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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7848872" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>It probably isn't fair on my part. But I also don't go to the movies very often and choose which ones I see in the theater carefully. With Terminator, definitely the last two being bad color my impression (honestly I kind of enjoyed part three, even though it was way below the quality of the first two). But also some of the plot details I am hearing about are a turn off for me as well. Spoiler warning I am going to discuss a major plot detail that is meant as a surprise in the following paragraph. </p><p></p><p></p><p>[spoiler='Spoiler']</p><p>The whole killing John Connor thing, just removes a major reason why I would want to see the 'real sequel' with James Cameron behind it. I would be interested in following the story of that character and Sarah Connor. I am not interested in getting to know two new characters as the protagonists. That said, maybe I see it on DVD and these characters are compelling enough that they win me over (that happens enough). Its just that plot detail is enough to not have me rushing to the theater to see it. What I was really hoping for was that they would do something that feels like a real continuation of the first two, or a redu of III. But this sounds to me more like a reboot approach (maybe a soft reboot but still kind of reboot). But then I am in my forties and so my taste is probably not the same as someone in their 20s. To me, killing Connor like that in the first beat is gimmicky, it undercuts the second film, and it takes away an important character that I had an interest in following. I could be wrong. It might be a necessary ingredient for something else they are trying to achieve. I'd also be on board for something totally new with Cameron in the helm, directing something he really wanted to do (like he did with the first terminator). But this doesn't feel like that to me from the promotions, ads and reviews I've seen. Again I could be wrong. Usually when I get this kind of impression of a movie, I wait six months to see it because I find that gives me the distance from the mood around it on the internet (both positive and negative) to appreciate it more objectively. For example I wasn't enthused by what I'd heard about Last Jedi, but after all the online discussion had died down and I wasn't being influenced by outside opinions, I sat down to watch it six months later and rather enjoyed it. I am hoping I have a similar experience with the new Terminator. [/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7848872, member: 85555"] It probably isn't fair on my part. But I also don't go to the movies very often and choose which ones I see in the theater carefully. With Terminator, definitely the last two being bad color my impression (honestly I kind of enjoyed part three, even though it was way below the quality of the first two). But also some of the plot details I am hearing about are a turn off for me as well. Spoiler warning I am going to discuss a major plot detail that is meant as a surprise in the following paragraph. [spoiler='Spoiler'] The whole killing John Connor thing, just removes a major reason why I would want to see the 'real sequel' with James Cameron behind it. I would be interested in following the story of that character and Sarah Connor. I am not interested in getting to know two new characters as the protagonists. That said, maybe I see it on DVD and these characters are compelling enough that they win me over (that happens enough). Its just that plot detail is enough to not have me rushing to the theater to see it. What I was really hoping for was that they would do something that feels like a real continuation of the first two, or a redu of III. But this sounds to me more like a reboot approach (maybe a soft reboot but still kind of reboot). But then I am in my forties and so my taste is probably not the same as someone in their 20s. To me, killing Connor like that in the first beat is gimmicky, it undercuts the second film, and it takes away an important character that I had an interest in following. I could be wrong. It might be a necessary ingredient for something else they are trying to achieve. I'd also be on board for something totally new with Cameron in the helm, directing something he really wanted to do (like he did with the first terminator). But this doesn't feel like that to me from the promotions, ads and reviews I've seen. Again I could be wrong. Usually when I get this kind of impression of a movie, I wait six months to see it because I find that gives me the distance from the mood around it on the internet (both positive and negative) to appreciate it more objectively. For example I wasn't enthused by what I'd heard about Last Jedi, but after all the online discussion had died down and I wasn't being influenced by outside opinions, I sat down to watch it six months later and rather enjoyed it. I am hoping I have a similar experience with the new Terminator. [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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