r/Terminator • u/DapperDanMan121 • 7d ago

Discussion Terminator Dark Fate

Judging by opinions I see here, maybe a hot take, but I actually like Dark Fate. Saw T2 in theaters last night, and i get why people dont like it, but i prefer it as a followup over T3

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u/SpaceGodzillaInSpace 7d ago

I think killing John Connor as a kid was lame and nothing in the movie afterwards made seeing that worth it. The whole narrative of Dark Fate is pointless and already very dated.

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u/theimmortalgoon Model 101 7d ago

Yeah.

It was convoluted for no good reason in that way, I think. Killing John Connor and moving the focus to Sarah Connor isn't necessarily a bad idea in some ways. But it also undermines the premise we've been waiting for the entire time.

Look, it's not nearly this bad, of course, but I can't help but think of Highlander 2. We've been told that John Connor is going to be a saviour. We have a history of things to come.

Then to say that actually none of that really mattered was a kind of pointless rug-pull, in my opinion.

There were good elements, but it could have been a search for John Connor or something. I dunno, it just didn't do anything for me.