ManWithNoName
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Tbf it was one of the few good points of the movie.
Movie Terminator: Genisys
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Thank you. Geez, that's an extraordinary list. I wonder if the quality of the script, story or ensuring no continuity errors etc made it into that 33 page contract. Clearly not.
Edit: not letting me quote a post for some reason.
ManWithNoName
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Reading that list last week was when I realised I'd chosen the wrong career in life.
It's like Alien and Aliens. T1 was an action flick, but it had the psychological edge to it. T2 was just a rip roaring action movie (bloody awesome one I can watch over and over, but it's not iconic like T1).
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I think that's unfair on T2. I also believe it's far more iconic than T1.
T1 was remarkable for what it was - a low budget action / sci-fi movie with brains. It changed the game a bit by telling the story on the run, thereby always having that tension that something was out there and could strike at any time. It also fit nicely as a compact movie in and of itself - you can watch it and feel satisfied without the need for a sequel. It's shortcomings (and they're really not that bad at all) come from the cheesiness in the love story ("Ah cerm acrerrss terrmm for youuu Sarah, I lerrrv you, Ah erlwers herrvv.")
What T2 did was take ideas that were started in the original and expand on them. T1 had the "change the past to change the future" concept, but still had an element of fate to it (with Reese becoming John's father and that whole crazy paradox). T2 brought in changing the present to stop the future. It removed that sense of finality - it changed from being about protection, to going on the attack. It also continued on Sarah Connor's progression from the first movie ("On your feet soldier!") to flat out badass, in the process making her feel much like the machines she so thoroughly despises - yet in the end, showing the difference between them.
Just because it was big budget and had incredible action sequences doesn't mean it was any dumber than the original.
vast
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Wonder what Arnies contract is like for doing this movie.
floodbuster
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Looks like they're going to knock off Terminator 2 (the most successful one).
Makes sense seeing as he thought Avatar was a masterpiece.
NSWCROW
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wait , so John's now a t1000 and the t-800 never lowered himself into the molten pit and terminators don't age and FARKKKKKK
floodbuster
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Looks like this is going to be one confusing time travel crossover.
I have no idea what I just watched.
ManWithNoName
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I can see why they cast Matt Smith. Need a Time Lord to sort this mess out.
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Looks like John is more of an organic terminator.
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From what i read on an earlier article when the teaser trailer, this is set in an alternate universe, hence Sarah O'Connor being Kyle Reese saviour and what the most recent trailer released John O'connor being some kind of organic hybrid terminator.
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A complete re-boot with a twist, could be a good movie.
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Watched the trailer...
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This looks like it is going to be soooo bad
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Yeah this is starting to look like a disaster where they've just added every little thought thats come to there head, seems like it's all way too much for one film. It's almost like Michael Bay does the Terminator.
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Seems like just an excuse to get Arnie on the Terminator screen one last time for the $$$. Completely backwards to the somewhat hopeful direction they went with Salvation.
Punchy Bassett
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Just looks s**t that simple really
ManWithNoName
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I'll see it because I think Emilia Clarke has the potential to be a really good Sarah Connor, coupled with a sense of loyalty to Arnie. But I'm not expecting it to be good.
The scene that intrigues me the most is the glimpse at the end of the new/current Arnie taking on the 1984 version. Interesting.
But I hope it's not another case of showing the best scenes of the movie in the trailer itself (like pretty much every Transformers movie).
But I hope it's not another case of showing the best scenes of the movie in the trailer itself (like pretty much every Transformers movie).
