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‘Terminator Genisys’ Review: Nonsense and Insensibility
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Posted on 07/02/2015 4:31:06 AM PDT by Perdogg
Terminator Genisys” tries to squeeze blood from a corpse, and the ghastliness isn’t confined to its star. At least Arnold Schwarzenegger has clearly been assigned the task of comic relief as the guardian robot who is now called Pops by the heroine he was sent from the future to guard. The whole thing is moribund, notwithstanding vast spasms of action gibberish, and despite the intricacies of good and bad outcomes that have been plotted on alternate timelines. On an alternate line with a better outcome, this movie, which was directed by Alan Taylor, would never have been produced. Yet here it is, filling thousands of multiplex screens, so the best to be hoped for is merciful termination of the franchise. “I’m old, not obsolete,” Pops insists, but the premise has become both.
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posted on
07/02/2015 4:31:06 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
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posted on
07/02/2015 4:32:06 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
To: Perdogg
Going to this tonight. I am sure it will be everything I expect of it...
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:11:26 AM PDT
by
SolidRedState
(I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:17:15 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
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To: SolidRedState
Saw it last night. If you are a fan of the movies, it makes sense, especially with the change in time lines (not giving much away). If you are not a SciFi fan and have minimal understanding of science, you won’t like it. Otherwise, a fun ride.
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:17:44 AM PDT
by
rstrahan
To: KC_Lion
don’t know this. refuse to have HBO in my home.
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:30:09 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:31:51 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Perdogg
I thought it looked interesting. I’ll wait till video, though.
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:37:48 AM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Minnesota Survivor)
To: moovova
In the Terminator canon, time travel requires an organic exterior, so the killer robots have a flesh surface with human appearance. Apparently that flesh ages as we do.
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:40:39 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
To: Perdogg
Yet here it is, filling thousands of multiplex screens, so the best to be hoped for is merciful termination of the franchise. My understanding is the studios have already green-lit two more as this was to be a new trilogy.
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posted on
07/02/2015 6:06:58 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: Perdogg
The Terminator (1984) and T2 were canon. All else is rubbish.
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posted on
07/02/2015 6:36:21 AM PDT
by
Bluewater2015
(There are no coincidences)
To: moovova
Robots age?Yeah...my question as well.
Perhaps Skynet has decided to produce CSM-101 models that look as if they have aged in order to have them blend in with 20th-21st century human populations better?
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posted on
07/02/2015 6:38:22 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: moovova; Bender2
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:02:37 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:03:52 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: moovova
'Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.' That's a direct quote com T2.
So the tissue ages. Even Skynet didn't find a solution for that.
As a male nearly Arnold's age, I get that!
To: Perdogg
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:12:15 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
All I have to say is...
When civilization has advanced enough, and we can buy androids for our own "personal" use...mine had better not age.
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:16:40 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: moovova
There is a show called “Humans” on the AMC channel, similar premise.
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:21:12 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: ctdonath2
In the Terminator canon, time travel requires an organic exterior, so the killer robots have a flesh surface with human appearance.
Unless the killer robot is made of a mimetic polyalloy.
That always bugged me...
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:26:52 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(We're gonna need more Benjamin Martins to hold off the Col. Tavingtons o'er the hill.)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:52:33 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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