[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

My only gripe with the SH Wolf, price aside, is he looks a bit too beefy for the character. Wolf was one of the thinnest Predators on film. This doesn't change the toy being good on its own, sometimes change can be nice. Case in point: the upcoming NECA AVP preds are much thinner than their tank-like movie appearances and they look a lot better for it.
Yeah the AVP movies are bad (sometimes I watch them as a guilty pleasure) but Wolf is still an awesome predator anyway. I also always liked Celtic's look and attitude as the headstrong leader of the three. Celtic may have died early in the movie, but he outlasted that Chopper bitch. Sorry fans of Chopper but you chose the wrong predator to back.
It always weirded me out how light-skinned Sagat is. I'm Thai and I'm white but one of my parents is white, Sagat (I thought) is pure Thai so he should have that standard SouthEast Asian bronzing. It's not a big deal but I have to support my people, Sagat is my favorite SF character.
I hope Freddy ends up in MKX, but it damn well better be the Englund version and only have the one glove.

You would be the first person I've heard complain about Wolf in terms of inaccuracy to his movie likeness. Most of the times it's the things I've mentioned. Not that that's a bad thing, and there is some truth for it. It's not like SH MonsterArts hasn't embellished or beefed up their figures in the past (a good example of this would be their recent 2014 Godzilla, who is a bit leaner and more cut than his actual movie counterpart.) Good point though, as Wolf was definitely one of the lankier Predators seen onscreen.

I'm split on the AVP movies themselves. I loathed the first one with a fiery passion (mostly due to the awful predator re-designs, and the movie's confusing attempts to tie it into the cannon storyline,) but I loved the director's cut of AVP:R. It seemed as if the directors were really trying their best to give us a bit of fan service, and actually had the balls to go through with things we had never seen in the franchises before but had always assumed (such as children being impregnated and eventually killed by the chestbursters they were hosting.) To those that were ticked off and whining about the crappy human characters and their development...lighten up...seriously. AVP:R is essentially an American kaiju movie, so those characters are there simply to be pushed through the meat grinder. What were you expecting, an Oscar worthy screenplay?

I really liked the Wolf character, because in him, we got to see a little bit more of the personalities of the Predator. I love how we get to see his agitation when he answers the distress call, and how he mourns over his fallen hunter-brothers in the ship. Him and the Falconer Predator are probably my favorite Predators seen on-screen, unless you count the Boar Predator (one of the Lost Predators from P2) I really love that Predator's look.

I'm hoping that once NECA starts their AVP series of figures, that we might get some from the games...the XB360 or PS3 ones in particular. I really liked some of the designs in that game featured in the multiplayer, Stalker, Spartan, and Lord Predator in particular. Would love to get a "Specimen 6" Alien as well.

If it makes you feel any better, Sagat's student-turned-rival Adon is also Thai, and whiter than sin. M.Bison was also supposed to be Thai in SF2, with his new body after being destroyed by Akuma possibly being Taiwanese, yet Capcom also gave this guy a white wash both times. Capcom is infuriating like that. They either white wash their characters, or they stereotype them to the point where they become almost offensive (DeeJay and T.Hawk being perfect examples.)

I didn't mind Freddy in the new one, nor did I mind the addition of the second glove. The character model borrowed elements of the original and reboot Freddy and mashed them pretty good together, while in my eyes, the second glove was Freddy simply evening out the playing field against a group of guys armed to the teeth with spears, laser nets and bombs, and acid spit.