13: Predator 2 (1990)

Dan Ryckert is in town with a few podcasts to kill, so he joins us once again to talk through our mostly uncomplicated feelings about this profoundly stupid sequel, 1990's Predator 2! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:13) - Intro. (00:03:32) - The Hollywood cultural shift from "New York is a crime-scorched hellscape" to "Los Angeles is a crime-scorched hellscape" and the Morton Downey Jr. digression. (00:07:23) - How the hell did this movie get made? (00:16:10) - Bill Paxton, you are giving this movie way more effort than it deserves. Plus, some "do you remember this person?" character actor trivia. (00:18:48) - Launching into the actual movie. It's chaos on the streets of LA! (00:22:17) - Musings on Danny Glover, and why the Predator gets fixated on him. (00:25:40) - The sheer '80s-ness of this movie's vision of near-future LA. (00:27:14) - Danny Glover giving "the speech" to "the kid". (00:32:09) - This Predator sprung for the upgrade package. (00:34:43) - More Predator mimicking, and one of the dumber callback lines in movie history. (00:37:09) - King Willy and the voodoo gang. (00:43:03) - Oh Danny Boy... (00:45:39) - Break! (00:46:00) - We're back, and talking about that subway scene. (00:51:12) - Time to trap ourselves a Predator. These government guys will handle this, right? (00:58:09) - What feels like fifteen riveting minutes of Danny Glover shimmying across rooftops. (01:01:52) - Gasp! The Predator's ship! (01:04:29) - Too much Predator in this movie! Especially for how much of a dumbass this Predator is. (01:09:07) - Gasp! Even more Predators! (01:14:20) - Final thoughts, and some musings on the sequels. (01:22:08) - Outro.