Since today has been pretty light in terms of hype, and no stories have excited the internerds enough to truly qualify for an interesting roundup, I’m going with a topic I really enjoy writing about: the state governor training program popularly known as the movie Predator. Ever since Arnold Schwarzenegger took his political seat in California, making him the second cast member from the 1987 sci-fi actioner to be elected governor of a state (Jesse Ventura was the first), I’ve been waiting for the announcement that Carl Weathers, Shane Black, Richard Chavez, Elpidia Carrillo or Bill Duke is campaigning for a similar political position.

Former porn actor Sonny Landham, who played the Navajo soldier “Billy” in the movie, actually ran for Governor of Kentucky back in 2003, but he lost, which leads me to believe no more than one Predator costar can be in the office at any given time (Ventura led Minnesota up until 2003, the year Schwarzenegger took over in California). So, Landham should certainly try again in two years, as the “Governator” will be done with his second term in 2011.

If he wins, who shall be the next in line? I’m really hoping for Duke to run in his home state of New York. But if none of the original actors are interested, we can always depend on a whole new roster of candidates, thanks to the newly confirmed reboot of the Predator franchise, which Robert Rodriguez will be directing at some undetermined time (I’ve got serious doubts that it’ll really be rushed for the reported Summer 2010 release date). Any strapping young actors out there with dreams of a future in politics: tell your agents they need to get you in this movie.

Okay, enough of my own political dreams; and on to the few fresh responses to the reboot (particularly its titular pluralization) after the jump:

• Devin Faraci at CHUD addresses the reboot’s title, Predators, speculating about the plot:
  

  What a difference an S makes! Just ask Jim Cameron. What does this mean? Beats me, but I imagine it means he’ll be upping the sporthunting alien factor in his version. Maybe he’ll reverse the dynamics and have a squad of Predators against one lone man. That would be just uninteresting enough to be a Rodriguez film.

• Commenting at JoBlo, “originalcitrus” has another plot suggestion:
  

  You know what would be cool…a Predator movie that doesn’t involve humans at all. They are from someplace and have visited many planets and met and killed many creatures that would be a lot more interesting than another battle with the U.S. Military. How about something original for a change. Maybe Charlie Kaufman could write it. Laugh all you want(I am) but it just might work

• Wintle at Film Junk foresees the reboot fitting in nicely with the other films in the franchise:
  

  I can just imagine this being yet another Predator movie, not a replacement for the first one, like how the recent Friday The 13th remake was practically a sequel. I guess it’s too early to tell, but in a way I’m excited to see Predator finally get another solo film two decades after the last one. Anyone else up for another slice of Predator action, and do you think Rodriguez is the man for the job?

• Brad Brevet at RopeofSilicon doubts Rodriquez will actually have time for Predators, believing it to be “a project we may never hear from again.” Responding to the whole announcement that the director will be doing Machete, Nerverackers, Predators, Sin City 2 and Jetsons:
  

  You get all that? He is actually going to do that while standing on his head with one hand tied behind his back!

  Seriously though, Rodriguez is attached to so many projects it is impossible to tell what’s actually going to happen and what is just talk in an effort to get his name in the news circulation — a trick I assume he learned from his good friend Quentin Tarantino.

• Mark at I Watch Stuff is also highly skeptical of Rodriguez’ slate:
  

  Wait a minute–did he just say Predators? As in more than one Predator!? What a sly change. Great work, Double R. Get to work on that after you finish all the other movies you probably aren’t ever going to start. And make sure Rose McGowan plays the majority of the Predators.

• But even with all those projects lined up, Seth Abramovitch at Movieline notes that Predators has the strongest legs:
  

  Most noteworthy is a reboot of sci-fi franchise Predator for Fox, introducing a new generation to the adventures of its titular ugly muddahfucka. True, the franchise has lived on in a pair of Alien Vs. Predator films, but this news should please purists who longed for a return to the simple pleasures of a single rastaterrestrial stalking some cannily resilient Austro-Bavarian prey.