Board 8 > Which terminator movie do you think was the worst?

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Genysis while awful was at least mildly entertaining. Salvation was hot garbage through and through.

Blue-G posted...

Genysis while awful was at least mildly entertaining. Salvation was hot garbage through and through.

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Terminator 2 because it's the only one I've seen

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Genysis is hurt by the fact that there were important plot points that were going to be resolved in sequels that arent going to be made anymore. Probably Salvation

salvation

T3 >= DF > Genesys > Salvation
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Yeah, Salvation was pretty damn rough.

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I think Salvation suffers from being more 'a film in the Terminator universe' than a Terminator film. Even at their worst, the others all have the basic structure of "heroes try to survive attacks from a time-travelling robot". Salvation is just a sci-fi war film that takes place after all the proper Terminator stories have played out.
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BlackMageJawa posted...

I think Salvation suffers from being more 'a film in the Terminator universe' than a Terminator film. Even at their worst, the others all have the basic structure of "heroes try to survive attacks from a time-travelling robot". Salvation is just a sci-fi war film that takes place after all the proper Terminator stories have played out.

The stupid thing is that many people like Salvation the most of the post-T2 films for precisely that reason. Because it tried something different.

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3 really wasn't that bad.

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To me, the fundamental problem with Salvation is that it made robots weak. Terminator's about a bunch of people fighting one super strong robot. Salvation had people kill hundreds of robots on their own. It made the robots seem like a joke.
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I couldn't tell you anything that happened in Salvation, that movie was instantly forgettable.

thought dark fate would take the cake being the highest on the poll as the movie felt & look lower budget compared to its predecesors

Salvation is the only movie which have made me fell asleep in the cinema.

Maybe its a good movie, but it sure didnt catch my attention.

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Salvation is probably the worst, objectively, but all it inspires in me is apathy. Dark Fate on the other hand actually pisses me off.

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Salvation literally put me to sleep

Salvation was shit on its own merits, and doubly shit for ruining the entire future war setting.
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Salvation is pretty fucking bad

I haven't watched the Emilia Clark movies

T3 had a lot of fun moments in between the sucky parts

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As someone who saw T3 and decided I didn't need to see any more Terminator movies, wow, I am amazed the later ones were bad enough to rehabilitate T3's image

Blue-G posted...

Genysis while awful was at least mildly entertaining. Salvation was hot garbage through and through.

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Salvation was so bad, it made me drop the series. Maybe I'll give Genesis and Dark Fate a chance...

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T3 is easily the worst. It took the mantra of the series (the future isnt set) and replaced it with nah bro were screwed no matter what you do.


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StifledSilence posted...

T3 is easily the worst. It took the mantra of the series (the future isnt set) and replaced it with nah bro were screwed no matter what you do.

I personally subscribe to the theory that the T-850 was lying about Judgement Day being inevitable. Its mission was to get John into that bunker, not stop the war. "But wait," you might say "Why would John, or even whatsherface, prioritise his survival over stopping the war?" Simple-

The T-850 is working for Skynet. Remember, in the future of T1, the resistance had won. Skynet sent back the T-800 as a last second act of desperation and it failed. In the 'first' iteration of the timeline, Skynet was fucked. Come T3, when Skynet's development has been delayed several years while internet technology improves, Skynet's in the cloud. That technology didn't exist the first time round. By trying to stop it, the Connors took away its only weakness. Now, the resistance can't win, and Skynet knows this. It needs Kyle Reese to tip off Sarah Connor so that she'll go after Cyberdyne. In order to win the future, Skynet has to save John Connor.

Of course, there's still plenty of holes in this theory, but it does (IMO) make a bad film a bit more interesting.
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Interesting theory. So since Ahnold is protecting John for bad reasons in this scenario, does that mean the girl Terminator is actually the hero trying to kill John?

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