Predator: What Do We Know About Yautja Culture?
When examining movie monsters, the towering crab-faced star of the Predator franchise doesn't just stand out for its outstanding design or excellent action set-pieces. The most interesting thing about this iconic extraterrestrial threat is the unspoken yet inarguable set of rules and traditions that guide their behavior.
1987's Predator told a very simple story. A group of hypermasculine commandos are ambushed by the eponymous entity and must struggle to survive being its prey. Its technology is clearly centuries beyond anything mankind has ever seen, yet its culture is dependent on seemingly ancient hunting rituals. Five movies and countless other media have followed that original work, with another film on the way later this year, and much has been learned about the Predator and its lifestyle.
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The first time a Predator reveals anything readable by the audience as personality or emotion comes about halfway through the original film. It's clearly intelligent from the beginning, at least more so than any animal. Contrast its behavior with that of its mortal enemy, the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise. Both stalk their prey using stealth, both hunt and pick off their targets one by one, both spring traps, but that's where the similarities end. The Predator uses technology, rather than its strength or natural weapons. It uses weird misdirects, like recording its victims' voices or leaving them as bait. It behaves like a hunter with no sense of decency. It's cold and efficient, the perfect killing machine. This is what makes it so stunning the first time the audience sees it accept an honorable duel.
When Billy Sole, the team's Native American tracker, challenges the
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