Terminator: Dark Fate **Spoilers from post 983**

Kermit.de.frog

And more...spoiler alert (IMAX trailer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1xxctTQAbg

The mind boggles as to why release so much footage?

A lot of movies seem to have this problem these days.

I don't get it.

I giggled at the endoskeleton holding on for dear life in the truck

pixelburp

Why release more footage?

Presumably because the studio are anxious about the film and figure more 'splosions might get more bums on seats.

B.A._Baracus

pixelburp wrote: »

Why release more footage?

Presumably because the studio are anxious about the film and figure more 'splosions might get more bums on seats.

You read my mind.
If the general feeling is that people are shi*ting online about your movie, well then you gotta try and convince them otherwise. Who cares about spoilers. It's all about as a$s every 18 inches.

Church on Tuesday

A sad end to a franchise in terminal decline.

ancapailldorcha

I remember being younger hoping that they'd properly explore the war between man and machine. Instead, they just seem intent on repeating the same formula over and over again. I'm not sure if I'll see it. Maybe if the reviews are good.

pixelburp

I will say one thing in its favour, I'm liking Linda Hamilton's swagger, and has lost nothing of the badass from T2. I have a feeling she'll end up stealing the limelight from the younger, nominal stars the script wants us to care about.

ancapailldorcha

pixelburp wrote: »

I will say one thing in its favour, I'm liking Linda Hamilton's swagger, and has lost nothing of the badass from T2. I have a feeling she'll end up stealing the limelight from the younger, nominal stars the script wants us to care about.

That's fair enough. I think I'm just tired of seeing the same story trotted out yet again.

For all its many deep and glaring flaws, Salvation did at least try something new.

ps3lover

https://twitter.com/vieweranon/status/1176945076208951296?s=21

pixelburp

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

That's fair enough. I think I'm just tired of seeing the same story trotted out yet again.

For all its many deep and glaring flaws, Salvation did at least try something new.

Oh I'm totally tired of it all, and since day-dreaming my "Terminator in WW2", no sequel is going to match my new head-canon

The only smart move so far seems to have been to get back Sarah Connor, one-woman war machine. And who knows, the trailers suggest the film has a lot more stripped-back narrative than Genisys & Salvation were, so perhaps this may yet come good...

Kermit.de.frog

The movie looks potentially good and fast paced from what I see now.

Main perception problem has stemmed from them totally screwing up the first trailer and getting the tone with that trailer completely wrong.

Since then the marketing has been MUCH better but they put themselves in the position of having to go in to recovery mode.

Self inflicted. Bizarre because the tone (and mind numbing music choice) of that trailer was clearly not the tone the movie actually is based on what we see now.

So yeah it will get a chance from me.

I think it will be the best since T2 but that is such a low bar to clear.

Kermit.de.frog

pixelburp wrote: »

Why release more footage?

Presumably because the studio are anxious about the film and figure more 'splosions might get more bums on seats.

Even then it's pretty unusual to release a good chunk of an entire chase scene?Never seen that before.

Slydice

I'm not gonna watch the russian language extended clip

This was decent enough..

jill_valentine

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Even then it's pretty unusual to release a good chunk of an entire chase scene?Never seen that before.

The chase happens very early on in the movie and was edited and made ready for use in cons and stuff ages ago because it doesn't actually spoil anything super important (Just that there is a terminator chasing somebody, there's the Kyle Reese type, and here comes Sarah) and lends itself to an audience and a big screen.

It wasn't meant for general release now, either, it was part of an IMAX promo that leaked.

From what I can tell that sequence is basically the first ten minutes of the movie - all the plot comes afterwards.

Regarding Linda vs the younger characters - I wouldn’t consider it "stealing". My read of the spoilers is that it's basically her movie, it's about where she is now - the younger characters are just the X23's to her Logan story.

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HucyINnm50o

jill_valentine

Extended Red Band trailer -

Agent Coulson

Arnie looks like Graham Norton firing a machine gun in the thumbnail.

pixelburp

Looks like there'll be at least one homage/rip off of T2 with the helicopter chasing our heroes. Looks like the blood might be CGi, which of course sucks. I dunno about this one. I vascilate between it looking rubbish and that it might surprise. If they bring it back to basics, you never know ...

Kermit.de.frog

You told me hope was futile pixelburp! :mad:

It's the hope that hurts the most in the end.

lola85

Feels like I’ve seen the whole move at this stage anyway.

Should have just done a future war movie and be done with it.

pixelburp

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

You told me hope was futile pixelburp! :mad:

It's the hope that hurts the most in the end.

Lol! Youre first mistake was listening to me, think you're the only one yeah I am majorly swinging on this one. I've seen hints that it might be an okay ride.

ebbsy

lola85 wrote: »

Feels like I’ve seen the whole move at this stage anyway.

Should have just done a future war movie and be done with it.

Great point re the trailers.

Plus they gave away the special ability of the enemy Terminator.

Why.

Corvo

Looks absolutely sh*te if I'm honest.

Padraig Mor

Corvo wrote: »

Looks absolutely sh*te if I'm honest.

Yip, I'll hope for the best, but am expecting the worst.

The White Wolf

The dreaded early Twitter Reaction for this film is positive.

Chris_Heilong

Early reactions on the film are "Best sequel since T2" and "It's like Force Awakens" take what you will from that.

mikhail

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Early reactions on the film are "Best sequel since T2"

:cool:

and "It's like Force Awakens" take what you will from that.

correction

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Early reactions on the film are "Best sequel since T2" and "It's like Force Awakens" take what you will from that.

Usually means it's actually bad but not offensively bad so we'll rave about it.

pixelburp

Man, if we want to talk about "bias", then I can't think of more heavily biased reviews than early Twitter reactions. If they're not shills, they're Ultras won over by early-access tickets, usually gushing with enthusiasm to get those retweet endorphin hits. I'd sooner listen to Donal Clarke than first-view Twitters. Tweets? Twits?

Anyway, look forward to the next phase of Blockbuster Discussion: the aggregator scoring, and deconstruction thereof

mikhail

pixelburp wrote: »

Man, if we want to talk about "bias", then I can't think of more heavily biased reviews than early Twitter reactions. If they're not shills, they're Ultras won over by early-access tickets, usually gushing with enthusiasm to get those retweet endorphin hits. I'd sooner listen to Donal Clarke than first-view Twitters. Tweets? Twits?

Anyway, look forward to the next phase of Blockbuster Discussion: the aggregator scoring, and deconstruction thereof

Opening day aggregated review score is similarly skewed. Yeah, no point reading too much into this.

Kermit.de.frog

Very positive reviews.

Problem is saying it is the best since T2 is such a low bar to clear.

The 'Grace' character getting a lot of praise.