Get back to da chopper!
// JRad // July 24th, 2010 // Jrad's Blog
When I was nine years old I was visiting my best mate and it just happened that he had a recent recording of Predator on VHS. Luckily his parents were quite liberal and allowed us to indulge in one of Arnie’s best works. Now after watching the epic action flick, I was a little in shock. Never before had my innocent eyes seen a man’s arm shot off, or a dude’s head explode by an alien’s laser targeted gun. And I certainly hadn’t been exposed to such a scary looking alien before. As much as I liked the film, I was also scared by it, and afterwards I had many a restless night cowering in bed fearing the wrath of Predator. It wasn’t until I saw Predator 2 that any residual fear I had of Predator left, after I realised that his killing was more selective and he left innocent children alone.
Anyway… I have long since watched Predator over and over, and may just happen to own a special box set of the first two movies. How can you not love a movie with such lines as “I ain’t got time to bleed”, “
So you can imagine my excitement when I heard there was a new Predator film in the making. One might say I was as excited as a hobo coming across a fifty-dollar bill in a trash can. However, the proverbial fifty-dollar bill was diminished to a fiver after learning that Adrien Brody was playing the lead. WTF… the scrawny dude from The Pianist? Surely not… But yes, it was true. Eventually I reasoned that if he had been cast, then he must have something good to offer, so I got super excited all over again.
Now I can honestly say that Adrien Brody did a good job in Predators. Happy Jarad. But am I the only one who has noticed the similarities between Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls and Predators, or more specifically, between Bear Grylls and Adrien Brody? Check it:
And the similarities don’t end there. Have you noticed how both of their first names contain the letter “a” but not the letter “c”? hmmm…
So why didn’t they simply cast Bear Grylls in Predators? The role certainly would have come naturally to him. Perhaps he was too busy shooting his 278th season of MVW?
Now as usual I’ve hit my “end of blog entry quandary”: not knowing where this is all leading. So instead of making some wise or philosophical statement, I’m simply going to summarise the above in an ascending numerical order:
1) Predators is a good movie despite the unlikely casting of Adrien Brody
2) Bear Grylls and Adrien Brody have a multitude of similarities which warrants further investigation
3) Future movies in the Predator franchise could include “Man Vs Predator (MVP)”, “Predator vs Wild (PVW)”, and “Bear Grylls And Adrien Brody Go To White Castle and Fight Predator (BGAABGTWCAFP)”
