Comments on: Why Do You Cry?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:00:08 +0000

In reply to Elim Garak. Are you stoned? There is no way, even subjectively, that T3 was as good as Salvation. Salvation was like anholage to everything cool about anything, from the great escape to Mad Max to brave new world. And the end with the dun dun dun dun!!! It was way cooler than the abortion that was T3. You people just like raggin on stuff for the sake of it.

By: Fnordstrom

Fnordstrom — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:03:48 +0000

Can we do the "you're terminated, fucker" for the franchise? Please…I beg you.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:56:47 +0000

Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I finally saw Terminator Salvation. I thought it really good.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:10:57 +0000

In reply to CWR. Yep just be sure next time your girl is upset say "Hey angry cakes, your cute when you're pissed off" and slap her on the ass.

By: CWR

CWR — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:05:48 +0000

In reply to bipolarbear. Angry cakes sounds more like a pet name for a girl - Ima gonna try it out!

By: Citizen7

Citizen7 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:27:31 +0000

In reply to Andrea. I absolutely agree with you. The Terminator series is all about the robots, and T4 has a terminator who you can actually connect with and whose benefits aren't merely that he looks sexy in red leather. And the last line in the movie isn't "I'll never forget what the terminator taught me," so of course T4 is better.

By: Legendaryratboy

Legendaryratboy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:14:59 +0000

In reply to Mrcaliche. Seconded

By: Mrcaliche

Mrcaliche — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:20:03 +0000

I sum up my feelings for this movie with one sentence: "Not remotely as good as T2, but LEAPS, BOUNDS, and LIGHT YEARS beyond the absolute shit that was T3"

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:34:04 +0000

In reply to Elim Garak. I'm sorry, did you actually have your eyes open during the shit-splosion that was T3? Or did you just turn around and listen to the pretty explosions? Because "Batteries Not Included" had better visual graphics than Terminator 3.

By: Santy

Santy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:45:11 +0000

"Terminator" movie minus Swartzenegger Equals EPIC FAIL. just do he math.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:25:49 +0000

In reply to Jen. Raul Julia in Street Fighter

By: Luna

Luna — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:03:47 +0000

Personally, it was neither supertabulous nor was it shittastic. It was very middle of the road and I was disappointed with it.

By: BlueNight

BlueNight — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:25:24 +0000

In reply to hijinksensue.

Don't I wish; then I'd actually get PAID to write copy. I'm just a fan of good SF and fun SF (they are sometimes exclusive, see the Ender series), hoping you don't miss out on something you'll probably enjoy because of bad expectations. (They're marketing it wrong like Snakes On A Plane was marketed wrong.)

But seriously, I consider (the better episodes of) Chronicles to be the pinnacle of the Terminator multiverse. A time war in full swing, nearing endgame, with a future far less known than any previous. It captures the heady mix of prophecy and free will, anticipation and dread, which T2 only hinted at, and (IMHO) T3 blatantly ignored.

T4 is like that, but with more action, less hope, and just as much talking. And unfortunately, no Summer Glau.

By: Ford Dent

Ford Dent — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:14:51 +0000

The editing in this movie was clearly the work of some sort of Nazi war-criminal. It's that bad.

After the credits rolled, the only thing good I could say about the movie was that it did in fact fulfill the requirements for "movie," in that there were pictures that moved.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:42:13 +0000

In reply to Kschenke. He must make some angry angry cakes.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:40:57 +0000

In reply to SpringHeeledJak. It depends on if they kill you and leave your body on the side of the road to lighten the load.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:39:24 +0000

In reply to Cerris. I rarely trust others review of a movie. Too many times good friends have steered me wrong. Critics are usually hit or miss.

By: Cerris

Cerris — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:18:43 +0000

Ignore everything you hear about this movie! Everyone told me it sucked badly. I went to see it, and I wanted to kick those people in the face. I absolutely loved it!

You should see it in theaters, weather or not you enjoy it, it will be your choice, not a crowd's choice that may be entirely wrong.

By: Duder

Duder — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:36:07 +0000

The writing was so monumentally awful it killed the rest of the movie for me. Literally every word out of everyone's mouth was hackneyed cliche BS.

By: SpringHeeledJak

SpringHeeledJak — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:16:06 +0000

In reply to SpringHeeledJak. I wonder how fuel efficient Termi-cycles are?

By: SpringHeeledJak

SpringHeeledJak — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:15:17 +0000

At least after this movie I know what to put in that parking spot next to my Lightcycle in my fantasy garage.

By: neutopian

neutopian — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:31:41 +0000

I halfway liked it, because I was expecting it to be so SO much worse. But then I think about any two hours of the last season of T:SCC and then I am sad.

By: Didu

Didu — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:10:03 +0000

I've seen the trailers and they are so spoilery I feel like I've already watched the movie. Baleman being Wright would've been awesome because he is a damn fine actor capable of, as you said, transforming himself even to a cyborg. But well, he's professional, so guess he has to be the leading man then.
Might still check it out, because for me even the dumbest action flick seems cool when seen on big screen. After all, I did see T3 in the cinema, it wasn't that amazing but entertaining enough.

-D

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:29:56 +0000

Personally I thought it was pretty damn good.
1. People complain that Christian Bale acts angry and emotionless the whole movie but then again you fight a war from the time your 10 and see how much emotion you have left to give after everyone you know is dead. Not to mention this fits with what we know of future John.
Connor in the future is a hardass who shows no emotion and has grown used to sacrificing people. Even sending back his father in time even though he knows he will die. I thought the way he was portrayed fit.
2, Kyle Reese and Marcus Wright steal the movie.
A big part of this movie is seeing Kyle Reese become the freedom fighter that will save Sarah Connor and become John's dad. Marcus Wright is the character that ties pre-judgement day to post and gave very good performance.
All in all I thought the look of the movie was great as well as the terminators we get to see. Things look gritty and broken down. It holds the continuity well keeping in mind that the time line is in flux. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the scifi elements of this movie and how they very closely stuck to canon. All in all it brought some needed seriousness to a franchise that could have gone the way of AvP. As a fan of the movies and The Sarah Connor Chronicles I give it a B.

By: OhMyHead

OhMyHead — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:12:00 +0000

In reply to Jen. *cough*BenKingsleyBloodrayne*cough*

By: OhMyHead

OhMyHead — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:11:08 +0000

In reply to Kschenke. "WHYDOYOUWANNABAKEME!"

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:06:51 +0000

You know, don't let it ruin your man crush on Bale. He's been in a few duds. (Shaft ring any bells?) But for every Shaft or Terminator (which I haven't seen yet, either), there's an American Psycho, The Machinist, The Prestige, Batman Begins… I think you get my point. I think every good actor picks bad movies from time to time.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:05:43 +0000

I second that …waaay better than T3

By: Kschenke

Kschenke — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:57:08 +0000

Bale throws himself into his ROLLS? He bakes? Because that sounds delicious.

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:56:03 +0000

In reply to BlueNight. Yikes, that was almost poetic. Do you work for the studio? Are you planting pro-T4 propaganda? You actually make it sound pretty awesome.

By: BlueNight

BlueNight — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:47:38 +0000

See it in the theater at the cheaper afternoon price. You will not be disappointed at the bargain, and there will be no need to buy (or even rent) the DVD.

This movie fits the other films' continuity (what exists of it, anyway). It shows how smart Skynet can be. But it is NOT the end of the first Terminator continuity. It is the MIDDLE of the war. It is post-apocalyptic, and dreary at times, but living in such a world must be.

It is a Sarah Connor Chronicles episode writ large, but with Marcus instead of Cameron. It also marks a turning point in John Connor's journey: he learns that in a time war, thinking you know the future can be just as deadly.

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:41:56 +0000

It was fairly decent. I only had to pay $6 to see it, so maybe that blurs my judgment of what's worth paying for. I say it's better than T3, but only because I have a thing for post-apocalyptic movies. It certainly could have been much better…but hey I'd see it again. I've been disappointed more by other movies. Plus I'd see anything with Anton Yelchin in it at the moment.

By: FrakTruck

FrakTruck — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:20:55 +0000

I would have to echo eli's thoughts on T4. To put it succinctly it wasn't the movie I wanted to see. I was entertained, and it was worth the matinee ticket but it was disappointing. One of my gripes (though admittedly minor and stupid to bitch about) was that even after annihilation and Armageddon, people still get to the dentist regularly (every actor has perfect white teeth!)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:47:49 +0000

Terminator Salvation isn't the steaming pile of shit that some make it out to be but it's also never excels above being mediocre. Really the most damning thing to me about it is it never establishes it's own identity. It's basically Terminator's greatest hits with Bale turned up to 11. I will say Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese damn near stole the movie. If it had been about him the film would've been much stronger.

By: doug

doug — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:18:33 +0000

Movie bears had a choice Tues of Terminator or Night at the Museum.
I went for the latter. I win.

Don't get me wrong, NATM was not good, but it did have a charmingly perky Amy Adams and an occasionally very funny Hank Azaria. As I said, I win.

Does Bale do anything acting-wise other than mumble in a hoarse monotone?

By: doug

doug — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:14:07 +0000

In reply to greg2point0. Oh, Edgar! Good ol' tilty-man from Law & Order:CI!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:10:52 +0000

I think Bale's robotic acting was to counter-act the humanity in Marcus.

And of course it wasn't about Connor, it's never been. The Terminator (whichever one in whichever movie) has always been the main character.

It was WAY better than T3 in every possible way.

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:03:48 +0000

In reply to DinoJeebus. "WHYDOYOUWANNATERMINATEME!"

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:03:26 +0000

In reply to Elim Garak. Simultaneously happy and sad for that confirmation.

By: Elim Garak

Elim Garak — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:49:28 +0000

Yea, T4 sucked. T3 was way better. More guns, more explosions, more killer robots. Scarier killer robots despite the star-shaped stripper glasses that Arnold wore at one point. T3 also had more of a plot than T4 – also, fewer plot holes. And T3 had the inflato-booby terminator!

Basically, I suggest that you wait for the DVD. I don't think it would be worth it to buy it in blue-ray. The visuals weren't that good or spectacular. Your friend was right – the best parts are all in the trailers.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:30:51 +0000

In reply to greg2point0. edgar suit! funny, i was just watching that last night.

By: Dram

Dram — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:41:53 +0000

In reply to SpringHeeledJak. mine does.

By: DinoJeebus

DinoJeebus — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:36:57 +0000

It's a good thing that 'Batman Voice' is the default for robot voice modulators, or the jig would be UP.

By: greg2point0

greg2point0 — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:32:49 +0000

Panel 2 reminds me of the alien from Men in Black that inhabits Edgar's body and his wife says something about how his skin is hanging off his bones.

By: Just Christine

Just Christine — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:29:17 +0000

Half the time I was watching the movie, I was confused because I couldn't understand how John Connor could possibly be Batman, yet there was that growly gravely voice…

By: SpringHeeledJak

SpringHeeledJak — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:26:03 +0000

But does his Operating System come with a Venomous Rant setting?