For those who don't know, the Amengi are a group of technologically advanced insectoid aliens. They were portrayed as planet conquerors who invade other worlds to enslave their inhabitants and to strip their planets of various resources - having exhausted their own world's resources in the past.

In appearance, a human would consider them to resemble "human-sized cockroaches" with technological devices, with six limbs and clipped wings.

(Their appearance is based off the original Predator design that Jean Claude Van Damme would have worn in the 1987 Predator film):

At one point in the past, they invaded Yautja Prime and ruthlessly enslaved the ancestors of the Yautja (known as the Hish) - using them for food, slave labour and even for entertainment such as hunts or fighting competitions.

After going "soft" from centuries of luxury and despite their advanced technology, the Amengi on Yautja Prime were overthrown by a slave rebellion - led by a Hish known as Kaail.

The Hish enslaved their former overlords and took their technology for their own, with Kaail been immortalized among the Yautja as the "First Hunter" or "Alpha Predator"; even wearing the head of an Amengi as his mask:

However, while the Amengi on Yautja Prime may have been defeated and overthrown, the species may still exist out in the AVP universe.

So, would you like to see the Amengi return as antagonists - maybe with technology even more advanced than that of the Yautja that makes them a credible threat once again?

Curious to see what you think.

(Spoiler warnings for those who are yet to see Prey).

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For those who don't know, there was a Predator comic called Predator: 1718 - which involved a Predator (Greyback) who arrived on the Guinea Coast, Africa in 1718 and attempted to kill a French pirate named Raphael Adolini.

However, the two joined forces to kill Raphael's mutinous crew (after Raphael and his crew got into a dispute about some treasure that had been stolen from a church) - although Raphael would be fatally wounded by been shot in the back.

Before dying, he gave his flintlock pistol to Greyback - telling him "Take it" before succumbing to his injuries. Greyback (after taking the pistol) would then proceed to bury Raphael as a show of respect; even leaving behind his retractable Predator sword in Raphael's grave as an "exchange" of sorts.

Years later during the events of Predator 2, Greyback - now a Predator Elder - would gift the flintlock pistol to LA Detective Mike Harrigan after he had successfully killed the City Hunter.

Now, the events of Predator: 1718 have been rendered non-canon by the events of the movie Prey.

In that film, Raphael is now a member of the French fur trappers (been their translator) who get killed by the Feral Predator; him giving his pistol to Naru and teaching her how to use it in exchange for getting his injuries treated by her - although he ultimately perishes at the Predator's hands anyway.

With Naru now in possession of the pistol, this now begs the question - how does it ultimately end up in the possession of Greyback for him to later pass it on to Mike Harrigan in Predator 2?

Does he arrive on Earth later, kill Naru (and anyone from her village who also fights him) and take the pistol afterwards?

Curious to see what you guys think about this.

Am I the Only One In Agreement:

Am I the only one who thinks that Predator, Predators and Prey prove that Predator movies work best in the jungle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Wx5Ucn26M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR3VGCCspYo

So I just got done sinning it and diving in depth on the films flaws and honestly, I dont understand how some people hate this film

To go into why I think it's the best I'm going to be comparing it to the original film to show how good it is

First off Characters

The characters are great, they are all interesting and stand out in this film, granted the ones in the original film stand out too but the advantage these characters have over them is growth, throughout the film we see these highly dangerous killers slowly change and trust one another to the point of self sacrifice

• Nikolai took out the Tracker Predator to take it down with him and give the others a fighting chance

• Stan distracted the Berserker Predator knowing full well he would likely die in order to help them escape, he went from at their throats to helping them and even got mad when Royce left the group and it got Mombasa the guy that he was fighting to the death with killed

• Hanzo fought off and Falconer and took it down with him

All these characters were horrible people who slowly begin to redeem themselves and sacrifice themselves to help others

The characters in the original Predator film dont really grow, yes they protect one another but they already did that to begin with, there was no chance of character for basically every character, the only one that got character growth was Dillon ironically who went from calling them expendable to fighting to the death to protect them

No other character really has any change of heart other than maybe Mac but it wasn't really a change for the better

Lore

Both films contribute alot, the original film does have the undeniable advantage of setting the lore up to begin with but I think Predators can nearly match it

Predators introduces alot of fascinating ideas to the movie series such as the introduction of the Bad Blood Predators into film, the introduction to the idea of a game preserve planet, Introduced a new subspecies of Predator to the franchise as a whole, had the first Predator vs Predator fight and so much more

But it not only brings in alot of new and fascinating ideas but balances old ideas as well, something that Predator 2 didn't do too well was balancing the old lore with the new stuff it introduced, but with Predators it doesn't feel like the new stuff overshadows the old stuff, everything is well balanced together to pay homage while at the same time inventing new unique ideas and doing character development all at the same time

Logic

So this movie was immensely better logic wise, and I know that sounds stupid in a film about aliens hunting other aliens and humans on a game preserve planet but there were alot of stupid moments in the original film that put me off at times at how dumb they made the scene feel, theres a certain extent to how far you can go with ignoring logic and Predator went across that line quite abit

The main thing that held down the sin count was the fact that there were so many iconic lines and it made the Predator franchise, but otherwise it honestly isnt too good

I wanted to make this comparison because I feel like alot of people brush off anything other than the classic film just because they dknt have stuff like Dutch, while I'm all for respecting a franchises roots I wish more people appreciated the other stuff, Predator 2 honestly wasn't that bad and Predators is a fantastic film with loads of new ideas while still keeping true to lore previously established

I think that's about it for now

So I thought about the fact we have 2 predator hybrids, but one works and fits into the lore whereas the other ruined it, I want to dissect why and talk about why Hunter Borgia succeeded where the Upgrade Predator failed.

1. The Universes they exist in: alright let me break down the lore of both universes since we need to understand their lore and background in order to truly break into why they work and dont work

Predators Concrete Jungle is set in a distant future where a predator named Scarface failed at a hunt and allowed humans to advance with the equipment leftover, Hunter Borgia (one of the predator hybrids) was born a weakened human, he would have died had it not been for Scarfaces blood splashing on him, he had obsessed over the predators for decades and worked on making himself into the ultimate killing machine with countless experiments, he experimented on himself to overcome his natural weakness and to become as strong if not stronger than the species he fascinates about, it makes sense in a lore perspective as to why he'd want to become a hybrid since it would mean he wouldn't have to keep collecting predator blood and he'd become much more powerful and he'd become powerful as well as a result, it makes perfect sense especially for a character such as Hunter Borgia to try hybridizing himself.

On the other hand we have The Predator, The 4th entry into the Official Timeline, as in this is the original continuity, the Upgrade Predator was a predator created through experimentation by other Yautja, this is where it begins to go wrong as it takes the original timeline and completely ruins all lore beforehand, it makes no sense given the Yautja honorcode.

And that's the big difference, Hunter Borgia became a hybrid by humans in order to overcome sickness and death and become all powerful, the Upgrade Predator on the other hand retcons previously established lore, Hunter was seen as a Abomination to the Yautja and rightfully so, the Upgrade Predator however was depicted as a glorification which doesn't match up to Predator lore at all.

One was born a Human and the other was born a Predator, both become hybrids but it's the way each pays attention to the lore, Predator Concrete Jungle did a Hybrid Predator right in making a Abomination that made sense within the confines of the lore whereas The Predator didn't respect old lore.