Besides the cloaking device, are any of the Predator's weapons actually that impressive? I feel like we have better stuff now.
>>62050191Their power pack and the should thing that goes up.
The netgun
>>62050191The plasma launcher and smart disk are pretty sick. Plus, thier hand to hand is good enough to kill a xenomorph bare handed.
>>62050212This.People seem to forget just how insanely strong Yautja are.
>>62050191His EMS goggles were really ahead of there time. Theoretically his cloaking could be as well if it can reflect more than just visible light, his thermals might also be invisible. Can’t remember if that’s actually how it works since I haven’t seen the movies in a really long time but an advanced species capable of going on interstellar safaris should easily have capabilities such as that.
No, that's kinda the point. Hes like a bowhunter, he uses intentionally mediocre weapons as a flex because he likes the challenge of the hunt. The shoulder cannon that auto aims and burns melon-sized holes in chests shows what he could be using if it was just a cull, but predators are trophy hunters and so they mostly stick to sharp sticks and wrist blades.
>>62050191Outside of the sci-fi, tracking/homing shit, no. >>62050212>>62050224Humans have done that too? Yautja get bodied regularly in hand to hand by xenomorphs just as much as humans do, if not more because most of their "honor code" and the "I'm always the hunter" mentality. They've been doing this shit long before humans were around. Yautja have been beaten by humans in hand to hand too. OP asked about their weapon capabilities specifically anyways. A pack would be detected immediately and blown to shit before they even realized they landed.
>predator>waifuWhy not combine the two?
>>62050191Predator is unironically a Fudd. He came here for sport. It's like a caveman asking if a bird shotgun is impressive. Kind of? But not really. Grug also have spear and net and this similar.
>>62050231iirc thermals are explicitly NOT hidden because it quickly leads to the user overheating. Presumably the fact that they even had this problem indicates that the capability exists, they just don't apply it in their designs.
>Marry predator>Go down on predator when she is on her period>Yautja blood provides greatly enhanced longevity >Have scary snusnu for centuriesThink of it. Think of the grippy.
>>62050191they're right, you know
>>62051101Remember that you'd have to smooch this every day.
>>62050234In novels and comics they use some full retard weapons too, like dumber than the Wrstblades and Shurikens and the fucking dominatrix whip from Requiem>a big ass bladed Tonfa>a double ended not-lightsaber with two plasma cutters on the ends>swinging bolas that electroshock you>straight up just a crossbowPredators may actually just like to kill things with shitpost weapons. The honor and ritual nonsense is just a cover, they are massive chucklefucks.
>>62051149The most important thing to Predators is that everyone has fun.
>>62051135I already do that every time I visit you're mom.
>>62050191Remember that first aid scene in predator 2 where the hunter converts a pile of tiles and drywall directly into glowing quickclot with just a camp stove and some blue Kool aid? Its not unreasonable to say that predators have nanomachines for everyday use, only reason we barely see them use it is because our only exposure to them is them filming their version of Man VS wild.
>>62050191Medical gel kit that turns any material into useable first aid goopPlasma caster for obvious reasonsWrist nukeThe melee weapons are only useful against xenomorphs since they don't melt
Predator is one of my mom's favorite movies.
>>62051101Are there any comics/novels where a human man romances one?
>>62050191>spot the weasel wordsbecause we know the woman doesn't share your hopes and dreams and doesn't have lifetime commitment to you
>>62050224>sexual predator
>>62051827I fucking wish.
Fuck, I love this weapon.Retractable as well as spear tips can cut through all kinds of shit.
>>62051827There were a handful of hentai comics / illustrations that were well drawn, but they are now lost to the ether. They were well-drawn and the tits were fat. Damn shame.
>>62050774>>62050231In Predator 2 we see they have several vision modes on their helmet and they seem to be able to just catch the entire spectrum of light on top of infrared, the CIA team gets killed because they dont notice their lights are emitting UV. Their natural vision mode IS IR however, its just not calibrated to see well on earth somehow.
>>62050287Everyone who uses the name "Yautja" is a fag, indeed the Predator and Alien comics are for fags. They completely miss the point of the films.
>>62051745>Medical gel kit that turns any material into useable first aid goopIt turned plaster into wet plaster.
>>62051149I like the idea of the Predators having a post-scarcity spacefaring civilization that is largely automated so their society has become largely aimless and full of subcultures that just make up meaning via autistic dedication to really niche hobbies such as hunting and killing dangerous primitive aliens with their equivalent of an airsoft rifle.
>>62054956So eldar but with crab mouths instead of space elves?
>>62054956You may like the Therians(sp?) from AT-43 then.>post-scarcity, post-singularity>enough nanotech to assemble anything they want from basic matter, including weapons>wage long-term assimilation campaign to prevent species extinction from universal heat death or some shit>their 'soldiers' are all e-sports killgamers seeing actual combat as yet another facet of pvp (all in teleoperated clones/bots so ndb if one dies)
>>62055184(The game itself is dead, just FYI)
>>62055184Posthuman 4chan is indeed a cool faction, shame the game died.
Hey I don't want to have sex with any of the female predators in this thread
>>62051149It's an entire fucking species of some guy who uses comedy wrestling moves on homeless people.
>>62051135
>>62055295Since when were you under the impression you got to have a choice?
>>62051852
>>62054524It turned plaster, concrete, cement and glass into blue goop that he can use to treat and cauterize his wounds
>>62056370No, it literally turned Plaster into plaster. He made a fucking plug out of plaster.
>>62055295Same desu. I’d rather a xenomorph
>>62051175>The most important thing to Predators is that everyone has fun.this
>>62051293LOL.FUCKING GOT HIM.
The shoulder thing that goes up.
>>62051135No worse then my ex wife.
>>62050191I thought that the point was that they hunt with minimal gear to prove how good they are
>>62056821>Covered in dicks>Full of acid
>>62060411just like an IRL woman
yea lets stare at a roided faggot for two hours. admit your a fucking faggot and divorce already
Arnold's Jungle Commando Hostage Rescue Team has nothing on The Loonies with Autism Child! Plus Predators have Marvel MCU Iron Man Nanotech Armor that can be deployed covering the whole body using a wrist band!
>>62051101>image has a weird alien benis versionmy dick
>>62055295Why are you geh?
>>62061346This slop was so horrendous they should thank the Native American girl for reviving their dead franchise.
>>62050191Even in the movies it's best weapons are the fact it's capable of interstellar travel and invisibility.
>>62051101You know, if they just keep the face hidden...
>>62057684/k/omrade, barrel shrouds are illegal. Watch yerself.
>>62066760Coward.
>>62060422based and checked
>>62066760Get a load of this fag, he doesn't like winning smiles.
>>62051149>shitpost weaponsSo they're like those hunters who use longswords to hunt boar.
>>62051135>looks at the throatAnd the difference between this and a woman's crotch, the funny looking hole we all come from?
>>62070346Where's the uvula?
>>62071194We call it the clitoris here anon. Why do you think there is such joy in eating for them?
>>62051757Your mom is part of the 20% of women who are as stimulating as Predator.
>>62055101Maybe if it was pre-Slaneesh. But even then, the Crabmouthes show some respect towards other species unlike the Eldar(Besides like one or two of them).
>>62055323
Its been a while since i played it. But im pretty sure the AVP RTS, showed actual Predator soldiers, with serious gear. Instead of their larping toys they usually hunt with. They were wearing power armours and had missile launchers and flamethrowers n shit.
>>62050191I always just assumed they had all their powerful weapons on their ships, so they had access to massive firepower. But only carried what amounts to a hunting bow for them, as personal protection when they hunt.
>>62077896The predator version of a painball.
>>62077881I thought they went into battle underequipped, because the hunt is supposed to be a challenge.
>>62077903That disk has to have some levitation and momentum boosting tech, otherwise theres no way it would be able to cleave so cleanly through 4 pigs and a man, without slowing down. No matter how strong the arm that threw it is.
>>62077925Depends on the clan. The ones we see in Predator 1,2, the captured one in Predators and the one the good one from the shitty 2018? movie. Were all from The or a Jungle clan, who exclusively hunt that way.But their society also has a soldier caste, who works as an actual armed force, and a caste of "cleaners" like Wolf(From AvP2) who essentially just has to do whatever it takes to clean up messes, though iirc then Wolf was originally from the jungle clan, so he mainly fought with the same philosophy.
>>62077964There are also atleast one science caste, so while all Yautja have to prove themselves on a hunt to earn their weapons, and are formidable warriors, the ones we see in the movies are usually from the same clan, who likes to challenge themselves and earn their trophies. You can also see the outlaws(Bad bloods) Yautja from Predators, use dishonourable techniques and weapons for their hunts.
>>62077911Predators can have their bodies penetrated by regular bullets.
>>62078004Predators also only wears fishnet. That guy was wearing a bulletproof vest.
>>62050191In the one funky AvP RTS game from the 00's the preds late game units were just their actual Military. iirc they had like auto tracking death ray lasers, and man portable MLRS systems, and a couple autonomous hunter killer drone things.
>>62078037AVP Extinction (on Xbox Original).Blazer and Hydra were the dual pulse laser and dual micro-missile units. The USMC units also had interesting lore, compared to Starcraft and Starcraft 2.
>>62055720what on earth is this?
>>62063905I still have to watch the version that’s in Comanche.
>>62050287Humans CQCing Xenomorphs tends to end badly whereas melee is the Pred's default when it comes to xenos, and they tend to do pretty well.Even that retarded Autism Predators movie acknowledged that a Pred is essentially a silverback gorilla with martial arts training.
>>62079713brb commissioning an animator to render Big Boss shoulder-flipping a xeno into the deck
>>62067444finally,artist aware to draw female predator with FEMALE face.
Alien Vs Predator is a really unhelpful title, since they're both aliens and they're both predators. It really ought to be called Dickhead Vs Pussyface
>>62078737コウヤニケモノドウコクス / The Wail of a Beast in the Wilderness It's a weird, extremely horny and gory manga about genetically-modified supersoldiers with beast attributes. Strongly /k/-approved despite the open furfaggotry because the gunplay, art, and writing are all based as fuck. There's a monkey who cartwheels into a fight blasting goons with a SPAS-12 held in her feet, for example.
>>62077985EU fags are pure cancer, none of this was in the two existent predator movies. They're psychotic ritual space hunters who use spears and they're not called fucking yowcha.
Would a human possibly have any chance against a Predator in unarmed and unarmored CQC? If the human had top tier genes and steroids.
>>62082471Given the number of times that trained melee combatants have been killed (the Indian, the yakuza dude, the Jamacian witch doctor dude), the answer is probably not likely. Not impossible, but Predators are either naturally just stronger, better trained, or have more experience than a human at peak fighting age (20's-30's) could possibly have.
>>62082523The Yakuza dude was fighting with a pretty heavy handicap in the form of a few lost fingers, which is a pretty major deal when you want to use a katana or any sword for that matter.
>>62082523Makes sense. A Predator can live for about 1000 years, and remains strong and healthy nearly the entire time, while staying in shape and training. Meanwhile a human is as its peak for about 10 maybe 15 years.
>>62050191I've always liked the net. especially the one on steroids in injun vs predator that turned the Frenchman and log he was on into hamburger in about 3 seconds.
>>62082523>the yakuza dudeThe Yakuza dude managed a mutual kill with a predator twice his size with fifty times his combat experience. That's a huge fucking embarrassment.
>>62083344To be fair, those predators were seen as dishonourable, because they used unfair weapons and techniques. So its not like Yakuza dude was fighting the cream of the crop.
>>62083424>because they used unfair weapons and techniques... shouldn't that give them that much more of an advantage?it's dishonorable and unfair to go fishing with dynamite, but it is effective.
>>62083452Sure it gave them a much bigger advantage when they were hunting prey. But the predator was significantly less skilled as a fighter, when it comes to an actual duel and only relied on its superior physicality.
>>62083452>it's dishonorable and unfair to go fishing with dynamiteThere is a fishing code of honor?
>>62083662Yeah you are only allowed to shoot a fish with a gun, if you think its reaching.
>>62077937it flies back to his hand, it's basically a drone>>62079995>>62078737monke is best girl. I lost the page where she's wielding the spas-12 with her feet, alas
>>62077903>>62077937Now again, did it take off his head or bisect him in the torso?
>>62083857Looks like the head.
>>62083857he was cut in half through the upper torso. The scene was cut short because the MPAA bitched them out. https://youtu.be/tJPxurK6wg8 1:05:18 here, the director confirms it.
>>62079995Kouya Ni Kemono Doukokusu. Its like a summer Hollywood action flick in the form of a manga except if the director actually did his animal and history research. I read it last year, definitely /k/ approved especially when this old fucker gets on screen.
>>62084280Fucking weak man. Blackhawk Down did that AND the guy was still talking too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppBo3UWcuAQ
>>62079995>>62084416Any truth he did a doujin of them fucking?
>>62083424Why would being "considered dishonorable" make you physically weaker and slower and less good with your chosen weapon? Why would you assume that?
>>62083507>But the predator was significantly less skilled as a fighter, when it comes to an actual duel and only relied on its superior physicality.That's a total assumption. He can be a douche bag and still have spent just as many hours practicing with his dumb Arm-Scimitar. Shit, the fact that it was an unusual design and he went out of his way to use it is MORE evidence, not less, that he was above average with it.
>>62085064It's really not elaborated on much in the movie at all. There's lots of possibilities. The fact that they bring the hunt to themselves in a preferred terrain instead of engaging prey in their home turf, they use the hunting dogs and the bird drone thing which might be looked down on even tho the dog rules, their larger stature and different look imply self genetic modification (apparently a very no-no thing among the "regular" preds)
>>62077896>>62077903This movie was fucking cool I don't understand why people didn't like it it wasn't even that different from 1.>>62085026Its kinda nuts to think he really did get blown in half IRL and managed to survive getting to a military hospital in Germany and dying there in the same day.
>>62085687I've never understood the hate for it at all. It's a nice briskly paced action sci-fi movie. Predator gets a bunch of neat new kit, maybe the main cast is a bit less fun than P1, but Glover and Gary Busey are great.
>>62085687Viewers at the time simultaneously objected to Arnold not being in it and it having too many fanservice-y callbacks to the first film, like the Predator completing the "You're one ugly motherfucker" line.If only they knew how bad things were going to get.
>>62085581I know all of that it doesn't answer my question.
>>62085978Especially considering that it might mean that the guy 1v1ed the Predator version of a space marine and didn't get instantly bodied.
>>62051468>Remember...Predator 2...?Nigga, no
>>62075982don't paint me! I gotta go to work!
Like when they’re not fucking about they have practically full body acid proof armor and rapid fire energy weapons to use. Because they’re about that boomer life they stick to the equivalent of a 1911 when they’re hunting
>>62086743Thats lightly armed, compared to some of the weapons they wield in the RTS and other comics.
>>62050191he has a nuke up his asshole or something, it was really tinyhow was that not impressive?
>>62050287>Yautja get bodied regularly in hand to hand by xenomorphs just as much as humans doafter smoking about a dozen xenos first before they get ambushed because they're not a plot character, sure, otherwise it's yautja that possess halls lined with body parts of xenos and other creatures
>>62086920The Yautja we see get bodied in the AVP movie, were the Yautja equivalent to 14 year olds. They were on their first trial hunt, and didnt have their plasma weapons, thanks to the humans.
>>62086933This. It was basically their boyscout camp final test.You don't even get a plasma caster until you have killed your first "big beastie" (usually a xenomorph, but other tough creatures can count too). And you have to fight for it. Before that, you are not considered adult. Those were "unbloodied", which is kinda teenager "virgin rookie" class as far as predators are concerned. They still haven't met a real challenge, and this was their one time to show their mettle. Not everyone makes through it, and are considered "well, they weren't just good enough, so good riddance" acceptable losses.
>>62086933poor kids on summer retreat, they were just trying to get their first blood and collect some spines
>>62087088Well, not every summer camp is a happy one.
>>62087088Those kids were spineless
>>62086884You don’t usually have room in a bug hive to swing around the antiship ordinances
>>62087421I kinda want to see a movie, where a Predator brings the big guns.
>>62089370Not a lot of trophies when you hunt people with the BFG
>>62089469Scorpio... Wasnt ready!
>>62089469I love the detail that his gold tooth isnt the same temperature as his real teeth.
>>62089474
>>62089481I think it's in the AvP1 commentary where the director actually talks about why the newer movie had worse looking heat vision scenes than the older movies. It was something to do with the sensitivity of newer thermal camera systems. The ones used in the first two movies were effective over a much lower minimum and maximum of heat, which meant more colors visible in every frame to denote the temp differences allowing all of these finer details to pop out. Whereas the newer ones used for AVP were much more advanced and could see a broader range of hot/cold, but still used the same color pallet. So the color variation was much more subdued. Which lead to scenes being mostly looking very bland comparatively because less color variation would emerge. They also couldn't use the thermal cams in AvP as much as they wanted, because the cameras they did have were so good they'd be seeing the heat of people behind thin set walls, or the heat of lights poking in from out of frame would fuck the shots up.
>>62089701>the newer ones used for AVP were much more advanced and could see a broader range of hot/cold, but still used the same color pallet. So the color variation was much more subdued. Almost certainly a skill issue. Even my cheap all-caps Amazon listing thermal camera that NUCs every 15–20 seconds lets you manually set the floor and ceiling temps to avoid this.
>>62050191The Predators hunt for sport, their weapons are limited for ceremonial reasons.
>>62087191Now that's a rare pepe if I've ever seen one
>>62085033They straight-up fuck on-page in the manga itself. I wouldn't be surprised if he had, though, Itoh Sei has done a good bit of doujinshi and erotica in the past. If you like the art style and tone you should probably also check out Manabe Johji and his assistants' work (AKA Studio Katsudon). The dude is a huge /k/-tard who regularly posts on 2ch's /k/, builds model guns and tanks for fun, and is a huge kick in the pants IRL. He does very explicit doujin side stories for his mainline works whenever an editor makes him cut the porn, along with fanworks for stuff like Dirty Pair. His current big manga is "What if Cleopatra was resurrected in Dieselpunk WWII and decided to fuck her way to victory by stealing Rommel's giant land battleship".
>>62061346If you told me these guys are kidnapping children and its a movie made to discredit the triangle swirls at pizzerias I'd completely believe you. The energy of these guys is just that horrible.
>>62091023I recall the tigress SA the protagonist
>>62051149I bet they make pics and vids of their kills and shitpost about it on the yautja-net while calling everyone else a shitter for using less retarded weapons.
>>62082471Black cop in Predator 2 killed one with his own smart discA Yakuza dude in Predators killed an even bigger oneThe Native American chick also killed an even bigger, more feral Predator
>>62086933>>62087083Shut the fuck up. They were full size and if anything moved faster than the Preds in the other films.And they're called Predators.
>>62051468>The predators have invented a compound that turns plaster into wet plaster
>predator one all of dutches teams have desert eagle .357s they never usedisappointed>im too black for this glover has a desert eagleah shit i didnt put two and two together.
>>62093250The first and second pred practically teleport with how fast they move on their feet. Otherwise the first pred was basically playing around and not taking the fight seriously while the other one got a bad case of arm cut off and choking on air.
>>62083662Blastfishing is awful for the environment and by extension future fishing, it's chink-tier behavior.
>>62056792>plaster glows blueliterally no
