yep, when Predator came out and me and my friends were talking about it, what we talked about most was arnold getting completely clowned in toe to toe hand combat. at that time Arnold was in his absolute prime. watching him get the shit beat out of him was huge. then you have jesse "the body" totally blindsided. then you get the minigun which at the time was the BFG all gun enthusiasts drooled over. and all it did was nick him. all these guys failed, whether it was individually or when they all worked together as a team. it made no difference. Arnold survived from dumb luck with the mud, then he lucked out at the end when all his intended traps failed to fool the Predator, but he Hail Mary'd that log drop. Predator 2 is still a good movie because they followed that theme. a top cop squad and all the gangsters in 1996 LA were toys to that Predator, even the fucking government spooks failed. hell, even Danny Glover should have died too, but he got a bunch of gimmes and thats how he won.
i said this was damage control even if the reshoots were needed, because now they can just say, "sorry guys, my original movie would have been awesome, but the studio heads tinkered with my " vision (TM)" and so now it sucks because of that. maybe i will release my director's cut on blue ray so please buy that and help stop the bleeding? pretty please?"