A few days ago, I threw out my back, so I wasn’t sure I’d make it through to the end watching a movie. But armed with my secret weapon—an inflatable lumbar pillow into the chair—I watched “Predator: Badlands.” A back-friendly 107 minutes! And it was great!
I’m sure some long-time fans will say, “This isn’t Predator!” I, too, love John McTiernan’s Predator (1987). But director Dan Trachtenberg already pulled off a brilliant reimagining of the original style with “Prey,” successfully completing that mission. “Predator: Badlands”marks his next phase. It builds on the animated film, “Predator: Killer of Killers.” This is a character-driven movie about the Predator “Dek” and his partner “Thia” (Elle is, as always, adorable). Rather than a tale of “terror of being hunted,” it’s a classic, comedic action film that depicts the “friendship” born in the midst of the hunt.
“Failure of the weak, isolation, journey, training, encounter, rebellion, clash, comradeship, betrayal, redemption, reconciliation, unity, revenge, growth, choice, family—and a new threat.”
These elements form the very blueprint of mainstream Japanese manga storytelling, typified by “Weekly Shonen Jump.” The film also takes heavy visual inspiration from video games. It represents a new direction for Hollywood entertainment led by a new generation of filmmakers who have inherited the global ‘memes’ of manga, anime, and gaming culture.
I especially hope young anime fans who usually steer clear of live-action Western films will give this one a try. Even with Dek’s “ugly” face, you’ll find yourself emotionally invested from the opening scene. You’ll definitely get hooked.
@sterkinekor Bought our tickets to the first imax show at Eastgate and the movie is unable to play and its been 10 minutes now ( all movie goers sitting here in in complete silence) unacceptable for such a premium price!!!
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Hey @JHBWater what is up with the raw sewerage running from overflowing drains all around Linden , Robin Acres, Robindale? Three in Oke Avenue, and another new one on Boundary and Malibongwe it’s disgusting 🤮
@siyagule @wbpictures @sterkinekor A re-release in IMAX is the only thing that makes sense why would we want to re-watch this any other way ? @wbpictures 🙏🏽 Please allow us to see this masterpiece as it was intended
Hey @wbpictures why won't you guys send @sterkinekor the MXF file for the IMAX Interstellar movie so we can also watch it on the biggest screen?
They're the only IMAX cinema chain here.
Why are you relegating Nolan's visual stunner to only small crummy cinemas here?
Please fix
@CityPowerJhb What happened with the Blairgowrie /Linden restoration, we still out and it’s been almost 36 hours ,there is no updates on twitter City Power ticket CPWEB4414864 has been updated to 'Field Diagnosis Completed_FDC'
#CityPowerUpdates#HursthillSDC
Parkhurst Substation (Linden & Blairgowrie):
The team is on site to investigate the cause of an outage affecting power supply to customers in Linden and Blairgowrie.
They are simultaneously awaiting access to a transformer substation (TSS), and will resume with the relevant repairs and restoration efforts.
We will continue to keep affected customers updated on further developments and regret the inconvenience caused. ^LP