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  • Predator Is Brilliant Because It’s Rambo, But With An Alien

    Predator Is Brilliant Because It’s Rambo, But With An Alien

    Cheryl Eddy

    As Hollywood legend tells it, 1987’s Predator — which turns 30 today — was directly inspired by the Rocky series. But the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic even more closely resembles Sylvester Stallone’s other big 1980s franchise, Rambo, specifically 1985’s First Blood Part II. The major difference is that Predator improves upon the formula by adding a…

  • Why Do Action Scenes In Movies Suck?

    Why Do Action Scenes In Movies Suck?

    Casey Chan

    Here’s a really good video essay from Sam and Niko about action scenes in movies. They first start by showing us what bad action scenes look like — quick cuts, implied action, reason-less fighting, etc. — and then delve into movies that do action scenes really well (involve characters we care about, actually show the…