Right off the bat, Thia and the other androids, or synths as they're called in the film, provide the most obvious link to the Alien franchise. We learn they were sent to this planet by their makers, ...

Now, the new film Predator: Badlands is getting attention for its prominent use of Weyland-Yutani, the organization that has been a major part of the Alien franchise since the start. Yet this is ...