The Terminator movies are a great example of taking a simple and (in its way) beautiful idea and sucking all the life right out of it.
It's common knowledge that James Cameron got the idea for The Terminator from a literal fever dream: just the image of a metal torso dragging itself away from a fire. He was so disturbed by that image that he wrote the whole movie around it.
All of the subsequent movies have, in one way or another, defanged that kernel of an idea. The original story was about ordinary people trying to escape an unstoppable killing machine. The sequels have all been about unstoppable killing machines fighting other unstoppable killing machines with the main characters are little more than bystanders. Terminator 2 is a good movie —*not flawless, but good — but it's not scary like The Terminator was. It's an action movie, not a horror movie.
All this to say that I think the concept peaked with the first movie, and the increasingly long line of pain-hazed-death-march sequels is, at best, unnecessary.
The article says there are three ladies on the photo.I don't get it..... is John Connor the being in the middle???? Is that a man or a woman???
Oh man, don’t ever get into the Halloween franchise...How many times can you try to reboot something? Cause none of it makes any sense now.
I saw that the other day and had to look it up. Its a woman. Hopefully Cameron didn't lose his touch and this will be just another silly terminator movie.I don't get it..... is John Connor the being in the middle???? Is that a man or a woman???
How many times can you try to reboot something? Cause none of it makes any sense now.
The article says there are three ladies on the photo.
Oh man, don’t ever get into the Halloween franchise...
I saw that the other day and had to look it up. Its a woman. Hopefully Cameron didn't lose his touch and this will be just another silly terminator movie.
I'm thinking its a different character all together.....hopefully. Guess you just never know what can be in a movie anymore, no matter whos making it.Well hasn't John Connor been cast like 5 different times now? Or do we now have to suffer through a "Johnetta" SJW script? Further making a complete mess of the original?
Cough...Avatar...cough...I saw that the other day and had to look it up. Its a woman. Hopefully Cameron didn't lose his touch and this will be just another silly terminator movie.
Pretty sad that this applies to the overwhelming majority of upcoming movies, innit...?I’ll catch it on a lazy Sunday when when it eventually makes it way to NETFLIX.
Didn’t say she didn’t.Ok... sure looks like man though...
Oh wow now that’s something you don’t hear every day...What I'm saying is if you ignore 3,4 (which I loved)
The "man" you guys thought you saw is Mackenzie Davis, who was in Blade Runner 2049 and one of the best Black Mirror episodes (San Juniperno). They really worked on here to de-feminize her though, not sure why...
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Thanks for clearing that up, cause I totally thought she was a dude. Cause cmon. The hair, the pecs, I dunno, Im not excited at all for this, just coming from this photo. Not too keen on a character that I cant tell is male or female...
Wow, been a member for as long as I have, with only 60 responses including that one. Thats impressiveGive me a break guy. Uhhh clearly it wasnt obvious considering all the people in this thread alone couldnt tell either.Really? It was pretty obvious it was a female actress - a tomboy look isn't uncommon.
You're already going on record as not liking a character simply cos in one promo photo you can't tell if they are male or female? That's.. impressive.