I had an opportunity to watch this flick for free - did not want to waste the money to rent it. The whole Terminator series has gone down hill in a big way. The time travelling just throws the whole thing off. The lastest film capitulates on the impossible war against the superior machines, and there are so many holes that the story could be a strainer for pasta.
I love all things hi-tech; I like robots, spaceships, futuristic settings, etc. The only reason I even agreed to watch latest incarnation of Terminator was for the special effects and the robots. While I enjoyed the soundscape and various technology-oriented themes, it was mostly a disappointment. It seems that the machines have gotten dumber and weaker instead of smarter and stronger. They have at least gotten bigger; the monstrous, 60-foot tall bi-pedal mech had the cool touch of including mechanized, autonomous killer bikes. Although for all their technologocial superiority, they still were immobilized very easily. Likewise, the machine slave transporter included cool assault drop ships.
Seeing a complete CGI redo of Schwarzenegger was awful. Why bring that back? Of all the kooky things, it seems that the new model's skin is exceedingly tough - the flesh was not even scratched with another Terminator smacked him upside the head. That is some impervious skin. Too bad the metal underlying the skin is so brittle.
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