Deathdrop,
Xenomorph,
12 years ago
"theyre like the spartans"
So they're a bunch of slave-owning kid-buggering dictatorial psychopaths who only drove back the Persians with a shitload of help? (Sorry, sorry, I just really hate 300.) But anyway, what appealed to me about the Preds...
First off, there's the basic adolescent power fantasy; they're big, strong badass warrior dudes with sweet dreadlocks and laser beams who no one can boss around. To a skinny short kid, that sounded pretty good.
Second, there's the fact that they can go wherever they want. An entire universe of alien planets open to you is a pretty cool notion. I never liked Star Trek as a kid because of the portrayal of space travel as, I dunno... Boy Scouts in Space or something. What's the point in seeing the universe if you have to wear a uniform and take orders? Preds just hop in their ship and go.
So I guess the sesne of freedom is what appealed to me as a kid, more so than the decapitations and such (although that was cool, too).