The "Terminator: Dark Fate" we are going to talk about today is not a new beginning, but more like a return of glory.
In the Terminator universe, the so-called debut is the pinnacle. 1984 "Terminator 1" and 1991 "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" exploded at that time. The Terminator made Schwarzenegger and James Came. Long.
But unfortunately, after leaving the halo of the card god, the subsequent Terminator failed to continue the glory of "Terminator 1 and 2". In 2003, "Terminator 3" gave the Terminator world a new follow-up supplement, but due to the addition of Outside of Schwarzenegger, all actors were blind, leading to a mediocre response in "Terminator 3".
In 2009, "Terminator 2018" made a bold attempt. Without T-800, only John Connor is left. The plot is played to the doomsday future after the "Judgment Day". The film is more like a derivative work than The sequel ended with word-of-mouth and poor box office.
In 2015, "Terminator: Genesis", Schwarzenegger returned. The creator vowed to come to a new restart trilogy at the time, played a parallel time and space, and once again confronted Skynet, but the audience still did not pay the bill, and the box office and word-of-mouth The failure caused the restart to be shelved indefinitely.
To the "Terminator: Dark Fate" we are going to talk about today, the Schwarzenegger T-800 is still there, and Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the first two films, is also back. More importantly, James Came Long returned to be the producer of this film, directed by Tim Miller, who has directed "Deadpool".
With such a lineup of immortals, the main creator also has the confidence to announce that "Terminator: Dark Fate" is the third work of pure blood after "Terminators 1 and 2."
"There is no destiny, only we create ourselves."
This is the core idea that almost every work of Terminator wants to convey. If we deconstruct from this sentence, then "Terminator: Dark Fate" is indeed the third part of the orthodox sense. In the Foreign Film Critics Association, everyone is right. The film gave affirmation and said that this is a real upgrade after "Terminator 1 and 2".
Since "Terminator: Dark Fate" is an action genre, let's talk about the most important action scene first!
This time the film is positioned as an R-level N16 abroad. Fortunately, the domestic and foreign versions have not been cut, so we can still enjoy the original "Terminator" regardless of the emotional expression of the dialogue or the explosiveness of the action. : Dark Fate.
Cameron said in the interview that the Terminator series was originally an R-rated action film, so this time the R-rated positioning of "Terminator: Dark Fate" is the essence of Terminator's pure DNA.
In addition, the reason why the action scene of "Terminator: Dark Fate" is so attractive is its sense of rhythm. Nowadays, audiences who are used to watching commercial action movies are actually prone to visual fatigue in action fights because of the action scene arrangement. Once the rhythm is not well grasped, people will have the illusion of being confused about what is going on.
"Terminator: Dark Destiny" grasps the fighting rhythm, stepping on the emotional points in the audience's hearts and exploding on time. These action scenes contribute to each other's cause and effect, and the emotions rise progressively, one after another, which looks very enjoyable.
In terms of action design, the film not only has traditional drag racing battles, but also added difficult scenes such as airplanes and underwater. It is extremely creative, and the gun battle blasting ammunition also provides enough fuel, and it is not stingy at all.
In the Terminator world, the film has also been reasonably extended and subdivided. In the trailer, Sarah Connor said that she interrupted Judgment Day, saved the fate of 3 billion people, and changed the future.
The film presents another possibility for the Terminator's future world to be changed, but this is not like "Terminator: Genesis" simply restarting parallel time and space, but a stronger combination of the story of "Terminator 2" to create the future The interweaving of time and space.
This kind of future world pattern is more convincing and makes "Terminators 1 and 2" more valuable. For example, the plots of "Terminators 3 and 5" all deny the uselessness of "Terminators 1 and 2" from the side. Looping off the Skynet mode, but "Terminator: Dark Fate" is displayed in a smarter way.
The doomsday scene will still appear, but this time "Terminator: Dark Fate" is more closely related to the topic of modern artificial intelligence, which fits the irreversible argument of the subtitle Dark Fate. After years of experience, why the Terminator has been trying to kill Skynet, but has been doing it all the time. A bug that can't be dropped.
In terms of plot mode, on the basis of the original classic framework, more fresh faces have been added. The emergence of REV-9 is the strongest villain in the entire series, the T-1000 liquid terminator of REV-9 and "Terminator 2" It is similar, but of course stronger than T-1000, it can stand alone and it also incorporates a lot of Internet-concept technology. In the protagonist's words, such a machine can only escape and cannot be destroyed.
Grace, who was sent back, is a new artificial man in the future. This is a bit like the setting of the protagonist of "Terminator 2018", but it looks more advanced and more likely to be what we will look like in the future.
The addition of new characters in the film (a new role not a new actor playing an old role) is friendly to new audiences, and it adds freshness to old fans, which also smoothes the complicated timelines of the past Terminator series , To re-establish the role of connecting the past and the future.
As for the nostalgia, of course it was given to T-800 and Sarah Connor. This time the connection between the two is stronger than the previous two, and they have added a lot of emotional power to them, Sarah Connor's experiences and experiences in the second and this decades have made her a more tenacious and tough woman.
In the previous T-800, either the killing machine did not even have a line, or the robot with a clear purpose was expressionless, but this time the T-800 added more emotional drama and also discussed the machine's awakening consciousness. topic of.
When T-800 appeared, what we saw was the old Schwarzenegger with gray hair. He could still feel the powerful aura and charm of T-800. More importantly, we could be filled with T-800. In the emotional eyes, I can't help but recall the changes of the 35-year Terminator series, and it also flows on Schwarzenegger.
The film also combines the true feelings of the audience for so many years, and made an article on the story behind the T-800 character. T-800 has more touching lines this time, and a more complete character transformation arc. Of course There are also more tearful endings.
I think every little friend who spent a long summer vacation with "Terminator 1 and 2" in childhood will definitely be caught after seeing the more humane and redemptive T-800 in "Terminator: Dark Fate" Moved by years of accumulation of love.
Many parts of the film pay tribute to the classic "Terminator 1 and 2", whether it is the dialogue, camera movement, and orientation. Delicate and rich T-800.
This is just as the title carries the word destiny. T-800 has always been the endorsement of the Terminator villain, but the "trick" of destiny has allowed T-800 to constantly correct evil and return to the right. For the destiny of T-800, even machines have to try. To change our destiny, let alone our own.
As I mentioned earlier, the biggest core proposition of the Terminator series: "There is no destiny, only we create ourselves."
Whether it’s Sarah Connor, T-800, or a new character in the film, they are all making their life choices and fighting around the dark fate given by the Terminator. This is what the film conveys to everyone. The strongest impact, this is also the Terminator series that has been popular for decades. To this day, "Terminator: Dark Destiny" still allows people to watch the passionate works.
If you always have the unfinished feeling of the "Terminator" series in your heart, or you just want to watch an explosive action movie, the third orthodox sequel of "Terminator: Dark Fate" is not to be missed.
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