I was reading all the discussions about Aliens vs Predator stuff. I watched both films, and I also understand from what I've experienced is that Predator films have more "clout" than the Alien films. The alien film fell off the cliff after 3, after that... it just got stupid. Alien, Aliens, Super Alien, Super, Duper, mutant ****ing Aliens. It just got messy. Predator is a little more simpler than the "Aliens" franchise. So, they went backwards to make a prequel (Prometheus) to "make up" for the mess that the directors made for the franchise. It would have been better if the Alien franchise would just go the Friday the 13th route, where Aliens progressed into better and more nastier versions of the original Alien, but instead, they tried to make the story more "robust" but what they really did, is complicate the series, so that's why reviews declined as years passed.
In my opinion, I prefer Predator over Alien, because of the lore being a little simpler. With Predator, you have two species that are battling for supremacy, while Alien(s) just don't really have a story, they just made the story up as they go along. I mean a mother alien that's twice the size of the original alien(s), I mean, what the ****?
The original 3 Alien films are better than the abominations that followed. Predator and Predator 2 are better than any reboot or prequel that followed. I actually liked Predator 2 despite the whole "monster invades modern city" and I also liked the story. You chase after Predator, battle against Predator, and earn the respect of the Predators. To me, that's how you bring Predator to modern times. The sales for the film reflect this. Fans loved the film regardless of how dumb it sounds to some people. The original Predator is better because of how genuine the story is.
If this new imagination of Predator is better than any of the films that was released in the franchise, I'll put it into the original 2.
And the thing is, more film studios are doing this. For example, the next Terminator film doesn't even recognize Genisys.