I just saw Terminator: Genisys and I had to start a thread about the whole franchise.
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The movie sucked! I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, it was way worse than 3 or 4. So basically none of the other movies happened at all, not even the first two which to me are the best action movies ever with Die Hard. They ruined John Connor. The new Terminator model sucked and didn’t even make sense. Kyle Reese became a whiny bitch who’s in a way all the time and Sarah Connor was just annoying (although hot). The pair just argued and yelled at each other through the whole movie and it concludes to a kiss. What? Ugh. It was good to see Arnold back but his performance was on par with T3, throwing some one liners and to lighten the mood. Salvation feels like a masterpiece after this as this one just pisses on all other Terminator films and their characters. Oh, and what’s up with Salvation and Genisys when they have to have Skynet in some weird digital form to explain what’s going on in the end? First time it was cringe-worthy, the second time even more so.
Man, with all the sequels this year this was the biggest disappointment. I don’t think I want to see this film ever again. And there’s a trilogy coming from this…
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Has everyone noticed how Lance Henriksen’s character is never mentioned by name in The Terminator? That wasn’t always the case. I viewed a LIVE Entertainment VHS release and Traxler uses his name in a scene. Henriksen’s “like you’ve been dead for a week” line was on the same tape and is also missing.