news entry on their website merely says "Something big is brewing" and a June 7, 2006 news entry says "AVP2 ! The Bros. have signed on to direct their first feature."

After looking a the rating it feels that the movie should be a little more bloody don’t you think. I had a feeling that held back on the fight scenes. One of the reasons (I feel) was that the Yatuja had been too bulky to make any moves. The end scene with the Yatuja jumping in the air to stab the mother Alien was all CGI. What other choice do they have when the suites are so bloody BIG. Any ways lefts hope APV 2 is good. Cant wait to see how much they fucked it up. Until then see ya.