Predator: Requiem in 2007 are widely viewed as the low-points for both franchises. Arriving long after both main series had petered out and hot on the heels of fellow horror crossover Freddy vs.

The eventual movies were less well-received.

Related: Arnold Schwartzenegger Almost Returned for Alien vs. Predator was that while it was an obvious cash-in crossover, whenever the two met it was made to work within the confines of both franchise's simultaneously, making it instantly accessible to the geek target market. In 1989, Dark Horse had the idea of pitting the ultimate hunter against the perfect organism, starting a multimedia franchise that blew up into novels, games and much, much more. As such, it's rather unsurprising the whole thing kicked off in comics. While Aliens brought the action to the former series, neither had an intrinsic link. Predator was an actioner spearing the macho cliches of the 1980s involving a space hunter. Alien was a horror movie set on a spaceship with a used/phallic aesthetic. On paper, the two series share only a broad sci-fi set up and a studio.

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