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NFT: Terminator: Genisys

Vin R : 10/30/2014 11:06 am




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The film also adapts to our current cultural anxieties. The threat of nuclear holocaust that freaked out ’80s audiences has been eclipsed by our fear of cyberattack. “Skynet no longer has to break down our front door because we line up in front of Apple stores to invite it in,” Ellison says. “We’re constantly giving away our privacy.”

In what could be one of the most impressive technical feats yet, the filmmakers plan to re-create the memorable scene in the original ­Terminator when the T-800 lands at L.A.’s Griffith ­Observatory, complete with Schwarzenegger’s 36-year-old face and ripped, naked body. To achieve that, the special-effects team has created a “synthespian,” or synthetic thespian, using a body double plus scans of Schwarz­enegger’s face from the first film merged with what his face looks like now. The result: an entirely CG head of the Terminator circa 1984. “It’s the holy grail of visual effects,” Ellison says. “You create a walking, breathing human that doesn’t exist.”



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They going to do another open heart transplant  
montanagiant : 10/30/2014 11:28 am : link
In the middle of a dusty field again?

That had to be the laziest dumb plot hole i have ever seen in a movie.
Queen of Dragons and Doctor Who?  
Scyber : 10/30/2014 11:30 am : link
I'm in.
Well isnt this  
KWhite2250 : 10/30/2014 11:44 am : link
Going to have arnold raising a young Sarah Connor or was that just a bad joke?
Yeah...  
Chris in Philly : 10/30/2014 11:46 am : link
I've heard some alarming plot points that just shit all over the original...
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Vin R : 10/30/2014 11:49 am : link
In comment 11948161 KWhite2250 said:
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Going to have arnold raising a young Sarah Connor or was that just a bad joke?


RE: They going to do another open heart transplant  
djl8699 : 10/30/2014 11:49 am : link
In comment 11948133 montanagiant said:
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In the middle of a dusty field again?

That had to be the laziest dumb plot hole i have ever seen in a movie.


The terminator throwing John Connor around instead of actually trying to kill him is also up there on the stupid scale.
The original is the only one that exists  
Go Terps : 10/30/2014 11:51 am : link
The other ones are schiesse.
It sounds like the premise is that its a reimagining  
eclipz928 : 10/30/2014 12:23 pm : link
of the events of the original Terminator from 1984, with the difference being the character of Sarah Connor. In this version seems like the story is that another Terminator was sent back to kill Sarah Connor as a kid, and that she has been being raised and protected by a T-800 ever since after her parents were killed.

That could be a really cool or a really terrible story line. I'm not sure yet.
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Mike in St. Louis : 10/30/2014 12:24 pm : link
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RE: It sounds like the premise is that its a reimagining  
Chris in Philly : 10/30/2014 12:30 pm : link
In comment 11948232 eclipz928 said:
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of the events of the original Terminator from 1984, with the difference being the character of Sarah Connor. In this version seems like the story is that another Terminator was sent back to kill Sarah Connor as a kid, and that she has been being raised and protected by a T-800 ever since after her parents were killed.

That could be a really cool or a really terrible story line. I'm not sure yet.


I'll help you - it's terrible.

Why does this franchise continue to shit on the masterpiece that started it?
She's raised by a Terminator?  
Go Terps : 10/30/2014 12:33 pm : link
Wow that's embarrassing. The only thing that could save the movie now is plenty of POV shots of the dragon chick blowing Terminators.

Could you imagine being at the table when that plot idea is floated out there?

"Wait...what?"
CiP..  
Vin R : 10/30/2014 12:38 pm : link
No reason to reboot this franchise  
NYerInMA : 10/30/2014 12:43 pm : link
Either let it rest in peace, or explore some of the time periods between the movies.
I am with Chris  
Rob in NYC : 10/30/2014 12:46 pm : link
the chances of this being done well are right around the same as Great White Ghost being a huge Tim Cook fan...
If they have to do it, I'd rather they go into the future, than back..  
Britt in VA : 10/30/2014 12:48 pm : link
Act like the last Terminator film with Bale never happened, then do a big budget, mega effects movie of a Skynet vs. Humans war, and if Arnold has to be in it, make him some kind of general that survived capture by Skynet, who cloned him while he was captive to make the original Terminator.

Boom, 500 million dollars right there. You're welcome.
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KWhite2250 : 10/30/2014 12:51 pm : link
In comment 11948176 Vin R said:
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Going to have arnold raising a young Sarah Connor or was that just a bad joke?





Well then, it wasnt a bad joke. Just bring back the Sarah Connor Chronicles!
RE: The original is the only one that exists  
santacruzom : 10/30/2014 3:06 pm : link
In comment 11948179 Go Terps said:
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The other ones are schiesse.


Bingo. Some movies just aren't really "franchisable," and its sequels operate as proof. The Terminator is such a movie.
They will never live up to T2  
spike : 10/30/2014 3:09 pm : link
Their newest sneak peak pics are laughable

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Vin R : 10/30/2014 3:13 pm : link
In comment 11948234 Mike in St. Louis said:
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oddly enough  
santacruzom : 10/30/2014 3:35 pm : link
I still think the best post-Terminator entry in the "mythology" was the TV series. The TV format really enabled them to pursue some intriguing concepts.
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