Current Events > Terminator films, by tier. *spoilers*

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High Tier

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Very Good Tier

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Good Tier

Terminator: Genysis
Terminator

Okay Tier

Terminator Salvation
Terminator: Dark Fate

All just in my opinion, of course. I think most people could get behind Terminator 2 being the best, of course. The AMAZING special effects for the time, the characters and plot, and more than anything, the tone - dark, threatening, ambiguous, and actually quite terrifying. Salvation and Dark Fate were reasonably entertaining - that is to say, I don't regret watching them - but they had problems. I really enjoyed the third film, and never understood why people think it's so bad, or at least, so mediocre. The T-X was a very good villain; the characters worked quite well; the special effects were excellent; the sense of humour was playful. I won't deny, though, it's mostly the action that worked, and the rest of the elements didn't really compare to T2. It felt...slim.

Very good franchise in general. Definitely gone on too long, however. Should've stop after the third film, since things wouldn't've gotten repetitive, trilogies work well, and the story would end with Judgement Day (and we know that John Connor leads the Resistance to victory post-Judgement Day, as well).

Thoughts on all this?

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swap T3 with T1 and Salvation with Genysis and we're good.
i havent watch Dark Fate tho.
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T2 > T1 > T3 >>> The Rest
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High Tier

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Terminator

I Will Continue to Pretend They Don't Exist Tier

Everything else