Terminator: Genysis

[Markgway]

Man, does this look like a pile o' shite?!

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62E4FJTwSuc

I expect this to be the A Good Day to Die Hard of the T-franchise.

It's even got 2x4 Jai Courtney in it.

[HungFist]

Yeah, it does. Looks like a childish CGI superhero fest with recycled scenes from the earlier films.

So far I've gone to see all the new films Schwarzenegger has been in, but I doubt I'll be seeing this.

I expect this to be the A Good Day to Die Hard of the T-franchise.

I think the previous Terminator film was worse than A Good Day to Die Hard And this looks even worse.

[Markgway]

I think the previous Terminator film was worse than A Good Day to Die Hard And this looks even worse.

My expectations for Salvation were quite low, but I ended up thinking it was pretty decent. None of the Terminator films to date have been bad, it's just that compared to the Cameron entries they're mediocre. I think this new one will be the first that's genuinely bad.

[Tenchu1998]

Haha... Byunghun Lee is in this... It seems now the Koreans have taken the place of the Chinese when it comes to getting crappy roles in crappy Hollywood movies. I hope they paid him a lot of money for it, though. Dude better not end up like Chow Yun Fat, because I feel bad for Chow Yun Fat these days.

But you already know that Hollywood doesn't give a crap about Terminator other than to milk the franchise as much as possible to make money off of it somehow. Already with Terminator 3 it was a terrible attempt at reviving a popular franchise and make money off of it. Cameron was always a "thinking man's Michael Bay", and he directed great, bombastic action movies which he build from the ground up. Now, all of our beloved 1980s and 1990s pop cultural trademarks, have turned into fast food just like fast food in the 1990s has turned into even worse and faster fast food today.

[Markgway]

12A uncut in the UK.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/terminator-genisys-film

[HungFist]

Seriously, do I have to take my word back?

I read a Finnish review by a pretty reliable critic who was expecting the film to be crap, and he said that although it doesn't really impress in terms of action and special effects, it's excellently written and features one of Schwarzenegger's best roles.

Cameron was also praising the film, although it's worth keeping in mind the man hasn't done anything worthwhile in almost 20 years.

Consider me slightly interested, though I'm still fully expecting at least the action to suck. Hmmm....