The Funky Animated Prequel Predator: Killer of Killers is a Welcome Surprise, Even If They Don't Bring Back the Magical Autistic Child from The Predator
Why? Why? Why?
Conventional wisdom insists that sequels are fundamentally the same. Success begets success. Why mess with a winning formula when you can recycle that winning dynamic until the audience grows exhausted, dispirited, and apoplectic over having to experience the same thing over and over again, to diminishing returns?
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