Ep. 849 - Predator: Badlands

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff put on a happy face with Pluribus, float to sleep with In Your Dreams, and head off-world with Mars Express. Then they return to Dan Trachtenberg’s expanding cinematic universe with Predator: Badlands.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: Matt Goldberg’s coverage of Pluribus
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on our favorite gadgets of 2025
Jeff - WECT News 6 Interview Part 1 and Part 2

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:17:38)
David - Mars Express, Eddy Burback’s ChatGPT Made Me Delusional
Devindra - Pluribus, Nuremberg, I Love LA, Dispatch
Jeff - Pluribus, In Your Dreams

Featured Review (~01:12:06)
Predator: Badlands
SPOILERS (~01:35:13)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the filmcast, a podcast about movies.
0:23.9	I'm David Chen and Predator Badlands, more like competitor of El Fannings.
0:32.9	Joining me today is Dvinger Hardwar.
0:35.4	You're ejected from the show, Dave. Sorry.
0:37.7	Already.
0:38.5	It's been 10 seconds.
0:40.9	Predator plus Terrence Malix Badlands.
0:43.6	Sign me up.
0:45.6	And Jeff Kanata.
0:47.2	This movie raises a very important question that it does not answer, which is, which
0:54.1	teeth do we eat with, the little externally fangy ones?
0:59.0	Inside he, what are those little fangies for?
1:02.6	It's like a cat.
1:03.6	Yeah.
1:04.6	Those are vague and oblique references of the fact that today on the podcast, we're going to be reviewing Dan Tractonberg's latest film,
1:12.5	Predator Badlands.
1:18.2	In addition, of course, we got a little bit of email, a little bit of film news before we get to some what we've been watching, some great what we'll be watching titles for you today, and then some
1:21.3	weekly plugs before our featured review.
1:23.4	But first, just a quick note about Predator Badlands.
1:27.0	Guys, not even talking about the movie, not even talking about the quality of the movie, all right?
1:32.7	Let's just talk about from a business perspective.
1:34.4	There were some naysayers.
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