Why have the Predator films not lived up to the first one?

Why have the Predator films not lived up to the first one? Feb 23, 2017 15:23:14 GMT

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Post by Reynard on Feb 23, 2017 15:23:14 GMT

Feb 23, 2017 14:39:57 GMT itsthatguyme said:

I've said it once before , I'll say it again. Predator 2 is the best of the series. It's criminally overlooked. The first film is good , don't get me wrong. It doesn't have the rewatch appeal like the second though. It has better characters but it gets boring looking at the same jungle background. Plus there's not enough variety overall. It's the same scene over and over again pretty much. I also like PREDATORS. It was decent.

Shorter time span and limited setting are what make Predator so dramatic and effective. A group of men has to go beyond their perceived limits or perish because someone or something has challenged them to do that. Nothing unessential in that. That the challenger is a hunter from outer space is in a way just a sci-fi gimmick. Predator is essentially a Jack London story set in a jungle. All later additions to the series more or less miss that point.