The Nextlander Watchcast 013: Predator 2 (1990)
Added 2022-09-26 16:00:11 +0000 UTCDan Ryckert is in town with a few podcasts to kill, so he joins us once again to talk through our mostly uncomplicated feelings about this profoundly stupid sequel, 1990's Predator 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOw47NC_sxI
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:13) - Intro.
(00:03:32) - The Hollywood cultural shift from "New York is a crime-scorched hellscape" to "Los Angeles is a crime-scorched hellscape" and the Morton Downey Jr. digression.
(00:07:23) - How the hell did this movie get made?
(00:16:10) - Bill Paxton, you are giving this movie way more effort than it deserves. Plus, some "do you remember this person?" character actor trivia.
(00:18:48) - Launching into the actual movie. It's chaos on the streets of LA!
(00:22:17) - Musings on Danny Glover, and why the Predator gets fixated on him.
(00:25:40) - The sheer '80s-ness of this movie's vision of near-future LA.
(00:27:14) - Danny Glover giving "the speech" to "the kid".
(00:32:09) - This Predator sprung for the upgrade package.
(00:34:43) - More Predator mimicking, and one of the dumber callback lines in
movie history.
(00:37:09) - King Willy and the voodoo gang.
(00:43:03) - Oh Danny Boy...
(00:45:39) - Break!
(00:46:00) - We're back, and talking about that subway scene.
(00:51:12) - Time to trap ourselves a Predator. These government guys will handle this, right?
(00:58:09) - What feels like fifteen riveting minutes of Danny Glover shimmying across rooftops.
(01:01:52) - Gasp! The Predator's ship!
(01:04:29) - Too much Predator in this movie! Especially for how much of a dumbass this Predator is.
(01:09:07) - Gasp! Even more Predators!
(01:14:20) - Final thoughts, and some musings on the sequels.
(01:22:08) - Outro.
Comments
The skull/spine that the Predator holds up as lightning strikes behind him is Paxton's, as it follows the subway fight.
Brian Streleckis
2022-10-03 19:38:39 +0000 UTCPredator 2 is not close to being in the top three most stupid Predator films. calling it profoundly stupid is really unfair, honestly. if Pred 1 did not exist this would be a hidden gem of 80s action cinema.
Chris B
2022-10-03 18:12:16 +0000 UTCThe second best film to feature BART.
Vlad
2022-09-27 03:16:15 +0000 UTCThe 90s jungle scene was basically sustained by sampling Predator 2 so for that reason alone it should be considered a classic.
Regular Viewer Bunty Hoven
2022-09-26 20:22:35 +0000 UTCI remember watching this with my family and going through Gary Buseys' death scene 6 six's in slo-mo to see if the upper half drops.
Cody Carey
2022-09-26 19:33:08 +0000 UTCPredator 2 is great fun, Brad went in with the perfect mindset...
Jay
2022-09-26 18:39:24 +0000 UTCTo give a quote the guest will appreciate: "YES! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS PAAAAAAIN!!"
Dr. Judge, Private Eye
2022-09-26 18:23:55 +0000 UTCAnd the hits keep coming!!!! Stop being so good at this! (don't actually stop...)
Kevin Cormac Lenaghan
2022-09-26 16:13:04 +0000 UTC
