Predator

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

Hollywood, Acting, Directing, Blockbuster, Movie, Flop, Film, Disaster, History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

This week, Chris and special guest (and film critic) Dan Murrell get to the choppa! with a deep dive of 1987's Predator. They'll be braving snakes (venomous and Hollywood), fire ants, scorpions and traveler's diarrhea as they explore this unlikely sci-fi action classic's arduous production. Learn how Arnold hooked the crew on cigars, bested Jesse Ventura's biceps, and why Shane Black was killed first. Plus, why you may not want to attempt heat vision in 100-degree weather...

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1:13.6	Hello and welcome back to another episode of What Went Wrong, your favorite podcast,
1:18.3	Full Stop, that just so happens to be about movies, and how it is nearly impossible to make
1:23.0	them, let alone a good one, let alone a testosterone-driven sci-fi action romp through the jungles of South America.
1:30.3	As always, I'm your host Chris Winterbauer.
1:32.8	However, my steadfast co-host, Lizzie Bassett, is on maternity leave this week,
1:37.1	so we are joined by a special guest.
1:40.2	Dan Merle is a movie critic and fan who racked up four Emmy nominations as a writer and producer
1:45.8	at Screen Junkies. You may have seen him on movie fights, Screen Junkies News, or is the former
1:51.5	champion of the movie trivia Shmodown. Since 2020, he's run his own YouTube channel called
1:57.3	Dan Merle Movies, where you can find him reviewing the latest releases, covering the
2:02.5	box office on Sharts with Dan, and talking about the latest movie news. Dan, thank you for joining
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