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Originally posted by pritchke:
I often found Predators kind of funny or unpredictable. They are hunters but do they hunt for survival, or the trill of the hunt? From Predator 2 we sort of see that they have some sort of honor code or something in the last fight scene. Why did they let the cop live when they could have killed them during the fight or even after he won, at any time. If you look at predator 1 thay probaly have the technology to destroy earth if thay wanted to. Apparently they only use these explosive devises to keep technology out of the hands of there prey (humans). And use only enough to destroy the area with the ship and technology in it. Do we really know the predator? Who are we puny humans to judge why they don't take there most formiddable weapons to battle? </font>
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<font color=plum>Predators definitely are sport hunters - but it goes beyond that. Hunting is a Rite of Passage for them and also a means of measuring their social status. I see their culture as maybe a combination of Norse Vikings and Native Americans. Tests of "Manhood" are challenging and dangerous (even to the point of being life-threatening) and glory in battle is the standard by which each individual is measured in society.
In some Native American tribes, killing enemies in battle was very important, but HOW you killed them was even MORE important. In one Mid-Western tribe I read about, the "ultimate honor" was for a warrior to "stake himself" on the battlefield. He would tie his ankle to a small wooden stake, then drive it in the ground. This meant that he could NOT run from the enemy - no matter how fierce the battle became. This was often done by older warriors who were trying to gain the ultimate glory before their death.
As for the Predators allowing Danny Glover to live at the end of Predator 2, he had defeated their own warrior in single combat - which proved his own worth as a warrior. Predators respect skilled warriors above anything else in their society (or at least seem to anyway). So for a puny human to defeat one of their own in combat was an impressive feat and worthy of honor. They are apparantly bred for battle from birth, so they have high respect for any creature that can actually defeat one of their warriors in battle.
So why did the 1st Predator set off a nuke and the 2nd one didn't - wellllll, it wouldn't really have been a "happy ending" if Glover won but L.A. got nuked in the process.
Also, Glover cut off one of the Predators hands slightly above the wrist. And (IIRC), it was the left hand he cut off. That is the arm that has the mini-nuke on it. So it's also possible that the 2nd Predator didn't have his nuke at the end. Besides, if you remember, the battle in Predator 2 actually ended
inside the spaceship...so the Predator wouldn't have endangered the rest of his comrades just to win the battle.</font>