Groucho

Likely they will have a similar explanation to why he aged in Genisys.

DJariya

The Terminators are covered with living tissue and skin, so they age like humans.

From Cameron's mouth:

Decker

Considering they just erased three entire movies from canon, I think they can explain away aging a T-800 pretty easily.

Mike86

I hope this is good, I really do. I'm just very skeptical on this franchise anymore. Seems like the components to make a good film are there so fingers crossed. Hopefully we'll get a teaser soon.

OldBoy

ok. do hope it makes up for the POS that Genysis was. and i did like Salvation. better than 3 for sure...

inri222

Because the filmmakers said so, now stop asking questions and be there opening day.

Daytripper

Yes, "Genysis" was a POS. But "3" was 10 x more enjoyable (and better) than "Salvation". I truly hated that film.

Hazel Motes

I thought it was all but confirmed that Arnold is playing a human in this?

Shannon Nutt

I was about to ask the same question. I thought I read somewhere he's playing an older version of the guy who was in the deleted scene of Terminator 3 (and who the T-800 models were based on, image-wise).

Groucho

I don’t think I could sit through two hours of him with that accent!

Shannon Nutt

Well, the scene was deleted, so they can fix that and pretend it didn't happen/reinvent the character. But all other indications from the filmmakers seem to imply that he IS playing a T-800 again, so either they're intentionally being deceptive or things have changed (or we were misinformed at the early stages).

coli

T3 was OK, Salvation was terrible, and I didn't even bother with Genisys as I was done with this franchise. Cameron coming back is the ONLY reason I would think about venturing back into this universe as he's not going to be a part of your standard dummy action films that 99% of the blockbusters are like today. He will write an interesting story with an arc and force the director to focus on characters, so they have a chance to grab me back with a good trailer and good reviews. The only thing I'm skeptical about is that I don't know what story is left to tell as T2 is still a great ending, and they should have probably stopped after that (like every great franchise these days).

melasnus

Same here.

coli

Same with James Cameron. He did an interview and said that anything after T2 doesn't exist in the franchise in the context of this movie.

DJariya

It's been reported many times that this is the true sequel to Terminator 2, 3 through Genisys no longer exist.

Cameron also helped develop the story with Josh Friedman, who worked on the Terminator TV series, David Goyer, David Ellison, Billy Ray, Charles Eglee and Justin Rhodes.

You don't see movies get developed in a writer's room like this. That's mostly in TV. Usually more than 1 writer on a feature film is a bad thing, but I'm trusting Cameron's judgment here.

Why So Blu?

The television show was excellent - bummer they canceled it without resolution.

dex14

Except when he's paid to endorse it:

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coli

I have to say that Linda Hamilton still looks good at her age (she looks exactly like an older Sarah Connor). Carrie Fisher and many actresses just hit the skids after 50-60 years old (which is natural), but I think Hamilton was able to pull off a seasoned/hardened Sarah Connor some 30 years later. They are being very tight-lipped regarding the plot, but it sounds like they are getting the focal point back on her rather than John Connor, so this should mirror The Original Terminator.

DJariya

^^ Yeah that Cameron featurette is hilarious in retrospect. Many of the hardcore Terminator fans saw right through it that he was a paid shill to promote Genisys.

Why So Blu?

Well, Fisher drank and did drugs and had bad plastic sugery - she led a rough life. Hamilton stayed on course.

brayzie

I'm pretty sure that idea was first done in one of the Terminator expanded universe novels in the late 90s.

I'm incredibly skeptical about it.
Even in T2, when you think about it, it seemed like there wasn't much more story to tell. It didn't even make sense according to what was established in the first one. It's a retread of the first one, although done really well.

The comics (NOW Comics Terminator: The Burning Earth, and the early Dark Horse stuff) and the TV show were so much better than T3-Genysis.

coli

I'm hoping Cameron can find an over-arching theme for the new Terminator movie(s) as so many reboots lack that big picture story these days. While I agree with you that T2 is a retread of T1 in essentially the way the story is told, the theme of the movie is that you make your own fate. I always liked that about the movie as the characters take charge of the situation and change history, and it's a lesson in our lives that nothing is set in stone. But I'm still skeptical just because so many reboots end up ruining the old characters (Star Wars Sequel Trilogy comes to mind). I'm not a fan of Bladerunner, but did the sequel do it justice?

melasnus

The sequel isn't in the same league as the original.

inri222

Daytripper

I disagree.