TERMINATOR GENISYS starts really well with a really promising premise that will reset this stale franchise. Then it proceeds to do everything in the same way as previous entries in the franchise.
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TERMINATOR GENISYS: a film with a promising start that falls off a cliff. @simonxix.com & @jimgr.bsky.social discuss planning for a trilogy without making a successful film, how turning Skynet into consumer tech impacts the narrative's politics, & why ‘Genisys’ is spelled that way.
Simon and Jim enter the modern era of Terminator films with TERMINATOR GENISYS directed by Alan Taylor, a film with a promising start that goes on to absolutely fall off a cliff. They discuss the…
