I don't really think you understand what fan-Service really means, so we disagree.
You talk about bringing beloved characters back was necessary in Star Wars because they build a Story around them, but in The Predator it isn't? How do you even know that?
Fan Service can be both necessary and unnecessary, it always depends on how the writer involves certain characters and how they build them into the Story. Just because it makes sense that a returning character is back on Screen doesn't make it any less of a fan Service, it just makes it
well made fan service.
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As I said, it sort of is fan service but it's still understandable within context. Dutch does not need to come back and shouldn't given that there are younger, far better actors. It would overall fall into a pit of fan service that I don't want to see.
There are better and younger actors than Mark Hammilton and Harrison Ford, what does that have to do with anything? And like i said, you say the return of Dutch will make no sense, yet we know literally
nothing about the Story. What is if he will be a integral part or a missing link in the story?
We can only specualte, yet you want to make it a fact that Dutch will be a waste yet the movies i mentioned, namely Star Wars, Jurassic World etc. clearly Show that you can have fan Service
and have it be part of a storyline that will explain in a pleasing way to the audience why the character is there on Screen.