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PREDATOR: BADLANDS Trailer (2025)
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Kacho
Gold Member
Got my tickets for tomorrow. If it sucks I'm egging
adamsapple
's crib.
adamsapple
's crib.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Got my tickets for tomorrow. If it sucks I'm egging
I'm seeing it over the weekend. Hoping they finally let a predator live through a film for once.
kindaGoth
Member
They went too cutesy/cliche with a good bit of the dialogue.
It's also a bit too tepid in terms of violence and grit. You don't taste the sweat like you do in the first two films.
Other than that, it's a pretty good ride. Enjoyed it more than any recent Marvel movie, for comparison sake. Pretty much on par with Prey for me. Doesn't compete with the first film but definitely one of the better Predator movies and a good amount to enjoy.
It's also a bit too tepid in terms of violence and grit. You don't taste the sweat like you do in the first two films.
Other than that, it's a pretty good ride. Enjoyed it more than any recent Marvel movie, for comparison sake. Pretty much on par with Prey for me. Doesn't compete with the first film but definitely one of the better Predator movies and a good amount to enjoy.
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DKehoe
Member
I liked this. I haven't seen those other recent Predator films so I can't compare it to those. Going into it I wasn't a big fan of the design of the Predator in this but it makes sense within the story.
I kinda wish they'd had the synth character just speak the Yautja language but I guess the studio felt it's an easier sell to not just have the vast majority of the film be subtitled.
It's fun seeing the Predator navigate the different threats on the planet and I liked how he then later adapted those into tools and weapons for the endgame.
I kinda wish they'd had the synth character just speak the Yautja language but I guess the studio felt it's an easier sell to not just have the vast majority of the film be subtitled.
It's fun seeing the Predator navigate the different threats on the planet and I liked how he then later adapted those into tools and weapons for the endgame.
DKehoe
Member
Hope you both enjoy it! It probably could have been more violent but I didn't feel like it was totally lacking it and still has some fun violent spectacle. I guess the alien planet aspect means things can get sliced up without it freaking out the censors.
Ulysses 31
Member
If lots of kids went to see it without a parent or guardian then yeah it could pay off...
Or are you telling you're not an adult yourself either.
More like with a pg-13 rating it's less likely that the reason the predator carries elle fanning on it's back is because he crushed her pelvis first.
If lots of kids went to see it without a parent or guardian then yeah it could pay off...
Or are you telling you're not an adult yourself either.
Predator 2 was probably the only really hard-R film in the series, even the OG was kinda tame by modern standards. My kid can deal with most cartoonish violent things other than alien facehuggers, he nopes out at that point (and Gremlins, for some bizarre reason) but probably best to avoid super intense scenes of torture, decapitation, or assault.
I recall the 80's films I was exposed to, even supposed pg/pg-13 ones, would have nudity or fairly intense emotional scenes. Not to mention the cartoony gore and violence of that era or kids in significant peril. Rare to see that stuff these days but they have really amped up the volume of violence to compensate (IMHO).
Reizo Ryuu
Member
she's a robot, plenty of robots get destroyed in the movie; if they were humans the rating would be higher, but also she'd be a corpse so no reason to carry her around in that scenario.
I suspect you are not getting the reference
by "crush her pelvis" it means he raped (or graped, as the kids would say these days apparently) her first, something you might see in a rated R flick and most def WOULD see in a 70's/80's hard R horror flick featuring a murderous alien snatching a young woman, artificial or otherwise, and then carrying her around for the rest of the film.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
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Predator has never been like that, and what you're suggesting is fairly rare even for other R-rated films, the majority of those being shlocky c-movie trash nobody knows outside cult followings, that so that's weird place to go; also she doesn't even have a pelvis which makes your reference even weirder.
Eh, you need to watch more r rated horror films with monsters/aliens in them. The number of them that have aliens sexing up women is LEGION....
Predator has never been like that, and what you're suggesting is fairly rare even for other R-rated films, the majority of those being shlocky c-movie trash nobody knows outside cult followings, that so that's weird place to go; also she doesn't even have a pelvis which makes your reference even weirder.
But you are correct, the Predator franchise, aside from 2 for a bit, has never really been R rated or even that intense of an experience outside of a little violence. Its r rated for language mostly.
But in canon is it a known thing that Weyland androids are not anatomically correct? I feel like this would be something brought up in Alien 4, or maybe Prometheus. Given the role of androids in those films it makes little sense for them to be anything other than ken/barbie dolls down there. But Alien:Earth I feel will open the possibility of physical robo-love at some point and eventually it will be a plot point.
Riker Laforge
Neo Member
That's quite a demeaning description that implies it's poor by default, which I don't agree with.
Regarding something specific which haven't seen many people talk about, Prey had a superb soundtrack from Sarah Schachner, she also works on this, but Benjamin Wallfisch (Killer Of Killers) really comes into his own.
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kpopSuperstar
Member
Predator 1 is pretty violent, he rips out spines and skin them. The second film is extremely brutal, but the first is not nice either.
The first two had some dark slasher gore stuff going on that they never managed to replicate later on in the same way.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
skneogaf
Member
I watched it earlier, it feels like an anime but as live action. Much better than I expected it to be but not the story I'd have done.
There's a reason the predator looks like it does so once I saw that I was able to accept the whole thing.
I've just organised a play list of all the movies that have the predator in on my plex server so after I get finished re-watching stranger things I will watch them in release order as in mu opinion that's always the best way.
There's a reason the predator looks like it does so once I saw that I was able to accept the whole thing.
I've just organised a play list of all the movies that have the predator in on my plex server so after I get finished re-watching stranger things I will watch them in release order as in mu opinion that's always the best way.
Ulysses 31
Member
bitbydeath
Member
Rotten Tomatoes trying to make this look good by bringing down the OG Predator movie.
Riker Laforge
Neo Member
The original Predator subverts machoism of the 1980's by having the hero's killed off as females would be in a slasher movie. The beef-cakes are made to be demonstrably powerless.
This movie is thematically different but also similar, primarily about acceptance and self-respect. It opens with machoism, perceived weakness but ends with the hero of the story achieving it his own terms as opposed to social expectations and perceived worth through realized clariity.
i.e. the trophy isn't what you think it is, your freinds aren't who you think they are
It also subverts expectations in its own way while maintaining the warrior ethos as the original did.
Not even gonna bother watching Critical Stinkers slop, man's an idiot.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Rotten Tomatoes trying to make this look good by bringing down the OG Predator movie.
"bringing down"
those reviews have been up there for decade(s).
Ulysses 31
Member
Is he supposed to like what Disney is doing with the Alien and Predator franchises?
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Kacho
Gold Member
Nah, he's just very predictable and one-note. I find his shtick insufferable.Is he supposed to like what Disney is doing with the Alien and Predator franchises?
Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
I think the Critical Drinker is fair in his takes. He's often positive and not always, well, critical. If you can't stand someone having differing opinions from yours then I understand if he gets on your nerves.
Kacho
Gold Member
It's not about differences in opinion. It's about mundane repetitive content that writes itself. It was sorta novel 5+ years ago but that genre has been done to death. There's nothing interesting about it anymore.
bitbydeath
Member
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It would be Disney to feminize the predator. Now with daddy issues.
Heard it ended up working at an intergalactic strip club and selling Only Xens scripts as a side hustle.
Heard it ended up working at an intergalactic strip club and selling Only Xens scripts as a side hustle.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Before Badlands.
They probably brought it down after Prey and KOK too.
Weird, looking at the Predator page it has a lot of new reviews in 2025, not sure whose reviewing a 1986 movie in 2025.
Kacho
did you see it yet?
Riker Laforge
Neo Member
Maybe it would be best if we had another Chicxulub moment.
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bitbydeath
Member
There is one particular crowd that doesn't like men being shown as strong, straight and masculine.Weird, looking at the Predator page it has a lot of new reviews in 2025, not sure whose reviewing a 1986 movie in 2025.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
A predator with feelings... You've got to be kidding me.
They're supposed to be skilled warriors, technologically advanced, dexterous, bloodthirsty, and intelligent—the most feared beings in the Alien universe.
They're supposed to be skilled warriors, technologically advanced, dexterous, bloodthirsty, and intelligent—the most feared beings in the Alien universe.
This was pretty fucking good, the boy LOVED it. I got critiques, as I always do, but I grok the film well enough to put them aside and just enjoy. Elle Fanning is surprisingly thick in the ass, no lie. I gotta call out the SUPERB cinematography for some of the big boss battles. They really worked hard to keep depth of field, practical camera movement, and sense of scale. They rarely looked cartoony like most big CGI scenes (other parts looked kinda bad but not those big fights). Lots a lens flare in there as well. Soundtrack kicks, that digeridoo type sound was very cool. Didn't pick out the classic predator theme though, but it must have been in there somewhere, right?
Riker Laforge
Neo Member
The movie opens with his father trying to murder him, murdering his brother and ends with him (like Arnold) using make-shift weapons having mastered the topology, followed by him defeating his father by nullifying his cloaking shield.
So yea.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
How human of them.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Damn, I was ready to toss this movie onto the pile of modern audience slop, but then I came across your post. Looks like I'll be checking it out after all.
Grab a beer, sit next to your offspring (if appropriate), DO NOT compare it to the OG, and just be entertained. It has enough emotional heft and visual pizazz that I was never bored and could overlook the flaws. The weird CG pred mouths and monotonous language (which always felt recited, like folks trying to hammer out a native american language they don't really speak) faded into the background after 10 minutes or so. The Commando style armament scene, the leatherface reference, Elles great dualistic performance, the cute bits of humor, it all somehow works.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
Put me in charge of directing and I'd make a much better movie. I have basic knowledge, but I understand the essence of the universes.
And I'd listen to the fans to make a good movie.
Riker Laforge
Neo Member
Put me in charge of directing and I'd make a much better movie. I have basic knowledge, but I understand the essence of the universes.
And I'd listen to the fans to make a good movie.
I thought this was a superb movie in almost every aspect, the only thing I didn't like was the injected humor, preferred to more serous tone of Prey.
Other than that, practically every aspect is top notch, when go to see a big blockbuster sci-fi movie worth dropping money for, this would be something point at.
Each to their own though. If didn't like it, fair does.
Tieno
Member
Yes! It's predictable, trite, low effort. He doesn't bring an interesting perspective anymore, every review is a retread of the same points, soundbites and clips. Slop.
Ulysses 31
Member
Did he ever see the original?
Yes, my son has seen Predator, Pred 2 (oops a few bits in there got me in troubleDid he ever see the original?
), and some of AvP (he nopes out with facehuggers) and Predators. So he's reasonably conversant with the character. He's sat through a LOT of Schwarzenegger films with me so he knows the standards 
The_hunter
Gold Member
The Kojima review is in
xrnzaaas
Member
I honestly don't understand the comments urging not to compare it to the original and expect simple entertainment. Yeah I know it would be difficult to make something close to the original (in terms of plot and overall quality), but it's a different case when you bastardize the original IP just because you own it and you can.