BlastedMelons t1_j6l9ex9 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:59 AM

I think the log may have been part of the sharp stick trap with a rope slung along the ground beneath the spikes that would with the weight of the log dropping pull the pred into the sharpend sticks above both trapping and wounding

lagermeister1234 t1_j6lbc0m wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:14 AM

Holy shit i remember that rope slinging upward in the movie and remember thinking “that’s quite in your face” seeing the big black rope silhouette. THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE THAT DUTCH WOULVE DONE WHAT HE DID

Dottsterisk t1_j6nlouc wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:38 PM

This thread is seriously the first time I’ve seen people argue that Dutch spent all of that time creating a decoy trap that the Pred was supposed to almost walk into, then notice, then move himself to an arbitrary position under the counterweight for the “real” trap.

As opposed to the rather straightforward read, that it was a combination of luck and quick thinking that enabled Dutch to pull victory from the jaws of defeat.