DJariya

I read a few comments saying that "I don't feel Cameron's presence on that trailer" Seriously? It's a 2 1/2 minute piece of marketing. Plus, this is not a James Cameron movie. He didn't direct it. He wasn't on set. It's a Tim Miller movie. If you don't like Tim Miller's style or didn't like Deadpool, then that's on you.

All Cameron did from what I understand was help form the writers room, maybe helped come up with a loose outline of the movie with his writers, the screenwriters took care of the rest and then just got a Producing credit.

A "Producer" is basically a day to day manager on set. He/She doesn't actually film anything or edit anything. So of course you aren't going to see his "Presence"

He's been busy working on Avatar, so the main Producer who would be on set day to day is David Ellison.

TheMovieman

And yet plenty of people have hope because James Cameron is involved (plus even the trailer mentions James Cameron's "return"). So what should people expect? Personally, I agree with you, it's kind of like Christopher Nolan's "involvement" with Man of Steel (i.e. not very much as he was off making Interstellar at the time).

Mike86

inri222

This

dhmac

The teaser trailer makes me think this will seem like a movie hybrid of "T3: Rise of the Machines" mixed with "The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Senior Citizen Years"

Troy Stiffler

I don't really know what to expect. I wasn't much of a fan of the last three Terminators (though I liked them more than most). I'll sit back and hope for the best. I would love to be in awe of a Terminator movie again. But I'm also not 10 years old watching T2 for the first time.

Cameron always has a thorough explanation for the physics of his science fiction. More-so than the fantasy sci-fi of time travel or exposition, I appreciated the little things. Like the T800 breaking the hardware off Miles Dyson's front door. That's a detail that most filmmakers would miss. There are probably 1000 moments in his non-Titanic filmography like that. And another 1000 in Titanic.

asianxcore

I'll probably see it just because its another film in the Terminator Series.

CGI looks pretty rough in that Trailer.

TGM

not feeling Luna as the Terminator...

mndtrp

This is where I'm at. The only thing I truly didn't like about the trailer is the music. Everything else seemed like standard Terminator fare. Nothing to get excited about, and for me, nothing to be overly discouraged about.

Toddarino

Mike86

brayzie

I think that kind of linear approach to storytelling is why the sequels after T2 have been so disappointing.

I agree, it's incredibly difficult to top the T-1000 from a visual point of view. The technology itself seems so advanced, even for Skynet. The thing is, instead of looking at all the possibilities that the introduction of a changeling could bring to the series, the writers just keep adding unnecessary updates to the T-1000. A T-1000 that has a T-800 endo-skeleton. And it shoots frickin' lasers. And it can control other machines like in Maximum Overdrive. These films feel more like a collection of demolition footage.
Why not explore what would happen when fighting an enemy that might be masquerading as your best friend, you're mother, you're father, you're commanding officer, you're fellow soldier, etc? For how long would the masquerade go on for? What kind of paranoia would result from that? Instead of brave, battle hardened protagonists, would they start start cracking up like Teddy in Shutter Island, or questioning what's real and what isn't like in Jacob's Ladder?

The enemy might not even choose to take on a human appearance. Maybe they'll be disguised as floors, walls, ceilings, or debris, for long periods of time out waiting humans who have to eventually come out of hiding for food and water. Imagine that scene from Enemy at the Gates where the battlefield looks empty, devoid of any people, but in reality Vasilli knows that if he emerges from his hiding place he'll be killed instantly. And maybe the T-1000s never even take on a human appearance, which might even be more frightening. Sentient surroundings that only emerge as deadly and cruel shapes like a series of intricate pikes or a slow compressor.

What would a future war look like? Would Skynet employ torture in order to destroy the morale of the Resistance? Misinformation?

Is John Connor even alive and running things? Does high command keep him guarded from everyone else, not for his own safety, but to prevent the truth of his death from coming out?

dex14

Would you settle for an "I'll be back?"

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lopper

Fuckin hell, man. I think the people they're trying to hook with all these callbacks are the ones who are tired of that shit by now. Although, God help me, I liked that TV spot much more than the teaser from a week or two ago even though it's mostly the same footage. I'm resigned to accept that these reboots and years-later sequels are mostly just fan service. It is what it is. In that regard, if they were able to get Edward Furlong back as John Connor, I think that'd be pretty cool.

But I'm realizing there are two things that are bugging me about everything we've seen so far: Daylight (Terminator, for me, does not work in daylight), and Sarah Connor's hair. It looks like she was on her way to talk to someone's manager when the new Terminator showed up. Ponytail or nothing.

GoldenJCJ

Artman

I'm really trying to give this the benefit of the doubt...but man, I haven't liked much of what we've seen so far. It just looks like the past three sequels all in one... hope I'm wrong.

tanman

Pretty much this. For me the Terminator franchise is The Terminator, T2 and T2-3D. That being said at some point I'm sure I'll watch this. All three of these franchises have just fallen so far from where the original movies were.

candyrocket786

So the producers/studio could check a box.

brayzie

They did it so people won't think it's an all-female reboot.

I'm not crazy about Davis' look here, but here's the thing: we already had a sexualized female terminator in T3, and a very feminine looking teenage girl terminator in The Sarah Connor Chronicles. So they probably want to create a little variety by not having a female terminator that could be immediately idealized or objectified. Plus, if she's from the future, it makes sense that women would probably keep their hair short on the battlefield.

DJariya

https://deadline.com/2019/07/edward-...on-1202648686/

Edward Furlong to return as John Connor

Also confirmed it will be Rated R.

Sonic

Now that certainly will give it some top notches to go and check it out. I always said without Furlong who was the star, you have no Terminator. Glad they managed to fit him in.

PerryD

Saw Edward Furlong at a Comic Con a few years back and he looked in fairly bad shape, not really like a movie star. Hopefully they've had some time to get him into shape and clean him up a bit. Or maybe it's a small role.

Sonic

Fixed

Or maybe they deflated his body using special effects.

PerryD

save us John Conner!
Burp...huh?

DaveyJoe

It worked for Endgame.