History YMMV / ThePredator

* HypeBacklash: The film hasn't been well received since its release, with critics and fans alike calling it a disappointment considering the credibility of its director and cast. The controversy around Steve Wilder hasn't helped it either. This backlash was worsened by the movie's Predators being seen as CanonDefilement by some for reasons explained below under TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A common criticism is that while the film has some interesting ideas like the Predator attacking the suburbs, PTSD vets banding together to survive, a government conspiracy, and etc., the movie squeezes too many of those subplots into its 95 minute runtime, thereby crippling the narrative structure and leaving said ideas underbaked.

* HypeBacklash: The film hasn't been well received since its release, with critics and fans alike calling it a disappointment considering the credibility of its director and cast. The controversy around Steve Wilder hasn't helped it either.

** The Super-Predator's character design is admittedly impressive, but the fact it features a hulking upper body on top of strangely slender legs and digitigrade feet makes it unintentionally ridiculous, like a badly done mix-and-match creature of as if he had forgot to work out on half of his body.
** [[spoiler:Autism, particularly the unrealistic IdiotSavant archetype, being considered "evolution's next step". It only avoids being offensive (if it does) by being laughably inaccurate by evolutive scientific standards. The fact that a race as biotechnology advanced as the Predators from this film would find it so is even more farfetched.]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: An important complaint of the film is how out-of-character the Predator race feels in comparison with the rest of the franchise. The Predators genetically modifying themselves, [[spoiler:seeking out body parts not as hunting trophies but as genetic samples]], [[spoiler:shooting enemies around without regard for their famous standards towards opponents]], [[spoiler:creating Predator-dogs out of their own race]], and [[spoiler:building super-suits]] are all ideas that stray so away from known Yautja lore and culture that they seem like straight out of bad fanfic instead of a serious script proposition.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: An important complaint of the film is how out-of-character the Predator race feels in comparison with the rest of the franchise. The Predators genetically modifying themselves, [[spoiler:seeking out body parts not as hunting trophies but as genetic samples]], [[spoiler:shooting enemies around without regard for their famous standards towards opponents]], [[spoiler:creating Predator-dogs out of their own race]], and [[spoiler:building super-suits]] are all ideas that stray so away from known Yautja lore and culture that they seem like straight out of bad fanfic instead of a serious script proposition.

** Did the first Predator [[spoiler:betrayed his race as a revenge for the genetic experiments he was subjected to, or out of genetic empathy for humans, whose DNA he received? Or both?

* HypeBacklash: The film hasn't been well received since its release, with critics and fans alike calling it a disappointment considering the credibility of its director and cast.

** [[spoiler:Autism, particularly the unrealistic IdiotSavant archetype, being considered "evolution's next step". It only avoids being offensive (if it does) by being laughably unaccurate by evolutive scientific standards. The fact that a race as biotechnology advanced as the Predators from this film would find it so is even more farfetched.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the [=#MeToo=] era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior that Steve Wilder, a friend of director Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Made worse by the fact that Black was aware of Wilder's past actions, the actor having been similarly hired for Black's [[Film/IronMan3 previous]] [[Film/TheNiceGuys two]] films and Wilder playing a character that makes unwanted advances at Munn's character (who, herself, is a real-life victim of sexual harassment). Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did the first Predator really intend [[spoiler:to give the Predator-Killer supersuit to the humans to defend themselves from the Predators]] as Traeger and [=McKenna=] speculate? Or did he just come to Earth to hide it?

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the [=#MeToo=] era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior that Steve Wilder, a friend of director Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Made worse by the fact that Black was aware of Wilder's past actions, the actor having been similarly hired for Black's [[Film/IronMan3 previous]] [[Film/TheNiceGuys two]] films and Wilder playing a character that makes unwanted advances at Munn's character (who, herself, is a real-life victim of sexual harassment). Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The idea of Predators genetically modifying themselves was controversial, since it strays far away from the originality of the Yautja lore and culture. The fact that they have been turned from examples of ProudWarriorRaceGuy to general EgomaniacHunter types doesn't help.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the [=#MeToo=] era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior that Steve Wilder, a friend of director Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Made worse by the fact that Black was aware of Wilder's past actions, the actor having been similarly hired for Black's [[Film/IronMan3 previous]] [[Film/TheNiceGuys two]] films and Wilder playing a character that makes unwanted advances at Munn's character (who, herself, is a real-life victim of sexual harassment). Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run. It has also resulted in a backlash against Munn from both others involved in the film and some of the public who are siding with Wilder, with only Sterling K. Brown and Keegan Michael Key supporting her after the role was deleted.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the [=#MeToo=] era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior that Steve Wilder, a friend of director Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Made worse by the fact that Black was aware of Wilder's past actions and the character Wilder played unwantedly flirted with Munn's character (who, herself, is a real-life victim of sexual harassment). Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run. It has also resulted in a backlash against Munn from both others involved in the film and some of the public who are siding with Wilder, with only Sterling K. Brown and Keegan Michael Key supporting her after the role was deleted.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the [=#MeToo=] era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior that Steve Wilder, a friend of director Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Made worse by the fact that Black was aware of Wilder's past actions and the character Wilder played unwantedly flirted with Munn's character (who, herself, is a real-life victim of sexual harassment). Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run.

* NightmareFuel: Lets see:
** The Predators are back on earth and considering how it usually goes with them a lot of Gorn is going to follow.
** There is a bigger ''Super-Soldier Predator'' also in the mix and from what the trailers show it’s just as if not even more brutal then the traditional Predators.
** While it’s said to sound badass (and it is) about the Predators Will Tragers line summarizes just how much these alien hunters ''brutally'' outclass us.
--->'''Will Trager''': Gentlemen, they're large, they're fast, and fucking you up's their idea of tourism.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the [=#MeToo=] era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior Steve Wilder, a friend of Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the #MeToo era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior Steve Wilder, a friend of Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny: The exchange between Bracket and Traeger. The scientists and men in black took a vote on the coolest name for an alien species.
-->'''Bracket:''' That's not a predator, that's a sports hunter.
-->'''Traeger:''' Well we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.

* OvershadowedByConyroversy: Just days before the film was set for picture lock and a week before release, the film was the center of ugly attention in the midst of the #MeToo era. It turned out Olivia Munn discovered a month prior Steve Wilder, a friend of Shane Black who had a bit part in the film, was a convicted sex offender. Fortunately, the studio responded by having his scene cut, but it remains to be seen how much damage is done in the long run.

* While it’s said to sound badass (and it is) about the Predators Will Tragers line summarizes just how much these alien hunters ''brutally'' outclass us.
-->'''Will Trager''': Gentlemen, they're large, they're fast, and fucking you up's their idea of tourism.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The idea of Predators genetically modifying themselves was controversial, since it strays far away from the originality of the Yautja lore and culture.

-->'''Will Tragers''':

* AwesomeArt: The [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DifTTUuXcAMUCtJ.jpg poster that was teased]] at SDCC 18.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The idea of Predators genetically modifying themselves was controversial, since it strays away from the originality of the Yautja lore and culture.

* RewatchBonus: If you listen closely, in one scene from the trailer, a Predator has a scream similar to the ones heard in the trailer for [[Film/TheNewMutants]]. Coincidentally, these are both horror movies by Fox.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Having the idea of Predators genetically modifying themselves brought so much majority of the fanbase much to their ire since it strays away the originality of the Yautja lore or and culture.

* RewatchBonus: If you listen closely, in one scene from the trailer, a Predator has a scream similar to the ones heard in the trailer for [[Film/The New Mutants]]. Coincidentally, these are both horror movies by Fox.