How I gave up thinking and fell in love with cheaters: A brief review of Terminator: Genesis

Ellen 2022-04-21 09:01:24

Up to now, the theme of time is not as topical as it used to be. Terminator also belongs to the series that can't play more tricks, but good movies can finally find their own perspective. As early as Terminator 2, Cameron was not entangled in complicated sci-fi concepts. But the whole story is that there are high and low points in the play. This time, the final 5 is not excellent in terms of conception and plot, the concept is slightly confusing, the battle is mediocre, and the scene character design is not bright.

1. The game that was played badly: You wear me and you wear

the explanation of the grandfather paradox. There are two common explanations. The first is the cycle of causality. Second, the parallel world theory, in a sense, can be changed in the future.
The structure of Terminator 1 focuses on a succinct interpretation of the first interpretation:
John Connor leads the rebellion against Skynet (2029) - Skynet sends T-800 to assassinate John's mother (2029 to 1984) - John faction Kyle protects his mother (2019 to 1984) - Kyle sleeps his mother (1984) - Sarah gives birth to John Connor (1984) - John Connor leads the rebellion against Skynet (2029).

And what about the development of Genesis? He revealed a little bit of a parallel world, and in the second half he started to play causal cycle again. To sum it up, the parallel world is responsible for solving and creating bugs, and the causal loop is responsible for the dramatic tension.
Its clues must be summed up like this...
John Connor leads the revolt against Skynet (2029) - Skynet sends T-800 to assassinate Sarah (2029 to 1984) - John sends Kyle to protect Sarah (2029 to 1984) 1984) - Kyle gets a hint (2029 to 1984) - Skynet takes down (assimilated) John Connor (2029) - Arnold, Kyle, Sarah take out T-800 and T-1000 (1984) - - Kyle and Sarah wear to 2017 to blow up Skynet's predecessor, Genesis (1984 to 2017) - Skynet sent John Connor to maintain Genesis (before 2029 to 2017) - The trio fucked John Connor (2017) - Kyle Passes Hints On to Young Himself (2017)

After reading the slightly complicated clue above, countless questions popped up in my not-so-good head.

1. Since Mao Tianwang can kill John in 2029, will he send T-800 back to kill his mother?
2. Where did Arnold come from? Where did the time machine come from?
3. Where did the T-1000 come from? Why is Mao chasing Kyle?
4. How did Sarah know about the T1 line?
5. How does John even know about the deleted timeline?
…………

Also read a lot of discussions, but the most powerful explanation for these questions is to see the sequel. Honestly, being so sloppy when it comes to the logic of the episode's story isn't the style of a good movie. The lesson of the word-of-mouth in Avengers 2 tells us that the foreshadowing is not like this. In any case, you must complete a story first.

To be honest, many questions are not necessarily illogical. For example, the time machine can be made by Arnold, and these can be made up. But the film itself didn't and didn't bother to explain it. There was only one scene after another, without strict logic and strong dramatic conflict between them. There are time-travels, fights, jokes, and all the elements that should be there, but the story is a mess.

After watching the long first act, T-800, T-1000, Kyle, and John all wore together, the future went to the past, and the past went to the future. It is not clear where some of the comrades came from. At the beginning of the film, John said seriously, I cheated. This is also my impression of the film. This Nima has indeed cheated. It is a real game with many plug-ins and bugs. The roughness of the overall design of the film makes it impossible to appreciate the precision of the interlocking themes of time.

2. Downplayed Doomsday: Lack of Reverence

When Simmons' cops showed up in 2017, I thought, this must have been a key role.
After it's over - shit, it turned out to be just a joke.
When John Connor turned into a machine, I thought, something must have been going on.
After the end——Fuck, it turns out that there is no secret.
When the cool molecular robot concept comes out, I think it must be very capable.
After it's over - shit, fight 5 scum.

The rhythm of Terminator 5 has the bright colors of the commercial blockbusters of this era, with a wave of chicken soup, a wave of gag and a wave, wow, haha, and popcorn even if the task is completed, but it stops at the level of completing the task.

Whether it is the T-800 of the final 1 or the T-1000 of the final 2, they are all excellent villains, showing their strength, pressing step by step, and every fight brings out something new to the audience. The final 5 also restored the terrifying steel skeleton of the T-800 in the flames after being stripped of its body, but it was of no use, because it was KOed after the shape was finished, giving people the feeling that it was instantly downgraded from cow B to pretend B. And the T-1000 fought like a rush to the field in an inexplicable scene without cause and effect and was set up to kill.

The pressure that aliens bring to human beings has been downplayed. In a movie with a doomsday background, the end is so far away from the audience. The homage brings laughter and emotion, but also destroys structure and atmosphere. Sarah Governor John looked like "I've seen this movie", as if opening an omniscient perspective.
The sense of fate that there is no way to escape is gone, everything is crushed in the mindless beating, and even time does not seem to be worthy of human awe.

Therefore, when Long Ma said indignantly how miserable life is without a choice, not only did I not resonate, but I was also worried that this person would not suddenly jump up and sing let it go, the dragon danced wildly behind him, and the horses galloped.

3. Wasted emotions: The governor has tried his best to

sum up the above, my evaluation of the final 5 is: very general, if you think about it carefully, it will be even more painful. Play with the concept, there is no end 1 concise and concise. Playing the plot, there is no end to the degree of relaxation. Just looking at those fights and character designs, there are no bright spots. Even if the gray-haired governor brought enough emotional explosives with him, he could not save the defeat.

I don't like the fact that the movie itself doesn't explain these issues, rather than the explanation itself. After all, we can figure out the problem ourselves. However, the degree of freedom that the film leaves to the audience should not be too high, and it should have a complete structure itself, such as Inception. In terms of the answer and retention of the suspense, the final 5 is really confusing.

To be honest, as a sci-fi fan and movie fan, I don’t believe it myself if I don’t have any feelings for the Terminator series. And it is precisely this feeling that makes me feel that the inspiration I have gained should not stop there.
Speaking of emotional feelings, if the finale 2 is released today, when the T-800 thumbs up at the screen, everyone's feelings will not be just this level, right? Anyway, I must burst into tears, instead of facing the end 5, just a sigh.

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Extended Reading

Terminator Genisys quotes

  • Garbage Man: [the garbage truck's engine stops] What the hell? Goddamn son of a bitch...

  • [first lines]

    Kyle Reese: [narrating] Before they died, my parents told me stories about how the world once was; what it was like long before I was born; before the war with the machines. They remembered a green world, vast and beautiful, filled with laughter and hope for the future. It's a world I never knew. By the time I was born, all this was gone.

    Kyle Reese: "Skynet," a computer program designed to automate missile defense. It was supposed to protect us, but that's not what happened. August 29th, 1997, Skynet woke up. It decided all of humanity was a threat to its existence.

    [scenes of mass destruction]

    Kyle Reese: It used our own bombs against us. Three billion people died of nuclear fire.

    Kyle Reese: Survivors called it Judgement Day. People lived like rats in shadows, hiding, starving, or worse, captured and put into camps for extermination. I was born after Judgement Day, into a broken world ruled by the machines. The worst were infiltration units that posed as humans. We called them Terminators.

    John Connor: [finding young Kyle in subterranean tunnels] Are there others down here?

    Kyle Reese: And then one man found me. His name was John Connor, and he changed everything. John showed us how to fight back; how to rise up. He freed prisoners. He taught us how to slash the machines to scrap. People whisper about John and wonder how he can know the things he does. They use words like prophet. But John's more. We're here because tonight, he's going to lead us to crush Skynet for good.