Terminator Genisys (July 1st, 2015)

[spindrift]

Same here- thought it was a good Terminator film....but no way could it support another...

 

[cmiller99]

Well, that's it for now I guess.

 

[a-dev]

That ought to be it for the whole franchise. Nothing left to do. Yeah if they got someone decent they could do a proper 2029 movie but quite simply not enough people care anymore.

 

[Patriot666]

It makes me sad when I think about Arnold being too old to make movies.[emoji22]

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

It makes me sad when I think about Arnold being too old to make movies.[emoji22]

He's not too old to make movies, just too old to be a Terminator.

 

[Patriot666]

He's not too old to make movies, just too old to be a Terminator.

That makes me sad.

 

[MaulFan]

It makes me sad when I think about Arnold being too old to make movies.[emoji22]

He's not too old to make movies, just too old to be a Terminator.

Old, not obsolete.

 

[a-dev]

Which runs contrary to what he says in T3 - ''I am an obsolete design''. Not that it really matters.

 

[EVILFACE]

Just do King Conan........

 

[Khev]

I guess evil John was right. Arnold really is an obsolete relic from a forgotten timeline.

 

[MaulFan]

Which runs contrary to what he says in T3 - ''I am an obsolete design''. Not that it really matters.

What's T3?

Overall, this is my 4th favorite Terminator film.

1 - T2
2 - T1
3 - Salvation
4 - Genisys
5 - T3

Stuff like "talk to the hand" just puts an overall quality to T3 that just feels really out of place in the franchise, there are some great moments in the movie overall, but just not a very good experience from beginning to end. It's like a music album with 10 songs but you only like 2-3 of them. With Salvation and Genisys, I at least like 5-7 of them.

 

[Centurion]

What's T3?

Overall, this is my 4th favorite Terminator film.

1 - T2
2 - T1
3 - Salvation
4 - Genisys
5 - T3

That's how I would rank them as well, however, at any given time, I could enjoy the first just as much as the second.

 

[MaulFan]

I would never argue the values of T1 vs T2, it just comes down to what I grew up on. I was introduced to Terminator 2 around 10 years old because they played it on TV and it was edited down to like PG-13. I had all the toys, watched it over and over, it quickly became one of my most favorite movies. T1, being older, wasn't often aired on TV and by the time I finally saw it, Terminator 2 had already come to define a Terminator movie for me, so for a long time, T1 was too different for me with Arnie being the villain, and I was only a little kid in the 80s so the outfits seemed a bit ridiculous. Today, as an adult, I have a greater appreciation for it. At one time I'd never own a Tech Noir outfit figure but today I do.

While Salvation wasn't Cameron's future, for me, once you look past that and just take it by itself, there's some pretty cool characters and performances that make it pretty enjoyable, and despite using existing characters, Genisys has a more serious tone and some highlight moments, and I thought old Arnie was a better incarnation than the T-850.

I dare say, one thing that affects the sequels since T2 is the humanization of the T-800. It was special in T2 because he spent the first film as an unstoppable killing force and to change him was a big deal, but now there's just a constant need to make him the same character he was at the end of T2, but it doesn't work as well to start out like that.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I guess evil John was right. Arnold really is an obsolete relic from a forgotten timeline.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

What's T3?

Overall, this is my 4th favorite Terminator film.

1 - T2
2 - T1
3 - Salvation
4 - Genisys
5 - T3

Stuff like "talk to the hand" just puts an overall quality to T3 that just feels really out of place in the franchise, there are some great moments in the movie overall, but just not a very good experience from beginning to end. It's like a music album with 10 songs but you only like 2-3 of them With Salvation and Genisys, I at least like 5-7 of them.

So T3 is the "Use Your Illusion I" of the Terminator franchise?

 

[cmiller99]

I dare say, one thing that affects the sequels since T2 is the humanization of the T-800. It was special in T2 because he spent the first film as an unstoppable killing force and to change him was a big deal, but now there's just a constant need to make him the same character he was at the end of T2, but it doesn't work as well to start out like that.

Yep. Studio execs keep missing the point.

 

[Patriot666]

So T3 is the "Use Your Illusion I" of the Terminator franchise? [emoji38]

I love that whole album to death.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I love that whole album to death.

I prefer part 2 (the blue one), which has the T2 song...ironically



Part 1 has only 2 or 3 songs that I like.

 

[Jameson Rook]

What's T3?

Overall, this is my 4th favorite Terminator film.

1 - T2
2 - T1
3 - Salvation
4 - Genisys
5 - T3

Stuff like "talk to the hand" just puts an overall quality to T3 that just feels really out of place in the franchise, there are some great moments in the movie overall, but just not a very good experience from beginning to end. It's like a music album with 10 songs but you only like 2-3 of them. With Salvation and Genisys, I at least like 5-7 of them.

For me it's:

1. T1
2. T2
3. TSCC

I pretend like the rest didn't exist.

 

[Xenoburger_]

1. T1
2. T3