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You know the species because androids have been a mainstay of science fiction since before Isaac Asimov coined the “three laws of robotics” for a novelette published in 1942.

The pair breaks every beaker on Kirsh’s table until the cyborg slams the android over it, breaking his artificial spine.

As the eggs threaten to open, the android smoothly warns the talking meat in front of him, “If you’re not careful, you’re going to belong to them.”

If it is accidental, it’s still commendable that the android’s personality fluctuations look like a conversation with that cinematic cliché.

The idea of a Predator and a synthetic’s odd-couple team-up was intriguing even before the visual of an alien warrior carrying half an android on his back grabbed this “Star Wars” fan’s attention.