Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guests Joe Griffin and Alice Griffin, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This season, the podcast is taking a look at the Alien and Predator franchises. This time, John McTiernan’s Predator.
Major “Dutch” Schaeffer leads an elite squad of commandos on a rescue mission behind enemy lines in Central America. These American troops are crossing borders that they are not supposed to cross, and very quickly find themselves embroiled in a life-and-death struggle against a creature from far outside their frame of reference.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 16th September 2024.
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- Shawn Van Horn writes at Collider about the legacy and importance of Kevin Peter Hall, August 2022.
- Jean Claude Van Damme speaks to The Hollywood Reporter about why he left Predator, March 2019.
- Ethan Sapienza at Vulture offers a rundown of the competing narratives of Jean Claude Van Damme’s work on Predator, June 2017.
- Blake Stilwell at Coffee or Die offers various accounts of why Jean Claude Van Damme left Predator, August 2022.
- Joel Hynek talks to Before and Afters about Jean Claude Van Damme’s brief time working on Predator, August 2022.
- Valerie Ettenhofer at /film looks back on the original design for the Predator, August 2022.
- Stan Winston School goes behind the scenes on the last-minute redesign of the Predator, September 2018.
- Nicholas Brooks at Comic Book Resources considers the role that James Cameron played in designing the Predator, August 2022.
- Michael Kennedy at ScreenRant considers the marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger during the production of Predator, April 2020.
- Elizabeth Mehren at The Los Angeles Times considers Arnold Schwarzenegger’s relationship to the Kennedy family, October 2003.
- John Davis talks to Variety about the production and development of Predator, August 2022.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger talks on The Late Show about working with Milton Berle, October 2023.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to Men’s Journal about the importance of being independently wealthy before going to Hollywood, May 2024.
- Total Film offers a history of the production of Predator, April 2011.
- Pete Keeley puts together an oral history of Predator for The Hollywood Reporter, June 2017.
- John Davis talks to Collider about working on the Predator franchise, June 2011.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger appears on WTF, October 2023.
- Andrew Whalen at Newsweek reflects on what The Predator took from the special effects of Predator, September 2018.
- Janet Maslin reviews Predator for The New York Times, June 1987.
- Michael Wilmington reviews Predator for The Los Angeles Times, June 1987.
- Rita Kempley reviews Predator for The Washington Post, June 1987.
- The New York Times reports on the live congressional inquiried into the Iran-Contra Affair, May 1987.
- Ben Williams at Fangoria considers the colonial politics of Predator, September 2022.
- Roberto Lovato writes at The Nation about the legacy of “the Great Killing” in El Salvador, April 2009.
- Oliver Milman at The Guardian considers the legacy of “the Great Dying”, January 2019.
- Darren Mooney considers the postcolonial politics of Predator for Escapist Magazine, August 2022.
- Adam Barker reviews Predator for Sight and Sound, January 1988.
- Moustache of Insanity perform We Need More Awesome, May 2017.
- Tom Brook at The BBC considers whether it’s possible to make an anti-war film, July 2014.
- John McTiernan talks at The London Action Film Festival about the production of Predator, August 2022.
- John McTiernan talks to Toisto about the use of guns in Predator, April 2024.
- Adam Fleming Petty considers Predator as a meditation on masculinity in The Los Angeles Review of Books, September 2022.
- Joe George writes at Reactor about the self-destructive masculinity of the Predator franchise, September 2018.
- David Charles Bitterbaum at The Newest Rant considers the homoerotic subtext between Blaine and Mac in Predator, June 2017.
- Whitney Seibold writes at /film about Shane Black’s time working on Predator, January 2023.
- André Joseph at Comic Book Resources considers Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attempts to make a Sergeant Rock movie, July 2023.
- Apoorv Rastogi at Superhero Hype reports that Luca Guadagnino has been tapped to direct Sergeant Rock, September 2024.
- Mackenzie Lofgren at CBS looks back on Jesse Ventura’s successful governship bid, April 2024.
- Kate Dowd at The San Francisco Chronicle considers the worst political candidates in history, March 2016.
- Carla Hall at The Los Angeles Times looks back on the reports of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s inappropriate groping of women, June 2023.
- Catherine Shoard at The Guardian reflects on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shifting reaction to allegations of inappropriate touching, June 2023.
- Toyin Owoseje at CNN reports on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s social media campaign to encourage social distancing, March 2020.
- Amber Raiken at The Independent reports on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s morning routine, November 2023.
- Matthew Jussim at Men’s Journal reports on the insanity of Mark Wahlberg’s daily routine, October 2022.
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