The idea of a predalien queen isn't bad... I would have just made it huger and more threatening. There is also nothing wrong with trying to add to the franchises if its done properly. when anderson added the whole maya/inca whatever crap to the predators, it totally ruined them. But if something new is added and it works, then thats great. The idea of tying predators and aliens is such an element and its one people for the most part enjoy. But if they go as far as making them 100% linked to each like they have done in the comics, then it just ruins them. If nothing new was tried at all here, then everybody would just scream its simple mix of the old movies and does nothing to add to them. We don't need another aliens movie, alien or predator with the similar story lines. a3 & a4 are just rehashes on the old the first 2 films ideas, they added very little to the franchises. Thats when stuff gets stale and boring. Theres no contraversy or anything different to look forward to. If you know whats inside a gift, then whats the point of opening? Compare evil dead 2 to 3. that is a good example of a franchise branching out naturally without destroying it. Same main character, but everything else is different except the overall tone and feelings of the film. The ED spirit was still there in army of darkness, just not everything. Which was part of why it worked. I only hope avpr can do the same for both franchises.