pvthudson,
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19 years ago
Myself not a fan of the books or comics created from the movies take the knowledge mainly from the films.
I think the preds that were in the first movie was not a solo pred that you expressed but they were learning to hunt, and there for not ready for the "test of adult hood"
In the story of aliens vs predator mr anderson stated that he believes this, and that you must first go on many hunts of lesser creatures (man) to be able to do the "test of adult hood"
I believe this to be true because in the first predator the lady (can't remember her name) stated that "the hottest years animals come to hunt" or something along those lines. So there for they come more often then the rituals expressed in AVP.
Durring the actions of pred 2 at the end there is no way he could have gone through the test of time, no marks, no signs that he had gone through them. if he was a young blood and a hunter, how on earth did the old man danny glover kill him. Don't get me wrong I loved danny in lethal weapon, but by now means is he as lethal as an alien. Yes there were lots of trophies on the wall, but there were older and much more experienced predds on that ship. He was surely a green pred and not a young blood
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