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One of the longest-running sci-fi franchises in history recently saw a resurgence thanks to a string of well-received films. In fact, the franchise appears to be in better shape than Ridley Scott’s Alien series, which hasn’t shown significant progress since the successful Alien: Romulus in theaters and Alien: Earth on television. Its counterpart, on the other hand, recently returned to the big screen after carefully seeding a comeback on streaming. It remains to be seen where the series will go next, but the reception of the most recent installments has certainly piqued interest in its origins. Now, fans can revisit the movie with which it all began before it leaves Peacock in a few days.

The franchise started in 1987 with a hit movie that is now regarded as a classic of the sci-fi action genre. It was headlined by the biggest action star of the 1980s, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and was released only a few years after the success of James Cameron’s The Terminator. The movie grossed nearly $100 million worldwide — $20 million more than Cameron’s film — against a reported budget of $18 million and spawned a series that has experienced several ups and downs in the decades since.

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Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?
The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars

Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.

💊The Matrix

🔥Mad Max

🌧️Blade Runner

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🏜️Dune

🚀Star Wars

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01

You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do?
The first instinct is often the truest one.





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02

In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely?
What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.





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03

What kind of threat keeps you up at night?
Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.





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04

How do you deal with authority you don’t trust?
Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.





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05

Which environment could you actually endure long-term?
Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.





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06

Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart?
The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.





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07

Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all?
Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.





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08

What would actually make survival worth it?
Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.





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Your Fate Has Been Calculated
You’d Survive In…

Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

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The Resistance, Zion

The Matrix

You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.

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  • You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
  • You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
  • You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
  • The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.


The Wasteland

Mad Max

The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.

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  • You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
  • You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
  • You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
  • In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.


Los Angeles, 2049

Blade Runner

You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

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  • You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
  • In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
  • You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
  • In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.


Arrakis

Dune

Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

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  • Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
  • You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
  • Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
  • In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.


A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars

The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

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  • You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
  • You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
  • You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
  • In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.

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Here’s How Long You Have Left to Watch the Sci-Fi Action Hit on Peacock

We’re talking, of course, about Predator, directed by John McTiernan. Incidentally, McTiernan is responsible for directing three franchise-starters. In addition to Predator, he also directed Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October; not to mention The Thomas Crown Affair, which is about to be remade by Michael B. Jordan. Predator follows a group of soldiers sent to rescue hostages in a South American jungle, but are faced with an alien threat (voiced by Peter Cullen). It holds a 65% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and will be available on Peacock until September 1. After a couple of failed reboots — Predators, released in 2011, and The Predator, released in 2018 — the series was given a shot in the arm by director Dan Trachtenberg with a trio of well-received installments, Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, and Predator: Badlands. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.


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Release Date
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June 12, 1987

Runtime

107 minutes

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Writers

John Thomas, Jim Thomas

Producers
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Joel Silver, John Davis

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