Everyone’s favourite invisible homicidal alien has had a major shot in the arm with the enterprising prequel Prey. Where can the franchise go now?
It’s perhaps no coincidence that at a time when nobody really wanted another Predator movie, the straight-to-streaming prequelhas reinvigorated interest in the long-running saga. Set in North America in 1719, its less-is-more strategy pays off by pitching the alien against a young Native American woman who must use guile and her understanding of the warrior code to fend off an attack from the mandible-sporting alien.
The premise is much more intriguing than the execrable Alien vs Predator movies, and of course the Twittersphere has gone into a predictable loop-the-loop with suggestions for future episodes. Top of the pile isIs King joking? Who cares! It’s another sideways option that would keep thesearingly alive.
Perhaps the evil kiddies get particularly upset at the prospect of a creature walking among them that is centuries older than the 18 or so years marked out as the maximum age for Gatlin’s inhabitants. Do they stuff his tusks with wheat? Could this be like a horror take on Home Alone, except with … you know … extra aliens?I for one want to see it.
Then again, Disney owns the rights to hundreds of characters that would be excellent in a scrap. What about a Predator vs Mandalorian movie? Who wouldn’t shell out to see the extra-terrestrial warrior take on the Force Ghost of Yoda , or perhaps the Hulk I for one would love to see Predator outwitted by Sid Phillips, Andy’s evil neighbour in the first Toy Story movie, though perhaps we are veering back dangerously close to Children of the Corn/Home Alone territory here.
And yet, we really should have learned our lessons by this point. The very reason Predator is interesting to everyone all over again is that the suits didn’t – for once – take the easy option and instead actually bet Prey’s relatively meagre budget on something fresh and original. Yes, the next episode definitely needs to zoom even further away from Planet Obvious if it is to keep us intrigued. Then again, I really, really like the idea of Predator vs Darth Vader.
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