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Stream It: Predator Killer of Killers

by scott on June 9, 2025 at 12:46 pm

Posted In: Blogs, Homepage, Movies, Scott

A new Predator flick just dropped on Disney + this week, and I was able to watch it with my wife over the weekend; Predator Killer of Killers.

Predator: Killer of Killers brings together a team with a strong history in genre film. Director Dan Trachtenberg, best known for helming 10 Cloverfield Lane and the re-energized and kick-assPrey, has a proven that he understands the key elements in monster movies are characters and creative action. Co-director Joshua Wassung has primarily worked in animation and visual development, helps bring Trachtenberg along for this feature. Writer Micho Robert Rutare, co-creator of cult-favorite mockbusters like Sharknado and Z Nation, brings his flair for high-concept chaos and genre-savvy storytelling. Together, their combined experience across horror, science fiction, and action genres delivers Killer of Killers as a strong entry in the Predator franchise, standing up there with Prey.

KoK is animated, and some stylistic choices seem a bit dated. The character design has a bit too much “Clone Wars” blocky-ness to them for my liking. But the action is fluid and dynamic while also using great creative camera angles that make the film fly. There is a good amount of blood and guts, and the animation doesn’t muddy it up with smore of dim lighting, so it’s not for kids.

Killer of Killers is an anthology, telling the tales of three visits to earth where the Predator hunts and battles a Viking war party, a Samurai and a Ninja, and a World War II air fighter squadron. It’s not quite the viral TikTok samurai film, but it’s not too far off either. All three stories deliver different angles, tell fun hunter tales while still being original and interesting, and they all feel like they exist in the same world as Predator, Predator 2 and Prey.

We both really liked it. I think Trachtenburg just gets Predator. I kind of hope that these films will earn him a shot at making something with the Xenomorphs to see if he can make something new with them. He has a viewpoint almost like a Mark Waid or Brian Michael Bendis, a comic book writer that understands what came before is important to building something new, and that for fans, that’s fun.

└ Tags: Dan Trachtenburg, Disney Plus, predator, Predator Killer of Killers, prey

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9ES 334: There’s Very Little Daredevil in this Daredevil

by keith on April 17, 2025 at 6:49 am

Posted In: 9ES, Podcast, Podcasting

Montreal’s favorite geek and pop culture podcast 9ES is back to talk about the Chicken Jockey trend, the stupid AI Studio Ghibli trend, the Canadian election, Daredevil: Born Again and so much more. Of course it’s only natural that we start the episode off about how my brother now kind of sounds like Kieran Culkin after he recovered from Covid. Topical!

I really can’t express enough how happy the “Chicken Jockey” trend makes me. We talk a little bit in the episode how it seems like relatively harmless fun and pales in comparison to some of the horror stories we heard back in the day during showings of the first Jackass movie. Well, clearly the kids of today heard us trash talk their shenanigans and things have… escalated. Check this video out for clips of people sneaking in a live chicken and setting off actual fireworks in the movie theatre. Yet it still makes me happy. Why? Maybe I’m just happy these Mindcraft nerds are getting out of the house and doing something real for once in their lives, ok?

Meanwhile, the fast we move on from the AI Studio Ghibli trend the better. You know it’s a super cool fun trend when the White House is in on the trend showing a picture of a woman being deported. Fun and cool!

Finally, I’m catching up on Daredevil: Born Again over on Disney+ and I’m not really sure why it pissed people off. It’s good. You should watch it. It feels a lot like the Netflix Daredevil series which was easily one of the best Marvel things around. Maybe I’ll be finished it by the time next episode rolls around? Or maybe not.

Meanwhile – over on Garbage Time, we talk quite a bit of hockey talk. From the Montreal Canadiens playoff aspirations to Alex Ovechkin now holding the NHL all time goal-scoring title. To offset all the sports talk we then talk about House of X and Powers of X and you won’t believe how you’re supposed to pronounce “Powers of X” considering it’s an X-Men book. If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

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└ Tags: chicken jockey, daredevil, daredevil born again, high potential, kieran culkin, marvel comics, mcu, minecraft movie, Montreal, montreal geek podcast, montreal podcast, prey, studio ghibli

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9ES268: Stop Going To See Avatar

by jorn on August 25, 2022 at 8:00 am

Posted In: 9ES, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that seems to be more interested in watching bad movies than good ones is back to talk about 2 movies you probably should not watch and 1 movie that you really should.

There is something deeply wrong with the fact that Jon willingly subjected himself to the lowest ranked movie on The List and not the critically acclaimed Number 1 movie on streaming services.

I was never fully a Predator guy. I mean, the first two came out before I was a teenager and then “Predators” came out when I was in my late 20s. So during the formative years of my movie watching there were only two Predator movies. The first one which was really cool and the second one which was kind of hokey and cheesy.

But as we discuss in this episode, the first Predator (and even it’s shitty sequels to a lesser extent) is kind of an interesting take on typical action movies. It’s one of the rare instances where the heroes need to be really smart to take down the bad guy. No amount of machismo or firepower will take out a Yautja – only a really good plan has a chance.

That’s cool.

So I’m pretty excited that the franchise finally got a really good entry that actually holds up against the original. The fact that it prominently features an indigenous cast is also delicious icing on the cake of a really well executed film.

The Emoji Movie is meh.

Reading about the ongoing saga of T.J. Miller’s broken brain on my phone while reading the movie was probably the most engaging part. This is a brain so broken that it actually held up as a defense against federal charges.

Fascinating.

This week’s episode of Garbage Time is nearly an hour long! We talk more about Woodstock ‘99 and also run through a list published in 2004 of “The Worst Songs Ever” from the now defunct music magazine “Blender”. We also talk a little about Eric Clapton. We’re full of surprises. If all that sounds like the best (because it is), show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time!