Oh c’mon, that scene where the T-800 was ripping through everything was amazing. After two movies of seeing that model thrown around like a cheap toy it was gratifying to see it return as the ultimate weapon.
I wouldn’t say its entirely filler. Progress IS made in terms of the war, but most of that progress is hard to follow because most of it is all on Skynet’s side. In fact, if one follows the movies one notices that Skynet is more and more advanced every time the timeline changes. The T-800 series (the Arnold model, if anyone else isn’t in the know) being developed 10 years earlier than Connor was expecting being the most dangerous advancement. Even more dangerous if the phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range isn’t made in time to counter them now that the T-800s have a 10 year head start.
In the end, the Terminator movies are all about prolonging the inevitable. The one time where Skynet was defeated, according to Kyle Reese in T1, has since been erased. Now sure the franchise was originally going to end with T2, but that time is long since past. Skynet and the terminators have evolved with each new movie, while the resistance is just trying to preserve the status quo.
Assuming the timeline stays somewhat coherent–time travel plots being all timey-wimey as they are–we know John Connor dies, the resistance continues, and Skynet keeps developing fancy new terminators that can throw around the old Arnold model like a ragdoll.
Despite all I’ve said…yeah. T3 and Salvation just didn’t measure up to T2. Sure, even James Cameron said T3 was “great”, but it wasn’t great enough. Granted T2 is a pretty high bar to measure up to.
Personally, I don’t think a good post-apocalyptic Terminator movie can be made. Not on a large scale at any rate, not when the enemy is mostly a bunch of emotionless drones that don’t speak. It could be done on a small scale, say, a small but vital outpost suspects they’ve been infiltrated and the movie turns into a violent whodunnit when people start dying and the paranoia rises.
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Oh c’mon, that scene where the T-800 was ripping through everything was amazing. After two movies of seeing that model thrown around like a cheap toy it was gratifying to see it return as the ultimate weapon.
I wouldn’t say its entirely filler. Progress IS made in terms of the war, but most of that progress is hard to follow because most of it is all on Skynet’s side. In fact, if one follows the movies one notices that Skynet is more and more advanced every time the timeline changes. The T-800 series (the Arnold model, if anyone else isn’t in the know) being developed 10 years earlier than Connor was expecting being the most dangerous advancement. Even more dangerous if the phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range isn’t made in time to counter them now that the T-800s have a 10 year head start.
In the end, the Terminator movies are all about prolonging the inevitable. The one time where Skynet was defeated, according to Kyle Reese in T1, has since been erased. Now sure the franchise was originally going to end with T2, but that time is long since past. Skynet and the terminators have evolved with each new movie, while the resistance is just trying to preserve the status quo.
Assuming the timeline stays somewhat coherent–time travel plots being all timey-wimey as they are–we know John Connor dies, the resistance continues, and Skynet keeps developing fancy new terminators that can throw around the old Arnold model like a ragdoll.
Despite all I’ve said…yeah. T3 and Salvation just didn’t measure up to T2. Sure, even James Cameron said T3 was “great”, but it wasn’t great enough. Granted T2 is a pretty high bar to measure up to.
Personally, I don’t think a good post-apocalyptic Terminator movie can be made. Not on a large scale at any rate, not when the enemy is mostly a bunch of emotionless drones that don’t speak. It could be done on a small scale, say, a small but vital outpost suspects they’ve been infiltrated and the movie turns into a violent whodunnit when people start dying and the paranoia rises.