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Resurrecting What Once Was A Dead Franchise (Predator Badlands review)

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  At a time when Arnold Schwarzenegger was in almost every action movie, Predator was a classic and fan favorite which went on to become a franchise, a more mind-numbing one compared to their nemesis species, Ridley Scott's Alien. After some trial and error, here comes Dan Trachtenberg resurrecting what once was a dead franchise. After The Predator in 2018, it was hard to tell that anyone wanted to tackle the extra terrestial hunters that should have stayed in the 80's. But after the acquisition of Fox, Disney attempted to revitalize their new catalogue, and left a lot of people skeptical, especially after Trachtenberg was signed to make Prey . Surprisingly, Prey shot new life to the franchise with the trust of it's new storytellers, breathing new hope to longtime fans and fans who hopped on along the way (such as myself after AVP became a thing). Predator Killer of Killers , an animation marvel, continued to show off more the new vision that Trachtenberg began to incorp...