Pics of the original Predator costume

[DarkKnightCecil]

Screen caps I took from the special edition dvd. It was originally a big bug that shot propellers. In motion it looks more like something from a Godzilla movie. Thank god they realized this was stupid and went to Stan Winston to make the Predator we all know and love today.

If you haven't picked up the DVD you should. There is a ton of content, plus the movie is just classic. Oh, and it comes with a free ticket for AVP if you want to see it but don't want to pay.

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shooting the propellers

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running into a tree

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jumping a log

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close up of the head after it was painted

[All-Night John]

Jean-Claude Van Damme would've made it awesome.

[Duality]

What's on this DVD release?

I knew I should have held off on buying it when it first came out. Fucking FOX fucked me again!

[Tom the First]

Wow. That is horrible.

[Stonecoldfreak1]

What's on this DVD release?

I knew I should have held off on buying it when it first came out. Fucking FOX fucked me again!

IGN said nothing much new. i dont even think they bothered to put a new transfer one there.

[DarkKnightCecil]

What's on this DVD release?

I knew I should have held off on buying it when it first came out. Fucking FOX fucked me again!

From the DVD clinic:
THE EXTRAS PREDATOR SPECIAL EDITION


This is the first time that I come across this feature, but a Text Commentary track is included on this 2-disc special edition’s first disc, featuring plenty of tech folks from the movie. The way it works is that as you watch the movie, basic text messages are featured at the bottom of your screen, with the names and commentaries from the folks in question following each sequence on the screen. This actually wasn’t as boring as I thought it would be. Lots of info. The second Commentary Track comes from director John McTiernan, who was essentially making his feature film debut with this movie. I’ve listened to McTiernan on one other commentary track before, and remember him having quite a monotone voice and an aloof way of delivery, and the same goes here. He does consistently speak throughout the picture, but doesn’t get too excited about anything and might just put you to sleep if you’re listening to him late at night (as I was) He does provide lots of behind-the-scenes info though.

Disc two includes a half hour documentary called "If it bleeds, we can kill it" on the "making of" the film which includes present day and past interviews with most of the cast and crew, expect for a recent look back by the Governator himself, Schwarzenegger. The feature covers everything from the film's actual location shooting, to the casting, the film's problems, as well as some cool anecdotes including the reason they hired Carl Weathers (Arnold needed a "good actor" up against him), the bodyguard that was required for actor Sonny Landham (...required to make sure that Sonny didn't hurt anyone!) and why famed screenwriter Shane Black got a small part as one of Arnold's jungle crew (they just wanted him on set so that he could re-write the script...which he never did...the original draft is what they ended up using)

The second section on this disc entitled "Inside Predator" contains 7 separate smaller featurettes, each of which focuses on specific elements of the production, not including the stuff shown in the documentary (thank God) All together, they last about 22 minutes. My favorites included the one called "Old Painless" about the major fire-power gun that Jesse Ventura carried in the film (great gun!), the one in which everyone in the cast & crew praised Arnold Schwarzenegger because he's a consummate professional and talks to everyone on the set like they're actual "people" (no wonder this dude's a super-star) and the "Tribute to Kevin Peter Hall", the 7"6' actor who was the man inside the predator suit for both this film and its sequel (he died in 1991 at the age of 36 from AIDS) Also, if you click UP on your remote control when you're in the menu screen for this section, you will fall upon a 2-minute Easter Egg featurette about Jesse Ventura and everyone's take on him becoming governor later on in his life.

The third section on this disc focuses on the special effects that it took to get the actual predator looking camouflaged to the big screen. It includes a few clips of a man dressed up in red, running around a jungle and looking weird, as well as several camouflage tests. These features only last a few minutes and should be interesting to anyone who cares about stuff like that. This disc also include 1 delete scene and 3 outtakes, which are actually more like deleted scenes (aren't "outtakes" usually reserved for stuff that goes wrong in a film?) The deleted scene features more of Arnie running away from the Predator and the beast essentially playing head-games with the man (kinda like my ex-girlfriend...I kid, because I love) The outtakes aren't anything special. I would have rather have had some actual outtakes of Arnold forcing a stogie down Joel Silver's mouth or the boys puking on the set after a heavy night of Mexican drinking. Alas, t'was not to be. We also get a look at the film's trailer, a photo gallery and a text/image based feature called Predator Profile discussing the various Predatorial elements that make him such a badass.

[Smasher/Devourer]

Any idea who owns the Predator costume? (Not that bug one :)