The Terminator franchise has had its series of ups and downs with most fans feeling that the series best days are behind it as no post Terminator 2: Judgment Day sequel, has managed to live up to the standard set by the first two films in both cinema and science-fiction film history. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines works best as a Saturday afternoon Arnold Schwarzenegger pic rather than a third installment to the series, as it comes nowhere close to the cinematic heights of its predecessors. Terminator Salvation had potential to take the series to new ground and give audiences the future war they've been waiting to see as the first two films gave brief glimpses into whats essentially a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Not only did it fail as a reboot and sequel to the previous three films, it lacked the heart and intelligence of the first two Terminators that made them so powerful to watch along with being exciting and groundbreaking. A second attempt at rebooting the franchise happened with 2015's Terminator Genisys. While that film was an improvement over the third and fourth movies, it only added more confusion to the timeline and in an desperate attempt to erase the mess done to the franchise, completely erases all the previous Terminator films including Cameron's first two masterpieces. Despite the latters endorsement of Genisys much to his disapproval of the third and fourth movies, Genisys still received negative reviews from critics and flopped domestically despite a strong enough performance overseas showing that there's still interest in the series. For fans of the franchise, it seemed as if it would never recover and be put back on the map again like its glory days. That all changed when news broke in Jan 2017 when it was confirmed that both James Cameron and Deadpool director Tim Miller obtained the rights to Terminator with Cameron set as both producer/co-writer with Tim Miller as director. That small moment of optimism and hope was further cemented with the news of Linda Hamilton returning to her iconic role of playing Sarah Connor and the most recent news from 2019's Comic Con that Edward Furlong who played John Connor in T2, is returning to reprise his role once more. What seemed like another hopeless attempt to revitalize a dying franchise suddenly feels as if the third attempt to reboot the series just might be the one to pull it off. The films first theatrical trailer tries to make the case that the franchise is not yet dead and that fans should be optimistic about this one. From what is shown so far, one can't disagree.
Trailer Description
The trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate opens up with a shot of the highway in the desert in broad daylight that's reminiscent of the shot of the yellow strip of highway shown in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The voice that speaks to the audience is that of an older Sarah Connor saying "Two days ago, I had this nice simple life. And now its a nightmare." This shot is accompanied by a quick shot of three main characters in a small truck that's speeding through the street with the audience focused on the main Hispanic girl in the middle as she looks worried and scared. The trailer then shows a giant plow truck smashing through a concrete wall chasing after them with what appears to be a younger Terminator model pursuing them played by Gabriel Luna. The giant truck smashes into cars coming at it from the opposite direction forcing some to flip over. The driver of the smaller truck hops out of the car and performs a unique back flip (One of the trailers most impressive moments) landing on the bed of the truck as she throws a metal stick at Gabriel Luna's Terminator in the giant truck. To the shock of audiences, the driver morphs into a newer design of the Terminator with some of his liquid fluids flowing through the stick onto the hood of the truck creating another Terminator, that morphs into the same human form he had moments ago. The shots that follow are that of the young blonde woman played by Blade Runner 2049's Mackenzie Davis, on the bed of the truck hopping out with the young woman she appears to be protecting and lands on the road as the truck crashes into another car creating an explosion. The new Terminator played by Agents Of Shield's Gabriel Luna appears to look like a mixture of the old T-800 model mixed with the morphing capabilities of the T-1000 to create another advanced prototype sent to kill other individuals connected to Skynet besides John Connor. While he almost achieves his goal, in comes Sarah Connor entering the picture to save the day, looking much older yet retaining the same level of awesomeness her character had possessed in Judgment Day. She uses powerful weapons to take out the Terminator while being questioned about who she is by the main characters, particularly the blonde character with short hair and a white tank top played by Davis. The trailer uses three key figures to generate audiences excitement in the franchise again with the first reveal being the return of Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor. The second reveal is the trailer announcing the return of series creator James Cameron as producer. The third reveal is also the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger as an older bearded T-800 model living in a cabin. His role is hinted at being a smaller one than what fans have been accustomed to with the previous movies but still effective. The trailer also reveals that the young blonde woman played by Mackenzie Davis, is a female Terminator model confirmed by Sarah Connor in the teasar, who remarks that she hasn't seen a version of her model before. Though revealed to be a machine, she declares that shes human despite a shot of her tossing a police officer aside using powerful blunt force. The trailer also capitalizes on Tim Millers involvement labeling him as the director of Deadpool. The trailer reveals that Sarah Connor is protecting the young brunette girl played by Natalia Reyes, because as she declares she was once the girl being chased by Terminators much in the way Reyes character is being pursued. The rest of the trailer consists of explosions and shots of the main characters in scenes of peril followed by an aeriel shot of two planes crashing into each other mid-air followed by shots of Davis character fighting Lunas cyborg. The trailer ends with the song playing in the background declaring "I'm going hunting."
General Thoughts
From the looks of it, both Cameron and Miller are setting this one up to look like a Logan style reboot for the Terminator franchise, that's evident by the way Sarah Connor is shown along with Arnold's character being secluded in a cabin in a vein similar to Professor X in Logan. The trailer showed audiences that all the key ingredients needed to make this sequel successful are present with the return of Hamilton, Cameron as producer, and Arnold's return feeling appropriate as there is no proper Terminator sequel without him involved. With the returning faces, the trailer also presents new ones with Mackenzie Davis Terminator shown to be fighting Gabriel Luna's model over the life of a young woman, which directly parallels Sarah's predicament in the first Terminator. The formula of the first two films also remains present with the new story placing its protagonists on the run from opponents shown to be more powerful and deadlier than previously shown before with the stakes being even higher this time. The theme of Cameron's films also remains with the main characters in the trailer declaring that the best way for them to win is to survive. The trailer ultimately feels like the true sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, that fans have been waiting for decades as well as being like a Force Awakens style reboot for the franchise as the desire to rejuvenate the series for a brand new trilogy is obvious though will depend on the success of this film. As far as the films prospects of success look, it looks more hopeful that this can be the reboot to revamp the franchise as it has all the ingredients to make it a hit with Hamilton's character returning being a huge plus as well as Cameron's role as producer. Given how well Alita: Battle Angel was received with Cameron being producer and co-writer with Robert Rodriguez handling directing duties, it just might be that having Cameron involved in a producing role while offering supervision over the project with a younger energetic filmmaker handling the directorial duties, is the key to making this Terminator film a success. If it happens, it will directly mirror last years Halloween 2018 which turned out to be a huge success while making its franchise prominent again thanks to the return of John Carpenter as producer and David Gordon Green as director. Time will tell if Cameron's involvement has any effect on whether the Terminator franchise can save itself and live to tell more stories with its dark post-apocalyptic tales. So far, the filmmakers make a successful case with the films first trailer on why fans as well as general audiences should ignore the previous post T2 sequels and give this one a chance. So far, its hitting all the right notes in whats needed to restore what was once one of the most influential franchises in science-fiction. Terminator: Dark Fate opens in theaters November 1st starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Edward Furlong.
Here is a link to the trailer so you can watch it,
General Thoughts
From the looks of it, both Cameron and Miller are setting this one up to look like a Logan style reboot for the Terminator franchise, that's evident by the way Sarah Connor is shown along with Arnold's character being secluded in a cabin in a vein similar to Professor X in Logan. The trailer showed audiences that all the key ingredients needed to make this sequel successful are present with the return of Hamilton, Cameron as producer, and Arnold's return feeling appropriate as there is no proper Terminator sequel without him involved. With the returning faces, the trailer also presents new ones with Mackenzie Davis Terminator shown to be fighting Gabriel Luna's model over the life of a young woman, which directly parallels Sarah's predicament in the first Terminator. The formula of the first two films also remains present with the new story placing its protagonists on the run from opponents shown to be more powerful and deadlier than previously shown before with the stakes being even higher this time. The theme of Cameron's films also remains with the main characters in the trailer declaring that the best way for them to win is to survive. The trailer ultimately feels like the true sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, that fans have been waiting for decades as well as being like a Force Awakens style reboot for the franchise as the desire to rejuvenate the series for a brand new trilogy is obvious though will depend on the success of this film. As far as the films prospects of success look, it looks more hopeful that this can be the reboot to revamp the franchise as it has all the ingredients to make it a hit with Hamilton's character returning being a huge plus as well as Cameron's role as producer. Given how well Alita: Battle Angel was received with Cameron being producer and co-writer with Robert Rodriguez handling directing duties, it just might be that having Cameron involved in a producing role while offering supervision over the project with a younger energetic filmmaker handling the directorial duties, is the key to making this Terminator film a success. If it happens, it will directly mirror last years Halloween 2018 which turned out to be a huge success while making its franchise prominent again thanks to the return of John Carpenter as producer and David Gordon Green as director. Time will tell if Cameron's involvement has any effect on whether the Terminator franchise can save itself and live to tell more stories with its dark post-apocalyptic tales. So far, the filmmakers make a successful case with the films first trailer on why fans as well as general audiences should ignore the previous post T2 sequels and give this one a chance. So far, its hitting all the right notes in whats needed to restore what was once one of the most influential franchises in science-fiction. Terminator: Dark Fate opens in theaters November 1st starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Edward Furlong.
Here is a link to the trailer so you can watch it,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCyEX6u-Yhs
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