Official Terminator Thread

[Beast]

Originally Posted by DVDave

Too much like Batman Begins. It's bad enough we get the Batman voice.

And Christian "Psycho Boy" Bale.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Beast

And Christian "Psycho Boy" Bale.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

Lastly, people are bagging on the writers quite a bit. The main writer on this ended up being Jonathan Nolan. He didn't get credited because he wasn't the first:

Source

Nolan also wrote fan favorites:

Memento
The Prestige
The Dark Knight

So that explains why it was so terrible! It was the combo of Nolan and Bale!

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by DVDave

But if Jar Jar was in it you'd be okay with it.

At least he's not crying like a little girl about his childhood because someone decides to make an edit he doesn't agree with...


Logan

[Beast]

Originally Posted by DVDave

But if Jar Jar was in it you'd be okay with it.

That's just silly. The Star Wars and Terminator Universe don't co-exist.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

At least he's not crying like a little girl about his childhood because someone decides to make an edit he doesn't agree with...


Logan

you do have a point

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Beast

So that explains why it was so terrible! It was the combo of Nolan and Bale!

Originally Posted by Diesel

No kidding. Beast, we know how super cool you are because you didn't like The Dark Knight as you've said about 50,000 times, yet you still bring it up at literally every opportunity you get. We get it, you go against the mainstream. Ooooh.

[dgator783]

soooo how long until they just reboot the entire franchise again?....just like SUperman...lol


anyways, I hope they greenlight the next one....we need more TERMINATOR movies!!!.....

[TheForce8686]

Originally Posted by Buggy166

i thought the characters didnt have enough development and the entire movie was about that cyborg person redeeming himself while connor was a secondary figure in it overall.

to say the very least...the movie didnt add anything to the unverse of terminator except stellar fx and decent acting which it previously lacked. The story wasnt needed and felt like a "oh and btw..this is what happened after judgement day...but not right after...like..10-20 years after"

it was okay...a 7.5/10 in my book due to the mediocre storyline...everything else was good.

What more character development did you need? We know who John Connor is. We have had 2 full movies of him already. We know who Reese is. We needed info on the new character and that is what we got.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by TheForce8686

What more character development did you need? We know who John Connor is. We have had 2 full movies of him already. We know who Reese is. We needed info on the new character and that is what we got.

That's a terrible reason to have little to no character development on the main characters.

Who needs character development on Batman? We got to know him in the first film. . .

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by CYMBOL

That's a terrible reason to have little to no character development on the main characters.

Who needs character development on Batman? We got to know him in the first film. . .

One of the complaints there was of The Dark Kinght was Bruce/Batman didn't have enough character developement. Though I personally disagree with this.

[DigitalfreakNYC]

Originally Posted by BStecke

No kidding. Beast, we know how super cool you are because you didn't like The Dark Knight as you've said about 50,000 times, yet you still bring it up at literally every opportunity you get. We get it, you go against the mainstream. Ooooh.

If he went against the mainstream, he'd love Terminator Salvation.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

One of the complaints there was of The Dark Kinght was Bruce/Batman didn't have enough character developement. Though I personally disagree with this.

Really? I guess I never heard that critism. There were many defining moments for Bruce Wayne in that movie, so I'd have to disagree.

However, I don't want to turn this into a Batman vs. Star Trek vs. Terminator thread.

We'll keep the conversation about Terminator movies.

[Mike53421]

What? He went from an amateur in Begins, to eventual hero, who would then face his biggest challenge in the Joker (and

[Show spoiler]losing, basically

). In that whole process the Batman character came into being basically when he didn't show any limits and did what was necessary (yet not always heroic) to complete an objective. From Batman Begins to The Dark Knight one can't possibly say the character of Batman didn't evolve. If anything I think Bruce/Batman was just overshadowed by Joker, Two-Face, Gordon and THEIR development as characters, even Fox developed (showed his morals).

So... Terminator... going again tonight and imagine I'll be analyzing every detail now haha.

[RIPSeanTaylor21]

Originally Posted by jk1138

Although I think ST is the movie to beat this sumer, T4 is Amazing! I enjoyed every minute of the story and do not care if no one else liked it or not, it was great!

are you serious? movie to beat this summer???? HAHAHAHA....PARTY FOUL....did you forget about Revenge of the Fallen?

[DigitalfreakNYC]

Originally Posted by RIPSeanTaylor21

are you serious? movie to beat this summer???? HAHAHAHA....PARTY FOUL....did you forget about Revenge of the Fallen?

Well, thus far, Star Trek has been the biggest movie of the year, making it the "movie to beat."

[Mike53421]

I'd have to agree, Star Trek has some strange cross-demographic appeal going for it at the moment. Friend of mine said she had two valley girls next to her on opening night who wouldn't shut up, rewind ten years and put Star Trek with that and it wouldn't go together haha.

[DigitalfreakNYC]

Originally Posted by Mike53421

I'd have to agree, Star Trek has some strange cross-demographic appeal going for it at the moment. Friend of mine said she had two valley girls next to her on opening night who wouldn't shut up, rewind ten years and put Star Trek with that and it wouldn't go together haha.

Well, it has that whole "good movie" thing going for it. It helped break the stigma of it being a "geeky" thing because it's got a few really good looking leading men for the ladies and it's got the action for the guys. It's not as strange as you would think it is.

IMHO, it deserves everything it's getting. It's nice to see a good movie (for once) get the critical and monetary riches it deserves.

That's why I'm very happy to see Terminator tanking. Let's see how badly it drops off this weekend.

Word of mouth is a very powerful thing.

[Mike53421]

Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC

Well, it has that whole "good movie" thing going for it. It helped break the stigma of it being a "geeky" thing because it's got a few really good looking leading men for the ladies and it's got the action for the guys. It's not as strange as you would think it is.

IMHO, it deserves everything it's getting. It's nice to see a good movie (for once) get the critical and monetary riches it deserves.

That's why I'm very happy to see Terminator tanking. Let's see how badly it drops off this weekend.

Word of mouth is a very powerful thing.

Oh I agree, maybe not so much about Terminator but the rest, it was a solid movie (speaking as somebody who was a Star Trek virgin prior to two weeks ago).

That critical and monetary praise though, there was a movie last summer that met that criteria, but I won't mention it by name out of threat of hijacking this thread.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by Mike53421

Oh I agree, maybe not so much about Terminator but the rest, it was a solid movie (speaking as somebody who was a Star Trek virgin prior to two weeks ago).

That critical and monetary praise though, there was a movie last summer that met that criteria, but I won't mention it by name out of threat of hijacking this thread.

Even though I wasn't amazed by the story in TS, I would still like to see the trilogy completed. Maybe they have an amazing story to tell, and this was just the meager beginnings. Like it or not - this story is all we have. I'd like to see the story closed out once and for all - even if it's not the story I would have liked.

So, I hope it does well enough to ensure the sequel(s).