 During the finale when the elder Predator hands Danny Glover (qv)  the gun dating from 1715, writers Jim Thomas (I) (qv) and  John Thomas (V) (qv) had conceived an idea for a possible Predator  movie which would take place in a time where was no modern weapons  available to combat them, much like the finale of the original  _Predator (1987)_ (qv).