Predator 6: "Badlands"

[Andrew NDB]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/new-predator-film-badlands-in-works/?fbclid=IwAR2wOcUwzbJqNdnEgpfkSgq29N6UyYZEIAymXcAM dLbD_zizS6dH-YfYzz4

Apparently not a Prey sequel, though Prey may still get one? But again with a strong female protagonist?

[TheCanadiandrome]

where's the beating the dead horse gif lol

[Andrew NDB]

Filming now in New Zealand. More girl power... sisters this time.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/next-predator-movie-now-filming-in-nz/

[DarkFell]

Another Predator movie.. okay.

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[Andrew NDB]

Probably another period piece but we don't know when/where. But obviously somewhere that New Zealand would fit the bill. Might be something medieval.

[neatoman]

About continuity in the Predator movies, are they all in continuity or are they seperate? I have never noticed anything that prevents all of them happening but many of them don't seem to follow up on anything established in each other. And because of factors like Predators happening on an alien world and Prey being a distant prequel, it's hard to imagine much happening that would exclude most of these.

Oh and I'm obviously excluding the Alien crossovers by default here, I seriously doubt those were written to be canon in the first place.

[Andrew NDB]

You can sort of hand wave away some of the inconsistencies between AVP1 and AVP2 and the other stuff if you really want to. They only conflict is with Prometheus and even then, it's only with timelines and stuff shared by the Prometheus website and stuff years ago, nothing in the movies themselves. Charles Bishop Weyland could easily have been Peter Weyland's dad or grandpa, for example. There's definitely nothing in P1, P2, Predators, or The Predator or Prey that conflict with one another. Prey even seems to take and run with the bit that The Predator introduced that the Predators are constantly upgrading their DNA with new creatures -- that'd explain why the "feral" Predator's face didn't look much like the post-Arnold ones yet.

One thing that might save the new movie... all this talk about 2 sisters, one of walking a different path... what if they're actually talking about Predators who are sisters? On an alien planet or the Predator homeworld? That'd be... something.

[Andrew NDB]

I guess the big twist is that this movie will be from a Predator's POV?

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/predator-badlands-predator-hero/

[Andrew NDB]

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Wow, this looks amazing! This is exactly what I've been asking for in a Predator movie.

[IMJ]

Looks like a spiritual successor to "Predators" with Adrian Brody. Out in space, alien worlds, and (thank God) a jungle setting.

Trailer didn't speak much to the movie, but it looks awesome. But then again so did Shane Black's trailers for his movie....

Who knows... I'd love for this to be great.

[Andrew NDB]

Looks like a spiritual successor to "Predators" with Adrian Brody. Out in space, alien worlds, and (thank God) a jungle setting.

And the future. We've never seen a Predator movie set in the future.

[IMJ]

And the future. We've never seen a Predator movie set in the future.

And with a Weiland-Yutani synth? Awesome....

[Andrew NDB]

I guess one of those skulls in the beginning is supposed to be one of the aliens from Independence Day?

[member_removed]

And the future. We've never seen a Predator movie set in the future.

Well, Predator 2 was set in the "near" future of 1997. At the time Pred 2 gave me some RoboCop "near future" vibes.

For some reason I thought this was set in the past. I'm looking forward to this I even managed to enjoyed "The Predator".

Bad predator movies manage to be more enjoyable than the bad Aliens, Terminator or RoboCop movies.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I actually like every Predator movie except for AVP 2. That movie is so dark you can't even tell what's going on. The darkness ruins the whole movie for me just like The Relic. The worst Predator movies are indeed better than the worst Alien movies.

[Andrew NDB]

Well, Predator 2 was set in the "near" future of 1997. At the time Pred 2 gave me some RoboCop "near future" vibes.

I guess the director was trying to make Predator 2 "like a comic book." I guess he succeeded, for better or worse. I like it, but it's definitely not a satisfying sequel to the first.

For some reason I thought this was set in the past. I'm looking forward to this I even managed to enjoyed "The Predator".

The slight lore expansion in The Predator was neat. A handful of moments. Seeing Gary Busey's son carrying the mantle of his dad was cool. Not much else.

I actually like every Predator movie except for AVP 2. That movie is so dark you can't even tell what's going on. The darkness ruins the whole movie for me just like The Relic.

I definitely like moments of AVP2. And the look of the Predalien, when we can actually see it. It just felt cheap. Still, it had more balls than AVP1. There was no reason in the world AVP1 needed to be PG-13.

[Andrew NDB]

After seeing "The Killer of Killers" and having seen the trailer for this, and general comments from the director over the years, I'm fairly convinced...

... we're looking at the building of a Marvel Cinematic Universe but with Aliens and Predator. A rebuilding of sorts, if you count the original two AVP movies. And with the Predators now freezing people from the past and thawing them out in the Alien future, we may yet get some kind of INSANE new Alien vs. Predator movie that is like the Avengers. If THIS movie does well.

Imagine it. The chick from Prey, Arnold, Danny Glover (maybe), perhaps the surviving characters from Romulus altogether in a movie with Aliens and Predators. I really think we're going to get some level of this. I also think this is a big reason Ridley Scott has suddenly "walked away" from Alien movies despite the soft announcement that he was developing a new one. He HATES the idea of Aliens vs. Predator and always has.

[IMJ]

They should have made another Arnold Predator flick years ago now....

[Andrew NDB]

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[neatoman]

Maybe the title of this thread should be updated? Killer of Killers may be animated but I'd still say it's the sixth installment.

[Andrew NDB]

Maybe the title of this thread should be updated? Killer of Killers may be animated but I'd still say it's the sixth installment.

No way. For sure it's canon but it's definitely not part of the "Core" franchise. That'd be like saying Batman: Gotham Knight (animated) was actually Nolan's Batman 2, which would then make The Dark Knight the third film, and Dark Knight Rises the fourth. Which would be crazy.

[Andrew NDB]

Damn...

https://predator-movies.com/news/predator-badlands-aims-pg-13-rating--first-predator-film-not-rated-r?fbclid=IwY2xjawNRZGNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyWjB mNFVXR0w2Q3RKbUhWAR7qo70d9fYlErSDG3BYQqt9WcNR7JrAh DCLpFAmI15_gU3CcP6eQiaIJ1fhvg_aem_MsseR21dfnWANbkb hnKnKQ

"But it's just because it's mostly alien blood and synthetics!"

No, there is a laundry list of things you can do in an R-rated movie that you can't do in a PG-13 movie. There's many things you can even do on broadcast TV that you can't do in a PG-13 movie.

* Edit: Some guy said his Cinemark shows an R-rating in pre-sales. But I go to the Cinemark site and this seems wrong.

[Andrew NDB]

Saw it tonight. Yeah, it's really good.

Also there is a pretty big dose of the Predator homeworld I wasn't expecting. "Yautja Prime."

[Andrew NDB]

Interesting. Despite going PG-13 the movie is only pulling in about 5% from the underage crowd.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/predator-strong-others-bomb-at-box-office/

[IMJ]

Just got back from seeing this. I thought it was great.
Lots of real "Predator" material, lots of intersection with "Aliens" and lots of camera and sound nods to Blade Runner.

[Andrew NDB]

Well, this is interesting:
https://movieweb.com/when-predator-badlands-set-alien-predator-timeline/

The director says the movie is set even after Alien: Resurrection. Now, there's only ONE possible reason he'd want to set this after Alien: Resurrection... and that'd be to possibly include Sigourney Weaver as Ripley-8 in his big Avengers-like AVP-verse that's set to follow.

Damn. Imagine that, in a future AVP movie. Arnold back as Dutch from Predator being thawed 30 years beforehand and joining the action. Ripley-8. Dek and everybody from this.

Just got back from seeing this. I thought it was great.
Lots of real "Predator" material, lots of intersection with "Aliens" and lots of camera and sound nods to Blade Runner.

It builds so much and is such a fresh take. It's funny you and I were discussing not that far back how they could try a new take on Predator and what that could look like.

[Darth Knuckles]

Well I just got done seeing this movie for a second time. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it the first time, so I decided to go support it again. I've wanted a movie like this in the Predator franchise ever since Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem where Wolf was a sort-of protagonist in that movie. I hope it can stay #1 at the box office this upcoming weekend.

[IMJ]

I didn't see the recent animated movie yet, but I did see the trailers for it.... was the Predator in that animated movie supposed to be the clan leader in Badlands?

[Mayhem]

Which reminds me, I need to watch that

[IMJ]

I have this nagging feeling that the Predator they show in the trailers turns out to be the clan leader in Badlands. The reveal of his face in Badlands seemed to be timed for it and IIRC they look very much alike.

I could be totally wrong though because I'm going on memory and from the trailer for that animated movie.

[CyberCubed]

I have no interest in Ripley returning unless it's the original one, not the clone from Ressurection. The real one died at the end of Alien 3 which was dumb. Somehow bring her and Newt back.

Also given both Arnold and Sigourney Weaver are like 100 years old now, I do wonder if they would ever be able to get them both back for an action movie.

[Andrew NDB]

I didn't see the recent animated movie yet, but I did see the trailers for it.... was the Predator in that animated movie supposed to be the clan leader in Badlands?

I don't think so. Dek's clan didn't seem connected to the Freezer Clan.

[IMJ]

I don't think so. Dek's clan didn't seem connected to the Freezer Clan.

Oh okay.... I was going purely on memory of that trailer and the "face reveal" of the clan leader. Just seemed like the kind of easy continuity they strive for in Hollywood nowadays. :lol:

[Andrew NDB]

Box office is turning out good but not GREAT. Either way, not including the first AVP movie, Predator: Badlands is the highest grossing Predator movie domestically and worldwide of all time. We really needed to see about a 125 domestic haul for stuff to happen and it's dying around 80.