496: Utterly Charming

About this episode

The episode discusses the Predator: Badlands film and various themes related to the franchise.

Predator: Badlands. The Predator franchise started thirty-eight years ago as Arnold Schwarzenegger and his elite group of warriors are hunted down by an alien in the jungles of Central America. Since then, the franchise has had quite a downs as well as a couple ups. In this episode of The 602 Club episode host Matthew Rushing is joined by Ry Paulson to talk about Predator: Badlands. We discuss our previous hunts, building the Yautja culture, Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, programing vs free will, prey to friend, the effects, the music, the future and our ratings. Chapters Previous Hunts (00:04:13) Building the Yauja Culture (00:10:38) Elle Fanning (00:19:38) Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi (00:26:32) Programing vs Free Will (00:30:26) Prey to Friend (00:36:12) The Effects (00:46:31) The Music (00:49:44) The Future (00:52:57) Ratings (00:58:22) Host Matthew Rushing Guest Ry Paulson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Social Twitter: @The602Club Instagram: @the602clubtfm Letterboxd: The602Club

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Rushing

Guest: Ry Paulson

Topics covered

• Predator franchise
• Yautja culture
• film reviews
• programming vs free will
• music in film

Keywords

• Predator
• Badlands
• Yautja
• Elle Fanning
• Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
• programming
• free will
• film music
• reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The 602 Club, TFM

Books & works: Predator: Badlands

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