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There are few action (or sci-fi) movies that can rival the original "Predator" as far as enduring entertainment value goes. Directed by John McTiernan (of "Die Hard" fame), it's not only a stone cold classic and one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movies , it launched an entire franchise that is still going strong to this day. None of that would have been possible if the filmmakers hadn't nailed the creature at the center of it all. What you might not know is that a "Transformers" icon had a hand in crafting the Predator as we know it.

"Predator" centers on a military specialist named Dutch (Schwarzenegger) whose team is called in to eliminate a mysterious threat in the jungle. They quickly discover something far worse than they

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