Could Prey Fix A Long-Standing Problem With The Predator Franchise?

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The long-running action and horror franchises of modern cinema often have a few difficult aspects that rear their ugly head upon a rewatch. Most just try to sweep issues under the rug, but a smart entry in the franchise could directly address and solve the challenging aspects of the past.

Prey is the fifth entry into the mainline Predator franchise which has seen sporadic activity across the past 35 years. Though there has been a fair amount of variance between the films, some themes have been reoccurring. As a fan of the franchise and the newest director to take the reins, Dan Trachtenberg finds an interesting way to put a new spin on the narrative.

Predator: What Do We Know About Yautja Culture?

The plot of Predator, Predator 2, Predators, and The Predator can be most efficiently boiled down to hypermasculine action figure-esque men doing battle with a powerful alien hunter. The 1987 original features Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan «Dutch» Schaefer, leader of a group of comical commandos on a mission to a jungle guerilla camp. Dillon, Mac, Billy, Blain, Poncho, and Hawkins each represent one version or another of the cartoon Übermensch, in the brief period before they are spectacularly slaughtered. The sequel features Danny Glover and Gary Busey as hard-nosed cops, a slightly different masculine archetype with the same results. Both Predators and The Predator bring back the squadron of military men with very few exceptions. Unfortunately, the role of women in the Predator franchise has been fairly one-note thus far.

There is typically a woman or two in each film, but they don't really get to do much. The general role of the ladies of the franchise is to provide information to the heroes, then get captured or