In no short amount of time the latest Terminator movie, Terminator: Salvation, will be in theaters, and crowds will be wowed by special effects, but who cares? After T2, has anyone really cared about the Terminator story? T2 was completely, and still is, ahead of its time, and after Arnie lowered himself into that pit of molten metal did anyone want to know the further back story of the whole thing?
T3 wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t great. The Terminator stories seem to have a place in a generation that was fascinated with future stories and robots. In the present tense there doesn’t seem to be a real call for these types of movies, excluding Transformers. The story seems old and doesn’t have the same impact it once had on society.
Maybe the folks at the Terminator franchise are looking for the same revival that Star Wars had, so they can capitalize on some big money and get people excited about robot killers again. Without Schwarzenegger, though, this movie won’t feel the same as the previous three. True, Christian Bale is taking time from screaming at people to be in this movie, but he belongs to Batman not John Connors. There already have been too many John Connors, so why not add Christian Bale to the list of famed actors to play the same part in another movie? Isn’t that what he did in Batman…
Oh well, this movie will storm into theaters pretty soon, and fans will have their way with it: explosions galore and possibly some story? We only can hope. If nothing else, you always can watch T2 again and marvel at Richard Patrick’s T-1000.
