Predator: The Badlands Review!

Predator: Badlands is a sci-fi action film set on a harsh alien world where survival is everything. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and staring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster‑Koloamatangi. The story focuses on an unlikely alliance formed under extreme circumstances, blending action, adventure, and emotional depth without relying solely on the traditional “human hunt” formula. It’s a fresh take and a respectful nod to the classic Predator legacy in one action protein shake! 🍻

It's so refreshing and interesting how the film shifts perspective by making a Yautja (the Predator species) the main character (Dek), giving that creature nuance and emotion rather than purely a monster. The chemistry between Dek and the android Thia (played by Elle Fanning) are fantastic! They have a surprisingly entertaining odd-couple dynamic which worked great. There was moments Dek and Thia both made me laugh, it was amusing.

The alien planet Genna is astonishing and so beautiful, amazing world building and worlds shown along with Yautja Prime. The new creature designs, and the interaction of Predator lore are fresh for the franchise and a much welcome addition.

As a big long time predator fan myself it was so refreshing to see more of the Yautja clan and hearing them interact with eachother. My hat is off to the sound design behind that and to the cool distorted daft punk like soundtrack we get with them at times. Some fans of the Pred films may feel the film softens the “monster” and horror aspect too much by giving The Predator more emotion, vulnerability and a journey but there's still ferociousness here.

The action and spectacle are strong, the pacing does slow down when characters outside of our titular ones are on screen. The tone shift from the traditional 18 to a mere 12A feels odd with what prior Predator films delivered (horror, action, gritty) but it still works here. Score is fantastic and elevates the film, trust me the distorted Yautja type vocal music whatever you call it, I'm so hyped I can't even word right now about it but yes that slaps!

Predator: Badlands is a big bold evolution of the franchise. It's so good to have more substance to the Predator species. The 12A rating is a shocking step down from the Horror series 18 ratings in the past but there's still blood to be shed here. It's not your typical Predator horror hunt like the past entries, but it does take interesting risks and delivers fun, strong visuals, and a new emotional core. It signals that the franchise is moving into territory traditional Pred fans may not like which may divide fans but arguably in an exciting way.

I thought this was incredible, I am looking forward to seeing what's next for the franchise. Thanks for reading, stay shiny and follow for more reviews! 😊

Chainsawman: The Reze Arc Movie REVIEW!

With great chainsaws, comes great bloody mercy!

Gear up and get those chainsaws ready and get ready for an animated spectacle like no other with the devil hunters, a sharkboy, a literal bombshell and a gremlin chainsaw. That's right, so if you mix them up with some blood, heart pumping action and ass kicking music, and you get this film. If you have not watched the series, this film will just be flashy confusion, but you will get the gist as it goes along if you are a new fan. 

The film follows our main character Denji just after CSM (chainsaw man) season 1, Denji gets to go on a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams and his boss in the special division 4's devil hunters. A storm hits and as Denji takes shelter from the rain he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café, and this starts to give Denji conflicted feelings, But there's more than meets the eye to Reze. We have a romantic, comedic and conflicted feeling first half of the film before descending into absolute bloody chaos to the rest of the film. 

First off, the opening title music video SLAPS HARD. The visuals were spectacular and so creative. If you compare this film to last month's demon slayer movie, in terms of animation, I'd easily say demon slayer wins. However, chainsaw man was very creative with the lighting, effects and visuals overall.

Ryan Colt Levy I would say gave his best performance so far of his career. Reze as played by Alexis Tipton I'd also say delivered some of her best work too as Reze. Derick Snow as Beam was a new voice to me, and he delivered a great job, and me and my friend even thought that Sharkboy was voiced by Bruce Papenbrook because it was reminiscent of Insouke. Reagen Murdock as Aki was also top-notch. Of all the voice actors, I give them credit, but these stood out the most to me.

The comedy and the timing was perfect in this film and so on point, it really surprised me at how funny it was. The music was so bloody good, too, and I'm playing the music on repeat since my viewing of the film.

Overall I had a great time watching Chainsawman's big screen debut and I highly recommend it and if you just came in off the street to see the hype of a man with chainsaws for hands and head, well I think you'll still have a good time.

*THIS DOES HAVE A FUNNY AFTER CREDITS SCENE, WHICH LOOMS ONTO SOMETHING SINISTER.....JUST WAIT*

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FREE Attack On Titan Fan fiction Ebook! Shiro's Tale Of Terror!

What follows is an original fan fiction story from myself based upon the hugely successful anime series Attack On Titan. This is also my first time writing some fan fiction so all comments welcome. If all goes well maybe we will have a series this took me a year to write and edit. So I hope you enjoy. There may of course be some grammatical errors if you notice any do please correct me for I am human and I make mistakes. If anyone wishes to contribute some fan art or art work to help the story further please let me know, you will be credited!

LINK NO LONGER WORKS BUT STAY TUNED FOR IT TO BE RE_PUBLISHED HERE ON MY BLOG

Tales on Titan is a fan fiction based on the hugely popular and widely successful anime and manga attack on titan. Original fan fiction,characters and ideas written by Scott Jones. Thank you all for reading. It took me over a year to write. Thanks for all the support so far.

This is based on the works of Hajime Isayama’s manga "Shingeki no Kyojin" originally serialized in the monthly Bessatsu Shonen Magazine published by KODANSHA LTD. Ideas ,original characters and this fan fiction story based on the works of Scott Jones. All rights reserved.

2018 UPDATE: Wow two years ago today I released my first self published Ebook and it's about fan fiction for #AttackOnTitan no less haha, i'd like to think i've come far since then but it was a blast to create and i hope people like it. 

THE BOOK STARTS HERE