HeyJaredHold On to Your Butts: A Podcast About Great Franchises that Uhhhhhhhhh Lost Their Way
God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God created Man. Man created a podcast about dinosaurs.Hold On to Your Butts started as a Jurassic Park rewatch podcast about how the biggest show on Earth lost its bite.
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Is Predator: Badlands Still a Predator Movie? (opens the original)
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It all comes down to this. JD and Paul reach the end of What the Hell Are You? A Rewatch of Everything Predator with Predator: Badlands, and Paul's wife Megan joins them for the final hunt. Dan Trachtenberg makes perhaps the strangest creative decision in the entire franchise: this time, the Predator is our protagonist. Does turning Predator into a sympathetic hero finally push the franchise somewhere new, or does it fundamentally misunderstand what made Predator interesting in the first place?
Did Animation Make Predator Better? | Hold Onto Your Butts Ep. 23 (opens the original)
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JD and Paul take on Predator: Killer of Killers, the animated anthology from Dan Trachtenberg that sends the Predator hunting across centuries of human history. This time, a Viking warrior, a samurai, and a World War II pilot each face their own Yautja hunter before being brought together for a Predator gladiator battle. JD thinks Killer of Killers contains some of the best and most inventive action in the entire franchise. Paul thinks animation might fundamentally prevent him from caring about
Did Prey Save the Predator Franchise? | Hold Onto Your Butts Ep. 22 (opens the original)
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After six Predator movies, we finally arrive at the one that changed everything. JD and Paul are joined by Mallory Vining (AudiYOOObooks) to break down Prey (2022), the critically acclaimed reboot that breathed new life into the Predator franchise. We discuss why Naru is one of the series' greatest protagonists, how Dan Trachtenberg returned the franchise to its horror roots, and why smaller stakes and smarter storytelling made for the best Predator film since the original.
The Predator (2018) Wasted Every Second Chance | Hold Onto Your Butts Ep. 21 (opens the original)
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The Predator franchise gets another chance...and wastes nearly every advantage it has. JD and Paul are joined by comedian Andres Becerril to revisit The Predator (2018), Shane Black's expensive, chaotic attempt to transform Predator into a larger science-fiction action franchise. The ingredients looked promising: Shane Black returning to the franchise, a cast featuring Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane and Boyd Holbrook, and an ambitious story designed to expand the
Predators (2010) Finally Fixed the Franchise | Hold On To Your Butts Ep. 20 (opens the original)
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The Predator franchise gets a second chance. JD and Paul are joined by comedian Mitch Jones to revisit Predators (2010), the Robert Rodriguez-produced soft reboot that transported the series from the jungles of Earth to an alien hunting preserve. Did this movie succeed where the previous entries stumbled? The crew discusses Adrien Brody's unlikely action hero turn, Walton Goggins stealing scenes, Topher Grace's casting, Predator lore, Robert Rodriguez's original script, the franchise's expanding
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