Matt Smith does look like a grown up Ed Furlong.
The Terminator Franchise
- Thread starter Kalidor
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I searched, but didn't find a dedicated thread for the new series (might be some postings in the Anime thread), BUT...
Terminator Zero dropped on Netflix. It's good. REAL hugging GOOD. There's a lot of callbacks, but it never really devolves into pure "fan service". It SUPERBLY captures that oppressive dread the first film had, but doesn't shy away from cribbing some of the niftier ideas from the sequels. Fantastic voice acting across the board. I'm not sure if really elevates the "conversation" or message from those ideas, but it executes on them perfectly. The Japanese influence feels suited to the more metaphysical discussions, and I'm glad/amused they even had a really well done "addressing" of the peculiarities of time travel in this franchise. But the base drama was expertly written, I think this is most I've been "into" a series in years.
I'm a "casual binger", I'll watch a few episodes and save the rest for later. But I did a full series run because the writing and action were just so damn good.
Seriously, this might be the best Terminator "thing" since T2.
Terminator Zero dropped on Netflix. It's good. REAL hugging GOOD. There's a lot of callbacks, but it never really devolves into pure "fan service". It SUPERBLY captures that oppressive dread the first film had, but doesn't shy away from cribbing some of the niftier ideas from the sequels. Fantastic voice acting across the board. I'm not sure if really elevates the "conversation" or message from those ideas, but it executes on them perfectly. The Japanese influence feels suited to the more metaphysical discussions, and I'm glad/amused they even had a really well done "addressing" of the peculiarities of time travel in this franchise. But the base drama was expertly written, I think this is most I've been "into" a series in years.
I'm a "casual binger", I'll watch a few episodes and save the rest for later. But I did a full series run because the writing and action were just so damn good.
Seriously, this might be the best Terminator "thing" since T2.
I'll try and watch it, within the next few days
I will have to check it out.
I'm up to ep 6 and will watch more later on, but from ep 5 the series starts going and doing its own thing after taking stuff from the first three movies
So, I watched the first episode, and I really liked the future fight scene it started with, but honestly, I got really bored once we went to pre-war era.
I finished this series days ago and honestly, its not bad, but in the end, it barely adds anything meaningful to the overall series as it falls more or less into the same problem that the movies have, relying to heavily upon preventing the war from happening, only for it to actually come, I think what people really want from the Terminator series now, is what Salvation tried to deliver, the actual war of the future but afterwards, they fall right back on the time travel crotch!
And cancelled.
Just like Sarah Conner Chronicles.
Just like Sarah Conner Chronicles.
Just got back from the anniversary showing of Terminator 2! Gotta love some classic Ahnuld, still holds up after 35 years. Like many of these anniversary jobs, I'd never seen it on the big screen, just tape or TV - which explains why I didn't remember there being so many F-bombs.
Effects are still good, music is chilling instantly, there's a reason Linda Hamilton all sweaty and tactical got to the 90s kids who saw the movie firsthand...good stuff.
