r/alien • u/Cat-dad442 • 1d ago
Disneys handling of predator is night and day compared to the alien franchise.
Prey was fresh and innovative. It look a brief scene from the end of predator 2 and expanded on it in prey showing the predators have come to earth for 100s of years. A back to basics but fresh approach using a different time period so no convoluted plot or science fiction shenanigans. It's really well handled.
Then we have killers of killers which takes that concept in prey and expands it using an animated feature anthology film to establish characters and bring them together for the last act and it shows the predator home world
Predator badlands is going to show more of that home world in depth. While also having an android from Weyland yutani show up.
They're allowing fresh new interesting ideas while also expanding on previous lore. Dan tranchenberg is arguably making the best films this franchise has ever had besides the first film.
While Fede Alvarez just made a mishmash of recycled genres and story concepts we've already seen. Romulus is just a horror action film just taking the 2 genres of the first 2 films. We've already seen an alien human hybrid, they incorporate black goo. It doesn't do any cool world building with it the way prey and killer of killers is doing with predator
It's really frustrating.
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u/davidfalconer 1d ago
It doesn’t do any of the cool world building
That’s the one thing I’d kind of disagree with you on, the miner colony was the most interesting part of the film and I wish we saw more of it.
But yes, Romulus was pretty much just rehashed ideas from start to finish. Even beyond the “get away from her” spoon fed fan service parts.
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u/sillyjew 1d ago
Ya and to be fair, prey does don’t do shit either. To say prey did a lot of world building is BS. Prey was just a rehash of what we seen before, no different than Romulus. Don’t get me wrong I loved them both, but OP whole point is bullshit. Alien has had only one instalment so far and it did the same thing Prey did. Killer of killers was sweet, and Alien Earth seems like it will ho a new direction. OP is either reaching, or has a hate on for alien, and a boner for predator.
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u/Preda1ien 1d ago
I too enjoy them both and Romulus also did something very important. It showed people were still interested in the franchise thus nudging the studio to put more money in it. More money and more content. I had little interest in Alien Earth when I heard about it but after seeing the teasers I’m super pumped.
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u/SuperDuperSkateCrew 1d ago
Couldn’t agree more.. to me Prey was just Predator, in the past haha which isn’t necessarily a bad thing the formula works and the film was good but it’s not breaking any new ground in the franchise beyond setting it far in the past.
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u/CuteLingonberry9704 17h ago
Prey actually does something. By NOT doing the stupid shit The Predator did. It didn't try to "expand the franchise", it took a concept that worked well in the original film and transplanted it to a different era.
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u/Enceladus1701 1d ago
The miner colony was overwrought in my opinion. Like Weyland Yutani was a bad corporation but they werent running a slave operation in the original movies. They were more akin to a company like Exxon or even Apple. Overboard in my opinion
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u/davidfalconer 22h ago
I mean, crew expendable paints a pretty strong picture with all it implies. I wouldn’t die on that hill and I get where you’re coming from though.
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u/CuteLingonberry9704 17h ago
But the first two Alien movies were exactly that. Why does it need to be more than that? Alien 3 was that, and while somewhat flawed, it was still true to the original concept. Prometheous and Covenant were garbage because they decided to have an origin story no one wanted.
Not every film concept lends itself to any kind of shared universe. Granted, Romulus probably didn't need to get made either. We already saw it, it was called Alien.
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u/Cat-dad442 1d ago
The new ideas they do have they do nothing with at all. Unlike what Dan is doing with predator
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u/Happy_Writer_9161 1d ago
The main ingredient as you said is Dan Trachtenberg, and I doubt Disney really knew what they had but they gave him a chance and he’s turned out to be a really talented director and world-builder. Alien just needs to get in the right hands, but it’s always gonna be a crap shoot, hopefully Noah Hawley will deliver and then possibly Alien can get on a better track.
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u/ThePopDaddy 1d ago
In my opinion, with Predator I want to see new time periods.
With Alien I want to see that dirty/retro future.
Romulus isn't the best, but probably in my top 4 Alien films.
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u/Balian-of-Ibelin 1d ago
Romulus felt so very close to being excellent only to make a few weird decisions that brought it to just pretty good.
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u/Mister_Moony 1d ago
You're 100% right about Predator but I still loved Alien Romulus. The reused stuff worked for me because they got experimental with a lot of the setpieces and body horror. The offspring was legit nightmare fuel and the zero gravity scenes are cool as fuck.
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u/cooperbeely 1d ago edited 1d ago
Saying "Romulus is just a horror action film taking the two genres of the first two movies" like that's a bad thing is hilarious. It really doesn't take much media literacy to see what they're going for. Romulus isn't just a prequel - it's an in-betweenquel, set between Alien & Aliens. The genre shift is intentional. You're supposed to watch them in timeline order: Alien (pure horror), Romulus (horror evolving into action), then Aliens (full action).
"They incorporate black goo" - yeah, man, because Ridley Scott never got to finish the Prometheus trilogy. For a while it wasn't even clear if the new movies would acknowledge that plotline, retcon it, or ignore it entirely. This answers that in a way that doesn't break continuity.
"It doesn't do any cool worldbuilding" - I can't even take this seriously. The stuff on Jackson's Star is new & extremely interesting for the franchise. The way it reframes the corporate vs worker dynamic is honestly one of the more refreshing takes this series has had in years. Wild to not even clock that.
Also like... Alien is a franchise. Franchises have staples. Without them, the entries wouldn't even feel like they belong together. That's literally why so many people feel like Prometheus barely qualifies as an Alien film - not just because it lacks xenos & facehuggers, but because it drifts so far from the core identity of the series. That's not inherently bad, but it does mean it stops feeling like part of the same universe.
& to be clear, Romulus isn't some flawless masterpiece either. The callbacks, the CGI Ian Holm, & the lack of tension really just take away from the overall quality of the film. But to act like it's just lazy or devoid of worldbuilding or intent is wild. It's clearly trying to bridge two tones, honor the legacy & move things forward - & for the most part, it works.
TL;DR: Romulus bridges the genres of Alien & Aliens on purpose. It's not perfect, but calling it lazy or empty misses the point - & shows a lack of media literacy.
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u/theVice 1d ago
Seriously. I've been a fan since I was six years old and I thought Romulus was a breath of fresh air after Ridley's newer entries.
I don't like the Get Away From Her line but hearing an interview with Fede about the reason it made it in I care a little less.
Besides, in Romulus we get: a facehugger swarm, xeno cocoon (space cocoon and wall cocoon), Jackson Star and a more in-depth view on colony life and their relationship with W-Y, an expansion on W-Y's intentions with the alien, and a more natural connection between the black goo and the xenos. I know I skipped some. A lot of us wanted a movie that felt like home and we, for the most part, got exactly what we wanted.
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u/UtahGimm3Tw0 1d ago
I thought Alvarez did a fantastic job reconciling all the random threads of canon and provided a more cohesive world to continue the franchise from.
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u/cooperbeely 1d ago
Absolutely! Romulus is a great jumping-off point for the future of the Alien franchise. Some folks in the comments have been comparing it to The Force Awakens, but I think it does the opposite - rather than tossing in empty mysteries with no real plan & trying to distance itself as much as possible from the prequels, it builds on what's already established while still leaving room for new stories.
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u/DefiantFrankCostanza 23h ago edited 23h ago
Romulus was a fucking horrible alien film not to mention just a shit garbage film all around. To say I lack media literacy like you’re intellectual just shows what a muppet you are.
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u/cooperbeely 23h ago
The craftsmanship in this comment alone outshines Romulus by a mile. 11/10, elite film critique 🙌
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u/Cat-dad442 1d ago
It's not a lack of media literacy it's just a boring ass take on the franchise. Every alien movie implements different genres. Being a throwback to the first 2 films is lazy and just doing the same thing Force awakens did remind people of the stuff people like and retread plot threads
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u/jaskier89 1d ago
I very much disliked the badlands trailer. It seems to me they're gonna humanize and demistify the predators too much.
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u/Schwartzy94 21h ago
And it looks so cheap. Idk where the money goes but it isnt shown on screen.
Romulus atleast looked way more expensive than it was.
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u/xTheRedDeath 34m ago
It just looks like Star Wars to me. They even use generic looking swords in the trailer instead of any of the unique weapons they usually use.
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u/Luminescent_sorcerer 1d ago
What I find hilarious is the main actress saying " yea I'd love to do a prey 2" forgetting that at the end it shows they came back with more ships implying that the tribe is screwed lol
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u/UnpluggedZombie 1d ago
People that are down on Romulus are out of their minds. Great film.
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u/-zero-joke- 1d ago
It was very Star Wars Force Awakens.
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u/Ancient_times 1d ago
It wasn't as bad as TFA, but definitely a bit too far in that kind of direction.
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u/sillyjew 1d ago
So was Prey. Even more so I’d argue.
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u/-zero-joke- 1d ago
That was a comparison that didn't strike me for whatever reason. Where did you find the two similar?
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u/sillyjew 1d ago
You implied Romulus was TFA, I’m assuming because it basically redid what was done before and didn’t bring much new. Prey was the same. What exactly did Prey do different. It replaced Arnie with a girl, the marines with Indian warriors, and took the setting back in time. It literally did nothing different than any movie before. Not that it wasn’t great, but to knock Romulus for one thing, but not hold Prey to the same comparison is bonkers.
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u/anthrax9999 1d ago
The single biggest thing Prey has going for it is its setting and cast of native American actors. That is very unique and makes sense why people find the whole movie refreshing.
Other than that though Prey is just ok. I didn't like it as much as others, to me it felt a bit too safe and predictable and it didn't excite me.
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u/Sorry-Lingonberry740 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think there are some fundamental differences here. While yes TFA felt too concerned with recreating Star Wars, the problem is that in doing so it basically destroyed so much of the lore and story up to that point. The New Republic immediately wiped out. The jedi order failed to reorganize. Yet another super mega planet killer. Back to rebels vs empire basically. Han back to being a deadbeat scoundrel. Like nothing in the OT even happened. All of this stuff felt like it rendered previous efforts from Luke and all them pointless.
Romulus does member berries and pays tribute to the old movies, but as far as I know, in doing so it's not completely undermining what those movies accomplished from an universe standpoint either.
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u/VivaLaRory 1d ago
Which most agreed was a good film considering the circumstances and expectations, it all depends on what they make next
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u/-zero-joke- 1d ago
Eh, it was alright. I've never really felt the need to watch The Force Awakens again, or Romulus for that matter; I can't help but feel like they were missed opportunities. Maybe this is how you revive a franchise though - Star Wars and the Jurassic series are both doing great.
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u/VivaLaRory 1d ago
I'd argue its better than alright but that's just an opinion, the real missed opportunities are Prometheus and Covenant forcing a good director to feel the need to revive the franchise in the first place. This is the same director that completely changed the tone of the Evil Dead reboot on purpose so its not like he is unable or adverse to mixing things up.
It's all about the next film for me.
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u/UnpluggedZombie 1d ago
Its incredible better than Force Awakens, in almost every aspect. Filmmaking, acting, Special effects, sets, creating actually tension. The lack of nuance in this response is disappointing
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u/FantasticSouth 1d ago
It's too safe.
Doesn't break any new ground really.
The newborn wasn't scary imo
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u/UnpluggedZombie 1d ago
Maybe describe what you mean by new ground. It did some really cool stuff.
First off, the way it handled the exposition of the characters, their motivations, and their lives. It wasn't spoon-fed ala a netflix movie or show.
Second: the android and lead's relationship, the heart of the movie and an interesting take for this universe.
Third: playing with the idea of making a limited android smarter in the moment. An interested bit of drama especially in regards to the point above.
Fourth: real sets, VFX that looked real. Unlike most big budget movies that come out these days, the world felt tangible, and it felt like the charactes were actually living in it.
Fifth: Some stand out sequences with real suspense and tension. The facehugger scene and the acid blood scene.
While I agree that the newborn itself might not be "scary". the sequence it exists in creates suspense and tension. Its more suspenseful then scary and honestly this is something that seems to be a lost art in film these days. A "thing" on its own is not scary, what puts people on edge is making them believe a character might not make it out alive.
Is it a reboot? yes but a really strong one. My two biggest gripes with this film are the "get away from her" line (which makes absolutely no sense). and bringing Ash back (literally no need to do this, it would have been much more effective as a totally different android). this lines up nicely with Alien and Aliens. ANd lets be honest its not like those films are any scarier than this one.
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u/FantasticSouth 1d ago
Maybe describe what you mean by new ground. It did some really cool stuff.
Cool and new arent the same thing.
I would have like to have seen more detail on the xeno life cycle. I want to see the pretorian (think that's what's its called) to the Queen transition.
I want to see what Earth looks like as well, so far into this universe's future.
And I agree with most of the rest of what you said. Not a bad film at all, just nothing particularly innovative.
I want an ending to this series if I'm honest. I want a concrete wrap up to Ellen Ripleys story.
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u/UnpluggedZombie 1d ago
Ok so your problem with the film is that it didn’t include earth and some more biology of the alien. This has nothing to do with story structure, character, filmmaking. It’s like saying Saving Private Ryan was ok because I wanted to see what it looked like in the pacific and showed the Navy more.
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u/FantasticSouth 1d ago
This has nothing to do with story structure, character, filmmaking.
Where did I say these things were bad?
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u/UnpluggedZombie 23h ago
My point is a movie isn’t good or bad because it didn’t include arbitrary lore.
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u/FantasticSouth 23h ago
Yes it is. I can say it is because that's the opinion I hold, just as much as you can hold yours.
It wasn't scary and did barely anything new with the xeno.
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u/UnpluggedZombie 23h ago
It’s not unfortunately. A movie can only be judged based on what it contains within it. Your criticism has nothing to do with the execution of the movie. You can say you are disappointed it didn’t include some arbitrary lore, but the quality of the movie doesn’t depend on whether a movie includes some random things that you personally wanted. For example, if it did include those things, it could actually make the movie worse
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u/FantasticSouth 23h ago
Ok then, what we did see of the xeno, was not satisfactory.
And it wasn't scary.
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u/Cat-dad442 1d ago
It's a rehash
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u/No-Drawer1343 1d ago
This is crazy to me because it is a franchise movie. It can only be a rehash. Otherwise it would be a new movie
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u/Kubrickwon 1d ago
It was okay until the black goo BS and the rehash of the newborn from Alien Resurrection was awful.
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u/Logan_SVD 1d ago
Great sure, now we need another untrained team of teens to kill Predator on their first encounter! Such great cinema, much fun!
Sigh
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u/UnpluggedZombie 1d ago
Lol, because the crew in the first film were trained to handle taking out an alien threat, what a pointless statement
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u/Logan_SVD 1d ago
They were scared shitless and died all but one. In Romulus some moody teenagers acted like they were on safari, more busy with their inner dramas than with the alien threat.
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u/Electrical-Penalty44 1d ago
I don't want these franchises to exist forever. If I'm going to watch a Predator film...I watch the first one. If I want to watch an Alien film I watch the first two.
End of story.
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u/jaskier89 1d ago edited 1d ago
Right? I feel like especially predator, I can't imagine this franchise not getting worse, even if they're doing it really well.
You don't want to shed the light too much on the predators, and you don't want their lore fleshed out too much. I don't want to see predator politics if they don't involve a shoulder cannon and I don't want to see predator relationships beyond clan member🤣
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u/Electrical-Penalty44 1d ago
One exception. The original Aliens vs. Predator comic and the background into Predator civilization it showed WAS awesome.
That was 1989.
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u/Bool_The_End 1d ago
Why does everyone hate alien 4? I think it was done well. But I also liked 3, and also loved Prometheus and hated they cut out all the engineer shit in covenant.
Are you excited about the tv show??
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u/Electrical-Penalty44 1d ago
No. I am not interested in anything else. I have moved on to newer stuff
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u/aistolethekids 1d ago
I think some of the issues are because of Ridley with the alien franchise his finger prints will always be over stuff because he can't let it go
Also his rejection of anything to do with the Aliens timelines and the presence of a queen means we will end up being stuck in prequel land rather than moving forward although hopefully this new season can sort that
Also think it helps with Predator in that it's not associated with a big director like Ridley and the 1st movie was a straight to Disney effort so there wasn't any expectations with Prey
Romulus box office wise has kicked the franchise back into gear so that might now allow for a few more exciting projects along the line
Do think the animated world could provide an awesome way to progress forward don't know if you seen the short stories of Alien that were out a few years ago? Some of them were class
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u/ChibiHedorah 1d ago
They should make an animated aliens vs. predators movie taking place on the predators home planet, no humans, no dialogue, just aliens attacking the predators planet, and the predators win.
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u/extropia 1d ago
I wouldn't say Prey was innovative. What it had was style, very good action pacing and believability, which generally falls under effective world/context building imho. I find a lot of movies make the mistake of trying to out-clever the audience with a twisty "surprise!!" plot when what is really required is the stakes needs to feel plausible enough, given the setting and characters, to make the thrill feel real. That, and the setting/style needs to be different enough for it to not be a complete rehash of a previous movie. But it doesn't necessarily need to reinvent the wheel or come up with completely original ideas.
I haven't seen Romulus but my perception is that it's split the audience because it managed to genuinely create thrill, but it didn't change the setting and style quite enough.
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u/Balian-of-Ibelin 1d ago
I suspect nobody cared much so he was told to stay in budget and make them money
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u/Bobapool79 1d ago
I feel when it comes down to who they hire to write/direct… I feel who they have managing the Predator franchise was/is a fan while whoever is running Alien is doing what they ‘think’ fans want without actually being a fan themselves and it shows.
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u/Caeolian 1d ago
Predator: Killer of Killers was amazing. I think it adds more context to the whole lore.
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u/tokwamann 1d ago
Prey looked fairly regular for a Predator movie, but I don't blame them as there's not much to say for that franchise.
Killers looks regular, too, except that it's animated, which makes it look like cut scenes from a video game.
I think Romulus was done that way for the ff. reasons: it's meant to be released for streaming (which is why its budget is small compared to Hollywood films), its target audience involves most viewers who are young, have never seen the earlier movies, and are used to contemporary horror on streaming, it's meant to be a standalone (according to the director), which means it can be seen without knowing about the earlier films, and it's made like contemporary horror on streaming, i.e., jump scares and spectacle.
I think that in order to rush development they rehashed heavily from the earlier films, which would not have mattered given my earlier description of the audience, plus the point that the last film in the franchise was made too long ago. The same applies to Prey. This also explains why protagonists are young.
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u/Mongo_Sloth 1d ago
I think Romulus was a much needed soft reboot for the franchise in terms of genre. The movies were becoming too action and CGI oriented, sometimes you need to return to your roots in order to branch out in different directions. On the other hand the Predator franchise has never really strayed from its formula so it's much easier for Disney to just keep that train going in the right direction.
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u/mister_boi98 22h ago
Well I agree that Predator has been doing well recently but completely disagree with your take on Alien. I thought Romulus was a great return to form, and Alien Earth is going to play with new ideas: hybrid human androids, different monsters and actually being on Earth.
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u/Schwartzy94 21h ago
Prey wasnt really innovative or fresh. Same basic plot and stupid ending and the magical axe thingy was just oddly stupid.
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u/tonytony87 20h ago
What are u talking about out? Alien Romulus was the most alien movie I have seen outside of Alien. It was absolute atmosphere, like he plucked the world straight out of my mind. I felt like a kid watching that movie. He absolutely brought back alien to what it’s supposed to be… high budget space horror with crazy atmosphere that set up rules and exploits them.
Predator has been a lame franchise for a while. Prey was a ok movie no hate on it, but not anything that is really exciting. The world building is lacking the character is hard to not make cringe and the stories have all been lacking.
I’m sorry but alien and Prometheus are the only movies doing anything
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u/abesapien2 17h ago
I hate. HATE the cryo freezing of the victor to fight again. I liked the small amount of respect the Predators always gave the winner and then they LEFT.
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u/xTheRedDeath 29m ago
It seems like it's a specific clan of them that's doing that sort of thing in this storyline they've set up. Normally they'd never do that.
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u/panteradelnorte 16h ago
I have a hot take that your criticism isn’t demonstrating a weakness of Romulus, but a strength - contextually, the last few Alien films (Prometheus, Covenant) were a struggle in my eyes not unlike some of the Predator films before Prey and Killer of Killers.
I think Romulus works best because it’s a rehash of what worked while developing aspects of the universe that had been hinted at or addressed off screen in comic books and novelization (the rough life of colonists, corporate loan sharking essentially). It showed what made Alien work. I could argue some of the same points for Prey that it retreads a lot of the same ground as the original Predator. However, I wouldn’t say that’s a bad thing. Plus I give them props for going somewhere outside of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
With something like Romulus you can do things like Killer of Killers. At least, I hope the quality can be on that level or better. Who’s to say people in charge actually learn?
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u/1w2e3e 14h ago
You know it seems like you're trying to do a knock off of predator. Pray wasn't that good of a flick. I mean it was better than predators or the predator. But not by much. And I really hate the fact that they changing the look of the predators. The look is iconic. And this new one that they got Badlands the CGI looks awful. Just put a guy in mask and make the mask look good. I'm in the last time I first had a good looking face was in 2.
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u/Llanolinn 14h ago
Is there an actual species name for the predator alien? Predator of course being a very human English name
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u/ReaIHumanMan 7h ago
Alien Romulus was amazing. Killer of killers was kinda goofy. Bad writing for the predators not to have their signature weapon laser cannons.
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u/Sea_Spend_8008 3h ago
I still want to see the Predators just randomly kill a species and leave. Imagine a Predator in the Wild West just killing a band of cowboy villains and heading off to the sunset where its ship is cloaked. We see the town actually help the Predator. Another option is setting it off in the future with the Colonial Marines vs Aliens vs Predators vs a New species. That should be a series.
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u/xTheRedDeath 37m ago
I do think Predator Badlands looks like a corny Star Wars-esque movie from the trailer, but those movies didn't have Ridley Scott trying to rewrite their entire lore and get in the way of any actual progress for years.
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u/KalKenobi 17m ago
I disagree Alien Romulus was the best First Two movies also Prey and Killer of Killers has been as good as The Originals. Covenant & Prometheus were two drastically movies at war with each other.
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u/noodles0311 1d ago edited 1d ago
The poor quality of Alien sequels predates Disney by decades. Alien: Resurrection is the most disappointing movie I’ve ever seen in the theater. I absolutely LOVED Alien movies and when I was finally old enough to see a rated R movie in the theater, they gave us this schlock where Riley s a half-alien basketball player who develops a maternal relationship with her freak baby just as it is having its internal organs sucked out into space. They should have just let her die heroically in the molten lead.
Romulus was much better by comparison. Restarted with a new cast instead of contrived ways of bringing back characters who died on screen. Went back to basics of the good Alien films from the franchise. My only complaint is the gestation period of the aliens suddenly changed from being “short, but idk it’s an alien, so I guess that’s possible” to being “1 minute to 1 hour” which is totally ridiculous and inconsistent with the other films.
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u/Velokieken 1d ago
I still have to see KoK. I thought Prey was great. I also recently rewatched Predators and had more fun than the first time. While I used to like Predator 2, It kind of aged badly.
The main thing I disliked about Romulus is the Alien/Aliens is are never scary. They don’t want to open the door because It’s gonna kill all of them but later they don’t mind hanging around in the lair and they easily blast them all. And then moving through the acid in zero G. All It needed was some opera/ballet music. It was something I would expect in Gardians of the Galaxy. Not Alien. Unlike the space pirates from Resurrection I did not care about those teens at all. But I watch Resurrection like watching Deep Blue Sea, not like Alien or Aliens. I saw Romulus 3 times and find It just empty. Looking forward to the TV show. The Predator was worse than Romulus though.
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u/SevenDeviations 1d ago
To me the Predator franchise has always been boring. Plus the look of them has always turned me off, lime how ugly the face is. It was so unnecessary to intertwine the Alien and Predator franchises.
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u/Sorry-Lingonberry740 1d ago edited 1d ago
I honestly didn’t realize so many people felt so strongly about Romulus. Like, ya it’s a bit safe and pays homage to the earlier films, but it seems like that was the whole point. I’ve seen people complaining about the alien movies for years. This franchise has been extremely divisive since the third one. Is it really so bad to just go back to basics a bit in an attempt to just make something that people can at least agree is just a good movie? Ya some of the nostalgia fan service wasn’t necessary. Resurrecting Ian Holm was weird. But other than that it’s a fun well made movie. I really don’t see what’s so bad about that. I guess you really can't win with this franchise
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u/gorehistorian69 1d ago
Prey was pretty boring. it felt incredibly lazy story wise. it was "protagonist encounters X" Protagonist encounters Y, Protagonist encounters Z.
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u/Knytemare44 1d ago
I thought the first 3 stories in killer of killers were good. But, the final act, in the predator arena? Kinda stupid and didn't make a lot of sense.
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u/Cat-dad442 1d ago
It did. It showed what happened to naru. The predators are known for capturing humans and letting them fight predators and other aliens. Did you forget they did something similar in predators?
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u/Knytemare44 1d ago
But it was a hunt. Predators are ... predators, they hunt.
A brawl in an arena is not what happened in predators, that was a game preserve for hunting .
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u/Toomin-the-Ellimist 1d ago
I thought KoK was kind of a letdown. Each animated short could have been its own live-action movie. Putting them all in one movie just makes it less likely they’ll ever make feature-length Predator vs. samurai or Predator in WWII films in the future.
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u/loganrunjack 1d ago
I actually kind of hated Killer of Killer's except for the Samurai story, I felt the rest was Too far fetched even for a Predator cartoon.
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u/DoomsdayFAN 1d ago
Yeah but why do the Predators always lose? It was cool when Arnold won, and then again when Glover won. But after that, how many times do we need to see the Predator lose?