Comments on: Predator (1987). A Review. http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/predator-1987-a-review/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: joaquin http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/predator-1987-a-review/#comment-1350 joaquin Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:21:18 +0000 http://www.iamsheamus.com/2008/04/08/predator-1987-a-review/#comment-1350 got cut off there. one more point before I retire to that dreamless unexplained state that Dutch went into upon getting picked up by the aforementioned "CHOPPAH".... Billy. Though we all rooted for him, his impact on the predator was laughable. As my brother and I enjoy recalling, the predator likely was not even slowed a single stride as he dispatched Billy. That was the worst and most meaningless death for me in the movie. They even spared Dillon's character a shameful death that he truly deserved. Anyways, thanks for the laughs. got cut off there. one more point before I retire to that dreamless unexplained state that Dutch went into upon getting picked up by the aforementioned “CHOPPAH”….

Billy. Though we all rooted for him, his impact on the predator was laughable. As my brother and I enjoy recalling, the predator likely was not even slowed a single stride as he dispatched Billy. That was the worst and most meaningless death for me in the movie. They even spared Dillon’s character a shameful death that he truly deserved.

Anyways, thanks for the laughs.

]]> By: joaquin http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/predator-1987-a-review/#comment-1349 joaquin Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:16:30 +0000 http://www.iamsheamus.com/2008/04/08/predator-1987-a-review/#comment-1349 you have been robbed my friend. by whom? robbed of the Pulitzer prize you deserve for this amazing write up, and robbed of the accolade you deserve evidenced by my response coming in 12 weeks after you wrote this being in the number one spot! I am blushing with shame and outrage. OK, enough of this. I have some points. I must warn you, I am going to talk about these people as if they are not actually actors, but real people, just to keep it easy to follow, and it is way more fun/gay that way. I could not agree more about your points regarding the crew. Dutch (please, call him Dutch. Schaeffer was hardly used in this film, though your use of his surname keeps your personal bias towards the film at a respectable level, good job there, I am sure if he ever recovered emotionally from the predator encounter, he would have insisted that you use Dutch) was the driving force with his consistent every 45 second chant of "GET TO DA CHOPPAH!!", "LET'S GOOHH!!", "COME OHNNN!!", etc. Also a critical point that I must attribute to my brother as always pointing out, is the scene where Dutch totally busts Maria for actually knowing English. He was like some kind of linguist Jedi mind reader out there. Watch for that, it is hilarious. "Enough of dis Burlsheet already, wat did YOU SEE?!" - pure awesomeness.. Another point I would like for you to remember is that Mac was dispatched to the drop point wearing a sharkskin suit and tie. He pulls that look in Commando too, interestingly enough. It seems Bill Duke has a taste for the cloth. Could his wearing a totally inappropriate ensemble enraged the Predator enough to doom his crew? I guess we will never know. you have been robbed my friend. by whom? robbed of the Pulitzer prize you deserve for this amazing write up, and robbed of the accolade you deserve evidenced by my response coming in 12 weeks after you wrote this being in the number one spot! I am blushing with shame and outrage. OK, enough of this. I have some points. I must warn you, I am going to talk about these people as if they are not actually actors, but real people, just to keep it easy to follow, and it is way more fun/gay that way.

I could not agree more about your points regarding the crew. Dutch (please, call him Dutch. Schaeffer was hardly used in this film, though your use of his surname keeps your personal bias towards the film at a respectable level, good job there, I am sure if he ever recovered emotionally from the predator encounter, he would have insisted that you use Dutch) was the driving force with his consistent every 45 second chant of “GET TO DA CHOPPAH!!”, “LET’S GOOHH!!”, “COME OHNNN!!”, etc. Also a critical point that I must attribute to my brother as always pointing out, is the scene where Dutch totally busts Maria for actually knowing English. He was like some kind of linguist Jedi mind reader out there. Watch for that, it is hilarious. “Enough of dis Burlsheet already, wat did YOU SEE?!” - pure awesomeness..

Another point I would like for you to remember is that Mac was dispatched to the drop point wearing a sharkskin suit and tie. He pulls that look in Commando too, interestingly enough. It seems Bill Duke has a taste for the cloth. Could his wearing a totally inappropriate ensemble enraged the Predator enough to doom his crew? I guess we will never know.

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