It's basically a fantasy version of ancient Rome anyway, so actual knowledge of it would just hurt.

She just wants the copper bar

Yes I've seen the scene, I literally just described it. You're also just repeating what I said. I know he disguised the spikes, I know he's trying to get it to move down the path in a very obvious manner. That doesn't negate what I said, it really just supports it. The way the Predator notices the spikes, it would have had to seriously crouch down to be unaware of this trap. And it gives Dutch a cocky 'I know what you're doing' look before it walks around.

Point being, the original trap is extremely obvious and Dutch is being extremely obvious in wanting the Predator to move down that path.

Dutch doesn't move, he doesn't panic, he seems to know exactly what's gonna happen and he waits for the Predator to get into place, making sure it's underneath and then kicks off the trap. Your counter suggestion seems to be that he just got extremely lucky that he placed his counterweight exactly in the spot the Predator ended up moving to by circumventing the original trap.

I'll concede that there's an original trap he would have sprung if the Predator had kept going but I'm sorry I'm not buying this idea that Dutch is surprised and caught off guard when it doesn't fall for the original trap. The whole idea here is 'You thought you were the top hunter, but I outsmarted you!'.

You might be confusing the scene being shot to heighten tension for the audience with Dutch just getting lucky because at the end of the day, we the audience are meant to think "oh shit, what is he gonna do now?".

I mean, the way it's shot makes the spikes super obvious to the point I always wondered how the giant Predator was ever supposed to not notice them. Add to that the way Dutch yells and tries to goad it into continuing down, telegraphing to the Predator a suspicious desire to use that path.

Maybe it's Schwarzenegger's acting but what you call 'crestfallen' also just looks like him dropping the act and realizing that the Predator is going for it. When it approaches, he's completely calm and you actually see him giving it a confident sideways look before he checks if the Predator is in the right spot, the shot of the counterweight as much for him as it is for the audience to understand what's happening.

I mean yeah, that's how a lot of movies work. The hero takes a big gamble, risks it all and it happens to work out for them.

Uh yeah, the entire point is that it's a badly disguised trap because he's expecting the Predator to notice and walk around, essentially using the Predator's arrogance against it. That was the plan.

Well is there a specific example here where it took you out and one where you think it works well? Because your post very generally suggests that fantasy as a genre often doesn't work because existence of magic should cancel out a medieval society.

I mean, that's not really a world building issue, you're basically questioning the basis of an entire genre. With that kind of approach, almost nothing should be working for you.

Nah, you can use all kinds of books, depending on the format. You can email them to your Kindle or transfer via USB.

It's not a bother honestly but just order the ad version and then when you have it, chat with customer service and ask them to remove. They'll generally do it for free. They might say there's a $20 charge for it but then say it was free anyway. That's how it used to be at least.

This post also reads like a PR piece..

I don't know anything about this movie but low scores everywhere coupled with all pictures featuring McCarthy looking loud and obnoxious does not make me wanna see this movie.

The insurance insisted on the glass mechanism, that has nothing to do with him. He just added the override mechanism because of his ego.

You can get a ghostwriter but the idea here is that YOU pay THEM for writing it. No offense but unless you're already in the industry with a reputation and success, nobody cares about your ideas because the truth is that EVERYBODY has ideas and EVERYBODY thinks they would make really good novels/movies/games.

So if you think the idea is so amazing but don't have time to write it, pay someone else to write it for you. Don't expect to get money for having thoughts.