Can they make one with literally all of characters from all the other ones in it, like a massive comic book multiverse crossover? Even Claire Danes and old Ed Furlong.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:16 (six years ago) link
It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that the original team has returned, when the visionary behind that original team, James Cameron, is not directing, and the guy who directed Deadpool is.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
oh no my vizh
― be the cringe you want to see in the world (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:19 (six years ago) link
Have they reintroduced Terminator as a kids cartoon yet?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
if this delays or even prevents the thousand avatar sequels then i'm seeing it as a net good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
the live-action parts of the next three or four avatar movies are in the process of being filmed now, iirc
my hype-o-meter remains unmoved either way
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:22 (six years ago) link
also it's been so long since cameron directed like... a regular movie
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:23 (six years ago) link
oh wait i'm sorry my eyes for some reason completely scanned over "directed by deadpool guy" ugh
kinda surprising that there were robocop and rambo cartoons (and a planned aliens cartoon!) but there was never a terminator one
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:24 (six years ago) link
They should make a cartoon about a Terminator who goes back to the past to convince somebody to make a Terminator cartoon.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link
there was one in development in the early '90s. Never made it beyond the concept stage though iirc
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link
the avatar sequels begin filming next week, apparently
obv it took a billion at the box office but nonetheless i find it hard to imagine anyone being super-excited to see three sequels to what was basically a lavish tech demo
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
I finally watched that last Terminator movie on Hulu, and it was just godawful stupid. The TV show wasn't bad. But this franchise is dead, just lower it into the molten steel already.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:58 (six years ago) link
bring it on. i loved the last Terminator
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
Hollywood Reporter is now basically just the Fangoria magazine rumours column circa 1992
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
Who would win in a fight, Terminator or Predator?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:07 (six years ago) link
PREDINATOR
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
wtf adam this is insane
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:15 (six years ago) link
this has a better chance if being good than any of them post T2 at least.
i think Deadpool is an embarrassing character with an embarrassing fanbase but i caught the movie on TV and it wasn't half bad.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:18 (six years ago) link
i'd watch a movie where a facehugger attacks a predinator and then an army of predinataliens descend on detroit where robocop must fight them off with the grudging support of the railway children
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
t3 was largely garbage but i did like the bummer ending, where the world-saving plan they've been following the whole movie turns out to be a ruse to force john into safety inside cheyenne mountain just as armageddon arrives.
genisys is one of the worst movies i've ever seen
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
once you get over that they will never top T1/T2 and just want to watch a time travelling robot movie it's not that hard to enjoy T5.
T4 was a slug, just visually a chore to watch. too many earth tones, too much daylight, instead of scary skeleton-looking robots it had amorphous Transformers.
T5 brings back the night time, the red 80s lasers, etc. the leads weren't amazing but who cares.
i loved the CGI young Arnold. yes its cheesy. not sure what people want from these dumb movies about time traveling robots.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
For them to travel back to when there were dinosaurs, duh.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
Termisaurus=Big Bux! no one has DONE time traveling cyborg dinosaurs, we'll make a million!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lor_uUkJkkw
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― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:26 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
also find it strange to think that anyone might have purchased tickets to a movie called "terminator genisys" expecting it would match terminator 1 or 2
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
i hope the new one returns the series a bit to its brutal cold dead tech industrial horror roots but i suspect not.
― nomar, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
Hope this one is called Terminator: Revylashynz. In a heavy metal script, in front of a pentagram made out of Terminators.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I hope they bring back the T-1000000
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
Have they made one where we see the Terminator as a kid, if not can this one be the one where the Terminator is a kid because I want to see that.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/2e/e5/1d/2ee51deb9757dfeeaec3d4dbf0a5dc57.jpg
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:35 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the dude playing john connor was one of the worst performances i've even seen
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
they should do cgi to have edward furlong play the terminator as a kid and have him fight the dead kid who played darth vader as a kid. in the future.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
wait, does everyone hate Avatar? i don't hate avatar. i've only watched it at home on the couch though. so the fact that its 4 hours long doesn't bother me.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
also, the terminator as a kid could go into a space bar looking for young darth vader and humphrey bogart could be the bartender! they can totally do that kind of thing now.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
ready terminator one
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
I don't hate Avatar, but it's a disposable movie that I don't ever want to think about again. I see no reason why it needs sequels.
― jmm, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
It's a service to the future. If it doesn't have sequels then people will always wonder why there were no sequels.
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
Never watched captain planet and the smurfeteers cause of how incredibly bad and dumb it looked
― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
i thought it was pretty good sci-fi. the story certainly resembled a lot of sci-fi i've read and enjoyed.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
Avatar is a fine film, probably the best 3D I've seen until Valerian, but culturally it sunk like a stone - pretty much the only interesting thing to say about it is that it seems odd (and odder by the minutes) that the biggest US film ever had us cheering on the Viet Cong analogies.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
hey so did Return Of The Jedi
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
c'mon, no one was cheering for the Ewoks
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
We were totally cheering for the Ewoks...to die.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
your hate only makes them stronger
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
i really did like that new star wars movie that ends with the princess leaving the video in the robot. i would watch that again. so, i guess there are some exceptions when it comes to beating dead horses.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Avatar is one of the best-plotted tech demos I've ever seen.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
Summer 2019
https://io9.gizmodo.com/its-official-the-next-terminator-movie-will-be-out-in-1818847609
Plus, interview with Cameron and Miller
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/james-cameron-sounds-alarm-artificial-intelligence-unveils-a-terminator-21st-century-1043027
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
Ellison, 34, has for the past year worked secretly with Cameron and Deadpool's Tim Miller, who will direct the untitled sequel for a July 26, 2019, release. They assembled a writers room with scribes David Goyer, Charles Eglee, Josh Friedman and Justin Rhodes as well as Ellison, a lifelong Terminator fan (Cameron himself shows up once a week), and have crafted what they want to be a trilogy with Schwarzenegger, 70, and original star Linda Hamilton, 62, passing the torch to a young female lead. The team hopes it's launching the equivalent of the new Star Wars trilogy — but with the most successful filmmaker of all time pulling the strings.
What could POSSIBLY go wrong.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
Elsewhere at The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron said the following about his ridiculous film-making schedule: “The way I look at it is, I’m doing Avatar by day, Battle Angel by night and Terminator on the weekend.”
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
the alternate ending is easily the worst thing about the movie. it’s written so terribly
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
xpost The only issue Carpenter had, iirc from the commentary track, is the brief bit of stop animation at the end, where the thing drags the dynamite away. Otherwise yeah, "The Thing" effects are impeccable.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 November 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
re the alternate ending and the bad outtakes, at least we can happily say that Cameron made good choices at the time and is able to tell an effective story pretty succinctly.
I mean, I love Ridley Scott but in contrast I do get kind of irritated by his now self-parodying directors cuts. 'well I made a movie that was 5 hours long that told a beautiful story but the bastards at the studio would only let me release a 2 hour cut and so now it makes no sense'
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 November 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
I still do kind of want to see the director’s cut of Kingdom of Heaven though, lol
― mh, Friday, 29 November 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
it’s really, really good
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 November 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
Tbf I don't think Cameron has ever called his alternate cuts director's cuts. I believe he stands by his theatrical versions, maybe even in the case of "The Abyss."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 November 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
The longer Aliens cut is pretty solid even tho I really don’t dig the scene w/the colonists. It’s better to go into that place cold.
― omar little, Friday, 29 November 2019 04:15 (four years ago) link
agree
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 November 2019 04:31 (four years ago) link
For sure. Learning Ripley had a daughter changes the dynamic a bit, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 November 2019 04:50 (four years ago) link
hey! dark fate was surprisingly adequate for a sequel that had no reason to exist! a gentleman's 6/10, arnold looked great and was actually genuinely funny, mackenzie davis should be in everything, thanks for yr time
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
also i'm not gonna lie, watching an evil shapeshifting robot run amok through a border concentration camp and fillet a bunch of ice agents was extremely good
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
that's the first thing I've read that makes me want to see it. not enough mainstream movie sequences of cops getting owned (e.g. the bridge climax of the first nu-Apes or the wonderful chaingun shootout in the otherwise bleh Hold the Dark)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
the heroes beat the shit out of ice agents too, you love to see it tbh
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
highway and prison camp setpieces were great.
but that plane/underwater sequence at the end was godawful.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
thinking I could use some draperies
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Yeah, carving through the border patrol agents like a knife was good stuff
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
This was good, this was bad. This was solid, this was OK. This was fine, this was boring. Maybe even in that order or maybe each at random times.
I was not expecting so much border stuff, I wish this movie had been smart enough to do something more interesting with it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
really enjoyed this!!!! wish literally anyone else had directed it, but as far as terminator sequels that don't need to exist go, this is the best one easy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
yeah it starts out a little campy but has some impressive set pieces throughout. I enjoyed it on rewatch too.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
I just watched Lady Terminator today and I don't know if I ever need to see another official Terminator entry after that ride.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 November 2020 06:08 (three years ago) link
I recall it fondly. Going to movies was the best.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 21 November 2020 06:26 (three years ago) link
saw Lady Terminator in a packed house at the Alamo last year, it was an absolute blast, def concur
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 21 November 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Wait, which one are you calling Lady Terminator, this most recent one or Rise of the Machines?
I literally remember nothing about the most recent one except that it had some good parts, and some bad parts, and the bad parts were worse than the good parts were good.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Terminator
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
Oh shit! Like, literally, "Lady Terminator!" I was in when I read that same first sentence.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
lol Just Watch suggests, in order: Terminator, Terminator: Dark Fate, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Terminator Genisys, Terminator Salvation, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Lady Bird. It would be so awesome to program a Terminator series in that exact order with those exact films. You know, the *true* chronology, for the *real* fans.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
(this was from searching for Lady Terminator)
Oh double shit, I tried watching the trailer for Lady Terminator, and this is what I got: "This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated."
!!!!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Don't spoil yrself with the trailer (which rehashes way too many quality moments). Just jump right in. It's somehow both LOL terrible and a pretty decent action movie (and the eye-removal scene features better SFX than the one in OG Terminator!).
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Based on the landing strip set piece at the end, I'd be very surprised if someone involved with MacGruber hadn't seen and been inspired by this film.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
We've been watching all 6 in order over the past few weeks. Despite loving 1 & 2 I had no idea there were actually this many sequels until recently. I think I enjoyed Dark Fate way more than it deserved because of how much we all really needed the og Sarah Connor as a lead - it was really refreshing and invigorating. And kind of funny! If not really having anything novel. Actually the idea of what Arnie would do after objective achieved was kind of interesting. They treated it as a bit of a handwave but an unexpected little idea. What I found odd was that the New Improved Terminator had the trick of splitting body from skeleton but they didn't really outline why/what the limitations were, which usually happens in these kind of films.
3 or 4 were the most boring. 4 was like a good showcase of killy machines but then you start wondering why a super AI killy machine system would bother making a motorbike version and sort of lost interest. 5 was kind of funny but too much of a lightweight reaction to the previous one and I couldn't get my head around the casting for the whole movie. John Connor was like Quentin Tarantino crossed with Chandler Bing.
― kinder, Sunday, 13 June 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
The one with HBC as a computer head is the only one I try to forget.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 13 June 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
all otm
― mh, Monday, 14 June 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
5 was kind of funny but too much of a lightweight reaction to the previous one and I couldn't get my head around the casting for the whole movie.
Just started watching it, certainly a bold choice to cast Will Young as Kyle Reese.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
Halfway through this - I have to watch films episodically at the moment. I wasn't expecting Terminator: The Sitcom but I'm all for it. The mild humour and timey wimey stuff was making me think of Doctor Who... and then Matt Smith showed up! Incredible.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 07:32 (two years ago) link
do you have a baby or something? :)
― kinder, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 10:34 (two years ago) link
Small children, yes. And a wife who doesn't want to waste her precious free time watching garbage SF.
There is a T5 thread, I'll save any further incisive commentary for there.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 10:38 (two years ago) link