Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "The Drinker's Top 5 Underrated Sequels" video.

  1. Disagree with most of those choices, but totally with Predator 2. It respected the source material while taking the story in a wholly new direction. We learned new, fascinating things about the Predator’s mindset and got intriguing hints about his culture, whilst still being left to wonder if his hunting club represents his culture in all its balls out glory, or if he’s part of a smaller, elite club, possibly illegal on his home-world, like big game hunters are to us? The ensemble cast was top notch, with the stand outs being Gary Busy (“Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”) and Bill Paxton (“Is she on the rag or what!?”) who some how manages to charm the audience, despite being in your face offensive at almost every opportunity. His sheer heroic defiance in the face of certain, terrible death, as the Predator stalks him with the words, “Want some candy?” stays with you, along with the chill of that haunting scene. I have that movie, treasured, in my collection and, like you, just cannot understand why anyone would be unenthusiastic about it.
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