Despite living in a decade overrun with sci-fi heroes, there was a time when they were few and far between, when goodies were good and baddies were, well, outrageously camp. These heroes fought for truth, justice and fluorescent hand bands, and for those reasons alone they deserve our respect. Here is our tribute to the brave and the beautiful heroes of the 1980s...
When highly trained US forces can’t get the job done, there’s only one man who can and they call him Dutch. Killed, skinned and hung from the tree tops – that was the fate of most men that come up against the Predator, but the alien branch-dweller didn’t count on meeting the most effective killing machine to ever cover himself in mud and curl a bicep or two. Reluctant to lead his ragtag team into danger, Dutch leads by example, facing off against the alien humanoid and helping his female companion ‘get to the chopper’.
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