I like the fact there's a video that touches on this subject. It took me forever and a day to notice about the original Predator movie, but every time the Predator makes a kill, he changes the way he kills his prey to make it a fair kill. Hawkins had his weapon out, but didn't have it up and wasn't scanning the environment for threats, so the Predator didn't use his plasma caster. Instead, he made noise until both Anna and Hawkins noticed, and then moved in on foot and killed Hawkins by hand. Blain had his weapon out and was not only actively scanning the environment, but actively firing into it. Shooting him from cover was therefore acceptable. Mac had figured out how to spot the Predator even while cloaked, so there was no reason to turn the cloak off. He was also actively tracking the Predator, so it was fine for the Predator to shoot him, but only after using Mac's own actions against him, letting him put himself into position to be shot. Dillon had his weapon out and was actively scanning his environment for the Predator, so it was also acceptable to shoot him, except the shot didn't connect solidly, and disarmed him (ba-dum-bump!). The Predator could have fired a second shot to finish him off at this point, but didn't. Instead, he switched tactics and began to close the distance on foot, even slowing down to a walk in order to give Dillon enough time to un-sling his second weapon and aim it at the Predator before it made the kill. We don't see Billy's death, so we can't say for certain how he died, though the last time we see him alive is through the Predator's point of view as he closes the distance on foot. Given his behavior elsewhere, and judging by the state of Billy's corpse later, it's probably safe to say he was killed hand-to-hand. Poncho was wounded, true enough, but he did have his weapon drawn and ready, and he was looking for the Predator, so it was still acceptable to circle around out of his line of fire and take him out by shooting him. Anna was unarmed and posed no threat, so he couldn't kill her. Dutch was firing at the Predator the first time, so it was acceptable to shoot him, but he got away. During their second fight, as long as Dutch was using explosives and projectile weapons against the Predator, it was fine for the Predator to attempt to shoot him. However, once the Predator caught him, it became obvious Dutch was disarmed, and his breathing was distressed. The Predator therefore discarded his plasma caster and breathing mask, so he would have to fight Dutch unarmed and unable to breathe comfortably... or in other words, on as even terms as possible. "But what about his arm blades," you might be thinking. "He pulled those out at the end of the fight." Yes, he did, but only after Dutch had been so thoroughly defeated that he was literally crawling away from the Predator, dragging his legs behind him. As far as the Predator knew, he had crippled his opponent, which meant it was time to dispatch his prey in the most humane way possible. That's a rule we ourselves tend to abide by when hunting. We can take a very long time to hunt an animal down, but once we've crippled it, there's an expectation among most people-- especially serious hunters-- that it's time to put a swift end to the hunt and put the animal out of its misery. The hunters who purposefully drag things out and let the animal linger on in pain and suffering, we tend to look down on with anger and disgust. So the arm blades make sense in that context. Like I said, it took me forever to notice, but once I did, I was amazed at the amount of thought and detail they put into the actions of what everyone would have been happy with being just another mindless movie monster in a throwaway action/sci-fi flick. Maybe that's part of the reason Predator has endured for this long.
I didn't forget. It didn't happen like that. Dutch tries to use a log/large branch to hit the Predator as his opening strike. The Predator simply blocks the hit with his forearm, and Dutch has just enough time to say "bad idea" before the Predator backhands him and knocks him across the pool of water they're standing in. Dutch then scrambles over a boulder, and the Predator takes a swipe at his legs. However, there are two things about that. First, we don't know for sure if the Predator was trying to hit Dutch or if that was simply him grabbing at Dutch's leg. It's likely the latter, since such a move probably wouldn't have hurt Dutch in any important fashion. Dutch can't outrun the Predator, and the Predator is aware of that, so it has no need to hobble him, a fact it shows it's aware of by not bothering to run after Dutch in order to keep up with him, even as Dutch runs away. And if it was looking to wound him with that strike, there were better targets in reach the Predator could have used his claws on. The fact he didn't, but swung at the trailing edge of Dutch's leg suggests that it was a grab, and that the claws raking across the boulder were simply a result of the fact the Predator missed. If you don't believe me, pretend there's something on a wall that you want to grab, and try to snatch it off the wall really fast. See how your hand connects with the wall because you "miss" the pretend object. Second, even if it was an attack and not a grab, it wouldn't have violated the rules of the fight or the pattern of behavior the Predator engages in throughout the rest of the film, because it's still an unarmed attack on the Predator's part.
And I agree. I don't think the Predator wanted the fight to be over quickly. I think Dutch had thoroughly annoyed it by that point, and it wanted to beat some of its frustrations out of him before it finished the job.
Nice analysis but I have one question. You said the Predator gave Dillon time for him to unsling his second rifle so why didn't it gave Hawkins time to aim his rifle and shoot it at least before it killed him? The same thing can be said about Blain since it could've made some noises like you said it did against Hawkins so as to attract his attention make him a worthy game
SkySlasher by hunting creatures that are genetically weaker in strength then them and not as advanced as them and when they lose they say f u and self destruct like a little b, yeah so honorable
As a kid, I hated the Predators and thought of them as nothing more than a violent alien race who enjoyed killing other creatures just for the sport and joy of it. But after re-watching the movies as an adult in later years, I began to understand them and appreciate them. Their *HUNT* with their strict Honor Code earns them our respect alongside our fear of them. With this additional information, I know appreciate and respect them more. Great video, mate! Thank you... : )
I think predators only kills humans with gun, any unharmed people , pregnant people , disabled people.has no honor in it, I think thats why its called an honor code, if you kill someone with any type of gun, you get honor, i just think that way
We humans kill each other for the sake of it and we don't even try to hide it. I'm surprised humanity never declared a full blown war against the yaujta. I mean if we advance fast enough.
Has there ever a race of aliens or has humanity ever put their foot and said enough is enough and just declare war on the predators? And I mean like a humungous battle like independence day or war of the worlds or halo. I mean the predators have advanced space ships that can cloak, are fast, and apparently create portals. The individual predator has cloaking and advanced plasma weaponry and armor. Surly they have to made enemies out there. I'm not just referring to xenomorphs, I'm referring to another species who are technologically advanced declared war on the predators because they don't want them invading their planet and being hunted like rabbits. Clearly that has to happen. I mean the Yaujta and engineers have history and some bad blood for example. Is there any other instance. It would be interesting to see a movie or a short about that kind of thing. Like who would win in a fight an army of soldiers with the best weapons their planet could offer or a group of alien hunters with advanced weaponry and utilise stealth and the environment. Maybe humanity in the future humanity got fed up of yaujta and just go to town on the home world of Yaujta prime or any other homwworld they come from because let's be honest they have to have colonize other planets. They can travel to space with ease. Make it into something like devilman and have both sides in the end feel like shit after.
I've always loved the Predators for their code of honor and that their entire existence is dictated by this code and for the primal urge to hunt, it's so badass, unique and in a way, respectable
given the choice of being killed by an alien and predator the choice is obvious. being a predators trophy is MUCH less painful than being used as a xenomorph concubine.
I don't think it would be that simple, if anything they would find someone who wanted to join them mostly annoying unless they have something to show for.
FilmComicsExplained Yup specially with Galgo, probably his highlight is when he challemge a champion Yautja from Tartarus clan in order to prevent them from killing Galgo and the rest.
Another little-known trivial: The Predator's Honor Code also dictate the way they engage their opponents, invisibility cloak can only be used in conjunction with certain weapons - plasmacasters being the only weapon they used when cloaked. Wristblades. spearguns. throwing disks dictate they delcoak before engagement (not sure if this is actual lore but rather only implemented as a game mechanics in the various older Predator game titles)
I think if the Yautja is outnumbered, it is reasonable to use ranged weapons while cloaked to thinning out their number until the very last one for honorable duel.
david barnett The code says that if it is capable of harming the hunter, kill it. BUT it also says if they are a visible threat then engage. If they lower their weapons and just back off they basically just disarmed themselves, no longer being a threat.
Sean Grant I mean if that were true then that would mean EVERY human would be prey, and while a large percentage would be, the vast majority could just be like killing a pathetic specimen. Not really worth wasting a breath on. It's the gun that makes us a yautcha prey. Not us ourselves. (Not counting in bad bloods or the bigger types.)
Given the targets, they usually target those who could hold their own. In Predator 2, he did not go against a child, nor civilians, but rather, cops and drug dealers with weapons.
Closest to a war would be a clan war, but nothing global scale unless humans were like: hey, we uh, found the home planet of the guys who hunt us for skulls and steal people for off world hunts” “Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.”
They are very powerful indeed. But we don't know their numbers and war technology. They build their tech around hunting and stealth. On the other hand we humans are warmongers, meaning we train soldiers for conflict and war and our tech is built around war. We don't have space travel but we do have planetary scale defence systems, and A LOT of nuclear weapons, like a shitload of em. I don't think they want open conflict with us anyways, they would definitely take a big loss even if they were to win the war. We are different types of species with different focus. We are very heavily focused on conflict and war and we literally thrive in times of war, we adapt fast and develop technologies at a staggering rate when at war. Just look at WWII, the technology made huge leaps every single year and most tech we use today was either invented or gas roots in WWII. They won't be able to wipe out almost 8 billion of us in an instant, so they probably know that provoking us would only make us stronger and more resilient, capable to adapt super fast. We humans severely underestimate ourselves! In our Galaxy we might be ones of the superior races. In 50 years humanity will have fusion energy, quantum computers , robots, advanced AI and actual bio engineering, together with many other amazing technologies. There is a possibility that we might be one of the most advanced species of intelligence in our Galaxy, maybe the only one.
Damn I didn't know that what I thought were lawless monsters from another world are actually honorable beings that live by a code that rival the marines. Very informative video, as always 😁👍
The Yautja have to be one of my all time favourite Alien spieces, so much so that I start roleplaying by this honour code when playing a game like AvP 2010. I never play a Predator game on Easy or Normal because the clan would not endorse that.
Your videos are so informative. Alien and Predator are two franchises that I was never really into. Your explanations go into such detail yet do not really spoil anything. Kudos on the great work!
That's one thing I love about the Predator franchise, the Honor Code. Most people think "Honor" is something that's benevolent and righteous, but it's anything BUT that. Honor is a word derived of making sure the hunt is always ripe and fulfilling. To constantly kill unworthy targets makes hunts boring overtime and robs the hunter of any type of catharsis once the hunt reaches its end. It also makes sure that any kill you take IS something to brag about later. Honor has never been there to defend the weak, it's always been an exaltation of yourself and your worth as a killer.
It’s telling that women are almost never targeted (in practice). In the entire series up to now only *TWO* women have ever been directly killed by Yatchua (I went through the entire Dead Meat/ Kill Count series and added them all up) compared to literally hundreds of men. Does that make women “unworthy prey”, or lucky? Food for thought:)
Wow was late for this one. Great vid as always. Have you ever seen Dog Soilders? Such a great horror. Such good acting and how the WereWolves are used and look is amazing
At the beginning when I saw the first movie I thought they were just simply killing with no reason but later finding that they have honor in doing their hunting I find it pretty cool and made me get into the predator universe really awesome video in explaining them
Omg these videos are so informing . I enjoyed this one the most. Wished this video was a bit longer . After watching and really listening to this video , I feel as though their were some missed opportunities with this franchise. 👍🏾
I love this video, I always love learning more about a character, spieces, or lore, and your videos are definitely the best for that, especially since I'm a huge sci-fi fan, so congrats you earned a new sub
When i was a kid, they were one of my biggest fear, and then after i watched the latest Predator movie, i wasn't as scared as i was of them before and realized they are not as bad as i thought they were lol. Still they look terrifying but awesome
If you’re female you don’t have anything to worry about anyway:). In the entire series up to now, only TWO women have ever been directly killed by Predators, compared with literally hundreds of men
Where do you recommend we start with the expanded Alien and Predator comics and graphic novels? Your channel has gotten me into wanting to check them out.
If you want a direct continuation from the film Prometheus, read the 24 part Fire and stone anthology. I've covered a few of the stories on this channel :)
In AVP-R, another point to add is the correcting or cleaning-up of a previous hunters mistake. I guess the direct code would be "If another hunter's faults lead to a dire consequence globally on their hunting grounds, than another Predator must take to the hunt to mediate the fault." When a hunter's death permits the xenomorphs to overrule a city, a high-ranking Predator goes to Earth via ship. Why would he need to if the reason was for game hunting, unless it was to preserve the game origina lly based in the area. This also happens in the game lore were the loss of technology change the species excessive power dynamic, and the hunter goes to retrieve the drop tech. A
I honestly love the Yautja, regardless of what The Predator did to their lore. However, on Yautja Prime, there are multiple Predator factions with their own ideals. So, in The Predator, we’ve probably seen an example of one of those many factions. This makes me wonder if their own species is currently in a state of civil war on their homeworld.
The universe of Singularity (2010, Video Game) may not be very expansive, but it is easily one of my favorite games of all time, next to Darkvoid. I would love to see one or both of these titles explored. Keep up the good work. I'm really enjoying the Predator Explained series.
I love this aspect of the Predators. Makes them more interesting than some other killers in movies. Because of them I think Kraven the Hunter is a more interesting character. I'm excited for the upcoming Predator movie. I hope it does well enough to make more and explore and expand the lore.
The thing i like about the Alienverse movies and their aliens is that they are not corny like in marvel or starwars movies they biologically look so perfect and their backdrop story is so perfect that it makes us feel like they exist.
Just a question um how did celtic predator's wristblade get melted by the acid blood, unlike the other predators blade is every blade acid proof or was his blade low quality or something
Usually young bloods get the basic weapons. Just enough to kill and be useful, but the young bloods don’t have access to the top tier weaponry until later on.
Awesome pick and video as usual, keep up this pace and theme and I can see your channel being huge. I wish you the upmost success in reaching the top, from 'down under' ; ]
Yep, cause they always insist on making the films from the perspective of the one and done boring human Characters we all know will end up dying or not being brought back for another film. The movies should be set from their perspective, a certain clan and a few young bloods - you could see their interactions with other clans and their different hunts. People would develop their favourites. And would watch to see what happens to their favourite in each film. Shame hollywood are rather un - original these days.
Guess you don't know that some are in possession of Weapons that are coated with certain meterials that stop the acidic effect. Shurikens are advanced weapons so they are coated with it. Young blood Wristblades aren't. One video goes into all of the details her on youtube.
I had a neighbor that was 6"8 and always dresses up as a Predator during Halloween as well as a Predator Santa. You don't get scale for how big the dudes were in the films and how intimidating it is with their size across the movies until you see one in person that has the right height range.
I really love and respect the predators or also known as Yautja, I like that they don't just kill for sports but for honor as well (I'm a girl and my friend thinks that it's weird for me to like this but oh well, ain't gonna listen to them ^^)
I would LOVE to see a crossover. Predator vs. Richard B. Riddick. Also the fact that they evolved to be only able to see in heat vision, makes them perfect hunters.
Injured, sick, dying, or elderly/juvenile prey is still fair game if they are offensively aggressive. Only if they are merely defending themselves or their young when it's considered dishonorable. Hence, Peter Wayland.
You have to wonder if there is a lawfirm or legal council on their planet looked down upon by the hunters, yet critical for arbitration and preventing anarchy from driving them to extinction. Stolen trophy? Disgraced by a member of your Clan or another who denies it? Call Yautja, Yautja & Klien. Let us do the fighting, while you do the hunting.
The rulers are probably old hunters who have proven their worth time and time again or killed queen xenos. They probs past judgement and decree law while sending high rank hunters on a hunt for bad bloods.
You bring up an interesting point. One that I’ve thought about with the Predators. They can’t have a society that is consumed with hunting for sport. They need engineers, doctors, researchers, artists, teachers, and yes, bureaucrats. Otherwise, they’d never have made it out of the dark ages. Their ships, weapons, and gear don’t grow on trees. Someone had to develop the technology that goes into that stuff. Someone had to them use that knowledge to design each of those things. Then, someone had to build them. Then there’s the need for an education system, so that the Yautjas have the ability to read the instructions on how to use the gear and ships. I guess the other possibility is that the Yautja are some kind of post-apocalyptic society. The remnants of a once great society that now is consumed with sport hunting in it’s twilight.
@@DLordSadow At least a class system, where there are blue collar workers who dont have the finances to go on the hunt, versus those who do. Basically just like the rich who spend a ton of money to go to africa and bag a lion. Either that or as you said its post apocalyptic, and they decided to use the military scrap to begin intergalactic hunting as a culture using extreme socialism / communism to produce the machinery needed.
Bishop Don Digimon Farrakhan Magic Juan If it is some kind of caste system with only a small rich elite doing the hunting, that makes some sense and is kinda what I’d suspect. Which means that the Jungle Predator might have been a vacationing banker. The City Predator from might have been a trust fund kid (that would explain his arrogance and all the gear he had). The super Predators might have been rich poachers who bribed the authorities to not crack down on them (that would explain how they could operate with impunity on the gaming preserve and why they attacked the other Predators). Douchiness might be a universal theme crossing species across the cosmos.
@@DLordSadow The latest film (which im not a fan of) does support that logic, as some form of governance is in place, along with a science division. Somebody back at HQ decided to hire a mercenary freelance agent to hunt down a rogue predator. It would also seem that there is a private sector (who developed the tony start iron-man suit) making gear to sell to the rich or for military use. Funny to think about some blue collar predator just washing dishes or doing telemarketing to put himself thru college in hopes of one day going on a hunt. I'd pay to see that movie.
I like the fact there's a video that touches on this subject. It took me forever and a day to notice about the original Predator movie, but every time the Predator makes a kill, he changes the way he kills his prey to make it a fair kill.
Hawkins had his weapon out, but didn't have it up and wasn't scanning the environment for threats, so the Predator didn't use his plasma caster. Instead, he made noise until both Anna and Hawkins noticed, and then moved in on foot and killed Hawkins by hand.
Blain had his weapon out and was not only actively scanning the environment, but actively firing into it. Shooting him from cover was therefore acceptable.
Mac had figured out how to spot the Predator even while cloaked, so there was no reason to turn the cloak off. He was also actively tracking the Predator, so it was fine for the Predator to shoot him, but only after using Mac's own actions against him, letting him put himself into position to be shot.
Dillon had his weapon out and was actively scanning his environment for the Predator, so it was also acceptable to shoot him, except the shot didn't connect solidly, and disarmed him (ba-dum-bump!). The Predator could have fired a second shot to finish him off at this point, but didn't. Instead, he switched tactics and began to close the distance on foot, even slowing down to a walk in order to give Dillon enough time to un-sling his second weapon and aim it at the Predator before it made the kill.
We don't see Billy's death, so we can't say for certain how he died, though the last time we see him alive is through the Predator's point of view as he closes the distance on foot. Given his behavior elsewhere, and judging by the state of Billy's corpse later, it's probably safe to say he was killed hand-to-hand.
Poncho was wounded, true enough, but he did have his weapon drawn and ready, and he was looking for the Predator, so it was still acceptable to circle around out of his line of fire and take him out by shooting him.
Anna was unarmed and posed no threat, so he couldn't kill her.
Dutch was firing at the Predator the first time, so it was acceptable to shoot him, but he got away.
During their second fight, as long as Dutch was using explosives and projectile weapons against the Predator, it was fine for the Predator to attempt to shoot him. However, once the Predator caught him, it became obvious Dutch was disarmed, and his breathing was distressed. The Predator therefore discarded his plasma caster and breathing mask, so he would have to fight Dutch unarmed and unable to breathe comfortably... or in other words, on as even terms as possible.
"But what about his arm blades," you might be thinking. "He pulled those out at the end of the fight."
Yes, he did, but only after Dutch had been so thoroughly defeated that he was literally crawling away from the Predator, dragging his legs behind him. As far as the Predator knew, he had crippled his opponent, which meant it was time to dispatch his prey in the most humane way possible. That's a rule we ourselves tend to abide by when hunting. We can take a very long time to hunt an animal down, but once we've crippled it, there's an expectation among most people-- especially serious hunters-- that it's time to put a swift end to the hunt and put the animal out of its misery. The hunters who purposefully drag things out and let the animal linger on in pain and suffering, we tend to look down on with anger and disgust. So the arm blades make sense in that context.
Like I said, it took me forever to notice, but once I did, I was amazed at the amount of thought and detail they put into the actions of what everyone would have been happy with being just another mindless movie monster in a throwaway action/sci-fi flick.
Maybe that's part of the reason Predator has endured for this long.
This should have way more likes
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
I didn't forget. It didn't happen like that.
Dutch tries to use a log/large branch to hit the Predator as his opening strike. The Predator simply blocks the hit with his forearm, and Dutch has just enough time to say "bad idea" before the Predator backhands him and knocks him across the pool of water they're standing in.
Dutch then scrambles over a boulder, and the Predator takes a swipe at his legs.
However, there are two things about that.
First, we don't know for sure if the Predator was trying to hit Dutch or if that was simply him grabbing at Dutch's leg. It's likely the latter, since such a move probably wouldn't have hurt Dutch in any important fashion. Dutch can't outrun the Predator, and the Predator is aware of that, so it has no need to hobble him, a fact it shows it's aware of by not bothering to run after Dutch in order to keep up with him, even as Dutch runs away. And if it was looking to wound him with that strike, there were better targets in reach the Predator could have used his claws on. The fact he didn't, but swung at the trailing edge of Dutch's leg suggests that it was a grab, and that the claws raking across the boulder were simply a result of the fact the Predator missed. If you don't believe me, pretend there's something on a wall that you want to grab, and try to snatch it off the wall really fast. See how your hand connects with the wall because you "miss" the pretend object.
Second, even if it was an attack and not a grab, it wouldn't have violated the rules of the fight or the pattern of behavior the Predator engages in throughout the rest of the film, because it's still an unarmed attack on the Predator's part.
And I agree. I don't think the Predator wanted the fight to be over quickly. I think Dutch had thoroughly annoyed it by that point, and it wanted to beat some of its frustrations out of him before it finished the job.
Nice analysis but I have one question. You said the Predator gave Dillon time for him to unsling his second rifle so why didn't it gave Hawkins time to aim his rifle and shoot it at least before it killed him? The same thing can be said about Blain since it could've made some noises like you said it did against Hawkins so as to attract his attention make him a worthy game
The hunting code my favorite part of the predator as it’s a showing that there not just a bunch of monsters killing left and right they hunt for honor
SkySlasher Well, with the The Predator movie coming out, that could change. Hopefully it's canon that it's only the Bad Bloods.
Marcus Porter I hope so as well
It’s a pretty respectable way to go out if you’re killed by a predator.
SkySlasher by hunting creatures that are genetically weaker in strength then them and not as advanced as them and when they lose they say f u and self destruct like a little b, yeah so honorable
Starlord 3
Hey, I'd still pick them over the samurai.
If we think about it, the Engineers are the true antagonists in the series.
yes, they created the xenomorphs
although they insisted it to use it as a test and hunting ground for the young bloods
@@epicgamered8806 yeah, they created humans and we're pretty bad too.
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How so?
As a kid, I hated the Predators and thought of them as nothing more than a violent alien race who enjoyed killing other creatures just for the sport and joy of it. But after re-watching the movies as an adult in later years, I began to understand them and appreciate them. Their *HUNT* with their strict Honor Code earns them our respect alongside our fear of them. With this additional information, I know appreciate and respect them more.
Great video, mate! Thank you... : )
I'm personally considering them as Lawful Neutral/Chaotic Netural
You forgot the part where the predator with the most human skulls pulls the most females.
I think predators only kills humans with gun, any unharmed people , pregnant people , disabled people.has no honor in it,
I think thats why its called an honor code, if you kill someone with any type of gun, you get honor, i just think that way
We humans kill each other for the sake of it and we don't even try to hide it. I'm surprised humanity never declared a full blown war against the yaujta. I mean if we advance fast enough.
Has there ever a race of aliens or has humanity ever put their foot and said enough is enough and just declare war on the predators? And I mean like a humungous battle like independence day or war of the worlds or halo. I mean the predators have advanced space ships that can cloak, are fast, and apparently create portals. The individual predator has cloaking and advanced plasma weaponry and armor. Surly they have to made enemies out there.
I'm not just referring to xenomorphs, I'm referring to another species who are technologically advanced declared war on the predators because they don't want them invading their planet and being hunted like rabbits. Clearly that has to happen.
I mean the Yaujta and engineers have history and some bad blood for example. Is there any other instance. It would be interesting to see a movie or a short about that kind of thing. Like who would win in a fight an army of soldiers with the best weapons their planet could offer or a group of alien hunters with advanced weaponry and utilise stealth and the environment.
Maybe humanity in the future humanity got fed up of yaujta and just go to town on the home world of Yaujta prime or any other homwworld they come from because let's be honest they have to have colonize other planets. They can travel to space with ease. Make it into something like devilman and have both sides in the end feel like shit after.
Even the Predators knows not to Killsteal lmaoo
Pro players
They take their hunts seriously.
They are gamers who respects every one
Yep thats a pro gamer move
But they're the ones who already have leveled up to highest level and unlocked all the cool gear so it's hard to beat them. XD
I've always loved the Predators for their code of honor and that their entire existence is dictated by this code and for the primal urge to hunt, it's so badass, unique and in a way, respectable
Xenomorph: sneaks up
Predator: i think you might be missing your face
Actually impressed that such barbaric creatures have a code of honor, but it makes sense because then it would not be a hunt, but good ol' genocide.
Jorgi well they aren’t real. So people wrote their Cody of honor
I wouldn't say they're barbaric with a honor code like that
@@professorchaos5058 They're kinda Saxon. Though Saxons have no honor.
Which makes sense why they hate the rngineers because engineers have no honor and commit genocide
given the choice of being killed by an alien and predator the choice is obvious.
being a predators trophy is MUCH less painful than being used as a xenomorph concubine.
The predators are the coolest race of aliens out there. Befriend one of them, get a cloak and become the ultimate hunter of wildlife.
Their race name is the Yautjas not the predators.
if they let you live that long
I don't think it would be that simple, if anything they would find someone who wanted to join them mostly annoying unless they have something to show for.
@@SuperMrCRAZYMAN it’s a reference to AVP how she became friends with one, same with the predators movie where they also befriended the captured one
@@RollingxBigshot I know, but those where due to circumstances and not to mention you can't just ask them to join without showing your a hunter
Omg 😂😂 00:02 - 00:04, I like how the predator just slices the alien casually, like it was a fly.
I'm cautiously optimistic for the new predator film.
The CineRanter same
How was it
It is acceptable for a movie, yet extremely confusing as far as lore goes.
It's HORRIBLE and a disgrace to the Predator franchise!
It was literally the only film to ever leave me depressed when leaving the theater
I just want to say thank you for introducing Ahab to me. That Yautja is one hell of a character.
He is so cool! and his relationship with the humans is incredible :)
FilmComicsExplained Yup specially with Galgo, probably his highlight is when he challemge a champion Yautja from Tartarus clan in order to prevent them from killing Galgo and the rest.
Another little-known trivial: The Predator's Honor Code also dictate the way they engage their opponents, invisibility cloak can only be used in conjunction with certain weapons - plasmacasters being the only weapon they used when cloaked. Wristblades. spearguns. throwing disks dictate they delcoak before engagement (not sure if this is actual lore but rather only implemented as a game mechanics in the various older Predator game titles)
Harper of Dark I'd say it's not "actual lore" since the Yautja was shown a couple of times on film using the spear while cloaked as well as the disc.
The predator in 2 uses all his weapons while cloaked in when he hits the guys in the skyscraper doesn't he ?.
I mentioned it is only prevalent in the games after the movies
I think if the Yautja is outnumbered, it is reasonable to use ranged weapons while cloaked to thinning out their number until the very last one for honorable duel.
Yeah well nobody said every predator completely sticks to the honor code all the time.
Might as well lower your weapons and walk slowly to escape if possible.
information to learn Or drop it and leave it, grenades, and your knife behind.
I always wondered why they didn’t just do that when they learn about their code in the movies
Erine120 I figured that if they did there probably wouldn't be much of a movie
david barnett
The code says that if it is capable of harming the hunter, kill it. BUT it also says if they are a visible threat then engage. If they lower their weapons and just back off they basically just disarmed themselves, no longer being a threat.
Sean Grant I mean if that were true then that would mean EVERY human would be prey, and while a large percentage would be, the vast majority could just be like killing a pathetic specimen. Not really worth wasting a breath on. It's the gun that makes us a yautcha prey. Not us ourselves. (Not counting in bad bloods or the bigger types.)
I hope im not seen as worthy game cuz we're going through a bad heatwave right now so I know they're around.
Funny
Given the targets, they usually target those who could hold their own. In Predator 2, he did not go against a child, nor civilians, but rather, cops and drug dealers with weapons.
that's called global warming
"Your bleeding man!"
"Ain't got time to bleed."
"Yeah, well." Shoots grenade launcher, "Got time to duck?"
Love that part too! 😂
Makes me wonder if they’d ever engage in worldwide invasions or war. Maybe no one wants to mess with them because the predators are just that deadly.
They move in clans not in armys.
So even if they are strong i don´t think they would do something like a war.
@@jones7590 unless their home worl was threatened I imagine.
Closest to a war would be a clan war, but nothing global scale unless humans were like: hey, we uh, found the home planet of the guys who hunt us for skulls and steal people for off world hunts” “Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.”
They are very powerful indeed. But we don't know their numbers and war technology. They build their tech around hunting and stealth. On the other hand we humans are warmongers, meaning we train soldiers for conflict and war and our tech is built around war. We don't have space travel but we do have planetary scale defence systems, and A LOT of nuclear weapons, like a shitload of em.
I don't think they want open conflict with us anyways, they would definitely take a big loss even if they were to win the war.
We are different types of species with different focus. We are very heavily focused on conflict and war and we literally thrive in times of war, we adapt fast and develop technologies at a staggering rate when at war. Just look at WWII, the technology made huge leaps every single year and most tech we use today was either invented or gas roots in WWII. They won't be able to wipe out almost 8 billion of us in an instant, so they probably know that provoking us would only make us stronger and more resilient, capable to adapt super fast. We humans severely underestimate ourselves! In our Galaxy we might be ones of the superior races. In 50 years humanity will have fusion energy, quantum computers , robots, advanced AI and actual bio engineering, together with many other amazing technologies.
There is a possibility that we might be one of the most advanced species of intelligence in our Galaxy, maybe the only one.
Damn I didn't know that what I thought were lawless monsters from another world are actually honorable beings that live by a code that rival the marines. Very informative video, as always 😁👍
nah the lawless monsters are the bad bloods.
and those are considered game by normal yautja society.
The Yautja have to be one of my all time favourite Alien spieces, so much so that I start roleplaying by this honour code when playing a game like AvP 2010. I never play a Predator game on Easy or Normal because the clan would not endorse that.
YYYEEESSS!!! Me too! ❤❤❤
Your videos are so informative. Alien and Predator are two franchises that I was never really into. Your explanations go into such detail yet do not really spoil anything. Kudos on the great work!
AVP was the film that showed the most of this in any other predator or alien film. which is one of the reasons why i like it so much.
I was also under the impression that killing their prey while cloaked was considered dishonorable.
Well covered bud, I knew a few but not all of what you showed in you're video keep up the good works
His voice is so good that makes it sound like a legend
That's one thing I love about the Predator franchise, the Honor Code.
Most people think "Honor" is something that's benevolent and righteous, but it's anything BUT that.
Honor is a word derived of making sure the hunt is always ripe and fulfilling.
To constantly kill unworthy targets makes hunts boring overtime and robs the hunter of any type of catharsis once the hunt reaches its end. It also makes sure that any kill you take IS something to brag about later.
Honor has never been there to defend the weak, it's always been an exaltation of yourself and your worth as a killer.
It’s telling that women are almost never targeted (in practice). In the entire series up to now only *TWO* women have ever been directly killed by Yatchua (I went through the entire Dead Meat/ Kill Count series and added them all up) compared to literally hundreds of men. Does that make women “unworthy prey”, or lucky? Food for thought:)
@@Ailurophile1984
kek AvP franchise is based
women are unworthy
Wow was late for this one. Great vid as always. Have you ever seen Dog Soilders? Such a great horror. Such good acting and how the WereWolves are used and look is amazing
Ooh god I love dog soldiers
My favourite werewolf movie by far. Keep love interests out of badass horror!
Yes, the most badass hunters in the universe being explained on one of my favorite channels on RUclips.
Awesome work as always. You know, AVP has a bad rep. But looking back, it’s pretty good. And damn you just can’t beat Sanaa Lathan in 2004 😂
Well written, on point, and great editing. Amazing video, but I wish it was a little longer.
At the beginning when I saw the first movie I thought they were just simply killing with no reason but later finding that they have honor in doing their hunting I find it pretty cool and made me get into the predator universe really awesome video in explaining them
I always love Predator videos from you. It’s so sophisticated and interesting.
Knowing that they have a Code makes me wanna join them! ❤
Code #1: Remember to always have fun! 👍
Always sunny when Dennis and Mac want to hunt humans 😂
Omg these videos are so informing . I enjoyed this one the most. Wished this video was a bit longer . After watching and really listening to this video , I feel as though their were some missed opportunities with this franchise. 👍🏾
I love the predator explains. I love the predators. Such a good movie series I wish they made more
Love the way scar shudders after killing the one chestburster he's like "aight it's dead huurghhhhhuhhh"
This is awesome! I haven't watch your videos in a while, I was busy lol, I'm not sure if you know me but anyway good job, keep up!
Thanks Pavita!
No problem
Predator: concrete jungle needs a remaster. . . Best yautja game by far
Human predators
Why didn’t we get any more alien vs predator games those were so fun.
I love this video, I always love learning more about a character, spieces, or lore, and your videos are definitely the best for that, especially since I'm a huge sci-fi fan, so congrats you earned a new sub
When i was a kid, they were one of my biggest fear, and then after i watched the latest Predator movie, i wasn't as scared as i was of them before and realized they are not as bad as i thought they were lol. Still they look terrifying but awesome
If you’re female you don’t have anything to worry about anyway:). In the entire series up to now, only TWO women have ever been directly killed by Predators, compared with literally hundreds of men
Where do you recommend we start with the expanded Alien and Predator comics and graphic novels? Your channel has gotten me into wanting to check them out.
If you want a direct continuation from the film Prometheus, read the 24 part Fire and stone anthology. I've covered a few of the stories on this channel :)
Wow I Love All Your Predator Videos
"Understand the RULES." -The See Through Slasher (BVP)
Such an awesome channel, keep up the good work!
Thanks mate :)
Ahab is one of my favorite Predators.
In AVP-R, another point to add is the correcting or cleaning-up of a previous hunters mistake. I guess the direct code would be "If another hunter's faults lead to a dire consequence globally on their hunting grounds, than another Predator must take to the hunt to mediate the fault."
When a hunter's death permits the xenomorphs to overrule a city, a high-ranking Predator goes to Earth via ship. Why would he need to if the reason was for game hunting, unless it was to preserve the game origina lly based in the area. This also happens in the game lore were the loss of technology change the species excessive power dynamic, and the hunter goes to retrieve the drop tech.
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Having a marathon right now of Predator and Alien films 😁😁 never gets old!
Beautifully done.
I honestly love the Yautja, regardless of what The Predator did to their lore. However, on Yautja Prime, there are multiple Predator factions with their own ideals. So, in The Predator, we’ve probably seen an example of one of those many factions. This makes me wonder if their own species is currently in a state of civil war on their homeworld.
The universe of Singularity (2010, Video Game) may not be very expansive, but it is easily one of my favorite games of all time, next to Darkvoid. I would love to see one or both of these titles explored. Keep up the good work. I'm really enjoying the Predator Explained series.
I hope that the new movie ,movies will have more story about the entire avp universe !
Great vids man ,keep it up .
I love this aspect of the Predators. Makes them more interesting than some other killers in movies. Because of them I think Kraven the Hunter is a more interesting character. I'm excited for the upcoming Predator movie. I hope it does well enough to make more and explore and expand the lore.
Cool video, didn't know this stuff.
The story about the predator is amazing
Excellent video! Would you be able to do the video on the meanest and greenest alien race ever made: the Orks from Warhammer 40k?
And that’s why Predators are the most badass of all
*uncloaks*Notification squad is here
Even tho I’m 14 minutes late :(
The Hunters to me are one of my favourite if not the best hunters in my book ever since I saw the movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger when I was a kid
Never thought they had an honor code always thought they killed mindlessly great to see a video on this topic
Great video! The Honor Code is extremely interesting material. I’d like to see an animated series like the HBO Spawn series. That shit would kick ass.
Really Great Work ! I understand more of the movies and will re watch them with a better understanding.
I don't recall ever seeing Predators cloaking when engaging with Aliens - only with humans...
The thing i like about the Alienverse movies and their aliens is that they are not corny like in marvel or starwars movies they biologically look so perfect and their backdrop story is so perfect that it makes us feel like they exist.
0:03 when your ex tries to come back and say she's sorry
They're more honorable than most humans
Very informative. Beats reading the whole lore. Lol
Just a question um how did celtic predator's wristblade get melted by the acid blood, unlike the other predators blade is every blade acid proof or was his blade low quality or something
He was still a young blood predator with basic equipment I'd say :)
Usually young bloods get the basic weapons. Just enough to kill and be useful, but the young bloods don’t have access to the top tier weaponry until later on.
As mentioned by them the hunting of a Xenomorph is a trial, the actual blades being a merit and official tools, so it falls to wit and skills.
This channel deserves way more subscribers
Wow, you’ve clearly put a lot of effort into this. Great video mate👍
Awesome pick and video as usual, keep up this pace and theme and I can see your channel being huge. I wish you the upmost success in reaching the top, from 'down under' ; ]
Amazing video man I've always loved predator, and this video solidifies this further, itd be great to hear your analysis after the new movie
I love the Predator's honour code. Thats what makes it my favourite monster in film.
Dang man I remember when your subscribers were in the ‘two’ digits. Keep up the good work.
-CJ
Predator hasn't called out Jet Li yet lol.
Aliens vs Predators has the recipe to be the best sci-fi films ever made... but they keep...fucking...it...up!
Yep, cause they always insist on making the films from the perspective of the one and done boring human Characters we all know will end up dying or not being brought back for another film.
The movies should be set from their perspective, a certain clan and a few young bloods - you could see their interactions with other clans and their different hunts. People would develop their favourites. And would watch to see what happens to their favourite in each film. Shame hollywood are rather un - original these days.
they should do a comic where Richard b Riddick goes against yautja predator
Please do "the midnight meat train" bro! Love the channel!
Sure! will add that to the list now :)
The species code of honor is probably why the predator is my favorite 80’s monster if not in general
0:00 my Mans got spidey sense.
ooohhh! i got a good one you can do..the World and Lore and timeline of Mad Max...that would be dope!
very informative, good job. thanks for making this as i learned a number of things
Predator equipment:
Cuts Xenomorph’s head
Wrist blade status: Fine
Cuts Xenomorph’s tail
Wrist blade status: Melted
Now thats Logic😂
Guess you don't know that some are in possession of Weapons that are coated with certain meterials that stop the acidic effect. Shurikens are advanced weapons so they are coated with it. Young blood Wristblades aren't. One video goes into all of the details her on youtube.
BATMAN, NIGHTWING, DEADSHOT DEATHSTROKE, DEATHBLOW, KILLER CROC, VS THE YATUAJ OR THE SUPER PREDATORS...DOPE!
Yautjas are one of my favorite alien species EVER!
I had a neighbor that was 6"8 and always dresses up as a Predator during Halloween as well as a Predator Santa. You don't get scale for how big the dudes were in the films and how intimidating it is with their size across the movies until you see one in person that has the right height range.
The Sangheili from Halo pls
Sure! will add it to the list now :)
I really love and respect the predators or also known as Yautja, I like that they don't just kill for sports but for honor as well
(I'm a girl and my friend thinks that it's weird for me to like this but oh well, ain't gonna listen to them ^^)
Not weird at all you would be fascinated by Predators. Since, you know, they would spare you and go after all the men:)
I would LOVE to see a crossover. Predator vs. Richard B. Riddick.
Also the fact that they evolved to be only able to see in heat vision, makes them perfect hunters.
What about end game? The nuke they use, or burial and death rights. Or even if a predator goes mad and kills his clan
I love how you review viruses and other subjects in your videos.
Injured, sick, dying, or elderly/juvenile prey is still fair game if they are offensively aggressive. Only if they are merely defending themselves or their young when it's considered dishonorable. Hence, Peter Wayland.
I still love the scene from the second movie where the predator spared the pregnant detective.
what's the name of the comic about machiko ? 05:23 minute mark. Please help ! I really wanna read this comic and follow up on her story. thanks !
Awesome stuff
Would you ever do a Gremlins explained video? Or a Prophecy explained video?
This is so cool. That's all I have to say. This is cool and fascinating.
You have to wonder if there is a lawfirm or legal council on their planet looked down upon by the hunters, yet critical for arbitration and preventing anarchy from driving them to extinction. Stolen trophy? Disgraced by a member of your Clan or another who denies it? Call Yautja, Yautja & Klien. Let us do the fighting, while you do the hunting.
The rulers are probably old hunters who have proven their worth time and time again or killed queen xenos. They probs past judgement and decree law while sending high rank hunters on a hunt for bad bloods.
You bring up an interesting point. One that I’ve thought about with the Predators. They can’t have a society that is consumed with hunting for sport. They need engineers, doctors, researchers, artists, teachers, and yes, bureaucrats. Otherwise, they’d never have made it out of the dark ages. Their ships, weapons, and gear don’t grow on trees. Someone had to develop the technology that goes into that stuff. Someone had to them use that knowledge to design each of those things. Then, someone had to build them. Then there’s the need for an education system, so that the Yautjas have the ability to read the instructions on how to use the gear and ships. I guess the other possibility is that the Yautja are some kind of post-apocalyptic society. The remnants of a once great society that now is consumed with sport hunting in it’s twilight.
@@DLordSadow At least a class system, where there are blue collar workers who dont have the finances to go on the hunt, versus those who do. Basically just like the rich who spend a ton of money to go to africa and bag a lion. Either that or as you said its post apocalyptic, and they decided to use the military scrap to begin intergalactic hunting as a culture using extreme socialism / communism to produce the machinery needed.
Bishop Don Digimon Farrakhan Magic Juan If it is some kind of caste system with only a small rich elite doing the hunting, that makes some sense and is kinda what I’d suspect. Which means that the Jungle Predator might have been a vacationing banker. The City Predator from might have been a trust fund kid (that would explain his arrogance and all the gear he had). The super Predators might have been rich poachers who bribed the authorities to not crack down on them (that would explain how they could operate with impunity on the gaming preserve and why they attacked the other Predators). Douchiness might be a universal theme crossing species across the cosmos.
@@DLordSadow The latest film (which im not a fan of) does support that logic, as some form of governance is in place, along with a science division. Somebody back at HQ decided to hire a mercenary freelance agent to hunt down a rogue predator. It would also seem that there is a private sector (who developed the tony start iron-man suit) making gear to sell to the rich or for military use. Funny to think about some blue collar predator just washing dishes or doing telemarketing to put himself thru college in hopes of one day going on a hunt. I'd pay to see that movie.
Great video man.
If I were a human that got to join a clan, I’d like my first hunt to be a Trandoshan from Star Wars