Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Feb 11, 2016, 05:06:42 PM
There is definitely some Hemingway potential with Predator comics. A good writer could do something great with that. But if a Predator tale is to stay true to the core ideas behind Predator, it will invariably be a hunting story. It is a book about sport. The Alien series is free from all of that. There is no element of sport in the Alien mythos.
Allow me to respectfully disagree...
That's like saying an Aliens story has to be a tale full of jump scares with humans being stalked by an Alien or Aliens (this is true of Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Res)
The core theme of the Aliens franchise is the cold indifference of not just the cosmos but of humanity as well, e.g.the Company. The Aliens are almost a reflection of man's remorseless drive to survive and expand at all costs and at the expense of all else. What is scarier, the Aliens or the Company trying to exploit them? If the ability to survive ruthlessly is the criterion, is man any less of a perfect organism than the xenomorph?
You could do A LOT with that
The core theme of the Predator franchise is the human propensity for (and enjoyment of) violence, conquest and domination. Swanland rally captures this theme with his cover for the 2009 Predator DH series. The Predator caresses a human skull before a shrine built of assault rifles and human bones. The Predator is almost an embodiment of man's violent, sadistic tendencies.
As with Aliens, you could do A LOT with that.