# Episode 55: "Android Backpack" - Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein / Predator: Badlands

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Published: 2025-11-12T00:50:55+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendanagnew/episodes/Episode-55-Android-Backpack---Guillermo-del-Toros-Frankenstein--Predator-Badlands-e3are00
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Duration seconds: 8254

## Resource

The Brendans are thrilled to be joined in the hunt by Producer Max of the Action for Everyone Podcast (as well as numerous prestigious outlets like Fangoria ) to talk monster madness. The lads chew over whether or not Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein was worth the wait and then go on the prowl with Dan Trachtenberg's new blockbuster Predator: Badlands . There's also talk about the new Ethan Coen joint, Predator franchise rankings, and showing your kids John Carpenter's Halloween. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope You can find Max on Twitter and Bluesky , as well as on Polygon and the always-great Action For Everyone podcast. follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

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