Question: The predator is wearing some kind of face mask that appears to be sealed under some kind of pressure. Obviously, it has technology for targeting and for magnification and seeing in different wavelengths of light. But why is the predator's vision the same with or without the mask? It seems like it's the same reddish hue.
lionhead
3rd Jan 2026
Predator (1987)
9th Nov 2024
Predator (1987)
Question: After the Predator gets out of the water and walks past Dutch, it sees some small animal (not sure what) and kills it. Since it kills for sport, targets experts with weapons, why kill a defenceless animal? (01:20:00)
Answer: It simply might have seen killing a different animal as yet another "trophy." Especially if it hunts for sport and is on a different planet. I know a few people who hunt for "sport," and many of their targets are non-dangerous, defenceless animals that could not realistically fight back. It's just... a thing for some people.
Except that the Yautja only kill people who have weapons. The animal was defenceless, and it wouldn't have been very, what the Yautja perceive, as being honourable.
The issue is that you're going by logic established in sequels/spin-off material and trying to retroactively connect it. Nothing in the original movie explicitly states this. Even the name you're using, "Yautja," wasn't coined until a spin-off novel that came out seven years later. Sometimes sequels and spin-offs will "rewrite the rules" and retcon from the original, thus creating small inconsistencies. You just have to accept that it's something that happened in this movie, even if it contradicts future series "lore." You can't really fault it for not lining up with sequels they didn't even know would exist when they made it.
9th Jul 2020
Predator (1987)
Question: When Dillon and Dutch see each other again in the opening scene, Dillion asks Dutch why he passed on Libya, something doesn't look right. Is almost looks to me like he is saying something different?
2nd Mar 2018
Predator (1987)
Question: Why did the Predator laugh after activating its self-destruct?
Answer: Note that he had just learned to laugh from Billy (after hearing the silly joke of Hawkins). Maybe he misinterpreted the situation or redefined the sense of laughing for his purpose.
Answer: The predator began laughing knowing that he was about to kill himself and his greatest rival.
Answer: Dutch may have won the battle, but he lost the war. Even though Dutch beat the Predator, the Predator - by blowing up both of them - was the ultimate winner. The Predator was telling Dutch, "Got ya!" - despite your strategies, persistence, and effort, they were all in vain. But the Predator wasn't around to see that Dutch was able to flee in time and save himself. (Now who is laughing?)
Answer: He definitely does not have the same vision. The Predator hunts mainly using infrared, which has a blue/red colouring for the most part. It is clear the Predator doesn't see as clearly without it as its real vision is almost completely red and quite blurry. When it takes it off, there is a very smooth transition between his vision through the mask and without, different.
lionhead