Loaded with Predators

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Movie Meltdown - Episode 652

This episode Sam Drog returns as we discuss the new movie Predator: Badlands, but not before we give a recap of every Predator movie that has come before. It's an extensive look at the franchise as a whole and how things have changed since director Dan Trachtenberg has gotten involved.

And as we try on the fashionable look of fishnets and a space helmet, we also mention… Cleaner, Elle Fanning, a jungle room night club, Weyland-Yutani, testosterone overdrive, Danny Glover, The Wendigo, Waterworld, John McTiernan, bro code, Godzilla characters, cooperation in building a society, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, the 1980s had us all spoiled, Daisy Ridley, building the mythology, Topher Grace, giant robot vs giant monster, Fred Dekker, filmmakers need to realize that they gotta up their game, Alien vs. Predator, the theme of cooperation, pace and direction, Dude Bro: The Movie, Last Action Hero, the Predator 3 that never was, Shane Black, a new perspective, appeasing AI creatures, kid giddiness, a Star Wars product, Predator 2, macho posturing, biological equivalents, G.I. Joe Versus the Man from Mars, feeding off the bad vibes, she just came out of a vat of butter, grab your CG monkey and get out there.

Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for "Predator: Badlands" along with pretty much all of the other Predator movies.

"It was so nice having… character arcs in a Predator movie."