Honestly, I know they're your friends and all, but come on, this is Stan Winston's baby. Don't do him and his company wrong like that, like PW Anderson did with the first AVP.

Extremely disappointed in your decision, Robert.

You learn that Predators will be directed by a guy named "Nimrod".

What is your reaction?

A.) "How appropriate!"
B.) "Who named that guy!?"

I will post the answer key momentarily.

A simple Google shows that the term actually started when bugs bunny called Elmer Fudd a "poor little Nimrod", which became a catchphrase that got shortened to just "Nimrod."

Trust me, whether you know the meaning or not, it's ironic when you use it. Especially if the person you're insulting does know the meaning.

Irony is subjective. I'm not saying that people don't use "Nimrod" as an insult. I'm saying they're using an ironic phrase whether they know the meaning or not. It's just like calling an inept leader a "Poor little Alexander"... it's fucking ironic regardless of whether either person is aware of the historical role played by Alexander the Great. Bugs Bunny was most definitely using "Nimrod" ironically.

I said that people who laugh at this director's name are morons. That is my point. I'm not really interested in arguing the subjectivity or irony with a fucking titbrain like you.

Congratulations on learning a new word today ("Autodidact"... I know you had to look it up).

Do you think people are not being ironic when they call someone an "Einstein?".. Nobody has ever been called "a real Einstein" as a compliment. Do you see the irony there?

Let me know if you need some more examples.

Consider yourself mutilated.

So, a genuine (if skeptical) good luck to all involved. We've had our time wasted for years by the junk AVP concept and films. Please don't waste our time any further or dilute the power of the mystery of the originals.

Because I'm not the International Scuba-diving Champion.

On a side note..southafricanguy, you still in Korea? Been offered a job in Seoul. Seriously considering it! Japan's dull now & all the best films lately are from Korea anyway!

I'm cautiously optimistic at the moment. Nothing can be worse than the abysmal Strause/Salerno flyblown roadkill known as AvP: Rectum.

Take heed, meatbags!

I don't know yet. Gotta just show up & find out after the training period, I suppose. Good money though-Japanese salary in Korea! Can't be bad. What is it there, 3% tax or something? I'm really tempted.

Don't promise us a badass movie, eventually, on DVD. Give us a badass movie in theaters that can only have its badassery accentuated with an "unrated edition" on DVD.

If you look at Predator and Predator 2 the level of violence is so over the top, so adrenaline inducing, well those movies are just fun to THINK about.

Just like Alien and Aliens are fun movies to reminisce on.

That's the level of quality and commitment us fans are looking for.

Personally I was holding out that Marshall would get the directing gig, only because I've seen more of that guy's stuff.

I guess seeing Armored later this year will let me know how excited I should truly be about Antal directing. I thought Vacancy was a pretty damn good (and very quick) little Horror film. Kinda throwbackish and very enjoyable. So, from what I have seen of Antal's work, I've liked it. That's a good sign.

Good luck and Godspeed and any other mumbo jumbo that can help in making this a successful venture.

Because dammit, I want this movie to be all kinds of awesome.

There are literally billions of people on this planet that don't speak English folks.

But I doubt any really heavy hitters will show up for this. I could see Stone Cold getting on board. Though if this is just a Predetor movie set in the Predetor world, just a movie about Predetors daily lives it does not really matter who's in it because their our no humans. That would be great if they made some silly comedy about the mudan day to day life of being a Predator.

So this man who comes from another country, is supposed to be ashamed of a name that has no negative connotation where he comes from, and if he was wise, he would change his name for American audiences..y'know, do a McG, so that we may slam him for that as well.

Nimrod was a Biblical character, known as a great hunter and the founder of the city Babel, where the Tower of Babel was built. It later became Babylon.

There is a legend that the sons of Nimrod founded Hungary. Therefore, the name is pretty popular there, I guess.

Bugs Bunny made a joke about Elmer Fudd being a "poor little Nimrod," meaning that he was a terrible hunter. Somehow this turned into an insult, although I doubt that means anything to a Hungarian.

And, if you really think about it, it's a pretty awesome name. Just imagine a viking named Nimrod. See? That's better.

We'll know if this movie is for real by the casting. If I see any hot women, or girly-man actors in the "team" that ends up on the predator planet, that will indicate suckage.

Frye77 your reading comprehension sucks. AnakinsDiapers was defending the name and pointed out that it requires ignorance to find the name "Nimrod" inherently funny. The type of people who (quote/unquote) learn a word from context without ever grasping or seeking the definition. Go back to reality television, it takes all types to make the world go round and we need an ignorant base in our society otherwise the marketing/advertising industry would collapse (and the rest of "the economy" with it).

Look, all of the AVPs are constructed like a slasher picture, where all of the people are ciphers used just to pass the time and set up for future "cool kills". That's an insult to both franchises.

I didn't mention Alien and Aliens because the talkback is about Predators, but the same argument goes for that franchise. We have a sci-fi/horror film with a strong ensemble cast, with writing which knows how to use the short time we have with such a large cast to never the less give the viewers memorable characters which elevate the picture. TWO franchises built on such strength relegated to AVP is a crime.

I love vampires yet 'Dusk Till Dawn' is a purely kick ass vampire movie...until the vampires show up and it turns into a shitfest(Salma Hayek being the obvious exception).

And those 3d movies and shark boy? wtf? I know they're for kids but what kind of kids? The ones who mainlining pixie-stix?

The Antonio Banderas stuff also suffers from RR's corny lack of self-restraint (the extreme example of this is Michael Bay) and I think shows him to be more of the John Woo school than the Tarantino school (insofar as shit explodes as RR's people walk calmly towards the camera and QT's people typically have interesting things to say making them more interesting to watch).

I've seen nothing of Nimrod's work but I have to say that the words of Fox execs is worth exactly dick at this point...

All that said, I'm not very fond of the idea of going to the Predator planet as it could be de-mystifying in a bad way (ala Zombie's Halloween). Not to mention how is it going to be possible to travel to another planet...particularly with the cast being a "serious group" and by implication, NOT astronauts/explorers..unless it's set WAY in the future. And I think that's the wrong way to go as well.

Predator worked for reasons far more succinct than just "being a badass alien mutherfucker who kills highly-trained, machine-gun armed soldiers with his bare hands" and I personally doubt that RR has the restraint to keep that nuance in check.

If he pulls a Lucas ala Empire and just guides production and truly lets Nimrod do his thing...and Antal proves up to the task..we might be in for something very special.

But then again, we might get an undead vampire band playing magically appearing giant rubber pieces vaguely resembling body parts (I still think Tarantino directed the first 30-45 minutes of 'Dusk Till Dawn'; altho whomever is responsible for that most delicious and breath-taking line delivered by the ultra-supreme-hottie, Juliette Lewis, is a fucking mega-genius and one of my personal heroes).

They say a Dog ends up with a facial resemblance to its master. Until recently, it was thought of as an Old Wive's tale.

That was, until they discovered what's known as the Jabba-Lucas chin theory.

The human figure inches closer. Tall, lanky, sort of blank looking.

TALL MAN I'm Chris Hansen. What are you doing here?

A camera crew steps forward. The Predator hisses. Hansen holds up a hologram of the very same predator with his barbed penis in his hands bending over awkwardly in front of a webcam...

Once again, the last name "Nimrod" is only humorous to ignorant North Americans (and other english-speaking countries where Looney Tunes are popular). It's seriously only funny if you don't know what the fuck it means.

Enjoy going through life mocking things that are actually fucking awesome you shitwit.

The guy's name is Richard Armey but everybody calls him Dick and thus his name is DICK ARMEY!

DICK ARMEY! I mean FUCK! the dude's name is DICK ARMEY! Get it? As in an Armey of DICKS? Does he mean an army of assholes or an actual army of detached penises with little legs marching across a battlefield? They've already got their helmets on...

Nimrod is funny and DICK ARMEY isn't?

It bear repeating: DICK ARMEY!!!!!

But I bet Rose does play a female Predator.

Wanna wager her scripted name will be "Predatrix"?

You can loathe my words here but I don't care, it's been like this for ages w/ yourself and the site. You have allowed yourself to become kinda co-opted by certain studios and directors, and everyone can see it.

It's not nec. a horrible thing, jest own up to it. I see it as Fox News syndrome, they're clearly gonna slam all things Obama 24/7 the next 4-8 years while humping the GOP leg just as much. It's not exactly rocket science to pick this shit up as a trend or whatever, you know?

That said, let's see your Friend come up w/ a good movie here. Let's see a good John Carter of Mars movie be made. I'll be interested to see Harold J Knowles reaction to all of this myself. Be worth the price of non-admission you know?

The common usage of professional and amateur is flat out wrong, and the general consensus rules argument is hogwash if it's based on such a blatant and basic misunderstanding. Hey, it seems to me that MOST professional journos these days are lousy!

Now back to more important things like Predalien crossbreeding/pornos!

"Predafries with that?", "Do those sunglasses have Predavision? Now you can have Predavision too!", "How many Predadollars does that Predavisor cost?", "I don't know about you, but I love to eat Predabacon Predapizza from Predahut while simultaneously pissing freely in my Predadepends! It's freedom baby!"

Wait a minute..I feel the onset of genius....

The Devil Wears PREDA!!!!!

Make it so you hollywood fucking lunatics!

There is a chance though that I'm just laying into him because we're getting on to a month without a DVD column...