Posted on 12/05/2014 6:45:07 AM PST by C19fan
The trailer for Terminator: Genisys was probably doomed to mockery before it even hit the Internet, based on that title alone. The American consumer can tolerate some intentional misspelling—Inglourious Basterds, Pet Sematary, Bratz dolls—but Genisys makes not even a little bit of sense. It doesn’t help that public appetite for the Terminator series feels low after two terrible, forgettable films (2003’s Rise of the Machines and 2009’s Salvation) and a non-canonical TV series that never rose above cult status (The Sarah Connor Chronicles).
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Thats one of the greats for sure.
I lost count of how many Rocky Balboa movies there are, so I’m sure they will continue making movie series.
Obviously you let your preconceptions cloud your sight. Watch GITS and then tell me it’s simply ‘anime’.
Surprisingly enough, Arnold's latest movie from last summer "Sabotage" was pretty good. No, it wasn't in class of Terminator but it was an enjoyable popcorn flick which just came on to Netflicks. Good writing, good plot with plenty of twists and turns, plenty of action and Arnold did a pretty good job with his character.
Well, ‘Conan the Barbarian’ made him a star a couple of years before The Terminator.
Thats a tough one.
‘The Matrix’ was a truly great original, but it was made IN 1999.
Technically, ‘Band of Brothers’ was a miniseries and not a movie, but it was made in 2001.
I’m struggling here...All I can think of is the cartoon ‘The Incredibles’, made in 2004. Yes, it is a cartoon, but it is probably the best cartoon ever made.
I know it was from the same people who did Akira. Which is a steaming pile of cliches.
Hey you won’t get an argument from me. Many cartoons are far ahead of ‘serious Hollywood productions in all capacities.
Incredibles was great.
I think the best cinema these days is coming out of cable and pay TV and has been for about a decade. “Walking Dead” and “Breaking Bad” were both better think anything that’s come out of Hollywood in a long time. The same with pay TV shows like “Sopranos”, “Deadwood”, “Rome”, “The Wire” and “True Detective”.
A steaming pile of cliches defines post 90s American film.
All kidding aside, give GITS a shot. It’s far beyond Akira.
Most of them yes. But not the ones I mentioned. Most of anything is bad.
I know the last one was absure. We were asked to believe that a sixty something Sly Stallone could be a competitive professional boxer.
I freely admit that some good stuff, even great may have been made. My only point is that it is extremely scarce. But literally nothing recent springs quickly to mind and hits me with that “This is a classic” feeling.
Avatar was terrible.
I’m with you all the way on “The Incredibles.”
Also, “True Romance” (written but not directed by Quentin Tarantino) was pretty good.
Dennis Hopper at his best, and Patricia Arquette hitting Tony Soprano on the head with a toilet bowl lid as hard as she could. What more could you want?
Want one that was decent in that style? Pacific Rim. I never thought I’d like it. But as a popcorn flick it was good.
It’s basically a Saturday morning cartoon IRL on the big screen. No depth, predicable as hell, 2D characters.
But worth a watch.
“The Incredibles” is great. I’ve watched it multiple times.
Exactly. And then there were all those Mr. Universe titles ...
Ahnolt was hadrly an “unknown” before “Terminator,” although that could be credited with elevating his status as an action star.
All but about six minutes of "Elysium" sucked also. Those few non-sucky minute were distributed in thirty-second increments throughout the movie.
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