The Rewatchables: ‘Predator’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Shea Serrano, and Kyle Brandt

Published 2021-04-26; 1:36:13 by the feed.

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Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Dutch and Dillon's handshake greeting in the jungle
    “It's so many things I'd like, including basically, uh, Dylan has to do the whole, we need the best, which I think is a staple of an action movie.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:25:30
  2. pick The skinned bodies hanging in the trees
    “The skin bodies revelation is pretty harrowing.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:26:17
  3. pick The hostage rescue / compound raid
    “Um, I just wrote down hostage rescue scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:26:48
  4. pick Billy tracking and getting spooked
    “Next one I wrote down was, what's got Billy so spooked?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:30:51
  5. pick Jesse dies, and Bill Duke's what-the-fuck face
    “Which leads to Bill Duke's what the fuck face.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:31:29
  6. pick The 90 seconds of gunfire into the jungle
    “This also includes the 90 seconds of gunfiring, which is intentional.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:33:01
  7. pick Arnold tries to lure the predator out and it is suddenly gone
    “Arnold tries to lure the predator out when they catch him and then all of a sudden he's gone is a really good scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:33:27
  8. pick Apollo dies, Sonny dies, Get to the Choppa, Arnold's mud disguise, run together
    “Arnold jumps in water, mud disguise.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:33:35
  9. pick Arnold making the weapons
    “Is really enjoyable?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:34:41
  10. pick The predator takes his mask off: you're one ugly motherfucker
    “Arnold says, you're one ugly motherfucker.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:10
  11. pick The ending
    “Then the ending would be the last one.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:41
  12. pick The Zapruder scene: the team gets off the chopper in their casual clothes
    “And for me, the Zapruder scene of Predator is the guys getting off the chopper and getting to see what these guys wear in their like casual life before they go.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:36:04
  13. pick The team unloading into the jungle, and the destruction after
    “but I, I'm, I'm a, I'm a shooting into the jungle guy.”
    Shea Serrano · 0:37:45
  14. pick The final fight, Dutch versus the predator
    “I think it's Dutch versus the predator at the end.”
    Kyle Brandt · 0:39:05
  15. pick The slasher-movie stretch where the predator picks the team off, including Blain's death
    “I think it's like the slasher movie part.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:40:00

Ebert review · Bill reads Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick Predator: Three stars; Ebert calls it an effective action movie.
    “And it got 3 stars from Roger Ebert.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:20:21

What aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

  1. pick First sight of Arnold in the chopper smoking a cigar
    “The 1st sight of Arnold and the copter smoking a cigar.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:40:16
  2. pick Arnold's battle cry
    “We didn't talk about Arnold's battle cry.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:40:26
  3. pick Jesse Ventura's gun, Old Painless, as a movie prop
    “Jesse Ventura's gun, I think as a what's age the best just as like an incredible movie prop?”
    unknown · 0:41:32
  4. pick The one-liners
    “I also like the, if it bleeds, we can kill it.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:42:00
  5. pick Sonny Landham as Billy
    “Talk about it. What a character.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:17
  6. pick Jesse Ventura as Blain: Caught at an incredible point in his career as a wrestling commentator.
    “Jesse Ventura, who they catch at an incredible point in his career where he's basically what Charles Barkley became for basketball he was for wrestling.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:46:46
  7. pick Richard Chavez as Poncho
    “Richard Chavez is Poncho.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:49:02
  8. pick Stan Winston saving the predator suit
    “The fact that the 1st predator suit failed, and they had to halt production, but then they brought Stan Winston in.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:50:42
  9. pick The Shane Black sex jokes: Admits it is a lone-corner pick: the jokes are so bad they come out funny and feel very 80s.
    “so unbelievable that they tried it that I've actually come around now where I'm like, yeah.”
    unknown · 0:51:15
  10. pick Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch: Never looked better or cooler; his eyebrows go up in fear.
    “to me, Arnold has never looked better in a movie.”
    Shea Serrano · 0:52:16
  11. pick The structure of the movie: Arnold steps aside for an hour while the others are killed, then it is one on one.
    “But my pick for what's age is the best, is the actual structure of the movie.”
    Shea Serrano · 0:52:59
  12. pick Alan Silvestri's score
    “I mean, the score scores unbelievable.”
    Kyle Brandt · 0:54:02
  13. pick The thermal heat vision
    “Uh, heat vision.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:54:55

What aged the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

  1. pick Predator 2
    “Uh, Predator 2 ahead in there, we've discussed.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:32
  2. pick Hawkins's girlfriend: Loses her boyfriend and also gets the jokes made about her.
    “Tough beat for Hawkins's girlfriend?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:35
  3. pick The mud disguise: Arnold looks like he spent an hour under mud one shot after crawling out.
    “it's like he was underneath mud for an hour and a half getting ready.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:59
  4. pick The hostage as Anna: Her purpose in the movie never clicked.
    “I don't really understand the hostage and her purpose in this movie.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:13

Casting what-ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick Jean-Claude Van Damme as the Predator: Cast and fired; the hosts say the reasons are unclear.
    “All right, casting what ifs.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:28
  2. pick Apollonia as the hostage
    “What about Apollonia as the hostage?”
    unknown · 1:05:32
  3. pick Rebecca De Mornay as the hostage
    “Rebecca De Mornay is a hostage.”
    unknown · 1:05:39
  4. pick Elisabeth Shue as the hostage
    “What about what about Elizabeth Shu for the hostage?”
    unknown · 1:05:58
  5. pick Ally Sheedy as the hostage
    “Ali Sheedy?”
    unknown · 1:06:04
  6. pick Corey Feldman as the Shane Black part (Hawkins)
    “With like Corey Feldman?”
    unknown · 1:06:17
  7. pick Damon Wayans as the wisecracking young soldier
    “I had a, I had an idea for that, the, uh, it's a young Damon Wayans.”
    unknown · 1:06:31

Best That Guy (Joey Pants Award) · Best that-guy character actor in the movie.

  1. winner R.G. Armstrong as the old general
    “I'll give you R.G. Armstrong as the old guy.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:13
  2. nominee Richard Chavez as Poncho
    “I'll give you Richard Chavez as Poncho, because I just knew him as Poncho from this point on.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:19
  3. nominee Elpidia Carrillo as the hostage
    “And then this is the dark horse for this category is Opedia Carrillo or Carrillo, probably.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:27

Vincent Hanna Award · Biggest, loudest performance in the movie.

  1. winner Bill Duke as Mac: When he dials it up and loses his mind.
    “Boy, it's a tough one to, it's a tough one to narrow down, but I think Bill Duke.”
    unknown · 1:01:59

Jed Nelson Award · The person who appears to be in a slightly different movie than everybody else.

  1. winner The hostage as Anna
    “The Jed Nelson Award for the person who just appears to be in a slightly different movie than everybody else has to go to the hostage.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:20

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact; the sixth-man spark off the bench.

  1. nominee Sonny Landham as Billy
    “I've just, Sonny, Sonny Landam's getting it, so, um, I don't really care what you got to say.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:53
  2. winner Carl Weathers as Dillon: Argues for the version of Apollo Creed audiences hadn't seen: the bad soldier who gets his arm blown off.
    “I was going to argue for Apollo Creed.”
    Shea Serrano · 1:03:09
  3. winner Carl Weathers as Dillon: Backs Shea's case; Dillon breaks and tries to make up for it.
    “I really like the case that Shay is making because Dylan is Dylan...”
    Kyle Brandt · 1:04:16
  4. nominee Jesse Ventura as Blain: The pure-spirit case: few scenes, few lines, and one of the most insane deaths.
    “There's a Jesse the body case for the pure spirit of Dion Waiters because he's not in that many scenes.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:04:56

Apex Mountain · Whether this is the peak of a person's career or performance.

  1. pick Arnold Schwarzenegger: Apex for Arnold movies, not for Arnold himself.
    “I would say that this is Apex Mountain for Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, but not for Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:11:58
  2. pick Carl Weathers: No: he has four Rockies and Action Jackson.
    “He's put down 4 Rockies.”
    unknown · 1:12:16
  3. pick Jesse Ventura: Yes.
    “Jesse the Body Ventura, I think, yes.”
    unknown · 1:12:34
  4. pick Sonny Landham: Yes; the first movie people think of for him.
    “This is the 1st movie I think of when I hear the name Sonny Lamb.”
    unknown · 1:13:04
  5. pick Bill Duke: No; points to Deep Cover.
    “No, deep cover?”
    unknown · 1:13:08
  6. pick Guys dropping from a helicopter in camouflage: Yes: the best version of it, scarier than usual.
    “Um, guys dropping from a helicopter and camouflage.”
    unknown · 1:13:12
  7. pick Elpidia Carrillo: Yes.
    “Alpedia Carrillo, I'm going to say yes.”
    unknown · 1:13:44
  8. nominee Carl Weathers's death scene in Predator: Nominee against Rocky IV and Happy Gilmore; Bill leans Predator.
    “I feel like this is the winner.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:15:47
  9. winner Carl Weathers's death scene in Rocky IV: Wins for emotion; Kyle agrees.
    “I, I, I have to, I have to go with Rocky 4 because you expect everybody to die.”
    unknown · 1:15:49
  10. pick Carl Weathers's death scene in Rocky IV
    “But when they end the Rocky 4 scene and there's chaos, you think that the next scene is going to be in a hospital, it's at a cemetery.”
    Kyle Brandt · 1:16:29
  11. pick Alabama ticks line
    “It's got to be an apex amount for Alabama ticks.”
    Shea Serrano · 1:17:10
  12. pick Billy's self-sacrifice (with Bruce Willis in Armageddon)
    “Those are those are my two.”
    Shea Serrano · 1:17:23

Best credits sequence · Who wins the closing credits: the cast smiling at the camera in the credits.

  1. pick The end credits where the cast smile at the camera: Arnold is the only one who skips it.
    “so good.”
    Shea Serrano · 1:17:49
  2. pick Victory's closing credits: His all-time favorite version of this.
    “But my favorite closing credits ever version of this only, probably Chris only saw this was victory was Slice Stallone.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:14

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick Why Arnold's character is named Dutch
    “Why was Arnold named Dutch?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:36
  2. pick Sonny Landham should just be Billy in every movie
    “I just think Sunny Landum should be sunny in every movie.”
    unknown · 1:20:14
  3. pick No steakhouse dinner with the team the night before
    “I feel like this movie was missing.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:20:29
  4. pick Mythbusters disproved the mud disguise
    “Covering yourself entirely in mud does actually not conceal your body heat.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:18
  5. pick No extraction effort to get the team out of the jungle
    “but the lack of any kind of extraction effort to get these guys out of the jungle”
    Shea Serrano · 1:21:50
  6. pick Bill Duke's head is blown off, then back together
    “Bill Duke, when he dies, he gets his head blown off.”
    unknown · 1:22:42
  7. pick The predator didn't know about mud
    “This alien travels across the fucking galaxy and he didn't know about mud.”
    unknown · 1:23:12
  8. pick Is Old Painless necessary on a stealth mission
    “Is is old painless entirely necessary?”
    Kyle Brandt · 1:24:09

Unanswered questions · Questions the movie leaves open.

  1. pick Did Billy have superpowers as Billy
    “Did Billy have superpowers?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:24:41
  2. pick Did the predator go to the bathroom
    “Did the predator go to the bathroom?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:25:03
  3. pick What was the predator's endgame
    “What was Predators Endgame here?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:26:58

Memorabilia · A prop from the movie they would own.

  1. pick Old Painless, the M134 minigun
    “I am going with the giant gun.”
    unknown · 1:32:25
  2. pick Mac's razor
    “I would go with Max Razor.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:32:38
  3. pick Old Painless, the M134 minigun
    “Um, well, I was going to say painless too, and just bring it home and make it a big immersion blender and let my kids ride on it.”
    Kyle Brandt · 1:33:01
  4. pick Mac's flask
    “All I want is a piece of Mac of Bill Duke.”
    unknown · 1:33:13
  5. pick The predator mask
    “I want the mask.”
    Shea Serrano · 1:33:30

Who won the movie · Who people are talking about on the drive home.

  1. winner Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch
    “Who won the movie Arnold Schwarzenegger?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:45
  2. winner Bill Duke as Mac: Outlier pick: the best actor, with a whole arc.
    “I think Bill Duke wins the movie.”
    Kyle Brandt · 1:34:19

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