Thoughts on the ‘Predators’ Trailer

Producer Robert Rodriguez might have something here, but it might be a bit too early to tell.

In spite of the fact that the director of this film has big-screen flop-fest the likes of “Vacancy” and “Armored” under his belt and his name is Nimrod [Antal], this flick, judging by the trailer alone, looks intriguing to say the very least.

Even though “The Predator” franchise has been dead in the water for quite some time, combining elements of horror and action, with a likeable and attractive cast might be just what the doctor ordered this summer.

Well, that is after the entire country watches “Iron Man II” and gets blown away.

Nonetheless, at the very least, this retooling may be a breath of fresh air in the sequel-heavy waters of summer cinema.

Either that, or Hollywood has completely run out of ideas and even talented people such as Rodriguez have fallen victim to the bug of playing with pre-established characters.

While it’s hard to say how good this film is going to be, especially considering how talented the taskmasters in Hollywood are at making amazing trailers nowadays, with people like Laurence Fishburne and Adrien Brody on-board, the script had to be at least solid.

We’ll forget the fact that Topher “I ruined Spider-Man 3” Grace is in this movie for the time being.

Having a bunch of Earth’s best killers stuck on a planet with the Predators sounds like a pretty cool idea that puts a nice spin on the series. The way it gets pulled off eventually however may make it turn out completely different though. The waiting game begins.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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