Dark Horse Announces "Predator: Life and Death" (FaS-style Crossover)

[happypred]

Won't be the first time we see a Yautja sword though (Predator 2, AvP War, Predator Bad Blood)...good stuff

Of course we can respectfully disagree.  Just because the AVP film delved into some "Ancient Aliens visiting us" themes doesn't mean that the idea worked well.  In fact, one could say that the AVP film fell flat with what it attempted to do by involving Predators in our history.  This idea presented in AVP did not work anywhere near as well as it did in Prometheus, and that is because the idea of Predators guiding us along comes across as silly whereas the idea of Engineers is compelling.  Why?  Exactly.  Because the idea of Engineers creating us, opens up the mystery of why they created us and also why we create androids.  The question itself is a high brow idea.  When we are faced with Predators guiding us along, the only answer we can put forth is that so they can hunt us.  That is simply not compelling and rather low brow.

But don't get me wrong, the Predator films and world is still enjoyable, it is just not on the same playing field as Aliens.  But that is just my opinion, and we all have our own justifiable perspectives...

The potential depth of the Predator franchise is not limited to the Ancient Aliens angle...

[Ultramorph]

Yup, that Predator seems to be an entirely original (awesome) design, though some elements of the helmet remind me a bit of Enforcer from Bad Blood. I like the possible

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competition Abnett is setting up between W-Y and Seegson as far as exploiting Engineer tech goes. All this has me really wondering what the "big crossover" that's coming later in the year will be.

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[The Alien Predator]

Yup, that Predator seems to be an entirely original (awesome) design, though some elements of the helmet remind me a bit of Enforcer from Bad Blood. I like the possible

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competition Abnett is setting up between W-Y and Seegson as far as exploiting Engineer tech goes. All this has me really wondering what the "big crossover" that's coming later in the year will be.

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What big crossover!? Oh shit! This has me ultra excited now dude!

[Ultramorph]

What big crossover!? Oh shit! This has me ultra excited now dude!

From Randy's interview with Diamond Daily (the bolding is mine):

RS: Absolutely. In addition to the Life and Death story cycle, Brian Wood and Tristan Jones are producing a new series called Aliens: Defiance, which is set prior to the film Aliens and Ripley's ill-fated return to LV-426. There's also a big crossover that I can't talk about yet scheduled for later in the year. Sorry, you'll just have to wait. And, for Twentieth Century Fox's official Aliens Day— April 26 (4.26, get it?)—we're publishing a gorgeous over-sized collection of our very first Aliens series, by Mark Verheiden and Mark A. Nelson. It's all in glorious black-and-white, with the original dialogue (i.e. without the changes instituted after the events Alien3 altered continuity), and includes every scrap of Mark Nelson Aliens art we could get our hands on.

I'm excited too.  If I had to guess what it is, I would say maybe

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the characters from Defiance, FaS, and Life and Death come together?

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[The Alien Predator]

What big crossover!? Oh shit! This has me ultra excited now dude!

From Randy's interview with Diamond Daily (the bolding is mine):

RS: Absolutely. In addition to the Life and Death story cycle, Brian Wood and Tristan Jones are producing a new series called Aliens: Defiance, which is set prior to the film Aliens and Ripley's ill-fated return to LV-426. There's also a big crossover that I can't talk about yet scheduled for later in the year. Sorry, you'll just have to wait. And, for Twentieth Century Fox's official Aliens Day— April 26 (4.26, get it?)—we're publishing a gorgeous over-sized collection of our very first Aliens series, by Mark Verheiden and Mark A. Nelson. It's all in glorious black-and-white, with the original dialogue (i.e. without the changes instituted after the events Alien3 altered continuity), and includes every scrap of Mark Nelson Aliens art we could get our hands on.

I'm excited too.  If I had to guess what it is, I would say maybe

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the characters from Defiance, FaS, and Life and Death come together?

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That would be exciting!

One thing though.

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Isn't Defiance set a bit after Isolation? Those character would be pretty old by this point if Life and Death is after Fire and Stone. Unless medical sciences improved significantly.

I ask that because Defiance is between Isolation and Aliens (2135-2179) if I'm not mistaken, while Fire and Stone is in 2219 and Life and Death may be after this.

We have yet to see extreme longevity in this franchise that does not involve consuming Predators during those eras before Rage War. Only the Founders found a way and look what it did to them. XD

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[Ultramorph]

Yeah, there are definitely obstacles to that happening, but remember,

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in this universe extended cryosleep can carry anyone as far forward as the writers need. 

Personally, I would be happy if it turned out that Seegson was in league with the dog-aliens to exploit Engineer tech or something crazy like that. I really hope one day we see The Rage and the dog-aliens in comic form.

Also, I'm curious to see how Life and Death "intersects" with Fire and Stone, especially now that we know that Tartarus isn't LV-223.

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[The Alien Predator]

Yeah, there are definitely obstacles to that happening, but remember,

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in this universe extended cryosleep can carry anyone as far forward as the writers need. 

Personally, I would be happy if it turned out that Seegson was in league with the dog-aliens to exploit Engineer tech or something crazy like that. I really hope one day we see The Rage and the dog-aliens in comic form.

Also, I'm curious to see how Life and Death "intersects" with Fire and Stone, especially now that we know that Tartarus isn't LV-223.

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Oh yeah, that's true.

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I would love to see Rage War adapted into a comic or even a cartoon film or trilogy of sorts. To see the Rage and Dog-Aliens. I'm also hoping to see the Arcturians.

I would love to see a spin off "first contact" scenario with humanity and the Arcturians.

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[Ultramorph]

Dark Horse and Titan Books did work together to make River of Pain and Aliens: FaS fit together, so who knows, they could collaborate on something bigger in the future.

[happypred]

Might enjoy a Rage War comic more than I have the so-so novel

[Perfect-Organism]

Might enjoy a Rage War comic more than I have the so-so novel

I totally agree with that.  I hope they adapt this into comic format.  The Aliens Predator universe is so visually rich that it would probably really elevate the story...

[The Alien Predator]

Might enjoy a Rage War comic more than I have the so-so novel

I totally agree with that.  I hope they adapt this into comic format.  The Aliens Predator universe is so visually rich that it would probably really elevate the story...

I agree. I would love to see those Marine combat suits in comic form. The book doesn't describe them physically all that much other than that they are very fitting and the mask is almost skin tight, almost. But we don't even know what colour this flexible Nanosuit like armour is. So I imagine it as black just like the Crysis Nanosuits. 

But seeing a picture of it would be epic.

And also 27th century ships, and the Predator stuff in the book would be cool to see.

[Corporal Hicks]

#Predator: Life & Death #1 Exclusive Variant Cover by @wheatley_doug for @friedpiecomics http://friedpiecomics.com/post/139177448613/predator-life-and-death-1-publisher-dark-horse

[426Buddy]

Great cover, love the marine helmets on those skulls.

[Ultramorph]

That's awesome! Just the small bit of Engineer interior stuff in the background reminds me how great Doug Wheatley's art was in Destroying Angels. It would be awesome if he was doing one of the L&D series.

[happypred]

Oh look, it's Scar