It’s been 24 years since we’ve had a truly great Terminator movie – though we did have a terrific, albeit short-lived TV series a few years back – and unfortunately, that doesn’t change with Terminator Genisys.
While the new film -- which comes from director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Thor: The Dark World) -- offers a pretty dramatic alternate reality scenario, this is hardly the first time the convoluted Terminator franchise has seen things change from what we knew to be true. Here though, that’s a specific plot point from the get go, as Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) travels back to 1984 to save Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), only to find the situation incredibly different than he expected. Instead of a nondescript waitress, Sarah is already a hardened, battle-ready warrior, trained since childhood by a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger, of course). Well aware of the entire scenario in the future, Sarah is determined to stop Skynet once and for all (yep, again!), with a plan involving time traveling to yet another era – though that trip doesn’t go as planned, in more ways than one.
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While the new film -- which comes from director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Thor: The Dark World) -- offers a pretty dramatic alternate reality scenario, this is hardly the first time the convoluted Terminator franchise has seen things change from what we knew to be true. Here though, that’s a specific plot point from the get go, as Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) travels back to 1984 to save Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), only to find the situation incredibly different than he expected. Instead of a nondescript waitress, Sarah is already a hardened, battle-ready warrior, trained since childhood by a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger, of course). Well aware of the entire scenario in the future, Sarah is determined to stop Skynet once and for all (yep, again!), with a plan involving time traveling to yet another era – though that trip doesn’t go as planned, in more ways than one.
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