As moviegoers head to theaters to check out " Predator: Badlands ," they may notice that this installment has a lot in common with various other franchises. The very premise of a traditionally villainous Yautja taking on the lead role is ripped right out of the James Cameron playbook with "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," for one thing. For another, director Dan Trachtenberg himself has admitted that he looked to "Star Wars" for inspiration when it came to figuring out the main protagonist for the film. But, more than anything else, fans may notice that the actual depiction of Yautja culture and language bears some unmistakable hallmarks of the Klingons from "Star Trek." According to the member of the crew chiefly responsible for this aspect of "Badlands," that was almost an inevitability

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