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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 33 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Am I the only one who thinks T2 was the last good film in this series?

Since then it has disappeared up it's own arse the time lines and stories are so ridiculous.

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

You're not the only one. That's why every time they make a new movie they give up on whatever else they've tried to make and go back to picking up where T2 left off.

[–] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Am I the only one who thinks T2 was the only good film in this series?

FTFY. Okay, okay, the first film was enjoyable, low-budget sci-fi cheese but you all have to admit there is a world of difference between the first and second movie, a qualitative quantum leap. Then the saga went ahead with bigger budgets and smaller brains. But that's James Cameron for ya.

[–] ursakhiin 5 points 9 months ago

The was a 7 year gap between 1 and 2. 1 was a bit cheesey but was a pretty solid low-sci-fi for '84s abilities.

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think you're being to harsh. I used to like T2 more than T1, but as I grew older I've switched to liking T1 more. T1 is a great horror film, and T2 is a great action film. T2 was a good end to the story started in T1. What they should have done is stopped making other movies in the timeline after T2. I wouldn't call Salvation a good movie, but it's the best out of all the rest because it actually tried something original. All the other movies are just T2 reskinned.

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

James Cameron is great at making action sequels to horror movies.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Cheese? What the fuck

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Dark Fate was pretty good. T3, Salvation, and Genisys were ok. I haven’t outright hated any entries.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

The lore itself is uninteresting at this point. The timeline seems done to death and none of it is interesting. I think the core of T2 is a horror movie where you get a nightmarish killer chasing our heroes. I think T2s story and lore works around that core perfectly. The other movies seem to work around a "twist" or some other gimmick that the core feels missing or inadequate.