Predator 2

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Comedy, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 106 minutes

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We review the second and only film in the Predator franchise to star a black actor, 1990's Predator 2. We talk about the unlikely action star Danny Glover, the somewhat blatantly racist caricatures of gangs, our own conspiracy theories, and whether or not this film helped the cause. FOLLOW BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD]: https://twitter.com/blackmenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/blackmenpodcast BUY BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/black-men-can-t-jump-in-hollywood SUPPORT BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BMCJ BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Do you ever feel like life is a never ending series of lessons while you try to find purpose, meaning, and answers?
0:07.0	I am Vanessa Fontana, the host of Figuring Shit Out, a podcast where we undertake self-help, coming of age, and healing.
0:14.0	As I live my 20s in New York City, figuring shit out myself,
0:17.0	I've realized that if you spend your whole life trying to get your act together,
0:20.0	you don't have a life. You have an act.
0:22.0	On figuring shit out every Sunday you get to normalize the journey of not knowing and be guided into living your life with more intention and ease.
0:30.0	This is a headgum podcast. How many predator films have you seen?
0:45.0	This is my thing.
0:47.0	Since my friends back home will tell you,
0:49.0	I can say the predator, I mean predator,
0:51.0	the greatest man movie ever made.
0:53.2	Wait what?
0:54.0	The greatest what movie?
0:54.8	I always called it the greatest man movie ever man movie.
0:58.0	Because it is a thing that, and I understand things have changed nowadays,
1:00.9	but I grew up calling a man movie because when you see a Terminator and Apollo shake
1:07.7	hands at the beginning of the movie and they both have, they both do like this weird arm wrestle thing and he goes,
1:15.0	you've been pushing too many pencils.
1:17.0	It's the weirdest, it's the weirdest exchange I've ever seen
1:20.0	and literally it's just a bunch of greased up dudes,
1:22.0	shooting a bunch of shit, flipping over a bunch of greased up dudes, shooting a bunch of shit,
1:23.8	flipping over a bunch of shit.
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